"My name is Neo, and I want to see Asiborn!" Neo stood on the wooden bridge and shouted towards the house diagonally across the bridge.
no response
Neo shouted again, his voice carried far away in the silent dusk.
There was still no response. Apart from the sharp arrow that seemed to be a corpse just now, there was no sign of resurrection in this village.
Neo waited patiently on the bridge. The longer he waited, the tighter he held the gun in his hand.
Asiborn is the village chief of Cropp. Lord Mammeris was very polite when he saw it. Now, mentioning this name will have no effect at all...
When the situation is unclear, most people will always think the worst, and Neo is no exception. Knowing the history of mankind, what he thinks is, 'In troubled times, soldiers are like bandits!'
There are countless soldiers!
Ten minutes later, a fire was ignited in Neo's heart. He turned around and walked back. Not long after he crossed the bridge, hey! Another arrow shot from the attic skylight.
Bang! Neo turned around sharply and firmly grasped the arrow again this time. He grasped it with full confidence and did not cooperate with the move of dodging.
This arrow shot out the opponent's hostility and unwise luck, and also made Neo more determined in his thoughts.
Getting on his mount, Neo walked away. He did not throw away the two arrows. These arrows were to be returned. After he figured out what happened here, he would decide how to return them!
We returned to the Xiya Cave in the North Fragrant Leaf Forest with White Socks. It was already past 19 o'clock.
As soon as she saw Neo, Miriam, who was cooking, threw away the wooden spoon in her hand, jumped directly into his arms, and hugged him tightly. It was not yet dark, and she began to become restless, and asked Dave naggingly.
"Why hasn't Neo come back?" At least a hundred times, Dave was asked this question and became depressed.
After holding Miriam in a circle, he kissed her lips and lightly bit her cheek. Then Neo let go and asked, "How do you feel physically?"
"I miss you, and my hands and feet are cold," Miriam said with a charming look on her face.
Neo smiled, "Well, there are ways to solve it."
Neither the economic conditions nor the family rules of the Mamores family allow Miriam to become a pretty girl with clothes on her hands and food on her hands. Although she has never been talented in the field of female celebrities, she is excellent at cooking.
The same ingredients, the same soup, cooked by Miriam, is obviously more fragrant and delicious than what Neo made at noon.
Both Neo and Dev are accustomed to praising Miriam's craftsmanship in the simplest way, that is, eating more
Seeing the two of them devouring food, Miriam was also very happy, and a small sense of happiness overflowed in her heart. She actually didn't have much expectations for the future. God had ruthlessly taken away her father. She now often
What I pray secretly is not to lose these two important men in my life again.
After eating, Neo let Miriam sit comfortably in the arms of the white socks, then put on a military blanket, put a pair of cold little feet into his arms, pressed them close to the skin, and then started
They talked about their experiences in the afternoon in a leisurely manner. Miriam and Diff both listened attentively and interrupted to discuss a few words from time to time. Before they knew it, more than an hour passed by.
Wow! Neo threw a money bag to Dave and said: "50 dinars, 100 dirhams, 200 bahrains, you put it away"
"What is this for? This is your seizure, I don't want the money!" Dave instinctively caught the money bag and pushed it back.
Neo explained: "But from another perspective, this is also the property that the minions of darkness plundered from the people, and I think some of them are from our town."
Diff, who was about to throw the money bag back to Neo, was startled.
Just listen to Neo continue: "Although money can't buy lives, it can at least make the living people work harder, and maybe feel a little grateful. It's not enough to lead your people with an empty slogan.
Post-disaster recovery? Moreover, after being squandered by the minions of darkness, there may not be much left in the town for winter supplies. Even if we go to other places to buy them, if it is so cold this winter and merchants take the opportunity to raise prices, the money may not be enough!"
Before, Difu was still a little unsure, but now he fully understood and said in surprise: "You mean, we have to pay to help the townspeople?"
The reason for this question is that under the rule of Turres, the tax burden on the people was not heavy, and there were not many households who were tenant farmers of the Mammeris family, and most of them were free citizens.
The Union Act stipulates that free people have the right to freely choose their place of residence. Under such a premise, if a local lord wants to attract more people to cultivate or work, he must provide favorable conditions, and there is competition among the lords.
, the free people also benefited from this. This was an important reason why the alliance was able to escape from the Holy Kingdom of Ord in the first place. It is a fundamental that cannot be shaken.
To enjoy rights, you must also bear responsibilities and even risks. To put it bluntly, you must be responsible for your own profits and losses. Naturally, there is no reason to pay a small amount of tax. If you can't get rid of the problem, you will have to be supported by the lord.
This is true in life, and it is also true in the defense of cities, towns, villages, and settlements. This is also the origin of the militia. Take Tulip Town as an example. The Mammeris family is the owner of Tures, and there is a 20-person town guard.
