Interstellar: Start as a cleaner

Chapter 706 Robber

 “Taxation!” Yang Bo checked carefully and found that the main income of the nobles of the Shuilan Empire was now taxation.

The nobles of the Shuilan Empire have their own legislative power over their territories, which means that the other party can legislate independently.

 That is, for any enterprise or product, if you want to enter my territory, you must pay me taxes or give me a certain amount of profit.

 If you don’t give it, then don’t even think about entering.

 It's better now. In the past, which was not the interstellar era, some goods passed through several noble territories, and in the end the taxes were higher than the value of the goods themselves.

 Now the House of Lords has passed a resolution setting an upper limit on the percentage of taxes that can be added to a certain item.

However, the nobles of the Shuilan Empire are also divided into several factions: conservatives, liberals, and neutrals.

“If you want to make money quickly, you have to fight.” It turns out that in the Shuilan Empire, two nobles had an irreconcilable conflict, and the fight could be resolved through a swordsmanship competition.

 Because the laws of the empire had little effect on the nobility, many laws were not suitable for the nobility.

 “It seems like my brother’s opportunity to make a fortune has come again.” Yang Bo chuckled.

 After checking the relevant information, Yang Bo went to the game.

 “Take off the badge.” Yang Bo saw Adam wearing the badge on his chest.

“This is a status symbol for me,” Adam said.

"If you don't want to be targeted by bandits or other people, it's best to take them down. Look at who these houses and buildings are used to defend in the game. Some time ago, I had bandits robbing the village in the countryside. Guess what those on the road are? Are there any robbers among them? Will they come up and stab you when they see you are a soldier?" Yang Bo said angrily.

"Oh." When Adam heard this, he quickly took off the badge.

Today I went to a sculpture class. Yang Bo stopped handling materials and started making clay figurines.

Although Yang Bo can quickly shape a clay figure himself, it is slower to control the game character to shape a clay figure.

 The main reason is that I can't control the strength of my hands well, so I can only do it slowly bit by bit.

 Just like operating some machinery, if you don’t know the strength of the machine, you can only observe the effect visually, and then control the strength of the hand operation through operation.

“Not bad, I didn’t expect you to have a talent for carving, Handy.” Andy looked at a chicken that Yang Bo pinched and nodded.

"It's pretty good that you can achieve this level now. The next step is to make your work more exquisite." Andy looked at the chicken in front of him. Although it looked a little rough, the proportions of the whole chicken looked very good. suitable.

“You have a very good grasp of the size and proportion of this animal. Although it looks rough, others can tell at a glance that it is a rooster.”

“The rest of you, come and take a look at Handy’s work. The first step in our sculpture is to get the size and proportions precise.”

“Adam, are you sure the short-necked horse you made is a horse?”

“And you, Paul, can you pinch a pig’s body so long?” Andy called several other students over.

 “Did you cheat by using virtual software?” Adam sent a message to Yang Bo.

“If I can cheat, it will prove that the game you developed is a broken game.” Yang Bo texted back again.

 “Hmph!” Adam hummed back.

Yang Bo studied here for a long time and then left Andy.

Several other students were envious and jealous.

For the remaining half of the afternoon today, Yang Bo controlled the game character to release darts.

   15 meters can already hit the target with perfect accuracy, and 10 meters means you can hit wherever you want.

 Limited by the character's power, it won't have much lethality no matter how far it is, so it's better not to use it.

In addition, Yang Bo also prepared a few bags of lime, which are a powerful weapon in fighting.

Yang Bo and Adam came to the police station in the evening.

“Autumn is coming soon, and we must be wary of bandits now.”

“Every autumn is when bandits are rampant. They will rob farmers, farms, ranches, and caravans.”

 During the meeting in the evening, the chief of the public security station spoke.

It turns out that when the harvest comes in the autumn, farmers have food in their hands, and the food can be converted into money.

At this time, the robbers will come out to steal food, money and people.

 Because farmers have money in their hands, caravan activities are also prosperous, and they have to prepare for winter.

 It will even make some bandits ready to take action.

“So if you see suspicious people, you must conduct a thorough investigation.”

While patrolling together at night, Roden said: "Autumn is the most dangerous. Our Green City has been besieged by bandits several times."

“Brother Roden, where do these bandits usually live?” Adam asked.

