Chapter 6 Two Teens One

Green Empire, the mountain behind Burris's house.

The ground in the mountains is full of withered and green leaves, and the black soil is very soft. When you step on it, you can hear the sound of the dead leaves breaking. Occasionally, you can see a few ants crawling under the fallen leaves and on the tree trunks. Small pellets of food, some are the corpses of other insects, and some are some pine nut debris, crawling in various crevices.

The fence made of dead wood branches was pulled diagonally, and part of it had loosened, revealing nails full of rust, which would sway a little as the wind blew through.

A blond-brown-haired boy came over. He was about sixteen years old. He was wearing a white shirt that was easy to move, and wear-resistant leather pants. He carried a broad sword on his shoulders. He looked at the old scabbard and The polished and shiny balls should be some years old.

He stepped over the simple fence at will, and his leather pants were stained with some scraps of dead bark. He was afraid to shoot, shook off some dust, and 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 wooden branch is nailed horizontally on the upper part. The overall height is equal to that of an adult. Judging from the marks that have been cut at the corners of the wood, it should have been made recently.

He pulled out his broadsword, put the scabbard under a tree, and began to get used to swinging the broadsword. The broadsword clenched in both hands seemed a bit big. It would be a few years before he could use this sword.

Although the speed of swinging the sword is not fast, there is also a gust of wind in the air. It looks like it, and it should have received professional guidance.

First, I practiced swordsmanship a few times, my body felt a little hot, then I put down the sword, pressed my legs, stretched my lower ligaments, and then trotted around the woods for a few laps before returning to the place where the sword was placed.

Looking at the sky, it was about three or four o'clock in the afternoon. He went to the mountain spring not far away to take a sip, and then leaned under the tree to prepare to rest for a while.

At this time, a not tall figure came slowly from the woods behind, not fast, but the footsteps were so light that he could not even hear a sound.

This figure slowly approached the big tree that the boy was leaning on, held the dagger in his right hand, and stretched out his left hand in the air. Seeing it getting closer and closer, the young man didn't seem to notice, and was still leaning on the tree trunk, closing his eyes and resting.

Seeing that he was defenseless, the figure approaching from behind made him secretly happy and was about to attack him.

"drink!"

In the silent woods, the young man opened his eyes and cried out suddenly, very suddenly, shaking the figure behind him, stepping on the dead leaves and making a sound, before he could react, the young man in front took it. With the sword at hand, he got up and slashed back. He could only hurriedly respond and block with the short sword in his hand.

But how could the light and thin dagger be compared to the heavy broadsword? After two simple blows, the dagger was knocked into the air and landed on the gravel next to it. The young man also aimed his broad sword at this figure that was the same height as him.

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

"cut."

Looking at the broadsword aimed at him, Rock turned his head in dissatisfaction.

"Just once, what's there to be happy about."

"No, no, you probably forgot, Rock." The boy waved his sword proudly and continued.

"It was agreed at the beginning that if I win, you promise to be my follower."

"You also know that you lost to me so many times before, why didn't you see you as my follower." Rock said dissatisfied.

"This..." The boy was stunned for a while, then spoke.

"Because Uncle Wade is my father's captain of the bodyguard, your words shouldn't..."

"What should I, why? I won't be as stupid as my dad, I don't want to be a crap follower." Rock was a little excited when he said this.

"Isn't the captain of the guard very good? I'm not very tired at ordinary times, and I can go to a banquet with me to eat and drink." The boy put down his sword, a little puzzled.

"What if I go, those ladies from noble families won't take a fancy to me, they just want to marry those noble heirs with fiefs."

"Besides, Isaiah, you are the third child, and it is not your turn to inherit the title. It is too hopeless to follow you."

Heartbroken, hearing this, the young man was also a little gloomy.

The Green Empire is a hierarchical society, with a huge disparity between the rights of nobles and commoners. For example, many schools only recruit children of nobles. If they also recruit children of commoners, noble families will not let their children study under the name of this school or the teacher.

Because the tribes don't like to see their children sitting in the same classroom with those wild children of unknown origin, thinking that this will bring them harm. Similarly, there are some high-end restaurants, libraries, and even shops.

If you are an ordinary person from a green people, you will not be able to access many places in this country, as are many benefits.

Walking on the street, the nobles have special passages, carriages meet at the intersection, and the nobles must be given priority to advance, etc. This inequality is manifested in all parts of society, and even the laws of the empire clearly state that human life is not equal, Some people just want to be more noble.

It stands to reason that in such a system, there should be a lot of contradictions and grievances accumulated between the classes, but the builders of the empire have cleverly designed many channels for ascending. For example, with a very complete military merit system, fighting not only can gain wealth, but also the respect of others.

The various benefits brought by aristocratic status inspired groups of people to set foot on the battlefield and fight hard in order to obtain military merit and change their destiny. This also makes

The Green Empire greatly suppressed domestic anti-war sentiment in the early days and increased the combat effectiveness of the army.

At the same time, in addition to military merit, excellent craftsmen, priests, scholars, and high-order superhumans can also be granted aristocratic status, separating them from the civilian class.

In this way, the nobles have used various channels to recruit the most elite and outstanding people in this country. There are no extraordinary people and no masters among the commoners, and naturally they cannot make waves.

And most commoners also agree with this concept. The reason why nobles are nobles is that they are really powerful, diligent and dare to fight. Many commoners will also educate their children and strive to become nobles in the future.

The privileges of the nobility are also divided into three, six, and nine levels. The top tier is naturally the royal family, the four major duke families, and then the next row, the earl, the viscount, the baron, and a large number of lords who cannot be hereditary. At the same time, the nobles will also pay a considerable amount of taxes according to the rank and the number of registered family members, which are used to pay the price of their welfare. In a sense, the privileges of noble status are bought with money.

If the tax is not paid enough, the title will be downgraded, and eventually become a commoner, which has become a means of title recovery.

Relying on this kind of unequal treatment and giving some hope, and constantly motivating the common people, and even the small nobles to continue to climb up, the Green Empire maintains a very high vitality, iteratively advances in internal and external competition, and finally defeats Austrian. The country has become the strongest country on the continent.