Disaster struck.

The drizzling rain did not bring hope, it only fell for a short, short time.

The short one makes people despair, and the short enough to make people happy smiles has not dissipated, and it is gone.

The rain was not heavy, it was not long, it only rained for an afternoon, was it long? Actually, it was not short, but it was too short for a land that had not been moistened by water for more than five months!

The famine broke out, and although there was a river flowing through the territory, since the new tax law was added to the territory, the river in the territory no longer belonged to the commoners, but to the lords.

No one dares to disobey the lord's decree, otherwise a knight on a tall horse will teach you how to be a commoner in a territory.

Moreover, it has been a long time since people have experienced a famine, and they no longer feel the suffering of a disaster.

Finally, when the harvest season came, even nearly sixty percent of the farmers who used to be harvested could be excited to harvest the fruits of autumn, but now there are no happy smiling faces.

Without the moisture of water, the golden grains of wheat in the fields are gone. In their place, there were shocking cracks.

This crack is not only cracked in the fields, but also cracked in the hearts, livers, and internal organs of each farmer!

Some of the farmers who had experienced the famine were already lying in the dry fields and weeping bitterly, because they knew too well what it was like to be hungry, that it would eat people.

So it's not just a year's harvest, it's a life.

Alan thought to himself.

In ancient China, this ancient country that paid attention to benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, there was a terrible fact that there was a year of famine and cannibalism, so in this era of slaves who did not treat civilians as human beings, how could they spend their own money and food to rescue these ants in their eyes?

They are afraid that they would rather bury their treasure in the ground forever with them, and let the grain rot and mold, than give alms to the common people, even a silver coin or a grain of rice.

Alan was a little worried, although he had not experienced a famine, but he could also have seen the tragedies that happened in ancient Chinese history before, what should I do if there was a famine, after all, my family is also a civilian.

Even if you usually don't have enough to eat, let alone this hungry year.

Although I was worried, I didn't think too much about it, after all, there was still a home, and there was a tall man on top of it when the sky fell.

Alan also paid a great price for his arrogance, after all, he had heard it, he had not experienced it, and he would never know how desperate hunger was.

The family was also fortunate to have the white flour that the lord had rewarded before, which was a luxury that could be exchanged for five bags of black flour.

Because of the famine, my father still exchanged the remaining white flour for black flour from the lord, so that the family could still last a little longer.

The Allen family, who had temporarily solved the food problem, was also temporarily unaffected by the famine year.

In the castle of Baron Eyre.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's hard to receive this year's taxes, this drought came quickly, and I didn't send farmers to carry water, so this ......," Alger said to a middle-aged man in front of him.

It was Baron Eyre, after changing into a comfortable sitting position, that said:

"So those untouchables won't be able to pay their rent this year!"

"Exactly, I don't know if the adults can give out some food, otherwise those untouchables may not be able to get by. ”

"It's impossible, I have to get by if I can't get by, I haven't blamed them for not having a harvest this year, and they still want me to distribute food, don't even think about it. It's not you, who made you make a new tax law, I gave you the right, who let you talk nonsense, now it's okay, something has happened, those untouchables used to be able to teach even if there was a drought, now it's okay, do you want me to drink the river dry? Who told you to make that river my personal product!" Baron El said aloud as he stood up sharply.

"My lord, don't I think about you, or I'm going to change the tax code?" Alger quickly defended himself.

"No need, since it has been sent out in my name, how can I change it, change it again and again, otherwise who will take the tax law seriously in the future! Okay, you go down first!" Baron El said with a wave of his hand.

Seeing the steward go down, Baron El stood up and paced back and forth for a while, muttering in his mouth: "No, since the river is mine, I have to be careful of those untouchables to catch the fish in the river and catch the birds in the sky, so let Alger order to go down and focus on those untouchables, be careful of damaging the property of the territory, it is best to catch one, heavy punishment, let those untouchables be afraid, so that you can be obedient!"

"Yes, that's it, Alger!" Then the steward came, and departed with the baron's orders.

In front of the gates of the Baron's Castle, twenty-eight knights were ready to go.

Alger stood in front and said: "Your Excellency Baron has an order, and recently it will be strictly investigated whether anyone has violated the "Tax Law on the Private Property of the Lords within the Territory", and after being found, it will be completely implemented in accordance with the "Law on the Security of the Private Property of the Lords in the Territory". Do you understand everything?"

"The honour of the Baron is my honour, the safety of the Baron is my mission, and the property of the Baron is my life. The knights shouted.

"Departure"

After many months......

"The Cavaliers have been making a lot of rounds lately. ”

"Isn't it? ”

"Alan, don't go out casually lately, and I don't know what the lord thinks, I've been staying at home and watching Alice recently. Mother Cornell said at the dinner table.

"Recently, there has been some chaos outside, there has been a shortage of food recently, and there are many families who can't get by, I'm worried that something will happen, and you can't go out recently, so try not to go out." Father Abt put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked outside, and said to his mother Cornell.

"Alas, yes, our family doesn't have a lot of food, it's still early next autumn, this grain has to be left, and I'm afraid the rest won't last long. Mother Cornell said worriedly.

It seems that there is not much food at home, and I have to think of some way, otherwise I am afraid that this famine year will not be over. Alan thought as he listened to his parents' conversation.

As time passed, the Allen family's food finally bottomed out.

After lunch, Alan took his parents out and slipped Alice to sleep before slipping him off.

Where am I going to find something to eat??

Why don't you go to the river and catch fish secretly?

Speaking of which, since the lord stipulated that everything in the domain must be taxed, it is not easy for farmers with a fluke mentality to take river water to irrigate their fields without permission.

Otherwise, Hill Ling, who had not seen a drought for a long time, did not experience no rain before the promulgation of the tax law, but at that time, because the use of river water was everyone's, of course there was no psychological burden on using it.