Chapter 39

After two changes, Moldavia returned to the right track, and the main city ushered in a rare peaceful night.

The lights are still on in the business district. Even at night, there are still a lot of people. The business of blacksmiths, groceries, drugstores and material stores is booming. Most of the adventurers, scattered mercenaries or tourists are sitting in the bars, drinking. In the more lively places, some people have even begun to pull their hands and compete with each other in the crowd.

Riding on his horse, Joshua moved slowly towards the other house in the dark, observing his territory.

The total population of Moldavia is nearly one million, and the population of the whole northern region is nearly five million, which is almost one twentieth of the total population of the Empire. It sounds a lot, but in fact it is very few.

Mingming occupies a quarter of the Northern Territory, but the four territories add up to less people than several big cities in the south. It seems that no matter what the world is like, cold spots are always sparsely populated.

Of course, Joshua also knew that the million leader in his name was not worthy of the name. The population density in the North was smaller than everyone thought.

In such a vast land, only 420000 people can be directly under the central government. In addition, there are almost 400000 dwarves, dwarfs and goblins living in the lava area. There are 700000 floating people, such as halflings, free adventurers, mercenaries, and so on. In addition, there are a few elves and Barbarians, It's true that the total number is close to one million, but most of them pay taxes to him in name at most. Some of them live underground and can't see half of them on the ground.

Among the 97 Knights granted by the Empire to Moldavia, those who could really have their own fiefdoms were in their early twenties. Most of the others were military officers stationed in various fortresses and small cities, expecting that they would one day make contributions to the war and get official awards.

This is a big problem, but strictly speaking, it is not very important. Unlike the pure Eastern human Federation, the northern Empire and the far south alliance did not care about mixed living. In the far south, humans and elves often intermarry, and the number of semi elves once accounted for one fifth of the total population. In the Empire, humans and dwarves live in harmony, There is no discrimination or prejudice at all. Living together for hundreds of years makes everyone feel that this is the right thing to do. No one will think it's bad to have an elf or a dwarf neighbor at home. At most, they will scold the goblin merchants in the shop.

Of course, there must be a reason for the harmonious coexistence of several different races. In the mainland of strife, the reason is black forest.

[Hessian tide]

The mountains tremble and the beasts rush out of the boundless forest like the raging waves of the Black Sea.

People who have never seen this scene can not imagine that kind of despair. If it were not for this terrible disaster, how could racial integration be so simple? The rich land and active magic make all races fight for the continuation of their lives when they don't have to worry about food. In thousands of years of war, all races melt their blood into sand and scatter their bones in the wasteland. This is the origin of the name of the disputed continent.

In the west of the city, Joshua on the horse was shocked. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the place where he lived.

"Silver, senior, man, not young..."

He said to himself that in the vision of Joshua's crossing all the obstacles, there was a big silver high-level soldier standing near biefu without any disguise. His whole body was covered with cyan gold fluorescence, and not far away was his magic weapon.

"It feels like an acquaintance, a deja vu."

To drive the war horse, Joshua is not inspecting his territory. The city is his. There's no need to worry about it. He can see it as long as he wants in the future until he's tired of it.

It was not long before he rode to the silver warrior.

"Munster?"

Seeing the familiar big windbreaker with red edge and black bottom, and the gold scale badge on his chest, Joshua knew that he was a censor of the imperial court, and that the face was just an acquaintance who "tried" him a month ago.

"Long time no see, new Lord, young count."

Bowing slightly, the middle-aged censor named Munster sighed, "I've been waiting since the afternoon before the sun sets."

"I didn't make an appointment beforehand, and I didn't deliver the letter. How do I know you'll be back?"

Getting off the horse, Joshua touched the neck of the horse and looked at the plain looking censor. He could not help feeling a little headache: "now, do you have any bad news to tell me?"

"I'm sorry, yes, but it's not a good place to talk about it."

