The so-called poaching means hunting in the mountains and forests belonging to the nobles.
According to the tradition of this world, noble lords have ownership of the entire territory, including the land and the things that grow on the land.
As for those man-made things, or things such as crops that someone contributed to during the growth process, the contributors can share part of the benefits, but the majority still belongs to the lord.
In the mountains and forests, no matter the plants or animals, of course they are not man-made, and no one has contributed to their growth, so they belong to the lord, completely belong to the lord, and no one can attempt to occupy them.
Therefore, except for hunters who have the approval of the lord and pay the hunting tax, any hunting in the mountains is considered theft of the lord's wealth. The minimum punishment for this crime called "poaching" is chopping off hands or gouging out eyes, and the most common punishment is hanging. Some cruel lords will also use torture such as skinning to severely punish untouchables who dare to encroach on their own interests.
It is said that some powerful lords will also ask the royal mage to use magic to turn poaching farmers into animals, and then hunt them, in this way, these people who do not know whether to live or die will "come to their own devices."
All in all, poaching is a very dangerous and life-threatening thing. People who don’t want to die are best not to do it.
Of course Sui Xiong didn't want to die, but he couldn't just watch others starve to death in front of him.
The hungry people were short of food, but there was food in the mountains, and he just happened to be able to borrow a good crossbow.
What should we do? Isn’t it very clear
Having grown up in a democratic society, he has never felt that the aristocracy's possession of everything in the territory is natural. On the contrary, words such as "serving the people" have long been soaked in his blood and turned into a trace in his bone marrow. bright red.
So he persuaded the tavern owner and went into the mountains with his crossbow and a few men who were already risking their lives to support their families.
The failure of the crops did not affect the life of the wild beasts in the mountains, at least judging from the deer they shot dead, it should be so.
"Look, even the deer has oil on its body, but the man is so hungry that he is skin and bones..." Sui Xiong complained and sneaked away with everyone carrying the deer.
It was a pretty strong stag, probably weighing seven or eight hundred pounds. From it, including the skin and flesh, I finally obtained about 450 pounds of edible food, including skin, meat, bones, and some internal organs.
These things, combined with some wild vegetables and so on, can probably keep several families through for about half a month. Although the antlers and other items might be able to sell for a lot of money, Sui Xiong carefully buried them deep underground, not daring to see the light.
He knew that once this matter got out and the lord found out, people would die!
But there is no airtight wall in the world. Two or three days later, other hungry people knew about this. They were already hungry and cold and could not care about the laws of the lord, so they came to Sui Xiong for help.
Sui Xiong helped and went to the forest to hunt a deer.
Just like that, again and again, things quickly spread.
About ten days later, at noon, the lord's guard captain led a dozen soldiers to the tavern.
Of course Sui Xiong would not surrender and tried to escape. With his sharp reflexes and good strength, he actually broke out of the siege and ran towards the town gate to escape.
An arrow pierced the air and hit him from behind.
He staggered and continued running.
So he received the second and third arrows...
After a while, Sui Xiong's body was hung on the big tree at the entrance of the town. There were six arrows on his body. His clothes were soaked with blood, dripping to the ground, dyeing a large piece of grass red.
After some time, before dark, several other poachers were hung up next to him one after another. Some people were hung alive and hanged, and some were hanged for public display after being killed like him.
The sky is getting dark, and the cold wind is howling in the winter night.
That night, a bolt of lightning struck the tree that was usually used as a gallows. The entire tree was burned to ashes, along with the bodies hanging on the tree.
A large jellyfish that cannot be seen by mortals floats in the air, thinking and sighing.
"As a god, I really lack attention to the mortal world!"
He said to himself: "When I heard that the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and the Church of the God of Wealth suffered a loss due to the conflict, I thought it was very interesting... I never thought that behind this 'fun', there was such a heavy tragedy!"
Then, he returned to the amusement park and ordered the Masked Void Church to make every effort to rescue the hungry people.
"Food will be a big problem." Rhodes said immediately, "We can't produce enough food to provide disaster relief to a country!"
"I will find a way." Sui Xiong said solemnly.
"Moreover... transportation is also a problem." Rhodes added, "Transporting food to all parts of the Gold Coin Federation has exceeded our church's current capabilities. As for providing disaster relief to the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, it is simply impossible!"
