Chapter 417: Khaki's Enlightenment
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Khaki didn't know how he got home, looking at the empty house, Khaki was a little dizzy, this is the sequelae of the hangover, Khaki walked out of the door, and all he saw were unfamiliar faces.
"It's been more than 50 years and this is probably the first time I've lived here. Khaki looked at the familiar scenery and sighed, this is the home of the various elders in the fox clan, the last time Khaki lived here fifty years ago, it was when he joined the presbyterian council once.
Fifty years is enough to change a lot of things, the house in the original memory only leaves a rough outline, the spring wind is still a little biting, and the servants are very unfamiliar.
Khaki is a member of the Red Fox Clan, so the servants below are also from the Red Fox Clan, and the Fox Clan's distinction depends on the tail, the Red Fox Clan has a red tail, and the Silver Fox is silver. , red red with black, all races have a share in the presbyterian church, but the gray fox clan, the red fox, the blue fox, and the grass fox have a large population, so they also have a large voice in the fox clan, which is also one of the reasons why no one pays attention to the mention of khaki in the presbyterian meeting.
"Your Excellency, please have breakfast. A young servant of the Red Fox Clan came to Kaki in a soft voice and said.
"How many years did you make a contract?" asked Khaki, turning his head.
The servant was visibly stunned, and then replied, "It's a contract for life." ā
Khaki sighed: "Why do you want to sign a lifetime contract?"
Half-ringing didn't get an answer, Khaki asked, "Is there no food at home?"
"Yes, my lord, I have two younger sisters in my family, one is the youngest, and there is no way in the family, the snowstorm came early that year, and the cattle froze to death, not only did they have no harvest, but they also owed taxes. The girl explained in a low voice.
"How many ranches do you have?" asked Khaki again.
"No, the grain borrowed for the winter that year was the money from the sale of pastures, and the next year ....... The girl explained with red eyes.
Khaki waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's eat!"
Khaki has already understood what happened, the blizzard led to a large number of deaths, and the dead animals could not be sold at a price, so the big guy said, if you don't sell it, you can eat it yourself!
You can eat it yourself, but you need salt and some daily necessities, as well as taxes, even if you make clothes from sheepskin, you also need needlework, not to mention firewood for winter, which all need to be exchanged.
And those nobles took the opportunity to lower the price, and finally even the ranch was bought at a low level, and the money for the purchase of the ranch was only enough for the family to survive the winter, and a few months later the girl had to sign a lifelong deed of sale so that her family could survive the winter.
Kaki's heart is uncomfortable, his own tribe is like this, so the rabbit people who are not of the same race are under the oppression of werewolves, the situation is even more imaginable, Kaki looked at the snowflakes that fell again, and thought in his heart for no reason: "Come on, come on, let the snowflakes come more violently!"
Khaki seemed to have made a decision, finished his meal in a happy mood, met with the nobles of the tribe, and finally returned to his hometown, the Red Fox Clan's territory of 'Deciduous Hills', to talk to some of his immediate family.
Khaki looked at the tens of thousands of acres of land around him, while his great-grandson said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Grandfather, you see, all this land belongs to our family, as well as the forests over there, including the river ............. ā
A smile appeared on Khaki's face, looking at the pot-bellied middle-aged man, and then looking at the empty field with more than a dozen families in his childhood memory, Khaki's heart felt deep disappointment for the first time.
"Okay, I still have something to do!" Khaki didn't have to think about it to know that the land had expanded from hundreds of acres to hundreds of thousands of acres in a hundred years, and Khaki understood it very well, and Khaki also came to mourn for those civilians for the first time.
After returning to the Holy City in his psychic pet, Khaki made an important decision, that is, to retreat and do penance, Khaki stood at the door of the ascetic temple, looking at the grand temple coming and going, feeling extremely disgusted in his heart, and then turned around and entered the ascetic hall, and the door slammed shut.
The ascetic temple is also known as the temple of death, which is the place where the priests used to close the dead, these are the priests who fall into each bottleneck and have to use this method to put pressure on themselves, but most of them end in failure, and most of the people who come to the ascetic temple are people who have little life, so when they go in, they are alive, and when they come out, they are a dried corpse.
Because there are many secret rooms in the ascetic hall, the secret rooms can only be opened from the inside, and only after a certain period of time, three years, can they be opened from the outside.
Just when countless people were shocked by Elder Khaki's penance, inside the Black Wolf City, an old man of the fox clan appeared and registered in the city hall.
"Name?" asked a cat man at the town hall.
"Golruba, Chika!" is Khaki.
"Do the old people live with the lonely old people, or do they work on their own?" asked the cat man at the town hall.
Khaki asked, "Is there any difference?"
"Yes, those lonely old people do not have land, but the city hall will assign them jobs, salaries, food and housing, and those who cannot work will be supported by the city hall for free. The cat man glanced at the khaki surname, and Golruba was a big surname with a lot of people, so the cat man just gave a strange look and explained.
Khaki was surprised and asked, "Free offerings?"
"Yes, each town will have special statistics every year, and finally the lord's mansion will allocate the expenses uniformly. The cat man explained in detail.
