readx;? Three days later, a thousand-strong legion was signed by Lord Doyle, the military commander Moria, and the treasurer, and with the approval of the noble council, marched from Nile City, stationed at the intersection of Stonehammer Avenue and Nile City Avenue, and set up a sentry post in the middle of the road. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the purpose of the army is to suppress bandits, from the day the sentry post was established, this team 'strictly obeyed the order' to conduct a 'detailed investigation' of the passing business travelers, including body search services.

Everyone knows that this is nothing more than an abuse of the power of the army to collect tolls under the guise of searching for bandits.

It's just that at the entrance of the tunnel, Luo Xi had already set up a checkpoint to charge a similar fee, and promised the past business travelers that they would never charge more in the future trip, and the business travelers naturally felt that this sentry post was unreasonable.

In the afternoon of the same day, business travelers began to report to the officials of Stone Hammer Town that their goods had been damaged, lost, and even physically injured during the investigation.

Stonehammer was able to grow rapidly thanks to these merchants, who were founded with consumption and services as their main source of income, and offended them, and Stonehammer Town, which had gathered almost the entire population of Edmia, would inevitably end in collapse.

The next morning, a steady stream of nobles came to Roshi's manor, ordering him to find a way to deal with the matter, or else he would face the consequences.

In the afternoon of the same day, the nobles gathered in Stonehammer to discuss a solution, and in the impromptu meeting, Baron Cruise proposed that their nobles should jointly fund and hand over to the army in proportion to the poll tax, so as to make up for the losses of the passing merchants.

On the face of it, this proposal seems reasonable.

But you must know that there are tens of thousands of people in Stone Hammer Town every day, and this poll tax is simply an astronomical amount, and the collection point established at the entrance and exit of the tunnel accounts for thirty percent of the income of the collective nobles in Stone Hammer Town!

Now it is equivalent to spit out the money as it is, and how to spit it out, of course, is the same way as the income, and it is distributed according to equity!

But such a plan, which was obviously detrimental to the interests of the nobles themselves, was unexpectedly unanimously passed by the parliament, and as the CEO of Stone Hammer Town, Roshi didn't even have the right to speak.

And worse is yet to come......

Stonehammer Town, Roshi Manor.

"Rosie, is Rosie back?!"

"Lord Lordship and the town of Troy are ....."

"Less nonsense, he's in there, isn't he? Roshi, you come out for me!"

As soon as he returned to the manor, a menacing spy voice sounded in the corridor.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the study was pushed open by someone's 'snap', and a pair of big breasts... Oh no, Caterina in a white priest's robe frowned upon and entered.

"My lord...", the two subordinates next to him looked at Roshi in great distress.

"Go down first. Roshi waved his hand to dismiss his men.

After a pause, he looked at Caterina and frowned: "Miss Caterina, although you are delicate, this is not your Earl's Palace, and I hope you respect yourself!"

In the face of Roxi's reminder, Caterina did not have the slightest consciousness of being a guest, rushed to Roxi in three or two steps, slapped the table with her jade hand, and said indignantly: "Where have you been these days?

Luo Xi glanced at her lightly, took a sip of the freshly brewed tea on the table, and said casually: "If Miss is referring to the poll tax, then I already know that this is a decision made by the collective nobles of Edmia." ”

Caterina was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Roshi to be indifferent, she raised her eyebrows, and reminded angrily: "Are you kidding me? Don't tell me that they can't see that they are clearly colluding with the aristocratic circle to rob you of your money!"

Roshi took a sip of tea, then said to Troy, "Troy, make a pot of tea for Miss Caterina, and don't neglect the guests." ”

"Excuse me!" Before Troy could get up, Caterina shook her hand.

Anxious for her to raise her head, she shook her head in disappointment, and said very unceremoniously: "You are so disappointed in me! You don't even dare to defend your own interests, are you still a nobleman?"

The succession of miracles that had happened in front of her eyes had made Caterina interested in Roshi, but now this scene has disappointed her.

