However, everyone is well aware of the existence of the stockades outside the towns. It is not enough to describe them as harboring filth and evil. There are some random nicknames, which have little to do with Lu Qian.

"That's all, whatever name you want to give it has nothing to do with the poor monk." He picked up the teacup on one side and took a big sip of tea. Lu Qian frowned and said: "These days in Zhenzi Ninth City, the sea and the river are clear, and all the people are in trouble."

The people of Fang are living and working in peace and contentment, all businesses are prosperous, and livestock are luxuriant... You came here for no reason, what case are you reporting?"

Xue Yaozi lowered his head and said respectfully: "Yes, yes, yes, after the Lord of the City took office, the Ninth City of Zhenzhen really changed its appearance and became more prosperous. The lower class people should not bother the Lord of the City in the first place.

Your Excellency is pure...but, it is related to nearly ten thousand lives...really, I can only trouble the Lord of the City!"

Lu Qian frowned: "Nearly ten thousand lives? Are you imprisoned as a mine slave?"

Lu Qian knew what kind of business and activities were done in these villages outside the city. Suddenly, a big case involving nearly 10,000 lives occurred, and all Lu Qian could think of was, their

Which mine was attacked by southern evil spirits and barbarians, and was blocked at the door!

"No, it's... they are nearly ten thousand good and innocent people. They are all the people and guards of our village!" The leader of the village with the soul-stirring sword stepped forward and said hurriedly: "The teams of our three villages are in the mountains to the south.

,problem occurs."

Lu Qian raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "According to the laws of the Demon City, you..."

The leader of the village pointed by the thorns also hurriedly took a step forward: "According to the laws of the Demonic City, as long as we pay our taxes on time, the city lord's mansion has the responsibility to protect our safety... City lord, these are the three of us.

Zhaizi, tax documents from the last hundred years!"

The three of them took out a thick document book in unison.

Lu Qian was stunned, and with a flick of his finger, three books flew up to the public case at the same time.

The Demon Suppressing City does have this rule - as long as anyone pays taxes to the City Lord's Mansion on time, once they are in danger, the City Lord's Mansion has the responsibility to protect their safety.

To be more frank, in the wild mountains of the south where evil spirits are suppressed, the Demon Suppression City is the largest and most powerful official organization. As long as you are willing to pay the protection fee, the City Lord's Mansion will protect you!

Of course, if you are reluctant to pay, then you can go build a stockade outside the city, keep people and horses captive, and do whatever you want, that is up to you... But this is equivalent to giving up the protection of the city lord's palace, and living and dying according to your destiny!

As far as Lu Qian knew, nine out of ten villages outside major towns did not pay any fees to the city lord's government!

Opening the paperwork book in front of Xue Yao Zi, he glanced at Xue Yao Zi's tax records for the past hundred years. Lu Qian couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Ha, a large village with nearly 100,000 people, for a hundred years, has always been

The tax revenue paid is only three thousand high-grade immortal crystals?"

Three thousand top-grade fairy crystals!

What a lot of money!

The Immortal Tea Molong Danzhu that Lu Qian used to entertain Mo Qianqiu just now costs 8,000 top-quality Immortal Crystals for one tael, and the discounted price is 800,000 high-grade Immortal Crystals for one tael!

Xueyaozi has a large village of 100,000 people. There are at least hundreds of True Immortal monks, and there are tens of thousands and 20,000 other monks. They occupy at least dozens of mines and veins outside the city. I don’t know how much industry there is, and the total annual income is

The income is in the tens of millions!

According to the official fixed tax of 1 out of 10 taxes in Demon Suppression City, Bloody Kidney has paid a total of 3,000 high-grade immortal crystals in taxes in the past hundred years... Is this considered a tax?

"Xueyaozi, are you teasing me, Lord Buddha?" Every time Lu Qian calls himself 'Lord Buddha', he gets angry, gets mad, and is ready to be irrational. He slaps the three books in front of him into pieces and stands up abruptly.

Come, the blood and energy in the whole body rises, and the shadow of a Buddha with three heads and six arms and an angry face quietly emerges in the blood and energy.

