The castle lord's mansion is divided into two parts, one is the official hall where the castle lord and his subordinates handle official affairs, and the other is the residence where the castle lord lives.

Therefore, the castle lord's mansion has two gates, the front door leads directly to the official hall, and the back door leads to the inner house. Wei Wuxian is now going to the back door, and the so-called 'trusting the relationship and going through the back door' is also from this.

There are dozens of mansions connected to small mansions in the city lord's residence, and the steward in charge of daily affairs is surnamed Chen, and few people know his name, so they all call him Steward Chen.

Steward Chen is a monk in the late Jindan realm, and he is also a figure who is only one step away from stepping into the Yuan Shen Realm, it is said that he followed the city lord to fight in the Quartet in his early years, and now he is treated as a steward in the inner house.

This is a fat gap, and if you want to get through the relationship with the city lord, you have to go through this Chen steward, so the fox is fake and the tiger is mighty, and he has also begun to grow a little upward in the past few years, and his nostrils are open to the sky.

Today, he was drinking the new tea made by the servants below in the courtyard, reminiscing about the graceful figure of the alien woman last night, and unconsciously humming the tune he had heard when he was a minor monk.

"Steward..."

"What's wrong?" said Steward Chen with his eyes closed.

The servant who had just come in said cautiously, "There is a Jindan monk from other places who wants to see the steward, do you see it?"

If he hadn't gotten a benefit, he would never have bothered Steward Chen at this time.

"Monk Jindan from out of town..."Steward Chen opened his eyes, remembering what the city lord said last night, "Have you seen it before?"

"No, I heard it was just yesterday. ”

Steward Chen habitually tapped the handrail with his right index finger and said, "Ask him to wait in the living room, and I'll go over." ”

Wei Wuxian stood on the corridor and looked at the scenery in the courtyard, judging from the layout inside, this Wu Xuan Wu City Lord was an elegant person, at least on the surface.

After waiting for a while, the servant who had just taken his advantage came out of it and invited him to the living room, saying that Steward Chen had promised to see him.

Wei Wuxian followed him to a small living room, and after sitting for a while, he saw a middle-aged Jindan late-stage monk with a slightly bloated figure come in accompanied by the servant.

The servant introduced: "Senior Wei, this is the Chen Steward of our City Lord's Mansion. ”

Wei Wuxian had already gotten up to greet him, and arched his hand: "Wei Wuxian has seen Chen Daoyou. ”

"Wei Daoyou sits, it's rare to have a distant guest visit, Ah Qi, don't go to good tea. Steward Chen was unusually affectionate, asked Wei Wuxian to sit down and urged the servants to serve good tea.

Wei Wuxian was puzzled in his heart, but his face was also full of smiles, and he sat in the guest seat.

Steward Chen said, "Are Daoyou from outside the territory?"

Wei Wuxian said: "I am dissatisfied with Chen Daoyou, I just escaped from the Peerless Yuan Star of the Black Iron Prison, and I happened to fall here yesterday, so I took the liberty to visit the steward today." ”

"Yesterday, I heard that someone escaped from the Black Iron Prison, I didn't believe it, I heard that Daoyou said that there is really such a thing, but why didn't Daoyou go directly to the Colony Star Base?"

"I entered the Black Iron Prison by accident, not the people of the Origin Star Domain, this time I escaped with Xu Lingguan's seniors, and I was separated halfway, so I came to ask Daoyou for help. Wei Wuxian said that he put a storage bag on the table in front of Steward Chen and said, "This is a little bit of heart, and please don't dislike it." ”

Steward Chen picked up the storage bag, his consciousness swept and he was slightly taken aback, although the storage bag was only one side large, it was full of various materials, although most of them didn't look at it very well, but a few of them were still quite good, that is, he was tempted by it.

These materials were all part of what Wei Wuxian had obtained from the Fallen Soul Sect and the Tianquan Sect, and he couldn't use them for the time being, so he just used them to bribe this Steward Chen.

Sure enough, Steward Chen naturally put things in his pocket, and said with a brighter smile on his face: "Chen is just an ordinary steward here, and he can't say anything, but Daoist friends come from afar, and they recognize Xu Lingguan's seniors, Daoist friends, let's talk about it, if the matter is not big, I can still help a little." ”

Wei Wuxian arched his hand and said: "Then thank you Daoyou, I also said in Xia before, I came from outside the territory, I heard that the Tianfeng Great World is a holy place for my generation of monks to practice, I don't know how to become a domain citizen, and I also ask Daoyou for advice." ”

Steward Chen smiled: "It's hard to say this, and it's easy to say." ”

Wei Wuxian was puzzled, "Oh, how do you say this?"

