"Your Excellency, you are polite..." A middle-aged man who looked like a hunter leader had just saluted. A young man with a rough head next to him shouted carelessly: "Your Excellency, those demons in our Shanxia Village We are also fighting for our share. Why do you monopolize it... quickly return our share."
As soon as these words came out, it was like poking a honeycomb. The young men behind the young man all shouted in confusion: "That's right. That's the trophy of our village. Hand over the demon core quickly. You can't take it for yourself. That's More than a hundred demon cores."
When the women and children who gathered behind learned that Chen Shihao had taken possession of all the demon cores, they all became furious. One said: "Oh my God. More than a hundred demon cores. How many gold pounds can this be exchanged for..."
"Damn it. I just said that the noble is greedy and shameless. He actually dares to take it all for himself... No. We must let him give us back our share."
"What's our share? If it weren't for the young man in our village who risked his life, how could a noble man like him survive this wave of demons? Those are all the spoils of our village."
"That's right. We are his saviors. Why would he dare to take it all for himself? There is no need to give him any points. We should hand them all over."
"That's right. Let him spit it all out."
Chen Shihao looked at these aggressive villagers with a calm expression. Let's say they don't know the truth. Looking at the fighting situation at the scene, you can tell who is the main force. It can be considered that they are obsessed. Otherwise, how could they confuse right and wrong so much. They actually said that they were attracted by them. Saved. It’s really ridiculous.
But from this point of view, the demon core should be very valuable. This is good news.
Of course, when Chen Shihao looked at the situation, he also clearly found that although the men dressed as hunters were a little disgusted with the villagers' confusing behavior, and they also seemed a little shy about being in company. Several hunters gathered alone, but they He didn't say a word either. Apparently he acquiesced in what the villagers said.
It seems that these hunters are a little ashamed, but they probably live here and are still used to following the crowd.
Looking at the villagers who were surrounding them, gesticulating and salivating, Chen Shihao smiled coldly and said in a calm voice: "Guess how long it will take for me to kill all of your village. "
Although Chen Shihao's voice was very soft, it was impossible for anyone to hear it in this noise. But the strange thing was that when Chen Shihao opened his mouth to speak, everyone just closed their mouths, so everyone heard this sentence. .
The women and old men who came out of the stone house just after the battle were immediately furious. The women yelled and cursed. The old men stamped their feet and pointed at Chen Shihao in frustration and yelled: "Arrogant. So arrogant. You actually want to massacre so many people in our village." .Who do you think you are... Do you have the ability to kill all of us..."
Chen Shihao shrugged. He pointed at the young men and smiled at the old men: "See what your reliance looks like before you say this to me."
The old men and women immediately looked at the young men in the village. This sight made them sweat immediately, because all the young men, including the hunters, were pale and even looked like they were shrinking and retreating.
No wonder these young men were like this, because after Chen Shihao asked those words, those who were fighting the little devils suddenly remembered the process of the young noble master in front of them easily killing dozens of little devils.
Since you can kill so many little devils, it is not difficult to kill all the hundreds of people in the village. Don't think that the noble master can't do such a thing. Everyone knows that the noble master is synonymous with cruelty and ruthlessness.
Just now, I was obsessed with snatching the demon core from the pocket of this fierce nobleman. How could I have such a bastard idea just now? Is it because there is only one person in the other party, so I feel easy to bully? Or is it because of the full bag? The devil's core dazzled my eyes. But no matter what, I offended this noble lord. It's too late to regret it now.
The whole place was silent. Most of the people even started to tremble. The atmosphere of the scene was frozen for a while. An old man walked out boldly and said in a trembling voice: "Sir, our Shanxia Village is willing to do what we did to you just now." Apologize for the offense. Please extinguish the fury of thunder. After all, we mountain gorge villagers are also part of the Kingdom of Jinlan and subjects of Earl West. Please forgive us for these reasons."
"Do you mean that if I kill you, it will be tantamount to infringing on Earl West's property?" Chen Shihao said very calmly. The old man smiled awkwardly, and the villagers immediately also Breathe a sigh of relief. Because in this world, except for free people, all tenant farmers and hunters have owners. They are the private property of the lord of the land where they live.
Although they have to endure the exploitation of the lord, they are also very safe. Because except for the lord and the lord's heir, others have no right to infringe on them. Because infringing on these people is equivalent to infringing on the lord's property. What about the lord's second son and his subordinate officials? It is impossible for officials and their children to oppress the people in the territory. Because the lord and the lord's heir will not allow others to touch their own cheese. Of course, in a place like a city with many free people, such a bloody thing Of course things are inevitable.