“These bandits may be farmers or workers at ordinary times. They usually disperse to do various jobs, but in autumn they will gather to rob others.”

 “That’s one of the reasons they’re the hardest to spot.”

“There used to be a region where caravans were often robbed. After careful investigation, we found that the farmers and workers on seven or eight local farms were all bandits. They usually worked in the fields, and when they encountered a target, they turned into bandits.”

“After robbing and killing people, they bury them in the ground.”

When Adam heard this, he also felt that the people walking next to him were robbers, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"It's no problem for you to live in the college. The college's defense is very strong." Locke said.

Yang Bo was a little curious, why is Locke still here after making great achievements?

Another two days passed peacefully. On Saturday morning, with the arrival of autumn, there were fewer rabbits for the nobles to hunt, because the autumn harvest was about to begin, and there were already workers working in the vineyards and orchards.

Yang Bo was going to let the character practice throwing knives more. Unexpectedly, after a while, the guard at the entrance of the college came and told Yang Bo that someone was looking for him outside.

“Handy, a caravan has been attacked, follow us quickly.” There was Locke at the door, riding a horse, and there was another horse behind him.

 “Where is Adam?”

 “He has never ridden a horse before.”

“Hurry up and put on your equipment.” Locke pointed to the equipment on the horse behind him.

So Yang Bo hurried back to the academy with his equipment and changed it.

 “Where are you going?” Adam came out and saw Yang Bo’s fully armed back, and quickly sent a message.

 “A caravan was attacked by bandits.”

 “Where’s me!” Adam quickly followed.

 “You can’t ride a horse?”

 “Who said I can’t ride a horse?”

 “Didn’t bring your equipment.”

When Adam came to the gate of the college, he saw Yang Bo's back on horseback.

But if you take a closer look, you will curl your lips, because the horse is being held by the person in front.

This time Yang Bo brought his bow.

The speed of horses is not too fast. In movies, we see people riding horses running very fast.

That's a lie. Horses usually don't go very fast when they're on the road.

 The fastest is only when charging. Yang Bo didn’t know which direction he was going, but he soon saw black smoke rising in the distance.

And Yang Bo found that there were knights in the distance. In this case, only the cavalry could arrive quickly.

 The place where the smoke was coming out seemed to be about two or three kilometers away.

Green City behind has sounded the alarm. Green City has been fooled before. A noble's caravan was attacked, and the knights ran to reinforce it. Unexpectedly, the bandit's cavalry almost attacked the city.

 The one who can send so many knights for reinforcements must be the caravan of the nobles.

“Be careful.” As soon as he saw the place, Locke slowed down and shouted to Yang Bo behind him.

Yang Bo has now seen the situation and found that the caravan carriages were forming a circle and there were robbers outside.

The robbers also wore a variety of equipment and held bows and arrows in their hands. In addition, the robbers also had cavalry.

 The caravan's vehicle formation was a bit messy, and it was obvious that it had been suddenly attacked.

The bandit cavalry actually gathered together, apparently wanting to fight with the cavalry reinforcements from Green City.

 The knights from Green City gradually slowed down and then moved closer.

Yang Bo quickly jumped off the horse and ran to the side quickly.

This place is on the road. When the cavalry charge each other later, the bandit's cavalry may rush over. Then give yourself a chance.

 This has begun to enter the mountainous area, and the place where the caravan was attacked is near the entrance from the mountainous area.

This is a convenient place for bandits to ambush, and caravan members will take it lightly. After all, you can see Green City after leaving the intersection.

Yang Bo quickly came to the hillside on the side of the road, looked at the hillside that was not too steep, and started climbing with both hands and feet.

While climbing, Yang Bo heard the sound of a whistle below.

I saw seven or eight knights reinforced by Green City. One of them was blowing a whistle, and several other knights took out their weapons and controlled their horses.

 Seven or eight knights lined up in a row, and to the rhythm of the whistle, these war horses also walked in neat steps.

 Wait for Yang Bo to climb to the hillside and find a place where people can stand.

The knights of Green City have launched the final charge amidst the rapid sound of whistles.

Yang Bo took out a string from his waist and threw it in the air. Watching the string continue to float down the mountain in the wind, he calculated the wind direction and speed.

Then Yang Bo took out his bow and arrow and began to aim.

 There are close to 20 cavalry on the bandits' side, but their equipment is of all kinds.

