"I really can't imagine that someone can be so unconscionable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info It's a loss of conscience!" Kabbalah, the chief priest of the Church of the Void Masquerade, pounded the table angrily, the anger in his eyes almost burned the cup of grass tea in front of him, "These poor people have only been living like a human life for a few days, and he actually sent a tax collector immediately...... When he encounters a natural disaster and needs relief, why don't you see him move so fast!"

"Just look at the camp aura on his body, how can the evil camp guy do disaster relief?" said the elder priest with a smile, "Although the camp aura is not very reliable, most of the time it is not so wrong. So we shouldn't have had anything to expect from him in the first place. ”

"But I never thought that if he didn't help, it would be okay, and he would actually make trouble!"

"A lot of lords are like that. A young paladin said, "That's why Your Majesty taught us to use our own hands to promote the progress of the world." ”

The Kabbalah priest pondered for a long time and nodded heavily: "You are right, it is places like this that especially need us. Look at the poor people, what are they going to do if we don't come to help them?"

"But the question now is, how do we get rid of those tax collectors?" another pastor asked, "and I don't think it will be long before they dig through the old tax papers." We'll not be able to find an excuse then. ”

Kabbalah smiled coldly, and there was a look of ridicule in his eyes: "What's the use of digging through the old tax papers? They have to be able to prove that the poor people lived in the city at that time and didn't pay their taxes." ”

"Uh?" the priest asked, "haven't they always lived in the city?" and ...... They don't have the money to pay taxes. ”

"My parishioners! There is no evidence for such a thing, and there must be evidence!" Kabbalah laughed, "Without evidence, who knows if it is true or not!"

"Isn't there a 'detection of lies'?" asked one of the paladins.

"Catholics, you know at a glance that you are not from the Gold Coin Federation!" Before Kabbalah could reply, another paladin had already laughed, "We, the Gold Coin Federation, have never believed in any 'detection lies'. There's a well-known rule here – as long as there's no evidence, it's not happening. ”

"There's no way, what businessman doesn't do something like stealing chickens and touching dogs? How many businessmen in the world are serious businessmen? It is the common sense of businessmen to cheat and cheat, as long as people don't catch the evidence. The paladin said, "Of course it's not a good situation, but we're in a position to take advantage of this tradition right now." ”

"One of the arts of struggle is to keep abreast of the situation at all times, to take advantage of all available conditions, and to turn disadvantages into advantages. The older pastor said.

As he spoke, everyone laughed.

"In short, as long as the lord can't show proof that the poor people lived here and didn't pay the taxes, then they don't owe the taxes. After laughing, Kabbalah said sarcastically, "In fact, in this case, it is illegal to collect taxes in the first place." The reason why the tax collector dared to bully those poor people was because there was a lord behind him. And the lords rely on nothing more than force, but I want to see if they have the courage to use force against us!"

Baron Dahl really didn't dare to use force.

Although this group of people in the Void Masquerade Church is actually not particularly strong, and the most powerful one is nothing more than a middle-level priest, Baron Tadal is also not very powerful.

He currently has three knights and two quasi-knights under his command, one of whom is mid-level, and the other five are only at the beginner level. In addition, he has two capable generals under him, both of whom have been promoted from among the adventurers, and both of them are of the intermediate level.

On paper, he seems to have a big advantage. But as we all know, the Void Mask Church is not just a few ten people, behind them is a huge church, and there are many legendary powerhouses.

If he wants to use force, even if he can win these ten people, what is the use?

What's more, even if he only faced those ten priests, he didn't have an absolute chance of winning.

His men were outnumbered, but why should they fight for him? Unlike the clergy, they don't care about death for the sake of their gods, for the sake of their doctrine.

An important family motto of the Dahl family is "Don't trust others, let alone put your hopes in others." Baron Dahl doesn't do stupid things that expect others to do their best for him, and most lords who make that kind of mistake will be doomed.

So after listening to the tax officer's report, although he was angry, he did not have a seizure, but his face was gloomy, and he asked the tax officials to look up the information of previous years to see if they could find favorable evidence.

But he knew that most of them could not be found.

The aristocracy generally did not keep records of tax collections and the like, as they could at some point become evidence against themselves. Baron Dahl, a shrewd man, certainly wouldn't make such a mistake.

And, even if you find the tax records of previous years, what is the use?

Kabbalah, a trick that these priests can think of, how could Baron Dahl, an old treacherous and cunning person, not think of it?

"Alas, I didn't expect that group of priests to use this kind of method, it's really a bit of a mistake!" he sighed deeply, shook his head, and forcibly endured the depression in his heart, but pretended to be light-hearted.

He had to pretend like this, or maybe someone in the castle would spread the word and the ears of the other lords in the vicinity, leading to something else.

While unsure of what might happen, Baron Dahl's request was not to let anything unnecessary happen.

For this reason, even a slight loss of tax revenue is acceptable.

But that doesn't mean he's giving up!

A few days later, a new order was issued.

The lord is going to take advantage of this winter, when the beasts and monsters are short of food, to carry out a sweep of the mountains and other places outside the city. Adults in the city who had no proper occupation were to be drafted into the sweepers.

Of course, it is impossible to pay a salary for this call-up, but during the expedition, one meal can be included every day.

Those who refused to accept the call-up had to either pay a "levy" or leave Dal – and only their belongings could be taken with them.

This order was not unexpected, and it was common to sweep away monsters and beasts in winter.

But unexpectedly, the city defense officer came to the ghetto with a few soldiers and read the order aloud.

After reading the order, he looked at the poor people coldly, laughed sadly, and walked away.

There is no doubt that these poor people are all "without proper employment". (To be continued.) )