Godsend Field

Chapter 176 ancestor worship
"Crack!" Elder Andrew Kate smashed the teacup on the ground angrily. "What are you talking about? It's useless!! What do priests in the city eat? Even a little frostbite can't be cured!!"

"Go back, elder! The great pastor Hara in the city said that the young master's physique is already poor and he suffered from no ordinary frostbite. The young master's frostbite was too dense, basically destroying all the muscles inside and outside. This kind of damage is useless even with his light system. If you want to heal the young master, unless..."

"Unless what?" Elder Andrew roared angrily.

"Unless the archbishop or the pope personally casts advanced light magic, or life magic!"

"Life magic...the life magic of the elves..."

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Tianci and Nero were sitting in the yard, Gauss was sitting opposite, Chen Wu and Gru were standing behind Tianci.

"Gauss, do you mean that it will take half a month before the family's baptism?" Nero asked.

"Yes, young master! Because the baptism is not held every year, basically every two or three years, so every baptism is very grand. Before the baptism, the elders or patriarchs will hold a series of activities !” Gauss explained.

"What activity?" Tianci asked.

"The first is to worship the ancestors, and then I will make a trip in each city, and then all the children who need to be baptized will gather in Dres City to participate in a competition, and the last is the baptism!"

Tianci smiled, "Why is there a competition before baptism?"

"Young master, we in Allianz Continent always respect the strong. There are many people who are baptized every time, and their order is determined by the competition. The stronger your own strength, the more you will be baptized first. After the baptism You can also get recommendations from the elders to go to the military for development." Gauss explained.

"Military department? Our grandfather, Duke Kate, is the minister of state affairs, but our clansmen all go to the military department to find a way to get a job. This is really a bit ironic!" Tianci shook his head with a smile.

"Brother, you don't know about this!" Nero said next to him, "Because government affairs are mostly related to the life and destiny of the people, the empire has always cultivated government talents from the Imperial Academy, rather than selecting them from noble families. After our Majesty succeeded to the throne, he carried out several reforms in the appointment of officials. Except for the cities that became fiefs, the rest belonged to the cities and provinces under the direct jurisdiction of the empire. Their officials and governors were all personally appointed by the imperial government department. Noble families should not be used as reference objects in the assessment. Even the governor of the province only has the right to manage the officials of the various cities in his province, but not the right to appoint or remove them."

Tianci nodded, "So that's the case, His Majesty is really strict with the officials!"

"That's why our Majesty is the most famous person in the history of the empire. If the cities of the empire are managed by people like Lu Gao, then we don't know what the empire will look like!" Nero said reverently .

Tianci remembered His Majesty's kind voice and smiled, "So all the people in the fief go to the military headquarters for development, not to grandpa's government affairs!"

"That's not necessarily the case. There are still some family members with good qualifications who have entered the Ministry of Government Affairs through their own hard work, and the Duke also pays special attention to them!" Gauss added, "But most of those people are side branches that are about to disappear. , have no status in the fief, and are often bullied by others! Now they can all be regarded as the Duke's direct descendants!"

"Gauss, have they notified when to set off to worship the ancestors?"

"They have already sent someone to notify them, and they will leave tomorrow!" Gauss replied.

Tianci stood up and said, "Let's start tomorrow, so let's have a good rest today! By the way, where are Lier and the others going?"

Chen Wu replied with a smile, "They went shopping, don't worry, sir, there will be nothing to worry about under the protection of ten Jinju guards."

"Whee!"

"Hahaha!"

There were bursts of crisp silver bells, Li'er and Qin'er ran in jostling, and Si Ni followed behind, panting.Yu'er scrambled between the three of them.After seeing Tianci and the others, he ran towards this side.

"Hey, brat, borrow some more purple gold coins to spend!" Qin'er spread her jade-like hands in front of Tianci.

Tianci's heart trembled, this was Yu Congxiu's hand, this was clearly a bloody wolf claw!

