The woman named Liya raised her head happily, and then saw Lu En. Then, she walked up quickly and said to Liston: "You are back? Who is this?"

"The envoy from the empire. I invited him to be my guest. We have something to discuss later. Leia, how about you cook today?" Liston, a giant man, asked his wife for her opinion.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu En looked carefully at the woman named Leia.

A very normal human woman, not ugly, but not very beautiful either. She has an average body shape and looks like Xiaojiabiyu.

As the wife of an imperial general... To be honest, her name is somewhat unworthy of her name. Liston herself is not very handsome, but at least she is powerful and majestic, and her body shape clearly shows that she is a super macho man.

But his wife is really too ordinary. If Lu En were to write an evaluation, she would definitely be "the most beautiful girl in the street where she was born."

He's not a professional, he doesn't have any special temperament, he's an ordinary pure-blooded human, and his appearance is limited to the beauty among ordinary people. Compared with Kara, who often hangs around Lu En, Elaine is far behind, even Nana is better than her.

but.

"Well, okay, then... if you have anything to do, go ahead and talk. I'll go get ready." She bowed to Lu En, then packed up her apron, walked out of the room, and went to the side room.

"She doesn't quite fit your identity." Lu En said as he found a place to sit down.

"We are together because of love, not because of status." Liston also sat down and faced Lu En.

"You are completely different from all the imperial nobles I have met. You and them are two completely different things." Lu En leaned his stick on the table leg and put his hand on the table.

"You are also different from them. I can feel the aura of the nobility in you, but your focus is completely different from theirs. New aristocrat?" Liston asked rhetorically.

"It's very new. The one who was just knighted today, to be precise, was just knighted ten minutes ago." Lu En replied with a smile.

"Well... what about your identity? Only those who are in the aristocratic circle of the empire and have been vassals for many years can be ennobled during an expansion operation. The empire's recent expansion operations are only aimed at the coast of the sea.

But I also participated in that operation and never saw you." Liston expressed his doubts.

"Have you forgotten? In addition to the coast, the empire also has an expedition, led by Marshal Anderson." Lu En narrowed his eyes with a smile.

"...I didn't see you during the expedition to Demon King's City," Wriston said.

"Of course, after all, you did not personally participate in the beheading operation. The beheading was the result of a sudden attack by a team of eight level 8 warriors. Later, only the Imperial Knight Livia came back alive without bringing the body, so of course you have not seen me.

"Lu En knocked on the table with a hint of joking in his tone.

Wriston was silent.

The other party has already identified himself.

After a long while, he finally said:

"...King of monsters, the empire actually allows you and even gives you a knighthood." His tone became lower and even a little unbelievable.

"It's nothing special. I'm Magic 9. My value far exceeds that of yours. Since I can be used by the empire, the empire won't care about my origin." Lu En shook his head.

"Then why did you come here this time?" Liston's tone had an inexplicable flavor.

"Marshal Slaer asked me to take you to the coast. The Sea Tribe over there is ready to move, and the empire still needs you." Lu En said.

"I received the order a few months ago... Just stay here and have a meal. I will go back with you after that." The Earth Dragon answered straightforwardly without any hesitation.

But Lu En could hear a hint of reluctance.

So he asked: "You don't seem to be happy, aren't you willing to go?"

"I am a soldier. There is no question of whether I am willing or not. As long as the empire recruits people, I will definitely step forward." Liston said this without any hesitation.

Lu En asked again: "Then why did you resign as a general?"

"Because, I feel that I am not worthy of becoming a general, that's all." Liston was very honest.

This kind of conversation made Lu En not very satisfied. He sighed: "I thought you were dissatisfied with the empire because I saw the differences between you and the empire."

Lu En said, raised his hand, and about a dozen secret eyes quickly flew back from outside.

As early as when he arrived, he had already cast out these secret eyes to see into his surroundings.

Wriston was beyond his expectations.

The observation of the secret eye during this period of time was enough for him to notice everything around him.

Wriston did not occupy any land. Everyone around him was a yeoman farmer and everyone had their own land.

This is completely different from the empire's usual land annexation policy. Liston does not have his own fief, nor is he a noble with a title, but as a general, he has his own manor.

But his manor was divided up by him, and it was obvious that he didn't care about these things. His food, clothing, housing and transportation were very simple, and he even grew his own food.

"What the Empire did was wrong." Liston said dullly, "But there is no right or wrong in the order. I swore allegiance to Your Majesty, and I will fulfill my oath."

"Foolish loyalty, foolishness." Lu En said unceremoniously.

"Whatever you say." Liston didn't intend to defend himself.

Lu En sighed, but he still had a question: "But I took a look and found that you probably did this kind of thing recently. It can be seen that these fields were just divided. Why did you do this?"

