Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

After all, the Duke of Luma still conscripted food from the whole fief.

The war has reached a critical moment, and the Principality of Lanji is more difficult to deal with than he thought. Moreover, the Principality of Lanji has suddenly increased its military strength recently, and it seems that it wants to take the Principality of Luma in a short time.

Grand Duke Luma also knew the consequences of doubling the levies and conscriptions, especially when the rear areas were not stable, but at this time he had no choice but to act. If he did not conscript more troops and levies, then the relationship between him and the Principality of Lanji would be The war will soon come to an end, anyway, the final result is that if you lose, you will have nothing, so it is better to fight one last time.

With this in mind, Duke Luma insisted on mobilizing [-] troops to assist the tax collector to go to various territories to ask for food and dignitaries.

If you don't give food or give people, five thousand troops are placed there, and if you don't give, you will rob.It's up to you!

Although the masters of each tower county have their own ideas, they ask themselves that when the Duke of Lanji comes to fight, they will not be able to occupy a piece of land to fight against the Duke of Lanji. In this case, they might as well support the original Duke of Luma, at least they can continue guarantee their prosperity.

With the strong support of the princesses of the towers, the lords of the small territories had no choice but to force the people to take out all the food in their homes. There are 13-year-old boys in the family, two of them must leave one, and three must leave two, and if they don't want to leave, they will pay with money and food.

Some lords are more conscientious, and only collect food and soldiers according to the taxation amount requested by the Duke of Luma.However, some lords took this as an opportunity to make a fortune, and they didn't care about the life and death of the people. The higher authorities asked them to collect [-]% of the grain tax this year, and they took [-]% or even [-]%.Those who are unwilling to be recruited will have to pay twice as much money and food.

The people who suffer the most from this kind of search are the people. In order to avoid the grain collectors and conscription officers, many people flee with their families into the deep mountains and old forests, or run to other territories with their families.

As long as these fleeing citizens are caught, regardless of gender, as long as they are 13 years old, they will be forcibly sent to the battlefield.Men can be used as cannon fodder, and women can be used as cannon fodder when necessary.

When the Luma Principality was full of cries, the Sita County was not peaceful.

Obviously Tang Bo, the lord, hadn't spoken yet, and the lords of the four tower counties summoned their citizens and said, "You probably don't know yet, but we now have a new lord in Sita county, that is, the white deer lord. We His Majesty the King assigned the entire Four Towers County to him."

The citizens talked a lot, and most of them were ignorant of the news, and they didn't even know that Sita County had changed to a new owner.Quite a few people have heard of the name of Lord White Deer. During the flood, he saved many victims and took away many people.

Some of the remaining people from Sita County had eaten the food provided by Bailu Ling, but these people were reluctant to leave their homeland, so they did not follow Tang Bo.What's more, I heard others say how rich the white deer collar was, and the lord guaranteed that everyone had food to eat and so on.But ordinary people don't believe in such rumors, thinking that there are no such good places and lords in the world.

Now that they heard that the Lord of White Deer was about to become their new master, everyone couldn't help being a little surprised, thinking that their life should be easier with the arrival of the Lord.

Unexpectedly, their former lords opened their mouths and said: "According to the order of this new lord, he requires that 13% of the grain tax must be paid this year. As long as there is a [-]-year-old boy in the family, only one will be kept, and everything else will go. Fight against the Principality of Lanji. If you don’t want to go, you have to pay five silver coins or a thousand catties of grain as ransom.”

The people were in an uproar.

"Why is this white deer lord like this!"

"Exactly! Could it be that he lied when he said that he could feed the people?"

"I heard that those who followed Lord White Deer are miserable now. The men dig mines and the women go to the fields every day. Many people are so tired that they vomit blood. Everyone is as thin as a skeleton. They can only eat weeds and drink cold water , If you don’t work, you will be whipped.”

"Hey, I said how could there be such a good lord in this world. It really was a lie. The family next door to me still didn't listen to me and insisted on going with that lord. Now the whole family doesn't know whether they are dead or alive."

"What should we do? How can we have so much food to pay taxes? All the men in the family will go to war, so what should we do? What about farming next year?"

At this moment, the people of Sita County hated the new lord to death.

In the past, [-]% of the grain tax was collected, the lord collected [-]%, and the third was sold to Luma City, and the farmers could keep [-]% for themselves.

The [-]% of the grain is deducted from some grains, and the rest is already very barely enough to support the family. When the harvest is over, everyone often has to drink water and eat bran to barely eat.

Now you have to pay [-]% and half, what can you do with the remaining [-]%?Whether it can survive the winter is a problem!What about next year's crops?

Not to mention that the lord of the White Deer Lord wanted to conscript so many men, and if he didn't leave, he would have to pay five silver coins or a thousand catties of grain.But which of them can have so much food and silver coins?

