Outworld: Rise of an Industrial Empire

Just as the owner of the tea shop brought some food, the middle-aged duke grabbed him, pointed at the two people and asked

, "Who

are they?" "They are the same as the soldiers, but they are also different, similar to the auxiliary soldiers of the army, but they don't care about fighting, they only specialize in maintaining law and order." The

shopkeeper seemed to know that these outsiders would be confused, so he explained succinctly.

"Hey! It's a little strange, just care about the law and order and don't care about the war?"

After listening to the shopkeeper's introduction, the middle-aged duke expressed some doubts about this.

In general, the army of the lord of the city-state or the defender of the city not only fights but also maintains law and order, and no one will maintain two systems, after all, this is equivalent to spending twice as much money.

But soon he was attracted by the food in front of him, and when he heard his daughters say it was sweet, he was stunned at first, and then hurriedly scooped up a rice ball with a soup spoon and put it in his mouth, the glutinous taste made him feel very novel, and then the sweet filling in it surprised him.

"Shhhh Hey, shopkeeper

, is the bread here sugar?" "Of course there's sugar in it, this thing is mainly black sesame seeds and the like, add some sugar, it's delicious!" I'll give you more later!

" Hearing the shopkeeper's words, the middle-aged duke's expression became a little shocked, and he hurriedly asked

, "Isn't your

sugar expensive?" "Sugar, it's really expensive, hey, how do you know about sugar?"

This time it was the shopkeeper's turn to be a little surprised, he had never heard of sugar, so he always thought that sugar was also invented by Su Zheng, but he didn't think that this foreigner actually knew about sugar.

The middle-aged duke didn't answer, and looked at the rice balls in front of him a little stunned.

In the Holy Continent, mortals almost chose to lie flat, and there was no technology, not even the technology of directly refining sugar from plants such as malt and sugar cane, only a magician in Zhongzhou tried to use magic to refine sugar from fruits a long, long time ago, and there was pure sugar.

On the one hand, refining sugar requires magical assistance, and on the other hand, it is very rare, so it is very precious even in Zhongzhou, and when it comes to Xizhou, it is the same price as the same amount of gold!

Although the shopkeeper said that it was expensive, but these commoners could enjoy sugar, so how expensive could it be

?" "Father, is sugar very expensive?"

The daughter's voice pulled the stunned middle-aged duke's thoughts back, as the so-called family does not know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, with the background strength of the middle-aged duke, it is still easy to get the sugar that the family usually eats and plays, but he knows the value of these sugars.

"Of course, sugar can only be refined by magicians, and of course it is precious! at least in Xizhou. The

middle-aged duke replied, and then he suddenly felt that he had made the right choice to come here in person this time.

The purpose of this visit is to discover the secrets behind the burlap, which is softer than soft linen.

As the cloth tycoons of the Clal Kingdom and even the Xinqiong Empire, their ancestral special secret recipe can make the soft linen cloth a little softer, which is the reason why their cloth can seize more markets.

And this burlap cloth from Su Xincheng is even softer than the soft linen made by his special secret recipe.

This must threaten their family's estate, so he must come and check it out for himself.

But he didn't expect to find something that shocked him even more.

"Oops, it's the army coming!"

the middle-aged man, who was pondering, was pulled back to his thoughts by the movement in the village.

"What are the troops doing here?" Noelle

was already very disgusted with the army, and when she heard that an army was coming, her face immediately sank.

The owner of the pantry brought some more food, and just when he heard Noelle's question, he said

, "It should be a patrol, hey, when it's the day of the autumn harvest, it is possible to help come to the autumn harvest." The

three of them were stunned when they heard this, and the middle-aged prince asked with some doubts:

"Ah, help with the autumn harvest?" "

Yes, since Earl Su Zheng took power, he has been very concerned about the situation of our peasants, we are a border village, during the winter harvest last year, His Royal Highness was worried about being harassed, so he sent the army to help with the harvest, oops, I have never seen such a good lord." The

shopkeeper said with a touched face, the shopkeeper's words made the middle-aged earl stunned for a moment, the army came to help with the autumn harvest? Are you sure it's help? Not to grab grain?"

Not only that, since Earl Su Zheng took power, not only has the tax been reduced very low, but also directly exempted us from taxes for almost a year. Hearing

this, the middle-aged duke was even more surprised, it stands to reason that he has just obtained a new city, and he should make a lot of money, but Su Zheng happened to be the opposite.

"This lord is a bit interesting!" The

middle-aged duke touched his beard, and had more admiration for this lord in his heart, it was too rare to have such a quality.

"Father, you see that the people are quite welcoming to them!"

Noelle was very interested in the behavior of the villagers, who were completely different from the villagers in other places who behaved when they saw the soldiers.

Although the villagers did not welcome them very warmly, they did not hide in fright, some laughed and watched the army pass in front of them, and many people waved their arms to greet them, after all, they came to help harvest the crops last time.

As the procession marched, the soldiers who came out alone on the side of

the group shouted to the group: "Brothers, sing the song of the Nine Great Regulations again!"

and then the team began to sing in a neat manner, the first two sentences of the middle-aged earl did not hear clearly, as the team approached, he could clearly hear what they were singing.

"First, we must obey the command, second, we must line up, remember to line up",

"Third, march, do not harass the people, we and the food are all the people's fat." "

Fourth, conduct, reputation, hobby, hooliganism, style, resolutely get rid

of" "Fifth, face the battle, run forward bravely, if you retreat, military law cannot be spared"

The song in the soldier's mouth was catchy, the lyrics were clear, and the father and daughter were stunned when they heard it, especially the middle-aged duke, who was quite surprised to hear the gist of the lyrics in the soldier's mouth.

It was the first time he had heard of such discipline in an army and sang it in song.

He had seen many benevolent and diligent lords, but it was indeed rare for a lord to restrain his subordinates so much and care about the feelings of the common people.

At this time, the duke was already desperate to meet this lord.

The soldiers outside the queue walked up to the two security teams and gave them a military salute, and the two security teams hurriedly returned the salute.

"Hello gentlemen, we have received news that Huang Qi City has been attacked, and we have been ordered to station patrols at the border just in case. "

Oh, okay, understood!"

"Please inform your village chief and organize the autumn harvest as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night, and we can also help." "

Okay, okay, you've done a great job!"

the security team saluted again, and the leader of the soldiers returned the salute, and then led the team in the direction of the boundary monument.

At this time, the three people in the pantry also heard their conversation, and the middle-aged duke was surprised again.

They actually got the news so quickly, the three of them were personally attacked yesterday, and when they arrived at Huang Qicheng, Huang Qicheng himself didn't even know.

I rested in Huang Qicheng for one night, and only the next day did I hear Huang Qicheng have related discussions.

This shows that Su Zheng has spies in the surrounding city-states, at least in Huangqi City, but Su Zheng did not take this opportunity to take advantage of the danger, but only strengthened the defense, which also made him a little puzzled.