"Go ahead and do your best," Sui Xiong said. "If you encounter practical difficulties that cannot be solved, come to me. I will find a solution."
Everyone looked at each other, wondering why he suddenly issued such a ridiculous order. But whether out of kindness or loyalty, they could not refuse such an order.
This order was quickly implemented, and the food stored by the entire church was continuously transported southward and sent to the Gold Coin Federation for disaster relief.
At the same time, Sui Xiong fully opened the portal to the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Business Alliance so that more food could be transported there as quickly as possible.
"In this case, your food storage will only last a few days at most." Morani came to him, "Where are you going to look for food?"
"The world of animals." Sui Xiong said.
"I guess so." Morani smiled, "Let me go and help you."
In fact, Morani was not the only one willing to help him. The Church of the Void Mask is not the only one willing to vigorously provide disaster relief.
In that chaotic world where countless magical beasts breed, Sui Xiong saw many gods who came here to hunt. These gods are mainly the patron saints of various places. Their priesthood determines that they must prevent large-scale disasters and famine in the areas they protect, so even if they know that they are going to be ripped off, they can't control that much.
Of course, he also met the ruler of this world, the powerful god known as the "Beast King".
The beast world is a wild world, about one-third the size of the main plane continent. There are countless kinds of beasts living here, ranging from wild beasts to magical beasts. This world is ruled by a powerful god, who is the supreme ruler of the world.
In order to obtain His approval and hunt enough food, all the gods paid a heavy price.
But they have no choice, because if they want to get enough food, hunting here is the relatively least expensive way.
Of course, they can also borrow food from the Natural God System. The Kingdom of the Natural God System has large golden wheat fields and fruit-laden trees, which are completely enough to feed the victims.
But the natural gods have never liked humans. Most of them feel that the over-expansion of intelligent races, including humans, has destroyed the balance of nature. If they could cause several major famines to occur in the world and kill more than half of the population, they would just applaud.
It's probably okay for them to borrow food for a banquet. Borrowing food for disaster relief? Then stop dreaming!
Other food-producing worlds are either too small to supply such a large amount of food; or they require too much time and are too slow; or they are inhabited by fierce and powerful monsters that even the gods dare not set foot on easily.
After all... these local patron saints are probably just the lowest level of "weak divine power" among the gods. They are simply not powerful enough to travel to those dangerous worlds and hunt in them.
Even in the beast world, one must obtain the permission of the Beast King before they can hunt safely.
In order to gain the right to hunt in the beast world, Sui Xiong also paid a large price to the Beast King and lost a lot of divinity that was as important to the gods as blood.
But he successfully hunted enough food and found many valuable species.
Winter passes, spring comes, then summer, fall.
When the long famine finally passed, the entire Church of Masked Void was exhausted, including their gods.
And their efforts have been rewarded. The influence of the church has been greatly enhanced, and the number of believers has also increased a lot. Some small-scale churches have even appeared in many places in the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Business Alliance.
These churches often have only a few dozen, a dozen or even a few people, but their beliefs are extremely devout. They expressed deep gratitude and devout faith to the gods who selflessly extended a helping hand to them in critical moments, even if it was just a big jellyfish.
Sui Xiong's gains didn't end there. During this disaster relief, he got to know many gods and gained recognition from many kind-hearted gods.
The name "Void Mask" is not just a "big jellyfish that can be beaten, but has a bad brain", but has become a "big jellyfish that can be beaten, has a bad brain but is very kind".
Even more than one powerful and kind god has privately approached the Lord of Mysteries, hoping to be a peacemaker and mediate between the two families.
It might not be a big deal if these gods appeared individually, but after they appeared one after another, the attitude of the Lord of Mysteries also wavered.
"It seems things have turned around!" Morani told Sui Xiong happily, "I think maybe this battle doesn't need to be fought!"
Sui Xiong was very happy.
So when he made the "Traveler Sui Xiong MK5", he added a little extra ability to the clone.
"Surviving is the first priority." He said, "Whether you make a mistake or insist on justice, you must be able to survive. Therefore, a time traveler needs the ability to escape even in the face of danger."
"He doesn't need to be very strong, but he needs to be very keen, able to sense danger and be able to react correctly in time."
"Also, he needs to be able to run very fast when he needs to escape."
As a result, this "traveler" became an athlete who was proficient in sprinting and long-distance running.
Sui Xiong felt that such a person would definitely be able to live well and long in this world.