Cons left the commander's tent, and the few companions who were curiously leaning over changed their faces when they saw the rank of lieutenant in his hand.

Some were dissatisfied and said congratulations to themselves, some were gloomy and turned around and left, some were smiling and said strange words, and some were flattering themselves with flattery.

Seeing these people who had fought side by side not long ago, talking and laughing with themselves, and comforting themselves because they had not achieved improvement, suddenly turned into a strange appearance, Cons couldn't help but sigh in secret.

It seems that I have not integrated into them at all, and that's right. Can people who have just joined the army for a few days be integrated into them? It would be strange if I, an outsider, have won glory beyond them, and it would be strange if I am not rejected.

The best result is to transfer into other troops. After all, it is not that I am promoted from the private, and I will have less jealousy.

Cons casually catered to these comrades with strange looks. Those who flattered the people no longer paid attention to Cons' indifference when they saw Cons' indifference.

He didn't bother to pay attention to what they thought, so Cons just took all kinds of gazes and went to the imperial capital.

On the way, the more than 2,000 prisoners captured entered the imperial territory and immediately handed them over to the nearest city's government office. I don't know how much it sold, but Cons got two gold coins anyway.

Only then did he realize that if the prisoners captured on the battlefield were not paid, they would be sold into slaves, and they were also slaves who could be beaten and scolded by their masters. Cons was a little surprised by this. He did not expect that such a powerful empire would be so outdated in this regard.

Then, after following the troops, it took more than a month to finally enter the imperial capital.

Standing on a hillside, Cons was stunned and looked at a behemoth on the plain ahead that could not be seen at all.

Seeing Cons looking like a country bumpkin, the soldiers jealous Cons couldn't help but show off: "This is the imperial capital of the Ultraman Empire - Shengwu City. It is 100 kilometers long, 50 kilometers wide, 30 meters thick, and 50 meters high. Each side has nine thirty-six city gates. The population in the city alone exceeds five million, making it the largest city in the entire continent."

Cons asked a little stunned: "How to defend such a huge city? If the city gate encounters an enemy, the guards from other cities will come to support it. Wouldn't it take half a day?"

A soldier said proudly: "Hehe, if the imperial capital in the heart of the empire will encounter enemies, then our imperial army can commit suicide. You must know that within a thousand miles of the imperial capital, there are ten elite divisions stationed for many years. The eight major military camps outside the city are guarding the personal guards of the left-behind the imperial capital. Don't underestimate these personal guards. The total number of personal guards of the imperial capital officers exceeds 500,000.

"As for the imperial capital, there is a division of city guards, a division of guards, a imperial army, and an imperial guards.

"But even if such a thing really happens, it's nothing. The three divisions in the city are all cavalry units and can rush to support in the shortest time.

"Even if you are really besieged, it is not a problem. The city has stored enough food for five million people to eat for three years. In addition to a moat that passes through the city, there are 180 springs in the city. More than 200,000 elite troops are in the city, and there is no shortage of water and food, and there is no shortage of foreign aid. Our imperial troops will never be captured!"

As the team walked into the plain, there was no sign of the imperial capital, but there was still a huge camp in the distance.

Cons remembered what the soldier said just now and asked, "We are stationed outside the city? Can we visit the city?"

A soldier is probably from the imperial capital, and he feels a little arrogant as soon as he opens his mouth: "Don't want to enter the imperial capital. Military law stipulates that officers at or above the school level or soldiers from the imperial capital can enter the imperial capital. The rest of the soldiers can only enter unless they obtain a pass jointly issued by the military headquarters and the imperial capital city police and guards.

"Also, the school-level officers who enter the imperial capital shall not have more than one personal guard, and the general-level officers shall not have more than one small team. Even the marshal can only lead a brigade of guards into the city.

"It may be difficult for you outsiders to feel the style of the imperial capital. However, there are satellite cities around the Qinwei Camp. Although the inner hut is not comparable to that of the imperial capital, it is much better than other places. I believe you will not be disappointed. Haha."

The soldier's proud laughter aroused the cater to several people from the imperial capital, but it was a cold look.

Cons muttered to himself.

The entry and exit are so strict, maybe I am afraid of an ambitious coup? Just like the marshal, even if he brings all the school-level officers under his command, his troops will only be a few thousand, which is not enough for these millions of people and imperial capital.

What if the three masters in the city rebelled? Well, there should be another system to prevent these three divisions, right?