The people of Sita County clamored, shouting that they couldn't afford such a grain tax, and they couldn't afford to support such a lord.

The original lords hypocritically said that they had nothing to do. This was an order from the new big lord. If everyone disagreed, the big lord would send an army to forcefully conscript them. At that time, it would not be [-]%, but the family would still have The question of what can be kept.

"When did the lord of our Bailu leader say that he wanted his people to pay such a high food tax and collect so many soldiers? How come we Bailu leaders have never heard of it, and you know?" A loud and clear voice The man's voice suddenly sounded above everyone's heads.

The voice was loud and clear, as if someone was talking to them nearby.

The citizens in the square subconsciously quieted down, and turned around to look for the source of the sound.

The original lord of the territory also frowned and looked around.

The sound of "da da da" horseshoes sounded.

A tall and vigorous figure slowly approached the square on a tall horse.

"Who are you?" The former lord who was standing on the platform asked loudly.

"I, Gu Tang, the head of the Fifth Army of the White Deer Territory, was ordered by the lord to take over his territory. According to the order of His Majesty the King of Tonglei Kingdom, the entire territory of the four towers in Sita County belonged to me at the end of last year. Lord of the White Hart Territory. But you greedy moths dare not obey His Majesty the King's order, in order to absorb more people's fat and people's anointing, all of you occupy the land and refuse to leave."

"You are talking nonsense! My lordship was granted by the grand duke, and Tang Bo has no right to seize my territory!" The original lord cursed angrily, and waved his hands to send someone to arrest him.

Gu Ding reined in his horse, "No qualifications? Are you saying that His Majesty's order is not as good as that of His Majesty the Grand Duke? My lord has given you nearly a year to let you move, but you not only failed to accept the lord's kindness, but also During the autumn harvest, falsely pass on the orders of the lords, search for the wealth of the people, and forcibly recruit soldiers, what are you trying to do!"

The crowd roared again, and they couldn't believe their ears.

The previous lord said that the new big lord wanted to collect more taxes, but in the blink of an eye someone said he was lying.

Who the hell is telling the truth?

People are of course more willing to believe in what is good for them.

But their former lord has sent someone to arrest the soldier, and there is only one soldier, how can we... Uh!

Da da da, da da da!Countless horseshoes sounded.

A large number of warriors wearing leather armor and fully armed appeared at the end of the dirt road, and they were advancing, advancing here.

The original leader insisted on having a big mouth, and was completely dumbfounded looking at the black army.

Their Timber Territory was a small territory, and it had suffered floods before. He fled to Anhe Territory and came back after the flood. Originally, there were not many people left in the Territory, let alone the soldiers on hand.

Now the entire timber collar can pull out two hundred soldiers, which is a lot.

But how many of these heavily armed soldiers are there?Two thousand, or more?

"This person falsely preached the lord's order, and seriously deceived and persecuted my lord's people, arrest him!" Gu Ding swung his right hand forcefully.

On the other side, the propaganda team of Bailuling is also promoting in various places in Sita County.

The original lords of the territories in Sita County certainly didn't want the people from the White Deer Leader to come and "confuse the crowd", but those propaganda teams were actually followed by an army of [-] little giants!

Because the white bean clan is tall and eats a lot, it is difficult for them to gather in one place for a long time. Therefore, every time the number of the little giant clan exceeds [-] or so, a group of people will be separated to seek life in other places.

In the entire Luma Principality, there are about 500 people in the Little Giant Clan, and more than 200 of them were recruited by the Luma Duke to serve as soldiers.This is also one of the occupations that they can eat enough.

There are about [-] little giants scattered all over the Luma Principality. After the frequent riots in various places, the life of the little giants has also been greatly affected. Although ordinary people dare not provoke them, people are so hungry that they don't care. Is this the field of the Little Giants? It can be snatched by stealth.

Now that Baidou's family is living well, they naturally wanted to help their relatives. They contacted their relatives who were relatively close by blood and asked them to come to Bailuling.

When these little giants came to Bailuling, they were worried that there would be no work to do, but when they arrived, the lord Tang Bo personally came forward and received them very warmly.

Tang Bo really likes these little giants. Although they eat a lot, they are also strong and work hard, and there are very few lazy ones.If there is, their clansmen will teach them a lesson themselves, so there is no need to bother him.

Bailuling is under construction and development, and there is a lot of hard work waiting for people to do it.The little giants are strong and not stupid. After giving them basic lessons, they can work better than ten of them.

After the first group of little giants arrived at the White Hart Collar and settled down, they found that they could really eat and drink here, and they could have their own houses and fields, so what are you waiting for?These little giants who came to the White Hart Collar took it for granted to contact their relatives and friends.

