"I'm going to have to see it with my own eyes."

Li Ke pursed his lips.

"Of course, it's your freedom."

The stonemason didn't care, in fact, he was the one who was the most disrespectful to Li Ke.

"I'm just curious, is it really a lot of taxes to feed the orcs?"

Li Ke was curious about this.

Jon's tax is a very benevolent forty percent, plus the orcs are fifty percent, right?

It should be normal in these times, right?

After all, it has been more than ten years since the orc war plague, and even Thrall will be able to appear on the battlefield as a combat force soon, so the farmers should be relieved no matter what they say.

And if Li Ke remembers correctly, his teammates once complained that the orcs only gathered five or six boats of people when they fled from the Eastern Kingdom, and then overturned Orgrimmar, and in a few years, the population increased exponentially.

But I've also complained that after the Moore or something that Sal raised as a human with Thrall as an assistant, he directly pushed the entire Azeroth, but in fact it was impossible or anything.

So how many orcs are there?

Li Ke didn't have very detailed data, because the old lord had not had time to tell Jennifer that he was dead, and the soldiers and commanders of those orc shelters had nothing to do with Li Ke, so it was impossible to know.

The only thing Li Ke knew was that the orc contained all a hundred soldiers who had been out of work.

Wait a minute......

Even if a soldier guards ten orcs, that is a thousand orcs who are completely out of production and rely on humans for support, and the maintenance cost of a heavily armed soldier is very high.

And it's not just the orc shelter nearby, there is another orc shelter dozens of kilometers to this side......

Li Ke calculated the data a little, and immediately understood why this was happening.

There are at least twenty orc shelters in the entire vicinity of Lordaeron!

In other words, just what Li Ke knows, there are enough two thousand completely out of production, heavily armed soldiers in the service of this system!

And every orc shelter is a fortress, that is, food, supplies, and all kinds of things that go with the fortress must be gathered!

In fact, it is not a matter of a hundred soldiers and a few commanders at all, but each fortress is assisted by at least two hundred and three hundred men!

It's like Jennifer's current knightly guard, although there are only ten knights, there are more than a hundred cavalry, and more than three hundred soldiers.

And how many people served this combat group?

Fifteen hundred.

It's just that they are scattered in various towns and villages, so it is not obvious.

And the orc shelter is a fortress that doubles as a prison......

That's definitely living together.

Although it is true that the metal products in this world are cheap and impermanence is more abundant, this is a real Middle Ages!

Li Ke didn't count this money, he knew that it was definitely an astronomical amount of money that was terrifying to death, not to mention feeding a mage, it was not a problem to feed a group of mages!

"... Is Tenaris crazy? ”

No, no, he's the power of a nobleman in a weak place! Preparing for the centralization of power for his son!

Li Ke instantly understood that they all knew the strength of the orcs, and if they could turn this power into their own power, and one of them would have it

Assisted by an elite unit with more than a dozen years of service, and ruled by his son Alsace......

Lordaeron is really about to unify the entire human world.

Arthas, the only prince of Lordaeron, was taught by Uther and Muradin, and his wife was Gianna, the princess of Kurtilas, and the personal disciple of Dalaran who was actually the leader.

His childhood playmate was Varian, the now-ruined King of Stormwind.

The support of the four human empires, the support of the dwarven empires. And unsurprisingly, Quel'Thalas, who was blocked by Lordaeron with Stratholme, will also support Arthas on the surface.

Magic, weapons, diplomacy, numbers, troops, logistics, absolute centralization, everything is so perfect, as long as Arthas does not get dizzy, then he is the absolute master of the entire Eastern Kingdom!

The remaining three human kingdoms, Alterac was removed, and Fort Riptide was fought in vain in the Orc Wars - the main battlefield and the major battle were basically in Fort Riptide.

So without waiting for the stonemason to say it, Li Ke probably already knew that it would be an outrageous number.

"It is said that the lord will give one copy, and then the people below will give another one. But you know, although the old lord is very generous, he ......"

The stonemason shrugged.

"Theoretically, it's a 60% tax, which is really not heavy, but now, when it comes to our heads, it's about 70% tax, livestock is 80%, and then businessmen, it's about 70%. After all, those people have to support their families, don't they? ”

He spoke with these frivolous tones that sounded like he was sarcastic.

Why don't you have a riot yet?

A question mark appeared in Li Ke's mind, but then he tossed the question aside.

With his current combat strength, even if he didn't use holy light and evil powers, put on armor, wield a long sword and mace, and bring ten soldiers who were also wearing armor, he could hunt down five hundred civilians with swords in their hands.

That's the power of armor!

If he used it, he would be able to slaughter the people of a town by himself, but there was a high probability that he would be injured and his evil power would be exposed.

But Li Ke is helpless about taxes, everything in the territory needs money, Jennifer must ensure the loyalty of her army, as well as the salaries of the officials below, as well as the servants in the mansion, and her and Li Ke's daily expenses.

Li Ke finally understood why the old leader mainly smuggled elven slaves.

It's true that smuggling elven slaves will not only allow him to live a good life, but also reduce the pressure on some of his lords!

"...... This fucking world. ”

Li Ke couldn't remember how many times he had cursed this sentence in his heart, and at this time, the carpenter returned, still holding a book wrapped in clothes in his arms.

Li Ke took it, he didn't feel any evil fluctuations, and the material of the book was also very simple, composed of straw paper and needle and thread.

And the vocabulary on it is also very small, so little that Li Ke can easily read it.

Li Ke took a cursory look at it, and then took it into his arms.

Because the more I look at it, the more annoyed I feel with the world.

He looked at the woman who was clearly in the lead.

"Are there many people who believe in this? Does anyone really think it's good to be immortal? ”

He asked, knowing that he would not get a specific number, but the other party's answer would give him an idea.

Sure enough, the woman, or Mrs. Teka, just smiled.

"All those who suffer a lot, they long to be free from pain, don't they?"

She felt that she had pinched Li Ke.

And Li Ke ......

looked at Antia, who was hiding on the side.

Antia smiled, a trace of pink mist wrapped around her hand, and the next moment, the trance-eyed Lady Teka said the specific number.

"Thirteen villages have all believed in the Cursed Sect, and now about four hundred families have become immortal."

"I'm Nima!"

Li Ke scolded directly.