The team is responsible for the general public security of the town, and the other is its own bodyguard, which is stipulated by the alliance law.
It is decided, Lord, that the knight's personal guard should not exceed 10 people. Because the Mamores family has wine business, forestry, grain, fur goods, herbal medicine and other industries, a guard team is absolutely necessary, with a full quota of 10 people.
Even Neo exists in the Mamores family as a servant.
This small number of manpower is okay during peacetime, but once a war breaks out, it is not enough. Therefore, it is normal to ask the militia to assist in defense. Since we are all defending together, everyone should be responsible if something goes wrong? But the Alliance Code stipulates that if something goes wrong, only one person will be held responsible.
The Responsibility of a Lord So it’s not easy to be the Lord of the Fury Alliance. What about the taxes of the free people?
In addition to the family's land and forest products, it is basically enough to maintain normal expenses, such as the cost of feeding the army and paying taxes to the lord, so it is necessary to develop other industries. Generally, it depends on the mountains and the water. Because of this,
Tures looks very plump, black iron tulips, just like an inexhaustible little treasury
When talking about this, Difu inevitably felt a little resentful towards the townspeople. His father died in the war, but those people chose to live in poverty, chose to be enslaved, and allowed the minions of darkness to rape their wives and daughters. This town is certainly the Mammeris family.
foundation
, but don’t the houses in the town and the fields outside the town still have the property of free people? Is it necessarily better to be insulted and slaughtered like livestock than to fight bloody battles to defend their homeland? Dave feels that such people are despicable.
A little more
Neo could understand Dief's mood to some extent, and he said slowly: "You can't expect the people to have the courage of professionals, and the character and integrity of orthodox knights and nobles, but you have to expect them to revive Tures, instead of letting them die of hunger and cold.
Died on the road to seek refuge with relatives and friends. Do you still remember what Pastor Norlind often said?"
Neo imitated Norlinde's accent and said in a "beautiful voice": "Ah, you lost lambs, the light of God's wisdom will point you in the right direction."
Poof!
Neo's pretentiousness made both Diff and Miriam laugh. Not to mention, they did have some similarities and the atmosphere became much more relaxed for a while.
Neo also laughed and said: "I'm afraid only the Lord God knows whether the people are lambs, but when everyone is at a loss, a good leader is indeed of great significance. In the past, the Lord was the banner of Tures. From now on, Diff,
You have to take over this flag, this is the inheritance, not the piece of paper, what do you think?"
Diff thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, a real noble should indeed be like this. But taking into account practical issues, the damn documents are also necessary. In addition, I have to say that people living in today's society have already put the fine traditions into practice."
It's almost lost. Before the invasion of darkness, the Erdrit Territory itself was already exuding a rotten smell. Those revolutionaries were right. The alliance needs to be reformed, and bloodshed will not be hesitated." At the end of the sentence, Diff pinched it hard.
Make a fist
Revolution, revolutionaries, this is a characteristic that only exists in Forry. The people are making revolution because they want to improve their treatment and resist the cruel exploitation of them by the powerful. There are also revolutionaries with radical ideas among the nobles. They think that the laws of the alliance are outdated.
And there are many loopholes. Only reform can make the alliance regain its vitality before it rots away like those failed dynasties in history.
"I have a different view from you on this point." Neo expressed his opinion: "Everyone can see the various shortcomings in the system, and I believe that the starting point of the revolutionaries is good, but good intentions may not necessarily lead to success.
It means that if there is a good result, just having a passion and thinking about performing a major operation on this country will not only bleed yourself, but also bleed others, and it will also be taken advantage of by certain people."
Digging at the firewood for the campfire, Neo said with some reminiscence: "While I was in custody in Sols Prison, I heard and witnessed several radical revolutionaries. They were so fanatical that as long as they were awake every day, they would
They would shake the iron bars and loudly expound their revolutionary truths, but do you know what they did?
Killing government officials, setting fires, looting, smashing shops... What they are doing is thugs. They are destroying the functions of the city, causing social unrest and panic among the people. This is their revolution, and they also claim that history is the end of the world.
One day we will return their innocence, I think that is the history of the devils?"
Neo snorted coldly and said: "In my opinion, they have been used by others. How does the power of darkness corrupt people's hearts? How does it lure people into depravity? How does it take advantage of people's dissatisfaction and anger? These tricks
It’s not that hard to expose, but you have to calm down first.”
"It won't help if we don't use more drastic measures! Is my father good enough to the townspeople of Turres? Is he good enough to his domestic servants and subordinates? What's the result? Caron, whom we rely on, has he ever thought about it?
A little kindness? And the townspeople... are tolerant, tolerant, and tolerant, and this is the result!"
