1003. The one who was ridiculed by the crows
This time, there will be a group of second-turn mages arriving at the Ganbu plane.
The magicians have put Grois. MacDonnell sent back to Bednar City, where he heard that the son of the MacDonnell family was not only a member of the Dark Arts Order, but also one of the founders of the Hellhounds army.
This battle on the Dry Cloth Plane completely brought Gulit and Samira into everyone's sight.
Their performance is too dazzling, especially the half-elf archer with elven blood, who has won the favor of the elven windrunner, and holds the heavenly strike bow in his hand, he is completely a mage nemesis, and it is estimated that the personal information has long been registered by the magic union.
Surdak said: "If we can successfully defeat the dry cloth plane this time, we may have to go to the big battlefield when we go back. ”
"Is there anything good to eat over there?" Gullit always looks at problems from the perspective of a foodie.
Surdak said uncertainly, "For you, there will be some more advanced magical beasts, maybe worth tasting......"
"For me, it's some more powerful demon warriors, I need to kill some, maybe I can exchange it for some high-level weapons, or high-level magic pattern construction or something."
"For Samira, there is gold all over the place......"
The two-headed ogre's eyes lit up, and he said with some excitement:
"It's very good, I'm always involved in battles like this all day long, I feel like my strength is going to weaken, my dream is to be able to slay dragons, and then have the title of dragon slayer with the prefix of my name, and then take a bath with dragon blood or something."
"Your idea is dangerous, do you know how much worse you are in strength compared to a dragon?" Surdak asked Gulitham.
"Of course, not now, but not now, just because it doesn't mean it won't work all the time......"
Gulitham said with some unconvinced.
Surdak thought of the Istantir plane at this time, and he didn't know when he would have the power to go to that plane.
He turned to look at the half-elf archers again.
Samira was peeling the mango when she looked up in confusion and asked, "What do I do, or can I choose not to?" ”
"Can't ......"
Surdak shrugged his shoulders and said.
Samira said indifferently:
"So...... Before you go, prepare some more dog heads! ”
Of course, there are not too many sacrifices like the head of the hellhound......
……
The next day, Surdak gave a speech in Banks' town center square, which was packed with townspeople.
There were nobles dressed in decent clothes, noble ladies with hats like gold and silver ornaments and flower baskets, merchants in leather coats and waistcoats, shopkeepers, small vendors, ordinary workers with washed and faded clothes, and farmers with muddy legs......
Everyone gathered in the square, and everyone had their own area, just like the peasants would never stand in the middle of the nobles.
He is known as the current consul and military officer of the town, and he also represents the military headquarters of the province of Bena, and his army is from the rebel army, which is fully supported by the rebels...... Oh, and now these rebels have become resistance, and for the whole of Bednar Province, Lord MacDonnell's Army is the real rebel army.
Surrounded by a group of hoplites, Surdak ascended to the podium in the center of the square.
"It used to be the richest town at the southern end of the Gampo plane, and it was home to many adventurers who came here to find the secrets hidden at the edge of this world, and brought some riches to the town, but now it's ...... However, it has been war-torn and is gradually declining. ”
"I know that some of you here are not happy with your life as it is, and perhaps some of you here think that we caused all this, and that if we hadn't started a war, we wouldn't have let the town fall to the way it is."
"What I want to make clear here is that we don't like to fight, but when our homeland is invaded by a foreign nation, someone has to stand up and fight for it."
"Someone must say that where there are foreigners, you are a group of rebels......"
"If you really think so, I can tell you responsibly that if we don't come forward now, there will be more hellhounds here, and demonic minions like the walking dead will lead them through the garden in front of your house, with a heinous stench."
"If you don't stop it, they will hurt many more people, and it may not be you now, but it won't be yours ...... the next one."
"I believe that everyone must have experienced it deeply in their recent lives."
"MacDonnell doesn't act, but they don't speak for everyone, and most importantly they have reneged on the Covenant of the Lords of the Lords of Bednar."
"This is our land, and whoever comes to occupy it will drive them out!"
The townsfolk in the square shouted:
"Kick them out ......"
"Get out ......"
Surdak raised his hands and pressed downwards to silence the somewhat agitated townspeople.
