Chapter 3: Wake up

"The war in the northwest, what does it have to do with our Taiping County, why do you want to requisition the animal power here!"

"Is the government going to cut off our way of life?"

"Our cattle are also going to be recruited? Can you do a good job? If you don't have cattle, how can you plow the fields? ”

"First there was a plague of locusts, then a drought, and now a plague of soldiers...... In this world, people can't live anymore. ”

The villagers of Changshan Town who gathered after hearing the news were panicked and angry, and wanted to reason with the requisitioning officer sent by Yicheng. But the meaty lord apparently had no intention of reasoning with a group of untouchables, and sneered, and winked at the attendants and the men sent by the baron.

In the crowd, Chen Wu clearly saw his small movements.

Obviously, the officials sent from above and the nobles and families of the places below have long agreed on this matter.

If there is no support from the local government, it will be quite difficult for the people above to get things done. But once the two parties collude together, the end waiting for the villagers of Changshan Town is already doomed. Chen Wu, who had already experienced this scene in "Empire", couldn't help but sink deep in his heart.

"Don't quarrel, it's not that I won't compensate you."

The leader of the officials drew an iron ruler and threatened, and immediately shut up the nearby townspeople of Changshan.

Since ancient times, the concept of the people not fighting with officials has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the Qianyuan Empire. Even though the exchanges with the Western Continent have gradually deepened over the years, and many ideas have been passed on there, they still have not had any decent impact on the remote areas of the hinterland of the empire.

"It starts at your house!"

The baron's man whispered a few words in his ear, and after receiving the point, the head of the official swept his eyes around coldly, and pointed to a nearby teenager. He was the most dissatisfied person before, and he rolled up his sleeves as if he wanted to stop him.

Chen Wu recognized this man.

According to the memory of the original owner who received it, this young man named Sun Tian was a friend who had played with him since he was a child. When they went out hunting together in their teens, Chen Wu also rescued him once. As for why the head of the government started from his house first, it was naturally because of his attitude; The second is because the Sun family is a big surname in Changshan Town, and there are hundreds of households.

If you subdue such a person who wants to come out and has a bit of power first, the next recruitment will be much easier.

While he was talking, ten officials took Sun Tian with ill intentions, followed him all the way to his house, forcibly took away his family's ploughing ox and an old horse, and only symbolically dropped two silver coins and six or seven copper coins - this was because the Sun family had some power and did not want to cause too much trouble.

But even so, they made a lot of money.

This amount of money, to put it mildly, can't even buy a horse leg. As long as it is pulled out of Changshan Town, it will change hands and it will be dozens or even hundreds of times the shocking profit!

Such huge profits, and the protection of the central requisition order, have an irresistible temptation for local officials. If it were in previous years, when the wind and rain were good in Taiping County, the local finances were better and there were many places to make money, maybe they would not have been so ruthless. But in the past few years, Taiping County has been really poor, and it is not easy to get such an opportunity, and the officials and nobles who have endured it for three years finally decided to put aside their faces and consciences and welcome a carnival feast.

was dragged away by the cow and horse like a flower child, Sun Tian was of course very unwilling. But if you really want him to do something, in the face of ten arrogant officials, he doesn't have the courage after all. Reluctantly pulled the cow and refused to let go, and was finally kicked to the ground by the impatient servant.

Witnessing this scene, a wave of anger suddenly surged out of Chen Wu's heart.

Maybe it was affected by the residual memories of the original owner, or it was simply Chen Wu's own thoughts, he couldn't bear it anymore.

In addition to Chen Wu, there were many onlookers. Despite the anger and sympathy in everyone's eyes, no one dared to speak out in the face of the murderous servants and the power standing behind them.

With the first beginning, the whole campaign proceeds smoothly.

With the help of the baron's people to guide, coupled with the filing of the government, the efficiency of the requisition is far higher than the people of Changshan Town imagined. After a tenant who had hidden cattle in advance was pulled out and beaten to the point that his head was bleeding, the rest of the people could only let these people from Yicheng do their bidding. Before morning, the wolf-like servants rushed to Chen Wu's house.

The half-hidden fence wall was directly kicked open by them and rushed directly to the cowshed.

"You're the head of the household, aren't you?" The leader of the official servants glanced at the roster, raised his head impatiently and said to Chen Wudao: "According to the order of the imperial center, now your family's cattle have been requisitioned. The Yicheng County Order will give you reasonable compensation based on the market price. If you don't have an opinion, just draw a bet on it. ”

He raised the roster in his hand, put it in his bag, took out six or seven copper coins casually, and threw them at Chen Wu's feet.

