Game of the World Tree - Chapter 892

892. Chapter 888: Public Anger

The square of Mania City, the bulletin area.

The bulletin board, which is usually deserted, is now crowded with people.

However, their expressions are either helpless, dissatisfied, or angry.

“What? Another tax? Isn’t it time to collect taxes this year? When will it be advanced?”

Looking at the parchment that has just been posted on the bulletin board, a citizen who looks a little hunchbacked can’t help asking.

His expression is very dissatisfied.

“Man, look carefully, this is the jihad tax and the head tax, everyone has to pay.”

Someone reminded him with a complicated face.

“Jihad tax? But didn’t you pay it before? Why do you have to collect it again now?”

The person asking the question was a little confused.

“Hey, that was before. The jihad has lost so many battles, and they were all lost by the nobles. Of course, they have to collect it again…”

Someone shook his head with a look of sarcasm.

“Are you crazy?! Each person has to pay 50 silver coins? Our family only earns 5 gold pounds a year! I have three children and a sick mother. Doesn’t this mean that we have to pay 3 gold pounds?! How can we survive with only 2 gold pounds left in a year?!”

The citizens looked absurd and shocked. They didn’t expect that the first edict issued by the new queen after her coronation would be such an order.

“Not only that… if there are men of the right age in the family, they must accept the conscription and join the holy war coalition. Otherwise… they have to pay another 3 gold pounds as a conscription exemption tax…”

Someone shook his head and sighed.

“3 gold pounds? Why not rob?”

“Crazy! All crazy! The nobles are crazy! Her Majesty the Queen is crazy too! My brother has died in the southern territory. Now we have to be forced to participate in the conscription?! I am the only labor force left in our family!”

A citizen said in disbelief.

“I heard that it was a decree approved by His Majesty himself. If you refuse to participate in the conscription and do not pay the exemption tax, you will be forced to pay a huge fine…”

“Isn’t it said that Her Majesty Theresa is a kind and beautiful Majesty? How could she… how could she be so tyrannical?!”

“Hey, do you really believe the propaganda of the church and the nobles? There is not a single good person among the nobles and the royal family!”

“Ridiculous! This is really ridiculous! His Majesty is so tyrannical just after the coronation. How are we going to live in the future?! The nobles are corrupt, the church is incompetent, is this a world where people can survive?” “

Shh… keep your voice down… The whole city is now hunting down Life Cultists. If you complain again, be careful that the city guards will arrest you as

a heretic !”

“Isn’t it possible to even complain? Are you forcing people to die? The nobles are so rich, and they have so many private soldiers. Why don’t you let them contribute money and effort?!”

“They are high and mighty noble lords. Who dares to collect taxes from them except their lords… Besides, every time taxes are collected from them, doesn’t it fall on us in the end…”

“Yeah… In name, everyone collected the tax together, but in the end, the nobles’ taxes were all returned, but our taxes all went into their and the great lords’ pockets.”

“Humph, there’s also the royal family! The royal family’s pockets! I heard that just one dinner for His Majesty the Emperor is worth hundreds of gold pounds!”

“Bah! Bullshit! The Tres family is bullshit! The nobles are bullshit! The Eternal Church is also bullshit! I think what the Life Church said is right. These bastards should be swept into the garbage dump of history and overthrown!”

“Are you crazy?! How dare you say such a thing? Such crazy words will be caught by the city guards and thrown into the Doloria Castle Prison! Don’t even think about getting out of that hellhole! In the end, you’ll either die of illness or be burned to death!”

“So what? It’s all death anyway, so it’s better to die in a blaze of glory!”

The crowd watching was excited.

If it weren’t for the fact that the bulletin board was protected by a magic barrier that ordinary people couldn’t destroy, and there were soldiers watching from a distance, I’m afraid it would have been torn into pieces by now.

As the announcement spread by word of mouth, more and more people knew about it, and more and more people were dissatisfied.

Not only in Mannia City, as the new announcement spread throughout the empire, the people of the empire everywhere fell into strong dissatisfaction.