 The robbers also began to charge, and the gap could be seen.

 Before the charge started, the bandits were lined up in a long line, but after the charge started, some ran in front and some ran behind.

 This is determined by the knight's control method and the physical ability of the war horse itself.

 Cavalry charges do not collide with each other, but rely on the speed of the horses to allow the weapons in their hands to cut open the opponent's body.

Moreover, the weapons in the hands of the cavalry are not swung, but need to be held tightly. The speed brought by the war horses will bring the weapons into close contact with the opponent.

 The two sides passed each other, and the two robber cavalry fell directly from their horses to the ground.

At this time, the tactical prowess of Green City’s knights was demonstrated again.

 The knights of Green City quickly turned around, lined up again, and began to counterattack.

As for the cavalry on the bandit's side, some have already turned their horses, some are still turning, and some even almost collided with each other.

“This is the time.” Yang Bo took out the refined iron arrows he purchased.

Of course you have to cover your face, the bandits below are turning around at the lowest speed.

Whoosh!

 An arrow flew down from the hillside without warning and penetrated directly into the body of a cavalryman.

This cavalryman has leather armor covering the front of his body, but none on the back. It may be that the bandit's cavalry is not equipped enough.

 And now when turning around, the back is exposed.

 The other robbers were frightened when they saw their companion fell to the ground after being shot by an arrow.

They saw the guy with a bow on the hillside taking aim, and these people couldn't help but panic.

Hunted by the scolding of one of the leading guys, he quickly charged in a chaotic manner.

One of the cavalrymen saw the shadow of an arrow, and then discovered that the arrow actually hit his horse's head.

Then the cavalryman felt a force, and then his eyes went dark and he felt pain all over his body.

This cavalryman also reacted very quickly. He rolled on the ground and lost most of his strength before getting up.

 You know something is wrong just by hearing the sound of horse hooves.

Then his head flew up in the next second, and it turned out that he just happened to bump into the charging Green City cavalry.

  Riding skill +1!

Yang Bo had a skill in his mind, and this time the bandit cavalry left three more corpses.

But the cavalryman who was shot by Yang Bo just now was not dead yet, and was slashed in the neck by Locke who rushed over.

  Riding skill +1!

Then the bandit cavalry actually ran directly into the mountain, and the other bandits who besieged the caravan also dispersed in a hurry.

 The robbers left the bodies of seven horsemen at this place.

But for this distance, there was nothing Yang Bo could do. In addition, these bandits without horses were all heading into the woods on the mountain.

"Handy, good job!" Yang Bo came down from the mountain. Seven or eight injured knights from Green City were bandaging their wounds, and the uninjured ones were on guard. Locke's arm was also injured, but it was not serious due to the armor's obstruction.

“Sir, you praised me, so I’ll give you two fine iron arrows.”

“I didn’t expect that our Mr. Rabbit Hunter is actually good at archery.”

“If Mr. Rabbit Hunter hadn’t disrupted the bandits’ charging formation, we might have had to do it again.”

 “Mr. Rabbit Hunter, well done.” Several knights from Green City praised Yang Bo one after another.

At this time, knights from Green City came one after another. Some saw that the matter was resolved here, so they hurried back to report the news.

Yang Bo saw the caravan that was attacked. Seven people died and many others were injured.

 Because it is relatively close to Green City, the bodies of these people will be dragged to Green City. If they are far away, they are usually buried on the spot, because the caravan is also afraid of a second attack by bandits.

 After waiting for almost another 20 minutes, Green City's infantry arrived.

“It turned out to be the spice caravan of the Holden family of the Silver Family. It is said that the goods of this caravan are worth more than 50,000 gold coins.” Later, Yang Bo learned the specific information of today’s caravan.

This is not important, the key is that the caravan gave some money to thank Green City for the rescue.

“Handy, a colleague wants to buy your credit for killing the cavalry.” Locke called Yang Bo to his office and asked in a low voice.

"ah?"

“Killing cavalry gives you the greatest credit. If you accumulate a certain amount of credit, you can exchange for a title. In addition, this time you are rescuing the Silver Family, so the title is easy to obtain.”

"Of course the price offered by the other party is definitely worth it, 50 gold coins in cash and a bow worth at least 500 gold coins." Locke said again. .

 (End of this chapter)