Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 25:

"Unexpectedly, someone can be so unconscionable. It's simply utterly conscience!" Void Mask Church Dahl City Master Kabbalah thumped the table angrily, the anger in his eyes was almost like the cup of grass tea in front of him It was burned. "These poor people have only had a few days to live like a human being. He actually immediately sent a tax officer in need of relief from a natural disaster. Why didn't he move so fast!"

"Just look at the camp aura on him. How can the evil camp guys do disaster relief?" The older priest said with a smile, "Although the camp aura is not very reliable, it is not very reliable most of the time. It’s not too wrong. So we shouldn’t have any hope of him."

"But I didn't expect that he didn't help, and he would make trouble!"

"Many lords are like this." A young paladin said, "That's why your Majesty taught us that we must use our own hands to promote the progress of the world."

The chief priest of Kabbalah pondered for a long time and nodded heavily: "You are right. It is places like this that we are especially needed. Look at the poor people. If we don’t help them, what should they do? What to do?"

"But the question now is, how do I get rid of those tax officials?" Another pastor asked, "I think they will find out the tax documents in the past in a short time. Then we can look for them. No more excuses."

Kabbalah sneered coldly, with ridicule in his eyes: "What's the use of digging out the past tax documents? They must first be able to prove that the poor people lived in the city at the time and did not pay taxes. That’s fine."

"Huh?" The pastor was taken aback and asked, "Don't they always live in the city? And they don't have money to pay taxes, right."

"My churchmate! This kind of thing is unfounded, there must be evidence!" Kabbalah laughed, "Without evidence, who knows whether it is true or not!"

"Isn't there a lie detection?" a paladin asked.

"Friends, I know you are not from the Gold Coin Federation at first glance!" Before Kabbalah could answer, another paladin laughed. "Our Gold Coin Federation has never believed in detection lies. Here it is. There is a famous rule as long as there is no evidence, it just didn't happen."

"No way, which merchant doesn't do something sneaky? There are several merchants in the world who do business seriously? Swindling and abduction are inherently common sense for merchants, as long as they don't let anyone seize the evidence." The paladin Said, "Of course this situation is not good, but we can just use this tradition now."

"One of the art of struggle is to keep abreast of the situation, make use of all available conditions, and turn disadvantages into advantages." said the elderly pastor.

Speaking, everyone laughed.

"In short, as long as the lord can't show evidence that these poor people lived here and didn't pay taxes, then they don't owe taxes." After Kabbalah finished laughing, he said sarcastically, "In fact, this kind of Under circumstances, tax collection is inherently illegal. The tax officials dare to bully the poor because of the lord behind them. The lord depends on force, but I want to see if they have the courage to use us. Force!"

Baron Dahl really didn't dare to use force.

Although the people of Masked Void Church are actually not particularly strong, the most powerful is nothing more than an intermediate priest, but Baron Thadal is also not that powerful.

He currently has three knights and two quasi knights under his command, one of which is intermediate and the other five are only at the beginner level. In addition, he has raised two capable officers, both of whom are promoted from adventurers, and both are at the intermediate level.

From the book, he seems to have a great advantage. But as everyone knows, the Void Masked Church is not only a mere ten people. Behind them is a huge church, and there are many legendary powerhouses.

Want to use force? Even if he can beat these ten people, what use is it?

What's more, even if he only faces the ten priests, he has no absolute chance of winning.

His people are many and powerful, but why should they work hard for him? But those priests are different. For the deity they believe in, and to uphold the doctrine, they absolutely don't care about death.

An important family motto of the Dahl family is "Don't trust others, let alone place hopes on others". Baron Dahl wouldn't do stupid things that count on others to do his best. Most lords who make that kind of mistake will die.

So after he listened to the tax officer's report, although he was furious, he didn't have any attacks. He just made a gloomy face and asked the tax officers to look up the information of previous years to see if they could find favorable evidence.

But he knows that most of it can't be found.

Nobles generally do not keep tax collection records and the like, because they may become evidence against them at some point. A savvy person like Baron Dahl, of course, would not make such a mistake.

Moreover, even if you find the tax collection records of previous years, what use is it?

Kabbalah and the rest of the priesthood can think of tricks, how could Baron Dahl, an old treacherous man, couldn't think of it?

"Oh! I didn't expect that the clergy would use this method. It's a bit of a mistake!" He sighed deeply, shook his head, and tried to endure the depression in his heart, but pretended to be a pair The clouds are light and windy.

He has to pretend to be like this, otherwise, someone in the castle may spread the news, and then spread it to the ears of other lords nearby, which may cause other things.

Although he is not sure what might happen, Baron Dahl's request is not to let anything unnecessary happen.

For this reason, even a slight loss of tax is acceptable.

But this does not mean that he just gave up!

A few days later ~IndoMTL.com~ a new order was issued.

Lord Lord is going to take advantage of this winter when wild beasts and monsters are short of food, to carry out a raid on mountainous areas outside the city. All adults in the city without proper occupations must be recruited to participate in the sweeping army.

Of course, it’s impossible to pay for this enlistment, but during the expedition, you can pack one meal a day.

As for those who refuse to accept the enlistment, either must pay a "lease fee" or must leave Dal City and take away, which is limited to personal belongings.

This order is not unexpected. It is very common to sweep away monsters and beasts in winter.

Unexpectedly, the city defense officer brought a few soldiers to the slum and read the order aloud.

After reading the order, he looked at the poor people coldly, smiled gloomily, and walked straight away.

There is no doubt that these poor people are all "without proper jobs."