Steel, Guns and the Industrial Party Across the World Chapter 264

After a night of silence, the next morning, Paul opened his bloodshot red eyes and announced his follow-up to everyone: If the rioters rejected the ultimatum, he authorized the martial law troops to use all available means to quell the riot, including Using muskets and cannons, since the people involved in the riots have lost their minds, it may be impossible to get them to settle down without harming their lives.

If the **** falls on the feudal lord's seat, the feudal lord's consciousness must be lost. Even if failure is inevitable, he must not be like the locksmith king who was bullied and died by his people because of constant compromises and concessions——Paul so cheers for himself.

People from the Government Council and the army praised the lord's "wise decision", and the arrival of Godwin and other saltworks owners strengthened his determination.

"Master Earl, you must decide for us!"

Godwin and the others threw themselves on the ground and wailed loudly. They were dressed in a mess, and it was obvious that they had come to Huxin Town overnight.

"Those mobs destroyed our saltworks by the sea! They also killed many workers. Please send troops to arrest them all and hang them!"

In the crying of the saltworks owners, Paul realized that the situation had become more serious.

"Your naval commander actually insisted on waiting for your order to arrive before dispatching troops. As a last resort, we came here to beg you."

Godwin's tone revealed his strong dissatisfaction with Austin. If he had been more flexible, the riot would have been nipped in the bud, and he would not have suffered such a big loss.

"Report! Lake Town has authorized us to use all available means to quell this riot."

Captain Quick, who personally led the sailors to block the intersection, received the written order from the messenger.

Last night, they received an order from Huxin Town using a fish falcon to isolate the riot area and wait for further instructions.

The navy acted urgently. They acted in units of warships, each with more than a hundred people, and blocked all intersections.

"Everyone assemble!"

Following Quick's order, the sailors on the South quickly lined up.

"Our next goal is Fabei Village. According to the order from above, we must restore order there as soon as possible!"

Quick waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Kevin stood on the tower of the landlord Baden's house, looking out to the road outside the village.

The companions in the yard were happily slaughtering pigs and sheep to prepare food for the new day, but he couldn't be happy in his heart, and the development of things completely exceeded his expectations.

He couldn't help but start to recall again...

After the villagers drove away the first batch of tax collectors, the landlord Baden quickly sent a second group of people, who were even more vicious and armed with knives, guns and sticks. They threatened the villagers that they would not pay any more Just give them some color.

The communication between the two sides became more and more tense, and it was unknown who took the lead first, and finally rose to a physical conflict.

And once the physical conflict started, it couldn't be stopped. The long-accumulated resentment of the villagers burst out in an instant, and they who were usually docile suddenly showed their violent side.

Although Baden's tax collection team came aggressively, they were at an absolute disadvantage compared with the villagers in terms of numbers. After a while, more than half of them fell down, and the rest fled with injuries all over their bodies.

After cheering briefly, everyone didn't know what to do next.

Kevin, who was so excited by what happened just now, jumped onto the high platform and shouted: "Everyone! We are completely torn apart with Baden now, and he will definitely send someone to threaten us again, so I propose, instead of Passively waiting for the other party to come, why don't we take the initiative to come to the door and let him explain what is going on with this [war tax]? The government sent people over to investigate, and we have reason to say."

Someone asked: "Kevin, are you sure Baden is setting up a new tax behind his back?"

Everyone was tensed by this question. Just now, they just heard Kevin swear that Baden collected taxes behind his back. No one thought about whether it was true.

Kevin said with certainty: "Don't worry, everyone, I have traveled to Huxin Town so many times, and I have never heard of any war taxes in other places. Baden must be lying to us."

"But, that's Master Baden! The biggest landowner of this generation, his family is very powerful."

After beating the tax collector away, the blood of many people has dissipated, and the fear and worry about the landlord once again occupied their hearts.

"Villagers!"

Kevin shouted angrily.

"Do you think that Baden will let it go? No, absolutely not, he will definitely plot revenge, and he will carefully weave charges against us and gather more minions to deal with us. Before he could react, he took the initiative to come to the door to confront him and negotiate. Let him make an agreement with us when he is at a loss, and reduce the tax to a level that we can afford."

Someone asked: "But, isn't the tax collection determined by the lord?"

Kevin explained: "I told you before that Baden is just a tax collector. He contracted the taxation of our area. The Lord's Mansion only collects a fixed amount of tax from him on a regular basis, but what he collects from us The actual taxes definitely far exceed the taxes he paid to the Lord's Mansion, and the difference naturally goes into his own pocket."

Seeing that people were still hesitating, Kevin urged anxiously: "Everyone has been beaten by us, why are you still hesitating? We finally caught Baden's crime~www.mtlnovel.com~We have to seize this opportunity and force He lowers the tax, or we will sue him in Huxin Town."

Another person asked: "Then why don't we go directly to Huxin Town and report him?"

Kevin explained: "It is Baden who set up the tax system privately. If the Lord's Mansion changes the taxpayer, we will have no exchange conditions in front of the new taxpayer. The world is as black as crows, and the new taxpayer will definitely think about it." Make a lot of money off of us. Might as well keep Baden and let us pay less taxes on the condition that we don't expose and let him make some money."

"good idea!"

"I think this method will work!"

More and more people began to support Kevin, gradually everyone sided with Kevin.

There is no way, as long as there is a way to survive, everyone does not want to offend the big landlord, but the livelihood has become more and more difficult recently. In this case, a war tax that does not exist at all will be imposed to let everyone survive.

Rather than starve to death, it is better to fight.

Seeing that his proposal got everyone's response, Kevin arranged for someone to carry the Baden's thugs who were lying unconscious on the ground down to bandage them for treatment. Although he hated these **** very much, they were all important witnesses. I can't just die like this.

Someone made a suggestion: "Baden's family has a big business and has a lot of thugs. Our village is still a little weak. But there are other villages that are also oppressed by him. It's better to persuade them to join us and go together." Find Baden to settle accounts."

It was a good idea, and it quickly gained the unanimous approval of everyone.

"Let's go talk about it!"

"Find out that liar and ask for clarification!"

Voices like these kept coming from the crowd.

So a team of young and strong set off in a mighty way, and people continued to join them from the villages they passed along the way.

Chapter end

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