Chapter 267 Suppression
Chapter 267 Repression
The night was silent, and early the next morning, Paul opened his bloodshot red eyes and announced to the crowd his follow-up: if the rioters rejected the ultimatum, he authorized the martial law forces to use all available means to quell the riot, including the use of musketry and artillery; since the people involved in the riot had already lost their minds, I’m afraid that it was unlikely that they could be made to settle down without injuring their lives.
The ass of a feudal lord must walk the path of a feudal lord, and even if defeat is inevitable, he must not die like the locksmith king who was bullied and humiliated by his people because of his constant compromises and concessions – so Paul cheered himself up.
The Council and the army praised the lord’s “wise decision”, and the arrival of Godwin and the other saltmakers strengthened his resolve.
“Lord Earl, you must do something for us!”
Godwin and the others threw themselves on the ground and bawled, their clothes were in a mess, and it was obvious that they had rushed to Lake Town all night long.
“That mob destroyed our salt farm on the seashore! And killed many workers. Please make sure you send the army to arrest them and hang them all!”
Amidst the sobbing cries of the salt farm owners, Paul realized that the situation had become more and more serious.
“That naval commander of yours even insisted on waiting for your order to arrive before sending troops, so as a last resort, we ran to beg you.”
Godwin’s tone revealed a strong dissatisfaction with Austin; if he had been a little more flexible, the riot would have been nipped in the bud soon enough, and he himself would not have suffered so much.
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“Report! Lakewood has authorized us to use all feasible means to quell this riot.”
Captain Quirk, who was personally leading the sailors in blocking the intersection, took the written order handed to him by the messenger.
Last night they had received orders from Lakeheart Town transmitted by Fish Falcon – isolate the riot area and wait for further instructions.
The Navy acted with urgency, and they split up in warships with over a hundred men per ship, blocking off various intersections.
“All hands assemble!”
With Quake’s order, the sailors on the Southern ship quickly formed up.
“Our next target is Faber Village, and as ordered from above, order is to be restored there as soon as possible!”
Quake waved his hand, “Depart!”
……
Kevin stood in the tower of the landowner Baden’s house and looked out onto the main road outside the village.
His companions in the yard were happily killing pigs and slaughtering sheep in preparation for a new day’s food, yet he couldn’t be happier inside, things had gone completely beyond his expectations.
He could not help but begin to recall once again ……
When the villagers drove away the first batch of tax collectors, the landlord Baden soon sent a second batch of people, which were even more fierce and fierce, and also brought knives, guns and sticks, they made intimidating remarks, threatening that the villagers would give them some color if they resisted the water again and did not pay.
The exchanges between the two sides became more and more tense, and I do not know who first took the lead, finally rising to a physical conflict.
And physical conflict once started on the can’t take back the hand, the villagers have accumulated a long time of resentment in a moment on the outbreak, usually tame they suddenly showed a violent side.
Although Baden’s tax collection team came with great vigor, but compared with the villagers in the number of people at an absolute disadvantage, in a short while there are half of the people fell, the rest of the people with injuries and fled.
After a short period of cheering, people did not know what to do next.
Kevin, who was hot and bothered by what had just happened, jumped onto the high platform and shouted, “Gentlemen! We are now completely torn apart from Baden, he will definitely send people over again to coerce us, so I propose that instead of passively waiting for the other side to come, we should take the initiative to go to the door and let him make it clear what is going on with this 【War Tax】, if he can’t get a decree from the lord’s house to set up a new tax behind the back of the lord’s house, even if the lord’s house sends people over to investigate, we will have a reason to say so. ” Someone asked, “Kevin, are you sure Baden is setting up a private new tax behind the back of the lord?”
The crowd was made nervous by this question, just now they were just listening to Kevin in swearing that Baden was collecting taxes behind the back of the lord’s house, everyone didn’t consider whether it was true or not.
Kevin said with certainty, “Don’t worry everyone, I’ve made so many trips to Lakeheart Town, I’ve never heard of any war tax being collected elsewhere, Baden must be swindling us.”
“But, that’s Master Baden! The biggest landowner of this generation, his family is very powerful.”
After fighting off the tax collector, many people’s bloodlust had dissipated, and the fearful concern for the landlord’s lord once again took over their hearts.
“Villagers!”
Kevin bellowed in anger.
“Do you think Baden will stop at nothing? No, absolutely not, he will definitely plot his revenge, and he will also carefully weave a good charge for us to put on our heads and gather more minions to deal with us, we must take advantage of the fact that he hasn’t reacted yet, and take the initiative to go to the door to confront and negotiate with him. Get him to settle with us on a deal that will bring the taxes down to a level we can afford in a justified manner.”
Someone asked, “But isn’t the collection of taxes set by Lord Lord?”
Kevin explained, “As I told you guys before, Baden is just a tax wrapper, he contracted the taxes for our area, the lord’s office only collects a fixed amount of taxes from him on a regular basis, but the actual taxes he collects from us are definitely far more than what he pays to the lord’s office, and the difference naturally goes into his own pockets.”
Seeing that the people were still hesitating, Kevanli anxiously advised, “The people have been beaten by us, what are you still hesitating for? It’s so hard to catch Baden in one of his offenses, we have to seize this opportunity and force him to lower his taxes, otherwise we’ll go to Lakeheart Town and sue him.”
Another person asked, “Then why don’t we just go to Lakewood and denounce him?”
Kevin explained, “The one who set up the private tax is Baden, and if the lord’s house changes the tax wrapper, there will be no quid pro quo in front of us when we face the new tax wrapper. The sky is as black as a crow, and the new tax wrapper will definitely think of making a big profit from us as well. It would be better to keep Baden, in exchange for not exposing and letting him make more or less a profit, in exchange for letting us pay less taxes.”
“Good idea!”
“I think this method will work!”
More and more people began to support Kevin, and gradually everyone sided with Kevin.
It can’t be helped, but where there is a way to live, everyone doesn’t want to offend that big landowner, but lately it’s getting more and more difficult to make ends meet, and in this situation there is also a non-existent war tax to add, so how can everyone live.
Instead of starving to death, it is better to put up a fight.
Seeing that his proposal has gained everyone’s response, Kevin then arranged for people to carry the Baden family beaters lying unconscious on the ground down to be bandaged and saved, although he hated this group of doglegs, but they are important witnesses, they can’t die just like that.
Someone suggested: “Baden’s family is big and has a lot of hired thugs, and our village alone is still a bit weak. But there are other villages that are also oppressed by him, why don’t we persuade them to join forces with us to settle the score with Baden.”
This was a good idea, and quickly received unanimous approval from the crowd.
“Let’s go and settle the score!”
“Uncover that liar and ask for an explanation!”
Voices such as these continued to emanate from the crowd.
And so a procession of young and strong men set off in great numbers, with people constantly joining them from the villages they passed along the way.
(End of chapter)