"Big cousin, how did you spend the purple gold coins? Last time in Sao Tome, didn't you still have hundreds of purple gold coins?" Tianci said depressingly.

"Hmph! Of course you have to spend purple gold coins to go shopping, look!" Qin'er's palm moved slightly, and batches of boxes appeared on the ground.Seeing Tianci and Nero shouted heartache.

Qin'er smiled triumphantly, "Oh, that's not right! It shouldn't be asking the brat for purple gold coins, it should be asking Little Nero for purple gold coins!"

Nero was shocked, "Me? I don't have a fief, and my grandpa and mother don't give me much pocket money, so don't try to think of me!"

"Who said that! Aren't you the young patriarch of the Kate family? Your family has so much tax revenue every year, and it's enough for us to squander it for a long time. How dare you cry poor!" Qin'er said disdainfully.

"Taxes? Have you seen the tax accounts of our Kate family?" Nero asked in surprise.

"Do you have to see the accounts to find out? Si Ni, come here!" Qin'er pulled Si Ni to her, "Just ask Si Ni and you will find out!"

God-sent Ni Luo and others looked at Si Ni, "Si Ni, please tell me!"

Si Ni plucked up her courage, "We went shopping just now, and casually asked the shop owners about their tax situation, and then I made a rough calculation."

Tianci and Nero looked at each other in surprise and said, "Can you calculate? How much should that be?"

"We have a population of 100 million in Yanhua City, and a population of 300 million in Dreis City. I made estimates from their street density, proportion of commercial shops, and scale. Dreis City is located on the border between the two countries, so here The business is prosperous and its scale is about 45 times that of our Yanhua City. If we speculate on the situation in the last four weeks, the commercial scale of the Kate family's fiefdom of [-] miles and [-] cities should be the scale of our Yanhua City and the surrounding [-] miles of ten cities. It is more than fifteen times larger. And the tax they collect is about three times that of ours, so I estimate that the monthly tax revenue of the Kate family fiefdom is more than [-] times that of our Salt City!"

When Tianci's expression changed, even Nero couldn't help being moved.

"Our Yanhua City does not count iron mines. Now we pay 140 purple gold coins in taxes every month. Counting the surrounding nine cities, the tax is close to [-] purple gold coins. Based on this calculation, the Kate family will have about [-] million purple gold coins every month. The commercial tax of Zijin Coin, and it is only a commercial tax, not other taxes!"

Nero's face changed drastically, and he stood up suddenly and shouted, "No! This is not right!..."

Gauss stretched out his hand to hold Nero's shoulder, and a powerful force did not allow Nero to resist and directly pressed Nero on the stool.Nero immediately recovered, "Si Ni, how sure are you of what you said?"

Si Ni seemed a little scared, "I... have [-]% certainty!"

"Look, I'm right! Your Kate family is really rich, needless to say, lend me some!" Qin'er stretched out the wolf paw dripping with blood again.

"Hehe, cousin! As you can see, we have not been baptized yet, and my younger brother has not yet succeeded the young patriarch, so...we don't have a single purple gold coin... If you want it, just wait until we are baptized!" Tianci said with a smile, and patted Nero's other shoulder.

"Humph! Cheapskate!" Qin'er withdrew her jade hand and muttered.

"Brother Tianci, don't listen to Qin'er's nonsense, the purple gold coins she bought are not paid for by herself! She didn't spend a cent of her own!" Lier said with a smile, holding Qin'er's arm .

"Huh? Didn't spend one... Could it be that... Qin'er snatched all these things?" Tianci asked in amazement.

"Yeah, I robbed it all. What's the matter, you want to catch me?" Qin'er put her waist on her back, looking like a vicious tigress.

"Brother Tianci, let me tell you. It was a "coincidental" encounter with Vice-City Lord Baier not long after we left the house. He was very enthusiastic and offered to guide us. He also said that if Qin'er likes something, just tell him, He will pay the bill. As a result, our eldest cousin Qin'er...hehe! Didn't you see that Baier's face turned pale at the time, and at the end she said something happened at home, and ran away in despair!"

