Chapter 387: Fighting Officials
Mo Shaofeng dreamed of one day, like Chen Huangming, to master the mystery of true martial arts double cultivation and embark on the road of the strong. True martial dual cultivation refers to the cultivation of martial arts and immortal paths together. Throughout the ages, only the great god Chen Huangming has mastered the supreme realm of true martial arts dual cultivation.
Mo Shaofeng regards Chen Huangming as an idol, and firmly believes that one day he can be like him, smashing the void and shocking the world.
Mo Shaofeng stood still, concentrating all his strength in his fists, and attacked fiercely towards a big tree. The trees shook, the fallen leaves scattered, and the rough bark quickly shattered under the attack of the fist.
Mo Shaofeng threw twenty-four punches, tired and sweating profusely. This big tree is as thick as three people hugging together, and it used to be interrupted with just one punch, but now, after twenty-four punches, it still hasn't been interrupted, indicating that his strength has not recovered.
Mo Shaofeng practiced hard for a day, and only recovered one of his strength. Mo Shaofeng was a little disappointed, and his martial arts that he had worked hard for eight years were abolished by Xu Tianzhi with one move.
Now start over, I don't know when it will be possible to restore the former combat strength. Mo Shaofeng didn't give up and continued to cultivate, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the morning of the next day.
The sun is rising, and the warm sunlight shines in the mountains and forests, adding to the beautiful scenery.
Mo Shaofeng sat on a stone and took a break, the bipolar infinite flow he cultivated by himself was an ancient martial art. The bipolar represents the yin and yang poles, and the infinite flow represents the continuous boxing, fierce and domineering.
Mo Shaofeng took a deep breath and continued to cultivate, and finally the emperor lived up to his wishes. With his unique martial arts training talent, Mo Shaofeng only took one day to cultivate to the Martial Realm Double Heaven.
Mo Shaofeng punched the tree, leaving a deep hole.
On the way to practice martial arts, each level of realm is improved, and the strength is doubled. The first heaven of the martial realm can shake the trees, and the second heaven of the martial realm can make a hole in the trees.
The Martial Realm Triple Heaven can break the bucket-thick trees with one punch. This big tree is so thick that it takes the power of the six heavens to interrupt it.
Mo Shaofeng was a genius in the sky, and his martial arts cultivation made rapid progress, and it only took a month to recover to the Seventh Heaven.
Mo Shaofeng shouted, punched out, and with a loud "click", the thick and sturdy trees broke and fell to the side.
"I've finally recovered, and the power of the Seven Heavens is domineering. Mo Shaofeng was so excited that he threw consecutive punches that broke many trees.
In order to test his strength, Mo Shaofeng found a tiger as an attack target. This fierce tiger has fangs and sharp teeth, a body length of five meters, and a colorful body, and the tiger roars to the sky.
When the tiger saw that the human was in sight, the tiger roared and pounced. Mo Shaofeng rushed up angrily and killed the tiger with one punch.
"It's this kind of power, it's so cool. Mo Shaofeng was happy for a while and carried the tiger corpse back to the village.
The villagers found that Mo Shaofeng was carrying a tiger back, and they were all stunned, what kind of monster is this kid, his legs were wasted, and he was alive again in such a short time.
Mo Shaofeng ignored their gaze and returned home carrying the tiger corpse.
"Daddy, I'm back. Mo Shaofeng walked into the house and was severely reprimanded by his father, he shouldn't have taught you martial arts in the first place, and he caused trouble every day.
"Father, I know that you have caused a big disaster, but I will not regret it, because those who practice martial arts must hoe the strong and help the weak. Mo Shaofeng has never regretted what happened, and if he was given another chance, he would challenge Xu Tianzhi.
"Alas, it's all fate. The father sighed and turned away.
Mo Shaofeng threw down the tiger carcass, and suddenly, a teenager broke in. The young man shouted, "Boss, the official is here." ”
"What are the officials doing here?" Mo Shaofeng said in surprise.
"I don't know, it looks like I'm here to arrest someone. The child's face was flustered, apparently frightened.
"Let's go, let's take a look. Mo Shaofeng walked out of the house and found a group of officials entering the village and running rampant. There were more than a dozen of these officials, armed with weapons, arrogant and domineering.
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"The official master is here, I don't know what you are doing?" an old man walked up with the support of everyone. This old man is the head of the village, who is highly respected and responsible for the affairs of the village.
A burly official snorted coldly: "The Great Elder has an order, the war ahead is tight, each family is levied five hundred catties of grain, and each village needs ten men with strong physiques to join the army and defend their homeland." ”
Mo Shaofeng stood in the crowd, observed for a while, and found that there were eighteen officials in this group, wearing steel knives in their hands, all of whom were executioners who killed people without blinking.
The war ahead that the official said was tight that it had been happening since last month. At that time, Song Zhaoyun, the Golden Emperor of the Golden Holy Kingdom, used the Colorful Holy Grail as an excuse to unite with the Black Emperor Long Zhentian of the Black Water Country and sent 300,000 troops to crusade against the Loess Kingdom.
The Loess Kingdom gathered an army of 200,000 to defend against the invasion. The war lasted a month and shows no signs of ending.
In order to replenish the troops in the front, the Imperial Senate issued an emergency mobilization order, and a large number of young soldiers were to be provided for all 120 cities in the country.
After the Senate issued a conscription order, local officials began to extort and forcibly arrest strong men.
The conscription decree stipulated that each town should be provided with three thousand soldiers. The local officials were brazen and added a sentence to the conscription order: The great man of chivalry serves the country, has the money to contribute, and has the power to contribute.
As for the 500 catties of grain, it was a tax order issued by the Senate, and during the war, the people's property could be looted without restraint.
The village where Mo Shaofeng lives has poor soil, and a family can produce 1,300 catties of grain every year. The 300 catties of grain are the imperial grain handed over in peacetime, and the remaining 1,000 catties can be bought and sold freely.
For a family of three, 1,000 catties of food is barely enough to make ends meet. Now that there is a war on the front line, there is a huge shortage of food, and local officials forcibly impose heavy taxes in order to curry favor with the central government.
The tax order was that each family should pay 300 catties of grain, but in the hands of local officials, it became 500 catties.
Local officials were corrupt and made a fortune in the country, so they collected 500 catties of grain, handed over 300 catties to the state, and the remaining 200 catties were corrupted by themselves. Local officials unrestrainedly looted the people's fat and ointment, causing dissatisfaction among the people.
In some places, mass rebellions broke out, but they were quickly suppressed. According to the laws of the empire, those who gather a group of rebels will be killed, and the nine clans will be killed.
The village chief knew the consequences of not paying the imperial grain, and resisting would only result in massacre. "Official, there is not much surplus food in our village, and the grace period is three days, and it must be paid. ”
"Three days of grace, you are an idiot when you are Lao Tzu. The official kicked down the village chief and ordered, "You untouchables, hand over all the food in your house." ”
One of the villagers shouted, "If we hand over the food, won't we starve to death." ”
The official said: "It's okay not to pay food, but you have to be sent to the front line to fight." ”
"If I die fighting on the front line, who will take care of my family and children?" one villager asked.
"This is very simple, just let your wife and children remarry. "The officials are arrogant and unreasonable, and they do everything that lacks virtue for the sake of taxation.
(End of chapter)