"What about farming?" Khaki was surprised, but Khaki agreed.
The cat man looked at Khaki and explained, "If you want to farm, we'll give you land near town." ā
"I farm my own land. Khaki thought for a moment and said.
"Okay, here's your ID card, and if you don't have the tools or a house for your old man, you can go to the rescue committee over there and register, and they'll help you." The cat man said, pointing to the other side of the hall.
Khaki looked at the bronze medal in his hand, with his name written on it, a number underneath, and finally the words "The address is Team 3 in Beech Town".
Khaki didn't understand where this beech town was, and when Khaki came to the office of the rescue society, Khaki only saw where an old bear man was, and before Khaki could speak, the bear man stood up.
"Hehe, hello, my name is Norwe, do you need any help?" asked the bear man enthusiastically.
"Well, it's just one right now. "Kaki is a little overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the old bear man, Kaki has been a priest all his life, and he is respected everywhere, and it is rare to meet such a person.
"Alright, man, relax, looks like you need something you need, right, come on, give me the ID card first." Novi was obviously experienced with this, and while pulling the khaki, he took the identity card in the khaki's hand.
"Well, Beech Town, okay, you don't have anything now, then I will apply for old-age assistance, and your taxes will be reduced, and the relief money will also be reduced by half. "The Norvi people built yƬ to.
Khaki was stunned and asked, "Assistance for the elderly?"
"Yes, a lonely old man like you, not only will not pay taxes, but there will also be subsidies, although not much, the other is the house, tools, livestock population, these need a total of about ten gold coins, the rescue will help you build a house, ready a qiÄ, you just need to sign, you just need to return five gold coins in the future, I build yƬ you pay off in three years." Norway explained.
"Alright!" Khaki came here to really see how the orcs lived under Cook's rule.
"Man, do you know how to read, if you don't, you'll have to find a notary. Norway asked.
"Notary?" Khaki couldn't figure out what was going on.
"In order to avoid being deceived by people who don't know how to read, the town hall has a special notary office...... Come on, man!"
Khaki was dragged by Norway to go through the formalities in the hall, and Khaki was keenly aware that such procedures were all in one hall, and when Khaki boarded the carriage to Beech Town, he was still shocked, because it was only a little more than an hour from entering to coming out, and now he is also a person with a land.
Beech Town is only more than 30 kilometers away from Black Wolf City, Khaki saw some orcs building roads, and the sand and gravel dug out of the river were paved on the road, Khaki asked the people in the same car suspiciously: "Is this road construction voluntary?"
"No, it was contracted out by the Lord's Mansion. The man in the car replied.
"Bag?" Khaki wondered.
"Hehe, this is actually a good thing, the old man saw it, these sand and gravel are dug out of the river, so that not only can the river be dredged, but also the road can be built, this road repair is also standard, how much is one thousand meters, what is the thickness of the sand and gravel must be, etc., and then the lord's mansion will pay according to the acceptance. "The person next to him is a middle-aged fox clan.
Khaki was surprised in his heart, such an idea can only be thought of by Cook, Khaki has not yet spoken, and the bull head driving the carriage said in a loud voice: "Actually, this road construction has many benefits." ā
"What's in it?" asked Khaki with a smile.
"The first is that the road has been repaired, it used to take me a day to get to Beech Town, but now it only takes more than an hour, the carriage is not easy to damage, and it is easy to walk on rainy days. The second is that the river has been dredged, and there is no longer any fear of flooding during the rainy season. The third is that most of these road builders are people who have no food, and they can still fill their stomachs by working here. The bull head explained.
"I'm afraid the salary is low, right?" asked Khaki elegantly.
"Hehe, it's not low, after a day of labor here, a few silver coins are in hand, and the family has enough to eat and drink. The middle-aged man of the fox clan next to him hurriedly argued.
Khaki was silent, in fact, Khaki could still think that in the end the money was back in Cook's hands, Khaki couldn't help but sigh, how could this Cook be so smart, one thing actually did several things, if you do it yourself, it costs money to build roads, it costs money to dredge rivers, and it costs money to rescue poor people who have no food, but Cook only paid a piece of money, and it turned out to be back in his pocket, and the cost was extremely low.
The town of Beech is soon there, and along the way Khaki sees countless orcs busy, busy building houses, dredging rivers, or putting up fences on their pastures, and so on.
This also reminded Khaki that in other parts of the Orc Empire, no one had come out at all, and Khaki came to the mayor's mansion, looking at the low mayor's office, which was not as tall as the tavern in the distance, Khaki had a feeling of going the wrong way.
When I entered the room, I found that there were only two people, and one of the young rat men saw Khaki and quickly poured water and said, "Please sit down, your old man is here to report?"
"Yes!" Khaki handed the bag to the nezumi.
The young nezumi sat down and looked closely, and Khaki casually asked, "There are only two people in the mayor's office?"
"No, there are two more, one went down to check the river, and the other went to check the lumberyard. The nezumi replied without raising his head.
"Who, then, is the mayor of the town, and there is no sheriff?" asked Khaki, confused.