The entire lobby was suddenly filled with terrifying pressure.

The three village masters of Xue Yao Zi, Soul Soul Sword, and Thorn Finger felt as if they were being crushed by a mountain. They could only hear the sound of bones cracking in their bodies. They fell to the ground with a few thuds. Each one was flattened by the pressure, and there were constant wounds on their bodies.

A series of ferocious cracks opened, and blood gushed out like spring water.

"Lord City Lord, calm down, calm down... We are here to pay taxes!" None of the three blood-kidney masters have physical cultivation. Although they all have cultivation levels above the 20th level of the True Immortal Realm, their physical bodies...

It can only be considered weak.

Faced with the three-headed and six-armed angry Buddha that Lu Qian realized after merging the relics of the ancient Buddha, how could the three village owners withstand this terrifying, pure force of suppression?

It was as if the pressure of Tianwei fell on their heads, and the three of them were almost crushed into meat patties. They could only cry hysterically and beg for mercy.

"To pay taxes?" Lu Qian said coldly: "Where is the head of the tax department? How to pay taxes after a hundred years of arrears?"

Under the city lord's mansion, there are many departments such as the Demon Suppression Department, the Criminal Prison Department, the Taxation Department, and the Immortal Treasure Department. The available manpower around Lu Qian is limited, and most of them are muscular men. There are very few smart people with quick brains who can bear heavy financial responsibilities.

.

Therefore, the important task of the Taxation Department was entrusted to Jieyin Toutuo.

Hearing Lu Qian's question, Jieyin Toutuo frowned and his old face became wrinkled. He took out a thin, palm-sized document with less than three pages in total, and said dryly:

"In Demon Suppressing City, there is no way to pay taxes."

Lu Qian looked at Jie Yin Toutuo in shock: "No?"

Jieyin Toutuo shook his head slightly, this is really not true!

The Demon Suppression City system is not a serious official organization. It is just a line of defense set up by Buddhism and Taoism to seal the southern wasteland and suppress barbarians and evil spirits.

Here, Buddhism and Taoism are interfering with each other, and various forces, big and small, are mixed together. The rules are extremely complicated. If you formulate too strict rules and regulations, there will be no fish if the water is clear. How can you still count on a descendant of a family like Yelu Ting?

Do you want to take the initiative to experience it?

Therefore, the Demon Suppression City has some superficial systems, and they are full of loopholes, leaving countless loopholes for people to take advantage of.

For example, the tax system is a simple tax of one out of ten.

You earned 10,000 top-quality fairy crystals this year, and you voluntarily paid 1,000, then the city lord's palace has the responsibility to protect you and protect your rights when you encounter infringement.

Of course, if you pay 3,000 to the city lord's palace resources, then you will be the city lord's honored guest. If you encounter any trouble, the city lord's palace will definitely take the initiative to distract you.

If you earn one million top-quality fairy crystals a year, and you are unwilling to pay taxes to the city lord's mansion because of your family's great business, then it is up to you. As long as you are not found out, then it is up to you. So.

, those big forces who were unwilling to pay taxes went to build strongholds outside the city.

But if you, who don’t pay taxes, are really in an emergency, run into some trouble, and urgently need the help of the City Lord’s Mansion... then I’m sorry, the City Lord’s Mansion can also say haha ​​and say ‘the weather is nice today’ to save you.

Set aside!

Because of such a crude system, Demon Suppression City has no concept of ‘paying taxes’.

"That's it!" Lu Qian scratched his bare scalp and said faintly: "I don't burn incense on weekdays, so I just make a last resort... Tsk, you guys can do it."

The bloody waist struggled, and with great difficulty, he took out a shining ring from his sleeve: "Lord City Lord, Buddha Fahai, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, I have deeply realized the mistakes of the past years. Today, Xiao Yao

I voluntarily make up for the tax of millions of top-grade immortal crystals... I just ask the Lord of the City to save my life!"

The Soul-Educing Knife, Thorn Points and the two village owners were also trembling, and they also took out a brilliant ring.