"This is the official forcing the people to rebel!"

Chen Wu turned a blind eye to the head of the official who had no one in his eyes, and ignored the copper coins rolling on the ground, silently reciting a sentence in his heart. Although he was mentally prepared last night, and after waking up early this morning, he also saw the scene of their family looting, but when it was really his turn, he realized the unwillingness and hardships of the lower-class farmers, which the players in the game could not experience in any case. But no matter what he thinks, the truth is playing out: these dogs from Yicheng are plundering his only wealth at an extremely low price!

"Hey, did you hear that!"

The leader of the official held up the roster in his hand, and saw that Chen Wu didn't seem to hear his words, and he was immediately a little annoyed. He glanced back at the requisitioner who was standing in the shade with his hands behind his back, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes, and when he turned around again, his face was already a little more ruthless and impatient. While asking his subordinates to hurry up and go to the cow, he walked up and directly grabbed Chen Wu's hand, trying to force him to draw a charge.

"What for?"

Suddenly pulled by a stranger, Chen Wu subconsciously threw away his arm.

"Good boy, it's against you!"

It was probably the first time that someone dared to resist, and the leader of the government was stunned in disbelief. After a while, he was furious, picked up the iron ruler in his hand and smashed it down on his head and face. The iron ruler weighed six or seven pounds, and the leader of the officials used all his strength, although Chen Wu's martial arts before crossing were good, but he didn't expect him to say that he would do it, and it was too late to dodge, and his face was covered with blood when he was smashed. Under the severe pain, he only felt that his eyes were dark, and his body shook and fell to the ground.

"Sure enough, it's a pariah, you have to beat it up to know what to do."

The leader of the officials wiped the little blood stains on his hands and sneered. Taking advantage of Chen Wu's confusion, he bent down and grabbed his hand, pressed the ink, and pressed the fingerprint on the roster at will, before getting up and leaving. Probably because his hands were splashed with blood, he was a little unhappy, and before leaving, he didn't forget to kick Chen Wu in the face, almost knocking his teeth out.

This kick woke up Chen Wu, who was still in a daze.

As a player and a core member of the Super Guild, Chen Wu has never been treated like this by NPCs in "Empire". You know, the group of players dares to draw their swords just because of a few quarrels. He endured the pain, and a bone rolled up from the ground, and looked at the other party viciously. This iron ruler that splits his head and covers his face has completely woken up the decent-looking pariahs "Chen Wu" who has been pretending to be a decent-looking pariah for more than a month, and replaced it with the arrogance that belongs to the player.

"What do you want to do?"

The leader of the officials became vigilant, took a step back, and couldn't help but ask.

After all, Chen Wu is a tall man and a strong man, and he is still a little infiltrating when he is looked at by such a person with a bloody face. Moreover, I don't know why, the leader of the government actually saw something in Chen Wu's eyes that made his heart palpitate, whether he was rebellious or arrogant, in short, he didn't take the empire he represented in his eyes.

This feeling was something he had never experienced in other Changshan townspeople!

When he came back to his senses, the leader of the officials was greatly embarrassed.

He has been rampant in Yicheng for more than ten years, and he was actually frightened by a half-grown son from the countryside. In order to save face and embolden himself, he pulled out the shackles wrapped around his waist and raised his chin as if demonstrating: "This is the emperor's will, do you dare to resist, do you want to rebel?" ”

"Do you want to rebel?"

"Do you want to rebel?"

This word, which seemed far away, but was very familiar, exploded in Chen Wu's ears, and then echoed repeatedly, like a thunderclap.

Rebel......

What a familiar word to Empires players. In the early days of the game, not only the Eastern Continent, but also the global players of the entire game, after getting used to the civilization of the modern system, were very unsuitable for the ignorance and domineering of the ruling class in "Empire", and uprisings were common. As a player, if you don't rebel three or five times, you're embarrassed to say it's a high game!

But, that's the game!

Death is nothing more than the number jΓΉ cleared, and the resurrection will follow, and it is really impossible to delete the file and change the number.

But this is the real world!

With only one life, and without the backing of tens of millions of other player classes, facing the largest empire in the Eastern Continent with a population of more than 100 million, 20 counties, and millions of troops, do you still have the courage to rebel?