In the southwest of the central city of Tili City, a dull loud noise suddenly erupted. The expression of the young boss in the nearby store suddenly changed, and he looked around with a guilty conscience.
Customers who were picking products were also shocked:
"what sound?"
"Weren't there no artillery used at Sochi Castle?"
"Ha, those stupid old soldiers can't do anything that's ridiculous. Did you hear that they sent all the female members of the city-state to comfort the army there, which is tens of thousands!"
"Tsk~"
"No, it sounds like it's nearby, like something is falling from the sky."
"Whatever, I didn't tell you why there are so few dishes today? And the price has increased?"
"You think it's expensive, but I think it's too expensive! Look, where is the food now!" The young boss Eugene changed the subject and complained: "In the early morning, the fire-headed army from the catechism department just came to clean up, and not only collected the money They also took away most of my food, and these are the goods I went to the outer city early to ask my grandpa and grandma to buy. If you don’t believe me, go out and take a look, I’m sure there are shops that aren’t even open!”
Little Eugene's words reached the hearts of the customers, and they all started shouting:
"Damn, this battle is really inexplicable. If it weren't for real, I would suspect that the noble gentlemen are defrauding us of our taxes!"
"My wife and I work so hard that we earn three hundred and sixty crystal yuan a month. The day before yesterday, we collected a war tax of nine hundred and eighty yuan, and yesterday we collected another one thousand and eighty yuan. Damn, Fuck is having a bad time! "
"I earn four hundred a month, and I paid two thousand in three days!"
"What are we doing? It can't be said to be miserable compared to the outer city. Many families in the outer city have borrowed money at usury. The behavior of the Catechism Guards who took slaves to send money to the countryside is heartwarming. The lender directly signed the contract with the slaves. Under the name of the bank, hey, let’s see, before this war is over, there will be tens of thousands more slaves on the market.”
“There are more slaves than people, so it’s no wonder prices have gone up so damn much.”
"Bullshit slaves, haha, don't you, the slave reservists, know what's going on? The Ministry of Catechism and those big men are the real landlords, so we can just be an extra. The money will always be that money, and Jingyuan doesn't It will evaporate, and after squeezing us dry with that little monetary means, we will all try to trick ourselves into slaves so that we can harvest another crop, and our descendants will be endless!"
"Hey, I'm going to look at you with admiration after three days of separation. You can quote allusions about the black-haired man. You must also know the truth about the origin of slaves 110 years ago, right?"
"There is no truth. The truth is that the life of the Catechism Department is unsustainable and artificially created leeks!"
"There seems to be nothing wrong with saying that. If half of the population is reduced to slavery, doesn't the extra resources out of thin air mean that the market economy is active~"
"Hahaha!"
"Hell's joke belongs to..."
A group of aunts, sisters-in-law, uncles and old buddies who didn't have to work during the war were chatting animatedly. Suddenly, a young man wearing a black meteorite armor walked in from the back door of the vegetable store. Whether he was handsome or not was not a good thing. The most eye-catching thing was actually his eyes. ...
With his dark pupils and unobtrusive eyes, this handsome and slightly thin young man is obviously not one of them.
The irises, as dark and deep as some kind of water-headed, translucent black gemstone, accounted for an unusually large proportion in his eyes. Because he squinted slightly when he smiled, the whites of his eyes were reduced to only a few...
Gu Panfeiran's eyes are full of ripples, like a cat's pupils in the dark night!
"Mom..."
Everyone's inner OS: Can a man have such a pair of foxy eyes that could make people look foul? I can't let my wife (daughter) meet this guy!
In addition, the appearance of such a "noble" catechism scoundrel in a civilian store is also one of the reasons why everyone looks unhappy. The city-state of Tili does not have a literary prison for speech crimes, but everyone's idle complaints just now were This kind of person definitely doesn't sound like a good thing.
“Eugene, what’s good today?”