Steward Chen took a sip of the tea he had just served and said, "If Daoist friends only enter and exit this city, I can just issue a certificate to Daoist friends, this matter is simple." However, it is a bit difficult to become a domain citizen of the Tianfeng Great World. ”

"There is a fixed number of domain residents in the Tianfeng Great World, the size of the Dao domain is different, the number of people in the large domain is more, and the number in the small domain is less, but it is never allowed to increase, even the domain master has no authority to increase the number of people at will. ”

"Like Daoists, there are many monks from other worlds, and in the Tianfeng Great World, all of them live in the barren areas outside the territory, where the living conditions are difficult and there are no resources, we generally call them desolate people. In order to become a domain citizen, a wasteland needs to obtain at least a yellow-level meritorious service, and meritorious service generally only exists in battle. ”

"The Tianfeng Great World is fighting outside the world every day, and to go out to the extraterritorial world, you must reach the level of the domain master. After a master, or more domain masters, has determined a target, they will issue a recruitment order, recruit people to go on the expedition together, and reward them according to the size of their merits. ”

"Both the domain people and the desolate people are eligible to apply, and if the domain people die in battle, then the Dao domain where they are located can increase the corresponding number of domain people, and to become a domain citizen, you must obtain a yellow-level meritorious service. Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang fourth-class meritorious service in the yellow level is the lowest, and under the fourth-class meritorious service, there are A, B, C, D, four grades, and the rewards for each class of meritorious service are determined according to the harvest after the expedition, so they are not the same. ”

"Regardless of whether the expedition is successful or not, as long as you get the yellow-level merit, you can exchange for a domain citizen status, but the yellow-level merit may not be exchanged, because the number of domain names is limited, so if there are more people to redeem, then it will be determined according to the size and number of merits. ”

Steward Chen said with a smile: "Wei Daoyou came by coincidence, this domain has just issued a recruitment order, this time the domain master plans to go to the snow spider small world with two other Dao friends, if Daoyou has ideas, I can make suggestions to the city lord." ”

Wei Wuxian said: "Then thank you Daoyou, I don't know if there are any requirements?"

Steward Chen said: "Of course there are requirements, especially for the desolate people, in addition to their own strength, there must also be a slave army of more than 10,000 people. Daoyou's personal strength is enough, as long as you gather enough slave army. ”

Wei Wuxian smiled bitterly and said, "When I first arrived here, where did I find so many slaves. ”

Steward Chen took the benefit, and this matter was related to the important matter of recruiting soldiers on behalf of his master, and he thought about it and said: "If you have the will, it is not impossible for Daoyou. ”

Wei Wuxian's eyes lit up and said, "Fellow Daoist, please speak!"

"That's right, after a few days, because a local firelizard clan did not pay the tax on the scheduled date, the lord decided to put most of the nobles of his clan to death as an example. If Daoyou can think of a way to make up the tax arrears for them and pay double the fine, then the city lord can spare the lives of those captured lizard nobles, and Daoyou can communicate with those lizard nobles, and how to work in the middle must know how to deal with it. ”

This is really sleepy to send a pillow, Wei Wuxian said happily: "Thank you for your advice, I will definitely express it after the matter is completed." ”

Seeing that he was on the road, Steward Chen smiled and explained the situation carefully.

An hour later, Wei Wuxian came out of the City Lord's Mansion, only to see that the big lizard Red Tongue in the corner of the wall was still waiting.

"Wei Daoyou, how is it?" asked Red Tongue as he waved his big tail and walked forward quickly.

Wei Wuxian's face sank, and he thought to himself: "Red Tongue Daoist, do you still have something to hide!"

The red tongue blinked a few times and said, "What do you mean by this, Daoyou? Where is there a place to hide Daoyou?"

"Didn't you say that the city lord imprisoned all the nobles of that clan? That's not what I heard!"

"This..."

"What, do you still want to hide it from me?"

"No, Red Tongue definitely doesn't dare, that clan actually only caught some nobles, and the patriarch refused to make up for the taxes owed, saying that the taxes levied by the city lord were too heavy, even if he could afford to pay this time, he couldn't pay the next time, and it was a dead end left and right, so he refused to make up for the increase in taxes this year. ”

"Why didn't you tell me that?"

"I was worried that Daoyou would be afraid after knowing it, so I hid it, I was not under it, please forgive Daoyou. Redtongue said and bowed.