While Cons was thinking about it, the army drove through the huge military camp and continued to move forward. The people of the imperial capital continued to show off their knowledge: "The eight major guard camps in the imperial capital are also divided into high and low. For example, the military camp just now is used to accommodate the guards under the command of the lieutenant in other places. In other words, the closer they are to the imperial capital, the higher the guards' palace. For example, our marshal guards are directly stationed ten kilometers away from the imperial unit."

Cons nodded. The Ultraman Empire had very detailed divisions and strict divisions.

Along the way, Cons saw the vast population of the Ultraman Empire. The main marching roads were surrounded by villages and towns, and there were countless hotels and hotels. The residents were different from the people of Qihong Kingdom. Not only were they not afraid of the troops passing by, but there were not even people who were curious to watch. They all acted as if the army did not exist and they were doing their own things.

When the imperial capital heard Cons' inquiry, they showed off: "Hey, this is the reserve of the imperial capital. We are the imperial army and the cornerstone of protecting the empire. Why should the people of the empire be afraid of us?"

"Is he a native of the imperial capital without living in the city?" Cons was a little curious.

"The residents within a radius of 500 kilometers of Shengwu City are all from the imperial capital, but they can enter and exit Shengwu City once a month with their identity certificate. Unlike us, the imperial capital who live in the city, who can enter and exit Shengwu City unlimitedly unless martial law is strictly prohibited. This is the pride of our imperial capital people."

The imperial capital's pride may be disliked. A soldier from another place sneered: "Hmph, it's just that the empire is directly under the leadership. Go to other places to see if the residents see the army coming or not?"

When the Imperial Capital heard this, he curled his lips and said nothing. It seemed that they knew the situation in other places.

"The Empire is the direct leader?" Cons couldn't help asking when he heard the new term.

"That is, the imperial cabinet directly dispatched officials to the jurisdiction, and all taxes are paid to the treasury, and the local garrisons are generally the capitals of various provinces and counties. These cities are the so-called direct leadership of the empire. The second frontier answered.

"Just just the capitals of each province and county? Then the villages and towns below are ignored?" Cons asked in surprise.

He had no idea that the empire's jurisdiction over the territory was at this level. Could it be that the territory below was an anarchy and no one was in charge?

"The counties, towns and villages below are all enfeoffed." said the Imperial Capital.

"What? The Empire actually enfeoffed so many places?" Cons was completely shocked this time.

It is normal for an imperial country to have fiefdoms, but it is absolutely impossible to enfeoff all the upper lands except the provincial and county capitals. Even a super tyrant would not do this.

"Oh, there is nothing to do about this. Who said that the empire is too large? It takes seven days for wars to be carried on the border with a land of more than 30,000 square kilometers. It takes at least three months to send cavalry troops from the imperial capital to the border. It takes at least one year to release taxes from the border to the imperial capital!

"So His Majesty the Emperor simply enfeoffed all counties, towns and villages. Those lords were responsible for the matter in these enfeoffed fiefs. I don't know how much trouble the imperial cabinet has lost."

"But aren't you afraid of these lords rebelling like this?" Cons asked in confusion.

"Hey, don't think that the title of lord is amazing. In the empire, lords are worthless, and the title of aristocrat is worthwhile. Do you know? Any officer at the school level or above can obtain fiefdoms. Think about the regular army of the twenty legions of the country, there are countless local troops, and how many officers at the school level or above are there."

Cons opened his mouth and was stunned. The officers at the school level and above could be enfeoffed. After a while, he said in surprise: "Was that major general who has the territory of several counties?"

The Imperial Master smiled and said, "There are no so many. The imperial cabinet will never enthrone the entire territory to us soldiers. Moreover, these villages, towns, and county governments are not together, they are definitely from east to west.

"Also, don't think that there are dozens of county governments that are amazing. These vetoed territories are selected at will. Those who are lucky get rich in cities, and those who are not lucky have to pay for money. Besides, although taxes do not need to be paid, you have to be responsible for the salary of local garrisons and officials. You have to be responsible for urban construction, especially disaster relief. You have to be responsible for not getting two money in a year.

"Besides, these territories can only be passed down for one generation, which means that when your son dies, all the territories are collected for you. Therefore, most officers do not care about the territories, and there are not even a few officers who have not set foot in their lives."

