After the village chief went out, not long after, he heard the melodious ringing of the broken bell hanging on the tree in the village.
"Dang, Dang, Dang..." Although the voice was not loud, it could be heard very clearly in this peaceful village.
When the people who were working hard in the fields heard the bell, they couldn't help but feel strange. They straightened up their sore waists and took a look at the village, then turned back one after another and gathered under the big bell.
These farmers had mud on their feet. They clapped their rough palms and asked in a hoarse voice: "Village chief, what happened? What kind of spiritual communication meeting is this? We don't want to do it anymore."
When the village chief saw that the people had almost arrived, he briefly told them about Driss and the other three coming down to collect taxes with a sullen face, and finally shook his head and sighed.
After finishing speaking, all the farmers couldn't help but feel worried.
In the families of the common people at the bottom of the Semitic tribe, everyone is living a tight life. Every penny is tied to their ribs. Even the eggs laid by the old hens have to be packed away quickly. They are reluctant to eat them themselves. They save dozens of them so that they can be sent to the city.
Sell it in exchange for a few pieces of salt and some cloth.
All year round, they just eat a cheap meal of fat meat on God's Christmas Day, and wear clothes with big and small patches, which the whole family takes turns to wear.
He works hard all year round, but his income is not enough for food and clothing.
Moreover, now is the time of drought. The granary is almost at its bottom. The crops are still growing in the fields. Even the old hens are not laying eggs frequently. Even the landlords don’t have much food left at home. Where can they raise money?
This tax?
Someone immediately couldn't help but lamented, and whispered in a low voice: "Everyone said that Lord Lorraine was good. When Lord Lorraine came, he divided the land for everyone.
It seems that life is about to get better, but why is it still like this in the end? We just started farming, and before there is any harvest, taxes are collected. Isn't this forcing people to die?"
Someone next to me sneered and said: "You are already in your thirties this year, haven't you grown up yet? But you are really naive enough. The sky is as black as a crow."
Who is Lord Lorraine? He is known as "the sky is five feet high and the earth is three feet thin". He is very good at scraping the ground. He is famous among humans. Many people have heard of his name.
My legs are weak.
Do you still want to take advantage of him?
If you don’t even take a look in the mirror, why should you?”
Someone else echoed: "Yes. Yes. How many years have it been? The government has always taken advantage of the people. When will we common people be able to take advantage of the government?"
"You're right. I was still wondering about this when I was working in the fields today. You said that each person has ten acres of good land. After all, no family can have thirty or fifty acres.
How much does this cost? Even for the most inferior land, it costs hundreds of gold coins.
But I gave it as promised. There was no discount at all, and it was so easy to give it away, so I thought it was hard to take advantage of it."
"That's right, that's right. Speaking of which, the government has its advantages, but those are all taken by the officials. The wasteland on the river beach was sold for sale the year before last, which sounds good. In the end, it was not the city lord who bought it himself.
We, ordinary people, are destined to suffer, and we cannot just pick it up casually.
If you find it really cheap, you have to be more careful."
At that moment, everyone nodded and praised, expressing strong agreement with this respected old man's philosophical thoughts.
"It seems that Lord Lorraine is just trying to trick everyone and dangle his fat in front of our faces for fun. We may not be able to cover this place for a few days."
After hearing the man's sarcastic remarks, everyone couldn't help but fell silent again.
Suddenly a voice said bitterly: "What a bullshit sir. He is worse than the original dog officials."
All the people couldn't help but have expressions of resentment on their faces, and then they couldn't help but curse.
The mayor saw that everyone was crooked, and when he was talking about collecting taxes, he cursed Lord Lorraine. And if he continued like this, if someone heard about it, there might be a danger that the whole village would be invited to have coffee, which would scare him.
His face turned pale, but there were still human troops stationed nearby, and many heads had been chopped off at the entrance of the military camp.
The village chief was about to open his mouth to stop him, but at this moment, he heard a cold voice not far away: "You damn bunch of unruly people~!"
Everyone couldn't help but be startled, and then turned their heads to look.
