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Chapter 166 Inheritance and funeral affairs

Although what Duke Osborne said is all true, everyone's image of the First Empire has been fixed, and it cannot be overturned in a few words.

Even if that person is a noble, let alone a duke with a higher title in the northern land.

Although most of the soldiers admitted that they were indebted to the First Empire, because it did leave a reliable enough support for everyone present.

But this does not completely negate the cruelty of the First Empire's conscription of corvee. Moreover, the last emperor of the First Empire considered himself a sinner.

If Eric was not a duke, no, even just a baron, Lord Knight, they would be happy to use the weapons in their hands to tell him what the people's iron fist is.

Or the iron fist of 'ignorance'.

"Quiet."

For such a rebuttal, Duke Osborne had expected it, and waited for them to calm down before continuing.

"This is about to talk about another period of history, which is still in the period of great development of mankind, and also the most glorious period of mankind.

At that time, we were not afraid of any race, as long as we dared to cause trouble for us humans, no matter what race it was, we would be rewarded with a sharp sword.

As soon as I mentioned this, I think everyone became excited, but these are things that everyone knows, so I won’t talk about it. I will talk about the situation at the civilian level at that time.

Thinking back to the early days of the First Empire, how many human races were hungry and emaciated. Were they robbed by imperial soldiers?Or have they been subjected to heavier exorbitant taxes?

No, neither, at that time they were deeply enslaved and exploited by alien races.

Even if the emperor of the empire wanted to collect taxes, they had to have them.

They just saw the hope of driving away the alien race, so that their descendants would no longer be harmed by the alien race, but their own harm.

For this they can eat grass roots and bark.

How many sallow and emaciated human races, they are holding leaked weapons, as for armor, it is something that they can't even imagine, even the emperor of the empire only has a leather armor.

It is this kind of soldiers who fight bloody in the front, just to fight for a larger and broader living space for human beings. They are so determined that they can continue to fight hungry.

Can you do it?You can't, it will only make you mutiny and think this is unfair treatment.

Yes, you are not wrong, because the two situations are completely different.

Because of them, you live in an era of abundant material resources, and you can choose to be picky.

It is also because of this that even if you are hungry, you must feed the imperial soldiers, even if you have no house to live in, you must let the imperial soldiers live.

Such things abound. Do the imperial soldiers dare to fight without their lives after receiving this favor?They dare not.

That unprecedented unity and nobility deeply shocked every person with the same sallow complexion, whether they were civilians or soldiers.

The elderly father also sent away the last adult child in the family and his frail wife, and took care of the young children and elderly parents alone.

One person took care of everything including but not limited to laundry, cooking, farming, and educating children, but they had no complaints.

Because the newborn empire, like the glorious sun, illuminated something called hope.

Feeling the dedication and hardship of the common people of the empire, the long supply line has already collapsed the logistics.

At this juncture, Emperor Hubble Abbas gave up his attempt to destroy the orcs and chose to stop at the North Wind Fortress.

Of course, there are also strategic considerations in this. The death of the rabbit and the sadness of the fox may arouse the vigilance of other alien races.

This brought destruction to this seemingly powerful empire, but in fact it was strong on the outside and incompetent on the inside. Their foundation was too shallow.

Most of the children of the second generation who grew up under their mothers heard that the emperor of the empire, Hub Abbas, recruited soldiers from all over the world to build roads, intending to penetrate all parts of the human world.

So that the imperial army can reach various places faster, so as to achieve the purpose of deterring and even preventing alien races.

It is also for the purpose of the prosperity of commerce and goods, as well as the support from all parties affected by disaster.

At the same time, the order to build the Four Winds Fortress to protect the human world.

Of course, you can think that the emperors of the empire are very happy, because only they can understand this, but you can't deny everything they have done for mankind.

More importantly, they did not impose corvee labor.

So where did those civilians come from?
With the encouragement of their elderly mother, they left their hometown and still embarked on the road of supporting the emperor's construction, because they knew that it would be beneficial to them.

When the empire was first established, everyone knew that the empire did not have excess wealth or food because the empire did not levy any taxes.

