Chapter 327 Isn’t he just stalling for time?
In Luoxing City, almost all the people were holding back their anger, but what was the point of keeping the soul sand if they didn't sell it?
How can we buy rice and live without money?
"Damn Darius!"
Someone whispered through gritted teeth.
Some people gnashed their teeth and cursed inwardly.
But in the end, most people still chose to sell the soul sand on hand. After all, if they couldn't hire someone to escort it to other big cities, they would have to move the soul sand back home.
Also tired.
The servants and guards of the City Lord's Mansion also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though those guards were soul masters, they were still terrified when facing so many civilians. If this group of people rushed over, they would die.
but!
[Civilians are just civilians! Cowardly! Vile! I don't even have the courage to rush over!]
The guards thought so in their hearts, and scolded mercilessly:
"Why are you crowding? Come one by one!"
"The Lord City Lord is willing to accept the soul sand and soul crystals in your hands because he feels sorry for you!"
"..."
Amidst the scolding, anger rose in the hearts of the people, but in the end no one dared to be the first to speak out, so they could only lower their heads and sell the soul sand and soul crystals in their hands at low prices.
When the team that wiped out the Fallen returned victoriously, Zhou Qing saw this scene:
The roads in the city were full of potholes, and the people no longer dug for soul sand and soul crystals. Their faces were filled with resentment and sorrow, but after seeing the team that had wiped out the Fallen return and learning that the Fallen had been wiped out, there was finally a hint of joy on the people's faces.
At least, they believed that if the corrupt and bandits were gone, they could swallow their anger and endure for a few years, and perhaps they could live a good life.
But is this really the case?
No.
The first thing the fake Darles did when he came back was to raise taxes again. The reason was that during the operation to exterminate the Fallen, some people died and the citizens of the whole city needed to contribute money for the compensation. In addition, a super-large soul guide core formation was arranged in the underground of Luoxing City. Although it has been destroyed now, in order to be more thorough, the roads and buildings will need to be slowly changed in the future.
And all this requires money!
Who pays?
All of this is for the sake of the descendants of the people in the city to live a good life, so naturally the people have to pay for it!
In an instant, the people in the city became even more resentful!
Looking at the people who were furious but dared not speak out, Zhou Qing felt a little bit of pity in his heart, but then he became more determined to overthrow this world.
Then--
Create a new world!
[Now, let's test whether the common people in this world really have the courage! The courage to wield a knife against the powerful! ]
[If I still can’t stand up even with the strongest and most direct anger—]
【I will have to find another way.】
Seeing this, Tang San became more disgusted with Darles. If his brother Qing had not wanted to accomplish something great and was conducting an experiment, he would have assassinated such a person long ago. Most of the Tang Clan disciples in their previous lives did this.
However, Tang San now understands that doing so will not solve the fundamental problem at all, it can only have a deterrent effect for a certain period of time...
After the celebration banquet, Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu and Romantina moved into Darles's house.
Among them, Tang San and Romantina, one was a disciple of the Tang Sect in the previous life and was educated in Confucian etiquette, and the other was a pervert, but his manners were pretty good on the surface, so they both looked like guests.
But Zhou Qing and Xiao Wu completely treated this place as their own home.
Xiao Wu has a carefree and unrestrained personality, so naturally she won't deliberately make herself unhappy.
Zhou Qing's reason was much simpler. Dales was the enemy who killed his biological parents. Now it was the "surveillance period", and he had to kill him openly afterwards. Why should he be polite?
After Darles inside the mansion learned about the letter delivered by the fake Darles, he hated Zhou Qing more and more and even wanted to order someone to assassinate him.
But if you think about it carefully, if something really happened to this man in his mansion, wouldn't it prove that he was colluding with the Fallen?
Who knows, Norman might dare to bring people to put him under house arrest in disguise!
Once the top leaders of the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall come to conduct a thorough investigation, even if he has a little connection with Zhong Dingxiu, they will not be able to save him.
Therefore, Darles did not dare to show up, and could only let the fake Darles hold Zhou Qing and others back for half a month to a month, while he himself secretly tried to destroy the evidence in the Falling Star Martial Spirit Hall.
As long as the letter was destroyed, he would have more room to maneuver. No matter how severe the punishment was, it would only be the loss of his position as city lord and deprivation of his baron status.
But he himself is a Soul Master! He can no longer contact those people in Xingluo City, but in Luoxing City, he is still the local emperor!
Even if a new city lord takes office in Luoxing City in the future, he will have to be checked and balanced by him!
Of course, this was the worst case scenario that Darles had considered. If he handled it properly, he might be able to keep his position as city lord, and at most he would lose a few years of salary.
We can totally make up for it from the people in the city!
Moreover, he has also cooperated with Xiao Lang from Notting City. In the future, he can even contact other small cities and towns to hold larger soul master friendship competitions. He can make a lot of money from the tickets for one game.
But this is not the key point. The key point is that once the small towns within the border of Tiandou and Xingluo are closely connected and have complicated interests, then as long as he guides them a little, the probability of unrest will be high, and the reason for Xingluo Empire to attack Tiandou Empire will become more sufficient...
"Lord City Lord, it's not a good idea to increase taxes as soon as you come back, right?"
At the dinner table, Zhou Qing talked about this matter, "I think you are going to transfer the tax revenue to 90 years later."
The fake Darles' mouth twitched. How could he know this? He was just following his master's orders. He said, "Ninety years later? That's too much! Twenty years at most! Besides, people who can live in the city have at least six generations. Who doesn't have seven or eight thousand gold soul coins saved?"
Hearing this, Zhou Qing was stunned, and felt like he had returned to his previous life - an expert said, who doesn't have a savings of 500,000 yuan?
How similar is it to what this fake Darles said?
History does have similarities!
During the taxation process of successive dynasties in previous lives, the lower-level executors probably all thought the same as this fake Darles, right?
[These words must have been said by Darles, this fake is just repeating them...]
Zhou Qing thought so, but asked: "Oh? Are the people in the city so wealthy?"
"That is!"
The fake Darles raised his head and said complacently, "It is under my management that they can live such a wealthy life."
Just now I said that the people in the city have 7,000 to 8,000 gold soul coins saved, which is the result of six generations of hard work...
Now they say that it was Hedales who governed well...
[Are you arguing with me? ]
Zhou Qing sneered secretly. Wasn't he just stalling for time?
(End of this chapter)
