Ouyang Yu set out from the village of Marseille and spent another three days to understand the situation in the villages of Verdun and Fontainebleau, and is now heading towards the last destination, the village of Caen.

Caen Village, like Verdun Village, was founded by refugees more than 30 years ago, according to Zorf's introduction, the villagers of Caen are fierce, often resist law and taxes, and the villagers in the village are a group of Diao people, so Ouyang Yu should pay careful attention.

Caen Village is located in the northeast of Ouyang Yu's territory, the location is the most remote, the village is built next to the endless forest, the land near the village is fertile, the grain output is more, and because of the proximity to the forest, there are more hunters in Caen Village, although most of them use bows and arrows and short knives to fight, but the strength is good, and the mercenaries of the timberwolf mercenary group who have fought in a tax resistance incident a few years ago are holding their heads.

"Why do the villagers of Caen want to resist taxes?"

After listening to Zolf's introduction, Ouyang Yu went straight to the point and asked about the tax resistance, paying taxes is something that no one can escape, even the nobles also need to pay taxes, although the situation of Caen Village is special, the taxes have been privately swallowed by the officials of the town, but the officials of the town have also provided a certain amount of protection in disguise, otherwise the villagers of Caen Village will not be able to settle here, so there must be an article in the matter of tax resistance.

In the small talk with Zolf, Ouyang Yu and his party came to Caen Village, and before they entered Caen Village, Ouyang Yu heard a noise from the front, followed by two gunshots, and the guards immediately dismounted to find cover and prepare for battle, Ouyang Yu and Zolf also found a cover to hide behind.

Ouyang Yu opened the small map of the command system that only he could see, and found that two groups of yellow dots were rapidly approaching his side, one after the other, the number of yellow dots in front was relatively small, only about thirty or forty, and there were more yellow dots in the back, and there were about two or three hundred in a rough count.

The green dots on Ouyang Yu's minimap represent their own side, the red dots represent the enemy, and the yellow dots represent neutral units, which means that those yellow dots are not enemies, but it is not ruled out that they will become enemies after coming into contact with them, so Ouyang Yu ordered the guards to load their bullets.

After a while, a group of people who fled in embarrassment appeared in Ouyang Yu's eyes, and the two people who ran in front of Ouyang Yu knew each other, one was the leader of the Timberwolf Mercenary Group, Maste, and the other was the official in charge of taxation in the town, and behind them were the mercenaries of the Timberwolf Mercenary Group.

Zolf immediately appeared when he saw Master and shouted, "Come here!"

Master and the officer were overjoyed when they saw Zolf, and the mercenaries ran to Zorf's place as if they had seen the backbone.

"Big brother, why are you here?"

Master's mountain-like body lay flat on Zolf's side and stirred up a puff of dust, Ouyang Yu slapped his palm in disgust, moving himself a little away.

"Well, Lord Ouyang, you're here too. Master smiled embarrassedly, since Zolf told him about his plan, Master's attitude towards Ouyang Yu has taken a 180-degree turn, and every time they meet, they greet her with a smile and no longer oppose her.

"What the hell is going on, why are you so embarrassed?" Zolf asked, taking Maast's arm.

As soon as Zolf asked about this, he immediately became very angry, "It's not that the untouchables in Caen are resisting taxes again. ”

"Resist taxes again?" Zorf's face became very exciting, and on the way here, he just talked to Ouyang Yu about the tax resistance in Caen Village, and he didn't expect it to happen again today. "Am I a crow's mouth?" said Zolf himself.

He pulled Maastre aside and asked softly, "How did you get back to Caen today to collect your taxes?" ”

Master also whispered in Zorf's ear and replied: "It's not that guy yet, I heard that after the lord knew about the two refugee villages, he wanted to make a final profit while there was no handover, and promised me two layers of taxes, so I brought someone here." "That guy is referring to the tax collector.

Zolf almost wanted to slap his cousin to death after hearing this, Zolf was brought up by his aunt, Master grew up with him, strong as an ox but just has no brains, he likes to solve everything with his fists, Zolf sometimes wonders if his brain is also full of muscles.

"You idiot, why are you involved in such a thing at such a time? Do you know that you are ruining my image in front of my lord, and how do you tell me to pursue her once my image is gone?"

Through this period of contact and understanding, Zolf touched Ouyang Yu's character, Ouyang Yu is a very kind person, and he treats civilians and serfs very kindly, so Zorf also wants to establish a kind image in front of her to win her favor, along the way, Zorf can obviously feel that Ouyang Yu's attitude towards him has improved a lot, which makes him feel that it is not difficult to pursue Ouyang Yu, but now that he is so engaged by Master, maybe his glorious image in front of Ouyang Yu will plummet, so he will be furious and scolded Master fiercely, Maast, who has been accustomed to listening to Zolf's orders since he was a child, shrunk his neck and was obediently scolded, not daring to refute a word.

