Touch! Touch! The panther shook its stunned head, and when it saw its prey disappear, it reluctantly slammed into the wooden gate.

A few people on the inside of the gate who were pushing hard against the gate felt that the force of the black panther beast's impact was very large, and the gate shook for a while, and even many rivets on the simple gate were loose, and they hurriedly shouted:

"Hold on! Resist! Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

The people and family members who had just rushed in also hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Sou...... Sou...... Several people dressed like hunters standing on the wall hurriedly released their arrows when they heard the shouts.

The people inside the gate only heard the sound of arrows breaking through the wind, and they didn't know what the effect was, but the panthermon still slammed into the gate.

"Can't shoot! Can't shoot! The panthermon was too fast to dodge. The man on the wall shouted in panic.

"I'm coming!" Li Tianlong stomped his foot, ran up the wall, and snatched the bow and arrow from a man.

Li Tianlong. Although the brief description is not very good, he has the strength of the middle of the fighter. A strong bow that an adult man could barely pull away was easily pulled into a full moon by Li Tianlong.

Sou...... A more rapid sound of breaking wind came.

"Whew!" I heard a scream from outside, and then the panthermon's impact on the gate stopped.

Liu Lei hurriedly climbed the fence to check the situation, only to see three black panther beasts fleeing from the gate, one of which had an arrow stuck in its buttocks.

Sou...... Sou...... Li Tianlong continued to shoot a few more arrows, but his archery skills were so poor that except for the one that was closest to him at the beginning, none of the other arrows posed a threat to the Black Panther Beast.

Li Tianlong successfully drove the panther away, but his tense face did not improve. The Black Panther Beast ran some distance, and after making sure that Li Tianlong would not shoot at them again, it stopped and turned to look at the town, letting out a threatening cry.

One of the panthermons dragged the bitten horses over, and the rest of the panthermons, except for one who was looking at the town vigilantly, surrounded them and began to raise large chunks of Doji.

As the smell of blood spread, more and more black panther beasts came out of the forest, at first there were only a dozen, and then slowly became dozens.

"It's over, the panther beast has been attracted," an old voice full of despair came from Liu Lei's side.

Liu Lei turned his head to look, and saw an old man with white hair standing beside him.

When the old man saw Li Tianlong, his eyes became hostile and said:

"Commander Li, you are here in person, and I have already reported it. We really can't get this year's autumn tax, and you can see that the black panther beast is out there now. It's all a matter of survival now. ”

"That's it, how can we still pay taxes......"

"It's not going to keep us alive......"

"Collect taxes every month, why don't you help when the beast comes......"

"The food is gone, do you want wild fruits?"

A noisy sound came from behind him, Liu Lei looked back, and saw that people of all ages and children in the town had already gathered around, and the entire town only had a population of more than fifty, including more than a dozen old people and children, most of whom listened to the old man's words and glared at Li Tianlong and others.

Li Tianlong touched his nose in embarrassment, and said to the old man with a wry smile:

"Brother, you misunderstood that I didn't come to collect taxes, I was escorting the eldest young master to take over Qingfeng Town today."

The old man listened to the first half of Li Tianlong's words, and his heart just let go, but when he heard the second half of the words, his whole body suddenly trembled, and then a panicked expression appeared on his face.

With a plop, the old man turned to face Liu Lei and knelt down.

"Young master, the old man has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please don't blame him." The old man said hurriedly.

Immediately after that, the crowd behind him also knelt on the ground in fear.

"Old man, you get up first." Liu Lei hurriedly reached out to help the old man.

"Don't dare! Can't! The old man said repeatedly.

Liu Lei knew why everyone was like this, it was because the human forces in the entire Tianyuan Continent were generally divided into feuds, that is to say, in the fiefdom of the nobles, the nobles were the heavens of the people, although they couldn't be like slaves, they could kill if they said they would, but it wasn't much better, although the Liu Mansion had been ignoring it in the past few years, but the hierarchical thinking of the people at these grassroots levels was still very deep.

The reason why these people are like this is because they are the eldest young master, they don't know about the disputes in Liu's mansion, they only think that the eldest young master is their future head of the family.

"Arise, and I will make you all rise." Liu Lei saw that it was useless for him to talk well, so he pulled up his face and said.

When everyone saw Liu Lei, they were angry and hurriedly stood up.

The old man stood up, bowed his head and stood beside Liu Lei, looking like he was at his orders.

"What's your name, old man?" Liu Lei asked with a pleasant face.

"Back to the eldest young master, the old man's surname is Zhu Dezhi, and now he is the mayor of Qingfeng Town, you can call me Lao Zhu" The old man replied respectfully.

Liu Lei said: "Let everyone go back, you take me for a walk and tell me the basic situation." ”

Zhu Dezhi responded and hurriedly let everyone disperse.

"Wait a minute." Liu Lei said suddenly.

The crowd that had just turned around and was about to walk back hurriedly stopped.

