Chapter 65
The so-called poaching is to go hunting in the mountains and forests belonging to the aristocracy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
According to the tradition of this world, the noble lord has the ownership of the entire territory, including the land and what grows on it.
As for those man-made objects, or things such as crops that are grown by man, the contributor gets a share of the benefits, and the bulk is still the lord's.
In the mountains and forests, neither plants nor animals are of course man-made, and no one contributes to their growth, so they are the lord's, completely the lord's, and no one can try to occupy them.
Therefore, any attempt to hunt in the mountains, except for hunters who have the lord's approval and pay the hunting tax, is a theft of the lord's wealth. The minimum punishment for this crime, known as "poaching", is chopping off hands or gouging out eyes, often by hanging, and some cruel lords will use torture such as skinning to severely punish untouchables who dare to encroach on their interests.
It is said that some powerful lords will also use magic to turn poaching farmers into animals, and then hunt them, in a way that makes these undead creatures "do their own thing".
All in all, poaching is a very dangerous and deadly thing, and it is better for people who don't want to die to do it.
Of course, Sui Xiong didn't want to die, but he couldn't watch others starve to death in front of him.
The hungry people were short of food, and there was food in the mountains, and he could just borrow a good crossbow.
What to do, isn't it a very clear thing?
Growing up in a democratic society, he never felt that the aristocracy's possession of everything in the territory was a matter of course, on the contrary. Words like "serving the people" have long been soaked in his blood. Turned into the bright red in the bone marrow.
So he persuaded the tavern owner to take a crossbow and a few men who had died in order to feed the family. Together they went into the mountains.
The crop failure did not affect the life of the mountain beasts, at least from the deer they shot to death.
"You see, even the deer has oil on it, but the people are so hungry that they are full of bones...... Sui Xiong complained, and sneaked away with the others carrying the deer.
It was a rather strong stag, weighing seven or eight hundred pounds. From its body, including the belt meat, about 450 catties of edible things were finally obtained, including skin, meat, bones, and some internal organs.
These things, combined with some wild vegetables or something, can probably make a few families spend about half a month. Although the antlers and some things might sell for a good price, Sui Xiong was careful to bury them deep into the ground. Don't dare to see the light.
He knew that once this matter was spread and the lord knew about it, it would be a death!
But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and after two or three days, other hungry people found out about this, and they were already hungry and cold, where could they care about the lord's law, and they came to Sui Xiong for help.
Sui Xiong helped, and went to hunt a deer in the mountains and forests.
That's it. Again and again, the news spread quickly.
About ten days later, at noon, the captain of the lord's guard led a dozen soldiers to the tavern.
Sui Xiong, of course, was not going to be captured, and he tried to escape. With sharp reflexes and decent strength. He actually broke out of the encirclement and ran wildly towards the town gate.
A feathered arrow pierced the air and struck him in the back.
He stumbled. Keep running.
So he received a second and a third arrows......
After a while, Sui Xiong's body was hung from a big tree at the entrance of the town. There were six arrows on his body, and blood soaked his clothes. It ticked to the ground, staining a large patch of grass red.
After some time, before dark, several other poachers were also hanging next to him one after another. Some were hanged alive, others were killed and hanged for public display, just like him.
It was getting dark, and on a winter night, the cold wind was howling.
That night, a bolt of lightning struck the tree that was normally used as a gallows, and the whole tree was burned to ashes, along with the corpses hanging from the tree.
The great jellyfish, invisible to mortals, floated in the air, pondering and sighing.
"As a god, I really don't pay attention to the mortal world!"
He said to himself, "I thought it was interesting to hear that the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and the Church of the God of Wealth had a conflict...... I can't imagine that behind this 'fun', there is such a heavy tragedy!"
He then returns to the playground and orders the Masquerade Void Church to do its best to help the hungry.
"Food will be a big problem. Rhodes immediately said, "We can't get enough food to help a country!"
"I'll figure it out. Sui Xiong said in a deep voice.
"And...... Shipping is also problematic. Rhodes added, "Transporting grain to all parts of the Gold Federation is beyond the current capacity of our church. As for disaster relief to the Dhaka Business Alliance, it is simply impossible!"
"Let's go ahead and do our best. Sui Xiong said, "If you encounter practical difficulties that cannot be solved, come to me." I'll figure it out. ”
Everyone looked at each other, not understanding why he suddenly gave such a ridiculous order. But neither out of kindness nor loyalty, they could not refuse such an order.
