When I actually got inside, a foul smell immediately hit the wings of Glerint's nose, and it was hard to tell what it smelled like. The dryness of the dust, the musty smell of decay, the child's excrement...... Straight smoked so that Glerint's brows furrowed, relying on the physical fitness of the "barbarian", he narrowly suppressed the desire to vomit.

Old Hambriser closed the door, and hurriedly walked to Glerint, who was only one meter five or six tall, and lowered his head a little:

"Do you have anything to tell you when you come to find the old man?"

Glerint held part of his breath, reined in the majesty that grew more and more wanton as the sequence ascended, and spoke as gently as he could:

"I don't have any orders, but I just think that when last autumn was over, didn't you flood your crops? I think the harvest should be much less, so let's take a look at the situation. ”

As he spoke, he unconsciously added:

"Don't freeze to death and starve too many people to death, when the time comes, it will inevitably damage the face of the city of Verteck."

Brisse was stunned for a moment, and only when Glelint explained his reasoning did he nod in agreement, and after a few seconds of silence, continued:

"I'm tired of it, but this year we're doing better than in previous years."

"What is the reason for this?"

Glerint was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously.

This tributary of the He'an River flooded the crops, and you seem to have abandoned your houses, so you can only gather here to keep warm, how can you live better than in previous years?

"This ......"

The old man tugged at his beard, hesitated for almost half a minute, and finally gritted his teeth and said:

"Maybe you didn't come here to govern in previous years?"

"In previous years, when we had fields to grow grain and caves to live in, even if we were registered farmers, in addition to the taxes paid, the family had to save their lives, and from time to time they had to go up the mountain to dig up some roots of vines to eat...... This year, it was okay, although the flood flooded the crops, flooded six or seven percent of the grain, but we lost those fields and caves, and became homeless, but there is no need to pay taxes, plus we have planted some fast-harvesting vegetables here, and we can always exchange some grain back. ”

Lianshan vine is a fine-leaved creeping plant, it is rumored that if it is in a place with abundant water and soil, it can grow to cover an entire mountain, it has an unusually thick patch-like rhizome, rich in starch, which can be used to satisfy hunger in disaster years, but it is also rich in fiber, extremely coarse, not to mention humans, even the donkey working in the trailer is not extremely hungry, and cannot swallow that thing.

Is this also worth mouthing?

Glerint knew about this, and that was because in the MI9 file, Sibailon once had a wild Sequence 7 "Harvest Sacrifice", which was used as a raw material to catalyze mutations, and killed a "Punishment Knight" by jumping to the top, causing a lot of trouble. You must know that the Southern Continent generally follows the ancient name, Sequence 7 is just a low sequence, and Sequence 5 is usually already a quasi-powerhouse in the mysterious world......

Of course, as long as you don't reach the demigod level and don't get divinity, the extraordinary still have fatal shortcomings, and if you find the right way, it's actually very normal to kill the enemy by skipping the level.

Then again, Rune's grain tax is so heavy? Glerint vaguely remembers that in his own non-fiefdom manor, it seems that he only pays two and a half percent of the grain tax, right?

On the colonial side, even if the tax is heavier than that of the Northern Continent, the increase is four or five percent, and it will be the sky, right?

Why did the flood flood flood six or seven percent of the grain, and Brisse felt that he was still living better than in previous years? Not to mention those few green vegetable fields, the grain that those greens can exchange for is definitely far less than the grain that can be grown in the eight classics.

"How much tax do you have to pay?"

"Forty percent, my lord, our share of taxes is calculated according to the amount of grain produced in a good year, and it is okay to pay four percent."

"In addition to these forty percent, that is, it is ......"

"What's it?"

Seeing that Brisker hesitated for a few seconds, and his voice gradually became quieter, Gleilynt couldn't help but widen his eyes, exuding a little majesty that had already been restrained, and asked sternly.

Brisse was so frightened that his legs trembled uncontrollably, and finally gritted his teeth and replied:

"Even if you want to give the grain inspector Bancheng, beg him to say something good, and give it to the mayor of the town, even if he sees the real situation, he will choose to turn a blind eye."

"Nothing else."

