I really can't control myself

"Auntie, other things are not very relevant to us. The most important thing is that if you have banknotes at home, you must go to the bank and exchange them for new banknotes within a month, otherwise the old banknotes will become invalid. "

In the village of Rohir on the outskirts of the imperial capital, Joel, as one of the few literate people in the village, was explaining to his neighbor the decree that the royal family had just issued. Of course, although everything written in the official document was Linton's meaning, it was also polished. Even Guang Nian probably couldn't understand it, so Joel simply explained it to his neighbor's aunt.

The first and second items in the official document have little to do with them, but the third item has a great impact on them. Because it is so convenient to use, everyone now exchanges some banknotes. Of course, some metal currencies are also saved. Now that the empire has money, ordinary farmers like them can save more money.

"The old banknote can't be used anymore? Why?" The lady here immediately panicked when she heard this.

"It's not that it can't be used, it's that it needs to be replaced with a new one." Joel here has read books. To be honest, he can probably tell that there is something wrong with this policy. It should also be a policy aimed at the rebels in the north. But the specific functions and effects are not yet that far ahead.

Yes, after all, paper money is still a new thing, and most people think it is just more convenient money. Most people on the mainland now have no concept of financial war at all. To be honest, they can still understand the general meaning of the first two policies, which are obviously about alienation and differentiation, but they are really a bit confused about the effect of this third policy.

If Linton confiscated all the money, they would still think that a war was about to begin, so they would snatch a wave of people's money and use it for military expenses. But what Linton meant was just to let them exchange old money for new money, without deducting anything. In the eyes of many uneducated people, isn't this unnecessary? It’s all money, why change the style?

"Anyway, it said that you can just go to the bank and exchange them for new coins." Joel here repeatedly explained that they were just exchanging the old coins for new ones, not confiscating their money. Naturally, the aunt doesn't know what this is for, but she knows that it is quite troublesome.

"I know, I know. Anyway, when my boy comes back, let him rush to the city to change money." The aunt here nodded and said.

Although this policy still has some impact on ordinary people, the overall impact is not very big. After all, it is just a matter of going to the bank. And now the bank has many branches in the empire, and Linton also gave it a month, so at most it will only cause people to complain twice, which is not a big deal.

Of course, we still need to talk about it. The aunt here did complain about the trouble at first and asked them to run to the city or something, but as she spoke, she started talking about other topics. Why is it that the chicken next door is crowing early in the morning and wakes me up, or that my son hasn't found a good partner yet.

There were many village elders and aunties listening with the aunt, and soon these people were chatting together. When Joel saw this situation, he originally wanted to leave and continue working, but suddenly there was a loud noise from the village on the other side.

"What's going on? Someone seems to be quarreling over there?" Of course a group of uncles and aunties also heard it. It sounded like someone was quarreling, and the sound was quite loud.

"Let's go and take a look."

A group of people decided to go see the excitement, but before they got halfway, the bell in the village suddenly rang. This bell usually only rings in emergencies, such as bandit invasions. This scared a bunch of old men and women. Joel, on the other hand, reacted very quickly. When he saw someone's pitchfork placed at the door, he picked it up and ran towards the place where the quarrel was.

When he arrived, a large group of people had gathered at the entrance of the village. It was obvious that most of the people who heard the noise came over, and Joel also squeezed in with a pitchfork to take a look at the situation.

A group of people were confronting each other inside. On one side was the village chief and several people from the village whom he was familiar with, and on the other side was a group of people wearing leather armor or simple iron plate armor. There were about ten people in the opponent's group, which was certainly much less than the people in their village, so this group of people was immediately surrounded.

Even though they were wearing armor, Joel immediately knew that they were not Imperial soldiers. Because recently the soldiers of the empire are wearing uniform armor, and the empire has not recruited soldiers for a long time. So these people wearing such armor should obviously be mercenaries, bounty hunters or the like.

Joel looked at the ground at this time and frowned slightly. At this time, there were three people lying on the ground, all tied up with ropes, and the other end of the rope was in the hands of the leader who looked like a mercenary.

Joel knew the three people lying on the ground. After all, in such a small village, it was obvious that every household knew each other.

The two women and one man are from the Gruto family in the east of the village. One of the two girls is Gruto's mother, the other is Gruto's daughter-in-law, and the little boy is Gruto's son, Seral, who is 9 years old this year.