"More drastic? Look at what the people are doing? Revolution? Faced with such a situation, we still have to choose more drastic measures. It is like using violent methods to stop an angry person. Then the only way is to fight against cruel rule and
Bloody suppression is the method used by those dynasties in history. If this is chosen, I dare say, then even the ruling class will
Having been exploited, the Fury Alliance will create another miracle of destruction just like it created a miracle of rise, even faster. All the achievements of civilization will be turned into rubble. There will be no winner, because the remaining side will accept the real destruction from the dark forces.
, even before that, under the clever balancing strategy of the dark forces, they had exhausted each other's last drop of blood."
"Where's Odd? Where's Kells? Are you watching helplessly?" Diff said somewhat unconvinced.
"Other countries intervene? Do you want to introduce the Emerald Continent into a world war?"
"Uh..." Difu choked up and held it in for a long time before saying, "This won't work, that won't work either. Isn't there a proper solution?"
"The erosion of the current situation is not caused overnight, but accumulates over time. It is like rheumatism in the joints, and the devils are like bad weather. Can you cut off the joints due to an attack of rheumatism? From another perspective, Manmo
The Reese family is in the current situation because of your father.
Is it the credit of one person? Several generations of people have worked together and accumulated a lot, right? The same is true. If you can see Freddy's rule rejuvenated when you are old, then I want to say that when you look back on your life
, at least witnessed a magnificent era.”
Dave opened his mouth for a long time, and finally said dejectedly: "It sounds boring!"
Neo shrugged and said: "That's true. I have to say that regarding the issue of civil affairs, I haven't fully understood the Femis dynasty, which was once known for its cruel iron-fisted rule in history.
Man is destroyed
At that time, there were more than once tragic offensive and defensive battles in which children were killed and the whole city was killed; and the Ambat dynasty, which was praised for its wealth and lenient government orders, put their last king in a prison car and gave it to the barbaric Ku.
"Russian Empire"
"The lenient people will be despised, and the strong people will be devastated. The scale between them has always been a subject studied by lords of all dynasties. It has been more than ten thousand years, and there is no real winner. In other words, it is only a temporary success, and
If you can't always succeed, if there is one most
As a successful model worth learning from, the Glorious Holy See should be the first to be mentioned. It has been more than 10,000 years. They at least seem to be able to continue to survive. Although we have seen the Holy See bureaucrats who are derelict in their duties and exploit greed, we cannot deny the power of those fighting monks.
Noble, even great”
Both Dev and Mirien looked at Neo with some surprise. Although the Fury Alliance is the human country with the weakest involvement of the Radiant Holy See, it is absolutely rare for a person like Neo to talk about the Radiant Holy See from a mortal perspective.
What's more, no matter what, Neo's identity has never been above the 'scale line', slave, gladiator, servant, death row prisoner... Such a view and attitude appear in a person with such an identity, it is really a test.
of imagination
Neo disagreed with this and continued: "For now, I think it's better to be more tolerant to Dave. They are not perfect people, and we are not the dark forces. We have brought them enough suffering and lessons. It is your turn to take over."
In governance, kindness and guidance should be more effective than whips and swords. Suffering can compare kindness and cruelty. If you wave the whip at this time, you will only whip out all the goodwill and expectations for the Mammeris family in their hearts, as well as their hidden guilt.
fly"
Dev was silent, frowning, as if he was seriously thinking about Neo's words. After a while, he suddenly laughed at himself and said: "Look at the topics we talked about, I don't know, I thought they were a Duke and a werewolf clan leader.
The conversation was actually the ramblings of two guys whose lives were in danger."
Neo shook his head and said: "I can't accuse you of being wrong, because your focus is now, and what I'm talking about is programmatic stuff here. I just want to tell you that there is such a saying in my hometown,
It’s called ‘A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, a dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit’”
It’s a very rough sentence. Dave is chewing it and Miriam is chewing it too. The more I think about it, the more meaningful it becomes.
At this time, Neo continued: "I think this is first a matter of ambition, and then it is a matter of habit. Whether to eat meat or eat shit. The choice has been made very early, often unknowingly, and will be changed throughout the life.
If you don't lose it, you would rather fall on the road with no meat to eat than wait for the opportunity to change from a dog to a wolf. If you don't have this backbone, if you can't understand your ambition, you will secretly choose to eat shit. That is the life of a dog, not the way of a wolf."
Dev looked at Neo with burning eyes and said: "Father is right, you chose the wolf path!"
Neo bared his teeth, "In your eyes, being a slave, gladiator, and servant is an identity that I can never wash away in my life. But before I was rescued by a slave merchant, I was the son of the leader of the werewolf clan. According to the tradition of our clan, I am quite
What do you say to the son of the king of the human kingdom?"
Hearing what Neo said, not only Dev, but also Miriam opened her eyes wide.