Outside the Imperial Palace, an elder called out to the Empire Marshal. The Empire Marshal did not treat him dismissively just because the elder was merely an "ordinary person."
The two walked side by side on the road, and some passersby would salute them with respect, while others did not.
They didn't insist that people had to show them respect. This was one of the most distinctive aspects of the Peng Jieao Empire—from a certain perspective, it achieved equality for everyone.
But only in some aspects, as this society still had classes. The gaps between the classes weren't as vast, and social resources weren't entirely controlled by the aristocratic privileged class.
"I've seen those airplanes. If the Federation deploys airplanes against us, do we have a way to handle them?" the elder asked his concern.
Secrets cannot be hidden between people, nor can they be hidden between nations.