Montest looked to the other house. The young girl with silver hair was trotting over. She shook her head and said, "then again, your little hand is loyal and dutiful. Even the yard won't let me near it.""Master!"

Run to Qiao Xiuya's side, Ying some doubts of looking at two people: "do you know him?"

"Ah, I do. I'm an acquaintance."

After patting the girl's head, Joshua said with a smile: "well done, it's worth encouraging. How about today?"

"Good. I've known most of the things at home, and I've learned how to cook."

"Oh? That's great. I'm learning fast. "

Looking at the two guys who had naturally chatted, Munster could not help but remind them: "cough... Do you want to stand outside and talk?"

"So it is."

Joshua looked around and nodded. He patted Ying on the shoulder and motioned, "Ying, take Hei to the stable first. I'll take this guest to talk about something."

"Black is so strong and powerful. How nice to call it black king. Why do you have to call it black..."

"If it's a dragon, let alone the black king, it doesn't matter if I call it niederhogg or nesario, but it's just a horse. Well, don't say more, go."

Firefly goes to the stable with obedient black, while Joshua takes Munster to the gate.

"She called you master?"

"Yes, Ying is my maid."

"It's against the law to abuse child labor... I didn't expect you to have such a hobby," the censor of the noble court shook his head expressionless

Joshua opened the door and frowned, "she's my age. Why is she a child laborer?"

The core of the firefly was made from the carpal bone of his right hand when he was born. If you have to be serious, they are really the same age.

"Not at all."

Munster seemed to be still thinking: "is it a mixed race of elves? Is the growth slower than the average person? Or does it have goblin blood

During the conversation, they had entered the residence and came to the reception room.

"Well, sit down, please."

Reach out to signal, Qiao Xiuya also simply sat down by himself, sat on the seat, his face slightly Su: "can let you wait outside for a long time also have to tell me the bad news, can really make me can't wait to know."

"Although it's important, it's not very urgent..."

Munster came up and looked back at the soldier with black hair and red eyes. He sighed: "although I've heard the rumor, I had this feeling outside before, but I didn't expect that you've really become gold. It's been a month, It's incredible to go from silver to such a high level. "

It's level three. I'm surprised.

"It's an accident. After running on the road for 17 days, I don't know what's going on, I suddenly became stronger."

With insincere perfunctory way, Joshua looked into the censor's eyes and seemed to want to see something: "don't tell me that you came to Beidi from the northwest Orc plain to marvel at my advancement to gold."

"Of course not."

After shaking his head, montest seemed to have no idea where to start. A moment later, he simply talked about another topic: "count, do you know that the Urals fortress has banned more than ten people?"

"Not long ago, the chamber of Commerce told me."

"Then you should also know that there was a riot in the middle of the Empire."

The censor continued.

"It's true." Joshua hit the armrest with his fingers, frowned, and said simply, "don't bend around, Munster, just say what you want to say. You and I are both soldiers. Why should we be so careful?"

After a moment's silence, the censor of the aristocratic court, the spokesman of the emperor's will, sighed, and his face was solemn: "the wind of black eclipse started from the south, and the unknown plague spread in the depths of black forests everywhere... It has crossed the Ural Mountains and arrived in the North, which means that this year's black tide will be earlier than before, and more fierce and unstoppable."

"The imperial capital judges that the severity of the Kuroshio will be increased by three levels, and there may even be multiple golden Warcraft."

Speaking of this, montest's face was more serious than ever. He put his hand into his arms and took out a small box: "count, you just came across this kind of accident when you took over. It's really bad luck. Although you are promoted to gold, there should be a distance between you and your father... And here, it's from the care of the imperial capital."

Speaking of the last sentence, Munster's tone had already brought the highest respect. Looking at the expression, although the censor did not know why the emperor would treat the people in front of him so special, he did not hesitate: "take it, your majesty has given it to you."Then he handed the box, which was carved in mahogany and full of runes, to Joshua