"I know that many people are very afraid of us, afraid that we will come here and take away what belongs to you, we are not here to suck your blood, on the contrary, we hope that the life of everyone in the town can get better and better."
"Our income is based on the prosperity of the town, and we will only reap more if the people here are rich."
"I've just been here, and there are a lot of decisions that haven't been made yet, and of course I'm worried that some people will misinterpret what I mean, so I want to make it public here......"
"Bansk Town's tax plan for this year, in a word: all transactions are tax-free!"
When these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the square.
Everyone can't understand, without taxes, what can the town hall do to sustain itself, or is there no need for the town hall at all?
Surdak waited for the scene to be a little quieter, and then said, "In addition, all the farmers in the town who are engaged in agriculture will receive a corresponding financial subsidy according to the area of land under cultivation. ”
"The town supports the opening of shops and workshops, and the free market is not only exempt from taxes, but also exempt from stall fees and sanitation fees."
"In addition, people in the town who do not have any income will receive a monthly minimum living allowance, which will be allocated directly to the town's welfare homes and shelters."
I didn't expect that there would be further financial subsidies, which was something that had never happened in Bansk Town.
Surdak looked at the crowd around him who were a little confused, and slowly explained:
"Many people will wonder if if this continues, what will be used to maintain the town's financial revenue, and if the town's civil servants will not be able to eat, will this become a chaotic place of abandonment......
"My answer is simple: no."
"First of all, the town will openly sell a large part of the ownerless land, and the arrears from the sale of this land will keep the town running normally, and I believe that this will not last long, and this kind of cheap land can only be bought now...... Of course, according to the laws of the Empire, land transactions were limited to the nobility! ”
After saying this, Surdak hurried to the military camp outside the town with Samira and Thea.
……
A large amount of supplies have been seized from the Third Army Corps, which has been cleared, and the next few days will be spent on merit points, and more recently Resistance fighters have been joining the heavy infantry regiments.
There are more and more people in the legion, and there are some problems in management.
Surdak rushed back to deal with several burglaries in the barracks, and the resistance fighters had little knowledge of military discipline.
At this time, it is always necessary to hold the stick in the left hand and the sweet dates in the right hand.
As for the problem of theft in the army, Samira dealt with it more severely.
No matter what the resistance army says or does in the barracks in peacetime, she doesn't care too much, even if the training is lazy, it doesn't matter, everyone on the battlefield only has one life, she doesn't cherish it, and she still expects others?
But whoever touches something in the barracks is of a different nature.
The supplies in the barracks are now all Viscount Surdak's.
Even if it's a grain of wheat that falls out of the grain bag, that's it!
Samira, who has been accustomed to living a hard life since she was a child, has an excessive attachment to money, and no one can touch those who belong to ...... The property of Lord Viscount Surdak.
Those who reach out and chop their hands, and dare to take their belongings out of the barracks...... It was nailed to a wooden shelf outside the barracks.
Not far outside the barracks is a mass grave.
In order to replant some pine trees, the town hall encouraged the townspeople to bury their deceased relatives there and plant a pine tree in front of the grave.
Some of the condemned prisoners in the town would also be buried there, and some of the most heinous ones would simply hang themselves on wooden crosses and hang them, or just hang them on wooden shelves and let them rot, and crows and vultures were frequent visitors to mass graves.
Now these red-eyed crows and bald-brained eagle vultures land on the wooden shelves outside the barracks every now and then......
They also did not eat fresh meat, but squatted on the wooden frame, staring at the warriors tortured on the wooden frame with blood-red eyes, waiting for the death of the tortured warriors on the wooden frame.
The anticipation of death in their eyes will drive the warriors nailed to the wooden frame crazy, and the warriors can even imagine the miserable appearance of being eaten by a flock of crows.
Originally, before the theft, there was still a merit value on the barracks accounts.
But now, it's just a matter of stealing a shield and selling it to the town's weapons shop...... Not only is the merit value confiscated, but half a life is gone.
In such a hot summer, sweat and tears flowed down my face, gathered on my chin, and fell drop by drop into the dirt.
All the fighters in the barracks walked out of the camp and passed by the cross.
Some acquaintances looked so embarrassed that they didn't even know whether to say a word of comfort, or someone simply came up and said, 'You...... It's confusing! ’
There was also the noisy laughter of the crows, and the feeling was that life was worse than death......