Once upon a time, in the case of a deed, what each village gave was fixed.

According to the different population numbers, a certain amount of grain is dedicated, which is about all the things of a family of five people, including the parents and two prime of life, in a year. Then there is a certain amount of fruit, plus a juvenile livestock.

These things are very large for a family, but if it is a village of three or five hundred people, it is very easy to put together.

But since the past few years, the witches of the forest have asked for more and more things. Not only simple food, but also began to secretly capture school-age children.

Because of these things, many people in the villages were angry and wanted to find someone from above to administer justice to them. Although he got a verbal response, it turned out that for several years, the people above didn't care at all.

For the sake of their own peace, the people in the village can only swallow this bitterness themselves.

Anyway, in a year, it is only seven or eight people lost, and if one loses one child, it is enough to replenish it a little in the village.

But this year is not half over, and there are already ten children in the village, so the village chief and others have no choice but to report the news in the forest. They were worried that the agreement made many years ago might not be settled, so they hoped that someone would be sent from above.

When Wang Xing heard this, he understood why as soon as he appeared, the village chief immediately gave him a warm reception, which regarded him as a person sent down from above.

However, Wang Xing did not explain too much, but drew conclusions from the various intelligence sources he heard. The village can penetrate deep into the forest, which is about a day and a night.

Continuing deeper, it's easy to get lost, not to mention, behind is the range of beast activities.

According to the testimonies of the hunters in the village, since last year, it was safe to enter the forest during the day and return at night, but now the corpses of wild beasts are also appearing, most likely witches and demons are coming out.

This is one of the reasons why the village chief is worried.

Just when Wang Xing was thinking about these things, an unexpected person appeared.

Outside the village, two horses first quickened into the village streets, then whistled and horses sounded one after another, and then a single carriage followed by a wagon carrying goods and people into the village.

Two teams of elite men wearing leather armor and holding swords and axes, or holding bows and crossbows, rode horses or sat in carriages, and behind them were more than a dozen people who were not messy, wearing cloth clothes and a layer of shoulder pads on their shoulders, and trotted behind the carriage with wooden spears.

Wang Xing heard the sound and walked out of the stone house, and saw the man on horseback wearing leather armor and several daggers hanging side by side on his chest, and rode his horse to the open gate in front of the courtyard of the stone house.

When the cavalry saw Wang Xing and the people around him, he raised his eyebrows.

"Who's the village chief!"

"Me! I! The village chief hurriedly stepped forward.

"Tidy up the house, the tax officer Carl Jr. is here!"

deliberately made a loud announcement, some of the people on horseback behind didn't care, some laughed and shouted, the sound was passed all the way to the vicinity of the carriage with a calm face, but there were some helpless people in their eyes, and they also looked at it.

Then the back of the carriage was dressed in iron plate armor, like the village chief's description of the lord's family soldiers, jumped out of the carriage as fast as possible, and in the process of trotting briskly, he quickly sorted out his appearance, and then came to the carriage with his head held high and opened the door of the carriage.

Until this time, the people in the carriage, although they could see some scars on their clothes, were still well-tidied people, holding the big hat on their heads, and walked off the carriage with their chin slightly raised.

On the other side, a soldier stood on the other side, his eyes scanned, and after seeing Wang Xing, who was dressed in the most luxurious clothes, he walked quickly and proudly in front of him to speak.

"The village chief, Lord Carl Jr., the most trusted tax collector of the nobles in the city, is here, come and greet him immediately!"

The faces of the village chief and the strong man in leather armor on horseback changed slightly.

When the strong men saw Wang Xing, they could clearly feel the strength of Wang Xing. The village chief, on the other hand, has experienced it with his own eyes and in person.

Afraid that Wang Xing's ruthless man who was directly chasing and killing demons would clash with the tax collector this night, the village chief hurriedly rushed over to explain, and hurriedly led everyone towards the house opposite the stone house with a smile.

There is no way, after last night's incident, now that the meal has just been cooked, many people are squatting near the stone house, carrying weapons to defend, as long as the brain is okay, you can see that this place where women and children live inside, and there are strong men outside, I am afraid that something has happened.

So compared to the defense here, the other courtyard, which is slightly inferior, looks clean and peaceful, and there are not so many rude people.

Although several family soldiers were swollen because of the people behind them, they could also see that these ruthless characters who were fierce and barbaric in their eyes, but absolutely powerful, immediately became vigilant after he offended the best-dressed person, and they were even more like a great enemy than when they encountered an enemy on the road.

The man who realized that they had done something wrong did not dare to stay any longer, but hurried away with the tired man in the carriage.

Some peasant women were taken away and boiled water for the tax collector to settle in.

And although Wang Xing didn't do it directly, he still locked the most powerful person in the team after realizing a scan.

"Come, guests, tell me who you are."

Among the many people who had passed the word before, the cavalryman who had always been near the carriage was also the one who looked helpless when he shouted, and he looked at Wang Xing.

The other party did not hesitate, turned over and dismounted.

"I'm Hu Jie, currently working as a mercenary with these brothers around me, and now I am employed as a tax collector of the noble Jefferson family in the Maple Leaf Territory, escorting the other party to the nearby harvest of food and gathering it to Bill Town, which is four villages away from here."

Wang Xing was a little surprised, he didn't expect the other party to be so sincere, and even said his identity and purpose very clearly.

But immediately Wang Xing came to his senses, now he is not a small miscellaneous fish, in the eyes of these people, he should be a strong man who can decide the life and death of everyone present according to his mind.

And these people in front of them are mercenaries, although they will protect their employers for money, but these people are obviously the motivation to live, far more than creating contradictions and foolish loyalties everywhere.

Knowing that these people's ideas should weaken everyone's hostility, Wang Xing didn't really do anything.

Because compared to turning his face with these people here, the enemy that Wang Xing wanted to take down more was the witch who was closest to the world and obviously had more good things at hand.

When the time comes, communicate with these witches in the past, if you can trade good things and avoid fighting, it will also be a benefit. If not, the other party will attack him, then the witches' treasures, he will be disrespectful.