Chapter 270: Hidden Auction

Chapter 265 – Hidden Auction

How to say that, the Empire gave Owen the feeling of being too divided.

The places on the border of the empire are completely medieval, the peasants are rude, the nobles are domineering, the knights are flamboyant, everyone is flailing and trying to prove that they are not to be messed with, even the peasants have frequent brawls and bullying among each other.

This is mainly because of the poverty and instability, the hard life so that they have to put up every thorn in their body, in reminding others not to come near at the same time, but also hurt themselves.

Once they got closer to the hinterland, the situation changed and seemed to become more civilized.

The farmers here are also illiterate, but because most of them are landowners, they are more honest and hardworking, while the commoners are mostly craftsmen with a skill and a stable income.

The squires and knights are more educated than those on the northern border, and are well known in the area, so if there is a conflict between a farmer and a commoner, they will be called upon to decide what is right and wrong, and no matter whether the result is to their liking or not, they will not refute it, let alone have an opinion.

As for the lords, they are so high up in the air that people are in awe of them, and they seldom come into contact with the commoners, as if they were people from two worlds.

Owen found that such a way of ruling was unexpectedly solid, and after carefully pondering over it, he discovered the mystery.

In fact, the most crucial point of the whole class was that there were a large number of farmers and craftsmen who formed the solid foundation of the upper class rule.

The most numerous of the two, after having a stable income, naturally longed for peace, because only with peace could they farm and trade, so all those who caused unrest were their enemies, even Robin Hood, such a good man of the forest, could not survive in such an atmosphere of domination, because the vast majority of the ordinary people needed not just a little bit of occasional benefits, but a stable enough life.

As for the squires and knights, their status and position come from the local lords, and the lords need to rely on them to guide the grassroots’ thoughts, and both sides complement each other.

Therefore, the seemingly simple class division, but let the local lord’s rule is as solid as a rock, no wonder even if every few decades will break out in turmoil, will not be hurt because of this, not to mention will not shake the lord’s rule.

This is exactly where the traditional nobles’ strength lies, as each one of them has ruled this land for hundreds of years, and every inch of this place is deeply imprinted with their mark, so that even the Emperor can’t cross them to make any moves on this land.

In fact, the ancient times of the last life was the same, but with a different name called the Shihua.

The flowing dynasty, the iron family, is not just a joke, not all everything is broken, repeatedly hammered into a ball, is not able to unravel this stubborn class.

As long as the class exists can not be realized across, not to mention the development of the empire obviously has extraordinary power, there is comparable to da Vinci’s group of mages, but a thousand years as one day, in addition to more and more bloated, the empire’s change is really not big.

In addition to the seemingly peaceful surface, not without the dark and cruel side, if it is so beautiful, the empire mess of evil organizations from where, every dozens of times the turmoil from where, can not wait to go to the north of the pioneering people from where, only to maintain the surface of the peace is just.

“An auction?” Owen put down the book in his hand and looked curiously at Count Dekra who was sipping fine black tea. “Yes, a hidden auction, it’s being held nearby, I received an invitation, I wonder if you’re interested in going to see it.” Earl Dekra said to Owen somewhat indifferently after recalling a bit, putting down the black tea in his hand.

Hidden means unseen, unseen means not legal, no, there is no question of whether it is legal or not, unless the auction of nobles, otherwise even if the emperor’s underpants out of the auction is legal, as for the slaves and so on, it is more commonplace, although the empire does not have a large-scale slave trade, does not mean that there are no slaves, in fact, many noblemen are in the habit of purchasing slaves, as for the slaves to go to where they end up, it is not the commoners should ask. As for where these slaves end up, it’s not something civilians should ask.

“Then go and see.” Although Owen knew that this auction would definitely have things that didn’t conform to the three views, his inner curiosity about the darkness drove him to agree to it as a way to gather intelligence.

“When we get to the Imperial Capital, I’ll take you to the top hidden auctions, where the really good stuff is, and the auctions here will just pass the time.” Because of all the way carriage and horse labor, the envoy group and the sealed group have to recuperate here for a few days, it just so happens to receive the invitation, Count Dekra intends to take this opportunity to deepen the relationship with the other party, after all, it is a young man, there is no resistance to some of the things in the hidden auctions.

Earl Dekra with a quirky smile and Owen made an appointment, slowly took the gift of black tea and went back.

Walking so slowly, Count Dekra is deliberately to which two see, potential stocks who do not want, depending on who hand fast.

After the other party left, Owen pondered for a moment and snapped his fingers, Shinobu immediately emerged from the shadows.

“Tomorrow you’ll go with me, and Char will stay behind to prepare for the reception.” Looking at Count Dekra’s attitude, the hidden auction shouldn’t be dangerous, but as a traveler and his first time in the empire, Owen wouldn’t be surprised if he encountered any emergencies, such as a few hot-blooded teenagers rushing in to save the day at the auction, or meeting a beautiful maiden assassin with a sad life who wanted to assassinate some fat noble, or someone running to assassinate Count Dekra, leading to his own implication in the process. All of these things need to be thought about ahead of time.

At night, eight black knights with black horses and black armor arrived quietly and unobtrusively escorting a strange solid black carriage.

Owen, wearing a mask and robes, boarded the carriage, and inside sat the similarly dressed Count Deklar.

Both of them didn’t speak, because there was a magic prohibition inside the carriage, in addition to eliminating the sound, it was also impossible to see the outside, coupled with a function similar to the hovering chassis, resulting in people inside as if they were isolated from the world, knowing nothing about what was going on outside, and also unable to predict where the carriage was going through other perceptions.

This was mainly for the sake of secrecy, and it was obvious that the Hidden Auction didn’t want people to know the route and location.

But this method is only effective for ordinary people, not to mention that Owen has more than a dozen ways to crack it, just look at Count Dekra’s calm appearance to know that the same prepared.

On the way up two more people, everyone is a mask and black robes, if the soles of the shoulder pads and then move some tricks, even the height and size are difficult to make accurate.

Such a secretive dress, mainly for fear of others know who they are, after all, hidden auction in the things not only some tricky, but also some special items easy to let people guess from an unseen XP.

Everyone is to face, some things can do, but can not say, always have to cover up a little.

(End of chapter)