Chapter 685 (1/2)
The cat immediately waved its paws: ”nothing... Nothing! I just saw someone forced... Ha ha! That's interesting! ”
Arrow was not in the mood to pay attention to the cat. Because something was suddenly so funny, he snorted and went back to bed.
But when he closed his eyes and was ready to go back to sleep
”Hey, what is the distribution of production materials...?”
At this time, the cat stared at the big sapphire eyes, raised a claw and gently pressed it on ello's forehead, asking like a curious baby.
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When I woke up, the whole Xueyan town also spent the night in peace.
Arrow yawned, got up, rubbed his sore neck because he didn't sleep very well and walked out of the door.
The members of the guild are getting up one by one now. There is nothing to prepare for in this seemingly too poor village, so everyone just sorted themselves out.
However, the three people called the fool trio began to look at arrow with a pair of very skeptical and resentful eyes. Especially coco, a little girl, whose expression seemed to be completely disillusioned in her heart, saw that ELO was really angry and funny.
”Cocoa...”
”Hum!” Cocoa turned her head directly and looked like she liked to answer, ”the president's brother is a very kind man, not so cold-blooded and ruthless! Hum! ”
The girl seems to be too spoiled. When will she take a cane and whip two whips to see if it can solve the problem?
Arrow shook his hand and imagined how he felt when he held the whip in his hand.
After satisfying his imagination, he asked the people to tidy up all their luggage. He went downstairs and shouted, ”boss? Is the boss there? Have we booked a Taurus cart? ”
Unfortunately, as soon as I came downstairs, the scene in front of me completely stunned arrow.
I saw the door of the hotel open. The owner of the hotel is standing in front of the door now, with a big broom in his hand and a fierce look on his face!
His daughter milk is now hiding in the corner of the hall on the first floor, covering her face and seems to be sobbing secretly.
Outside the gate, the brave boy who was beaten yesterday knelt in front of the gate. The swelling on his face had not been eliminated in time, but insisted on kneeling there.
”Get out of here, you hear me! You are not welcome on my side! ”
”Father in law! Please let the milk go with me! I'll take her out of Xueyan town and take her to a place without that bastard! If you don't let me run away with her, she will fall into the clutches of that terrible magician! ”
Obviously, the innkeeper has not changed the slightest because of the boy's tenacity and bravery. He was still holding a stick in his hand, looking very vigilant.
In fact, no matter from any point of view, arrow has no reason to continue to intervene in this matter.
Yes, from any angle.
This angle does not just represent the boss of a guild, a little girl who owes a lot of debt. Even as the most basic and common ”human” identity, arrow felt that he should not intervene now, but should let the matter fade gradually, let the hotel owner solve the problem by himself, and then the mermaid song patted his ass and left now.
But
Turning his head, arrow saw the angry guild members nearby.
He looked at the tension in cocoa's eyes and at Brad's fist. Even the crisp pagoda, which has never had any emotional expression, now shows a look of pity.
The expressions on the faces of these members fully told arrow that he may have countless reasons not to solve the incident, but as a person who has lost his sense of justice, he didn't do it, which itself is a mistake!
Alas
Ideological problems still need to be solved with ideas after all.
Even if the combat effectiveness of these members is 10 times and 100 times higher than that of their own president, there are ideological problems. The stronger the strength, the easier it is to go farther and farther on the wrong road.
As president, arrow naturally needs to pull these members back immediately when they have problems in their thoughts, so as to avoid more unfortunate events.
For this reason, after all, arrow could only sigh, walked forward, patted the innkeeper on the shoulder, smiled and said, ”it seems that things here are quite complicated? Have you rented the ox cart of our guild? If you can't rent it... Can you tell me what's going on now? ”
When the innkeeper looked back and saw the clean and beautiful face of arrow, the original tension on his face immediately relaxed. He breathed out a little and held his daughter's hand tightly with his left hand. After a little hesitation, he finally spat at the kneeling boy at the door: ”I tell you! This matter is not negotiable! If you want to die, die alone! Don't harm my daughter! And don't try to harm the whole people of Xueyan town! ”
With that, the innkeeper took the girl and turned around and walked into the hall.
Seeing her sweetheart kneeling outside the door, scarred all over, but so determined, there was a little sadness on the girl's face. After being pulled back by her father, she covered her face again, shrank into the corner and secretly sobbed.
As for her daughter's current state, the hotel owner had no choice but to sigh and look very decadent. He sat down on a chair in the hall and put down his stick. It seemed that he thought of something sad and secretly touched the tears he saw.
Arrow glanced at the boy kneeling outside the door, smiled and sat down opposite the innkeeper. The other members quickly formed a circle behind arrow, one by one looking forward to the next conversation.
”So... Can you tell me from the beginning what's going on?”
Arrow's voice was very gentle. Listening to such a soft voice, the innkeeper also slowed down slowly. He took a deep breath, then raised his head, wiped the red circles of his eyes, sobbed and said——
”The president of mermaid song... Our town... Xueyan town... In fact, it was not like this. More than a year ago, like other towns, some people lived here. Although their life was a little poor, on the whole, they lived a model, ate and drank. ”
”But a year ago... Things here suddenly changed.”
”The mayor of our town... His name is Xian hoer. He has been working as a mayor for a long time, about... More than 20 years? Since the last mayor died of illness, he has been the mayor of our town. And more importantly... Xian · hoer, unfortunately, is an affinity of earth magic elements. In other words, a magician. ”
Arrow nodded gently. After all, he passed the town on his way to Pelican town. He also knew that the leader of the town was a land magician.
”Our Xueyan town is located in a remote place. Although it can be regarded as the only way on the national highway, our place is naturally short of water. All the towns before and after are far away, and there is no development.”
”After becoming the mayor of our town, Xian has always been thinking of ways to develop our town. However, although it is said to be development, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is to enable us to plant better. ”
”He is an affinity of earth elements, so every time when the season changes and farming operations need to be carried out, he will play his own magic and reclaim our land. The land reclaimed by him will become very fertile. Only a small amount of water can grow a large amount of food. It is precisely because of his practice that our town can survive. ”
After a little thought, arrow suddenly asked, ”what's your tax?”
When it comes to the tax issue, the hotel owner sighed helplessly and said, ”a long time ago... The tax was about 15% of the income of that year. Ten percent should be turned over to the state treasury, and the remaining five percent should be taken as his reward for reclaiming land. In those years, Xian often talked and laughed with us and drank and chatted with us, but gradually... Alas... I don't know when the tax began to rise year by year, and last year's tax has reached 50%... ”
Arrow was not surprised at this.
It can even be said that he had a little sneer at the magician's willingness to charge only 15% of the tax at the beginning.
Collect 15%, turn over 10% to the state treasury, and leave 5% for yourself... In other words, only when a small town has 17 asset achievements in agricultural work, the magician's income is just the same as that of an ordinary farmer.
But the problem is that Xueyan town is not a big town, and there are not many farmland around. Therefore, as a magician, he may not get much more income in a year than a farmer.