"Ah, wait a minute..." Eugene said, "Today there are fresh asparagus and bison meat specially reserved for you. The bison was slaughtered just after midnight. It is very fresh. Let me think about it. Oh, yes, There are also some sea cauliflower, cress and wild leeks that were just delivered in the morning. You will definitely like the wild leeks. They grow in the crevices of the rocks at an altitude of 3,000 meters in Fukonglu. They have rice-sized bulbs at their roots and are used for cooking. It’s absolutely delicious fried with bison meat!”
Eugene's fawning behavior made the customers in the store look down upon him. No one said anything. Firstly, they didn't dare. Secondly, life was not easy for everyone. Common people really couldn't afford to offend those masters who ate meat and drank blood. .
I saw this young aristocratic man walking around the store, picking up one or two vegetables and wild vegetables from time to time to smell them, and even breaking off one or two stems and leaves to taste them. He nodded to every customer he passed by. The smile was sincere and there was no hint of condescension at all.
Not only did the people who passively accepted the smile look confused, but the bystanders also once had soul doubts about "what's wrong with this world"...
Bang~
The vegetable shop, which usually no one visits, was surprisingly busy today. The door was kicked open: "Collect taxes! Damn vampires and profiteers! It's time for you to serve Tili City-State!"
The not-so-large vegetable store suddenly crowded in with seven or eight soldiers wearing bearskin and black meteorite iron armor. Outside there were slaves wearing red fox skins who performed voluntary housekeeping work and kept accounting books to calculate taxes.
Eugene's face was whiter than the paper. He gritted his teeth and tried to straighten his body to cover the young "noble gentleman" behind him. He lowered his eyebrows and said: "Masters, the shop has been handed over yesterday, the day before yesterday and early this morning. It’s taxed…”
"What? These grandsons...ahem...which department are they from?"
"It's the Logistics Department of the Catechism Guards and the CEOs..."
CEO, the full name is ey ent Officer. To make it easier to understand, this thing is generally called urban management law enforcement.
"Oh, they are them. On behalf of the Round Table Council of the city-state Tili, I charge a war surcharge of 2,300 crystal yuan. Please pay!"
"Sir, this is a small shop with a small profit. I have already paid thousands of crystal yuan, which is all I have saved since I opened the shop. I really can't afford that much. Can you be more tolerant?"
With that said, Eugene stepped forward and put a small bag of jingling crystals into the squad leader's hand in a sensible and discreet manner.
"You are sensible! This is all the intention of the higher-ups. We have nothing to do with serving people, but it doesn't mean that we can reduce it a little bit... Huh?"
The squad leader's eyes crossed Eugene and landed on the figure behind him who was wearing full-body black iron armor. His expression suddenly changed. He was confused and a little afraid and humble: "You...are you? The Minister of Doctrine of the Faith?" We all urgently gathered to go to Sochi Castle today. You must have missed the dispatch order..."
Noble black hair and black eyes!
Handsome and handsome!
This is definitely the catechism’s favorite one...
He wears heavy armor without any inscribed epaulettes, but it can be expected that he must be at least a guard captain!
The captain's mind suddenly became more active.
"All? Emergency gathering?"
"You really don't know...ah, this..." the squad leader looked anxious, and his flattering expression caused serious physical discomfort to the people in the store. "If you miss the dispatch order, you will be punished." You're dismissed, the dispatch order was issued just 40 minutes ago, it might be too late for you to rush there now."
"Well, it is indeed useful news..." The handsome young black-haired man in full armor walked up to the squad leader under Eugene's stunned and fearful eyes, and looked down at the squad leader, "Tell me this news, do you want it?" What’s the benefit?”
The squad leader was ecstatic at first, and then he remembered that there were onlookers and his younger brother around him. He felt that he couldn't be too direct, so he said a little shyly: "Youngster, I don't dare. It's an honor to win the friendship of a distinguished guard captain." !”
He looked like a licking dog waiting for its owner to throw out snacks.
