"Alright, John, have there been any movements of black wolf bandits near Iron Castle Village lately?"

The Temos knight didn't seem interested in the village chief's words, and interrupted.

"Black wolf bandits? No, I haven't heard of the Black Wolf Bandits. ”

The village chief hurriedly denied it, but his expression became a little nervous.

It's not that he is in collusion with some black wolf bandits.

The Black Wolf Bandits are the most famous bandit gang in the area, and it is said that they killed people without blinking an eye, and once broke into a small town and caused shocking bloodshed.

Well, Zhou Mingyue didn't know about this, but at this time, Tyrese whispered to him.

"By the way, because of the King's order, Viscount Hanks has increased the tax of the knights this year, so the tax of your Iron Castle Village must be increased by 1% this year!"

The knight suddenly changed his words and said something that made the village chief's face change greatly.

"Ahh Lord Temos, our village has been dry for a lot of time this year, and the income is estimated to be very poor......"

The village chief hurriedly explained, as if he wanted to ask the knight to retract the decision, but the knight ignored him, just waved his hand, and then left with the soldiers.

Obviously, for the knight-sama, the words of the village chief can only be regarded as a fart.

"Taxes are up 1 percent! What can I do? ”

"Village chief, do you want to find a way?"

"Shall we escape?"

"Run? Where to flee? ”

......

As soon as the Temos knight left, the villagers present immediately exploded.

They discussed with flustered faces.

Obviously, a 10% increase in taxes is a great burden for them, after all, they save money all year round, and the little food they get from working hard to cultivate the fields can only fill their stomachs after paying taxes.

Now it's up 1 percent, it's just a matter of life!

Especially for Tyrese, it was simply an unbearable weight in life, his face was pale, his lips trembled, he didn't know what to say, and only after a long time did he sigh lightly, leading his son away, and he didn't even have the desire to talk to Zhou Mingyue.

Damned king, nobles!

Zhou Mingyue was like a bystander, looking at this scene, he couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.

Although he has never felt integrated here, he still feels a little bit in his heart when he sees this scene.

It is conceivable that as taxes rise, the villagers will fall into famine.

Do you disobey orders and flee, or do you follow orders and starve yourself to death?

Unknown.

But Zhou Mingyue felt that he should be busy, otherwise, he would probably be one of the people who starved to death!

Watching the villagers go home one by one with a sigh, Zhou Mingyue walked towards a forest outside the village.

"Week! Why are you going? ”

A villager named Ness shouted from behind and chased after him.

Ness was probably the only person in the village other than Tyrese who was willing to talk to Zhou Mingyue.

Well, to be precise, he is a standard lazy man in the eyes of the villagers, in his twenties, unwilling to farm, only likes to do some things like to steal chickens and dogs, and even go to the woods to poach.

That's right, here, the fields belong to the nobility, the lakes belong to the nobility, the forests are also noble, and even to go to the woods to collect firewood is to pay taxes, but the nobles are generally impossible to find out.

"I don't want to do anything, I'm going to go to the woods to pick up some firewood."

In Zhou Mingyue's eyes, a lazy man like Ness is a complete waste of food, and he follows him like a leper dog every day.

Of course, he forgot that in the eyes of the villagers, his image was even more unbearable, a proper parasite.

"Have you figured it out? I've said it a long time ago, what's the point of farming! Why don't you go and do a big one, I'll tell you, I heard that there are bears in the forest ahead! We hunted ......"

Zhou Mingyue regretted taking Nais's words a little, and as soon as he answered, this Naisi began to brag about his great career, in his words, as long as he hunted a bear and sold it, then he would be rich.

In this regard, Zhou Mingyue sneered in his heart, but it was not revealed on the surface.

Kill the bear, you're afraid you don't want to be killed by the bear, right? Besides, where do you sell the bear after killing it? Don't use your brain? Those who can afford bear skins are aristocrats! Isn't this self-defeating?

Of course, even if Zhou Mingyue didn't reply, Ness said all the way with high interest.

Having said that, Zhou Mingyue naturally didn't really go to the woods to collect firewood, but to experiment with the war workshop.

"! Blueberry! Lots of blueberries! ”

Ness has always felt that Zhou Mingyue is not a mortal, so after he learned Zhou Mingyue's mantra, he would often use it when he was excited, but it made Zhou Mingyue unable to say it when he opened his mouth and wanted to say it.

Holding a handful of blueberries, Ness ran to Zhou Mingyue to show off.

Zhou Mingyue had no taste for eating black bread before, he reached out and grabbed a few blueberries and stuffed them into his mouth, it tasted good, slightly sweet, and the next moment, he stopped.

"Discover usable resources, blueberries, blueberry trees, cypress trees, ......"

A slightly stiff mechanical voice sounded in his mind, and at the same time, the War Workshop attribute panel in his mind lit up, giving Zhou Mingyue the feeling that it was like a hungry puppy raised at home, wagging its little tail and waiting for its owner to feed it.

He reached out and grabbed the pendant around his neck, and some more detailed information entered his mind.

I see!

In order for this war workshop to work, it needs to import materials, and those trees and fruits are all usable materials.

The only trouble is that Ness is always by his side, which makes it inconvenient for him.

A few times, Zhou Mingyue wanted to open his mouth to let Ness go back, but after thinking about it, with the degree of clinginess of this guy, it was conceivable how difficult it would be to drive him away.

Of course, if it is delayed like this, it will be dark, and the devil knows what beasts there are in this woods, Zhou Mingyue made up his mind, no matter what, to drive Ness away first.

"Week! Week! Come on!!! ”

At this moment, Ness, who didn't know where to run, jumped over the bushes, grabbed Zhou Mingyue's hand and ran.

Zhou Mingyue also had to run because there were three strong men with short swords chasing behind him.

Just by looking at the black wolf head painted on the chest of their clothes, you know that they are not good people.

Black Wolf Bandits!

It's definitely the black wolf bandit that the Temos Knight said.

I really don't have to say anything about this luck!

Zhou Mingyue sighed in his heart about his luck, but his feet were not slow at all, and he was even a little faster than Ness.

Thump!

Just as the two of them were about to rush out of the woods, they both rolled to the ground with a mix of feet, and then two strong men pounced on them left and right, grabbed them by the other, and after shoving a disgusting piece of cloth into their mouths, they tied them up again.