Driss was seen wearing a coat, standing there with his hands on his hips, with an angry look on his face, and shouted angrily: "You rogues, don't you want to live anymore? How dare you slander Lord Luo behind his back?
This is a serious crime of decapitation~!
Believe it or not, I will arrest you all right now and send you to the government to be punished? I will cut off your heads and hang them on the city gate to show the public."
Under his stern scolding, everyone in the crowd was so frightened that they took a few steps back unconsciously, not daring to make a sound.
"Uh~~" Driss burped heavily, and then continued to curse: "You guys are really unruly and need to be dealt with.
Don't forget, your land was given to you by Lord Luo. Now you are saying bad things about Lord Luo. He really picks up the bowl to eat and throws the bowl away to curse. There is no conscience at all. All of them deserve to be cut down.
Goods that are closed~!”
The people looked at each other and were speechless.
The mayor said solemnly: "Mr. Driss, we are really grateful to Lord Luo for giving us the land. But now is the time when the economy is lean, and no one has enough to eat. Where can we find tax money for you?
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Driss reached out and wiped his greasy mouth, and said flatly: "I don't care about that, anyway, Lord Luo wants this money, and it is related to the Western Expedition plan.
Not only can you not miss a single coin, but you can't waste even a moment. Even if you are selling your sons, daughters, kidneys and livers, I have to collect everything for you~!
Can't afford it..."
His tone suddenly turned sharp, and he spoke out word by word through his teeth: "I will take you to jail today~!"
Wall, who was next to him, also took a step forward, looked at the people sternly, and said: "Sir Luo said that if you dare not to hand over, you will be punished for collaborating with the enemy. The whole family will be shot~!"
All the people couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and all took a step back, getting further away from them.
And another subordinate of Driss, Towen, also sneered and said: "I advise you to cooperate with the work honestly. If one person does not pay taxes, the whole village will sit together.
Otherwise, Lord Luo will really lose his temper, and you will all be left with nothing to eat~!"
Someone behind the crowd cursed in a low voice: "Lord Luo, he is simply Luo with a black heart. There is no sense at all~!"
Another person yelled angrily: "You are driving people to death. Okay, you can take all my land away, I don't want it anymore~!"
Driss gritted his teeth and sneered. "Fart~! Even if you don't want this land, you still have to pay the tax. If you continue to incite people and cause trouble here, believe it or not, I will arrest you right now?"
The nail boards in the hall are almost rusty~!"
As he said that, he was about to step forward and arrest the person.
The man was startled and hurriedly hid behind the crowd. All the residents in the town had seen how powerful these tax collectors were. They were caught by them and used all kinds of vicious tricks one after another without taking off even three or five layers of skin.
Don't even think about coming out. Even some weak people will die in prison without anyone taking care of them.
The mayor next to him hurriedly stepped forward. With a smile, he advised Driss: "Uncle Driss, don't be angry, don't be angry. He is a little brat and not sensible. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."
When Driss saw the man disappearing among the crowd, a look of disappointment flashed through his triangular eyes, and he murmured: "You little brat, don't let me see you next time. Otherwise,
Let Lord Lorraine kill you with one shot~!"
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone from behind the crowd saying angrily: "Who are you trying to kill?"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked back.
I saw a young man standing behind, tall, wearing a simple white robe, holding a thick book in his left hand, a staff in his right hand, and a pure gold cross hanging around his neck. Under the sun
sparkling.
The breeze blew, and his robes fluttered in the wind. There was a look of compassion on his face, which was quite fairy-like. The white robe on his body seemed to be covered with a layer of holy white light when the sun shone on it.
As long as he opens his mouth, even a child will give him the lollipop in his hand.
This person is none other than the Reverend of the Holy See of Light, Moen, who is preaching in the town.
In the past few days, this ambitious pastor has been constantly encouraging everyone to join the religion, saying that it took God six days to create the world, so he should rest on Sundays and go to church to worship.
As a result, everyone was annoyed with him: the farmers didn't work in the fields properly and take care of the crops, and they had to take a day off every seven days. Isn't this second-rate?
