Chapter 26 26:Darkest Age

Author: I really want to eat meat 597

Chapter 26 26:Darkest Age

It is said that it is repairing the old castle, but it is actually rebuilding - because Archduke Bird's castle was almost destroyed by the latter during the battle with Slade.

As a lord, he naturally needs his subordinates and servants. To arrange a good place for everyone, the amount of work is not trivial.

Slade had to use extremely tough methods to recruit strong men on a large scale to build the castle, and stipulated that every farmer arriving in Kent County must report his address and name as soon as possible. If you dare to report late or conceal the report, you will be punished.

Throw out the barrier and give these villains a "little curse shock".

The expropriated people could only hit the road in a hurry.

They are not equipped with horses like knights. Most of them will choose to accompany people from the same village. During the journey on foot, they will meet more "like-minded" partners.

When they finally poured into Kent County, they were often disgraced, their bodies smelled sour, and the dry food they brought from home had already spoiled, making them just like refugees.

But this kind of scene happened repeatedly in just a few months.

Because this is what Slade does: catch the young men after the village farmland is cultivated, and then put them back when the crops are harvested to prevent them from affecting the farming.

The Grosk Territory has always implemented a simple two-field system, that is, the cultivated land is divided into two parts, namely spring cultivated land and autumn cultivated land.

After each piece of farmland is harvested, it will be idle for one year to restore the fertility of the land.

When it was the turn of autumn plowing, since it was plowing once a year, it was just a round trip, which was still acceptable.

But when it comes to the spring plowing year of two plows a year, it will be miserable.

Crops planted in spring can be harvested before autumn comes, and new crops must be planted in autumn to wait for harvest next year.

The farmers repeatedly jumped back and forth between returning home to farm and going to Kent to work. The round trip took a long time and was exhausted. Many of them even collapsed on the way.

Even so, Slade did not show any sympathy, and even added a physical tax to the residence tax and head tax to collect food based on meat, eggs, and milk from various regions, supplemented by grains.

Because Kent County cannot support such a large population.

However, these foods are not distributed for free.

After working diligently for a week, all the farmers were dumbfounded - they worked so hard, and in return they could barely get enough to eat, like paying beggars for wages.

This is something that the Hazetta family, who previously ruled the Glosk leader for half a year, has never done, and it is also something that is unimaginable.

What's more, they are using their own earned money to buy their own things.

Some people even saw special markings when buying eggs and recognized them immediately as eggs laid by their own hens!

Under such oppression, people were furious, feeling that Slade didn't regard them as human beings at all, and even the horses in the castle lived better than them!

Excessive labor and taxes have made people feel distracted, but what happened after they were relieved is even more incredible.

At Slade's request, many farmers who could not pay taxes had to donate their families or themselves to the lords in exchange for the right to continue living in Glosk.

Only a small part of these people who were donated were used as Slade's serfs and lost their freedom. Most of them disappeared without a trace, and even their bodies were never found.

Various versions of rumors spread all over the sky, describing this strange-looking new lord as a tyrannical monster that eats people without spitting out bones.

Although the people under the rule of Archduke Bird were poor, they lived a very peaceful life.

The more they miss the past, the more they hate the present where there is no hope.

The anger of the masses quickly swept across the entire territory like a prairie fire. Soon several overwhelmed villages united, held high the banner of rebellion, and demanded that Slade reduce taxes and return their families.

They thought that Slade had not yet established a firm foothold, and was short of both military and financial resources, so they would definitely not choose to confront the rebels head-on.

Besides, even if the rebellion fails, the population of the Grosk Territory is not large in the first place, how can it be possible to connect several of their villages together?

But Slade really did it.

At that time, the Knights had not yet formed, with only three members, and the old lord's soldiers were killed by her until there were only about twenty left, and they were all left to guard the castle.

She embarked on this bloody journey with the only two confidants beside her.

All the men in the five main rebel villages, as well as the old men of Archduke Bird who participated in them, were slaughtered by her, leaving only women and children under three years old.

This largest rebellion in the past fifty years came to an end in just ten days.

The three of them took all the plundered property and returned to the castle without any injuries.

After that, no one dared to openly resist Slade. However, due to the shortage of labor due to the sharp decline in Glosk's population, the castle repair work took a full five years to complete, twice as long as expected...

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These five years were called the "dark years" by the people of Glosk. As those people passed away one after another, this memory was buried in the ground, and few people mentioned it.

