Outworld: Rise of an Industrial Empire

The village of Fulin

is a small village, with only a few dozen families and about two or three hundred people, and because of its proximity to the woods, there are two carpenter workshops, some of which make a living by cutting wood and making wooden furniture, and some of which cultivate farmland and grow wheat and potatoes.

At the entrance of the village, a few children were playing happily, and a few middle-aged people were sitting together, talking and laughing.

It's rare to have a quiet few days, but it's about to get busy, and the wheat will be harvested in a while, but there is a good saying, although tired, but happy.

What farmer is not happy about a good harvest? What farmer is not happy about a grain harvest?

A young man in a sackcloth coat appeared in the field of vision with a cart dragging hay and some miscellaneous items, and a delicate girl sat on it.

"Oh, Yali, it cost a lot of money to buy so much hay.

"Tut-tut, it's all good hay! If you want me to say, like my two sheep, just pull them directly to the grass in the back mountain."

"That's a precious white horse, and you're twenty sheep, and you're not as good as one."

When the young man pulled the cart and passed by the entrance of the village, the villagers at the entrance of the village looked at the things in the cart and laughed, the girl in the car just smiled slightly, turned her head to look at the children playing on the side of the road, and patted the young man pulling the cart: "Honey, stop for a moment."

Then she shouted to the children who were playing, "Children!"

The children who were playing excitedly ran to the side of the cart, and the girl took out some fruits from the basket next to her and handed them to the children who gathered around.

The children were jumping up and down happily when they got the fruit, and then a middle-aged man shouted to one of

the children, "Thank you, Sister Yali!" "Thank you, Sister Yali", "Thank you

, Sister Yali,"

the

child said to the girl with a grin, and all the children shouted.

"Let's go play. "

The breeze blows, and the big trees at the entrance of the village sway with the wind, making a rattling sound.

A few fallen leaves floated into the cart, the girl sang, and the young man pulling the cart was full of happy smiles.

Farmers resting in the shade of the trees talk about the upcoming harvest.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves and armor clashing in the distance interrupted the beauty, and everyone's attention was drawn to it, and in the distance two knights in full armor and armed with spears were hurrying forward.

Seeing this, everyone at the entrance of the village looked at each other, and everyone's hearts chuckled; now life is not rich, but it is stable, and no one wants any changes.

When the knight arrived at the entrance of the village, all the people gathered around him, and before they could ask, one of the knights said to them

, "Go and tell your village chief that His Highness the lord of the city is here in person, and let him come out at once to take the car!"

Then he turned to the other knight and said

, "Look around, I'll go to the village."

"Okay.

Before everyone could react, the two knights parted ways.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then hurried towards the village.

The girl on the cart also motioned to the young man pulling the cart to speed up.

The cavalry galloped past the only road in the village that still looked like a road, and the occupants of the houses on either side stepped out to watch.

"His Royal Highness the City Lord is coming!" several

children jumped up and down excitedly, spreading the news to the entire village, and the village suddenly boiled.

.

Half an hour later, with the sound of heavy armor colliding, a heavily armored team appeared at the entrance to Fulin Village.

More than 200 people from the entire village gathered at the entrance of the village, looking at the approaching team, the villagers cheered excitedly and shouted "His Royal Highness the City Lord".

Su Zheng rode on horseback, wearing a medal symbolizing the status of an earl on his chest, wearing a purple cloak, and the armor pattern on his body was also purple, symbolizing his noble status.

In ancient times on earth, both in the East and the West, purple was a symbol of nobility, not only because of its beauty, but also because of the difficulty of extracting natural purple dye. And it's the same in the Holy Continent.

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When Su Zheng approached, the villagers immediately knelt down, and even a few old men knelt on both knees! The highest etiquette in the Holy Continent was to kneel on one knee, and being able to kneel on both knees was enough to see Su Zheng's status in the hearts of these people.

Seeing this, Su Zheng hurriedly got off his horse and said,

"Everyone get up!

Then Su Zheng came to an old man who was kneeling on his knees and helped him up with his own hands.

"Old man, get up.

Looking at the energetic old man, Su Zheng asked

, "You guys are all living well, aren't you?" "

Yes, life is good now, it's all because of the gift of the old city lord!"

the old man said gratefully, and then he began to tell his experience:

"I, ah, I escaped from the war in the north a few decades ago, because I didn't have a certificate, I became a homeless, and then I was sold into slavery and farmed for a landlord, and then I heard that homeless people were allowed to settle here, so I and a few people secretly ran over and settled here. Later, I opened up some wasteland, and in the first two years, the old city lord confiscated my grain tax, and the harvest was good. I saved some food, built a house, married a wife, and had children, and now I have three sons, two daughters, and six grandchildren!

The old man recounted his experience with great vigour, and at this time someone also talked about the scene when he was a child, when the family was called for grain tax, when there was a war, and all the crops were destroyed, but their earl, in order to raise grain and grass, also increased the grain tax.

Listening to the villagers compare what happened to him, Su Zheng sighed in his heart, in this chaotic primitive society as dark as the Middle Ages on Earth, it is rare to have a benevolent lord.

Su Zheng also has to thank his grandfather and father for their benevolent governance, although there are not many people in the city and the power is not large, but fortunately, it is stable internally, and there are no internal worries.

Everyone's last words fell on the descendants, in the agricultural era, everyone was proud to have more sons, Su Zheng also responded to their words and said:

"Okay, good, life is good, this son is more, the land will be opened more, and life will be better and better!

It's a grandson who died, the year before last, I went to the woods and said that I saw a gold mine, but who knew that there were strange beasts inside..."

The old man who was helped up by Su Zheng at the beginning sighed and said, his words made the villagers talk.

"What kind of yellow poison lizard! The thing in that cave looks like a gold mine, killing people, some people used to think it was a gold mine, but it turned out... Hey..."

That's right, the son of the sixth child of my family almost thought it was a gold mine, but then he saw a strange beast, so he didn't go in!"

Hearing their description, Su Zheng had an answer in his heart.

"It should be pyrite!"

"Pyrite, or pyrite, is light brass-colored, with a yellowish-brown surface, quite similar to gold, and is also called "fool's gold" on earth.

This is not as simple as a fool, this is "harming people's gold

"! Su Zheng is coming at it today!

"Don't worry, today I will personally lead the team to avenge you, I have heard about this yellow poisonous lizard cave for a long time, and today I personally lead the team to exterminate the yellow poisonous lizard in this cave."

After listening to Su Zheng's words, the villagers cheered again, even if most people had nothing to do with this yellow poison lizard, Su Zheng's words were enough to make them grateful.

After hearing this, the old man was moved to tears, and said excitedly:

"Avenge my grandson, I will die without regrets in this life!" "

The Holy Lord and Goddess are above, you must be the righteous angel by her side!".