Chapter 140, War Poll Tax

Three of them went to the tax officer, as evidenced by the tax collector of the town, after all, here, the merchant wants to report to the tax officer when he goes out, otherwise he will be punished for smuggling.

Of course, this also ensures that the town's rule over the local population will not decrease.

The other two were bachelors, and no one knew where they went.

Hearing the report of the town officials here, the town leader couldn't help frowning with a little gray brows: "Luo Si, you go to their house to check." ”

Luo Sinai was the sheriff of the town, a middle-aged man with a long beard and a little make-up that looked like a singing opera, dressed in black clothes with red inscriptions that were much more upscale than the security guards.

After that, the chief of the town did not speak, and someone hurriedly brought a chair and asked him to sit down.

The town leader sat in his chair with his eyes closed, as if waiting for Sheriff Loth to return.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Mingyue was slightly relieved, seeing that the town leader was not in a hurry, wasn't it the outbreak of war? Or is it just a matter of preparing for battle?

After all, if the war really broke out, the town leader probably wouldn't sit there so calmly and recuperate.

In less than twenty minutes, the sheriff of Loth returned, followed by vigilantes in pairs, each escorting a male townsman.

As soon as Sheriff Loth reported to the town chief, the situation came out.

These two guys were drunk last night, and they didn't even hear the bell when they lay at home, and they didn't even hear the knock on the door of the house, how could they get up and gather under such circumstances.

Although the two people kept kneeling in front of the town chief and begging for mercy, how could the town leader give up such a good opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys, and immediately ordered the two to be punished with twenty strokes of the cane, and then the tax collector was responsible for collecting the fines of the two.

Well, just one time for greedy cups, I was punished for most of my life savings, and I couldn't bear it for anyone.

But although these two people had a depressed face, they didn't dare to act rashly, not even crying.

Not to mention that the two men were brought aside to be tortured, and at this time, the town chief got up from his seat and coughed lightly before he told the reason for summoning everyone over.

"The town has received an order from the chief of the city of Nisya, ordering one hundred and fifty people from the town to report to the city of Nisya! Next, the list of military service will be read out to you by Rose! ”

When he said this, the town leader reversed the old state of Long Zhong before, and his momentum was very strong, and his somewhat gloomy eyes scanned the audience, as if he was looking to see if anyone wanted to oppose it, and then kill a hundred people.

Well, in fact, with the fate of the two greedy ghosts in front of them, the male townspeople present dared to protest one by one.

Besides, there are 150 people who have been sent out for military service, so it is impossible to send out the elderly and children, right?

In that case, not to mention whether it is useful or not, the wrath from the great leader of Nisya City alone will probably deprive the town leader of his position!

A shrewd old man like the town leader would never make such a mistake.

To say that this town has a population of more than 1,000, but there are only about 500 people left after getting rid of women, and less than 300 people are left after getting rid of the old and young, not to mention that the most elite 50 young men are security guards.

Therefore, in this scene, even if someone wants to say something, they dare not say it.

Soon, the sheriff of Roth read through the list of military soldiers.

The name is pronounced above, and the people below have to agree, and then stand up and form a group to the left of the sheriff.

It's similar to what Zhou Mingyue guessed.

Among the security guards, the strongest and most elite were not included in the military service list, and only 20 older and thinner security officers were included in the military service list.

After that, among the male townspeople, the youngsters who looked the best were also retained, and the older and thin ones were included in the military service list.

Kirbis's name was on the list of military service, and the younger Donaney, who was about the same age as Kirbis but looked stronger, was retained.

Obviously, the town leader also has his own thoughts.

Although he didn't dare to obviously resist the order of the big leader and stuff all those old men into the military service list, it was still possible to stuff the poorer ones in the young and strong.

Even if the Great Leader was there in person, he would dare to do so.

Anyway, he can make sense.

You have to keep people in the town, the people in the town are all thin and weak, that's because of the lack of food, as long as they are sent to the barracks and eat a few more full meals, it is easy to grow.

Compared with the nonsense that the town leader used to deal with the big leader, Zhou Mingyue believed that the other party was hiding his secrets.

In this regard, Zhou Mingyue was not dissatisfied.

It is reasonable to do military service on your own.

First of all, Kirbis is a homeless man, who has no house, no residence, and no money in the town.

It's not too old, in his forties.

Because the level of civilization in this world is much higher than that of the original world, the material life is relatively rich, so the forties are not too old, at least much better than those fifty or sixty-year-old men.

Under the above two conditions, Zhou Mingyue's refusal to serve in the military is simply intolerable in the eyes of the townspeople.

The townspeople who were not selected were naturally relieved, while the people who were chosen were depressed.

Perhaps in order to appease the elected, the chief of the town, after coughing lightly a few times, announced that all those who were chosen would be exempted from the tax this time.

Suddenly, the faces of those who were chosen became a lot better.

The so-called human tax is actually the war poll tax, a temporary tax levied by the major city-states in this world whenever there is a large-scale war.

Whatever you do, you have to pay 15 percent of your income for the duration of the war!

That's a big tax.

And for those townspeople who weren't chosen, it's normal for their faces to change again.

After all, the war poll tax hadn't been levied for a long time, and for a while, they really hadn't remembered it.

But now as soon as the town leader says it, everyone will be hehe.

Not to mention the luck and suffering in the hearts of the townspeople, it was only said that Zhou Mingyue and his party of 150 people were taken away from the town by the sheriff immediately after they were concentrated.

According to the sheriff, they now need to go to a training camp thirty kilometers away to concentrate, and after fifteen days of initial training, they will be assigned to the city-state's combat unit to become a real soldier.

Well, all this, in fact, Zhou Mingyue has known it in Kirbis's memory for a long time.