If Ding Kui draws his sword and steps forward, he can destroy at least half of the pangolin rats. Now as a magician, he can only control one and kill one at a time.
With his mental power, he observed that there was a hole in the corner where the mountain rats fled. It turned out that these big rats did not dig tunnels to get in, but directly gnawed a hole in the corner and got in. No wonder they caused so many dogs to bark along the way.
This was the biggest headache for Ding Kui. It was too late for the pangolin to dig away in front of him, but there was nothing he could do if it burrowed around in the dark.
Ding Kui's reaction was not too slow. Instead of rushing into the warehouse, he went around from the outside to the other side. He didn't forget to throw a magic spell to himself, and controlled the largest mountain rat to run into the crowd.
At first, the villagers were frightened by the leading pangolin rat, but later they found it running away and lying on the ground motionless, so a group of people surrounded it and beat it to death with sticks.
Everyone's attraction was basically attracted by the mountain rat. No one noticed that Ding Kui ran faster than the mountain rat. Those who noticed subconsciously thought that the magician was omnipotent, and it was normal for Ding Kui to pass through the wall.
The warehouse was too big. When Ding Kui turned the corner and ran to the hole in the wall, all the mountain rats ran out. Ding Kui, the evil star, was chasing after him and turned to a dark corner to escape quickly.
"Hooting" a fireball only has time to hit the last pangolin, and the rest of the pangolins are about to enter the darkness. This is the flaw of not being able to use group magic.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" At this time, nearly ten feather arrows were shot from the side, and then the light of Ding Kui's fireball pinned all the fleeing pangolin rats to the ground.
Ding Kui turned around and saw a tall middle-aged man walking out of the darkness holding a short bow.
"It's you, squadron leader." Ding Kui recognized the tall man.
This person is the captain of the 7th Squadron of the Archers of the Tianmen Town Fortress Division, "Hello, Your Excellency Xie Peng."
"What's your name?" Ding Kui scratched his temple.
"My Excellency, Li Qin, is no longer the squadron leader." Li Qin still gave Ding Kui a military salute.
"Dear Master Magician, and this brave man, I would like to thank you both on behalf of Tangxia Village." An old man came over and bowed to Ding Kui and the two.
"Oh, this is Tangxia Village. Does it belong to the boundary of Qingxiang Town?" Ding Kui asked.
"That's right, I am the head of this village. I would like to invite you two to come and sit at my home." The old man said as he came over and took Ding Kui's hand.
Ding Kui was originally looking for a place to spend the night, but he did not refuse the village chief's invitation, and even roped in Li Qin, who also took credit for killing the pangolin rats.
The village chief was very happy when he heard that Ding Kui was going to stay with him. He insisted that Ding Kui come to his home and even asked Li Qin to stay.
Li Qin had already stayed at a villager's house before, but Ding Kui dragged him to death and had no choice but to go to the village chief's house together.
"Village chief, I will leave the corpses of these monsters to you. All you need to do is write a document and give it to Qingxiang Town to report to Qiumu City. Brother Li, do you have any objections?" Ding Kui looked down on these mountain rats.
"Haha, there is nothing in the pangolin that is useful to me. It's too troublesome for me to deal with it. It's the best." Li Qin has been in Tianmen Town for a long time and is not cold about the pangolin.
"Okay, okay, okay, you two can have some food and wine, and I will go and arrange a place for you two to live." The village chief was naturally happy. He even got some food stolen by the mountain rats, and finally got some compensation.
"Oh, by the way, village chief, I'm very tired this night, so don't arrange for anyone to serve me." Ding Kui reminded the village chief specifically.
When the village chief walked out, you could clearly see the disappointment on his face, and Ding Kui was secretly glad in his heart.
"Brother Li, you haven't retired yet, why did you leave Tianmen Town?" Ding Kui was surprised that Li Qin would appear here.
"Hey," Li Qin sighed, "it was during that landslide that I led my troops to break away from the defense line and violated wartime regulations. Later, I did not have enough military exploits to overcome it, so I was ordered to retire early."
Ding Kui recalled the time when the bone beetles suddenly launched an offensive. Li Qin led a squadron of archers to dig in the mud with him to save people. "General Liu is a bit unhuman. He saw his comrades in distress and helped his comrades. Even if it violates military discipline, it is understandable."
It turns out, no matter what, I should give you a chance to serve your crime."
"You can't blame General Liu. Normally he would be accommodating no matter how much trouble you make, but he has very strict requirements on wartime regulations." Li Qin did not blame Liu Qingshan, but explained for him, "Speaking of which, I would like to thank you for last time.
The soldier you rescued is my second uncle in terms of seniority."
"What a coincidence. I just tried my best and he thanked me many times. Are you planning to go home?"
"After serving as a soldier for so many years, it's time to go back and take a look. By the way, I asked my boy to sign up to join the army. Let him do the things that my father has not finished. Yes, if you have a chance to meet my son, I hope you can take care of him.
." Li Qin's eyes lit up when he talked about his son.
"Haha, what's your son's name? I don't join the army, but I will definitely help him if I have the chance." Ding Kui's identity as a magician meant that he could not join the army, but his original identity meant that he wanted to join the army, so he still asked casually.