If it were anyone else, his legs would have been broken by the old man in the town with a stick. But he was sent by the humans and had an official status, so no one dared to touch him, so he was allowed to wander around the town.
.When someone is arrested, he tells a story from the divine book, which annoys everyone.
However, this guy is fair and fair, looks good, and is very attractive. Several beautiful girls in the town are in love with him, and they hang out in front of him when they have nothing to do. This makes everyone feel uneasy, for fear that they will do something to him.
Something strange happened.
Moen stretched out his hand and made a sign of the cross on his chest, saying to everyone: "May the glory of God always shine on you..."
Originally, at this time, the common people should have responded in a low voice, but the quality of these dead Semitic people was really not high, and they all just stood there stupidly without saying a word.
When Moen came here to preach, he was already mentally prepared to endure hardships. There were no difficulties and he could not show off his achievements.
He was not surprised at that moment, but continued: "Because of you, my Lord, even in the dark night, the lamb will not be led astray, Amen."
After he finished speaking, he smiled and said to the people: "Can I come forward and say a few words to the tax collector?"
All the people looked at each other, and a look of confusion flashed in their eyes: Could it be that this guy is Lord Lorraine... Bah, bah, bah, a spy sent by Lorraine's black heart?
In the past few days, I have found out all about everyone's family background. So at this time, you came here specifically to inform?
Many young people secretly clenched the hoes in their hands, planning to give the damn boy a good beating after he left.
If it were the girls in the town that Moen seduced, it would be enough to displease these young men. But in fact it was the girls who were seducing him, and this guy was too old to take the bait. Although the foreign monks could chant sutras, they robbed everyone.
A woman, that would be too uninteresting.
This made everyone even more angry: Those girls are blind. Why don't you come over to seduce me... Bah, bah, bah... That damn pretty boy must have used some magic to seduce this beautiful girl.
We are obsessed with everything all day long, hmm, that must be the case.
But when they saw him coming forward, the crowd did not dare to stop him. They all turned sideways and made way for him.
With a smile on his face, Moen came to the tax collector, smiling like the spring breeze, and said: "My brother, may the light of God shine on you."
Driss was stunned as he watched the priest coming over, feeling strange. Although he had seen these priests before, he didn't understand what they did.
These pastors came with the army, and when they arrived at a certain place, they stopped, started business there, and tried their best to trick people into converting to Christianity.
It seems that they are not much different from those guys who sell insurance, open banks, or open salt shops.
He thought about it carefully. This guy just wandered around holding a book every day. He felt that the other party was not in any danger. Then he sneered and said: "What do you think you are doing? Go aside and don't hinder us from carrying out our official duties."
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If anyone else dared to step forward to block him, Driss would have kicked him out and beat him half to death, and then dragged him to a dark cell for half a year to let him know how powerful the tax collector was.
But the other party was from the human race, so at this time, his words were much more polite.
But Moen sneered and said: "When you go to the countryside to collect taxes, don't you have to have receipts? Shouldn't it be written clearly on the receipts for how much tax is charged based on how many acres and what type of tax is collected?
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Driss couldn't help but was startled, and shouted with guilt: "What do you, a young man, know? This... this is a temporary recruitment, related to Lord Luo's plan for the Western Expedition. If it is delayed, you cannot afford to suffer.
of."
Mo En immediately bared his teeth, smiled solemnly, and said: "I offended your mother~!"
As he said that, he raised the holy book in his hand and shouted it towards Driss's big face~!
The holy scriptures of the priests all weighed four to five pounds, and for the convenience of fighting... Bah, bah, for the convenience of preservation, they were all covered with a layer of hard iron sheet.
When I was a trainee priest, I had already mastered this sacred martial art.
This lethality is three points more powerful than the 'brick' among the seven weapons. It can be used far or near, and can attack or defend. It is the number one magic weapon in the hands of priests.
A crisp "pop" sound was heard in the helix of the ear.
The voice was so loud and clear that everyone present shrank their necks in reflex.
