When Lin Xia heard the robbery, he really wanted something, and at the same time he had doubts about his character. But I am also full of expectations for being robbed for the first time in my life.

Slowly getting out of the carriage, Carlos and Hong Xing's brothers were already confronting the robbers, but Lin Xia looked around and didn't see bacon, and he didn't know where to go.

Looking at the robbers who stopped the carriage, there were roughly more than 30 people, all of them in ragged clothes, and their faces were obviously caused by malnutrition. These thirty people were more beggars than robbers, and among these thirty people were several women, an old man and three children. At this time, the feelings met the beggars.

Only the leader of the robbers looked pretty good, and although he was just as dressed, at least his clothes weren't so tattered, and there were only six patches to the eye. According to Lin Xia's knowledge of film and television dramas in his previous life, he can be sealed as a six-bag elder.

Carlos saw Lin Xia coming, and hurriedly saluted Lin Xia. Lin Xia walked with great momentum, came to the position where the two faced off, looked at the "Beggar Gang Elder" and said, "What's the matter?"

The bandit leader couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he saw that Lin Xia was obviously dressed as an aristocrat, and looking at the attitude of Carlos and the others towards Lin Xia, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, but thinking that these people had been hungry for a few days, he still mustered up the courage and said: "If you hand over the money, I will let you go." After thinking for a while, he added: "It's okay to take out half of it." ”

Listening to the words of the robber leader, Lin Xia almost laughed, are you here to rob or beg. But he still turned his face and ordered Carlos: "Take down this beggar elder, no, take down this bandit leader for me." ”

"Yes. Carlos bowed in response, walked quickly to the bandit leader, and grabbed the robber leader with a grappler. Carlos has undergone a year of cultivation, and although he has not officially entered the first level, his physical fitness is excellent, and his speed is very fast, and the robbers have not reacted.

After Carlos captured the bandit leader, the robbers began to shout and let Carlos let the people go, but because the leader had been captured, they just shouted but did not dare to come forward. Obviously, these people have not really robbed, and they are not at all ruthless as robbers should be.

Only the bandit leader was still struggling, struggling over and over again shouting, "There is a kind of you let go of me." ”

Lin Xia asked Carlos to take the bandit leader with him, walked to his carriage, and asked Carlos to let the bandit leader go.

As soon as Carlos let go, the bandit leader punched Carlos in the face, and Carlos didn't seem to see the bandit leader's punch, and he raised his leg and kicked the bandit leader to the ground.

After the bandit leader fell to the ground, he got up and swung his fist again, and was also kicked down by Carlos again, and Lin Xia squinted at the side during the whole process. Because Lin Xia knew that there was no way to speak well without subduing the bandit leader first.

After the bandit leader stood up again, he did not continue to attack Carlos, but just stood and looked at Carlos coldly, obviously he was still a little unconvinced. And Carlos was still vigilantly watching the bandit leader to prevent him from attacking Lin Xia.

Lin Xia looked at the bandit leader carefully, he looked to be in his forties, although he was tall, he was very thin, and the clothes on his body looked very loose. If the dress was originally his, then the bandit leader should have been a strong man before.

"I have no intention of embarrassing you. Lin Xia smiled at the bandit leader: "I can see that you are not real robbers. ”

The bandit leader just snorted and ignored Lin Xia.

"Actually, I want to help you, I see a lot of homeless people on the road, and I will give them some help. But because you are robbers, I need to know your reasons before I can decide whether to help you or punish you. Lin Xia continued to say to the bandit leader.

Hearing that Lin Xia had given help to the homeless, the bandit leader's face softened a little, but he still kept silent.

"Let me introduce myself first, my full name is Lin Xia Xilan, the Lionheart family, our family's territory is not far from here......" As soon as Lin Xia said half of his words, the robber leader knelt on his knees and kowtowed to Lin Xia, and when the robber leader raised his head, there were tears on his face, and he said with a cry in his voice: "You are actually Young Master Lin Xia, I deserve to die." ”

The bandit leader's kneeling could confuse Lin Xia, but he felt that since he had entered the Valen Province, the names of the Xilin family and the Lionheart King would definitely have some influence, but he didn't expect that the power of this head was a bit beyond Lin Xia's imagination.

Hurriedly asked Carlos to pull the robber leader up, and said to the robber leader: "You don't have to hurry to salute, first tell me about your roadblock robbery." ”

The bandit leader slowed down a little and said, "My name is Lucas, and our family has lived in Xilin City for generations. ”

"Xilin City?" Lin Xia was a little strange about the name.

"Now it's called the city of Düssel. "The bandit leader Lucas obviously hasn't read the book, and he is stumbling, but Lin Xia also knows the experience of Lucas and these bandits.

This is still related to Lin Xia's grandfather, the Earl Bi Weisi who eloped with the female leader of the cottage. Because Count Bivis was demoted to a viscount, the empire also reclaimed the territory of the city of Düssel. And that year Lucas was eight years old, and the old man in the bandit team was his father.

The Lucas family has lived in the territory of the Sillin family for generations, and the Sillin family's domain is different from that of other nobles. For other nobles, the territory is just a tool to collect money. However, because of Tang's message, the Xilin family strictly forbade future generations to make a lot of money in the territory, and only allowed to collect taxes to maintain government affairs and infrastructure construction, and even Bi Weisi sold his house in order to enter the army, and there was no reason to increase taxes in the territory.

Because the taxes on the Cillin family's territory were very small, this allowed ordinary peasant families like Lucas to live without worries. But since the empire regained the territory of the Sillin family, the life of the Lucas family has completely changed.

First of all, the annual tax increase from 1 gold coin to 3 gold coins, if it was only an increase of two gold coins, the Lucas family could afford it. However, since Düssel was placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Empire, the Holy See of Light also entered the city of Düssel at the same time, and a piety tax of 2 gold coins was also charged. This also made Lin Xia feel incredible, faith still has to pay taxes.

The annual income of an ordinary peasant family is only about 10 gold coins, which requires almost half of the income to pay taxes. If the harvest is smooth, it can barely be maintained. Unfortunately, there was a drought for three consecutive years.

In the first two years, the Lucas family was able to use their previous savings to pay taxes, but in the third year, they couldn't pay taxes. Although you don't have the money to pay taxes, the magistrate doesn't care if you have money or not, you have to pay taxes when you live in Charlemagne's empire, and if you can't get the money, you use the house to offset taxes.

In this way, the Lucas family lost their house and became local refugees. At the same time, more than a dozen families in the same village became displaced by the Lucas family. This year Lucas was 43 years old.

Because of Lucas's tall and sturdy stature, everyone elected Lucas as the leader, and led them around begging for food, wandering, and occasionally doing odd jobs to make a living. But his wife and children died of a serious illness due to a long period of turbulence.

So Lucas called on these homeless people to start a business of blocking and robbing on this road, but unlucky, only two teams passed by for three consecutive days. The first group is a civilian family, who should also be unable to live in the local area and fled for refuge. Lucas didn't think it would be easy for them to rob them. And the second team is Lin Xia and his party.