After the justice space is operating normally, there will be very few problems that need Wu Ke to deal with personally. Most of the signals calling for justice will be intercepted by others before they reach him.
Especially after the light particle family in the Tiga world chose to join the Justice Space, many justice messengers in the Justice Space chose to cooperate with the light particle family.
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The external justice messengers and justice partners who can transform into giants of light in the justice space have generally improved their ability to handle justice events.
However, two hundred and ninety-six years after Wu Ke came to the world of Thomas, he still received the call of the Gate of Justice while he was constantly adjusting the coordination of his new human body's divine power cells.
After saying hello to Thomas and several other galaxy-level friends, Wu Ke chose to return to the Justice Space.
"Wu Ke, this time you are going to travel to a world where justice is enforced. Its energy level is not too high. At most, it is a being with a demigod-level life.
However, we have received a lot of this kind of missions recently, and there are no experts in the justice space who can deal with demigods, so we have summoned you. "
Xiao Zhengyi said as soon as he saw Wu Ke coming back, clearly telling him that he needed to travel to a world to execute justice this time, and that there should be no threat to him.
"Last time you told me that there was a god and asked me to be careful. As a result, I struggled with the air in that world for a while, which was a little embarrassing. But now you tell me that this world is safe. To be honest, this makes me a little bit embarrassed. It’s so empty!”
"Well, how about I wait for the other messengers of justice to come back and let them solve the problem this time?"
Xiao Zhengyi asked.
"Ha, I'm just joking with you. I'll go this time. It happens that the research on the new human body has hit a bottleneck in the past ten years. Go and move your body, see other worlds, and see different worlds. It would be nice if you can gain something.”
Wu Ke quickly waved his hand and refused, saying that he would just go by himself.
"By the way, Tallulah, Sakura and Chen, how are you doing at work now?"
Before traveling through time, Wu Ke also asked about the status of his three wives.
"They are now responsible for coordinating the work of the Justice Space. Their efficient management experience has increased the mission rate in the Justice Space. They are so busy that they even have no manpower, so they summoned you who are practicing in another world. .”
Xiao Zhengyi replied.
"That's good."
After knowing that his three wives all had things to do and everything was going well, Wu Ke didn't stop and just opened the door of justice and traveled through the past.
. . . .
In the early morning, several government officials with sticks and guns came to the villages on the coast of Guangjian Province.
“The fishing tax is collected!”
As soon as they entered the village, one of the government officials shouted in a loud voice.
"Oh oh oh..."
"Woof woof woof..."
The sound that spread caused a burst of chickens and dogs to bark and echo in the village!
In the small village, there was movement in every household.
Some children stuck their heads out and looked curiously at what was going on outside, but they were soon pulled back into the house by the adults at home.
Not long after, an old man wearing simple clothes came over, handed over his hands to several servants in government uniforms, and asked: "These servants, didn't the Governor's Mansion just issue an official document in the middle of the year, saying that next year Is the fishery tax fully exempted for half a year? I wonder what this is?"
The old man was very polite, but the tax collector was a little impatient. He waved his hand and said: "The tax exemption you are talking about was ordered by Governor Huang, but now Governor Huang has gone to another place to be promoted. Now he is the Governor-General of Guangjian Province." The one who makes the decision is Governor Li. Governor Huang exempts you from taxes, but Governor Li does not exempt you from taxes, so we are here to collect taxes from Governor Li!"
"Ah, this..."
The old man was a little stunned. He didn't expect such a thing to happen.
"Stop talking nonsense. Today we have to go to four villages to collect taxes. You, Chenjiacun, hurry up and don't waste our time!"
Another official urged, also impatiently.
"Aren't you bullying honest people? We agreed that the court would give our fishermen shelter and tax exemption, but now why are they going back on their word and suddenly imposing a fishing tax? But we haven't gone fishing these days because we received official documents!?"
A tanned, rough man came over, but he wanted to argue with some officials about tax collection.
"We have no control over whether you go fishing or not. Anyway, that's what the higher-ups said, let us come here to collect your fishing tax!"
Several government officials were on official business, but they didn't want to argue with such a quarrelsome rural fisherman who couldn't read a single word, so they spoke arrogantly.
