Olaf Kruger looked at his coarse cloth tunic with two white patches on it, and he was still not satisfied, so he took out his scissors, cut them on the cuffs a few times, and looked in the mirror. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The person in the info mirror has honey-colored curly hair, a straight nose bridge, blue eyes like sapphires, fair skin that makes women envious, and lips slightly upturned with a hint of sexiness.

No, he doesn't look like a pauper. Olaf took out the ink, dripped a few drops on the cloth, picked up a small piece of charred carbon from a copper basin on the ground, dipped some black carbon in his hand, and rubbed it on his face to cover his skin.

When the fish belly appeared in the east, the big bell on the city tower made a loud bell, the shout of the guards broke the silence of the city, and the city gate creaked and was slowly opened. The windows of different heights were opened one after another, revealing human faces, and swallows jumped up and down on the black tiles, and saw the faces of the people in the attic windows showing their faces, fluttering and flying into the sky.

In the city after the rain, the air is very humid, the bluestone paved roads are made of irregular stones, and the young grass that pops out of the dirt has dewdrops. Olaf loved the city, the climate was pleasant, and the white-walled and black-tiled houses were very different from the other provinces of the empire. Sandwiched between white-walled and black-tiled houses, with the occasional towering church with some glazed windows, it was built after the invasion of the Rhodes Empire. In that year, after the Knights of Ten Thousand Knights, Buck Browning conquered the city of Yuhua, he made some adjustments to the city, one of which was to build a church to force the people of the Rising Sun Empire to believe in the god of light. At the same time, he led the soldiers and logistics troops to use Yuhua City as a base to prepare for a decisive battle with the Rising Sun Empire in the Four Holy Cities. Emperor Rhodes was overjoyed and made Buck Browning the Grand Knight, becoming the supreme commander of the knightly forces throughout the Empire.

However, time has passed, Buck Browning died in the Battle of the Four Holy Cities, the church in Yuhua City took 50 years to complete, and the remnants of the Rising Sun Empire may not all believe in the God of Light. Unlike Buck Browning, Olaf Kruger spent his childhood in the city of Emerald and went to the capital of Serves as a teenager, returning to the city at the age of 33 to become governor of Sunset Province.

Unlike his colleagues, Olaf loves the city and the way it lives. He spent 2 cents, bought pancakes, munched on the green onions and poached eggs inside, tasted the delicate chewiness of the skin made of flour, and started a day of private visits to micro-services.

Qilin Street is the largest commercial street in Yuhua City, and many of the things sold by the remnants of the Rising Sun Empire are unique, such as the cloth of the Rising Sun, when it rains, the Rhodes people often get drenched in the rain or have umbrellas, while some of the remnants wear the clothes to work in the fields, and the clothes inside will not be wet. Olaf was fond of these strange inventions, sometimes touching the fan, sometimes smelling the sachet. He noticed that some of the remnants had wary eyes in their eyes, and some were unimpressed by the filthy Rhodes who appeared around them.

My outfit was a success. Olaf was smug, and he planned to inspect the price situation in the city today.

"How much is this?" Olaf picked up a comb, which was made of horns, and weighed it in his hand.

"10 copper coins. "The seller is an old man who speaks a rusty lingua franca.

"Copper coins? no, no, although they are made of copper, they are called cents, 100 imperial cents, equal to 1 imperial mark. Olaf corrected.

"It's a copper coin!" said the old man angrily, "I don't know what a penny is, but in my time, this was worth 10 copper coins!

Olaf shrunk his neck, knowing that he had asked the wrong person, a remnant of the Rising Sun Empire who still measured prices in the old currency. He knew that in some places, the remnants of the Sunset Province still used copper Vermilion Bird Coins, silver White Tiger Coins, and gold dragon coins made of gold to evade taxes. Chancellor of the Exchequer Krauser Wiggins complained about this in front of the Thunder Throne, and in exchange for Emperor August's rage, he ordered the entire province to confiscate the old currency, which made the province jump.

Olaf heard a shout, and when he heard it, he saw two officials of Rhodes stopping a remnant of the Rising Sun Empire, a woman, about 27 years old, wrapped in a turban, dressed in linen, and a boy of about 8 years old standing beside her.

"Hey, you, what about this month's taxes?80 Reichsmarks. The tax collector stretched out his right hand, put his left hand on his waist, and shouted.

"I ...... Please, I can't scrape together that much money. The woman's eyes were full of horror, and she subconsciously touched her sleeve and pleaded, "I sold my son, and my son is healthy and wise, and if I sell him, I will pay taxes." ”

Olaf's heart sank, and the boy had a dull gaze, a yellow-skinned face, and no reaction to his mother's betrayal of him.

"What money can you sell for such a fool?" the tax collector ordered, and the officials around him grabbed the woman's hand, and the woman screamed, attracting the crowd of onlookers. The official took the opportunity to put his hands on the woman, and the woman grabbed the official's hand and could not break free.

"What do you see, on the day of the Empire's tax payment, those who fail to pay their taxes on time will pay the price!" the tax collector raised his chin, took out his whip, raised it in his hand, and shouted haughtily to those around him.

