At the entrance of Zongmiao, the open fire was in charge, and the man was wearing a official uniform, but he was obviously the only one who came outside, as an outsider.

Outside the temple, there were all the people of the fishing village, and the faces of these people were full of anger.

"Master Zhang, I just raised the rent three months ago, and now the rent has been increased by 30%, how can we people still live a small life?" A middle-aged man with a face full of vicissitudes and humiliation, clutching his chest, his chest was covered with blood, obviously he had just been injured.

The nearby fishing village and more than a dozen villages, all of which were subordinated to a nearby city lord, the city lord Zhu Pei, turned into a master of four transformations.

Within a radius of 100 miles, the first master collected taxes on behalf of the Northern Qi Kingdom.

The Northern Qi Kingdom, or most of the Xiuzhen Kingdoms, had a system of city lords. The imperial court lost most of its jurisdiction over the region, and the strongest person was born from the place, elected as the lord of the city, who collected taxes and managed one side on his behalf, while the court did not have an army, but turned to recruiting and worshipping.

For example, the worship of the Northern Qi Kingdom is the strongest in Northern Qi, and its strength is enough to crush the city lords of the entire Northern Qi.

A dynasty maintains stability in this way, and once an extremely genius is born from within the dynasty, it is very likely to subvert the dynasty, so the subversion of a generation of dynasties is often relatively fast, but not too fast.

After all, the ancestor of a dynasty is at least a few hundred years old, and a dynasty will stand for at least three or four hundred years.

Compared with most dynasties in the secular world, it can already be regarded as a long life.

And right now, this dynasty is the Northern Qi Dynasty, the founding lord of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the ancestor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, in the early days of the Baodan, the longevity of three hundred and fifty years old, the recoil, the current Lord of the Northern Qi is the sixth son of the ancestor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the strength of the nine changes to the peak of the strength can step into the Baodan period at any time.

Once stepped in, the lifespan of the Northern Qi Kingdom could last for a few hundred years, but it was a pity, because of the death of the ancestor, the ruling power of the Northern Qi Kingdom was not as good as before.

After all, although there are few monks in this Northern Qi Dynasty, there are still a few.

Speaking back to the city lord Zhu Pei, it is relatively normal for the city lord to collect taxes over the years, but for some reason, these years have begun to squeeze frantically, and the taxes have been continuously raised, and it has reached the point where ten percent of the income is to be handed over to ninety percent and five.

Zhu Pei's subordinates are like clouds, such as Zhang Xian, who came to collect taxes, and he has become a master for the second time, but he is just a very ordinary one of Zhu Pei's subordinates, and he has not yet entered the staff office.

But the strongest person unanimously elected by the people in this fishing village is not his opponent, and there are only two people in the entire fishing village who can achieve a change of strength, and one is the old village chief.

"I repeat. Zhang Xian's eyes were indifferent, he glanced at the people below, he didn't care about the angry expressions of these people, and said lightly, "This is the order of the City Lord's Mansion, if you don't obey, the City Lord's Mansion will send someone down to suppress it, and when the time comes, it won't be me who comes." ”

"I'm doing it for your own good, too. ”

"I'll give you another half a month to collect all the taxes, otherwise. Zhang Xian sneered.

After saying that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

These people's faces were pale, and they clenched their fists one by one, and it was difficult to see the extreme.

But the word "suppression", these people trembled, suppression, in fact, the city lord's mansion will send a staff member over, bloody shot, kill the people in this fishing village who have reached the level of transformation and innate seven realms, force this fishing village to completely lose the right to speak, and then obey their orders.

With the madness of the City Lord's Mansion in recent years, the surrounding fishing villages and villages have gradually had such a situation of resistance, so there have been several bloody suppressions, and the City Lord's Mansion has "slaughtered the village" five times, exterminated the five disobedient villages nearby, and killed all the people above their congenital seven realms, and the surrounding villages were also shocked.

Now, is it their turn again?

After Zhang Xian left, the torches in front of these temples were still burning, and the faces of the people in a village were very ugly, the middle-aged man's name was Xu Sang, Xu Sang knew that this Zhang Xian was indeed considered to be gentle, and if he changed a person from the staff of the City Lord's Mansion, what he faced today might be a bloody massacre.

