Chapter 148: 2 teenagers (1)

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The green empire, the mountain behind Burris's house.

The ground in the mountains is covered with withered and greenish leaves. The

black soil is very soft. When you step on it, you can hear the sound of broken

leaves. Occasionally, you can see a few ants crawling under the fallen leaves

and on the trunk. They are moving. Small particles of food, some are the

corpses of other insects, and some are some pine nut debris, crawling in

various crevices.

The fence built by dead wood branches was pulled diagonally, and part of it

had fallen loose, revealing rusty nails, and there would be some shaking as

the wind blew by. The woods were very quiet, with only a few long bird sounds

occasionally.

A young man with golden brown hair came over. He was about sixteen years old.

He was wearing a white shirt that was easy to move. He was wearing hard-

wearing leather pants. He carried a broadsword on his shoulders. Look at the

old scabbard and The polished and shiny weight ball should be some years old.

He stepped over the simple fence at will, with some crumbs of dead bark

stained on his leather pants, he was frightened and shaken off some dust, then

turned around a few big trees, and a simple wooden shelf appeared in front of

him.

The wooden shelf is a thick piece of wood inserted on the ground, and then a

piece of wood is nailed across the upper part. The overall height is about the

same as that of an adult. Looking at the traces of the wood's edges and

corners, it should have been made recently.

He drew out his broadsword, placed the scabbard under a tree, and then began

to adapt to swing it. The broadsword that he clenched with both hands looked a

little big, and it was estimated that it would take a few years for him to use

this sword to make it fit.

Although the speed of swinging the sword is not fast, there are also gusts of

wind in the air. It looks like this, and it should be professionally

instructed.

After practicing swordsmanship several times, the body became a little hot,

then put down the sword, pressed the leg, stretched the lower ligament, and

then ran a few laps around the woods before returning to the place where the

sword was placed.

Looking at the sky, it was about three or four in the afternoon. He went to a

mountain spring not far away to drink his mouth water, and then leaned under

the tree to take a rest.

At this moment, a low figure walked slowly from the woods behind him. The

speed was not fast, but his footsteps were so light that he could not even

hear the sound.

This figure slowly approached the big tree on which the young man was leaning,

holding the short sword in his right hand, while his left hand relaxed in the

air. Seeing him getting closer and closer, the young man didn't seem to notice

yet, still leaning on the tree trunk, closing his eyes to rest his mind.

The figure approaching from behind saw that he was defenseless, and was

secretly delighted, and was about to attack him.

"drink!"

In the silent woods, the young man opened his eyes and called out abruptly. It

was extremely abrupt, and the figure behind was frightened. His foot also

stepped on the dead leaves and made a sound. Before he could react, the young

man in front took it. Raising the sword at hand, he got up and slashed back.

He could only rush to challenge, blocking with the short sword in his hand.

But how can a thin dagger compare to a heavy broadsword? After a short blow,

the dagger was knocked into the air and landed on the gravel next to it. The

hilt of the sword bounced slightly, then fell, and stood still. The young man

also pointed the broad sword at this figure who was the same height as

himself.

"Haha, I won this time, Rock." The boy declared victory excitedly.

"cut."

Looking at the broadsword aimed at him, Roque turned his head dissatisfied.

"Just this time, what's so happy about."

"No, no, you didn't forget, Rock." The young man waved his sword triumphantly

and continued.

"I said yes, if I win, you promise to be my follower."

"You still know, you lost to me so many times before, why didn't you see you

as my follower." Rock said dissatisfiedly.

"This..." The boy was stunned for a while before speaking.

"Because Uncle Wade is the captain of his father's bodyguard, you

shouldn't..."

"What should I, and why? I won't be like my dad, stupid, I don't want to be a

** follower." Rock was a little excited when it came to this.

"Isn't the chief guard very good? I'm not very tired at ordinary times, and I

can go to the banquet with me to eat and drink." The boy put down his sword, a

little puzzled.

"What if I went, the ladies from the noble family won't look at me, they just

want to marry the noble heirs with fiefdom."

"Furthermore, Isaiah is the youngest, and you won't be able to inherit the

title. It's too hopeless to follow you."

Heart-struck, the boy was also a little gloomy when he heard this.

The Verdant Empire is a highly hierarchical class society, and there is a huge

gap between the rights of the nobility and the common people. For example,

many schools only enroll noble children. If they recruit civilian children at

the same time, noble families will not let their children go to this school or

under the name of the teacher to study.

Because the people don’t like to see their children sitting in the same

classroom with those wild children of unknown origin, thinking that it will

harm them. Similarly, there are some high-end restaurants, libraries, and even

shops.

If you are a verdant ordinary person, you will not have access to many places

in this country, and so are many benefits.

When walking on the street, the nobles have special passages. The carriages

meet at the intersection. Priority should be given to the nobles to move

forward. This inequality is manifested everywhere in society. Even the laws of

the empire clearly stated that human lives are not equal. Some people just

want to be more honorable.

It stands to reason that with such a system, great contradictions and

grievances should accumulate between classes, but the builders of the empire

cleverly designed many channels for ascent. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, for

example, has a very complete military merit system. You can not only gain

wealth from war, but also respect from others, and the accumulated military

merit can make you promote to the ranks of nobles.

The benefits of aristocratic status inspired groups of people to step onto the

battlefield and fight hard to gain military merit and change their destiny.

This also allowed the Green Empire to greatly suppress the anti-war sentiment

in the country in the early stage and improve the combat effectiveness of the

army.

At the same time, in addition to military merit, excellent craftsmen, priests,

scholars, and high-order transcendents can also be granted noble status,

separating them from the civilian class.

In this way, the nobles used various channels to enlist the most elite and

outstanding people in this country. There are no extraordinary people among

the common people, and there are no masters, so naturally they can't make

waves.

And most common people also recognize this concept. The reason why nobles are

nobles is that they are really powerful, hardworking and daring to fight. Many

common people will also educate their children and will strive to become

nobles in the future.

The privileges of the nobility are also divided into three or six or nine

grades. The top level is naturally the royal family, the four major duke

families, and then the lower row, earls, viscounts, barons, and a large number

of lords who cannot be hereditary. At the same time, the nobles also pay

considerable taxes according to their rank and the number of registered family

members to pay for their welfare. In a sense, the privileges of noble status

are bought with money.

If you don’t pay enough taxes, your title will be demoted until you finally

become a commoner, which again becomes a method of title recovery.

Relying on this unequal treatment and giving certain hope, it continues to

inspire the civilians, and even the small nobles to climb up, the green empire

maintains a very high vitality, iteratively advances in internal and external

competition, and finally defeats Austria. This country has become the

strongest country on the mainland.