Mystery: Order and Disorder - v3 Chapter 73

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Once inside, an unpleasant smell hit Grelint’s nose immediately, and it was hard to tell what the smell was. The dryness of the dust, the rotten musty smell, the child’s feces… The smoke made Grelint frown, and relying on the physical quality of the “barbarian”, he almost overcame the desire to vomit.

The old man Brissey closed the door, and quickly walked to Grelint in a few steps. He was only 1.56 meters tall, and lowered his head a little:

“The lord came to the old man, is there anything you want to tell me?”

Grelint held a part of his breath, restrained the majesty that became more and more wanton as the sequence improved, and said as gently as possible:

“I can’t talk about any orders, I just think that when autumn entered last year, didn’t you flood your crops? I think the harvest should be much less, so let’s take a look at the situation.”

After speaking, he unconsciously added:

“Don’t freeze to death and starve too many people. When the time comes, it will inevitably damage the face of the city of Vertec.”

Brissey was stunned for a moment, and when Grelint explained the reason, he nodded in agreement, and after a few seconds of silence, he continued:

“I’m sorry to bother my lord. Compared with previous years, we have had a better time this year.”

“What is the reason?”

Grelint was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously.

This tributary of the He’an River flooded the crops, and you seem to have abandoned your own houses. You can only gather here to warm up. How can you live better than in previous years?

“This……”

The old man grabbed his beard, hesitated for half a minute, and finally gritted his teeth and said:

“Maybe your lord didn’t come here to govern in previous years?”

“In previous years, we had fields to grow food, and cave dwellings to live in. Even if we were farmers with household registration, except for the taxes we paid, our family had to eat to save their lives. From time to time, we had to go up the mountain to dig some vine roots to mix in. It’s not bad this year. Although the floods flooded the crops and flooded 60% or 70% of the grain, but we lost those fields and caves and became refugees. Instead, we don’t have to pay taxes. Besides, we are here. After planting some fast-harvesting green vegetables, I can always exchange some grains back, and the two parties put it together, so that a group of people can eat pure grain without vegetables.”

Lianshan vine is a thin-leafed creeping plant. It is rumored that if it is in a place with abundant water and soil, it can grow to cover an entire mountain. It has abnormally thick and massive rhizomes, rich in starch, and can be used to satisfy hunger in disaster years. , but it is also rich in fiber, extremely rough, let alone humans, even the donkey working on the trailer is not very hungry and can’t swallow that thing.

Does this have to go away?

Grelint knew this, because in the MI9 file, West Balam once had a “harvest sacrificial” of wild Sequence 7, using it as a raw material to catalyze the mutation, and killed one by leapfrog. “Punishment Knight” caused a lot of trouble. You must know that the Southern Continent generally follows the ancient name, Sequence 7 is only a low sequence, and Sequence 5 is usually a quasi-powerhouse in the mysterious world…

Of course, as long as they haven’t reached the demigod level and haven’t acquired divinity, Beyonders still have fatal flaws. If you find the right way, it’s actually quite normal to kill the enemy by leaps and bounds.

Having said that, Loen’s food tax is so heavy? Grelint vaguely remembered that in his non-fiefdom manor, he also paid 25% of the grain tax, right?

On the colony side, even if the tax is heavier than the Northern Continent, the increase is 40% to 50%, right?

How come the floods flooded 60 to 70 percent of the grain, and Briset still feels that he is living better than in previous years? But not to mention the few green vegetable fields, the food that can be exchanged for those green vegetables is definitely far less than the food grown in the eight classics.

“How much tax do you have to pay?”

“Forty percent, my lord, our share of the tax is calculated based on the amount of grain produced in a bumper year. It is enough to pay four percent.”

“Apart from these 40%, that is, that is…”

“What is it?”

Seeing that Brissey hesitated for a few seconds and his voice gradually became smaller, Grelint couldn’t help but stare, exuding a little majesty that had been restrained, and asked sternly.

Brissey was so frightened that his legs trembled uncontrollably, and finally he gritted his teeth and replied:

“I have to give the grain inspector Bancheng, and ask him to say something nice, and also give it to the mayor. Even if he sees the real situation, he will choose to turn a blind eye.”

“Nothing else.”