"Hey. Xu Sang let out a long sigh, feeling that the whole person was getting old all of a sudden, he turned around, these people in the village looked at him together, Xu Sang pursed his lips, took a deep breath and said, "I believe everyone has heard it, and we really have no other way." Pay this tax. ”

Xu Sang's face was deeply bitter.

Ten percent of the harvest is harvested and nine percent is harvested, how can the people in this village still live? Every household will go bankrupt, and maybe there will be people starving to death this year.

But what can be done?

"Don't believe it, Mr. Xu, we, our whole village don't have such money. ”

"Yes, after paying this money, we still can't live. ”

"Mr. Xu, think of another way... ”

“……”

Facing these voices, Xu Sang took a deep breath and said, "There's really no way, I'll go to the nearby villages and sell the things in our village, such as some farm properties. Hey, let's figure it out. ”

After speaking, Xu Sang put his hands behind his back and left.

The people gathered in front of the temple are still hesitant, selling their fields, then they still can't live.

。。。

"Strange. After entering this village and walking from house to house, Zhou Tongying said curiously, "Where have all the people in this village gone?" I see that the oil lamps are all lit in this house, but there is no one, which is strange. ”

Mo Xuan's face was red, she was really tired, she fell asleep on Zhou Tongying's shoulder, her mouth pouted, and she made an even breathing sound.

"People are already near Jongmyo Temple. Chen Fan sensed it with his spiritual power, and immediately withdrew his spiritual power lightly, there are not many people in this fishing village who practice, but most of the people gathered in the temple, and they don't know what it is.

But soon, the people from these fishing villages also dispersed and came back, and at the same time, some people also noticed Chen Fan and his party here.

"You are... Hey, stranger?" Xu Sang hung his head and walked towards him, but saw Chen Fan's group, a man with two female dependents, one of whom was covered with a black hat on his head, and his temperament made him unable to see through, which was very terrifying.

It is too obvious for outsiders to walk into this fishing village, whether it is the accent or the dress, they are very different from the people in the fishing village.

Xu Sang hugged his fists and said, "Below, this Xujia Village is the acting village head. Eh, look at your appearance, is this someone from the heavenly and human realm?"

The Northern Qi Kingdom is close to the Heaven and Man Realm, and there are often people from the Heaven and Man Realm who come over, but there are very few people who happen to come to this fishing village, and in the past ten years, this is also the first batch, and in Xu Sang's memory, someone came a long time ago.

"Exactly. "Step forward, Chen Fan must be responsible for these things that usher in the send-off.

"We strayed into here, and our family members have limited mobility and want to take a break, so please be accommodating. With that, Chen Fan handed over a hundred spirit stones.

"Hey, this... Xu Sang's face turned red, "Some outsiders came over and provided some accommodation, the food was very normal, and there was nothing to worry about. But thinking of Zhang Xian's tax, the village is now struggling, and there is no way to do it.

Xu Sang, who has always been enthusiastic and generous, had to accept the money with a twist.

"Guests, please. Xu Sang said enthusiastically.

Xu Sang is the acting village chief of this place, Chen Fan said as he walked, listening to this Xu Sang, this is the northwest of the Northern Qi Kingdom, which belongs to Wuzhi City, and there are nearly twenty villages like them.

invited Chen Fan and others to the village chief's office, and in a courtyard behind, Xu Sang ordered people to vacate a few courtyards.

"If you have anything to say hello to, you can come to us again. Xu Sang said enthusiastically.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. Xu Sang was indeed very enthusiastic, and Chen Fan also replied immediately.

"Then I won't bother you. After speaking, as soon as Xu Sang turned around, he sighed again and again, his brows tightened, and then he walked out quickly, as if he was worried about something.

"It's a clean place and the air is fresh. Zhou Tongying took a deep breath, and in the room, looking left and right, a little back to ancient times.

This feeling is quite novel.

"It's not what I imagined. ”

Chen Fan smiled, "The material life enjoyment of cultivators is indeed not very high. Chen Fan said, "However, you think that the air is fresh, it is because of the aura, do you think that the speed of the true qi in the dantian is much faster?"

Chen Fan raised his hands behind his back and looked at the sky in the courtyard, above the sky, the stars were dotted, especially clear and translucent.

I'm back again. Chen Fan muttered.