Yes, the matter of dividing the fields should be within these few months. Many places in this manor are even quarreling over dividing everyone's areas.

"Because of an organization called the Federation, I heard their public lectures in a nearby city. I thought it was very reasonable. They said that everything is created by workers, but workers do not get what they deserve.

, all the results were eaten by the nobles, they were right, so I did it."

"I'm very interested. Can you tell me more about it? At the dinner table." Lu En asked.

"Of course, no problem."

Lu En didn't urge him either.

They were just like friends, chatting and waiting for the woman named Leya to cook.

The meal came quickly. It was not a luxurious meal, just an ordinary farm meal, but the portion was very large. It seemed that it was specially prepared for Wriston. He could feed five people by himself.

Most of them are vegetarian, but there is also meat, which should be prepared for Lu En.

Liston's wife, the woman named Leia, was a little shy, but she still tried her best to entertain the guests with enthusiasm and even brought out some wine.

But Lu En always maintained his elegance, tasted the food carefully, and then praised it, speaking clearly and logically.

At the dinner table, they also talked about many things, such as things about the Federation, why Wriston agreed with such a concept, and so on.

Liston said that he was born at a lower level and became an imperial soldier because of his extraordinary talents. He started as an ordinary soldier and was promoted to a general step by step, so he was not a nobleman and did not even have the slightest bit of noble blood.

After becoming rich, he has always been confused. He has always given away all his belongings and treated all soldiers with sincerity, but nothing has changed. Every time he goes to war, he can see the suffering people, but there is no way.

, we can only use our own financial resources as much as possible to help those former "selves".

However, after returning from the expedition to Demon King's City, he fell silent for a while, because there, he had to order soldiers to suffer unnecessary casualties, which made him feel extremely painful. He decided to resign from his position in the imperial army.

Come back home so that he can force himself to calm down and prevent his mental health from being affected by guilt.

Otherwise, when he closes his eyes every day, he will be the soldiers who died because of him, and it will be almost difficult to live a normal life.

When he said this, Leya quickly stood up to comfort him.

It seems that he was indeed tortured a lot because of this kind of thing, so much so that Leya is still worried about him.

Then, he began to talk about the time when he came into contact with the Federation. It was about two months ago when he discovered that someone was preaching in the city where he was.

It's not the kind of public propaganda, but an organization is trying to persuade some workers, trying to get them to resign and then work in their own workshops.

This kind of leverage was very common, and Liston didn't take it to heart at first, but as a high-level professional, he still heard other words from the other party.

The man who was leveraging other workers began to talk about why they suffered so much, about exploitation, and about the injustice and despicability of the bosses and their existence.

They did nothing, but took most of the profits. Workers worked hard all day, but the wages they received could not even buy the goods they produced.

Is this reasonable?

As long as you think about it carefully, anyone, even if you have not read the book, will know that this is unreasonable

But why is this method widely used? No one thinks there is anything wrong. Everyone even thinks that it is natural to work hard and then have the things they produce taken away by others and they can only continue to be poor. This incredible thing is natural.

Why is this kind of thing a matter of course? Usually when someone steals your things, the thief will be cursed, beaten, or even killed on the spot. But if your boss steals your things openly, you even need to punish him.

Be grateful! Be grateful that he gave you a job.

This is hundreds of years of subtle influence! During this subtle influence, everyone's cognition has been distorted. This is an incredible conspiracy, a terrible chess game, and all the upper classes of society have jointly created this human being.

The biggest lie in history has deceived tens of billions of people. They told it in schools, offices, and factories. They emphasized this point everywhere and completed the cognitive baptism of everyone.

It is obviously a ridiculous system, but the lies that have been repeated over and over again have become truths recognized by everyone.

More terrifying than any magic, more terrifying than all power.

Liston was not stupid, he understood it on the spot and broke into a cold sweat.

He had never thought about it in this direction, but after being awakened today, he immediately understood why he had been working hard to improve the environment at the lower level, but to no avail.

But he found that there was still nothing he could do.

This is the unspoken rule of the entire empire. The empire identifies with it, the nobles identify with it, the merchants identify with it, the common people identify with it, and the slaves identify with it. The workers who work in the workshops for fifteen hours a day also identify with it.

No one can change all this. Maybe the new workshop has thought of this, but it is limited to self-protection, that is, creating a workshop without a boss, that's all.

No one can change the overall situation.

When he said this, Liston put down the bread in his hand, and Lu En could even see the frustration and tears in his eyes.

"So, I scattered all the land and told them not to sell it, so that they could work for themselves instead of working for others." Wriston said.

During the second half of the meal, Lu En listened to Liston's story and didn't speak any more, just listening quietly.
To be continued...