Although it is clear that the collective nobles of Edmia are huddled against him, being bullied and not daring to resist are two different things, assuming that a person does not even have the courage to fight, no matter how talented he is, he is also a complete coward, a loser!

What's more, in Katarina's opinion, this matter is not without room for maneuver, the abuse of power in the army, as long as it pokes at the provincial capital, it will definitely make them unable to eat and walk!

Never mind!

Anyway, it's not my territory, it's not my money that is robbed, in the words of civilians, it's my business!

Thinking so, Caterina shook her head, gritted her teeth, and finally sarcastically said, "Since you want to choose to be a coward, no one can save you!"

Speaking of this, she changed her words and said coldly: "Those children are believers that I have developed with great difficulty, I can vouch for them with personality, they are definitely not evildoers, you must let them release me!"

A few days earlier, a group of orphans living in the deserted town of Neil outside Stonehammer had been involved in a robbery incident, and had been arrested when they happened to bump into the soldiers of the sentry post while blocking the road near the sentry post to rob several caravans.

And these orphans had come to the monastery not long ago to pray for blessings, and were accepted as believers by Caterina, who was busy earning points, and was also her first batch of believers.

Since selling herself to the convent, Caterina has been motivated to kick Margaret away, and has become a nun with great ambitions.

It was only when she actually did it that she realized that it was not easy, and the townspeople who came to pray turned around and left when they saw her arrogant and domineering appearance, and even if two people patiently asked her about the questions in the "Oracle", they were all unaware, and they were despised and ridiculed by Margaret.

"If you can't even memorize the basic scriptures of this church, what kind of nun should you be!"

"You're amazing, then you can recite a paragraph to me!"

"I'm a saint, I don't need to carry it!"

Tired of Margaret's ridicule, she turned her heart sideways and read it at night, but such a large tome, where can she read it in three or two days, so she is still the only one among the many nuns!

Where did she suffer this kind of humiliation when she was a child with the title of genius, and her whole person was burned when she was aroused, and she began to develop believers by unscrupulous means.

Finally.

The emperor lived up to his wishes, and a group of orphans who were brought to the monastery by Kane immediately made her smell the opportunity, and finally had the first batch of believers after coaxing and deceiving.

But before she rushed to the stinky Margaret to show off, the next day it was reported that these orphans were identified as robbers by the army and arrested in the barracks!

The city defense and soldier deployment of Stone Hammer Town have always been firmly grasped by Luo Xi, but the place where the incident occurred is no longer outside the jurisdiction of Stone Hammer Town, and the army itself is under the banner of suppressing bandits, so it can be said that they are reasonable to do so.

However, Caterina apparently did not believe that some of the naughty children she had personally received would do such a thing as a roadblock, and rushed to the manor that afternoon to ask Roshi for an explanation.

It's just that he didn't expect to be told by his subordinates that Roshi and Troy had left the castle two days ago and disappeared.

So Caterina had to return to the monastery for the time being, and ran here several times a day, and as soon as she heard the news of Roshi's return today, she hurried over without stopping.

In her opinion, this is not a big deal, it is just a misunderstanding, and even if there is any excesses, it is only a few children, and it can be solved without even Roshi coming forward in person.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Roshi frowned and looked at Caterina and said, "Those children are ......"

"Da Da Da!"

Just as he was about to reply, there was a series of cramped footsteps in the hallway, and he saw Kane running in.

And when he entered the door, he was not as arrogant and rude as usual.

Instead, he calmed his breath a little at the door, and even tidied up his clothes, and then walked to Roxi's office desk in a regular manner.

Then, who had always been arrogant, he made a rare aristocratic salute of extremely standard, which was almost in a supplicating tone: "My lord, you must save them this time!"

"They?" Roshi frowned, "Is it the matter of those children again?"

As soon as she heard this, Caterina next to her first changed her face and said eagerly: "Kane, what's wrong with those children?"

Kane turned his head, and Caterina saw that his bloodshot eyes were red, and then he said in a trembling voice: "I just received the news that Robinson and their robbery and murder were killed in the evening... Execution by hanging!"

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