The carriage drove slowly past the city gates, and was confronted by a row of gallows on which hung several corpses, some of them even mutilated, with a wooden sign on their chest that read the guilt.

Luo Er also didn't expect that such a primitive, barbaric, and brutal 'tradition' was still maintained here, so he couldn't help frowning and asked in a low voice:

"These are the Resistance's people?"

"No ......"

Jeanne shook her head and explained:

"They're just civilians who can't pay their taxes......"

"For the current principality, the Resistance is nothing, only non-payment of taxes is a capital offense."

Luo Er was slightly stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Do you want to get out of the car and take a walk? Can I show you the real Duchy of Maude? ”

Jeanne followed suit.

Rohr hesitated, but nodded.

So the two jumped out of the carriage and walked side by side on the street.

Compared to Sweet Frost City, the area of Gaoshan Fort is much larger, and there are many more people on the street, but most of them are skinny, ragged, and dirty, and it is impossible to tell whether they are refugees or not.

There were few shops in sight on the street, and most of the people looked idle, squatting on the side of the street at random, their eyes full of numbness, silently looking at Raul and Jeanne.

There were also some people who cast greedy glances at Jeanne, but after seeing Rohr next to him, they quickly turned their faces away and whispered a few dirty words in their mouths.

Sewage and all kinds of garbage are all over the streets, filling the streets with a disgusting stench.

There is also some skinny children who deliberately bump into Rohr, trying to take the opportunity to touch the money in his pocket.

Rohr made a quick dodge and let it go.

Before the two of them walked out of the street, they met five 'little' thieves who touched porcelain.

One of them, who was not very lucky, happened to be seen by a patrolling soldier, flew up directly, stole the 'little' into the garbage heap next to him, and turned back to Rohr with a flattering smile and muttered something.

"He said you could hire him as a guard so that no one in the city would dare to harass you."

Jeanne translated beside her.

"Say no for me."

Rohr replied.

Jeanne said a few more words to the soldier in the local dialect, but the other party did not show the slightest dissatisfaction, but bowed respectfully and let go of the way.

"You might not believe it, but this is the second largest city in the entire Fertile Valley."

Jeanne made a cameo appearance as a guide, continuing to explain:

"It used to be prosperous, brilliant, and a beautiful place that everyone yearns for, but now, it is not as good as the Sweet Frost Town of the year......"

Luo Er originally thought that Sweet Frost City was bad enough and backward, but at least it was relatively clean and tidy overall, there were normal shops on the streets, schools to provide education, and the law and order were not bad, and there were no such soldiers who took private jobs on the street.

I can't imagine that this so-called second largest city is so unbearable.

The two then went shopping down another street, and happened to witness a case of arson and wounding.

Riding a horse was a well-dressed fat man, and the knockdown was a middle-aged woman carrying a sack, like a porter, who was lying on the ground, coughing up blood, apparently injured in her internal organs.

Soon the patrolling soldiers came, but instead of arresting the murderer, they kicked the woman violently and told her to get out of the way quickly.

The woman trembled and crawled to her feet, coughing violently as she dragged the blood-stained sack on the ground.

The fat man rode his horse and left proudly under the escort of the soldiers.

"The man is from the United Kingdom."

Jeanne said again.

Rohr took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked rhetorically:

"The Duchy of Maude is also part of the United Kingdom, right? That's how they treat you? ”

Jeanne shook her head with a wry smile and explained:

"As you should know, the Valley of Fertility was a vassal of the Interracial Alliance for hundreds of years, and when the Aliens were driven out of the mainland and retracted back to the North Sea Islands, it was ceded to the United Kingdom and formed the current Duchy of Maude."

"So we're just incidental booty, no different from cattle or objects in the eyes of the United Kingdom."

Rohr couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, deeply sympathetic to this.

And only sympathy.

If the geography of this place were not so sensitive, if the empire and the barbarians were not so powerful, if the people of this world were more peace-loving, the fate of the Fertile Valley might not be so miserable.

Unfortunately, this is such an unfortunate place, as if it has been cursed by an evil god.

The situation here is no longer something that can be saved by one person or one organization, and I am afraid that only gods can do it.

However, in this world, there are no good gods, only evil gods......

The two continued to wander for a while, when they suddenly heard a series of screams and cries coming from a nearby alley.

They hurried over and saw a middle-aged man with a rickety figure, holding a little girl of a few years old, enduring the punches and kicks of several soldiers, and pleading incessantly.

The little girl trembled and cried, her voice a little hoarse.

There were some onlookers next to him, but no one went up to help and dissuade them, and everyone had that insensitive expression on their faces, and even a schadenfreude sneer on their lips.

"He can't pay his taxes, so they're going to take his daughter."

Jeanne translated in a low voice.

Rohr clenched his fists slightly......

"Let them stop."

Luo Er said quickly.

Jeanne stepped forward and drank a few words.

The soldiers looked back one after another, and when they saw Rohr, although they had an unhappy expression on their faces, they still stopped.

Rohr took a 10 East bill from his pocket and asked:

"Is that enough?"

Jeanne nodded.

He threw the money in front of the soldiers.

The other party hurriedly picked it up, and the original unhappiness instantly turned into a happy smile, saying some incomprehensible flattery, nodding and leaving the alley.

"You can't help them like that......"

Jeanne reminded in a low voice.

Rohr shrugged his shoulders and sighed:

"But that's all I can do."

After all, he still couldn't be truly indifferent and numb, turning a blind eye to all the tragedies in front of him.

Zaza, the guide, ran briskly, helped the poor father up, and hurried back to Rohr.

"Thank you, Mr. Rohr, for your kindness, but we'd better get out of here now, or we'll soon be in even more trouble."

Rohr, of course, knew what the so-called bigger trouble was, nodded his head, and walked briskly out of the alley.

This place, even a little kindness can not be withheld.

Behind him, the father and daughter were kneeling on the ground, worshiping his back.