"This...hahahaha! Hahahaha!" Tianci and the others laughed and turned over.

"Hum!" Qin'er held her head high proudly, her golden hair was emitting a fragrance that fluttered in the wind, "Morning Mist, the ones on the left are all gifts for you, the ones on Si Ni's right are all yours, and the one in the middle is Lier of!"

"Wow!!" Looking at the gifts all over the floor, the eyes of the three women changed color.With one breath, all the presents disappeared, and the ground was clean. The three of them covered their space rings, counting them, and couldn't close their mouths with joy.

"Okay, let's all go and have a rest, tomorrow we have to go to worship our ancestors!" Tianci said.

Chen Wu, Si Ni, and Li'er had long since left their minds, and immediately ran back to the attic like flying, and Qin'er followed in triumphantly.Jin Juwei, who was in charge of protecting Li'er and the others, was also exhausted at this time. He went back to the attic to rest, and as he walked, he swore inwardly that he would never protect women who like shopping again!

Only Tianci, Nero, Gauss and Gru remained in the yard.

Spread out your consciousness, there are no outsiders nearby.

"Nile, why did you get so excited when you heard Si Ni's words just now?" Tianci asked first.

"Brother, you don't know, but I often follow my grandfather and watch him handle public affairs and some family affairs, so I know very well. The annual summary of Kate's family fief states that the monthly tax collection is 160 million purple Gold coins, 80 are handed over to the empire, and the remaining 80 are used for the salaries of officials, guards and city defense forces, as well as urban construction expenses. But as far as I know, although commercial taxes are the big ones, other taxes Not too many!"

"Yes, since the empire expanded the scope of commercial taxation, commercial taxation generally accounts for about two-thirds. According to Si Ni, the normal taxation of our fiefdom should be 210 million purple gold coins per month ! There is a gap of 50!" Tianci said slowly.

"50...Purple gold coins! Enough to arm another fifty or sixty bodyguards!" Nero said fiercely, his eyes almost bleeding.

"Young master, what are you going to do now?" Gauss asked.

"It's fine if I don't know, but let me know now, and I'll just check it out! Be sure to find out!"

"Nile, I think we should not make too much of a move right now. Why don't you wait until you are baptized, when you will be the young patriarch, and you will have the right to investigate and ask!" Tianci said.

"The young master is right, we can only investigate secretly now, and we can't startle the snake! Everything will be decided after the baptism of the two young masters!" Gauss also persuaded.

Nero calmed down, "Brother, you and Gauss are right! Let's talk about everything after the baptism! But brother, can you lend me Si Ni for a while!"

Tianci nodded, "No problem, I'll talk to Xiaobenben later, let her follow you these days, and help you investigate secretly!"

On the second day, the avenue in Dres City was cleaned up. The personal guards and the city defense army blocked all the people on both sides of the avenue. A team of luxurious carriages was led by nearly a hundred horses. Drive towards the city gate.The cavalry flags were flying, and the flags of the Kate family were flying in every corner of Dres City.

All the people know that the first part of the baptism of the Kate family - ancestor worship has begun!

The carriage slowly drove out of Dres City, and drove along the south avenue.

Eight family elders were sitting in the front carriage, followed by the vice-castle lords of six cities and noble members with titles.Because Lu Gao, the deputy city lord of Karl City, was seriously injured, he did not attend.The carriage of Tianci and others was in the middle, and Gauss led Jinjuwei and Gelu on both sides of the carriage, and the carriage was full of excitement.

After walking for about two hours, the carriage came to the foot of a mountain. Looking from a distance, a white courtyard-style house was located at the foot of the mountain. Dozens of the same houses were scattered around, but the scale was smaller and dilapidated.The surroundings of the house have long been surrounded by layers of guards, and there are many carriages parked outside, probably family members who came from six other cities.

As soon as the convoy arrived, it immediately attracted attention.The guards immediately doubled the scope of protection, and many members of the Kate family walked out of the house in beautiful clothes, and respectfully came to the carriage carrying the elders and bowed to salute, "Welcome, elders!"

