The little rabbit has never been involved in these things, especially in the past two years, he has basically followed Qingfeng to cultivate, and rarely asks about the affairs of the village. However, she had heard that there was a new mayor in the town this year, and perhaps there was a change in the worship.

While thinking, the little rabbit walked towards the house of the village chief, Manshi.

Manshi's house is in the very center of the village, and it is all made of neat stones, which looks much more imposing than the other villagers. The whole courtyard is wide and tidy, there are a few tables and stools at the entrance of the courtyard, and Manshi is accompanying a few old men to discuss things.

Manshi looked at the old men around him who were still silent, and said, "A few uncles, you all talk about it, what should we do?"

Seeing Manshi asking, a rather strong old man on the right said angrily: "What else can we do? Originally, the offerings in our village were high enough, but now they have directly doubled for us, and let people not live?" ”

A one-armed old man next to him also said: "Yes, even if it is an increase in offerings, it can't be increased in this way, how can there be a direct doubling of offerings?" I think, let's unite several surrounding villages to resist the offerings and see how the new mayor of the town steps down." ”

These two old men are the most anxious elders in the village, they have always had this temper, and they speak recklessly, but the new mayor is in the back room, what do you say about letting them hear it so loudly?

Manshi hurriedly turned his head to look at it, and found that there was no movement on the other side of the house, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Uncle Song, Uncle Zhang, things can't be done like that, since the mayor dares to raise the offering, how can there be no means to deal with it? If you really do this, I'm afraid that hundreds of people in our village will not survive for three days." ”

Also, the new official has taken office with three fires, and since the new mayor dares to do this, he must have his own confidence. If everyone does this, the new mayor will definitely not let them go, and the whole village will be affected when the time comes.

The road of resistance could not be followed, and an old man with white hair on the left spoke: "Resistance will not have a good result, I think we should pay according to the requirements of the town, if it really doesn't work, compress everyone's rations, and we should be able to make enough offerings." ”

In the territory of this demon clan, the management is simple and rude, and it has always followed the principle of the law of the jungle, and the reason why the mayor can become the mayor is because his strength is strong enough to suppress all the surrounding villages. And the reason why the demon clan lords in the city are high above is because they are the overlords of this area, and all the villages and towns have to listen to them. As the oldest man in the village, he understood that there was no way out of rebellion, only obedience.

If that's the case, why should I ask you to discuss a solution? Manshi shook his head and said a little helplessly: "Uncle Cai, no, the villagers were originally hungry and full, and if the rations are compressed again, I am afraid that everyone will not have the strength to hunt in the future." ”

Seeing that another one was denied, the sturdy old man Uncle Song said angrily: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?"

Seeing this, the barbarian forest next to him hurriedly said: "Everyone is here to discuss things, quarrels can't solve the problem, I think let's talk to the mayor again, ask for more intercession, see if it can rise less?"

The hard ones definitely can't do it, and the soft ones can't afford to suffer this loss, maybe there is only one way. Everyone has also thought of this method of mangrove and mud, but everyone understands that things are not so simple, and it is estimated that it is still the same in the end, but now there is no other way, only dead horses as live horse doctors.

Manshi thought about it for a while, and was about to discuss how to negotiate with everyone when two figures slowly walked out of the room. Both of them are middle-aged people, one fat and one thin, but looking at their expressions, the fat figure on the left has a slightly higher status, and the two of them each grabbed a roasted burnt leg of lamb in their hands, and their mouths were full of oil.

Walking out of the house, the thin middle-aged man on the right raised his voice and said, "Manshi, have you discussed it?" When will you take the offerings and give them to me to take away?"

Manshi had no choice but to stand up, trotted to the thin middle-aged man, and said, "Mayor Ma, this time the offering is too much, and the villagers can't afford it, can you see if it can be a little less?"

The thin mayor of Ma Zhen glared at him and said, "What, do you want to resist the supply?"

Manshi was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, how dare we resist the offering? It's because there are too many offerings this time, and our village really can't take it." ”

The mayor of Nama didn't listen to his explanation at all, and said in a rough voice: "If you can't take it, you have to take it, this time the increase is the meaning of the Nanlin City, and no one can run." Do you know who this person is next to you? This is the guard steward of Nanlin City, who was specially sent to us to supervise the collection of offerings, if you delay, think about what the consequences of offending Nanlin City will be?"

If the mayor of the town is the lord of this area, in charge of hundreds of surrounding villages, then Nanlin City is the soil emperor of this mountain forest, and the entire Nanlin City rules over dozens of surrounding towns, and a radius of thousands of miles is within his range. The whole village had gone out to Nanlin City when he was young, and the others had not even left the town.

Manshi was so frightened by Mayor Ma that he didn't dare to speak out for a long time, hesitating whether to directly agree to the other party's conditions, or to step forward and plead again, and distinguish a few words.

At this time, the fat housekeeper next to him spoke: "I can't imagine that this small mountain village has such a delicacy, who roasted this mutton?"

Because Manxiao Rabbit has been cultivating with Qingfeng during this time, all the seasonings he got from Qingfeng were handed over to Manlin and brought back to the village. Manlin didn't hide his secrets, so he contributed good things to a few old guys to try them.

This time, Mayor Ma came to the village with the Wei steward, and everyone didn't have anything good to entertain, so they asked Manlin to contribute the seasoning and barbecue. Because of this, Mayor Ma was extra kind enough to leave them a little time to discuss, otherwise, how could Mayor Ma be so easy to talk today?

Everyone was talking about the offerings, but why did they suddenly turn to mutton? Everyone didn't react for a while, and they didn't reply for a long time. Mayor Ma was a little impatient, and said angrily: "What did the guard ask you about, why are you dumb?"