Where did you pick up these women from another world?

At this time, a woman wearing a black tights and a black robe staggered towards the outside of the city.

Her tights and robe were scratched in many places, revealing her firm, white and tender skin, but it was covered with knife wounds.

The woman ignored the treatment, and there was a trace of endless anger and confusion on her beautiful and charming face.

She had been lurking in Rio for many years without being exposed. She didn't understand why she was exposed.

She thought of Ye Ji who defected and disappeared, and couldn't help but wonder if it was related to Ye Ji?

But he quickly dismissed the idea. If it was really Ye Ji who was the informant, it would definitely be a more secretive arrest, rather than such a crazy house-to-house search.

The legendary succubus would not leave suddenly when he was about to kill him.

From this point of view, I must have suffered an unreasonable disaster. I don't know why Madman Bell suddenly went crazy. He just happened to be affected by the other party.

She couldn't help but sigh that what happened tonight was too thrilling.

In order to disrupt the internal situation of the United States of Mano, the United States of Mano sought a decision not to immediately send troops south.

She made many plans according to the orders from her superiors. She finally contacted the representatives of the Orcs. Regarding the conflict between the Gaia tribe and the Wind Chasers, she prepared to widen the rift between the two. The Orcs took the opportunity to seize the territory of the Exploding Bear Clan. Attack in order to open a gap and regain a large area of ​​land occupied by the Gaia tribe.

Although the United States of Mano is also a monarchy, its national conditions are different from those of other countries.

In this country, although the rights of nobles are similar to those in other countries, they have to bear more obligations and responsibilities.

The first point is taxes. The taxes in the United States of Mano are the same throughout the country, no matter where it is or whose territory it belongs to.

The taxes on civilians are the same, only twenty copper coins and twenty catties of grain per person per year.

In some places, it may even be lower, and you can use items of the same value to deduct it.

This tax is very low for a developed country.

Moreover, civilians only pay this tax. No one or lord is allowed to increase any tax again. Once discovered, the title will be removed and the territory will be recovered.

However, the powerful power of the empire relies on the support of countless lords and merchants.

First of all, all lords who own territories must pay a high tax. The amount of this tax is 50% of the tax on the entire population.

So many lords would hide their population. This situation is also the most common means of tax evasion.

Many small lords relied on the tax inventory of the people in their territories. If they paid half of the money, how could they maintain the security of the territory and a luxurious life.

The second point is that according to the title and level of different lords, an additional management fee must be paid. This is not a lot of money, but plus the birthdays of the king and queen, New Year's gifts, and coming-of-age ceremonies for princesses and princes. , and so on. Although you don’t have to send it, the king won’t say anything.

But don’t even think about any good things happening in the future.

This article is mainly aimed at lords with higher titles and larger territories. Generally, small lords would not give gifts to the king at all, as they were not of sufficient rank.

But if you don’t give it to the king, what about your immediate superior? For example, what if you are a subordinate viscount to Earl So-and-so?

Still have to give it away.

Third, territories inland close to the royal capital or not adjacent to the border are fine.

Those territories that are close to the border, close to neighboring countries, close to the coast, etc., have to defend themselves against the invasion of aliens and attacks by monsters.

Although such a territory will have imperial support and tax exemptions, the military expenditure and level of danger are simply not something that ordinary people can afford.

The Mano Empire stipulated that no taxes should be paid on territories close to neighboring countries or within 200 miles of the border. The empire would also station troops in key towns.

But such a war frontier is simply not something that some small nobles can try to manage.

But if you are a duke, and your territory is a thousand kilometers away from the fiefdom, and it is as big as two provinces, it is big enough, but your duty-free area is limited to the 200 miles close to neighboring countries. As for the area beyond 200 miles Within the scope, you still have to pay tax when it’s time to pay tax.

The tax for five hundred miles will be less, only one-third. Beyond five hundred miles, the taxes are the same.

At the same time, nobles cannot live the same life as common people, just to have enough to eat.

Castles, reinforcements, guards, knights, troops, etc. are all a huge expense.

But the tax is only a little, and the territory of an earl is as big as half a province to a province.