Lu Qian looked at the three people lying on the ground, covered in blood, and suddenly sneered: "A few external things... that's all. You are burning incense temporarily, but you are burning it religiously. The Buddha will forgive you for your past sins. But, millions

The best immortal crystal is a bit lacking. It can only atone for sins, but it cannot..."

The three bloody men, all extremely bachelors, each took out a ring.

Obviously, they were mentally prepared.

Lu Qian smiled "hehe" and signaled to lead Tutuo to take the six rings. The suffocating blood pressure in the lobby suddenly relaxed, and the three blood waisters let out a mournful cry. The immortal power circulated, and they recovered their physical bodies and trembled.

He stood up majestically.

"Tell me, what happened to your people? Since you have paid taxes, you are the innocent and good people of the ninth city. As the city lord and a poor monk, I must protect you carefully." Lu Qian smiled brightly.

Kind, very kind, and truly a 'parent officer', looking at the three people covered in blood like a father and a mother.

One day later, in the wild mountains, a small team quickly shuttled through the mountains.

The team of more than a thousand people was composed of elites drawn from the three villages of Bloody Kidney, Soul-Sucking Knife, and Thorn Finger. The leaders of the three villages also personally led the team. In addition to the manpower of the three villages, as for the city lord's palace, Lu Qian went into battle with all his troops.

A Hu, Yu Dianhu and a dozen other old brothers.

Mo Qianqiu, along with two close friends who had reached the twenty-seventh level of cultivation, also mingled with the team as the chief secretary of the city lord's palace. The three village leaders were a little surprised by this, but they did not raise any questions.

Well, in addition to the three Mo Qianqiu who had ulterior motives, there were also five uncles who had been a little restless recently due to the seasonal changes, and they were also traveling with them.

After traveling through the mountains and forests for a whole day, they marched arduously to the south for more than three thousand miles in the rugged and roadless mountains. When it was getting dark, the team found a cave with traces of a campfire, set up camp, and prepared to spend the night.

This is a safe base shared by exploration teams entering and leaving the wild mountains. There is a water source in the cave, and a lot of neatly chopped firewood is stored. There are even some artificially opened grottoes deep in the cave.

First aid elixirs, and even some emergency formation disks, talismans, thunder beads and other disposable equipment.

Lu Qian looked at the surrounding scene curiously.

The sky outside has turned completely dark. In the wild mountains at night, even the great Bodhisattva-level powers dare not wander around. There are too many inexplicable dangers, and the inexplicable existence is too scary. Groups of exploration teams are coming one after another.

, it took countless lives to summarize the rules of staying safe at night here. Those who dare to offend have already paid the price.

A faint smoke barrier enveloped the entrance of the cave, cutting off the light of the bonfire inside the cave and preventing it from being exposed.

On the bonfire, the fragrant soup in the soup pot was boiling, and several racks of animal meat had been roasted until they were brown and oily. Several immortals in charge of the barbecue were carefully spreading spice powder on the barbecue.

The three of them, Bloody Kidney, Soul-Seducing Knife, and Thorny Finger, approached Lu Yi and respectfully presented them with fine drinks.

"The city lord of labor personally took action, which really frightened us." Bloody Kidney's words were very arrogant: "I really don't know how to be grateful... As long as we can rescue those brothers who are trapped in the mountains this time, the lord of the city will have instructions in the future.

, we dare not disobey."

Lu Qian waved his hand and said calmly: "There is no need to be polite. After all, it is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of 'good people'. The poor monk has just taken the position of city lord, and such a big mistake has been made. It will not be heard if it is spread, so I personally

It’s worthwhile to take a trip.”

"Yes, yes!" The chubby, white and fat owner of the Soul-Causing Knife Village looks like a pampered wealthy landowner. It was completely unexpected that he would have such sinister nicknames as the "Guring Soul-Knife".

After listening to Lu Yi's words, the soul-reducing knife filled a cup of wine for Lu Yi, and said diligently: "The city lord personally went out to rescue my brothers and so on. It is absolutely easy to capture, and there is no chance of failure... I'm afraid, just say it,
To be continued...