"Hey, I heard you say this, it seems like those officers are dead poor. Don't forget that the biggest income of our soldiers is to expand the border. The calculation method of meritorious deeds stipulates that one-twentieth of the tax on occupying the land belongs to the general of the army, one-twentieth of the meritorious officers are rewarded, and one-twentieth of the meritorious officers are distributed by all officers participating in the war according to their military ranks. If the gold coins are rolling in, the gold coins will come."

Cons understood that the enfeoffments were all scattered pieces of land, and because the empire directly occupied the elite cities of the country, he was not afraid of those enfeoffers.

Then Cons suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, you just said that the imperial cabinet would not enthrone the entire territory to soldiers. Does it mean that the nobles can own the entire territory?"

The imperial capital sighed: "There is no way. Nobles are the foundation of the empire, and they are noble and extraordinary descendants of the meritorious descendants of the empire when it was established, so they can have a whole piece of territory. The titles of aristocratic titles in our empire are very simple, namely, the seventh level of relatives, dukes, marquis, bons, sons, males, and honors. Like the Free Alliance, each level is divided into five levels.

"The Lord can have the territory of the entire county, two counties of the baron and three counties of the viscount. When the Earl comes, it is the territory of one county, the Marquis has two counties, and the Duke has a province. These territories are different from our military territories, and they can be gathered together.

"But they can't be unscrupulous. Unlike our soldiers who do not have to pay taxes, their territorial taxes have to be paid one-third to the treasury, and the territorial army cannot leave the country. Also, if there is no merit, one title will be reduced to one title after another. Besides the heirs, other descendants can only be given the title of fake title. Except for the treasury subsidized by the treasury every month, the treasury has no income.

"The false title and subsidy can only be one generation, and the next generation will be civilians. For example, my grandfather is a false title. Although he is a noble, I still have to earn merits through fighting." The Imperial Capital said with a sad expression.

"Where is the prince?" Cons hurriedly changed the subject.

The imperial capital immediately smiled and said, "Hey, the prince has no fiefdom, only a royal palace in the capital, and he cannot participate in politics or military affairs, so he can only enjoy happiness, but he can obtain one-third of the taxes of the national treasury on all the noble territories in the country. If there is only one prince in the empire, it will be rich, but the throne can only be passed on for two generations, and the third generation will be directly demoted to earls.

"There are also the prince who violates any law in addition to treason and commits rebellion, which means murder, arson, rape..."

Before the Emperor's Capital could continue to say anything, the people around him suddenly slapped him. Everyone pretended not to hear him and continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.

After listening to these systems, Cons understood that even if the king of this empire was a fool, as long as the system was not changed randomly, the empire would continue to exist and become stronger and stronger.

After such a nagging chat, night soon fell.

Since it was close to the ground, the marshal's personal guards did not camp on the spot, but instead marched overnight. Finally, in the middle of the night, they entered the camp where the personal guards of officers of the general and above were stationed ten kilometers away from the imperial capital.

When entering the camp, Cons, who was slightly ahead of the team, saw more than a dozen officers of the Marshal's Personal Guard Division who came to greet him, the lowest of which was the rank of major general.

An imperial capital whispered his insight: "Hey, if the city gate had not been closed, the main officers of the General Staff, the Gendarmerie, and the Logistics Department of the Marshal's Office would definitely come to welcome the Marshal. At that time, the real stars would shine, and those were all general-level figures."

After a stir, the troops set off.

After the gate of the imperial capital was closed, it would not be opened even if the marshal came forward. The school officials and imperial capitalists in the city originally planned to set off overnight and return to the city to settle down, but now they had to complain and settle down in the barracks.

Cons, who had lost his belongings, had to stroll around the camp after dinner.

Cons found it strange.

This camp specializing in the camp where the general and above personal guards actually asked him, the guy who was hanging weapons around, wasn't they afraid of spies sneaking in?

Unable to understand, Cons could only shake his head helplessly. In the end, he had no choice but to stay in the haystack in the stable for a night.

The next day, Cons woke up at dawn, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw several grooms looking at him with a weird look on his face.

However, since these grooms were all in the rank of non-commissioned officers, they did not dare to be troubled by the second lieutenant Cons, so they could only gather together and mutter to Cons's back.

After slapping the straw on his body, Cons casually found a stall to get breakfast. After eating, he went to the Marshal's camp in the center.

He hopes to meet the marshal's staff, preferably the marshal, and see how to arrange himself, otherwise it would be a problem to do nothing like this.
Chapter completed!