The population is between 10 million and 50 million, so the earl's annual tax revenue is between 200,000 and 1 million gold coins, and there are between 1 million and 10 million tons of grain.

This amount may seem large, but when faced with a territory as large as a province, and with the Earl's men able to form an army of 10,000 to 30,000 people, this amount of money is not enough.

Fortunately, the taxes levied on merchants by the lords were the largest part of their income.

But the tax rate was too high and merchants would not come. Therefore, many lords vigorously developed business and planned the development of their territories in order to maximize profits.

One thing to note here is that all the land in the territory belongs to the lord, but it is impossible for every inch of land in the territory to be cultivated by farmers.

Therefore, the lord hired many farmers to farm the land to increase his food production.

For example, if there are mountains and water in the territory, you can engage in tree industry and fishery. If there are mines, it will be a source of wealth for hundreds of years.

In short, the lords had many ways to make money, but they couldn't blackmail the common people.

Those lords who wanted to squeeze money from the civilians would be killed by their subordinates that night, without exception.

What I say so much is actually to show that the situation of the Gaia tribe is not optimistic.

Their clan guards the north of the United States of Manor. Not far away is the Bear Clan territory of the Beast Clan, where the Explosive Bear Clan lives.

After years of planning, the territory of the Gaia tribe has occupied a large area of ​​the other party's land. There is no need to pay taxes on this kind of land, at least until the other party admits that this is the territory of the United States of Mano, there is no need to pay taxes.

At the same time, it also brought rich materials and products to the Gaia tribe.

Tonight, Daqi's spies secretly met with representatives of the Orc tribe, aiming to provoke a war between the Gaia tribe and the Wind Chaser tribe regarding the issue of the Gaia tribe.

In order to prevent anyone from noticing, the orcs specially sent barbarians and shamans to confuse the sight.

But for some reason, the madman Bell discovered him and came to his door.

The woman quickly left the city. Although she was injured, as a legendary strongman, she was still very fast, as if she was a ghost.

She knew that there was no place for her in Rio City, so she could only go to other nearby territories and slowly make plans.

It's just that she needs a quiet place to heal her wounds now, so she walked eastward after leaving the city.

An hour later, she stood still under a big tree.

: "Come out, Ye Ji, you've been following me all the way. Are you trying to escort me away secretly?"

A seductive voice said, "How did you find out?"

"Ye Ji, have you forgotten who taught you martial arts and who raised you?"

: "Then thank you very much for taking care of me for so many years. Also, my name is Ji Baisha, not Ye Ji."

Ji Baisha emerged from the dim woods. She was dressed exactly the same as the other person. It seemed that she had been influenced by the other person since she was a child.

: "Ye Ji, congratulations on escaping from the sea of ​​suffering and becoming a legend, but do you know? Even a legend is just a strong dog in the eyes of some big shots. Many times I am forced to have no choice."

Ye Ji's beautiful eyes looked at her coldly

: "I don't want to be your enemy. As long as you tell my sister where Ji Baixue has gone, don't say you don't know. If I don't get a satisfactory answer, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to leave here."

The other party was silent for a while

: "Yeji, your sister Yeying is more qualified than you. When you escaped from the organization, you happened to be spotted by a big shot. The other person wanted you to be his sex slave. You didn't know this, but you were attracted by it. My sister heard it, because you and your sister are exactly the same. Your sister volunteered to replace you as the other person's sex slave. But she was afraid that you would be sad, so she asked me to tell you that she graduated early and went on a mission. I have been cheating on you all these years. You, I’m just afraid that you won’t be able to think about it, and that you’ll be sad and do something stupid.”

Hearing this, Ji Baisha felt a burst of distress and self-blame, and she felt uncontrollable anger all over her body.

: "Why? Why do we risk life and death for the country, lurk in the empire for the country, and even sell our bodies? What are we doing? They still treat us like this. Why do you want to work for such a country? You are not lying to me. Are you afraid that I will be sad because you are afraid that I will betray the organization? I still foolishly paid so much for such a country? Are we succubi not human beings? Are we succubi born bitches and sluts? Were you born to be a sex slave? Tell me who that person is? Tell me!"

The other party shook her head, she raised her hand, and a black halo appeared on her arm. Ji Baisha knew that it was a sealing curse that could enslave the legendary strong man.

