Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 271
In fact, Owen guessed right, that person is indeed one of the emperor's doubles, and there are actually other similar doubles, they randomly appear in the palace and the imperial capital, and handle some unimportant but cumbersome affairs in the appearance and name of the emperor , such as meeting or attending certain banquet ceremonies.

But don't underestimate these emperor's substitutes because of this, because no one knows where the real emperor is, and whether he will appear as a substitute.

You think he is the emperor's substitute, but who can guarantee that he is not the emperor himself?

Even the Marquis of Pegasus, who is the emperor's confidant, sometimes cannot be sure whether it is the emperor himself who meets him.

It's just that he is very smart and never tries to test whether the person in front of him is the emperor himself. He always remains respectful and executes orders without hesitation. This is why he is still the emperor's confidant, unlike the old His companion disappeared without notice.

On the way back with Owen and his party, the stand-in had already reported the details of the meeting to the emperor who was handling government affairs, without any personal opinions during the period, like a ruthless retelling machine.

The emperor didn't know whether he listened or not, anyway, he wrote a note and sent the substitute away.

In fact, the Northland was important to the emperor, but the nobles in the Northland were not, so it didn't matter who came. Even if Owen of unknown origin was mixed in, it still wouldn't arouse the emperor's slightest interest.

It took the emperor too much energy to control such a large empire, and he has seen too much after decades of ruling. It can be said that even if Owen directly rebelled, he would rank third in the order of affairs that the emperor needed to deal with. digits.

It's not that they don't pay attention, but it's unnecessary. The entire empire has a population of hundreds of millions. Does the emperor need to care about a small lord with a population of only tens of thousands?
Maybe this was the first and last time I heard this name, so the emperor didn't even need to memorize it, and just dealt with it casually.

Owen thought highly of himself before. He was just a little bug in front of the huge empire. He would only attract the attention of his opponents who were also bugs. A real boss would not waste energy paying attention to such small things, so None of his worries happened, and everything went smoothly.

After two days of repairing the manor, the Marquis of Bogasus, who received the emperor's permission, was going to take them to the noble council for registration. Only after the registration was completed in the noble council could they be regarded as real nobles and be eligible to accept the emperor's canonization as a northern prince. land lord.

Nobles are nobles, lords are lords, nobles are not necessarily lords, but lords must be nobles.

At this time, the Marquis of Borgasos was actually very envious of Owen and the others in his heart, because he only had a Viscountdom for half his life, and these people started with a Viscounty Territory, and there is no upper limit. As long as they work hard to develop for a few years, they will become Earls It's just a matter of time.

But he is not willing to ask the Marquis of Borgasos to change with them. After all, this is the capital of the empire. Even if there are as many viscounts as dogs, and the earls are walking everywhere, the marquis can only tremble. It will not change the fact that this is the core of the entire empire. .

This time it was not a royal carriage, so Owen and the others could finally take a good look at the imperial capital.

Needless to say, the majesty of the imperial capital is not to be overstated. Millions of people gather here. Bigger, terrifyingly large, there are as many as five city walls alone, which are the traces of continuous expansion for thousands of years.

However, the city wall is not more majestic as it is built further back. On the contrary, the city walls are smaller and smaller one by one, like terraced fields.

For example, the outermost city wall is only six meters high and four meters wide. It is not built with solid stones, but fired city bricks. The interior is only filled with steamed soil. The defense is not as good as imagined. powerful.

But the city walls are more terrifying as you go inward, especially the third ring city wall, which is more than ten meters high, and there are caves for hiding soldiers, armories, canteens, and hospitals inside. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a war fortress.

But the most powerful ones have to be the first ring city wall guarding the palace and the second ring city wall guarding the inner city, because these two city walls are integrated with the magic barrier, not just a simple physical defense.

After learning this, Owen's expression was a little strange, a song of the five rings was about to start, but he finally held back.

According to the division, the first ring palace is the core, followed by the inner city of the second ring, the aristocratic area of ​​the third ring, the commercial area of ​​the fourth ring, the civilian area of ​​the fifth ring, and the sixth and seventh rings without city walls. It is a supply circle composed of towns , mainly responsible for production and transportation in order to maintain the operation and vitality of the imperial capital.

Just like Owen's North City, it is impossible for all the citizens to be in the city. There must be a considerable amount of settlements outside the city to facilitate farming and production.

After all, with the size of Beicheng, it is impossible to maintain it for a long time only by transporting materials from various places, and the local area must also have a sufficient amount of planting and production capacity.

Passing through the first city gate and entering the fifth-ring city wall, Owen found that it was not as good as his northern city, because both the buildings and the roads gave people a feeling of disrepair, and the potholes and uneven roads were sometimes covered with water. The wheels sputtered out, making pedestrians avoid them. From this alone, it can be seen that the imperial capital is not as good as imagined.

If the run-down of the construction roads only made Owen frown, then the civilians here are unpleasant.

It's not that the clothes are sloppy or ugly, but the depressive and numb expression makes people feel breathless.

Owen knew exactly what kind of exploitation and pressure the common people of the imperial capital were enduring without asking, and the slums that occasionally appeared in a corner also confirmed his thoughts.

If you don't work hard to study, work and pay taxes, you can only fall into a hellish slum. This is the cruel reality that every person in the imperial capital has to face from the day they are born.

The upper space is so big, even if there is only one person who can inherit the noble title, the rest can only find other ways of living, such as doing business or serving other nobles.

And the commercial competition in the imperial capital is equally fierce. It is only natural for the big fish to eat the small fish, and countless bankrupts have fallen to the civilian areas.

Not to mention the most stressed civilians, an accident or a disease may knock the whole family down to hell and become consumables or living dead in the slums.

Owen is keenly aware that the dark side of the imperial capital may be beyond his imagination, but he is powerless to change anything.

Because class means exploitation, and exploitation means poverty, and poverty breeds suffering, and suffering brings disaster, like a noose around the neck, no one can escape, and no one can change, not even the emperor .

(End of this chapter)