After scolding, Zolf began to think of a way to exonerate Master, "Is it the idea of all the officials in the town to collect taxes today, or is it the idea of the tax collector alone?"

"It's the tax collector's idea alone, this guy thinks that the taxes of the two refugee villages will not be divided in the future, and he plans to make a final profit before Lord Ouyang takes over, and he plans to eat alone without notifying other people, it is estimated that he plans to leave. ”

Zolf glanced at the tax collector lying on the side with a gloomy look, he also had a share of the tax money from the two refugee villages, and when he heard that the tax collector was going to eat alone and leave, Zorf sentenced the tax collector to death in his heart.

"Listen, you're going to do that later, you know?"

Zolf whispered a few words in Master's ear, and Master nodded knowingly.

Not long after Master and the tax collector and the Timberwolves mercenary group joined Ouyang Yu and them, the people chasing them also appeared in Ouyang Yu's sight.

"Warning shot and then shouted. ”

Under Ouyang Yu's order, the ten guards suddenly got up from the hidden place, and shot a shuttle of bullets at the feet of the pursuing Caen villagers, the sudden shooting startled the villagers, and the fierce shooting of the opposite guards, they couldn't help but stop the pursuit and Ouyang Yu and they started a confrontation.

The captain of the guard shouted loudly to the villagers: "The new lord Lord Ouyang is here, do you people want to rebel?"

A sturdy middle-aged man dressed as a hunter in his forties walked out of the villagers and said loudly: "Your Excellency the lord is also here, we were just about to ask the lord, why did you order this dog official to collect eighty percent of the grain tax? Moreover, a large amount of miscellaneous taxes are attached, if we pay the tax and even the last ration is gone, more than 600 people of all ages, young and old in Caen Village, will be starved to death, in this case, it is better to do the opposite!"

"It's the other way around! it's the other way around!" × N.

Hundreds of villagers shouted loudly, the momentum was like a rainbow, and there was a posture of making a move if they didn't agree with each other, Zorf was also an old Jianghu, and when he saw such a scene, he also turned pale and walked to Ouyang Yu's side and persuaded him: "Lord Ouyang, this group of Diao people is now in full swing, in case this group of Diao people really moves to hurt you, it will be difficult to do it, we might as well retreat first, and it will not be too late for me to go to the county town to invite the garrison to deal with this group of Diao people." ”

Ouyang Yu waved his hand, "No, this is not far from the camp where I settled the refugees, I have already ordered my army to come and reinforce it, it will arrive in three hours at most, let's wait." ”

"Your army?" Because Ouyang Yu had only brought ten personal guards all along, the officials of Alsace Town, including Zolf, thought that this was all her strength, so Zorf didn't really take her seriously, and felt that he could control her at any time, and now that he heard that Ouyang Yu actually had an army, he couldn't help but feel that he seemed to be thinking about things too simply.

Ouyang Yu didn't move here, and the villagers on this side of Caon Village didn't dare to move, don't look at them shouting that they want to rebel, in fact, they don't dare to do anything at all, if they really do what happened to Ouyang Yu? Then the people of their entire village will face the pursuit and killing of all the nobles in the East and West Continents, and they will not die.

Ouyang Yu just needs time now, and it is best for the villagers of Caen Village not to move, so she took this opportunity to walk in front of the tax collector, and the tax collector saw Ouyang Yu, who had a bad face, and asked Zolf for help.

"Lord Zolf, the lower official ....... ”

Before the tax collector could finish his words, he was slapped by Zolf.

"If you have anything to say, please say to Lord Ouyang, I am just a sheriff, and everything in the territory will be decided by Lord Ouyang in the future. ”

The tax collector covered his face and turned his head to look at Ouyang Yu, he wanted to say it but didn't dare to say it, and his eyes kept looking at Zolf.

"Answer my question. Ouyang Yu stared at the tax collector's eyes and said word by word, in order to enhance her momentum, she also put her right hand on the holster and made a gesture of pulling out the gun, "I remember that the tax is only started after the grain harvest is completed, and now there are still a few days before the harvest is completed, why did you come to collect the tax so early? And why do the villagers say that it was my order? Why is the grain tax eighty percent? Why is there still a large number of miscellaneous taxes? Can you answer me these questions?"

"I ...... I...... I....... ”

Ouyang Yu's series of questions The tax collector didn't dare to answer at all, and turned his eyes to Zolf in the hope that he could help him, but Zolf himself was willing to help him with the fire in the tax officer's belly, and turned his head away.