Chapter 42: Disaster Relief (2)
I saw that more than a dozen fat guys in luxurious clothes were crowded into the team of the victims at some point, one by one with fat heads and big ears, and their faces were full of oil, and they were not disaster victims at first glance, but they were receiving disaster relief funds in the team.
And they don't collect disaster relief money from the soldiers who distribute silver coins, but from the victims!
These people are collecting taxes!
Damn, the victims of the disaster also have to pay taxes to receive disaster relief funds, how can there be such a reason? Du Chen is a little more angry.
Then a fat man shouted, "Hey, you, take out the silver coins you have hidden in your pocket, this is my tax!"
The victim he called was a young woman, still holding a baby, and she bowed and pleaded: "Lord Earl, my home is gone, and my man has died in the flood, I beg you, please allow me to leave this silver coin and buy some food for the child, you know, such a young child cannot eat dry and hard black bread every day!"
As she spoke, she knelt down, and the child in her arms let out a 'woo' cry.
"No, I need taxes!" The fat earl looked at the woman with cold eyes, these poor pariahs, they have seen too much, the commoners pay taxes to the nobles, this is a matter of course, and their own estate was also destroyed in the flood, and they need this tax to make up for the loss!
He snorted and urged the woman, "Do you want to resist taxes?"
"I don't dare, but ......"
The surrounding victims couldn't stand it anymore, and some people said angrily: "Lord Earl, this money is used by us to rebuild our home!"
"I want this money to rebuild my home!" the fat earl cranked.
Do you still need to rebuild your home? Your tents on the beach to the south are all skeletons made of gold! The victims were so excited that out of obedience to the nobles, the people who paid the taxes shouted, "My lord, we want to rebuild our homes!"
The crowd was furious, and the victims surrounded the fat man in the middle!
"I want to rebel against you!?" the count took a few steps back in horror, but he smiled coldly after glancing at the soldiers near the camp.
Knock!
The soldiers struck their spears in their hands, and when the victims saw this, they lowered their heads gloomily and scattered. Are they just commoners, dare to disobey the orders of the nobility?
A few of the brave victims glanced at the huge stove, and a thought suddenly flashed in their hearts, maybe, just maybe, if it weren't for the daily black bread, they might dare to fight this damned earl.
But there is still black bread to eat every day, and they are reluctant to give up their lives.
Seeing all this, Du Chen gritted his teeth, these bastards who are rich and unkind! In his previous life, Du Chen was begging along the street when he was a child, and he was bullied by this kind of person a lot, but now when he sees this, he also has an urge to slap them!
Coming to Norton's side, Du Chen asked in a low voice, "Uncle, who are these?"
Norton also saw this, but his face was indifferent, and even Steve on the side, although he was a little unbearable, he was not too angry, they were all nobles, and this kind of thing was natural in their eyes. "They're disaster victims, too!"
"Are they disaster victims?"
"Yes, their estates have been swept away by the flood, uh, they're the 'noble plaguers'!" Norton said teasingly.
"Do you want to ask them about the collection of taxes? Third Young Master, this is allowed by the laws of the empire, and they can regulate the taxes of the people in their own territory. Although I don't like their behavior, legally speaking, as long as they announce that the tax rate of the people in the territory will be increased to 10%, that is, they will pay all of them, and they can take away the disaster relief money you gave to the victims under the protection of the law. ”
An evil fire erupted from the bottom of Du Chen's heart, didn't these bastards discount his good deeds? But legally speaking, they have every right to do this! Du Chen is not qualified to interfere!
Du Chen was unwilling, in his previous life, since he had practiced his theft skills, he had never let go of any rich man who dared to bully him!
Now, these victims are equivalent to Du Chen's cultivation of the "Lotus Treasure Book", they are being bullied, aren't they interrupting Du Chen to do good deeds!?
After thinking about it, Du Chen suddenly smiled, the law can't punish these bastards, so it's better to use non-legal means.
He walked briskly over to the tax-collecting earl, and smiled, "Oh, noble earl, may I ask your name?
"God of Fighting, you are a godborn, you don't have to call me an earl, just call me Abdu. As soon as Abudu saw Du Chen, a god descendant, a nobleman among nobles, he immediately changed his smiling face.