As a result, more and more little giants gathered in the White Hart Collar.

Later, the patriarch of the little giant clan simply found all the little giants in the Luma Principality, and the whole family came to join Tang Bo.

At this time, Bailuling already had a large number of people working, so it would be too wasteful for the little giant to do coolies.Tang Bo asked Gu Ding to train them and train them into a special operations team.

At present, there are about 800 people in the little giant's army. This army is only dispatched by Tang Bo, and it is counted in Tang Bo's guard establishment.

Tang Bo also specially equipped these little giants with armor, chariots, weapons, etc. suitable for them.

As soon as the fully armed little giant army came out, 800 people stood there like [-] hills, and asked who would dare to trouble them?

There are also people who are not afraid of death and want to test the strength of these little giants.

But before they got close to the propaganda team, the little giant used catapults and catapults from a distance, smashed them to pieces, and they couldn't form an army or an army. More than 2000 soldiers rushed over in formation, but only more than 1000 escaped.

This trial made Anshen and others know the strength and power of the little giant's army, and they never dared to take advantage of it lightly.

Under the protection of the Little Giant Army, the Bailuling propaganda team traveled all over Sita County to publicize various policies of Bailuling. There are four key points in this propaganda.

First, clarify the legal ownership of White Deer Lord Tang Bo's territory in Sita County.It is clear that there are no other nobles and powerful people in this land except Tang Bo.

Second, as the new lord, Tang Bo, considering that the entire Sita County was affected by the flood two years ago and has not yet recovered, in order to show compassion for the people, he decided to exempt all places except Bailu City from tax for three years. Start this year.

Thirdly, because the Duke of Luma wants to fight against the Principality of Lanji, he requires all the citizens of the New White Deer Territory, including slaves, to pay an autumn tax of one thousand catties of grain according to the number of people, and also requires the White Deer Territory to conscript soldiers 2 people were handed over to Luma Dagong.

Fourth, and the most important content of the propaganda, Tang Bo, the lord of White Deer, couldn't bear to see his subjects starve to death. He decided to ask the subjects for their opinions. tax, and he is not willing to let all the men in the family go to serve as soldiers, then Tang Bo will lead all the citizens to disobey and desperately protect their leaders.If someone is willing to pay these unreasonable taxes and serve as a soldier, Tang Bo will not stop them.

Once such a slogan comes out, do the people still need to choose?

They even feel that [-]% of the grain tax is high, and they don't want to think about it. It can be said that the previous lords implemented a high-pressure policy on them, and they dare not talk about it, let alone resist.

Now the Grand Duke asks them to pay a thousand catties of grain each, but one mu of land can only harvest two to three hundred catties of grain a year. Their average family only has ten or twenty mu of land, and how many people does a big family have?Where will this autumn grain come from?

Finally, the current lord is willing to take the lead in rebelling against the order from the Grand Duke. What do they have to be afraid of?Of course it's the opposite!

The people at the bottom may be afraid of things and even more afraid of death, but that doesn't mean they are bloodless.It's just that in the past, no one led them and guided them, so that even if they did something out of a moment of anger, it would be difficult for them to last long, and it would be even more difficult to become a scale.

But now that the lord has come forward in person, everything is regulated, and there is endless support, they are not afraid of starvation when making trouble, let alone being killed suddenly, so they are naturally more courageous.Don't worry that the protest will only take the lead, and there will be nothing after it.

Moreover, the new lord Tang even portrayed their behavior as a reasonable behavior of "defending their homeland and relatives", which made their psychological beliefs different-they were not resisting the rule of the Grand Duke, they were just protesting against unreasonable demands.

The hearts of the people naturally gathered around Tang Bo, and they were all looking forward to the rule of the new lord.

Faced with this situation, Anshen, the owner of Sita County, certainly couldn't do nothing. While sending a message to Luma City, he gathered troops from various territories, trying to fight back the army of Bailuling.

At the beginning, Anshen wanted to occupy the entire Sita County, but as time passed, he thought that as long as he could protect the Anhe Territory, it would be fine.

He really didn't expect that Bailuling would be so sharp once he showed his sword.

What made him even more angry and unbelievable was that the strength of the White Hart Collar was unbelievably large.What's more terrifying is the equipment on these soldiers and the weapons they use, the soldiers in his hands can't resist at all.

There were as many as [-] rebel soldiers led by the old lord of Wangheling Town in the atomic bombing.

There is also a mercenary group that popped up suddenly, and the number of them will not be less than five thousand.

There is also an army of little giants, and a water army with excellent weapons that can carry out long-range strikes on the river.

"Kneel down and don't kill!"

"Captives are not killed!"

"Follow the Lord of White Deer to have food to eat!"

"Soldiers can go home and farm as long as they want!"