The nezumi looked up with a smile and replied, "I am the mayor of the town, and the sheriffs are not under my jurisdiction, they are directly under the city guard." ā
"Oh!" Khaki's mouth opened wide, Mayor Nezumi Mare had never heard of before.
The nezumi quickly finished reading, and then said: "In view of your age, we will assign you a piece of land to the east of the town, Ulala, and your rescue will take this old man to the east to have a look, and then divide the land." ā
"Here, come with me. An old werewolf who was busy with green in the back hurried over and went out with Kaki.
Two days later, Khaki looked at the sixty acres of fenced pasture, a small house, and a flock of sheep, and he couldn't believe that it was worth ten gold coins, no! five gold coins.
Just as Kaki was wondering, a voice came from afar: "Chika, let's go, let's go and help Big Bear build a house." ā
"It's coming!" Khaki didn't even think about going back to the house, picked up an axe and walked out.
Khaki looked at a straight road, on both sides of the road are houses one after another, and the long and narrow pastures are fenced by rows of fences, in fact, Khaki's fence is with the neighbors, that is, the minotaur in front of him, their family has more than 800 acres of pasture, a large house, it is said that it is a bailout of 50 gold coins, and a large group of sheep and cattle.
Although it was only two days, Khaki felt that the orcs around him were very happy, and they were very down-to-earth, they were well fed, warmly dressed, had a house, and had a land.
In this way, Khaki and the Minotaur came to the house of the big bear in the same squad and helped the big bear build a fence, and the house, and the house of the khaki was also built in this way, and if anyone who knew Khaki saw a holy priest wielding an axe to build a sheepfold, his jaw would fall.
Khaki looked at the qiÄ in front of him, and his heart was extremely open, because Khaki felt that he had finally found what he wanted to protect, not the cold temple built by those huge stones, but this smiling face, which was worth protecting.
Of course, Cook didn't know that Khaki was actually a civilian in his own territory, Cook was now busy to death, allocating land, managing the population, patrolling the city defenses, etc., all things had to be taken care of by Cook himself, but fortunately, the people from the rescue club had arrived and helped a lot, and the witch doctors began to arrive one after another, and then assigned to various cities to treat diseases, and the most speechless thing for Cook was that every day the werewolf city was beaten down, and then he had to send someone to take over.
Fortunately, this situation lasted only a few days, and Connie had steadily occupied the three cities of Xue Lancheng, Baiyan City, and Qiding City, preparing to rely on this to fight a decisive battle with the werewolves, and the team had expanded again, this time recruiting 20,000 rabbits, 10,000 soldiers of other races, plus the original 20,000 rabbit soldiers, 3,000 bear people, and 5,000 Dougs, Connie's command has reached nearly 60,000 people.
However, the city defense in various places also needs to be patrolled, so Connie actually has more than 40,000 people, but this ratio is not bad, the ratio of veterans who have fought to recruits has reached more than one to one, and almost one veteran with ten recruits in the city defense behind.
However, there are still 10,000 people in Iron Pine Castle in training, and after Connie conquered the three cities, she stepped up her training, and then gathered the people to build the city wall, and the latest information was also sent in a steady stream.
Cook looked at the information, Moesar had returned to Golden Wolf City, but it would basically take more than a month for the priests and temple guards to arrive, even so, as soon as Moesar arrived in Golden Wolf City, he began to gather nobles and recruit soldiers.
In just a few days, tens of thousands of werewolves have been summoned, most of them are the security teams in the city, and the positions of the security teams are replaced by some old, weak, sick and disabled.
However, Moesa has already led tens of thousands of wolf armies to Selangoran City, but the speed is not fast, obviously to prevent Connie's further expansion, and then wait for the priest group and the temple guards, without these elites, Moza has no certainty of victory.
"It looks like there's basically a month and a half left in the decisive battle. Cook looked at the information in his hand and estimated the time of the decisive battle.
As for the human alliance in the Scarlet Plains and the orc alliance in an offensive and defensive battle, more than 10,000 human soldiers died, and the orcs also left thousands of corpses, humans rely on powerful weapons, magic, even so, the orc casualty rate is much lower.
In the Scarlet Plains, Cook just paid a little attention, after all, there are several major guilds in the Magic City over there, as well as the coalition forces of several human empires, and the orcs can't break through for a while.
However, Cook's brows were always furrowed, because Cook knew that there was not much time left for him, and before the orc alliance returned to defense, he must obtain enough strategic depth, or a large fortress, and the danger of passing, otherwise the millions of orc alliances, the wolf cavalry would be four or five hundred thousand, and no matter how strong his rabbit equipment was, there were only so many people.
Cook looked at the map carefully, rivers, mountains, cities, roads, all Cook had to do was to come up with a way to solve the werewolf territory, and not to entangle with the werewolf team.
"There is!" Cook studied for a while, and finally came up with a way, and slapped him excitedly, and then Cook shouted excitedly: "I'm not afraid that you have tens of thousands of werewolf troops at the end, Connie will drag you, then I will directly kill from Luohe into Golden Wolf City, see what is the use of your tens of thousands of soldiers, I will also intercept your priesthood and temple guards, hum!"