"Forget it, I won't care about it this time, but I won't take it as an example!"

Red Tongue said happily: "Thank you Daoyou, Red Tongue will never dare to hide anything from Daoyou in the future." ”

"Why don't you just go to the patriarch over there?"

"I've looked for it a few times, but the old man stubbornly admits death, and he doesn't listen to any persuasion!"

"You can help them pay their taxes!"

"I'm just the person in charge of the store in the city, and there are elders in the clan, how can this kind of thing be in charge, and the fine is doubled over there, the amount is so large, I can't afford it even if I do everything I can!"

"Hearing you say this, the patriarch over there has an opinion on the increase in taxes in the City Lord's Mansion this year, so he refuses to pay it, right?"

"Hey, I can't blame him, the tax is raised at three days here in Storm City, and we can't stand it anymore, and now we're all stiffening!"

"Why is this happening?"

Red Tongue sighed and said: "I heard that the domain lord here has gone on an unfavorable expedition a few times before, and the loss is too great, so he sucked blood from the colonies of our colony stars to replenish it, and this time he has to go on an expedition again, so this year he temporarily increased the tax by one percent again, and now the tax is five times that of ten years ago, and twenty times that of a hundred years ago, how do you say we can afford it." ”

Wei Wuxian had a general understanding of the situation, thought for a moment and said, "Take me to the patriarch, I'll talk to it!"

Redtongue didn't have an idea now, so he nodded his head and led the way, heading towards the other side of Windwind.

There are hundreds of large and small groups in the Yan Lizard Department, the group where the red tongue is located is called the Hongyan Clan, and the scale is a relatively large group, and the one that is going now is called the Black Rock Clan, which is about the same size as the Hongyan Clan, and there are dozens of thousands of people.

The patriarch is a flame lizard whose head is equivalent to the primordial realm of the primordial god, twice as big as the red tongue, very powerful, black flames jumping in his eyes, the red tongue does not dare to face it, he rolls the big tail in it, and shrinks his body into a humble mass After introducing Wei Wuxian, he was silent.

"Terran monk, what do you want to tell me?" its voice was low, with an aura of authority without anger.

Wei Wuxian was not overwhelmed by his momentum, he had fought with Xu Lingguan, Ninth Uncle and other Yuan Shen Realm cultivators, he had more confidence and calmness than when he first entered this world, and said word by word: "Save you, and save your whole clan." ”

"Hahahaha... Arrogant Terran monk, you are just a small Jindan early stage monk, why did you say such big things in such a big tone! Do you think that my Yan Lizard tribe is easy to bully!"

Red Tongue was startled on the side, wanted to say a few words but didn't dare, and was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"If the nobles have the ability, why would they let their clansmen be imprisoned and can only watch them be executed, does the Black Rock Patriarch think that the nobles will be fine if they die?" Wei Wuxian sneered: "If the Black Rock Patriarch does not compromise for a day, then the nobles will not be at peace for a day, I believe that the Wu City Lord will not frown if he kills the nobles because of this, because he will never allow anyone in the Wind City to disobey orders, this head cannot be opened, and he cannot afford the consequences caused by you." Patriarch, do you think I'm right?"

The Black Rock Patriarch's body shook, the black flame in his eyes seemed to jump out, his expression was very excited, and one of his claws had already caught his eyes.

"What a bold man to dare to speak like this in front of me. ”

Wei Wuxian stared at its claws indifferently, the other party didn't need to bluff at all if he wanted to attack him, the more he did, the more he proved that he had touched its heart.

"Patriarch—" Red Tongue finally mustered up the courage to say two words.

The Black Rock Patriarch glanced at it: "Useless thing, you have such little guts, and you still want to be my son-in-law." But I still have a bit of eyesight and self-knowledge, and I know how to find someone to help. ”

It retracted its paw and pointed to a stone bench opposite, "I appreciate the courage of fellow Daoists, please sit down and speak." ”

Wei Wuxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand, "Thank you, Patriarch." ”

Red Tongue stood there stupidly, looking at the Black Rock Patriarch and then at Wei Wuxian, and he didn't know what it felt in his heart.

The Black Rock Patriarch glared: "Why do you want me to invite you to sit?"

"Don't dare. Redtongue was so frightened that he quickly found a place to sit down.

The Black Rock Patriarch said to Wei Wuxian: "What do you think about Daoist friends coming today, you might as well come and hear it!"

