After being surprised, Ma Liang figured out why the Gongsun family relied on the strength of four of his eight major families to argue with the Nalan family, it turned out to be this reason.

"By the way, you haven't said the purpose of today's family banquet of the Nalan family?"

Speaking of this, the concise tone suddenly became much more solemn.

"Protecting the country."

Ma Liang was stunned, he knew about the national tax and had already paid it, but it was the first time he had heard of this national tax.

Jian Jian knew that Ma Liang had never heard of the national protection tax, so he explained out loud.

"This national protection tax is not available in normal times, and it will only appear when there is a major battle."

"This time the Pishan Kingdom and the West Night Kingdom jointly attacked my Loulan, which is a major battle, in Loulan, in addition to the imperial city, the city lords of the other four counties and 27 cities need to pay the national protection tax."

Ma Liang nodded, indicating that he could understand this approach.

"Is it only the lord of the city who pays? So what are you looking for? ”

Jian Jian's face was a little unpleasant, and his eyes were a little angry when he looked at Nalan Jue.

"The national protection tax is a very large amount of money, although every city lord can pay it, but even this can be said to have stripped them of a layer of skin."

"But since you have been granted rights and status, you have to bear it, and it is rightly so."

"But just four or five years ago, in a war with the Elite Kingdom, these city lords came up with a way to deal with the mission sent down from above."

"That is to exploit the powerful and ordinary people in the city for profit."

Ma Liang really didn't expect that even this world still couldn't get rid of this familiar plot, so he shook his head helplessly.

"You didn't resist? Will the lord of the kingdom approve of them doing this? ”

Concisely laughed at himself.

"Loulan Country only allows the city lord to raise soldiers, what can we resist, the family in the house is still his own son and lady."

"As for the lord of the country, if they can pay the money, they can't control it so much, so they acquiesce."

Ma Liang nodded, and then Ma Liang and Jianjian's attention returned to Nalan Jue.

At this time, the noise in the field had disappeared, and the atmosphere was completely different from the atmosphere when Nalan Jue first came in before.

An oppressive, even suffocating, atmosphere permeated the audience.

Nalan Jue paced leisurely on the stage, he didn't know when there was a short knife in his hand, his eyes swept in all directions casually, and the arrogant temperament of a superior person was vividly volatile.

"You are all predators from all walks of life in my copper city, you have supreme power and financial resources, and you have a luxurious life that others can't envy."

"Living in a luxurious manor, waking up every day with slave scouts, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, wearing brocade clothes and jade, going out with luxury cars, everywhere you go, someone looks up at you a few times, and you have face."

Speaking of this, Nalan Jue's words changed, his pupils froze slightly, and he froze in the direction of Gongsun's house, and suddenly shouted loudly.

"Who gave you these! Yes? ”

The old grandmother of Gongsun met Nalan Jue on the stage with her yellow eyes, and said word by word.

"With ...... You...... Not...... Close. ”

Nalan Jue suddenly laughed, then pointed at himself before continuing.

"Yes, this has nothing to do with me, but I'm now the lord of the Copper City, so I count what I say."

After Nalan Jue finished speaking, he suddenly pointed his knife at everyone, and at the same time, a large group of officers and soldiers poured out of the gate around the center, surrounding everyone in the center.

The patriarch of the Jian family of the four clans of the Eight Great Families, that is, Jian Xing's father, looked at him angrily and shouted loudly.

"Nalan Jue, what do you want to do? Is there any royal law left? ”

Nalan Jue looked at Jian Xing and smiled slightly, that smile was so dark that it made people chill.

"Wang Fa? I'm talking about Wang Fa, since the top is exploiting our Nalan family to death, then what I lost will be recovered from you, which is very fair. ”

Wei Mingjian, the patriarch of the Wei family of the upper four clans, also took the case.

"We are the legal citizens of the Copper City, and we have to pay the national tax on time every month, the Pishan Country and the Western Night Country are at war, and your Nalan family, as the lord of the Copper City, should have paid the national protection tax, why do you need us to bear it."

Liang Xianfeng, the patriarch of the Liang family of the lower four clans, also stood up.

"Lord Nalan, do you really think that you can cover the sky with one hand in the Copper City? If you push us too hard, I'll ......."

"Whew......"

Liang Xianfeng's words were not finished, only to hear the sound of a breaking wind, and a carved arrow shot straight into Liang Xianfeng's right shoulder.

"Ah......h

Liang Xianfeng fell to the ground in response, and the screams and wails were shocking.

The grandmother was furious when she saw this.

"Lord Nalan, do you really think you can scare us like this?"

Nalan Jue's pupils shrank slightly, his eyes stared at the old grandmother of Gongsun, and he replied in a low voice.

"yes, that's what I thought, who do you think would dare to speak out?"

"You ......"

The old grandmother of Gongsun was so angry that she couldn't speak, and almost fainted on the courtyard of Nalan's house.

However, this is indeed as Nalan Jue said, no one in the venue at this time dared to speak, and even Wei Mingjian and Jian Xing, who were still accusing Nalan Jue just now, couldn't say a word.

The silence in the field was like a cemetery, and they all knew what was going to happen next, but what could they do in the face of the soldier with the spear in his hand?

Nalan Jue's eagle-like gaze scanned the audience, and after seeing that no one answered again, he smiled disdainfully.

"Since there are no more objections, then I will say the details of this donation."

"The state levies 500 million Loulan coins in the national protection tax, I think everyone should have this number in their hearts, and I don't need to explain more."

"Distributed to you, the most is only 30 or 40 million, and the least is only a few million, you say that it is just such a small amount of money, what are you reluctant to do?"

After Nalan Jue's words were finished, almost everyone gritted their teeth, 3 or 40 million, even for those big families, it was not a small number.

However, this kind of price is also acceptable to those families and magnates, after all, they have a strong background.

"It's not going to be that simple."

The old grandmother of Gongsun had a gloomy face, and she did not relax at all.

"But ......"

At this moment, Nalan Jue suddenly changed his words.

"This time, in addition to the requirement to pay the national protection tax, there is also a requirement."

"That is, each of your families needs to hand over 5 to 10 young men to serve in the army, depending on the size of the family."

"What?"

Almost all of them were surprised, full of troops? This is no joke.

There are no eyes on the battlefield, even if they are ordinary martial artists, they have to throw their lives there if they are not careful, let alone the rich children of their index fingers.

"Lord Naran, we need a reasonable explanation."

Jian Xing glared angrily, and he knew that this guy was tired.

Nalan Jue smiled slightly, and spread his hands helplessly.

"It's a decision from above, and there's nothing I can do about it."

"Oh, yes, there's another way."

Wei Mingjian asked when he heard this.

"What's the solution?"

Nalan Jue smiled darkly, his eyes full of greed.

"100 million Lou Lan coins can top a place for joining the army, which is not too much to ask."

Nalan Jue's words fell, causing a sudden rebuke, but no one noticed.

At this time, an even more terrible thing has surged in the copper city.