If Ding Kui pulls out his sword and steps forward, he can at least destroy half of the pangolins, and now, as a magician, he can only control one and kill one at once.

His mental power observed that there was a hole in the corner of the wall where the pangolin fled to, it turned out that this group of big rats did not dig a tunnel to come in, but went directly to the corner of the wall to gnaw a hole and get in, no wonder so many dogs barked along the way.

This is the most headache for Ding Kui, it is too late for the pangolin to dig into the ground in front of him and escape, but there is nothing he can do if he drills around in the dark.

Ding Kui's reaction was not slow, he did not rush into the warehouse but went around from the outside to the other side, did not forget to throw himself an accelerator, and controlled the largest pangolin to run into the crowd.

At first, the villagers were startled by the pangolin in the lead, but later found that it had run away and was lying on the ground, so a group of people surrounded it and beat it to death.

Everyone's attraction was basically attracted by the pangolin, no one noticed that Ding Kui ran faster than the pangolin, and the people who noticed subconsciously thought that the magician was omnipotent, and Ding Kui was normal even if he passed through the wall.

The warehouse was so big that when Ding Kui turned the corner and ran near the hole in the corner, all the pangolins ran out and found Ding Kui, the evil star, chasing after him, and turned to a dark corner and fled quickly.

"Whew" a fireball only has time to hit the last pangolin, and the rest of the pangolins are about to go into the dark, which is the flaw of not swarming magic.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" At this time, nearly ten feathered arrows were shot from the side, and then the bright light of Ding Kui's fireball nailed all the fleeing pangolins to the ground.

Ding Kui turned his head to see a tall middle-aged man walking out of the darkness with a short bow in his hand.

"It's you, Squadron Leader. Ding Kui recognized the tall man.

This person is the captain of the seventh squadron of archers of the Tianmen Town Fortress Division, "Hello, honorable Your Excellency Xie Peng. ”

"Your name?" Ding Kui scratched his sideburns.

"In Xia Li Qin, he is no longer a squadron leader. Li Qin still gave a military salute to Ding Kui.

"Respected magician, and this strong man, the old man thanked the two on behalf of Tangxia Village. An old man came over and bowed to Ding Kui.

"Oh, this is Tangxia Village, does it belong to the territory of Qingxiang Township?" asked Ding Kui.

"Exactly, Lao Yu is the head of the village, please let the two of you enjoy the light and sit at Lao Yu's house. The old man said as he came over and grabbed Ding Kui's hand.

Ding Kui was originally looking for a place to spend the night, but he did not refuse the invitation of the village chief, and also pulled Li Qin along, and he also had the credit of killing pangolins.

I was very happy to hear that Ding Kui was going to stay with the village chief, and he had to ask Ding Kui to come to his house, and he also pulled Li Qin.

Li Qin had already stayed at a villager's house before, and was dragged to death by Ding Kui, so he had no choice but to go to the village chief's house together.

"Village Chief, the corpses of these demonic beasts will be handed over to you to dispose of, just write a document and hand it over to Qingxiang Township to report to Autumn Twilight City. Brother Li, do you have any opinions?" Ding Kui didn't look down on these pangolins.

"Hehe, there is nothing useful to me on the pangolin, so it's too much trouble for me to deal with it, so it's best. "Li Qin has been in Tianmen Town for a long time, and he is not interested in pangolins.

"Okay, good, good, the two of you will use some wine and food, and the old man will go and arrange a place for the two of you to live. The village chief was naturally happy, and he was finally compensated for having a little food stolen by the pangolin.

"Oh, by the way, village chief, I'm tired this night, so don't arrange for someone to serve me. Ding Kui specially reminded the village chief.

When the village chief walked out, he could clearly see the disappointment on his face, and Ding Kui was secretly happy in his heart.

"Brother Li, it's not time for you to retire, why did you leave Tianmen Town?" Ding Kui was very surprised that Li Qin would appear here.

"Hey," Li Qin sighed, "it was that landslide that caused me to lead my troops out of the defensive line, violating wartime regulations, and then I was ordered to retire early because I didn't have enough military exploits to resist." ”

Ding Kui remembered that when the bone beetle suddenly launched an offensive, Li Qin led a squadron of archers to dig with him to save people, "General Liu is a little unkind, seeing his comrades suffering and giving assistance, even if it violates military discipline, it is excusable, no matter what, you should be given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”

"You can't blame General Liu, he will open up no matter how much trouble you make, but he is very strict in wartime regulations. Li Qin did not complain about Liu Qingshan, but explained for him, "Speaking of which, I would like to thank you next, the soldier you saved last time was my second uncle in terms of seniority." ”

"What a coincidence, I just did what I could, and he thanked me many times. Are you planning to go home?"

"After being a soldier for so many years, it's time to go back and take a look, by the way, let that kid in my family sign up for the army, and let him do what he hasn't done. Yes, I have a chance to meet my son, and I hope you can take care of it. Li Qin's eyes lit up when he talked about his son.

"Hehe, what's your son's name? I don't go with the army, but if I have the chance, I'll definitely pull him. It was impossible for Ding Kui to join the army as a magician, but he still asked casually if he was going to join the army.