"you……"
"Zhuzi, stop talking!"
The rough man was a little angry. He clenched his fists and wanted to continue the argument, but was yelled at by the old man next to him.
"Grandpa, this..."
Zhuzi was a little unconvinced, but the old man glared back.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but my nephew is a bit stubborn. Don't blame me. Don't blame me."
The old man smiled apologetically, and several government servants looked at each other before letting go of the stick stuck in their waists.
"Humph, I won't argue with you this time. Let the people in your village pay the taxes quickly."
The leading yamen officer snorted and said directly.
"This poor man doesn't know how much the tax will be this year?"
The old man asked with a smile on his face.
"It was mentioned above that we will build some breakwaters along the coast this year, and this is all for the good of you fishermen, so the fishing tax this year will be a little more, this amount per person."
The officer showed a four.
"Four hundred, that's a lot?"
The old village chief was a little surprised. The income of their fishermen was not high. In the past, they had to pay two hundred taxes every year, which was already too much. After paying the taxes, what was left was usually only enough to support a family of a few people. People can barely make ends meet.
"Four hundred dollars? Wrong, it's four thousand dollars!"
However, just when the old village chief was about to grit his teeth and agree, he heard what the yamen servant in front of him said.
"What, four thousand, why don't you come and grab it?!"
The rough man couldn't stand it anymore and started shouting on the spot. When the year was good and Mazu was blessing him, they, the fishermen, would only make more than 2,000 to 4,000 yuan a year.
This year, due to a major typhoon, they were notified by the government that there would be a tax exemption policy in the second half of the year, so they had already suspended fishing for more than half a month. They thought they could live a good and leisurely life without collecting taxes this year, but they did not expect that the government would How could he go back on his word and have to re-impose taxes?
Forget about re-imposing taxes. This amount is their profit without eating or drinking for nearly a whole year. Who can bear this? !
The fishermen from Chenjia Village all gathered together, and suddenly there was a bit of noise.
"What are you going to do, what are you going to do?"
Several government officials were a little wary of this group of rough guys who smelled like fish. They put their palms on the sticks and guns again, but they loudly warned the fishermen who were surrounding them.
"It's not what we want to do, but you tax us too much, but you are killing our fishermen!"
This time the old man did not stop the angry young people in the village, but he also spoke in a sad and angry tone beside him.
There are more than two hundred households in Chenjia Village, and a large group of fishermen are now surrounding them. Although there are only a few government officials with weapons in their hands, they dare not act rashly.
"You don't have to worry about being exterminated. As mentioned above, if you don't have so much money to pay taxes, you can only pay 10% of the tax, and you can pay for the rest with work. Building coastal dams requires a lot of money. Manpower, fifty big wallet meals a day, and more than two months of hard labor can be repaid!"
The words shouted by the leading officer calmed everyone down. Attacking an official was a serious crime. Based on his trust in the former governor, the old man finally nodded in agreement.
The people around him were just the new governor, and he just wanted someone to help with the work. The old man asked the villagers from various fishing households in the village to squeeze in and pay one-tenth of the tax first.
For the rest, let them follow the servants and perform labor to pay taxes.
. . . .
In a luxuriously decorated room in the Governor's Mansion, a handsome man with a sharp voice spoke: "Governor Li, you are so brave. The imperial court has allocated funds to build tide-proof dams in the coastal areas of the south coast. How dare you put it into your own pocket?
Not only that, you also deceived the superiors and subordinates to levy embankment construction tax, fishery tax and other taxes that the imperial court had exempted in coastal areas, and did this kind of thing. You are deceiving the young emperor of today. Or do you despise Master Gao Hai? "
"What did Eunuch Zhang say? How could I have the guts to despise Master Gao Hai and deceive the current Holy Emperor? I just felt that the tax system of the previous governor was a bit unreasonable, so I changed it slightly. As for embezzling the imperial government funds There’s nothing like that…”
When the pot-bellied Governor Li said this, he glanced at the unmoved eunuch in front of him, cursed in his heart that he was an eggless thing, and clapped his hands with a smile on his face.
Soon, someone came in carrying a box from outside.