Anji, who was lying on the roof, listened to these "glorious achievements" and his eyelids jumped.

She didn't know how to describe this lord whose force value was so high that he could no longer be considered a human being. Moreover, she even "experienced it personally" as a client in terms of force value.

Oh, she was even "donated" to the lord's victims because her family couldn't pay taxes.

It turns out that she was not eating the melons in the field, but the melons themselves.

As for Slade's actions, the rationale behind them is simple: if you want to maintain long-term rule, you must either have stable enough people or ruthless means.

Obviously, she chose the latter. But it was still too cruel for the people living on this land.

After all, the lords can "choose" the people, but the people have no other choice, especially in this cursed world where they can't even escape.

Just when Anji had mixed feelings in her heart, an atmosphere of fear quickly spread in the cramped wooden house below.

Except for the old village chief, the oldest of these villagers is only over forty years old, so naturally they don't know these old things.

At this moment, they truly realized how terrifying and powerful the lord who ruled Glosk was.

"The past and the present are exactly the same! History is happening now, but it's just that it's changed from building castles to recruiting troops!"

Locke's gritted words confused Anji: Recruiting troops? When?

Could it be that when the three of them came back this time, they happened to be in the crosshairs of a gun?

She couldn't help but recall the murderous looks the villagers gave her when she "borrowed" something.

"There are only 18 households in Andekoffi Village now, but they want eight soldiers!"

This sentence awakened everyone. The fear was slowly disappearing, replaced by anger. They spoke to each other, angrily denounced Slade's various atrocities.

It's no wonder, after all, there are only a few men of the right age in the village, and most of the people in the house will be arrested. If the matter concerns themselves, they will naturally not be able to sit still.

Seeing that the emotions were almost heightened, Berg put on a righteous and awe-inspiring posture and shouted loudly:

"Everyone! The failure of those people in the past was because they did not have enough power. But now, the Commoran Territory is willing to lend its power to you."

"The great and benevolent Lord Grabak Stavov will ensure your safety. You will have a more stable and happier future!"

The powerful and deep voice emanated from the mouth of this muscular middle-aged man, which had a convincing magic power.

The well-informed village chief of Havok was not easily incited. His sophisticated eyes stared at Berg. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said:

"Taxes are now much lighter than in the past, and the economy of Glosk is slowly improving. Even if you are recruited as a soldier, you will be given a corresponding salary. What reason do we have to take the risk and join you?"

Good Lord'?"

Feeling the other party's vigilant gaze, Berg couldn't help but sneered:

"Even if you are too timid to resist, you will never be able to save enough tax money for the next spring harvest! At this time, choosing to cooperate with the Comoran leader is the best choice!"

Berg did not give up, but continued to incite everyone's emotions. He was not a reckless person, and he had done enough homework before coming with a mission.

Being unable to pay taxes means that they can only hand over their closest family members, or even themselves.

This conscription is just adding another fire to this pile of firewood.

Instead of being in panic all day long, it's better to resist.

If you want to resist, you need enough strength.

However, not to mention that they don't even have decent weapons, and even reinforcements are nowhere to be found. The other villages in Glosk's territory are not as miserable as Anderkoffi, and they can just muddle along. Who would be willing to wade into the muddy waters?

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The group of people fifty years ago are not dead yet. The bloody pasts circulated among this group of people are the sharp knives hanging over the heads of this group of people who are ready to act, making them always remind themselves with fear,

Don't do anything rebellious.

In this way, only with the help of external forces can we save our lives in the Grosk Territory, which is completely dominated by fear.

The atmosphere in the room became depressing again. Looking at the struggling faces, Berg felt confident again and issued an ultimatum:

"This will be your last chance to get rid of fear. Slade's control over Glosk is weakening. What happened in Grand Village is the best proof!"

The writing turned into a three-thousand-word chapter.

Because I'm afraid that if I don't write it in detail enough, you might think it doesn't make sense.

I don’t dare to write too detailedly, which will affect the reading experience, so I have to insert some relaxed sentences into it...

Before the release, the plot of this chapter was greatly changed. It looks more reasonable and the pace is faster.

(You will not live if you do something wrong!)

These recent chapters are too brain-consuming and critical, so I write them very slowly.

Fortunately, it's almost the weekend, so I can concentrate on coding without delaying my progress.

Finally, thank you Xiao Xu for your recommendation vote~
Chapter completed!