So that's the case, Gleilynt nodded thoughtfully, it turned out that their taxes were heavy in two places, one was that the tax collection standard was calculated according to the harvest year, and the other was that they had to check the officials who accepted the grain up and down.

Both of these points are extremely unreasonable.

Moreover, it is the result of middle-level officials deceiving their superiors and subordinates and seeking profits.

In Rune's various newspapers, no matter where they are, taxes are levied according to the situation of the year, and I have never heard of it being calculated according to the harvest year, which must be the middle and high-level officials in the Southern Continent to make a fortune and deliberately levy high amounts, and as for whether the royal family knows or not, Glerint thinks that they still know, and it is very likely that there is their acquiescence - because many middle-level officials in the Southern Continent are surnamed "Augustus", and most of them have set their fiefs in the Southern Continent.

The upper layer has the upper layer's stripping method, and the lower layer has the lower layer's oil scraping tricks.

The grain inspectors at the grassroots level also want to make a fortune through the official skin, so it is inevitable that they will "come up with strange tricks", and they are in direct contact with the people who deliver the grain, and of course they are even more difficult to handle, don't you want to bribe? Okay, but the quality and moisture of the food, that's all up to me! I will register the original load of dried new grain for you as old grain, and it is also damp, and you need to remove it...... When the time comes to get it on the market, shouldn't you be able to get it too?

Call......

Gleilynt exhaled heavily, and his heart was inevitably depressed.

He is a selfish utilitarian, but he is not a vampire who has lost his conscience, and he may not be able to stand up for these people, but that doesn't mean he can ignore the misery of the world with peace of mind...... Yes, the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same, and "empathy" is only the most ideal hope.

- However, empathy is a fundamental ability of living beings.

I looked at the woman in her thirties on the right, holding the baby in her swaddling clothes, but she was barely covered with newspaper to keep warm...... Looking at the other dozen or so "households" who were just laying a layer of hay, Glerint felt that he had once again refreshed his perception of the word "colonization".

- It's all poured with blood and tears!

In his "previous life", Glelynt had heard the term many times, and had even seen a lot of data, historical materials, and even pictures...... But none of those experiences, as they do now, really touched his soul.

However, his "Corrupt Baron" potion showed no signs of digestion.

He's still the same selfish man.

…………

Frankly speaking, Gleilint had several ideas about the ritual of the "Black Emperor".

Possess a kingdom and become emperor, promote a new order that is different from the past, a new architectural style, build nine mausoleums, and hold a sacrificial ceremony in which the vast majority of the people participate, and take potions at this time......

In this, repairing the tomb is actually the easiest, and it is not too difficult to find a suitable reason to hold a sacrificial ceremony, and the most troublesome thing is to have a kingdom and become an emperor, as well as to promote a new order and new architectural style, which is not just to do, the key is to be recognized by the people.

The first plan is what he is doing, accumulating troops in the southern continent, trying to build a state, and promoting a new order.

The advantage is that the situation in the southern continent is chaotic enough, and it is not too difficult to lay down a piece of land for the establishment of the country when the many countries are fighting later, after all, the scale of the founding of the country can be large or small, and you can't say that it is not a country in Lemburg, Marcy, and Segal, but if the scale is relatively small, the effectiveness of the ceremony will definitely be weaker.

Another advantage is that the new basic plate is under their control, and it will be very easy to promote the new order, because unlike the current Rune, the royal family, the aristocracy, the church, and the new bourgeoisie...... The forces of all parties are intertwined, and it is extremely difficult to try to change the whole body.

The disadvantage is that "the name is not right, the words are not good", under normal circumstances, it is difficult for him to get the recognition of the people from the heart, if it is replaced by Bailang and the restoration of the Highland Kingdom, then there will definitely be many more supporters.

The second plan is to seriously accumulate military merits, mix up enough noble positions and at least Sequence 2 strength, and wait for George III to be finished, with the help of external forces such as "essentia" and Trensost, to force the Augustan family to give way to himself...... This is the most stupid choice, because it is also not justified and cannot be recognized by the people, and the only feasible way is to try to seek benefits for the common people, so that it will take a few years or so, but it is possible to get real recognition, and in addition, he has to deal with those intertwined forces.

