This man spoke very loudly. As soon as he finished speaking, some people thought of something, so someone else loudly echoed:
"Not only that, the people of Nalan Kingdom have a thousand kilograms of grain per mu, and they pay less taxes than us. The grain seeds that produce a thousand kilograms of grain per mu are provided by the imperial court! Now that Nalan Kingdom is besieged by four countries, isn't it better than us? Is it difficult for Beiming Country? Why don’t they increase taxes, let alone collect protection taxes from the people! They collect them again and again! "
"The imperial court wants to collect protection tax! It's unheard of. The imperial court is not a bandit! Look at when our Beiming Kingdom attacked the city of Nalan Kingdom, the soldiers of Nalan Kingdom were shouting to protect our country and our country. It is our duty to do so! Is it possible that Nalan Kingdom is bound to protect our country?" The soldiers of Lan State received extra money and taxes before going into battle to kill the enemy?"
"If you want to blame, blame the Nalan Kingdom! Who asked the Nalan Kingdom to attack us? I don't even think about it, who sent troops first to capture two other cities! If we, the Beiming Kingdom, hadn't sent troops to attack us, would others have fought back? Whose fault is this?"
"Yes, it was our Beiming Kingdom who attacked Nalan Kingdom. If the imperial court was not well-prepared, why would we attack Nalan Kingdom? Then we provoked others to attack us, and we looked like we were incapable of dealing with it!"
"I don't care who hits whom! But I have paid my taxes time and time again. I have never been left behind! This time, our family has no choice but to pay the protection tax even if we want to! We don't even have enough food to last until spring. I I've tried my best! If you don't need food, you need your life! If you don't pay, you will be driven out of the city, then drive out of the city! Anyway, I heard that Nalan Kingdom said when it issued a gauntlet, it would not harm innocent people! Maybe there is still a way to survive in the hands of Nalan soldiers!"
"No, I heard that the emperor of the Nalan Kingdom loves his people as much as his sons. Over the years, the Nalan Kingdom has become stronger day by day. As long as a family has an acre of land, they can go from not having enough to eat to having extra food. Raise chickens and ducks, eat some meat every meal..."
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Anfeng County and Beifeng County are adjacent to each other, and the people in the two places have more or less business contacts. The people of Nalan Kingdom have indeed been getting better and better in the past two years. This has spread, making not only the people of Beiming Kingdom envious, but also the other three countries. The people are also envious.
Then everyone was talking and thinking about Nalan Kingdom's letter of war and the letter to all peoples.
Recently these two letters have been advanced again.
Especially the letter to all peoples is so sincerely written!
There are a few sentences in it that read: I dare to ask the kings of the four countries, can I, the Nalan Kingdom, take away a grain of rice from you
I dare to ask the kings of the Four Kingdoms, has Nalan Kingdom invaded even half an inch of your territory
I dare to ask the kings of the Four Kingdoms, have we, Nalan Kingdom, killed an innocent citizen
Why are the four countries currently launching a war and destroying the peace of the four countries in vain, considering the lives of the people in the world? Causing chaos in the world and destroying many families
Provoking war and chaos will not only harm the people of Nalan Kingdom, but also the people of your own country. I dare to ask the kings of the four countries, how can you tolerate it
You plunge your people into fiery chaos. What do you want
There are wars everywhere and people are in ruins. Who is to blame
Is it to blame the Nalan Kingdom for being besieged by the Four Kingdoms for no reason
Why did their Nalan Kingdom have to be swallowed up by the Four Kingdoms
How innocent is their Nalan country
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Think about it, why did you attack Nalan Kingdom, but you couldn't win, and now someone else has come back, who can blame you
Just like what the King of Nalan said, let's share the prosperity of this prosperous age and let everyone live and work in peace and contentment. Isn't this a beautiful life
It's a good life, but there are wars all over the place, the people's families are ruined, and they don't have enough to eat. Why is this
As a result, the people's protests became more vigorous.
They are clamoring for an explanation from the county magistrate!
They are clamoring to see the county magistrate!
The county magistrate didn't come out, and everyone even wanted to go in.
Seeing this, the head catcher was so anxious that he quickly arrested a group of those who had taken the lead in making trouble and put them in jail.
This calmed the public anger this time.
In the next few days, the people from the yamen drove those people who did not pay taxes directly out of the city. Seeing many people being driven out of the city, many people held back tears and handed over the food in distress!
Although the Nalan Kingdom's declaration of war states that innocent people will not be killed, who dares to really believe such words!
Many people dare not leave the city, except for those who really cannot afford food.
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In the small courtyard
Nuan Nuan was carving jade, and Nalan Jinnian sat beside him to study the art of war. After capturing Anfeng County, he would next capture a city.
Not only must we attack the next city, we must also face the siege of the other three countries, and even take the initiative to attack the cities of the other three countries.
He was used to making all preparations in advance. Only by conducting serious research, thinking of all the possibilities of uniting the four countries, and coming up with a strategy to win by surprise with outnumbered enemies, could he ensure that the Nalan Kingdom would not be defeated by the four countries. Swallow.
For Nalan Jinnian, one of his biggest advantages is that relying on Xiao Hei, Xiao Zu can get the fastest information on the movements of the enemy forces from the four countries, and then quickly make countermeasures!
But knowing the enemy's movements, it would be in vain to make a good strategy to fight the battle. Therefore, he would look at the map every day and study how the enemy would fight that battle from various data, and speculate on various possibilities. Think of ways to deal with it.
Only in this way can the Nalan Kingdom be invincible.
Lu Shu walked in at this time, bowed, and then said: "Master, Princess, the people of Anfeng County are making trouble in the Yamen. Some people have been arrested and put in jail. Two of our people have also been put in jail. , do you want to rescue him?"
Nalan Jinnian put down his pen: "No need, they won't be locked up for long, just let them stay in and do what they need to do!"
"Yes!" Lu Shu responded.
Nuan Nuan asked: "How is the situation outside now?"
"Back to Princess, the people in Anfeng County are still very resistant to paying protection tax. Those people spontaneously organized teams to protest at the government office, but the magistrate of Anfeng County did not come out to see them, and now they arrested a group of people and went in , the common people dare not speak out, but they are increasingly dissatisfied. Many people are shouting that they will not pay the protection tax, but many people really have no food to pay. There is a drought in the north this year, and Anfeng County is also suffering from a drought. Seriously, some of those poor families even have no harvest. After paying the bills again and again, where can they get any more food?! It’s a question of whether they can survive this winter!”
Nuan Nuan nodded. Because of the drought in the north and the floods in the south, the emperor of Nalan Kingdom also reserved a sum of grain and planned to give porridge in the winter so that the people who had lost their harvest could spend this winter safely.