Talking to Shen Wen, Lin Da also knew that in addition to the frequent wars between the countries of the Terran Continent, the countries of the Terran Continent also often launched wars of aggression against several other continents. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn addition to the Terran Continent, there are several continents with a much smaller area, such as the Demon Continent, the Beast Continent and the Zerg Continent, etc., the development level of these alien cultivation civilizations is far less than that of the Terrans, and their strength is much weaker than the Terrans. In order to obtain more cultivation resources, or to plunder the unique racial materials of each alien race, the Terran countries often launched invasions against these alien continents. Every time the Terran countries invade other continents, I don't know how many casualties of alien races, how many alien cities are destroyed, and the greed and cruelty of Terran cultivators can be seen.

Although it doesn't matter whether the war of the Terran countries or the war of the Terran race against the alien race is a war between cultivators of various countries, the biggest casualties in each war are always ordinary mortals. The wars between cultivators can easily spread for thousands of miles, and the strength of mortals is completely negligible, and because mortals are extremely weak compared to cultivators, they have almost no power to protect themselves, so every war leads to a large number of mortal casualties.

In any war between nations, the slaughter of mortals in the enemy nation is the common thing that the victors do. And many evil cultivators often make moves to slaughter mortals, and even slaughter cities or even countries at every turn.

If it weren't for the fact that mortals could provide a large amount of cultivation reserve power, and the mortals in the cultivation family also needed to rely on ordinary mortals for support, and cultivators would not sit idly by and watch the mortals in their own country suffer mass casualties for no reason, I am afraid that there would be no place for mortals on the Terran continent for a long time.

Therefore, in the various cultivation countries of the Terran Continent, mortals in various countries can only work hard to unconditionally support the cultivators, in order to obtain their protection and obtain the pitiful right to exist, and the cultivators have also formed a high class with an incomparably lofty status.

Lin Da also learned in the chat that the Shen family also happened to have a cultivator, this person was named Shen Hao, who was the only monk in the Shen family, and it was also the family monk they had spent a lot of effort cultivating, although the cultivation was not high, but he was the pillar of the Shen family. It is said that this person has reached the cultivation of the peak of the qi realm, and at this time he is in retreat, so he can not leave the cave mansion easily, so Lin Da has not seen it.

On the Terran Continent, there are not a few families like the Shen family that cultivate their own cultivators. Many families with a certain status and ability will strive to cultivate a family monk and gain more status through him. And such monks who are cultivated by families are called loose monks in various countries to distinguish them from those of the royal family and nobility.

Because of the strict restrictions of the cultivators of the royal family and the Gui family, the cultivation of scattered cultivation is generally not high, most of them are below the realm, and no matter the exercises and supernatural powers, they cannot be compared with the royal family and nobles. But after all, they are also cultivators, and their number is extremely large, and the high-level cultivators of various countries have also given them a certain social status, granted certain titles and fiefs, and firmly controlled the special group of scattered cultivators through these means.

However, when Lin Da heard that there were really cultivators here and lived in the county, he couldn't help but be curious and had the idea of making friends.

Shen Wen's dinner lasted for a long time before it ended, and Lin Da also returned to the mansion full of wine and food, and there was nothing to do that night.

On the second day, Linda had a good night's sleep because she had drunk too much alcohol last night, and woke up very late. Breathing in the fresh air without any industrial pollution, Linda stretched his waist, and after a brief wash, he heard the noisy sound coming from the window, and made up his mind to take a walk around the county, and learn more about the situation in all aspects.

But as soon as Lin Da opened the door, he saw a white figure standing by the door, saw him come out, and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, are you up?"

"Huh, Shen Bing, why are you here?" Lin Da looked at the person outside the door in surprise, it turned out to be Shen Bing.

"I've been waiting for you here for a while, grandpa said that you just came to our Xiaoyu County and want me to take you around. Shen Bing blinked and said with a smile.

Lin Da was overjoyed when he heard this, he wanted to walk around the town at will, and a free tour guide would come out immediately, which really made him happy at the same time, but also grateful to the people of the Shen family.

"Let's go!" said Linda with a wave of her hand.

The two of them walked on the streets of the county, looking at the various shops on both sides that were not very prosperous, and among the various pedestrians coming and going, whether it was the shouting of the shops on both sides, or the various strange goods and goods on the street, Linda felt as if he had returned to the ancient society, as curious as a child who had just entered the city.

"There are more than 100 shops on this county street, and every three days there is a polder, and the villagers of many nearby villages come here to trade, which is one of the most prosperous places in our county. Today happens to be the polder day of the county seat. Shen Bing introduced while taking Lin Da around.

"Oh, in addition to this street, where else is there more lively in Xiaoyu County?" Lin Da also asked as he walked.

"There are also two larger markets in the county, and a small auction house is nearby, I'll take you to see it later!" Shen Bing immediately said casually.

Lin Da nodded, and followed Shen Bing to visit those places, and sure enough, they were all extremely popular places. As Shen Bing said, the various commodities traded here were things he had never heard of, especially those that were aimed at casual cultivation. For example, one of the shops specializing in selling monster materials was an eye-opener for Lynda.

