The plowing season was approaching, and Skeleton Vignio came over to work as a farmer, using magic to help Shuona plow the remaining fields, sow seeds and water them.
Looking at 100 hectares of farmland, I feel quite accomplished.
However, many people couldn't help crying when they recalled the peaceful life when the God of Light ruled the world.
I would rather be a peace dog than a person in troubled times, that's probably it.
Troubled times are not prepared for the common people.
Life is not as beautiful as the legends say. It does not mean that without the oppression of God, people are just people.
In fact, the person who oppresses people is always the person himself.
What was changed was only the flag at the top of the city, and the unlucky ones were all the civilians.
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As summer enters, tax collectors also come to count heads and property and issue tax bills.
One head costs 4 gold coins, and one hectare of land costs 16 gold coins.
Shuona has 48 people and 100 hectares of land, and they have to pay 1792 gold coins.
Since everyone else is working for Shoona, she pays the taxes alone.
Shuona was not in a hurry this time. Yamasaki brought back some gryphon feathers, gryphon eggshells, pterosaur bones and other high-level magical beast fragments, which can be auctioned in the winter.
The words are simple, it was given by a passing adventurer friend.
This thing is deep in the Warcraft Forest. If you have the ability, you can easily get it. If you don't have the ability, you can't get in or out.
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At the end of summer, 70 kilometers south-west of Diphons City, the warehouse manager in the valley stronghold discovered that there was a shortage of food.
After reporting the matter, the leaders held a meeting with a sad look on their faces.
They are the old nobles of Diphons City. After escaping here, some of them were drunk and dreaming, and some practiced hard and wanted to counterattack Diphons City.
Cultivation can be practiced slowly, but the days go by very quickly. They also gathered many people who escaped from Diphons City, and the money was spent on various transactions like running water.
By this year, I no longer have the money to buy food in commercial cities.
In the eyes of others, they are bandits, but they consider themselves different from ordinary bandits. They do not rob caravans, but only want to take back the city of Diphons.
After much discussion, an idea suddenly struck him, and he came up with an idea that could both strengthen himself and weaken the city of Diphons.
As for the risks, I ignored them because my head was burning.
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In autumn, the harvest is about to begin.
That night, as the sun set, Yamazaki Shandai and Skeleton Vignio came to deliver rabbits. The number of voles and rabbits in the underground city was somewhat overpopulated.
While eating a delicious dinner - rabbit meat porridge, a group of uninvited guests came outside.
They are bandits, they are here to steal food. They are more skilled than farmers in the magic of harvesting food.
Yamazaki pressed Shandai, who was gearing up, to see how the people in the city did it.
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In the city.
As the news arrives, the first scene is one of buck-passing and fighting for gain.
To put it simply, you can fight bandits, but how do you calculate the harvest?
The legion said yes, should we share it equally? Then we all have to contribute. It makes no sense for me to contribute, and in the end I have to share it with you.
The Chamber of Commerce also has a point, but it doesn’t make a distinction? So how will the taxes be calculated afterwards? If farmers’ food is gone, how will they pay taxes? Tax-free? Or forced collection?
Forced conscription yielded nothing but a group of peasant slaves, and then they had to be fed.
One winter, how much food is wasted, how many people die from diseases and infections.
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Before the meeting in the city was over, the bandits finished harvesting the grain and began to enter the village to arrest people.
It's very simple. Farmers are recruited, treated as free people, and given land without paying taxes. Those who are willing to follow them do not want to wait until they cannot pay taxes and become slaves.
The original villagers also vouched that the bandits were very nice and were led by the old aristocrats, who were just like before and were much kinder than the new aristocrats in the city.
Yes, if you think about it this way, it is true that there is no good choice, just be a thief.
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The team gathered together, and once the magic went on, the person with his family could run 10 times faster than the Olympic marathon champion.
The 5th level wind magic group lightening technique, the 7th level wind magic group acceleration technique, and the earth type non-level magic power of the earth can increase strength and physical strength.
Not long after leaving the village, a team came to join them, and then more and more people gathered. Finally, there were at least 30,000 people gathered, about 3,000 bandits, and the rest were farmers from the villages outside Difensi City.
But it sounds like many of these bandits were former villagers in various villages.
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While running all the way south at night, there were light spots flying from the north. It was the masters in the city who had finally arrived.
The leader of the team was Army Commander Eric. Since the villagers ran away, the issues considered by the Chamber of Commerce were no longer a problem.
Kill, kill once to serve as a warning to others, only then can peace be achieved.
Captain Eric unfolded his huge cyan wind wings. Obviously he should have a wind attribute of 1000.
"I am Eric, the commander of the legion. I declare that all those who surrender can become slaves, otherwise they will die."
Viscount Renard flew into the sky with wings of light, but his light attribute should be less than 900.
"I am the former guard officer of Diphons City, Viscount Renard. You people who are selfish and inconsiderate to the people are not worthy of ruling others."
Viscount Renard was a little scared, and kept his hand on the light gem in his arms. Inside was the 10th-level light magic, Light Judgment, which was weakly lethal to people, but could hold off pursuers.
"Be considerate? Are you raising them like dogs? In this world, only the strong will survive."
Army Commander Eric clenched his fists and shouted loudly, with a ferocious smile.
At this time, a short figure suddenly appeared next to his head and chopped off his head with a wave of his hand.
A treasure chest appeared momentarily, then disappeared and was opened.
That was Shandai, flashing with dark magic and appearing behind him. At the same time, she instilled dark magic into the Dark Ice Sword, strengthening the corrosive effect.
The level 7 dark spell Dark Destruction on the sword instantly broke through the wind attribute defense of Army Commander Eric. Who said he was not a light attribute?
The target is the neck again, and the weak point attacks a chain of fatal blows, and the life is instantly cleared.
Shandai used her sword to catch the fallen head of Army Commander Eric, and said face to face: "You talk a lot of nonsense, but you are right, so you should be able to die in peace."
As he spoke, the dark attribute corroded his head into ashes.
His subordinates were shocked, turned around and ran away, which was really unexpected.
But it is also reasonable. The strongest ones were all killed in one blow. Do they stay here waiting to be killed?
Shan Dai did not let them go and ordered the skeleton Vignio to come in, but he was only allowed to hurt people, not kill.
It's not that I pity them, but I want to explode the treasure chest myself.
On the other side, Viscount Renard was a little dumbfounded and couldn't figure out the situation, but he quickly called on his subordinates to seize the opportunity and take the people away.
Shuona was smacking her lips in surprise. She didn't expect that a child who was still drinking milk could be so strong.
However, Yamazaki has a headache. If Shandai continues like this, there is a high probability that Difons City will be taken over.
After all, although the people in the city are strong, they cannot restrain the skeleton Vignio.
As for the magic that protects the city, it is easy to destroy.
However, the problem with Shandai is that she only does it, and she won't care about it after it's over.
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Eric Legion Commander, 33 years old, level 70.
Strength 47, agility 35, speed 30, energy 182.
Life 470, physical strength 65, magic power 1820/1820.