"Oh no, we don't live in such a filthy place, my friend and I live on the beach five miles to the south, no, that's it!" he pointed in a direction, "The servant told me that you had come to hand out the disaster relief money, so I came to take a look!"
Du Chen looked to the south, five or six miles away was the beach, on the beach, there was a faint glimpse of a luxurious camp, compared to the refugee camp here, the camp looked like a beach resort!
It seems that although these nobles have suffered a lot of losses, they have not reached the point where they cannot survive and must exploit the victims!
Du Chen's anger went to the next level, at this time, the lotus flower on his buttocks was also about to move, the third lotus flower was about to bloom, God knows what kind of vision it would produce.
Internal strength suppressed the lotus flower on his buttocks, Du Chen smiled: "Oh, it was my mistake, I should go to visit you first, is it convenient for you now? Can you introduce me to other adults?"
"Oh, of course, my friends must be very happy, for they are about to know a godborn, please come with me!"
After a few words with Steve and Norton, Du Chen followed Abdu all the way to the 'resort' on the beach. Seeing them leave, the victims looked at Du Chen's eyes, and they turned from gratitude to dazedness.
Alas, it turned out that the nobles were all the same.
But Lord Francis can help us rebuild our home, which is good...... At least it's much better than the vampires on the beach.
Coming to Abdu's luxurious temporary tent, Du Chen only glanced at it, and then blossomed in his heart, compared to the treasure hiding place in the noble manor, these tents are too simple, for Du Chen, a master of theft, it is simply defenseless!
Damn, you're not kind to the rich, aren't you?
If the law can't punish them, use illegal means!
To punish evil is to promote good!
After walking around the tent on the beach and getting to know many noble victims, Du Chen came out of the 'resort' with a grin.
On this trip, Du Chen didn't move the big pieces, and stole countless small pieces, that is, pearls, agate, diamonds, etc......
"Oh my God, where's my diamond necklace? that's fifty gold pieces of jewelry!"
"God of Fighting, where's my opal!?"
As soon as he walked out, he remembered the wailing sound in the 'resort', and Du Chen's heart was very happy to hear it, this single good deed was the most refreshing he had ever done, damn, not only his ass was cool, but his heart was also happy!
Although he was angry for a while, this single good deed was full of loopholes, but Du Chen was not afraid of this, he was a descendant of the gods, although the stolen goods were hidden everywhere on his body, but who would dare to search the descendants of the gods without evidence!? Aren't they afraid of the burning rack of the Holy Sect?
A total of more than 30 pieces of precious jewelry were hidden on his body, but Du Chen's appearance did not seem to be abnormal--harboring stolen goods was also one of the necessary skills of a thief.
For example, a quail egg-sized diamond was hidden in the crotch of his pants, but it did not affect walking, this trick is called 'three eggs', also known as 'crotch hidden treasure', Du Chen originally relied on this trick to hide the holy weapon in the form of a metal ball in the form of a ram's horn hammer in the cathedral.
Another example is a necklace wrapped around his arm, and he wears several rings on it, and under the cover of the wide robe, no one can find it as long as he does not open the sleeves. This trick is called 'Golden Snake Entanglement'......
"Fuck, these jewels add up to a thousand gold coins, these bastards are so rich that they even exploit the money of the victims, it's really fucking underwhelming!"
Du Chen scolded angrily all the way, and turned back from time to time, waiting for the nobles and victims who found that something was wrong to catch up, and he had already thought of the excuse to shirk.
suddenly
The wailing in the 'resort' was gone, as if Du Chen's ears were suddenly deaf, and he couldn't hear the sound all of a sudden.
No, and the sound, a very weird 'rustle' sound.
Then, the waves rolled in the ocean in the distance, and the tide suddenly became larger.
A piercing fishy smell came, even if Du Chen was not as sensitive as snow than a person's nose, he could smell it really.
The atmosphere was quirky.
The tingling sensation caused by the lotus flower on his ass was getting bigger and bigger, and Du Chen used all his internal energy to suppress this feeling of love and hate, and then turned around and stared at the 'resort'.
Suddenly, there was a scream from the 'resort',
"Help!!"
A huge beast emerged from the ground of the resort, its turquoise head was oval-shaped, with golden eyes and green scales, the size of a bull, and its dark red forked tongue was more than two meters long when it came out of its mouth.
And that's just a head......
What a big python!
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