In that shop, Linda saw all kinds of strange monster materials, such as monster skins, horns, bones, claws, stems and other common materials, the most precious of which was naturally a stone-like crystal called a demon crystal. It is said that this kind of demon crystal can only appear in the body of a demon beast that has reached a certain level, and it is very useful for monks to improve their cultivation, and it is extremely difficult to hunt this kind of demon beast. There are only a few low-quality demon crystals for sale in this shop, and they are also treated as treasures of the town.

Lynda also noticed that there were still materials for the six-legged lizard he had killed that day for sale in this shop, and the most valuable part of its body was the inconspicuous-looking skin.

Seeing Lin Da's surprised look, Shen Bingwan smiled and stepped forward to analyze: "The six-legged demon lizard is one of the most ordinary demon beasts, and it can't even reach the level of a first-level demon beast, and the most powerful magic power on its body is this skin that can be stealth and camouflage, which can usually be used to make special costumes such as camouflage suits and stealth suits, which are very popular with demon beast hunters, and it is really remarkable that Brother Lin can kill one alone!"

When Linda heard this, it suddenly dawned on him, no wonder he ran to a very close distance to barely find this lizard, if the target of the lizard at that time was not to attack the seabirds on the beach, but to attack him, this extremely covert attack method would definitely catch him off guard. Thinking of this, Lin Da suddenly felt afraid.

"What kind of price can a magic lizard skin like this sell for?" Lin Da quickly concealed the horror in his heart before asking.

"You can probably sell it for 10 gold coins!" Shen Bing looked at the price tag hanging in the store and said immediately.

Linda nodded, secretly surprised in his heart, "It seems that the daily currency here is the same as on the earth, and it is also made of gold and silver!"

Next, Shen Bing took Lin Da around the auction hall and the Fang Market again, which greatly opened Lin Da's eyes.

At this time, it was almost noon, and it was almost time to go back, the two did not return the same way, Shen Bing deliberately took him around in a big circle in order to let Lin Da see more. The two turned a few streets, and when they passed a residential area, Linda saw that there were all low and dilapidated houses in a row, which were completely like slums, and he immediately frowned, and asked strangely: "The economy of Xiaoyu County looks good, why are the residential buildings here so dilapidated?"

Hearing Lin Da's question, a trace of helplessness flashed on Shen Bing's face, and he whispered as he walked: "The people living here are the poorest people in the county, but the reason for their poverty is because of the heavy tribute tax. ”

"What is a tribute?" asked Linda, puzzled.

"Of course, it's the taxes paid to the Xiuzhen royal family and nobles, haven't Brother Lin's clansmen paid taxes?" asked Shen Bing strangely.

"Of course I know about paying taxes, but we don't have cultivators there, but don't cultivators just need things like spirit stones? How can they tax mortals? What do they want all that gold and silver for?" asked Linda strangely, in his opinion, cultivators are all detached people who don't eat the fireworks of the world, what can mortals attract them.

Shen Bing replied: "So that's the case, it's Bing'er who forgot about Brother Lin's lack of cultivators." Although cultivators don't need gold or silver treasures to practice, they need money to keep the entire country running. Cultivators don't bother to do dirty work such as digging spiritual stone minerals, building palaces and houses, digging canals, etc., and these are naturally done by hiring mortals. Moreover, there are many ordinary mortals in the Xiuzhen family, and they also need a lot of expenses. ”

Lynda suddenly realized when she heard this, and asked again, "I see." Listening to what you just said, isn't this tribute tax very heavy?"

When Shen Bing heard this, he immediately showed a trace of resentment, and said: "Brother Lin doesn't know that the Xiuzhen royal family stipulates that all mortals must pay a tax every six months, which can be either gold and silver currency, or it can be replaced by physical goods. When collecting taxes, the Xiuzhen royal family of Guiguo would send a large number of tax collection teams to collect tribute taxes throughout the country. In addition to the tribute paid to the royal family, we also had to pay taxes to the nobles who administered the place, and these two tributes were very large and varied, and often a single payment accounted for almost half of the annual income of ordinary mortal families. Because of this, many mortals are so poor. ”

"How heavy is the tax?" asked Linda in surprise.

"Yes, and our Gui royal clan also announced that ordinary mortals will only be responsible for protecting our safety after paying taxes, otherwise we will already be infringed by those evil cultivators or demon beasts. Our Gui Kingdom is quite good, mortals can pass the customs as long as they pay a certain amount of taxes, and those cultivators at least treat us mortals as human beings. I heard that there are many countries on the mainland, and the mortals there live like slaves!" Shen Bing said seriously and helplessly.

"Slave, mortal slave?" Linda was shocked.

"Yes! Actually, not only in those countries, but even in our Gui Kingdom, there are quite a few! However, most of those slaves are mortals plundered from other countries by the Xiuzhen army of Gui State, which may be relatively rare in remote places like ours, but in the Xiuzhen royal family of the capital Xiangcheng, as well as among the four nobles, and many other big families, there are many such slaves. ”

Lin Da nodded suspiciously, seeing that Shen Bing's understanding of these social phenomena did not seem to match his age, he asked puzzledly, "How do you know these things?"