Gruto and Joel are close in age, and they grew up playing together. Joel was naturally very familiar with their family. Seeing that the other person's family was tied up, Joel rushed forward with a pitchfork.

"Stop! What do you want to do!" Joel here yelled angrily.

Of course, he still didn't rush forward. After all, the opponent was a mercenary. Although his equipment was not very good, he was still much better than farmers like them. When Joel went up, someone on the opposite side was aiming at him with a crossbow. Obviously, the majority of the village was old, weak, women and children, and young and strong people like Joel were really the focus of attention during the fight.

"Let him go!" Some villagers nearby shouted at this time. After all, everyone in the same village naturally takes care of each other.

"What do you want to do? Robbery?" the old village chief here stepped forward and asked. Although this group of people claimed to be some kind of mercenary group, the problem was that in the eyes of the villagers, most of the mercenary groups were actually no different from bandits. Many mercenary groups have done what the bandits did.

The mercenary union has certain controls, but someone must be alive to sue. Just some mercenary groups have no money. If they burn down a village and kill everyone, can the dead people complain?

The old village chief has lived a long time and has seen many such things. However, there have been fewer such incidents in recent years, mainly because the troops from the empire are often patrolling nearby. While encircling and suppressing bandits, of course, some mercenaries with evil intentions do not dare to take action.

"Robbery? This is the village chief, right? Our McCall Mercenary Group is a regular mercenary group and we never engage in robbery." The leader here said directly to the old village chief. Of course he is not the leader of the mercenary group, just a small captain. The McCall Mercenary Group is still a large mercenary group. Now the whole group is divided into more than a dozen teams to search for people in nearby villages. He is just one of the teams.

"Then what are you doing?" Before the old village chief here could speak, Joel couldn't help but said, "Let him go quickly and get out of here."

"Hey, this little brother has a bad temper. Are you related to their family? Are you a relative?" the team leader here asked with a smile.

"So what, Gruto is my childhood friend, my brother." Joellik said.

"Uncle Joel!" Seral, Gruto's son on the ground, cried when he saw Joel. He was really frightened. A group of people rushed into their house and tied him up. How could he not be afraid?

"Fa Xiao? Not real brothers?" The team leader here frowned, "You're lucky, get out of the way."

As he spoke, the other party pushed Joel directly. Joel was already anxious, but when he pushed him, he went up and wanted to take action. However, he was stopped directly by the old village chief from behind.

"Stop!" The old village chief felt a little strange. The other party didn't look like he was here to rob, but instead seemed confident. He felt something was wrong, so he stopped Joel and asked directly, "Why do you want to arrest them?"

"Can you read? Old thing." The team leader here didn't know what to say about respecting the elderly and caring for the young. He directly took out a document and held it in front of the old village chief. "Look clearly, this is a document issued by the empire. Their man's name is Gruto, right? He is now a soldier in the Second Army. You see clearly, now they are a family of rebels. Their man has betrayed the country. According to the laws of the empire, he is a rebel, Yi San clan. Her Majesty the Queen’s order is to arrest all the traitor’s family members, and everyone can be arrested. If you catch one, you will get 5 silver coins.”

"What?" Upon hearing this, the people around him instantly became confused. Although most people are illiterate, the other party's words are clear and logical, so it must be true?

Most people in the village knew that Gruto was a soldier in the Second Legion. But regarding the rebellion of the Second Legion, to be honest, although the empire did not hide the news, no one cared about it.

At this time, Joel was also stunned. Yes, the official document the other party took out was the one he read to his aunt before. It was exactly the same. It was not fake, it was an official document. But Joel didn't pay attention to the first one before. He thought the third one had the greatest impact on them, but now he remembered that Gruto was indeed a soldier in the Second Legion.

"Did you see it? Did you see it clearly?" The team leader here looked at the old village chief and Joel who realized the seriousness of the problem in front of them, and continued, "This Gruto is a rebel. Why, your village Do you want to protect the family members of these rebels? If you dare to try, come on!"

Everyone took a step back. Who dares to do this. If you help the rebels, aren't you rebelling? What is the crime of rebellion? I have made it very clear before. The Yi tribe, how dare they do this.