Walking down slowly, the eight elders moved their bodies, and looked at the crowd majestically with their hands behind their backs, "Okay, let's all stand up straight!"

Only then did everyone stand up straight, and followed the elders into the house again.

Tianci and Nero also got out of the carriage and helped Li'er get out of the carriage.Just about to go to Fuqiner.

"Freezing Technique!"

An ice step appeared next to the carriage, and Qin'er walked down the ice step generously.

Because this is an important place for the family, Qin'er, Li'er and other female relatives are not allowed to enter. Under the leadership of the guards, they go to the next room to rest.Gauss and Grew couldn't enter either, so they could only guard the gate.

Tianci and Nero walked into the largest courtyard in the middle, which was already full of people.The eight elders sat in front facing everyone.

"Family members, this year's baptism officially begins today!" Elder Weida stood up and said loudly, "There will be 52 people participating in the baptism this year, especially the two young masters who came from the capital. Participate in this baptism. I called everyone here today, just to let everyone get to know each other!"

Tianci and Nero stood up and nodded to everyone.

"The so-called drinking water and thinking about the source, we can live today because of the hard work and sweat of our ancestors! Now the Welsh Empire knows that there is a well-known Kate family, but who knows that this family was born more than 2000 years ago? How did the countless heroes named Kate in Shan Yila fight? They bleed, they sweat, and only two of the eight brothers returned to the battlefield... This is how our ancestors laid this great fief for us, as the day The descendants of the hero Kate, as a member of the Kate family today, we cherish this lineage. We want to inherit the spirit of our ancestors and polish Kate's glory!"

Inspired by Elder Weida, all the young family members were passionate.

"Inherit the spirit and polish the glory!"

"Inherit the spirit and polish the glory!"

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"Okay! The ancestor worship begins!"

"Crack~~" The front door of the house opened!Everyone followed the sound and looked into the room.

There is a long table in the room, which is made of high-quality sandalwood and is dark brown. The table is carved with simple patterns. The table is very wide. The one in the middle is the most exquisite, with the names of previous patriarchs written on it.

"The first patriarch—Lanchise Kate!"

"The second patriarch - Puno Kate!"

"The third patriarch—Karachi Kate!"

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"The No.20 first patriarch——Lethal Kate and his wife Sicily!"

"No.20 Second Patriarch - Nick Kate!"

"No.20 three patriarchs - Sundar Kate!"

Looking at the memorial tablet, Tianci didn't expect that grandma Xixili would also enter the family. Looking around, there was only this woman!One can imagine how high this woman's status in the family is!And Sundar Kate may be the father of grandfather Dress Kate.Grandpa is also the 24th patriarch of the Kate family, and Niro is the 25th.

Fifty-five tasks!

"This is the place where the patriarch of our Kate family is enshrined. In addition to the previous patriarchs, there are many heroes who have made indelible contributions to the prosperity of the family. Now we start to worship and worship the ancestors!"

After speaking, the eight elders stood up together, walked into the room, stood in front of the memorial tablet, and respectfully knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

There is no laying on the ground, cold floor!

After the eight elders finished kowtowing, they didn't come out directly, but stood up and stood on both sides.A personal guard at the door shouted, "The elders of the patriarchs will start offering sacrifices, first the descendants and then the outsiders, please the two young masters to worship the ancestors!!"

Tianci and Nero stepped forward and entered the house, where there was silence and solemnity.

Walking to the middle, looking at the memorial tablet, Tianci felt touched, "These are my brother's ancestors. But I don't even know who my biological parents are, and I haven't worshiped them yet... Oh forget it! Just treat it as Let's repay my mother's kindness in nurturing!"

Kneel down with Nero, kowtow respectfully three times, and stand up!

"The two young masters have finished worshiping the ancestors! Please come out!"

Ni Luo was about to turn around and go out when he suddenly saw Tianci walking towards Elder Weida beside him!
(End of this chapter)