When they opened their eyes and looked again, they saw Driss covering his nose with both hands, falling to the ground and howling. His whole face seemed to have been flattened by the book, and blood kept flowing from his nose like a fountain.
gushed out everywhere.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
At this time, two of Driss's men looked at it and shouted: "Rebellion, rebellion, how dare you violently resist the law..."
The priest sneered and shouted loudly: "It's against the grain, it's against the law. It's really a damn thing against the grain. A few tax collectors dare to exploit the people, in the fish and meat village..."
After hearing his words, the two tax collectors couldn't help but be stunned. Driss's screams also stopped all of a sudden.
The priest immediately punched and kicked Driss again, and cursed loudly: "You guys are a bunch of treacherous tax collectors. You just come up with any excuse to extort people. Damn it, I can't beat you to death~!"
He struck extremely hard, hitting him with the holy scriptures and with the cane. He beat Driss so hard that he kept moaning and screaming on the ground.
The remaining two people saw that something was wrong and immediately turned around and tried to escape.
But then the pastor shouted loudly: "Folks, arrest them all quickly."
Only then did the people react: It turns out it wasn't Luo Heixin... Bah, bah, bah, it wasn't Lord Luo who wanted to tax, but these three black-hearted ghosts and foxes pretended to be powerful and came to blackmail them.
In anger, they immediately blocked the two men tightly.
At the same time, everyone looked at the pastor with great admiration. Fortunately, the pastor saw through it, otherwise everyone would have been defrauded of their money in vain.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel angry, and they also beat the two people severely.
Immediately, he beat all three of them half to death, tied them up, and sent them to the government.
Due to the large number of people and the publicity, as soon as they arrived outside the city, more than a dozen congressmen got the news.
These guys all came very quickly.
They have all read the election bill and know clearly that their positions in the future will be elected by these ordinary people one by one.
At this time, multiple sets of contacts and flirting relationships have left an impression in the minds of these people, which will make it easier for them to hold elections in the future.
Therefore, as soon as they arrived, they expressed their cordial condolences and care to the people, and also severely condemned the three tax collectors.
Some people didn't mind the filthiness of these people, so they shook hands with them and exchanged pleasantries.
At the same time, everyone was naturally beating their chests and confirming: This bad incident of bullying farmers is the responsibility of this congressman. We must provide justice for the people.
Those common people have never seen a big shot be so kind~!
At that moment, everyone was moved to tears. At the same time, they also felt in their hearts that the Semitic people now are really different from before~!
Surrounded by them, the people sent the three tax collectors to the government.
As the common people all testified, these three people always used Lord Luo's name when they were deceiving.
As soon as this incident came out, all the officials were frightened out of their wits.
Although it is a common thing for everyone to pull the flag and pull the skin of the tiger, but that was before. And no one has ever caught it. Now the noise is so loud. It is not just the congressmen in front.
A loud cry to make decisions for the people.
What's even more frightening is that the damn bald priest actually threatened that if the matter was unfairly handled, he would personally write a letter to His Majesty the Pope and complain about this bad incident to the Holy See.
Although the Semitic people are not very clear about the relationship between His Majesty the Pope and Lord Luo, to them, this Pope is much more important than Lord Luo.
If she finds out, she orders Sir Luo to investigate. And then Sir Luo traces the case to her. At that time, everyone will have a big drink.
Therefore, they did not dare to make the decision and left it to the local military court for trial.
The bunch of bastards in the military court were all soldiers. They all had great respect for Lord Luo. Now when they heard that someone was actually using Lord Luo's name to defraud, they immediately became furious and raised the matter to a high level.
The height of politics.
After a short trial, the three of Driss were tied to the execution ground and executed.
When the gunfire sounded, a large group of pigeons started up, and the pigeon whistles made a buzzing sound.
The words of the chief justice still seemed to echo in the air of the city: "Three Chadris were originally tax collectors of Ruien City. However, they did not want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but they maliciously harassed the local area, created quarrels and caused trouble, and undermined the great stability and unity of the Semitic people.
After the military court heard the situation, he was sentenced to death and shot immediately~!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users