In some cities where the Church of Life had a greater influence, there were even incidents of angry people attacking the nobles and the city lord’s mansions, smashing and venting their anger…

“Mobs! These hateful mobs! It’s time, and they are still rioting! Your Majesty, these mobs must be suppressed in the most severe way, otherwise, more speculators will be ready to move! Especially those pagans in the Church of Life, they are the best at inciting stupid civilians!”

In the Noble Council, looking at the riots reported from the local area, the Speaker Duke Correns, one of the regent cabinet ministers, who has not left since returning to the imperial capital, said angrily.

And around him, other nobles also condemned and expressed their support for him.

“Humph, it’s only 50 silver coins per person, which is enough for even the most meager afternoon tea. These untouchables just don’t want to pay!”

“They have the strength to attack the nobles’ mansions, but they are unwilling to accept the call-up. They are just too idle and lazy!”

“After all, they are ordinary people who have not received extraordinary education. They don’t know that they can have such a stable life today. It’s all our silent efforts behind the scenes to support the prosperity of the human world!”

“Your Majesty! They must be punished! Those who have been arrested for participating in the riot must be severely punished!”

“And those who vent their dissatisfaction everywhere in Mannia City! They are also potential threats. They must be arrested too!”

The nobles talked in a flurry, filled with righteous indignation.

And Theresa, who was already the queen, wore a crown and held a scepter. She sat on the throne stiffly, and seemed a little at a loss.

“Your Majesty! Please make a decision as soon as possible! The pressure of war is getting greater and greater. We must raise enough funds and troops as soon as possible to counterattack! Otherwise, those pagans may invade the remaining land of our empire!”

The representative of the Elector Family of Berencia stood up and said with a serious expression.

“Your Majesty! Please issue an order to severely punish those who participated in the riot!”

Other nobles also echoed.

Being shouted at by hundreds of nobles in unison, Theresa II clenched her fists, and her fingertips turned white.

She looked confused and nervous, and pursed her lips tightly, and couldn’t help asking:

“My lords… Is this… really conducive to our victory in the war?”

“Of course! Although it will be cruel, this is indeed the fastest way to accumulate strength! Your Majesty, the holy war is a life-and-death struggle. In order to survive, we must become the winner! And the winner will naturally get everything, and what we have paid will be regained in the spoils!”

The representative of the Berencia family said passionately.

Theresa II still looked a little hesitant.

She looked at the emotional nobles timidly and asked nervously:

“Then…what can the civilians get from the war?”

The nobles were slightly stunned.

“Peace, peace and tranquility…”

An old voice answered the Queen’s question.

It was the Duke of Correns.

He smiled slightly and said solemnly:

“Your Majesty, if we win the war, we will naturally have peace, and the civilians will no longer have to continue to participate in the conscription. They can take the spoils of the war back home and live happily…”

Theresa II was silent.

She thought about it, and couldn’t help turning her head to look at the three church electors who had not spoken, especially Archbishop Winster, the first regent minister:

“Your Excellency, what do you…what do you think?”

As soon as these words came out, all the nobles’ eyes stayed on Bishop Winster.

There was a sneer, arrogance, disdain, and warning in that look.

Feeling all kinds of gazes, Bishop Winster shook his head slightly in his heart.

He took a deep breath and sighed:

“Your Majesty, this war… the empire has no way to stop it.”

“Is that so…”

Theresa nodded, not quite understanding.

After a moment of silence, she tried to sit up straight and said to the nobles:

“In that case, let’s do as you say! I hope this war can end soon, and I hope everyone can live a happy life!”

“I will obey your will, the sun of the empire, the great queen!”

The nobles saluted happily.

After the meeting ended and the nobles left one after another, Theresa II breathed a sigh of relief.

Her back was already soaked with a layer of nervous sweat.

She took off the heavy crown on her head impatiently, and then seemed to remember something. After hesitating for a while, she put it on again seriously, and then turned around and looked at the only remaining regent, Bishop Winster:

“Your Excellency, when do you say… the war will end?”