Even if a legendary powerhouse is planted, it will never be possible to get rid of it.

: "It's useless. You have no idea how terrifying those upper-level big shots are. Even epic heroes can't bring down such big shots. You don't understand that our thousands of lives are nothing more than what the other party wants to do. It's just a recreational game. Give up and live well for your sister."

"No, I must avenge my sister. If you don't tell me, then don't blame me for not telling me about my years of upbringing."

Saying that, Ye Ji took out a sharp dagger.

The woman stood there calmly, without any intention of resisting.

: "Then just do it."

:"you?"

: "Ye Ji, I have been teaching you since you were four years old. How can you hesitate at this time? To achieve your goals at all costs and sacrifice everything, have you forgotten? Is it because of me that you can do this? Give up your goal? Even if this goal is not what I want to see, as my most proud disciple, I don't want to see you so cowardly and stupid. If you see you like this, you might as well kill me with one knife. "

Ji Baisha recalled all the past events and the grace of raising her for more than ten years. Although the other party enslaved her, this was also a necessary condition to ensure that the spies would not rebel.

Moreover, it was the protection of the other party that prevented him from exchanging his body for information and kept his innocence.

Seeing Ji Baisha's hesitation and retreat, the woman hated the fact that iron cannot become steel.

: "Ye Ji, let me tell you the truth, I don't know who that big shot is at all, because it was our commander-in-chief Xu Feifei who ordered you to be taken away, and your sister happened to meet me, and I happened to I thought she was you and told her. I didn't expect her to agree happily. It wasn't until she was about to be taken away that she told me that she was your sister and she insisted that I hide it from you.

I see that you are no longer a virgin? Why didn't that man contract you? Isn't he a contractor? "

: "As for my sister, I won't give up. As for my affairs, you don't have to worry about it."

: "Fart! That's nonsense. Are you crazy? How did I teach you? You can't deal with a man? Do you want to piss me off? I taught you like my daughter, and this is how you repay me Who is the other party? Tell me and I will kill him. You are not a contractor who cannot defeat the other party, right? It doesn’t matter, I will go with you!"

: "Master, it's not what you think. The other person is not that kind of person. It's just that I can't explain it for a while."

: "Then let's talk slowly. By the way, do you have any healing medicine? I met a very powerful succubus today, and I have no power to fight back."

Ji Baisha put down her guard, took out the medicine and applied it to the other party, and asked in shock

: "How is it possible? Is there a succubus more powerful than the master in Rio City?"

: "She is the dependent of Crazy Bell. She is simply ridiculously strong. She is worthy of being the legendary assassin who has been famous for a long time, the Queen of the Night. Her greatness lies in her strong intuition. Facing such an opponent, any combat system will be useless. The only way to restrain her is purely defensive shield defense and barbarian berserker."

:"Why are you?"

Ji Baisha suddenly retreated. She covered the wound on her waist and looked at her beloved and trusted master in disbelief. If she hadn't suddenly felt a palpitation in her heart just now and stood up quickly, she might have killed her in one fell swoop. Pierced heart.

: "Why? Since you have hatred for the empire, I can't keep you here. Don't blame me. You know too many secrets. I gave you a chance, and I reminded you not to hesitate or be weak. Unfortunately, you are too cool. I'm disappointed. A succubus like you won't live long even if you enter the legend. Even if the other party contracts you, you will be killed by his followers sooner or later. For a waste like you, it's better to let me directly Kill, there is no need to struggle. The dagger has a special potion to restrain our assassins. It will paralyze the body for a short time. Before you die, let the master teach you a lesson. Do not reveal your heart at any time. Come out and don’t trust anyone.”

The woman stood up and put on the coat that had come off during the treatment, covering her figure that would be crazy sexy if a man just looked at it.

Ji Baisha struggled hard, but unfortunately, her whole body was paralyzed and unable to move. The explosion just now seemed to be short-lived and only delayed the time of death.

Looking at the master who was calmly tidying up her hair accessories, she knew that she would definitely die today.

Two lines of tears flowed down her face: "I'm sorry, sister, I can't avenge you. I'm sorry, Sun Yun, I can't be your wife."