So regardless of the fact that free people do not have masters, they can walk freely in various territories. Because they have no masters, they have no backing. Any noble manager can make things difficult for them to move around. Moreover, it is not possible to employ merchants or other institutions. Do you accept exploitation? The reason why so many people are eager to be freedmen is because many positions must be held by freedmen. In other words, freedmen are the beginning of the powerful class.
It is because everyone knows this situation that the villagers feel relaxed. Because no matter how powerful the noble man in front of him is, he would not dare to offend Lord West. Not to mention the status of Lord West, there are three golden knights under his command. Well. The noble man in front of me is obviously not even a knight. How dare he be so arrogant in front of the earl?
"Hmph. Your memory is really bad. Have you forgotten that I am the lord of 800 acres of land in Shanxia Village?" Chen Shihao snorted coldly and took out the lord badge again.
The faces of the villagers changed again. But the old man who spoke out had already expected this. He smiled slightly and said: "We have not denied the identity of the master. Haven't we always called you the master?" At this point . Several impatient villagers are already preparing to take the old man back. Because as long as Chen Shihao recognizes his territorial sovereignty, he will have the power to legally deal with people like himself. According to the principle that a lord is the lord of the territory, a lord is It is legal to kill all the tenant farmers in the territory. Whether all the people in the territory escape or the lord is punished because of the anger of heaven and earth is another matter.
The old man waved his hand back to ask everyone to calm down. Then he smiled calmly and said: "This master, if I remember correctly, Baron Cool's territory in Shanxia Village is 300 acres of fields, 500 acres of woodland and a A pond, right?"
"That's right. But don't tell me. My 300 acres of land are somewhere else. The territorial certificate shows that the pond and the field outside the village belong to me." Chen Shihao pointed to the farmland outside. Fields of ready-for-harvest wheat smiled.
The faces of the villagers present looked very ugly. Baron Cool was the only lord in Shanxia Village besides Earl West. He was even the only lord in the entire Maoer Town. Therefore, the best fields in Shanxia Village were all allocated to Ku. Under Baron Er. In other words, Chen Shihao owns the best farmland in Shanxia Village.
The old man's face also trembled. What he said next was equivalent to giving away the fields that the villagers had worked hard for half a year and were about to harvest. But in order to prevent the young nobleman in front of him from finding an excuse for the massacre, he really had to do this. Already.
He took a breath and nodded with a smile: "Yes, sir. That piece of fertile land totals more than 500 acres. The best 300 acres of it are indeed your land. We do not deny this. But I want to remind you. Sir, you are right. Many people in our village are subjects of Earl West. Only a very small number of people are subjects of your ownership."
"When Baron Cool transferred the territory to me, he also transferred the 30 tenant farmers and 2 hunting households on the land to me. So now I want to know who among you is my subject." Chen Shihao looked at everyone present with cold eyes. The look in his eyes made the villagers who were completely relieved couldn't help but take a step back.
The old man sighed and said, "Sir, because Shanxia Village often suffers from various attacks and disasters, the original population either died in battle or fled. So..." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chen Shihao: "It doesn't matter. As long as those who still belong to me come forward. No matter how many battles and escapes I go through, I believe there will still be one or two of them. I shouldn’t need to go back to the town office to check the household registration information one by one."
As soon as these words came out, the old man looked back helplessly. Most of the villagers looked lucky. Only a few villagers looked ashen. Because just like what Chen Shihao said, the town office naturally has the household registrations of these 30 households of tenant farmers and 2 households of hunters. Information. As long as he is alive and has not escaped from the Earldom of West, he cannot hide his identity at all.
The old man persuaded somewhat feebly: "Since the noble lord wants to return his subjects, you should know it in your mind. Come out on your own. Don't anger your lord again."
The villagers were silent for a while. Then they became commotion. Many villagers dispersed, leaving dozens of villagers staying in place. Looking at the demographic structure of these residents, Chen Shihao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. 1 young man, 2 middle-aged people. , 3 little boys, 4 little girls, 2 girls, and 4 women. What surprised Chen Shihao was that 5 hunters actually stayed among this group of people. And behind them were 5 women and 3 teenagers. 2 girls, 2 old men, and 1 old woman. Now all of these people looked pale. Several of the children were even so frightened that they began to choke.
Seeing that the villagers suddenly lost three young men and three boys, the old man's heart was bleeding. But he could only say to Chen Shihao: "Sir, these are your subjects."