Douluo: Qian Renxue’s Road to Defeating the Gods

Chapter 436 436. Crisis lurks
"Senior, but what you said has nothing to do with the previous things, so what on earth are you planning?"

Duke Long signaled Qian Renxue to be calm and calm, "Young Master, don't be impatient. I say this because I hope that Young Master can think deeply about the problem. When something happens, there will always be an inevitable reason. As long as it can be discovered, any problem will be solved." Everything will become so simple. The old man said this because of the situation on the mainland. This continent has been the current situation for thousands of years. Small families are living in an ignoble way, and the common people are oppressed to a state of numbness. However, until I saw Young Master, I think this world can really be changed by you."

When Duke Long said this, there was a light in his eyes, a light of excitement and yearning, but when this light fell in Qian Renxue's eyes, it had a hint of irony.

"Senior, you know what I just said you were going to do, and you still plan to join the Spirit Hall?"

"Joining the Spirit Hall is at least as good as winning the last three sects. This continent is still better than before, and the Spirit Hall can at least allow any spirit master to survive, while those sects only have their own eyes on them." Duke Long also has selfish motives. Yes, in order to continue the family bloodline, he thought carefully and believed that the victory of Wuhun Palace would be much better than the victory of Haotian Alliance.

What's more, what he saw in Wuhun Palace has made him see clearly that the Haotian Alliance does not care about the life and death of others. At least Wuhun Palace is protecting innocent people from evacuating, while the Haotian Alliance fights whenever it says and doesn't care about the lives of others. .

"Young Master, do you know that the nobles of Xingluo or Tiandou spend all their time in drinking and extravagance, but they can raise an army of millions in an instant, and pay the soul master subsidy to Wuhun Palace on time, but they are still loved by the people, and there is no rebellion. The reason?"

"What do you mean!" After hearing this, Qian Renxue's body immediately tensed up. Listening to Duke Long's analysis, it seemed a bit strange indeed.

"I think City Lord Luo has more say in this issue, please..."

Duke Long smiled and said nothing, turned around and pushed Luo Lang in front of Qian Renxue.

"City Lord Luo, can you help me clear up my doubts..."

Luo Lang looked at Qian Renxue and swallowed in fear. Can I deny it? Definitely not... Mr. Long, please protect me if something happens. We have been friends for more than ten years.

Luo Lang looked embarrassed for a moment. He even suspected that Duke Long was using his own head as a form of submission for joining the Spirit Hall.

"Don't worry, City Master Luo. Young Master Angel will never hold grudges against people who are sincere, so you can speak freely and boldly! On the contrary, if you hide it, I can't save you."

Although Duke Long looked amused, if Qian Renxue really wanted to operate on Luo Lang, he would definitely stop her.

As for why Duke Long said this, because what Roland revealed once again made Qian Renxue feel the most despicable calculations from the two empires.

"This problem actually stems from the soul master subsidy system. Wuhun Palace asked for gold coins from the two empires, but the two empires did not object. Instead, they happily paid them. In fact, there is a lot of wisdom in it."

Roland sighed and looked at Duke Long, who gave him a look that meant he could continue. "Young Master, this is actually the case. According to normal logic, if you force others to give you money, everyone will be unhappy. But have you ever seen the two empires objecting? The problem lies in the soul master tax. There are only two types of taxes that a commoner currently has to pay, the field tax and the soul master tax. The field tax has not changed for hundreds of years, while the soul master tax is constantly increasing. However, compared to the past, the soul masters in mainland China have not actually had any tax. Explosive growth, so with the young master’s intelligence, he should have guessed something.”

"You mean there's something fishy about the soul master tax!"

Luo Lang nodded, "Yes, it doesn't matter if those nobles are amassing money or the empire is taxing more, they will all be added to the soul master tax. Otherwise, the empire can pay so much money to the Spirit Hall every year and at the same time, it can support hundreds of people." Tens of thousands of troops, this all costs money! And the soul master tax is a good way to divert the conflict between the civilians and the empire, and transfer all the hatred of the civilians to the Wuhun Palace."

Luo Lang saw that Qian Renxue's face was already very ugly, and he was hesitating whether he should continue talking, but Duke Long said loudly: "Keep talking."

"It would be fine if the empire just stuffed those taxes. After all, the empire has to consider the affordability of the civilians, but the situation is different for the Dukes of the enfeoffed territories. In their territories, they are responsible for the taxes. In order to make money, they will use this The tax on soul masters is very high, because the civilians will not hate them at all. They will only target the Wuhun Palace, but the Wuhun Palace is all soul masters. How can the common people dare to fight against the soul masters? They will only superficially Respectfully, it’s just a curse behind my back. The empire turns a blind eye to this. After all, the less popular the Spirit Hall is, the better it is for them.”

"Families who are unable to pay the full tax burden can also use another method, and that is to join the army." Luo Lang raised his head and glanced at Qian Renxue, only to see her lowering her head, her golden hair covering her delicate face. From her face, it was impossible to see what her expression was now.

"If one person from a family joins the army, the tax burden will be halved... If one day there is a war with Wuhun Palace, the two empires can summon millions of heroic troops in an instant, plus their hatred for Wuhun Palace ,I am afraid…"

"Bang..." The tea cup in Qian Renxue's hand was crushed, and the blood turned into a trickle and slowly flowed on the table, and then spread to the ground...

"So what you are saying is that those nobles are enjoying their wealth in this name, but they are drawing all the people's anger to Wuhun Palace. What a good plan, hahaha..."

Qian Renxue suddenly laughed loudly, but the laughter made several people present feel unprecedented coldness and terror, and the blood in her hands was still flowing unbridled.

"City Lord Luo, you know so clearly, could it be that you have done this kind of thing too."

"Young Master, I swear to God, compared to the real soul master tax, I only increased it by 10%, but those guys from Xingluo and Tiandou collected it several times more!" Luo Lang suddenly felt his head full. Khan, and looked at the dragon and the snake for help.

"Ahem, young master, although City Lord Luo has increased the tax burden by 10%, compared to the entire continent, he is the best official, and the additional 10% tax is also for the expenses of holding the Harvest Festival and Lantern Festival. , which can be regarded as benefiting the people here..."

Qian Renxue slowly walked to the window and looked up at the window. Duke Long and others had blank expressions on their faces, not knowing what she was thinking.

And Qian Renxue's heart has already turned upside down. The Star Luo Empire and the Tiandou Empire are really good at calculating this. Even her mother has not seen this clearly. If the Spirit Empire is established rashly, then there will be rebellions everywhere only if it is promoted by secret hands. If the Tiandou Empire takes action, just the rebellion of the Star Luo Empire is enough to overthrow the fledgling Spirit Empire.

The ten major principalities are different. Due to the war, the country here has a sparse population. In addition, it is too close to Wuhun City, so it does not dare to maliciously tax more. The king here also values ​​his own people more seriously, so there is hatred towards Wuhun Palace. It is still the lowest, and most of the resentment is due to the sense of disparity caused by the soul masters getting something for nothing. In addition, the soul masters are too arrogant. They have never made any contribution to the world, but they still enjoy the huge soul master subsidies for civilians. !
Only then did Qian Renxue see clearly that the so-called overall situation was just a dream imagined by her and her mother. The so-called situation was full of murderous intent. If you were not careful, you would be shattered to pieces, and it would be infamy for thousands of years!