Land annexation in the human world is very rampant, that is because the laws of the human world are very loose, and everything is based on the principle of "people governing people".
That is to say, no matter what the law stipulates, it is human beings who implement it in the end.
Those local tyrants who occupy most of the land are generally the sphere of influence extended by the court and officials.
Moreover, the relationship between them is so intricate that no matter how many magistrates you send, they will either be assimilated or wiped out without anyone noticing.
But the ghost world is different. The rule management of the ghost world is completely different from that of the human world. In the human world, people control people, but the ghost world is completely ruled by laws, and it is very strict. Everything is under the law.
That is to say, once the ghost king imprints the rules into the World Spirit Illustrated Book, it will become the rules, which will be implemented in every ghost citizen's body all the time, and if they exceed it, they will be punished accordingly.
Even the ghost officials' governance of the ghost world is based on this basic law, and they cannot be violated, otherwise they will be erased by the law without anyone taking action.
So after countless epochs, the human world has changed countless civilizations, but the ghost world remains the same.
The matter started six hundred years ago. Those ghost ministers complained that the inner treasury was empty, and whether it was the restoration of the drying yard or the reconstruction of the Yin Judgment Array, a large amount of soul stones were needed, so taxes had to be increased.
The original ghost king listened to the words of these courtiers, and he looked like he didn't even have a salary, and he couldn't live at all. It will be evened out.
After that, these ghost ministers also made progress, and then asked the ghost king to relax the review system of ghost officials, and also established a more detailed management system.
Of course, it is not for the management of their officials, but for ordinary ghosts.
So there are a large number of "little officials", called ghost guards. The main duty is to help local officials collect taxes, settle some civil disputes, and so on.
However, in fact, these promoted ghost guards are the private ghost emissaries of the ghost officials, completely serving the ghost officials.
Because officials of different ranks were allowed to hire a certain number of ghost envoys and maidservants, it was simply developed later that all the places under the names of these subordinate ghost guards were concentrated on the officials.
And the rosters under those official names are basically "own people", so in this way, wouldn't these tyrants become the overlords of one side.
At this moment, Qing Ya saw a few ghost figures floating towards them in the distance.
Qing Ya asked Er Jiu: "Those... are idle ghosts?"
Idle ghosts are different from ghosts with their own sundials: the former can’t even enjoy the lowest soul stones every day because they don’t have sundials, and they are often in a state of insufficient soul power, so it’s good to be able to retain a ray of consciousness Now, how can I still have the energy to maintain my own image, so most of them exist as erratic smoke-like souls;
And because the latter often exposes the Yin stones, the special Yin power generated will automatically condense the souls of the ghost people and will not dissipate. Therefore, over time, the more the souls of the people are condensed, it means that the person has sunned more Yin stones and the better life.
Erjiu looked at it carefully for a while, and replied: "These... don't look like idle ghosts, because they have marks on their bodies. One mark represents one side's sun, and two marks represent two..."
Qing Ya looked at the place indicated by Er Jiu, and she really saw a series of dim marks among these erratic ghost shadows.
Ershi said: "The souls of these ghost people are scattered, and their consciousness is already very weak. I'm afraid they will become wandering spirits soon... Sigh"
Qing Ya nodded, indeed.
After thinking about it, he motioned to Ershi, and Ershi understood and walked over to the nearest group of ghosts.
The cloud of ghost fog saw a few solid ghost figures appearing in front of them, and the big ghost wearing a robe with condensed energy, stopped immediately. He huddled into a ball, looking very afraid.
Such big ghosts are generally said to belong to those "big household" ghost families. As long as they enter those ghost castles, even the lowest level ghost slaves are many times stronger than ordinary ghost people like them, and they cannot be provoked.
Surging in the ghost shadow, a white-haired ghost "walked" out of it, saluted Qing Yasan respectfully, and then asked anxiously: "Excuse me, big ghost, what's the matter?" what?"
Er Shi said: "You are not on your own drying ground, where are you going?"
Hearing Er Shi's question, the old ghost came back to his senses when he lowered his head and saw the three marks on his body.
His face became even more bitter, but he couldn't figure out where these three big ghosts came from.
If it is the ghost village they are going to, if the answer is not good, won't they even have a chance to be bought later, then they can only lose their minds...
"We... I heard that Wei Zhuang wants to buy shares, so we just want to try our luck..."
Er Shi: "What share?"
He pointed to the mark on the opponent's waist, "Could it be that what the old man said is the share of the land?"
The old man wanted to say, besides the land share, do they have paper money
But he didn't dare to say that, he just nodded and promised with a flattering smile, "Hehe, what the little brother said is very true, we just want to sell the shares to Wei Zhuang..."
Er Shi: "You have sold the sun-dried land to others, what kind of sun-dried stones will you use in the future? How will you pay the tax?"
The old man was about to cry when he was asked by Er Shi, isn't it all caused by you big ghosts, but there are thousands of resentments in his heart and he dare not speak out.
No one dares to offend such low-level little devils like them...
At this time, the ghost behind the old man surged, as if arguing about something, exuding a very excited and resentful breath.
Then a middle-aged female ghost came out from the shadow of the ghost. The old man saw her and wanted to stop her back, but the female ghost floated directly in front of Ershi, full of resentment, and said, "You still have the nerve to ask us how to dry the Yinshi?" How to pay taxes? Isn't it all your fault? You... "
When she yelled out, the group of ghosts behind were all trembling with fright—it's over, it's over, it would be a disaster if they offended these big ghosts who seemed to have a lot of "roots" at first glance. I'm afraid they don't even have the chance to sell themselves this time, so they just wait for their souls to fly away... This tooth girl, don't say you know us later, you are really hurt...
All the ghosts were in panic, but they found that the three big ghosts were not angry, and the expressions on their faces were even very curious, wanting to continue listening.
"Tell me, how did you hurt you?"
The Ya girl and the old man looked at each other, and they both saw something else in the other's eyes. Could it be that these ghosts are...
So the tooth girl became more courageous.
"Now the tax is increased every year. Originally, only 60% was collected, but now 90% is collected! Moreover, it is still calculated according to the highest yield of drying land. Even if all the Yinshi is handed over, it will be difficult to maintain. But even so, we We can still barely make ends meet, because there is a Yin mountain next to us, and we usually go to the mountain to dig some ore, and if we are lucky and find one or two burrow worms, it can be worth a month’s life for a family of ghosts."