"His name is Li Hao, and he will be a better archer than me." Li Qin said quite confidently.
Joining the army is a good choice among Shaodian people. Being an officer will be a long-term meal ticket, and your family will benefit from it. Civilians who are capable of fighting will have the opportunity to join the military if they join the military.
layer of class.
Neither of them likes to drink, so they chatted for a while and then went to rest.
The village chief of Tangxia Village did not dare to disobey the magician, and Ding Kui had a peaceful sleep. All the young women in the village complained about the village chief for a long time.
Li Qin's hometown is in Haishan Prefecture, which is completely opposite to Ding Kui's direction. He parted ways with Ding Kui early the next morning. Ding Kui continued to search eastward until he reached the Tianmen Town area before he reached the midpoint between the east and west directions of Qiu Mu City.
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Along the way, through contact with the locals, Ding Kui finally learned about the folk custom of borrowing seeds from magicians.
If I remember correctly, Qianyou started his career from here. The way that guy looked at Miss Youyou from Wenxiang Pavilion was unusual. Hehe, you should interrogate him carefully when you go back to see how many women he has borrowed his seed from.
On the one hand, Ding Kui maliciously speculated on Qian You, and on the other hand, he remodeled himself. He couldn't stand being borrowed every night when he was resting.
I don't know if all the Warcraft fled to the west, or were all eliminated by the Knights Guild. Ding Kui searched the eastern part of Qiumu City in the next half month, but no trace of the Warcraft was found.
When Ding Kui came to Qiumu City again, it was already mid-November. When he returned to the Magician's Guild, he learned a piece of news that had something to do with him: the Eighth Legion, led by Jiang Xi, had landed in Hexi Prefecture.
ship, preparing for the entire army to go to Nanzhao Prefecture for training.
The official would not state clearly that the Eighth Army Corps went to Nanmao Prefecture to prevent possible attacks by the Meng Kingdom, but Ding Kui saw something unreasonable in this news.
Training? In that case, why not take Route 6? Walking more than 20,000 kilometers back and forth from Route 6 can fully train the troops' ability to march long distances. What's going on by boat? It seems that the Eighth Army does not need to participate
Let the navy fight.
Ding Kui could think so, and anyone with military knowledge would think so, especially in the nobility's territory, where the smell of gunpowder smoke can already be smelled.
Not long after Lei Gai and Lu Ji rushed back to Black Earth City, Fujishun summoned all the nobles in the county and held a noble meeting.
"According to reliable information, a war will break out between our country and the Mongolian country, and the king is very likely to impose a war tax." Fuji Hayabusa's words shocked the nobles present.
The last time a war tax was levied was during the Hundred Years War. Not only did the common people bear a heavy burden, but most of the nobles in the country were severely damaged. Some of the nobles' subjects were unable to pay the tax. In the end, the lords paid for it out of their own pockets.
Money has caused them to have no income for decades, and they still have to give away some of their family property.
After finally recuperating for twenty or thirty years, the shadow of war tax once again loomed over their heads, and the nobles all felt extremely headaches.
Tian Dan knew Fujishun better and asked: "Should we make some preparations in advance?"
"How to prepare? Could it be that if we prepare, your Majesty will not impose war tax?" Gao Xin said directly.
"Well, we can start raising the tax rate in advance. Now everyone can increase the tax by five points in their own territory. If the king really orders the levy of war tax, the tax we collect in advance can be used as an emergency." Fuji Hayabusa expressed his thoughts.
The county governor has expressed his position, and it is not easy for others to comment. Anyway, the increased tax revenue is now kept in his own pocket, and there is no need to give it to Fuji Falcon first.
Pingzhong County has begun to increase taxes in preparation for a rainy day. The wool comes from the sheep, and the people and businessmen of Pingzhong County are suffering. Businessmen can raise prices and pass the losses on to the common people. The most miserable people are the people at the bottom.
Other counties were not willing to lag behind, and the wave of tax increases soon swept across the entire Zhongwang Prefecture and spread to Linhai Prefecture, Hailin Prefecture, Nanzhao Prefecture and other neighboring states.
The customer base of "Guan Yue" is all wealthy people, and they don't have to spend a lot of money to buy the magazine. The sales volume has not been greatly affected, and it is one of the few products that has not increased in price.
After the secret discussion between Lao Qiantou and Shi Heng, all outlets of Yanhuang Publishing House have lowered the borrowing fees for "Guan Yue". You only need to pay five copper coins to read an issue of "Guan Yue". This move is the first step for Yanhuang Publishing House.
Winning a good reputation, Shi Heng was called "the most conscientious businessman in Pingzhong County", and the Ding family established an image of benefiting fellow villagers.
On November 17, 4871 in the Tongli calendar, Nanzhao Prefecture was in Juyang City, a small city on the bank of the Tongyuan River. The city chief came to the dock outside the city.
This is a medium-sized wharf that cannot accommodate large ships. Usually only medium-sized merchant ships dock. In addition, it is the closest to Bangladesh, and many medium-sized merchant ships from Bangladesh come here to trade.
"Sure enough, there is not even a single merchant ship from the Mongolian Kingdom. We immediately ordered the entire city to be under martial law." Zhang Xun issued the martial law order without hesitation.