Liu Lei saw that many people in the crowd, both men and women, were unclothed, their faces were full of vegetables, and their bodies were thin, and he sighed softly in his heart.

Liu Lei took a deep breath and said loudly:

"This time I came to bring two truckloads of grain and a cart of meat, now everyone is given three catties of rice and one catty of meat, this is not all, the next batch of grain is already on the way, it will be transported soon, please believe that I will not make everyone hungry"

Although he has never been a leader, Liu Lei still understands how to win people's hearts, these people have been helpless, and now is the best time to establish their prestige.

"Oh......" After a brief lull, the crowd suddenly erupted in violent cheers, startling even the black panther beasts in the distance.

Stopping the crowd who wanted to kneel down to him again, Liu Lei asked Li Tianlong to be in charge of the distribution, and waited for Zhu Dezhi to hurriedly squeeze out of the crowd.

Zhu Dezhi was also full of red light, this was the first time since Liu Fu gave up on them, someone came to take care of them.

"Old ...... Lao Zhu, tell me about the situation in Qingfeng Town" Liu Lei called Zhu Dezhi awkwardly, there is no way that this mainland has a clear class, if they are blindly approachable, it will make them uncomfortable.

Zhu Dezhi said: "Qingfeng Town now has a total population of sixty-three people, fifty-one young and middle-aged people, seven elderly people and five children. ”

"Such a small population? I heard that there were 500 people who migrated here," Liu Lei asked suspiciously.

Zhu Dezhi listened, shook his head helplessly and said: "Young Master, you don't know that when the master decided to establish Qingfeng Town seven years ago, it was true that five hundred people moved from all over the fiefdom, but more than two hundred people died in order to build the town and clear out the beasts, and in the next two years, there were beasts attacking one after another, and more than a hundred died. Later, when the old man failed......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Dezhi paused, looked at Liu Lei, and continued to speak only when he saw that his face was normal

"Master, after they withdrew, we have been cautious, although later the beasts got used to our existence, but in the past five years, because of the attack of beasts and thieves, nearly a hundred people have died, until a few days ago suddenly this group of black panther beasts we were not prepared to go out hunting and gathering, and more than a dozen people died."

The more Zhu Dezhi said, the redder his eyes became, and finally he finished with a crying voice.

Liu Lei sighed in his heart, these people who were abandoned by the family really suffered a lot.

"And what about the rest, how many possessions and tools are there?" Liu Lei asked, since he came to manage Qingfeng Town, of course he had to think about the future development.

Hearing Liu Lei's question, Zhu Dezhi, who was sad, turned red, and said embarrassedly: "There is nothing left, everything left at the beginning has been replaced by us for grain, and we tried to grow food a few years ago, just in the open space in front."

Zhu Dezhi said, pointing to the open space outside the wall.

"The open space outside the fence without trees was cleared out by the old man with people, and it was originally intended to build a city, but then it was not built because of the great loss, but the trees were cleared, and then we have been trying to grow food here, and it was okay for the first few years, and then there will be a lot of herbivores to eat when the crops grow. In the end we gave up, and we sold all the farm tools for food and hunting tools."

The herbivore is a very fast herbivorous creature on the mixed yuan continent, a bit like the kangaroo of the earth, with a height of three meters, and its speed and endurance are more than double that of the war horse, but this creature is naturally timid, and it cannot be trained at all, otherwise it is an excellent mount, and there have been many large and small forces that have tried, but they all ended in failure, and this creature has a very large amount of food, and it can eat food equivalent to half of its own weight at a time.

Liu Lei had a headache after hearing this, and he continued to ask: "Then how do you usually maintain your vitality?" ”

Zhu Dezhi said: "The main thing is to hunt and collect medicinal materials, and occasionally trade with the passing expedition team to the Warcraft Forest, and a few years ago, there was a moonlight grass growing near here, which is a cherished medicinal material, but the number has decreased a lot in recent years, and at most a dozen plants can be picked a year, otherwise the autumn tax will definitely be able to make up."

Liu Lei knew that he was still worried about the autumn tax, and said lightly: "Don't worry, we won't have to pay taxes in the future."

"Really?" The nearly seventy-year-old man asked excitedly as he jumped to his feet.

Liu Lei nodded, this is the agreement he reached with Erniang, the family is not uncommon Qingfeng Town's annual dispensable taxes, and Liu Lei can no longer get any support from the family, that is to say, let him fend for himself, when he asked for this request, the second lady agreed almost without hesitation, and was afraid that Liu Lei would regret it, so he specially sent a message to Liu Tianyu on the front line, and got Liu Tianyu's permission.

"You just say, what else is there besides people in this Qingfeng Town," Liu Lei interrupted Zhu Dezhi's excitement and asked.

"It's gone!" Zhu Dezhi blinked his eyes and said in confirmation.

Seeing this old man with white hair and beard selling cuteness to himself, Liu Lei patted his forehead, one poor and two white, the pressure is great!