The content of the chapter begins - > the officers and soldiers finished speaking, and swaggered away. After the people www.biquge.info saw the officers and soldiers leaving, they began to talk quietly.

"Alas, I can't afford to live, I'm going to kill people!" said someone hatefully.

Someone replied: "That's a nice thing to say, what kind of reduction and exemption of all sharp revenues, but a poll tax can destroy a whole family! Last year's natural disaster was confiscated, and today the snow has not yet melted, and the tax will be collected for a silver coin! If Lao Tzu has a silver coin, can Lao Tzu come to the street and set up a stall!"

Luo Ran looked at it, and the person who spoke was a street vendor, pushing a small cart in his hand.

After the peddler finished speaking, the person next to him immediately persuaded: "I said brother, you can be quiet, if you let the officers and soldiers hear, you will be killed!"

The peddler looked open-minded, his face flushed with his neck crossed. "What can you do if you don't hear it, it's not just a matter of losing your head. He was exempt from all taxes on the surface, but he was stunned to make a poll tax, which added up to more than all the sharp taxes. There are eight people in my family, and they can't save eight silver coins by living without eating or drinking all year round. ”

The people around him were all bitter, and no one could say anything to persuade him.

The vendor wiped a handful of tears, "What kind of world do you say this is, shaving food every day, a hard year of hard work, and catching up with natural disasters, I can't even get back some food for the winter." After a winter, the New Year was finally over, and the taxes began to be collected before the snow melted. Why don't you say that other people's city lords don't collect it, why do we, the city lords, always have uncollected taxes. ”

"My father and mother are over 60 years old, and they didn't even drink porridge during the Chinese New Year. If they knew that they were going to collect a poll tax, maybe they would hang themselves tomorrow! My father and mother have raised me all my life, and I haven't had a good life, and if I really leave like this, Lao Tzu will not live! Lao Tzu will take his family, old and young, and commit suicide in front of his city lord's mansion. He doesn't care about the death of Lao Tzu's family, I don't think he's afraid of dying too much. He thought that he was the lord of the city, so he could be lawless, and if our common people died a lot, they attracted the attention of those big clans, and they could send someone to take him in. Lao Tzu decided, he couldn't live anyway, so he gambled with his life. The peddler stopped, the cart was gone, and he turned around and went home.

The crowd was silent, and no one spoke.

Luo Ran sighed silently, she finally knew why some old people secretly shed tears, it turned out that they had already decided to seek death when they knew that they had to pay the poll tax.

After a while, the people blocking the streets had dispersed, and the ox cart went out smoothly.

Luo Ran carefully looked at the faces of every passing person, and saw all their sorrows. She knows that many people here can't afford to pay the so-called poll tax, and most of the elderly will choose to commit suicide because they don't want to drag their children down. The lord of a city, sitting on a city of thousands of miles, can decide the life and death of the people within a radius of thousands of miles. The heaven of ordinary people is the lord of the city, and they can't even resist. Even though he knew that he was going to die, no one dared to be like that peddler, and he didn't even dare to struggle.

She turned her head slightly sideways and looked at Ye Kai, with a little nostalgia in her dark eyes. I am very grateful to this delicate teenager for letting her know that strangers can get along like family, and Sister Lin and those troublesome little guys, she is very happy these days.

It's just that she's leaving.

Ye Kai looked back at Luo Ran, his face was not very good-looking, "You don't know Lanyang City, let me introduce it to you." ”

Luo Ran nodded, knowing that he just wanted to talk to someone.

"Lanyang City, as its name suggests, is filled with a thin mist, and the mist emits a faint golden light, as if it is full of sunshine. Lanyang City in the early morning is like a fairyland that has just woken up, and the air is slightly cool. Lanyang City in the day is like a real fairyland, surrounded by fairy mist. And Lanyang City at night is a fairyland that has fallen into the mortal world, and even the night cannot erase its light. Therefore, Lanyang City, also known as Wonderland City. ”

"And the realm of Lanyang City is rich in Lanyang jade. Lanyang jade is a kind of decorative jade, the woman hangs it around her waist, and the white mist is around her body when she walks, like a fairy in the world. Men can also decorate. Some people like to fill the courtyard with Lanyang jade to create a fairyland-like residence. The reason why Lanyang City is so beautiful is also because of the existence of Lanyang Jade. ”

"Such a beautiful city is inhabited by very few people. The city lord Jiang Silong is domineering and domineering, likes pleasure, and digs Lanyang jade in order to satisfy his appetite, but in just a hundred years, Lanyang jade has been dug up by him and there is not much left. And he was hedonistic, and Lan Yangyu was gone, so he began to increase taxes and exploit the people. All those who could afford it left, and only the poor who were not able remained here. The people of Lanyang City are getting fewer and fewer, and he is collecting more and more taxes. The powerhouse of the Divine Pattern on the Netherworld Continent could not innocently kill civilians, so he allowed his officers and soldiers to kill the civilians! The purpose of the killing was only to deter the civilians and make them pay more and more taxes. Ye Kai's voice was not shocked, and there was not even a little fluctuation.

Luo Ran lowered his eyes, there was no expression on his face, but a trace of murderous intent quietly flashed in his eyes.

Ye Kai squinted his peach blossom eyes and said lightly: "Hundreds of years ago, Lanyang City was the most beautiful fairyland. But now, Lanyang City is a hell on earth. If I have the strength, I must kill Jiang Silong, hang his body at the head of the city, and expose him to the sun for seven days and seven nights. ”

The boy's voice was not suppressed, and passers-by and those who drove the car heard it. They were all stunned, as if no one had spoken, as if they hadn't heard. Luo Ran saw that they were all nodding at Ye Kai, as if encouraging.

didn't speak because he was afraid of causing trouble for Ye Kai and himself, but nodding was a silent encouragement to Ye Kai.

Luo Ran clasped his little hands and decided to leave tomorrow. I originally chose to come to Lanyang City only because of my father's proposal. Now she really wants to be the city lord of Lanyang City, and wants these people to stop suffering.

The ox cart walked slowly, and Ye Kai didn't speak again. Nearly two hours later, they returned to the village, and Sister Lin was standing at the entrance of the village looking anxiously.

When she saw them returning, she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Oh, where have you been, you haven't been back for several hours, it's getting dark." What is this? Did you go to town to buy something?"

Sister Lin patted Ye Kai, as if complaining that he took Luo Ran to town.

"Xiao Ran, it cost a lot of money to buy these things, didn't Sister Lin say it, the girl's family should keep some money for self-defense, and if something happens in the future, there will be a guarantee. Sister Lin pulled Luo Ran and complained for a while.

Luo Ran could only stare and listen, but his heart was slightly painful. However, after spending a little money, Sister Lin seemed to have received a great favor from her, but she never thought that she had taken care of Luo Ran for several days and gave her warmth when Luo Ran was most in pain.

A whole oxcart couldn't even exchange half a bead on the tassel of Luo Ran's skirt, but Sister Lin was so moved that she didn't know what to do. End of chapter - >

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