Barbara and Susan had a long talk, Shirley and Sophia got together, and they didn't know what to plan.
Beta sat in the room, drawing a magic scroll. Jessica was lying on her side on the ground with her chin resting on her arm, like a husky resting with her eyes closed.
Now Jessica's blood behavior is becoming more and more obvious... If she didn't know that she was still a human being, she would probably have taken off her clothes and jumped into the snow to have fun.
Beta once stopped Jessica's habit of sleeping on the ground, but after a few times she found that it didn't work, so she let it go. Anyway, this little girl's cold resistance is extremely high, and Beta suspects that even if she sleeps in the snow, it won't be a big problem.
Just after drawing three magic scrolls, there was a light knock on the door, and Beta opened it to see that it was Kyle.
Kyle came in and smiled helplessly when he saw Jessica lying on the ground. Of course he knew some of Jessica's little quirks, and of course he didn't feel that his teacher was abusing the maid.
"Teacher, after you and Aunt left, I sent someone to investigate and found that your mission this time is very troublesome." He frowned: "The disappearance of the last mission was too bizarre. I always feel that there may be other reasons besides Udaburi's tricks behind it."
Beta nodded: "I think so too, but I have to complete the task well. After all, twenty years of tax exemption is too important to my territory."
"Teacher, didn't you teach me that the strong don't need to abide by etiquette." Kyle was a little puzzled: "Then why do you still have to abide by the rules of taxation in the territory? You are already strong enough, even if you don't pay taxes, the royal family will not I can't do anything to you."
Kyle has not yet reached the age of eighteen. In terms of the earth, he is still a child. Although he already understands the truth, there are some things that he really cannot understand, or in other words, he cannot see such a deep level.
Beta smiled and explained: "Etiquette is only for individuals, and rules are for groups. Individuals can be willful, but things involving groups, no matter how small, the changes produced, once put into organizations, countries and other large-equivalent groups. Addition, that is a completely different concept."
Seeing Kyle's blank look, Beta explained: "Then let me make an analogy. Suppose I really don't pay taxes, and at the same time resist the royal family, and succeed. Then what will the lords of other territories think and do? The lords with sufficient strength will naturally follow suit. If three or four lords succeed, then the royal family will not have enough tax sources, and it will become weaker and weaker, and it will gradually be unable to suppress other lords. This will create a vicious circle, other lords will stand on their own, and Holevin will become torn apart."
After imagining that scene for a while, Kyle scratched his head and asked, "It doesn't seem like there is anything good about it."
"Nothing bad?" Beta smiled, and said with a bit of hatred: "The consequence of this is the separatist regime of warlords and endless wars. Today I hit you, tomorrow you kill him, and the day after tomorrow he comes to kill me again How do you think the lives of ordinary people will be like this when they are fighting and killing every day?"
Kyle is just straightforward, he is not stupid, it's just that he doesn't want to think too much about many things. Now that Beta put the question directly in front of him, he had to think about it, and then swallowed his saliva, a little surprised and a little scared to answer: "Ordinary people may have a miserable life."
"Miserable?" Beta's voice rose slightly: "Human life is worthless, not as good as pigs and dogs."
The civilization of this world is very strange, and no country has established a formal historian system. Although there are historical books, the records are continuous, and many historical books are even processed from rumors. Essentially this 'knight'. It's no wonder that such imprecise historical records can play a positive role.
Moreover, the literacy rate in this world is extremely low, and there are very few people with a long-term view of history.
Beta, a native of Earth, has taught history in school and read some history books himself, so he knows how miserable ordinary people will be during the war.
But people in this world don't have this concept.
Kyle, who is literate but has never read any books, is the same. In the eyes of the general public, besides being a professional, Kyle can also be regarded as a "scholar".
Even a young man like Kyle, who can be regarded as a "reader", has no complete understanding of the consequences of the separation of royal power and the proliferation of warlords, let alone ordinary people who are not very literate or completely illiterate.
After listening to Beta's words, Kyle was silent for a while, but he still had some doubts: "I can see that, teacher, you don't have a good impression of the royal family, but why are you still willing to accept the rules set by the royal family?"
"Because I don't want to see a messy Huo Levin." Beta smiled: "Perhaps you think what I said is a bit exaggerated, and you may even be right in your heart to disapprove, thinking that a small territory of mine is no matter how powerful it is. It is also impossible to shake the rule of the royal family?"
Kyle smiled dryly. In fact, he really thought about it in his heart.
"In the future, if you have time, think about it and you will understand."
Beta sighed, he remembered a well-known case on Earth, helping the elderly. Although that incident was later reported by the major media and even the official newspaper, it was true that the old man was hit. But the vision of ordinary citizens does not lie in whether they really hit the old man. What frightened them was the judgment process. In the absence of any witnesses and physical evidence, the judge decided the case by saying, "According to common sense, you didn't hit it, so why help it?"
It was this little thing, a short sentence, that created a bad reputation that some old people dare not help them, and they dare not take care of things. So much so that after more than ten years, this case will be brought up every year.
The so-called embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an ant's nest, that's it.
The situation Beta is now facing is the same. He knows that with his own strength, it is very simple to forcibly resist the tax. But after that, what if the other lords really follow suit and force the royal family to step down, causing chaos in Hollevin, and what will happen if the lords compete for the throne? He Beta, now he wants strength and power, and power and power, it's not as simple as an 'ant nest'.
Indeed, compared with the earth in the information age, the country of Hollevin has various deficiencies and darkness.
But the country is relatively peaceful. People can still live, but if it really messes up the world, it's really not what people should do.
It's simple, and Kyle doesn't understand it yet, but Beta knows it very well. In the game, he has participated in many wars at the national level, and he knows very well what kind of tragedy will happen to those cities or villages and towns involved after the army passes by. In many cases, the army is more cruel and terrifying than robbers and robbers.
In the absence of full confidence, Beta does not want to change the balance of power structure in this country for the time being. But he believes that as long as the Woking Church continues to develop, maybe he can try to make some changes to the country.
The wetland is a very important move. He intends to build a holy city of Volcanism there. He has already thought of the name of the city, and it is called:
Woking!