Bishop Winster was slightly stunned.

He lowered his eyelids and smiled:

“Yes, Your Majesty, the war will end sooner or later.”

Theresa II seemed dissatisfied with this slightly cunning answer.

She frowned her beautiful eyebrows, but soon stopped struggling. Instead, she stroked the scepter in her hand and murmured:

“I will work hard… I will work hard to become a queen who makes my people happy…”

“I will work hard and study hard!”

She said firmly.

Listening to the words of the young queen, Bishop Winster’s eyes were a little complicated.

He lowered his head slightly to hide the trace of guilt in the depths of his eyes.

…

At the same time.

In the eastern part of the Western Territory, in a solemn and solemn aristocratic castle.

Demacia sat on the throne of the city lord, playing with the exquisite spoils that had just been seized, while swiping through the various continental intelligence in the game system.

That was summarized by players scattered all over the continent. Since the war, players in all servers have been doing it spontaneously, and many of them were provided by the Amway Chamber of Commerce.

That is why, although Demacia has been leading troops to attack cities and fight guerrilla warfare in the west recently, it is well aware of many things happening on the continent.

“Tsk… the queen of the Holy Mannia Empire has passed away. The new emperor is a little girl under the age of fifteen. She has just taken office and issued a series of taxation and conscription decrees. The civilians of the empire are really miserable.”

Not far away, several other players of the Heart of Nature also looked at the “news” of the Segos continent and shook their heads slightly.

Demacia’s movements paused slightly.

He put away the gorgeous noble ornaments in his hand, pondered for a moment, and stood up from his seat.

“Jasmine, where are you? Come here and help me lead the group.”

He sent a message in the friend column.

After a while, a Valkyrie player in gorgeous armor pushed open the gate of the castle.

She frowned slightly, a little confused:

“Dema, you don’t want to lead? Are you going offline?”

“No.”

Demacia shook her head.

While packing his equipment, he said,

“I plan to go to Mannia City. I have something to do.”

“Mannia City? Now? What are you going there for now?”

Yuexia Jasmine frowned, puzzled.

Demacia smiled slightly:

“To fulfill a friend’s wish, to fulfill a promise of mine.”

After speaking, he walked out of the castle.

When he came outside the castle, he whistled.

After a while, a two-legged dragon flew in front of him.

Demacia did not hesitate, turned over and stepped on the dragon’s back. The two-legged dragon flapped its wings and flew to the east…

…

Not many players noticed Demacia’s departure.

After Demacia left the Western Territory, Theresa II’s decree was also sent to all parts of the empire.

With the new decree issued from the Holy Mannia Palace, the imperial nobles justifiably launched a harsh suppression and hunt down of the rioters.

For a time, the people who were angry and rebellious because of the issuance of the new tax decree and conscription decree were easily suppressed.

There was no way. The ordinary and unorganized people were limited in power.

Facing the nobles who held extraordinary power, they were as weak as children.

Even though these nobles had also suffered great losses in strength due to the holy war, they still had their remaining power.

However, in the process of suppressing the rebellion, not many nobles noticed that the guards sent out by their families to suppress the rebellion did not seem to be as passionate as usual.

The guards were also human beings.

And many of the guards were just civilians.

Faced with such a harsh decree, even the guards who served the nobles did not support it as they seemed.

However, such peace did not last long.

With the official implementation of the decree and the increasing frequency of hunting down rioters and rebels, the accumulated dissatisfaction of the people became more and more intense…

A very subtle and gunpowder-filled atmosphere began to spread in Mania City and various cities in the empire.

At the same time, in the underground of the imperial cities, in places that were difficult for nobles and priests to see, the preaching of the Church of Life also began to develop rapidly at a faster speed.

This naturally aroused stronger suppression from the nobles and the church, but stronger suppression brought a stronger will to resist.

And this will to resist, after all, as time went by and the nobles and the church suppressed it again and again, reached the critical point of breaking out…

I have prepared the bgm of Viva la vida

(end of this chapter)