It turns out that this is the case. Grelint nodded thoughtfully. It turns out that their taxes are mainly in two places. One is that the tax standard is calculated according to the harvest year, and the other is the officials who have to check the grain. .

Both of these points are extremely unreasonable.

And it is also the result of middle-level officials deceiving and seeking profits.

In all kinds of newspapers in Loen, no matter where they are, taxes are levied according to the situation of the year. I have never heard that it is calculated according to the harvest year. This must be the prestige of middle and high-level officials in the southern continent. Fu, it was deliberately levied at a high price, and as for whether the royal family knew it or not, Grelint thinks they still know it, and there is a high probability that there is their acquiescence in it – because many middle-level officials in the Southern Continent are surnamed “August” All”, most of them set their fiefs on the southern continent.

The upper layer has the upper layer’s exploitation method, and the lower layer has the lower layer’s oil-scraping coup.

Grain inspectors at the grass-roots level also want to make a fortune through their official skins, so they will inevitably “make their own way”, and they are in direct contact with the people who pay the grain, and of course they will be squeezed to death, you don’t want to bribe? Okay, but the quality and moisture of the grains are all up to me! The original load of sun-dried new grain, I will register it for you as old grain, and it is damp, so it needs to remove 10% of the moisture… When the time comes, it will be sold on the market. Isn’t it possible to get the same?

call……

Grelint let out a heavy sigh, unavoidably depressed.

He is a selfish utilitarian, but he is not a vampire who has destroyed his conscience. He may not be able to stand up for these people, but it does not mean that he can ignore the tragic situation in this world with peace of mind. …Yes, the joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected, and “empathy” is just an ideal hope. Since there is no real “empathy”, how can we talk about “empathy”?

– But empathy is a fundamental ability of living things.

I looked at the woman in her thirties on the right, holding a baby in her swaddling clothes, but she was barely covering it with newspapers to keep warm… Then look at the other dozen or so “households” who were just covered with a layer of hay. “Resident, Grelint felt that he had refreshed his understanding of the word “colonial” once again.

——This is all poured with blood and tears!

On paper, it is superficial. In his “previous life”, Grelint has heard the word many times, and even seen a lot of data, historical materials, and even pictures… But none of those experiences, like now Like, really touched his soul.

However, his “Corrupted Baron” potion showed no signs of being digested.

He’s still the selfish guy.

…………

Frankly speaking, Grelint had several ideas for the ceremony of the “Dark Emperor”.

Own a kingdom and become emperor, promote a new order and new architectural style that is different from the past, build nine mausoleums, hold a sacrificial ceremony in which the vast majority of people participate, and take magical medicine at this time…

Among them, repairing the tomb is actually the easiest, and it is not too difficult to find a suitable reason to hold a sacrificial ceremony. The most troublesome thing is to have a kingdom and be an emperor, and to promote a new order and a new architectural style. Yes, the key is to get the public’s approval.

The first plan is what he is doing, to build up troops in the southern continent, plan to build a country, and promote a new order.

The advantage is that the situation in the Southern Continent is chaotic enough. It is not too difficult to lay down a piece of land for the establishment of a country while the countries are fighting. After all, the scale of building a country can be large or small. It is not considered a country, but if the scale is relatively small, the effect of the ritual will definitely be weaker.

Another advantage is that the brand-new fundamentals are all under their control. It is actually very easy to promote the new order, because unlike the current Loen, the royal family, aristocracy, church, emerging bourgeoisie… … The forces of all parties are intertwined, and they often affect the whole body. It is extremely difficult to try to change.

The disadvantage is that “the name is not right and the words are not right”. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for him to get the recognition from the heart of the people. If it is replaced by Balam and the Highland Kingdom, there will definitely be many more supporters.

The second plan is to earnestly accumulate military merit, get into a prestigious enough position and at least the strength of Sequence 2. After George III is finished, with the help of external forces such as “Original Quality” and Trenzost, force the Augustus family to give way to Myself… This is the stupidest choice, because it cannot be justified, and it cannot be recognized by the people. The only feasible way is to try to seek benefits for the ordinary people. It will take a few years or a decade to get real recognition. In addition, he has to deal with those intertwined forces.

