Chapter 144 Only when you have hope can you laugh [4K]

Author: Pupil

Chapter 144 Only when you have hope can you laugh [4K]

According to books, the treasure hunter rat has a magical sense of smell. You can find items buried underground, but it is different if you are not a treasure.

Moreover, they generally have the habit of transporting the items they find back to the nest to collect, but there is no mention of wisdom, but the previous information is enough to confirm the identity.

Although looking for a baby is exciting, it is not a cabbage, so how can you say that you have it?

What surprised Ryan the most was that it could find buried veins, which was an epic and despicable skill. For Ryan, who had no modern technology to find veins, it was simply a rain from the sky.

Since we arrived in Kana, ore raw materials have always restricted the development of the territory. It is ironic that Kanatang has become the largest import from the original Linton County ore export site.

Every time Hevian came to him with a list of ores to sign, his heart had to be thrust, and those people were too dark!

Without iron ore, no matter what aspect, it is restricted and restricted. The grand blueprint in his heart is even more dead. Now, he sees hope...

Ryan regretted it at this moment. He signed the Blood Deed of the Warcraft earlier, otherwise he would have signed the treasure hunting rat, but unfortunately he could only contract one Warcraft.

After careful consideration, he finally decided to let his sister Susan sign a contract with him. This little mouse is so important that it must be held in his own hands.

Although Susan wanted to sign a contract with Xiao Huihui, she wanted to help her brother even more, so she agreed without hesitation. As the blood contract burned out in the air, she officially reached a contract with the treasure hunter.

Continuing the previous naming style, she named the treasure hunter Xiaobao, which made Ryan's mouth twitch.

After completing this, Ryan immediately asked Allen to take treasure hunting rats and secretly embarked on the journey of finding mineral veins. Kana's future development was entrusted to them...

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The harvest is joyful. The people of Kanatang finally ushered in a great harvest, with laughter and joy filling the fields, which are the guarantees of the future.

While harvesting, the second round of rice must also be sown and planted. One more crop will be harvested in the second half of this year. By then, the grain will be piled up in the warehouse, and Ryan will no longer have to buy grain.

Trucks of grain were carried by cattle or donkeys from various towns, villages and other livestock, and they were transported into Manchester City like streams. This year is a bumper year, so the food paid is more, but the farmers' faces are carrying

Smiling.

Because according to the latest decree issued by the Department of Government Affairs, they only need to pay 40% of the food, which seems to be a lot, but in fact it is already 20% less than before.

In the past, because Kanalog had no special features, except for selling ore raw materials, most of the lord's taxes came from grain, and the capitation tax and commercial tax were just small heads.

The nobles were greedy, and the lords of border territories were even more so. In order to support the army and support the war, they had to collect 60% of the food for their own pleasure.

You should know that the southern border has a subtropical climate, and most of the crops can ripen twice a year, so it has the reputation of the kingdom's granary.

But what people don’t know is that most people in the southern border can only maintain food and clothing, and sometimes the harvest is not good and even hungry.

The reason for all this is that the tax revenue is too heavy. Now, Ryan has increased the trade tax and established a trade channel with Qingtang and the two viscounts. He made a lot of money and his income has increased greatly.

In turn, the tax policy has been greatly adjusted and farmers are encouraged to reclaim wasteland. All areas that were not allowed to be reclaimed were opened. As long as you have been farming for three years, it will be yours in the future.

After adjustments, farmers are not just paying 20% ​​less food. Don’t they have a smile on their faces?

Outside the city gate, the grain transport teams were like a long dragon. The city gate officers would let go after a rough inspection. In the past, the soldiers guarding the city would have to ask for some benefits.

Usually there are only a few copper coins, not many, but they are frustrated and pay the fee for nothing. But they can only swallow their anger, because no one will care about them, the "untouchables" at the bottom.

Some people have also thought about not handing over it, haha, then you will be miserable. They just need to do some tricks in your food when checking, and you will have to be peeled off even if you don’t die.

Now, after several reforms, the army's spiritual construction and discipline construction are strictly implemented. If someone reaches out to randomly report, he only needs to report to a special reporting office. Not only will he not be settled later, he will also receive certain rewards.

Since the implementation of this system, several officers have been removed from office and dozens of soldiers have been severely punished, including those who retaliated against the whistleblower, injured and threatened.

After the report again, the murderer was directly sentenced to hang by Ryan, which shocked everyone and improved the credibility of the Government Affairs Department with unprecedented improvement. The implementation of the government orders has been supported by the people and has been smooth.

The army did not complain about this, because in the past, when there were only the city defense forces, soldiers were paid low and militia had no salary, so the phenomenon of randomly stretching out their hands was extremely serious.

Now, the soldiers' salaries are enough to support the whole family, so they naturally don't have much resistance to this decree.

So if you want a horse to run, you have to feed the horse...

Old Hagen was wearing a shabby straw hat with an old wrinkled face underneath. He sat on the ox cart with a cane in his mouth, controlling the old cow not to walk around while sucking the sweet

juice.

Although the sun was very big and the line was long, his face was full of pleated smiles.

He leaned on the grain bag behind him with serene satisfaction. While thinking about paying the grain, he thought about changing the sale of more coins. At that time, he could add a few new clothes to his grandson at home, and a few more durable ones.

tools.

In the past, he didn't dare to think about these things. Now, he has considered that he can tell the youngest of his family to be a capable wife after the second crop of grain harvest in the second half of the year.