"Help, help!," the woman pleaded, "I really don't have that much money. ”

"Last month's 60 marks, this month's added another 20 marks, empire when we are?" someone shouted, and there was an immediate response from bystanders.

The tax collector whipped the woman on the stomach and shouted to the crowd: "Who? Who dares to challenge Your Majesty's regulations? The people of the Sunset Province will be charged 30 percent more taxes and fees!

Taxes are getting heavier and heavier, even at 60 marks a month, so how can these poor people bear it. Olaf smiled wryly that the monthly taxes paid by Sunset Province were 1.2 times that of Gasgarnik Province.

"This month's Imperial Celebration, 20 marks is a special tax for the celebration of the Empire, and not paying the tax is treason!" said the tax officer.

He added fuel to the fire. Olaf shook his head slightly.

Someone shouted in the crowd: "Rhodes, get out!"

"Get out!" someone responded.

1 middle-aged man and 2 young men rushed out of the crowd, and the middle-aged man swung a punch at the tax collector, who reacted very quickly, and after dodging the punch, the whip was whipped on the middle-aged man's back. One of the lads drew their knives, and the crowd screamed, pushing each other and trying to flee.

When the guards heard the movement, they drew their short swords, pushed through the crowd, and rushed in, and the young men each took a knife, and the short sword and the knife collided with each other, and the metal sound was crisp and powerful, and the two sides fought inextricably.

The young man turned, and the knife slashed into the guard's shoulder, and the guard screamed and stabbed the young man in the abdomen with his sword.

Harrington, the sheriff, arrived with a squad of gendarmes and surrounded them, and the middle-aged man, seeing that the situation was not good, pulled Olaf over him and put the knife around his neck.

"Don't come here, or I'll kill him!" The middle-aged man's hands trembled slightly, his breath was disordered, Olaf's mind went blank, and in an instant he turned from a bystander to a hostage.

"You're surrounded! "You are surrounded!" Harrington held the hilt of his dagger, the sword unsheathed, and Olaf knew that once Harrington's sword was unsheathed, the gendarmerie would forcibly capture the prisoner regardless of the safety of the hostages.

Damn! I'm the Governor! Olaf almost screamed, he wasn't that stupid, he clearly remembered that the previous Governor was shot in the chest with a bow and arrow when he rode a tall horse and led a group of guards through Kirin Street, and he was killed instantly.

"Don't come here!" the middle-aged man's hand shook even more, and Olaf was even worried that he would slash his neck with a shake of his hand.

"What do you lack? money, or work?" Olaf asked softly, "negotiate, negotiate with them, and maybe you will get something in return." ”

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes: "You're not stupid, you're not an ordinary Rhodes farmer." ”

Damn, I just can't change that tone. Olaf's hand sneaked into his robe and touched his short sword, and he thought about how to pull out the short sword without letting the other man cut him.

Harrington moved his fingers and pulled the dagger out of its scabbard.

It's over! Idiot Harrington! The gendarmes swarmed up, and as soon as the middle-aged man exerted himself, Olaf closed his eyes.

"Ahhh He drew his dagger and prepared to defend himself, but the middle-aged man slapped the flames on his shoulder, unable to care about Olaf for a long time.

Olaf hesitated, he wiped his face, and Harrington screamed, "Governor!

The gendarmes surrounded Olaf, and seven or eight men from the province of Sunset rushed out from all directions, with yellow turbans on their heads, spears, knives, and axes, and there was chaos in the streets.

Harrington roared, the dagger blocked the machete, and smashed the opponent's face with his shield, Olaf leaned his back against Harrington, and the dagger picked the head of the spear, and one gendarme was wounded, one was pierced in the stomach, and the other gendarme was cut off by an axe.

"Stop them!" shouted in the distance, the leader waved his hand, the water under the feet of the 2 mobs turned into ice, they slipped and fell, 2 mobs slapped the flames on their bodies, 3 mobs were injured and fell to the ground, crawling in horror, trying to escape, the short sword of the gendarme pierced into the back of one of them.

"Don't! don't kill!" Olaf shouted, not wanting to light more flames, the flames in the hearts of the people.

"Don't kill!" someone shouted as the elm tree on the side of the road fell between the gendarmes and the mob, and the mob fled.

"Bastard! I knew people in Sunset Province weren't a good thing!" Olaf heard the roar first, and then saw a young blonde slap a dark-haired young man next to him in the face. The beater was wearing a purple robe, and the black-haired young man was wearing a blue robe.

"You are the magicians of the Empire?" Olaf noted that the black-haired young man was a yellow-skinned Sunset Rider.

"Yes, my lord, in the lower Miller, the owner of the purple robe. The blond young man looked around, and the terrified people had fled in all directions, and the surroundings were empty—except for a few wounded.

"What's your name?" Olaf asked with a slight nod to Miller, staring at the black-haired young man.

"Lord Hui, my name is Takehito. Wu Ren's face was serious, and under that serious expression, there was nervousness in his eyes, and there was a trace of perseverance.