The third one belongs to the “stupid way”. After the death of George III, if Klein had been able to use the “grafting” ability of Sequence 1 “Servant of Mysteries” at that time, then he could directly graft his identity to Grelint On the body… it’s very simple, no need to worry about the ceremony or anything, George III has everything ready.

But there are two problems here.

The first is that there is not enough time. It is absolutely impossible for Klein to be promoted to Sequence 2 in just one and a half years. Zaratul and Grelint were neither able to establish friendship with them, nor were they willing to abandon Klein and choose them. At the same time, high-ranking existences such as the night would not allow him to cheat Klein.

The second is that Grelint believes that the scope of an “emperor” is too wide, and his existence will affect too many people. With such an identity, in addition to the “Fool” who is a true god, he will personally take action. , I am afraid no one can graft.

“To use the oriental metaphysics of the ‘previous life’ to explain, that is, there are too many ’cause and effect’ for the emperor’s position.”

Greenlight, who was in deep thought, complained in his heart.

In fact, there is a fourth method, which also belongs to the “stupid way”, and is similar to the third method, that is, let Amon, who is a true god, steal the identity of George III and put it on himself.

So both the third and fourth approaches have a fatal flaw, that is, the news that “George III is dead” cannot reach the common people, because that means his identity no longer has any meaning… and In the last year and a half, it is almost impossible to produce a sane, Greenlight-friendly “The Fool” or “Wrong”.

——And Grelint also had to consider a very real problem, that is, if George III did not explode and die on the bright side, he could not successfully stimulate Feysac’s ambition, and he could not follow the “trend of the times”, then Amon’s brother There is a high possibility of taking action to “correct the trend of the times”.

So after thinking about it, Grelint still prefers the first option.

At the same time, he did not give up the third way of thinking. Anyway, even putting aside the special goodwill towards the “original characters”, funding Klein would also be of great help to his first plan. With his help, Klein was faster than the “original book”, successfully promoted to Sequence 1 before George III died to the public, and gained the status of “The Fool” under the blessing of Origin Castle, then things changed It’s very simple…

Of course, a year and a half will definitely not work, but Grelint can also try to delay the time of George III’s taking medicine to “become a god”, right? This is consistent with his plan to interfere with the “Backlund Great Smog”.

In general, it is to expose as much as possible George III’s conspiracy, interfere with his plan to “become a god”, delay time as much as possible, and even directly expose his godhood ceremony to the church when necessary. If the gods do not express their position, the church will not be willing to make him a god.

…………

But in fact, a large part of Grelint’s focus is still on the first plan.

Therefore, he had to face the difficulty, that is, his “incorrect name and disobedience”, and he could not get the real support and obedience of the people, and today’s line of work gave him a rather vague idea before. gradually became clearer…

The answer is very simple, that is to preach “criminal oppression”, “criminal colonization”… No doubt, this will definitely get a heartfelt response from many people.

But the impact of anything is two-sided.

Once Grelint raises this banner, the interests in the Southern Continent and the offending forces will be gone. If he can’t seize the melee of the various countries in the Northern Continent attacking each other, the world will be settled in one fell swoop. , then he will face the violent blows from the various forces after the Northern Continent’s shuffling is completed.

Moreover, the current Grelint has not yet realized a very serious problem~www.mtlnovel.com~ This idea that appeared in his mind with enthusiasm, the idea that gradually became clear under the surging passion, it would really kill people!

Because that will always “remove” the lives of some people, even if it is an angel, even if it is a true god, if you don’t pay attention, it will be irreversible!

——And he himself, did not have this kind of consciousness.

Maybe, when one day he can calmly say “how much ambition to sacrifice”… Maybe, when that spark of fire is thrown out and can’t be extinguished again…

Do not doubt, there will always be some people who are not afraid of death. For them, ideals and beliefs are their highest pursuits, which are also a kind of belief, and it is higher than people’s belief in gods.

Yes, the real gods are looking down on all living beings from high above, but for those “stupid people” and “lovable and respectable people” who “die and avoid” in pursuit of the truth, whether the goal can be achieved in the end is not at all. Important, the meaning of their existence is to let that trace of fire be passed on and spread…

Of course, by that time, where Grelint would be, it would be a very small thing.