Empire, as the name suggests, is an imperial state, and when people hear the word, the first thing that comes to mind is the aristocracy, the commoners, and the slaves.

The status of slaves in the imperial state is almost equivalent to that of domestic animals, and of course, the status of the master's family also determines the status of the slave.

If it is a personal slave of His Majesty the Emperor, it is not an exaggeration to become a prime minister or marshal in the empire, and there are many examples of these in history.

Commoners were also called freedmen in the Empire, and compared to slaves, they had the most precious thing, and that was freedom.

You are free to choose your own future, you are free to decide what you want to do, and you are not like a slave who even has to be appointed by his master for marriage.

However, free people do not mean that life is better than that of slaves, after all, families who can afford slaves will at least provide slaves with a full meal every day.

Under the guise of imperial prosperity, there are countless freedmen who live in dire straits every day, and some are even more envious of the slave life of those who do not have to worry about survival.

As for the nobility, it is completely different from the above two, the aristocracy has a total of five classes in the imperial state, the prince and the prince, and there are knights under the fifth class of nobles, but the knights used to be only a class, and later became a special class, higher than the ordinary free people but not nobles.

The aristocracy is divided into two types, the real power aristocracy and the honorary aristocracy.

The real power aristocracy is generally a big family with a long heritage, and there are fiefs that have been in operation for many years in the family, and some of the people who are particularly old and have not had a defeated family even have real power in the empire is not much smaller than the emperor, and in the fief is completely the emperor of the soil, and even can have independent law enforcement power and the right to form a private guard.

Honorary nobles generally do not have fiefs, but they are canonized as nobles by His Majesty the Emperor because they have made great contributions to the empire.

However, the fiefdoms in the empire have long been saturated, so these honorary nobles are much smaller in influence than the real nobles, and there are even some poorly managed families who rely entirely on the annuity of the empire to make a living.

Compared with the two types of nobles, if there is no conflict of interest, it is fine, everyone seems to be very kind, but once there is a conflict of interest, the real power noble, even if it is just a baron, dares not to give face to the duke, who is an honorary nobleman.

After all, the imperial country with a long heritage has too many honorary dukes left behind.

It is rumored that in the imperial capital of the Red Mountain Empire, three honorary dukes can be stepped on even by taking a bus.

From the above text, it can be seen that the class contradictions within the imperial state are very obvious, even to the point that everyone knows about it, but no one has pierced this layer of window paper.

This is also the reason why the Second Water Plant, as an infrastructure for the free people, is so different from the First Water Plant.

Ye Ming came to one of the ten reservoirs of the Second Water Plant, sniffed and couldn't help frowning.

At the moment, the cistern looks like it has not been treated, and you can smell the pungent fishy stench emanating from it.

However, if you think about it, you can understand the reason, although it is the same water plant, but the water source is different.

The first plant extracts groundwater that is further filtered before it is introduced into the reservoir, while the second plant extracts surface water.

Because of the inaction of some yamen in the empire, there was no unified standard for the discharge of various light and heavy factories, in short, all of them were discharged into the river.

This also led to the fact that all the indicators in the water source extracted from the river by the second water plant exceeded the standard, if it were not for the subsequent filtration procedures, Ye Ming had no doubt that drinking this thing would be no different from eating poison.

casually threw a few "Ten Miles of Fragrance" capsules into the reservoir, and Ye Ming covered his nose and headed towards the other reservoirs.

Finally walked around all the ten cisterns, and even if Ye Ming came to the clearing, there was still a lingering stench between his snorts.

"Gott~"

Ye Ming, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help retching a few times, and then took out mineral water from his backpack and rinsed it on his face, and then patted his chest with palpitations.

Thinking that there would be a few waterworks that served the freedmen and even specialized in serving slaves, Ye Ming's face couldn't help but change.

You won't die before you get out of school, right?

At the moment when Ye Ming was stunned, several big red dots that suddenly appeared on the map instantly alerted him.

The speed at which he could see the red dot was very fast, and before Ye Ming could react, he had already surrounded his position from several directions.

Feeling the deathly silence around him, Ye Ming couldn't help but grin.

The map is a good thing, and if it weren't for this bug-like feature, he would have to wait until he was close to the opponent's hideout to find someone in ambush.

Although he hadn't met the other party yet, Ye Ming could tell that there should be at least one master just by relying on the opponent's formation and position.

Ye Ming, who had never liked adventures, touched his chin and sent a message to Fang Yu in advance.

Ye Ming: The coordinates of the left area of the second water plant are 102,635, and he may have accidentally fallen into an ambush by the enemy.

Although Fang Yu never showed up, he kept changing with Ye Ming's goal.

Not long after the message was sent, Fang Yu's reply was sent back.

Fang Yu: Yes, I'm nearby, be careful.

After receiving Fang Yu's reply, Ye Ming subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, he would definitely not find this cheap big cousin on the map.

The neighborhood that the other party said and the neighborhood that ordinary people say are completely different concepts, after all, it is an ace sniper who can count on one hand in the neutral zone.

Coupled with the particularity of this mission, the other party directly abandoned the traditional mechanical sniper rifle in the past and replaced it with a high-efficiency heat source gun for snipers made in the empire.

The effective range is 3,000 meters, and there is no sound when shooting except for the light sound of pulling the trigger, and the speed of the heat source beam is equal to light, that is, the trigger has been pulled on that side, and the target has already been hit.

Only real soldiers know how terrifying this weapon is, and of course, because of its slightly longer range, it can't be counted at all like a normal heat gun.

At the very least, it is necessary to calculate the possible refraction of the heat source beam in the air, and this set of calculations is completely different from the calculation methods such as wind direction and air humidity of traditional snipers, so at this time, Fang Yu's accuracy is still up for debate.

But there is nothing to be said under the fame, presumably this cheap cousin who has played with guns all his life should not let himself down, right?

Ye Ming sighed, since he had been discovered by the enemy, he simply stopped hiding it, lit a cigarette for himself casually, and then walked over step by step in the direction of the wall.

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