The box was opened, revealing the white silver pattern inside.
Looking at the size of this box, there is probably no less than 20,000 taels of silver in it.
"My father-in-law, how dare I be less filial to you?"
Governor Li said.
The feminine man opposite, oh no, it should be said to be a eunuch, reached out and picked up a piece of silver from the box, weighed it in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face.
However, thinking of something, the eunuch quickly stopped the smile on his face, put the silver in his hand on the table with sumptuous delicacies and delicacies, and said calmly: "The governor has his heart, but what is your intention?" It seems that it is not enough, the imperial government has allocated three hundred thousand taels of work money alone, not to mention the various taxes you have collected. With this little money, it is not easy for me to explain to Lord Gao Hai above!"
"Don't worry, Eunuch Zhang, this money is specially given to you by me, and I have already prepared the tributes from Mr. Gao Hai and the other father-in-laws. They will be loaded on the transport truck outside. When do you plan to go back? I will have the car follow you back anytime."
As soon as Captain Li finished speaking, the eunuch on the other side started to laugh a little coquettishly: "Hahaha, Governor Li, Governor Li, you are so good at being an official. Mr. Huang is a good official, but you are better than him. A hundred times a thousand times!”
"Eunuch Zhang is too praised!"
"However, I have to tell you the ugly things first. You can take the money and collect the taxes, but you must also achieve some results in building the dam. Otherwise, Lord Gao Hai and other father-in-laws will not be able to Protect you from those troublesome civil servants."
Eunuch Zhang reminded that the current Chinese Federation is governed by eunuchs, but the civil servants are now close to the military attachés. In recent years, there have been signs of counterattack. If this person is caught in a pigtail and criticized by the civil servants, , then there may be one less high-ranking official belonging to their eunuch line.
"Eunuch Zhang, I understand. I have already imposed heavy taxes, but I have allowed those poor people who cannot afford the taxes to pay with work.
You don't have to worry about having no labor to build the dam, and the price I paid was just the old grain that was lying underneath in the provincial government's grain depot and was about to get moldy and discarded. It was going to rot anyway, so it was just enough. Make rations for building dikes. "
Governor Li said swornly.
"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being Governor Li. If Guangjian Province can be left in your hands to govern, I think the future will be prosperous. I would like to wish you, Governor Li, a bright future!"
Eunuch Zhang cupped his hands and said.
"Easy to say, come on, Eunuch Zhang, let's eat some vegetables. This is marinated goose tongue. It is made from specially selected tongues from the best lion-head geese. This is the most delicious..."
In the luxurious room, the two quickly exchanged cups and cups. After the profit deal was concluded, they had the appetite to eat the sumptuous delicacies and delicacies on the table.
. . . .
"clang……"
Compared with the nobles who can taste delicacies from the mountains and seas in their rooms, those who work in the dam quarries are a bit miserable.
Not to mention the heavy physical work every day, as I promised to take care of the food, except for the thick porridge cooked with old rice that I could drink in the first few days, the porridge gradually turned into thin porridge and steamed buns.
But now, I no longer give them white-flour steamed buns. Instead, they give me steamed buns mixed with sand, and then give them one or two pickles. This is the day's meal.
"dinner time!"
But these two days have become more and more extreme. Let alone porridge, now you have to rummage through the bowl to find the rice grains. It is just a bowl of water with a few grains of rice cooked in it.
"Do they want to starve us to death when we eat this kind of food now?"
Chen Tiezhu is a good fisherman, but he is also a big-bellied man, and he is very hungry now. After drinking a few mouthfuls of water-like porridge, he is not full at all. The heat caused by the surging gastric acid in his stomach The feeling made him feel a little irritable.
"What can be done about this? Governor Huang is gone, there are no rules, and now the officials have changed back to what they used to be."
The old man next to him sighed.
"No, I'll go find them to protest!"
Chen Tiezhu stood up and expressed this.
"Oh, it's useless."
The older people, who had experienced more miserable times, shook their heads and did not think highly of him.
"I'm with you."
The young people, who lived in the era of Governor Huang's governance, had not experienced the dark side of the government in the past, but they had some expectations for protests.