"His name is Li Hao, and he will be a better archer than me. Li Qin said quite confidently.

Joining the army is a good choice for the Shaodian people, and if you can be an officer, it will be a long-term meal ticket, and your family will also benefit from it. Civilians with combat power join the military and have the opportunity to rise to the next level.

Neither of them liked to drink, so they chatted for a while and then went to rest.

The village chief of Tangxia Village did not dare to disobey the will of the magician, Ding Kui slept peacefully, and the young women of the whole village complained about the village chief for a long time.

Li Qin's hometown is in Haishan Prefecture, which is completely opposite to Ding Kui's direction, and he parted ways with Ding Kui early the next morning. Ding Kui continued to search eastward, and only when he reached the range of Tianmen Town could he be regarded as the halfway point between the east and west directions of Autumn Twilight City.

Along the way, through contact with the locals, Ding Kui finally learned about the folk custom of borrowing from magicians.

If I'm not mistaken, Qianyou is from here, and that guy's eyes are not ordinary when he looks at the quiet girl of Wenxiang Pavilion. Hehe, when you go back, you have to interrogate him well, how many women have borrowed seeds.

On the one hand, Ding Kui maliciously speculated about Qianyou, and on the other hand, he modified himself, and he couldn't bear to be borrowed every night when he was resting.

I don't know if all the monsters went to the west, or if they were all solved by the people of the Knights' Guild, Ding Kui searched the eastern part of Autumn Twilight City in the next half month, and never found any trace of the monsters.

When Ding Kui came to Autumn Twilight City again, it was already mid-November, and when he returned to the Wizards' Guild, he learned a little news related to him: the Eighth Legion, under the leadership of Jiang Xi, boarded a ship in Hexi Prefecture and prepared to go to Nannuma Prefecture to carry out training training.

Officials will not explicitly say that the Eighth Army went to Nannuma Prefecture to prevent a possible attack by Meng, and Ding Kui saw the unreasonableness from this news.

Pulling and training training? In that case, why don't you take the land route? Walking more than 20,000 kilometers by land can fully temper the troops' ability to march long distances. What is it like to take a boat? The Eighth Army does not seem to have to participate in naval battles.

Ding Kui can think like this, and people with military common sense will think so, especially in the territory of the nobles, who can already smell the smell of gunsmoke.

Not long after Lei Wei and Ruki rushed back to Black Earth City, Fuji Hayabusa summoned the nobles of the whole county and held a meeting of nobles.

"According to reliable sources, a war will break out between our country and Bangladesh, and it is very likely that the king will levy a war tax. Fuji Hayabusa's words shocked the nobles present.

The last time a war tax was imposed was during the Hundred Years' War, and not only did the common people bear a heavy burden, but most of the country's aristocracy was greatly damaged. Some of the nobles' subjects could not afford to pay the taxes, and in the end the lords paid the money out of their own pockets, resulting in them having no income for decades and a little bit of property.

After twenty or thirty years of recuperation, the shadow of the war tax once again hung over them, and the nobles felt a headache.

Tian Dan knew Fuji Falcon better and asked, "Should we make some preparations in advance?"

"How to prepare? Could it be that if we are ready, won't the king levy war taxes?" Gao Xin said bluntly.

"Well, we can start raising the tax rate in advance, and now everyone can increase the tax in their territory by five points, in case the king really orders the collection of war taxes, the taxes we collect in advance can be emergency. Fuji Hayabusa spoke his mind.

The county guard made a statement, and it was not easy for others to give any opinions, anyway, the increased tax now was put in his own pocket, and there was no need to hand it over to Fuji Hayabusa first.

Pingzhong County began to increase taxes in preparation for a rainy day, and the wool came out of the sheep, and it was the common people and merchants of Pingzhong County who suffered. Businessmen can raise prices and pass on losses to the common people, and the most miserable ones are the people at the bottom.

Not to be outdone, the other counties soon swept through the entire state of Zhongwang and spread to the neighboring states such as Linhai Prefecture, Hailin Prefecture, and Nannuma Prefecture.

The customer base of "Watching the Moon" is rich people, and they are not short of a few dollars to buy magazines, and their sales have not been greatly affected, and they are one of the few products that have not increased in price.

After the secret discussion between Lao Qiantou and Shi Heng, all outlets of Yanhuang Publishing House lowered the cost of borrowing "Watching the Moon", and only needed to pay five copper plates to watch an issue of "Watching the Moon". This move won a good reputation for Yanhuang Publishing House, Shi Heng was called "the most conscientious businessman in Pingzhong County", and the Ding family established an image of benefiting his fellow villagers.

On November 17, 4871 in the general calendar, Nannuma Prefecture was located in a small city by the Tongyuan River - Juyang City, and the city owner came to the wharf outside the city.

This is a medium-sized wharf, which cannot berth large ships, usually only medium-sized merchant ships dock, and this is the closest to Bangladesh, and many medium-sized Bangladeshi merchant ships come here to trade.

"If there is really not a single merchant ship of the Mon Kingdom, the whole city will be immediately ordered to be under martial law. Zhang Xun did not hesitate to issue martial law.