The third is "sophistry", after the death of George III, if Klein has been able to use the "grafting" ability of Sequence 1 "Mysterious Attendant" at that time, then he can directly graft his identity to Glerint...... Then it's very simple, the ceremony or something, you don't have to bother, George III has everything ready.

But there are two problems with this.

The first is that there is not enough time, Klein is absolutely impossible to promote Sequence 2 in just one and a half years, and use the "Source Castle" to improve his personality and launch the "grafting", while the other Antigone and later Zarathu, Glerint can neither establish friendship with them, nor is he willing to abandon Crane and choose them, and at the same time, the existence of high positions such as Night will not allow him to pit Crane.

The second is that Gleilint believes that the scope of an "emperor" is too wide, and his existence will affect too many people, and such an identity can be grafted by no one except for the "fool" of the true god personality himself.

"To explain it with the oriental metaphysics of the 'previous life', that is, there are too many 'cause and effect' in the position of the emperor."

Greenlight, who was in deep thought, complained in her heart.

In fact, there is a fourth method, which is also a "sophistry", and is similar to the third method, that is, let Amun, who is a true god, steal the identity of George III and put it on himself.

So both the third and fourth approaches have a fatal flaw, which is that the news that "George III is dead" cannot be reached to the general public, because that would mean that his identity no longer has any meaning...... And in this last year and a half, it is almost impossible to produce a sane and friendly "fool" or "mistake" for Greenlight.

- And Glerint also had to consider a very real problem, that is, if George III did not explode and die in the open, and could not successfully stimulate Ferssac's ambitions and not conform to the "trend of the times", then Amun's brother would most likely take action to "correct the trend of the times".

So all things considered, Grelynt is still leaning towards the first option for now.

At the same time, he didn't give up the third way of thinking, anyway, even putting aside the special kindness to the "original character", funding Crane would also provide a great boost to his first plan, and if with his help, Crane was faster than the "original" and successfully promoted to Sequence 1 before George III's death to the public, and with the blessing of the Source Castle, he had the personality of "Fool", then things would have become very simple......

Of course, a year and a half is definitely not possible, but Glerint can also try to delay George III's medication and "become a god", right? This is consistent with his plan to interfere with the "Great Smog of Beckland" in the direction of action.

In general, it is to expose as much of George III's conspiracy as possible, interfere with his plan to "become a god", delay as much time as possible, and even directly expose his god-making ceremony to the church if necessary, and the church will not be willing to let him become a god without the gods expressing their position.

…………

But in fact, a large part of Glerint's focus is still on the first plan.

Therefore, he had to face the difficulties, that is, he was "not right, his words were not good", and he could not get the real support and obedience of the people......

The answer is simple, that is, to preach the "guilt of oppression" and "the guilt of colonization...... There is no need to doubt it, this is sure to get a heartfelt response from many people.

But the impact of anything is two-sided.

Once Glerint erects this banner, the interests touched in the southern continent, the offended forces will be gone, if he can't seize the time of the melee when many countries in the northern continent attack each other, and settle the situation in one fell swoop, then he will face the reshuffle of the northern continent, the forces of all parties will come one after another, like a storm.

And now Glerint has not yet realized a very serious problem, the idea that came to his mind as soon as it was hot, the idea that gradually became clear under the surging passion, it was really going to die!

Because that will always "take away" the lives of some people, even if it is an angel, even if it is a true God, if you are not careful, you will never recover!

- And he himself does not have this kind of awareness.

Perhaps, one day, when he can calmly say "how ambitious it is to sacrifice for you...... Perhaps, when that glimmer of fire is thrown out and can no longer be extinguished......

Do not doubt that there will always be some people who are not afraid of death, for whom ideals and beliefs are their highest pursuits, which is also a kind of faith, and it is higher than people's belief in the gods.

Yes, the true gods are looking down on all beings, but for those "stupid people" and "lovely and respectable people" who "die and do not avoid" in pursuit of the truth, it does not matter whether the goal can be achieved in the end, and the purpose of their existence is to let that spark be passed on and spread......

Of course, at that time, what kind of situation Glerint is in will be a matter that cannot be smaller.