Outworld: Rise of an Industrial Empire

"This city lord is kind of interesting!" In

one of the few two-story wooden buildings in the village, a woman stood by the window and watched the scene at the entrance of the village. Her smooth and fair face and dark and deep eyes reveal a delicate and delicate temperament, even if she is wearing simple clothes, you can still see her nobility and elegance.

"Yali, you go to the entrance of the village first.

She turned around and said to a man and a woman behind her, these two were the same two people who had been pulling the cart at the entrance of the village.

"Yes, master. The

two bowed slightly, then left the room.

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Su Zheng chatted with the village chief and a few old people while walking towards the village, and the villagers followed Su Zheng's footsteps.

The cavalry followed Su Zheng closely with spears in hand, and although the villagers were warm and friendly, it was their duty to be on guard at all times.

After entering the village, Su Zheng looked at the surrounding environment, and the overall level of hygiene was already very good, there was no peculiar smell, and the road was paved with stones for easy passage.

The surrounding area is mainly wooden houses, and there are some earthen houses, which are not much different from the periphery of Suxin City.

A village like Fulin Village is the situation in the countryside within the territory of the Soviet government, but it is not the situation in the rural areas of this world.

Su Zheng's father personally inspected the entire territory every year, and the taxes in the territory were not high, and they were never forcibly levied, which was the reason why the territory was so harmonious and stable.

However, there were a few harmonious and stable city-states, but the vast majority of nobles undoubtedly used their domains as a tool to collect money.

In addition, many earl autonomous city-states are in the buffer zone of war, once there is a war, years of hard work will be ruined, it is better to harvest the slightest sprout.

[It's the fault of the times!It's the empire's fault!It's the enemy's fault!In short, it's not my fault!]

Suxincheng is also on the border, but it's not in the war zone, and it's in the middle of nowhere, and it hasn't experienced war for decades.

There is also the truth that the widow is well-off, and the territory of Suxincheng is not large, the population is not large, and it is easy to govern.

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Su Zheng, who was looking around, suddenly stopped, looking at the courtyard next to him, Su Zheng always felt that there was an extraordinary atmosphere in the courtyard.

Seeing Su Zheng stop and stare at a house, the knight guards also became alert, Lei Ming and the knight chief drew their swords, one left and one right in front of Su Zheng.

Seeing this, the village chief stepped forward and was about to speak, when the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the courtyard, and then a female knight came out of the courtyard on horseback.

After seeing the female knight, Su Zheng was directly stunned....

The female knight's whole body equipment is expensive, the delicate curve of the armor shows her graceful figure to the fullest, the ornaments and carved patterns on the armor are all exquisite, her cloak can be seen without touching, it is an excellent silk, it seems to have a faint halo under the sunlight, this is by no means made of silk produced by silkworms! Even the

armor of her war horse is exquisitely made, in front of her war horse armor, Su Zheng's own earl armor looks extremely rough.

After the female knight came out, she looked at Su Zheng and asked with a serious face

, "Are you the Count of the Su Clan?"

"Yes, I am Su Zheng, may I ask who you are..."

Hearing Su Zheng's reply, the female knight got off her horse, and then said:

"I used to be a knight of the Ash Empire, He Jing, and now I am willing to fight for you and swear in the name of the Holy Lord Goddess." Then

she placed her right hand on her chest and bowed slightly, giving a chivalric salute.

Seeing this, Su Zheng was directly stunned, first of all, he was stunned by such an imposing female knight who suddenly swore allegiance.

Then Su Zheng began to search for this Ash Empire in his brain.

"Your Highness, this seems to be an empire in Zhongzhou..."

Lei Ming reminded Su Zheng, and Su Zheng was even more confused when he heard this.

"The Empire of Zhongzhou? magic... Empire? hiss... You... Are you a magician?"

Su Zheng asked in surprise, the female knight nodded, and exuded a strong magical aura, the sudden coercion frightened the surrounding villagers into panic, and several old people even sat directly on the ground, Su Zheng's knights clenched their fists fiercely, and the war horses were also frightened and restless.

Only the female knight and her horse remained silent.

Beads of sweat flowed down Su Zheng's forehead, and the sudden coercion just now made Su Zheng almost lose his footing.

Even if the coercion was only for a moment, Su Zheng's elite knights were all stunned in place and did not dare to move.

Is this a magician?

This is the first time that Su Zheng has felt the majesty of magic so closely, and this feeling is simply too mysterious for Su Zheng to express in words.

Loyal to yourself? Su Zheng thought to himself that he was afraid that he had heard it wrong, and it would be good not to let himself be loyal to her, such a magician would actually say that he would be loyal to a mortal nobleman.

"Your Excellency the Magician, there is no doubt about your identity and strength, but... I don't understand what you just meant..."

"Just as every roaming knight chooses allegiance to a lord, I am now willing to pledge allegiance to you, Your Highness the Earl.

"I am very honored, Your Excellency the Magician, but I wonder why you, as a magician, would choose to be loyal to a mortal nobleman. "

Follow the will of the heart. He

Jing's answer is very interesting, it not only answered Su Zheng, but also did not answer Su Zheng's ......

Then He Jing said:

"Your Royal Highness, I have only one condition, I will not rob the city and land for you, other than that, I will obey your command.

Su Zheng seemed to understand what He Jing meant, this dare is to find a place to eat white food! After all, there are magicians who are not sent to attack the city and plunder the land, so what is the use of asking

for a magician? Su Zheng doesn't mind picking up a magician for nothing, and he is also a beautiful ......

However, Su Zheng was very puzzled, even if she ate white food, she didn't need to find a city lord in a remote area like herself!