"Slave soldiers surrender and all slaves are released!"

Every time the two groups of soldiers confronted each other, the people on the White Deer collar would yell like this, which made the morale of Anshen's army fluctuate, and the combat effectiveness was reduced by a few percent.

An Shen is about to explode!

But they couldn't shut up the mouths of the soldiers of the White Deer Army. They also had loudspeakers that allowed them to speak from a distance, and they could hear clearly from here.

What's even more hateful is that when everyone was short of food and clothing, the White Deer led the army to set up a big pot opposite to cook meat porridge to eat.

The scent wafted along the wind, making the soldiers on Anshen's side who couldn't get enough to eat all day long gulp down their mouths.

An Shen could only order the soldiers to attack as soon as possible.

But what did the white deer collar do on the opposite side?

They actually opened up the battle formation, let his soldiers rush over, and then...then it was gone!His soldiers even went over and refused to come back!

Just ask who will prepare so much bread and meat in the position when fighting?Just piled there, like a hill, as long as someone rushes over, they can pick it up and eat it.

Seeing so much food, Anshen's soldiers couldn't care less about fighting. Of course, they had to eat their fill first.

But when they were desperately eating the food, those white deer collar soldiers were still yelling at them nearby, saying that they were all white deer collar men and the lord's people, and the lord didn't want to kill them, as long as they were willing to stay, the lord would Agree to let them go home to farm and pardon them for all past crimes.

Just such a combination of punches, these soldiers are still fighting?

They also served as soldiers to eat, but in Anshen's army, it was difficult for them low-level soldiers to eat enough, let alone the slave soldiers.

A large number of soldiers surrendered, and some soldiers sneaked away. The slave soldiers even directly bombed the camp, and were rushed out of the camp by those who secretly sneaked into the camp.

The lords of the territories in Sita County were also eliminated one by one. Some of them were too scared, and some of them reacted faster. They fled into Anhe Territory with the remaining soldiers and asked for Anshen's asylum.

Anhe City was surrounded, and An Shen was so angry that he fell ill.

"Is there any news from the Grand Duke?" An Shen supported the sick body and asked the messenger soldier.Now all his hopes are on the Grand Duke, hoping that the Grand Duke can send troops to rescue him.

The messenger soldier shook his head, lowered his head and said: "The outside is surrounded, and the messenger can't get in at all."

An Shen pressed his chest, "Did the eldest son find it?"

The men still shook their heads.

An Shen's eyes darkened for a while, how did things turn out like this?

"Isn't there still a tax collection army? Isn't there five thousand soldiers? Where are they now? Haven't they received the news that Bailu Ling is going to rebel?" Young Master An shouted anxiously.

Everyone kept silent.As long as the leader of the tax collection army is not stupid, how could he crash into the white deer collar and ask for trouble.Their first task is to collect food and recruit soldiers. Instead of fighting Bailuling now, it is better to eat other soft persimmons first, and send some autumn grain and soldiers back to Luma City.

Second Young Master An sat down on the chair completely exhausted, he couldn't help but muttered with great regret: "No wonder the third child wants to run away, I also said that he is as cowardly as a mouse, heh!"

Anshen didn't speak, nor did he reprimand his second son. It was also with his permission that the third son would leave.Of the three sons, the eldest is gone, and the third is leaving. He also thinks that if there is an emergency, he can keep the third. The most important thing is that the third can help him in Luma City.

Now he can only hope that the third child can really bring him some help.

What is the youngest of the An family doing?

Not long after he arrived in Luma City, he found that the nobles in Luma City were secretly moving, and these people were trying to find ways to transfer their property and part of their blood to the royal capital and even other countries.

The third son of the An family didn't ask to see the grand duke because he knew that the grand duke, who was busy with the war, would not have time to see him, a small man.His father had already been abandoned by the Grand Duke, and only his father hadn't realized this yet, standing in front of the Grand Duke's gun, making trouble for Lord White Deer in Sita County.This was also the only meaning his father had for the Grand Duke.

The youngest of the An family spent half of the property he brought over, disguised himself and his confidantes as the stewards of a caravan, and quietly left Luma City with a large caravan of great nobles.

And the reason why the large caravan was able to leave Luma City smoothly was because they hired the second largest mercenary group in the Luma Dukedom "Homesickness".

After discovering the strength of the mercenary guild, the Grand Duke wanted to take the guild back for his own use. Unfortunately, most of his troops were deployed on the battlefield with the Principality of Lanji. He wanted to control the already large-scale mercenary guild. impossible.

So the Grand Duke can only watch helplessly as the nobles and nobles in Luma City hire those damned mercenaries and escape from Luma City like mice.

And these nobles would do this, but they also felt that Duke Luma was about to lose!