Chapter 10: The Betrayal of the Small Landowners
"Hello Lord Allen."
The lion orc stood at the door of the mine, carrying a long sword, and when he saw Allen, he immediately showed a respectful expression.
"Hello everyone, are you tired of guarding the mine?"
"Back to my lord, I'm not tired at all!" The middle-aged lion man responded.
Orlando, the small landlord behind him, saw this, and his eyes flickered.
The relationship between the lion soldiers and Allen seems to be good, but after listening to the cat slave policy, the old lion distribution of mines and the change of taxes, can they still put on a smile?
After thinking about it, Orlando asked Allen in a loud voice:
"Village Chief, Old Will was sent to the mine by you, and he is already fifty years old, isn't it okay to abuse him like this?"
Orlando accentuated the pronunciation of Old Will's name to let the leon-people who watched the mine know.
Old Will is a lion or an old priest, and these lion soldiers should not die without help.
Sure enough, the soldiers watching the mine also changed their expressions when they heard that Old Will had been assigned to the mine.
But the change of expression was just surprise.
The little landlord Orlando said in his heart that this expression was wrong, shouldn't it be shocked and angry.
In the next second, the soldier watching the mine cave was quite excited: "Old Will, that guy is greedy for two big granaries, you should have kicked him out a long time ago, those two granaries should have been yours." ”
Hearing this, Orlando's mouth opened wide, and he was scorched by thunder.
Alan glanced at Orlando with interesting eyes, and Orlando asked the lion soldier with a weak heart: "Aren't you a leonin, don't you feel sorry for Old Will's treatment?" ”
The lion guards looked at the little landlord with strange eyes, "Our Lord Allen is the chief supervisor of the southern mines sent by Altair Town, and Old Will is obviously not as noble as our Lord Allen, and he actually has the majority of the greedy grain, and Old Will deserves it." ”
When the little landlord heard this, a layer of fine sweat gradually broke out on his forehead.
He had forgotten that Old Will had said during certain drinks that the Southern Mines were Alan's territory.
Orlando didn't take it to heart because it was just a casual mention at the time, but now that he thinks about it, he immediately breaks out in a cold sweat.
Alan is a person sent by Altair Town to supervise the mine, and the soldiers who supervise the mine only recognize Allen, not Old Will, so the soldiers here are Allen's people, and they naturally have their hearts towards Allen.
And Alan also encountered this scene, and only then did he understand the chain of his relationship with Morning Glory Town.
In this orc world, the "city people" are more noble than the people in the village, Alan is a person sent from Morning Glory Town, and the lion soldiers are also city people who came down from the town, so they naturally stand on Allen's side and despise the old priest in the village.
After understanding this relationship, Alan felt that he could do something.
"Orlando, do you think the old priest is not suitable for him?" Allen's voice rang in the ears of the little landowner.
Orlando sweated on his head, since he had entered Allen's military territory, he naturally couldn't complain a little, and said with a dry smile: "No, I just think the old priest is ......"
Before Eren could speak, the lion soldier widened his eyes, clenched the hilt of the long sword at his waist, and let out a questioning "um" sound from his mouth.
Orlando immediately changed his tune: "I just think Old Will deserves it, hehe." ”
Laughing dryly, Orlando took a few steps back and hesitated, "I still have something to do, why don't I leave first?" ”
"No, I still have something for you to do, come with me."
"Okay, okay."
Orlando didn't want to respond, but when he saw the big eyes of the lion soldiers, he had to say yes.
At this time, regardless of the tax reform, they are all soldiers of Morning Glory Town, not politicians, and it is useless to talk to them no matter how much.
Orlando's body trembled slightly, his tail shook unsteadily, and he felt a deep sense of regret in his heart.
He didn't know what Eren wanted to do, so he could only follow him into the mine, and when he saw a group of leon soldiers greeting him, his heart became colder and colder.
This is Allen's military territory, as long as he doesn't make trouble, he can go home safely.
Orlando constantly hypnotizes himself and controls himself not to be afraid.
Alan didn't care about Orlando, and found manganese ore, iron ore, coal ore and other ores in turn in the mine.
The ore output of the southern mine is quite large, and if you dig a mountain wall, you can dig a piece of iron ore with high purity.
The sweltering heat of the mine made Orlando uncomfortable, but Alan walked around the mine with relish, and then came to the place where Old Will was mining.
Bang Bang Bang!
"Dig, keep digging, don't stop, old Will!"
Overseer Marger's whip reverberated through the cave, crisp and crisp, causing the newly arrived Orlando to close his eyes and not dare to look at Old Will's back.
Old Will's back was full of whip marks at the moment, fresh blood-red scars, hideous and terrifying.
Orlando secretly opened a slit, only to feel red filling his vision, making him feel terrible, and closed his eyes again.
Old Will was too tired to look at others.
But when Alan spoke again, Will suddenly paused.
"Ma Jie paused, Orlando wanted to swing the whip and let him try his touch."
"Yes, Lord Allen!" Ma Jie looked excited, half-knelt on the ground, and handed the whip to Allen.
Will Sr. slowly turned halfway around, just in time to see Orlando closing his eyes and taking the whip in pain.
Behind Orlando, two fellow leon soldiers were eyeing each other.
"Allen, you ......" Old Will red-eyed, seeing Allen's movements, immediately knew his plan.
He is using a divisive scheme to destroy the relationship between landlords and landlords.
Orlando was only a small landowner, but he was also a landowner of fifty acres of fertile land, and his family had dozens of slaves, and if he was allowed to join the other two landlords to rebel with his family, the riot of three or four hundred slaves would give Alan a great headache.
This was the old priest's hole card, but he didn't expect Orlando to be brought here.
Was it a betrayal, or was it not good enough for him before?
"Orlando, what are you doing here!" When the old priest saw that Orlando had actually taken the whip, he chuckled and roared.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to, but I don't have a way out, I don't want to." Orlando's body trembled, not daring to look at the priest's face.
The priest said angrily, "So what are you doing here, don't you know that the southern mines are Allen's territory!" ”
"I'm sorry, I forgot, really, I'm sorry." Orlando closed his eyes, his arms trembling, and slowly raised his whip.
The old lion's eyes widened when he heard this, and his whole body was furious, and the lion's beard was blown by the beard, as if he had heard the stupidest answer in the world.
He actually ...... Forgot?
……
Back at the door of the mine, Alan said the plan he had just thought of: "Orlando, we will be allies in the future, do a good job, and secretly report to me all the plans of the landlords." ”
Orlando's cat's tail fell completely, and her cat's ears were like wilted dead grass, depressed.
"I know, I know, I have whipped the priest twenty lashes, and if I let him out of the mountain, he will certainly not let me go." When the little landlord said this, he remembered the dense blood whip marks on the old priest's back just now, and let out a long sigh.
He resigned himself to his fate.