Seeing that life was about to come, Old Hagen naturally felt better. He couldn't help but start humming a small country song. After humming a few words, he suddenly realized that he was not alone today.

He said to the back with apologies: "I haven't disturbed you, girl. Sometimes I can't control my virtue when I get old."

He was facing a young woman, sitting at the rear of the car, wearing a plain linen robe, looking ordinary, leaning against a grain bag.

The woman raised her head and said, "Uncle who is okay."

"That's good, that's good." Old Hagen nodded with a smile, but did not sing again. He didn't know who the woman was, but just met the other party halfway and wanted to spend money to take a car into the city.

He saw that a woman on the other side was really tired when he walked into the city. Even if he had this magical cement road now, he didn't ask for her money, so he took her into the city. Anyway, he couldn't occupy much land.

But after all, the two of them are not familiar with each other and have no common language, so the road seems a bit dull.

After waiting for a while, the slowly moving team suddenly stopped. Old Hagen hurriedly grabbed the reins, stood up and looked at it, and found that there was some riot at the city gate. It seemed that something was wrong.

He shook his head and leaned against the grain bag again, and it seemed that he had to wait again.

This kind of thing is not uncommon, and when there are too many people, it will naturally attract some bad intentions. They shuttle through the crowd and specifically attack others' pockets.

Someone reported this situation to the Government Affairs Department, but they did not expect that they were very quick. When there were too many people, they would send a special patrol team to specifically crack down on these petty thefts.

People are often arrested, so there will naturally be some riots at the scene. Old Hagen, who often enters the city, has long been used to it.

"Uncle Hagen, why are you so happy to hand over so much food?" Suddenly, the woman behind her asked.

Old Hagen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Miss is from another place, right? Not all the food I brought this time must be paid. Some of them are planned to be sold to the Government Affairs Department for cash.

Lord Lord is kind and has reduced a lot of taxes. If you pay less, you will have a better life in the future. Everyone is happy."

Now it was the woman's turn to be stunned. She has also traveled to many places and has extensive knowledge. It is indeed rare for the lord to take the initiative to reduce taxes.

Then she asked again: "Why should the food be sold to the lords? The prices given by those grain merchants should be more reasonable, right?"

This is her experience. Most of the lords buy grains forcing them to buy and sell them, and the price given by them is often very low, while the price given by grain merchants in order to purchase grains will be much higher.

This also led to few people selling food to the lord, so she was a little surprised.

Old Hagen has now confirmed that the other party is a foreigner, and throws the sucked cane outside the road and says, "Because in Kana, the grain can only be sold to the Government Affairs Department, and it is illegal to trade it to the merchant in private.

But it’s not bad to sell it to the lord, and the price is higher than the previous merchants.”

A trace of surprise flashed in the woman's eyes. This was indeed a strange place, whether it was the strange road under her feet or the strange government orders here.

The lord's approach here is completely contrary to the mainstream, and can be said to be an alternative among the nobles.

At this time, the long-stagnant team finally started to move again, and Old Hagen hurriedly drove the ox cart to catch up, and it was their turn soon.

A young officer reached out and signaled to him and stopped, "Uncle, routine inspection."

Old Hagen quickly got out of the car and smiled and said, "There are absolutely no contrabands, just check it."

The officer smiled. This inspection was indeed just a process, and they had never found any dangerous objects.

But we still need to check carefully, Mr. Wei is still watching from above.

He called several of his soldiers to check, but he set his eyes on the back of the ox cart, where there was a woman sitting. The officer asked, "What is that?"

Seeing this, Old Hagen hurriedly said, "That's from another place. I want to come to the city to see it. Be honest and honest, there will be no problem."

The officer looked around and found no problems. His subordinates passed the inspection and waved his hand and let it go.

After entering the city, the woman did not speak, and Old Hagen did not ask, and drove straight to the government affairs department.

There were more people outside the Government Affairs Department, and the food in the square was piled up into a mountain bun, and all kinds of shouts were heard. Old Hagen drove to a corner, turned his head and said to the back, "It has arrived, look..."

Before he finished speaking, he found that the woman was missing. He quickly got out of the car and looked around, but no one was found.

He scratched his head, not knowing when a living person would have disappeared. He was about to tie the rope, but from the corner of his eye he saw a gap in a grain bag flashing.

Walking over and reaching out, it was a round thing. When I took it out, I saw that it was a shiny Jindler. He was so scared that his hands shook. He quickly looked around and found that no one noticed him, and he panickedly put the gold coins.

Put it in your pocket.

He knew in his heart that it was left by the woman, and he couldn't help but look around and try to find her. This was really a fortune, and he felt a little uneasy.

Old Hagen didn't know that just as he was looking for it anxiously, the woman in the car just now looked at him in a hidden corner.

However, although the woman was still wearing the same clothes at this moment, her appearance had changed drastically, and she did not exaggerate at all because of her natural appearance.

But her face was not very good, with a pathological paleness, and basically no blood was visible.

The woman took out a gem, her lips squirmed slightly, and a strange light flashed, and her figure disappeared out of thin air...

Old Hagen was sweating profusely, but in the end he couldn't find anyone, so he had to accept this Jindler uneasy.

Unloading the grain from the ox cart and feeding some water to the ox is a precious treasure. Most of the farmland at home has to be plowed out. More than half of this grain is its contribution, and it needs to be taken care of.

He held the cow's head and whispered: "Old guy, maybe I can find you a companion this time."
To be continued...