Wei Wuxian said: "Dissatisfied patriarch, I only came to Swift Wind City today, I didn't know much about the situation here before I met the Red Tongue Daoist, the Red Tongue Daoist please eat a good spiritual tea, and during the period, I also told the whole thing to Zaixia, I hope I can help in the next." Speaking of which, he glanced at the red tongue.

Redtongue nodded cooperatively.

"I promised to try it, I went to the city lord's mansion before coming here, and I saw the Chen steward inside, and after some conversation, I learned that this matter is far more serious than what the red-tongued Taoist said, as I said before, the city lord's mansion has just received the recruitment order above, in addition to raising resources to hand in, but also to recruit a large number of expeditionary personnel, this juncture on the city lord will never allow anything to go wrong, and the patriarch just bumped into it, if the matter is not handled well, it is not alarmist, the nobles are really in danger of extinction. ”

"Of course, I am also a little selfish, so I plan to mediate and let the Red Tongue Daoist introduce the patriarch. ”

The Black Rock Patriarch squinted his eyes and said, "What selfishness do you have?"

"I am from outside the domain, and I am going to go to the Tianfeng Great World, but in order to become a domain citizen, I must have a yellow-level meritorious service, and this time I am just in time for the recruitment of troops in the Wind Domain, so I want to enlist and go out with the team, and now there is still a slave army with more than 10,000 people. ”

"What does the City Lord's Mansion ask of us?"

"Pay the tax and pay double the fine. ”

"Hahaha, Daoyou is joking, Daoyou is looking for me just to get 10,000 slave legions, but the conditions are no different from before, why should I agree to Daoyou?"

Wei Wuxian said unhurriedly, "Why didn't the patriarch agree before?"

The Black Flame Patriarch said angrily: "Swift Wind City increases taxes every year, and the people of my clan are overwhelmed, what if you pay it today, what if you add it tomorrow?"

"That means that the patriarch refuses to pay the tax because he can't pay the tax this time, but because he is worried that the tax will be increased in the future, right?"

"Yes, exactly. It's a pity that the people of my tribe are like a plate of loose sand, otherwise they would not have been so humiliated. When the Black Flame Patriarch said this, he glared fiercely at the red tongue who didn't dare to sit on the side.

The Hongyan Clan, where Red Tongue is located, and more than 100 other tribes have all honestly paid their taxes, forcing it to be in a dilemma now, so they don't have a good look at it.

"Patriarch Black Rock, I would like to ask boldly, whether you Lizard clans have united to fight against the monks here?"

The Black Rock Patriarch was silent for a long time and said, "No." How powerful the Flame Worm Clan was back then, it wasn't that you Terran monks were wiped out in the end. ”

"In this case, there is only one way for the Black Rock Patriarch to continue doing this, a dead end!"

"But why should I agree to your request, if I am willing to pay the fine directly, why add an extra ten thousand slave legions to you. ”

"Because, this is the only way out for you!"

"Wei Daoyou, I respect you for your courage, but don't talk nonsense about some things, how can the way out of my clan be a slave army, no matter how difficult it is, my clan is at least relatively free here, not a slave to be sold, I don't want to hear this kind of thing anymore!"

Wei Wuxian shook his head: "It may not be clear in the words of the subordinates, but there is indeed a need for a team in the subordinates, but it is not a slave legion, but a legion composed of soldiers!"

The Black Rock Patriarch and the red tongue on the side showed surprised eyes at the same time.

"Warrior Legion, do you mean not to sign a slave contract?" said the Black Rock Patriarch in disbelief.

Wei Wuxian resolutely said, "Of course." There are no slaves under my command, only soldiers! Soldiers who have the right to be independent and choose freely! If they can obtain the qualification of domain citizens of the Tianfeng Great World, they can go with me, or they can choose to live in other regions. ”

The Black Rock Patriarch's eyes lit up, now they were struggling here, the colonization of the colonies was not only inferior, but also restricted everywhere, and life was like dogs. If you can get out of here, then there will be a lot of room for choice.

Wei Wuxian glanced at it and said, "If you want to leave here, there is no other way than this method, I believe that no matter whether the patriarch pays the tax this time or not, he will add it next time, this is originally the private cash place of the Swift Wind Domain Lord, and your life is worthless in his eyes." ”

The Black Rock Patriarch got up from his seat and paced back and forth in the room, this was a matter of great importance related to the future of their tribe, and it was necessary to be cautious.

After a while, he said: "Wei Daoyou, it's not early today, why don't you rest here for one night?"

"Good. Then it's going to bother you!"