It only relies on the soldiers' spontaneous reclamation, cultivation, and harvesting of food to achieve self-sufficiency.

Even though the empire could not pay any wages and could only provide very little food, humans from all over the place resolutely joined the construction process.

They know that this is the land that their fathers bought with their blood. Their fathers can sacrifice their lives for them, and they can also sacrifice their lives for a better life for their descendants.

Although local civilians contributed food from their homes, many people still died of exhaustion or starvation during the construction process, just to give us a peaceful and prosperous age.

In order to prevent the emperor from knowing and preventing them from continuing to participate in the construction, they told their fellow countrymen around them to bury them under this road/city wall after death.

The road you walk every day under your feet, and this human barrier, the North Wind Fortress of the Four Winds Fortress, how many blood and bones of heroic souls are buried in it.

As the project continued and casualties increased, the emperor finally discovered the incident and directly ordered the soldiers to drive the civilians home, but not to harm them.

It’s just that if it can’t hurt them, how can we stop it? This order ended without a problem. For this reason, the emperor personally brought his family members to participate in this construction boom.

He also sent orders everywhere to register those who had contributed to the entire human ancestor.

Among them, most of the registered names are 'William from XX family in XX village. 'And people with the same name and surname from various villages and families.

In order to distinguish, it is necessary to add the name of the place, the name of the village, and the name of the mother. Even so, there are still tens of thousands of people with the same name.

Their nameplates were enshrined in the Imperial Hall of Valor in the imperial city, together with their fathers, and have been enshrined by Abbas for generations.

Therefore, the emperor issued an order that the dragons of the Abbas family were not allowed to attack humans, and locked them in the dark dragon nest of the imperial city.

I really like a sentence from the first emperor of the First Empire, that is: 'There has never been a savior, and I am not, nor is anyone in the Abbas family.

The only thing we can rely on is our tribe, that is human beings! '

This is a piece of history that has been erased. Even in the North, under the rule of the Osborne family, this piece of history was deliberately erased.

Why?Because the Osborne family has kept in mind the duty of being a minister, remembering the words of the last emperor of the empire, for the sake of the righteousness of the human race, and in order to prevent the orcs from taking advantage of it.

In order to dispel the suspicion of the Rhodes family, and to avoid unnecessary involution of the human race, we can only choose to do so.

The current royal city is the former imperial city, I think everyone is very clear about this, you have seen that the imperial city is unattainable, or the imperial palace is indescribably expensive.

Even the current height of 8 meters was built by the Rhodes family, and the current palace was also expanded by the Rhodes family.

With such a simple and crude imperial city and palace, you still believe in the cruelty of the First Empire, which is simply stupid.

Have you ever seen the Imperial Hall of Valor?The Rhodes family had destroyed it for the sake of their stable rule.

It's just that he not only destroyed the history of the First Empire, but also took away the unyielding backbone of mankind. All this was just for his own selfish desires.

In the beginning, the Osborne family could still talk to the elders in the territory about these things, but after the older generation passed away, they could no longer speak out about these things.

Not only that, even their descendants cannot know.

Have you ever known, as the patriarch of the Osborn family, what it feels like to watch the people in the territory slander a noble emperor?
How does it feel to watch your young children slandering a noble emperor?

What is it that supports us that we can persist to this day? I believe everyone already has their own answer, no need to say it.

These things must be recorded by every family in the north. If you don't trust the Osborne family, you can choose to ask your lord to verify this matter.

What I tell you today is not to lead you to avenge the First Empire, but to pass on the human spirit. "

The history that the Duke of Osborne revealed was somewhat beyond their expectations. No, it could even be said that this kind of thing was already close to myths and legends, which made them uncomfortable and unbelievable at the same time.

They are well aware of the suffering of human beings at that time, because they are surrounded by various alien races, they do not produce, and they completely regard human beings as cattle and sheep raised in captivity.

When they need food, they will directly wave their soldiers to grab it, or when they are unhappy, they will bring their soldiers here to vent.