This order was quickly enforced, and food stockpiles throughout the Church were transported south to the Gold Federation for disaster relief.
At the same time, Sui Xiong opened the portal to the Gold Federation and the Dhaka Business Alliance, so that more food could be transported as soon as possible.
"In that case, your food storage will last a few days at most. Morani came to him, "Where are you going to look for food?"
"The Beast Realm. Sui Xiong said.
"I guess that's the case. Morani smiled, "I'll help you." ”
In fact, Morani is far from the only one willing to help him. Those who are willing to vigorously provide disaster relief are far from the False Mask Church.
In that chaotic world where countless demonic beasts were breeding, Sui Xiong saw many gods who came here to hunt. These deities are mainly the patron saints of various places, and their priesthood has determined that they must prevent large-scale disasters and famines in the areas they are protecting, so even if they know that they will be extorted, they can't do so much.
Of course, he also met the master of this world, a powerful god known as the "Beastmaster".
The Beast Realm is a wild world, about one-third the size of the main plane continent. There are all kinds of beasts living here, from wild beasts to demonic beasts. The world is ruled by a powerful god who is the supreme lord of the world.
In order to gain His approval and hunt for enough food, the gods paid a heavy price.
But they had no choice, because they wanted to get enough food, and hunting here was the least expensive way to do it.
Of course, they can also go to the God of Nature to borrow food, and the Kingdom of God of Nature has large fields of golden wheat and trees full of fruit, which is enough to feed the victims.
However, the natural gods have always disliked humans, and most of them feel that the overexpansion of the intelligent race, including humans, is already upsetting the balance of nature. If they could have a few ****** and kill more than half of the population, they would just applaud.
Like them, borrowing food for a banquet is probably no problem. Borrowing food for disaster relief?
Other food-producing worlds are either too small to supply such a large amount of food, or they take too much time to spare, or they are inhabited by monsters that are so fierce and powerful that even the gods dare not set foot lightly.
After all...... These local guardian spirits are probably only the lowest level of "weak divine power" among the gods. They simply don't have enough strength to travel to those dangerous worlds and hunt in them.
Even in the beast world, you must get the permission of the beast king before you can hunt safely.
In order to gain the power to hunt in the beast world, Sui Xiong also paid a large price to the beast king, losing a lot of divinity that was as important as blood to the gods.
But he managed to hunt enough food and found a number of valuable species.
Winter passes, spring comes, then summer, autumn.
When the long famine finally passed, the entire Church of the Void Masquerade was exhausted, including their gods.
And their efforts have been rewarded, the influence of the church has been greatly enhanced, the number of believers has increased a lot, and even some small-scale churches have appeared in many places in the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Business Alliance.
These churches often have only a few dozen, a dozen, or even a few people, but their faith is extraordinarily religious. They reciprocate with deep gratitude and devout faith to the gods who selflessly lend a helping hand to them in times of crisis, even if it is just a large jellyfish.
Sui Xiong's harvest is not only that, in this disaster relief, he has met many gods, and he has also allowed himself to be recognized by many good gods.
The name "Void Mask" is not just a "big jellyfish that can fight but has a bad brain", but has become "a big jellyfish that can fight and has a bad brain but is very kind".
Even more than one powerful and good deity has privately approached the Lord of Mysteries, hoping to be a peacemaker and mediate between the two families.
The appearance of these gods alone may not be nothing, but after they came forward, the attitude of the Lord of Mysteries was shaken.
"Looks like things are turning around!" Morani happily told Sui Xiong, "I think maybe this battle can be avoided!"
Sui Xiong was very happy.
So when he created the "Traveler Sui Xiong MK5", he added a little more ability to this clone.
"Staying alive is the number one priority. He said, "Whether you make mistakes or stand up for justice, you have to be able to live." Therefore, a traverser needs the ability to escape even in the face of danger. ”
"He doesn't need to be very strong, but he needs to be very sharp, to be able to sense danger and to react in time. ”
"Also, when he needs to escape, he has to be able to run very fast. ”
As a result, this "traverser" has become an athlete who is proficient in sprinting and long-distance running.
Sui Xiong felt that such a person would definitely be able to live well and live a long time in this world. (To be continued.) )