They recognized the achievements of the first emperor of the First Empire, and at the same time remembered that both the official road that penetrated the human world and the Fortress of the Four Winds were indeed built at that time.

In other words, as the last emperor of the empire, over the years, even the imperial city and palace have not undergone any expansion, at most repairs have been carried out.

Such a simple deception has been deceiving them for so many years.

Morality tells them that they should feel ashamed, but they just show great confusion.

They also need more time to digest these "commonplace" facts.

Only Roland knew that this was the terrible thing about preconceptions.

Although the problem can sometimes be recognized, this impression is very stubborn and will not be easily changed once it is recognized. It will even find excuses to justify it.

What's more, this is an environment where everyone thinks so.

One person's justice is not justice.

Ten people, a hundred people, ten thousand people. The more people agree, it becomes justice, the justice affirmed by the general public.

Knowing these two characters can be said to be completely understood by the Four Kingdoms.

The Rhodes family even demolished the Imperial Hall of Valor. Perhaps their ancestors were among them. Such a thing was unacceptable to them.

But they still have some doubts. The unity of human beings at that time made them feel terrible, completely incomprehensible, or beyond their current cognition.

For this reason, they asked one after another, hoping that their lord could give them an accurate answer.

Fortunately, the Duke of Osborne had already considered this situation and invited all the nobles to the city wall.

Except for Roland, a new nobleman, the other nobles gave the soldiers an accurate answer, that is, it was true.

After learning that this is indeed the case, the soldiers broke out with greater enthusiasm for fighting.

They even dreamed of completing the unfinished work of their ancestors, breaking out of the North Wind Fortress, and driving out the orcs who had been threatening them all the time.

However, they were stopped by the Duke of Osborne. Although they could add a lot of combat power by relying on blood and bravery, there was still a big gap between them and the number of orcs.

Although their soldiers were stronger than those of the First Empire, the armor was also more powerful.

But they didn't have the dragon to help them, nor were they so determined.

Material abundance makes them physically stronger, but mentally weaker.

At the same time, he does not have the personal bravery of Emperor Hubble Abbas and his powerful companions who support him.

In the later stages, as they grew up, they could kill the enemy and make them collapse and flee with just a dozen of them.

It can be said that wherever the flag passes, the enemy flees. Just thinking about that kind of momentum makes people's blood boil.

The Duke of Osborne had been observing Roland when he said this, and saw that although he was moved, he didn't reveal much other emotions.

This made him decide to continue having a good talk with Count Roland. Of course, it was not about righteousness, but about the descendants of the Osborne family.

After dispersing the army, Duke Osborne called Roland and his companions, and led them to the meeting hall.

After everyone was seated, "Count Roland, I still have one thing to get rid of you, and I also have some ancient books that I need to hand over to you."

"Let's talk about it first and see if I can do it."

Roland did not immediately agree to Duke Osborne's words, although today's story shocked his heart.

He has this ability, but to take on such a responsibility, just thinking about it makes him feel a little hard to breathe.

"It's like this. Adult men and women over the age of 12 from the Osborne family have all come to Northwind Fortress. If nothing can be done, we are prepared to fight and die here.

Of course, it's just to awaken the will of resistance in the hearts of civilians. Although I don't know if this can be done, this is our duty, and it doesn't matter whether it's worth it.

I have asked Baron Lyon to send all the youngest sons of the family to your territory, and I hope you can take good care of them.

There are also some ancient books that need to be handed over to you. I have transcribed them all, and there are a lot of them. I also hope that you will pass them on. "

The Duke of Osborne didn't care about Roland's tone, but as if following the scriptures, he got rid of these things to Roland. Obviously, the previous things had consumed too much of his emotions.

"Why did you choose me? Forget it, pretend I didn't ask. I agreed to this matter. If there is nothing else, I will leave."

Roland knew very clearly why Duke Osborne chose him. He also knew the decision of the Osborne family, which made him feel a different kind of discomfort in his heart.

In contrast, he was not ready to die in battle. Facing people with noble sentiments, most people would unconsciously feel ashamed.

In the end, Roland left in a little embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)