In this weird world, I can consecrate the gods

"It's a pity that in peacetime, these gold beads would have been enough to feed my family of three for ten years. It's a pity that in troubled times now, gold beads can buy various materials, but they can't buy food." Cui's mother looked at the gold beads in her hand. There was a bit of regret in his eyes.

"What?" Cui Yu was stunned.

"The Xiang family has said that this time the rent can only be paid in grain, or in lieu of meat. In previous years, as long as it was valuable, melons, pears, cloth, mulberries and other items could be used to replace the rent, but Now that there is a severe drought in the world, everyone knows the importance of food, and gold, silver and jewelry are worthless in front of food." Cui's mother put down a bag of gold beads.

Cui Yu was stunned. The shrewdness of officials and businessmen in this world far exceeded his expectations.

What is gold?

Essentially, they are useless metals, including the coins printed and issued by Da Zhou, which are all useless metals.

This food neither satisfies hunger nor quenches thirst, and is of no use whatsoever.

"How much will we rent this year?" Cui Yu asked.

"One thousand five hundred kilograms of grain, or one thousand five hundred kilograms of dried meat. There is a severe drought this year. All the seedlings in the village have died of drought, so we can only hunt more in the mountains." Cui Laohu said in a dull voice.

"Does that mean the gold is useless? It's become scrap metal?" Cui Yu stopped eating.

"Of course not. In addition to food, gold can buy anything. The only exception is food!" Yang Erlang took over the conversation with a smile.

Cui Yu was speechless and continued eating noodles.

As long as the source of the strangeness in the village is not eliminated, my family will never die of hunger!

Isn’t it just food?

There are countless strange powers in the cave, and Cui Yu can transform as much food as he wants.

After dinner

Cui Yu walked out of the house. At this time, a crisp cry came from the sky. The sparrow hawk soared in the blue sky, and the sound spread throughout the fields.

Through the sparrowhawk's gaze, everything within a radius of hundreds of miles can be seen. Everything that enters the eye is yellow, and there is deathly silence for hundreds of miles. All the grass is dead, and only the big trees with drooping leaves stand tall in the mountains with difficulty. .

The sparrowhawk circled for a while and landed in the yard, flapping its wings directly and resting on Cui Yu's shoulder.

Divine blood flowed in Cui Yu's body, and a little divine power poured into Sparrowhawk's body. Sparrowhawk narrowed his eyes comfortably and rubbed his head on Cui Yu's shoulder, showing a comfortable posture.

"Always use your divine power to help the other party cleanse the marrow and cut off the hair. Soon the other party will be able to open up his spiritual wisdom." Cui Yu stroked the Sparrowhawk's head.

"Brother, Eagle! Eagle!"

Cui Lu and Cui Li drooled at the sparrowhawk on Cui Yu's shoulder, and ran over and stretched out their hands to catch it.

Naughty children are the least resistant to small animals such as birds.

‘Thumping~’

With a sound of flapping wings, the sparrowhawk flapped its wings, flung its wings hard on the naughty child's face, and then disappeared between Qingming.

"My little brother's ability to control the eagle with his hands is extraordinary." Yang Erlang praised this scene.

Cui Yu looked over and saw Yang Erlang combing the big black dog's hair with a brush.

Looking at the big black dog in front of him, with his cunning eyes, Cui Yu always felt that this big black dog was a bit unusual.

It's like there is already wisdom.

In the hot summer when I returned from Cui Yu, I stayed at home for another month and practiced hard in the cave for another three months. It was already late autumn.

The sky and the earth were all yellow, but there was no chill at all. The people in the village were so hot that they were wearing single clothes and lying under the big trees one by one, waiting to die.

Even the elders in the village were sitting under the big tree with a look of despair on their faces. Their faces were covered with dust, as if they hadn't been cleaned for a long time. They were sitting under the tree with a dull look on their faces, looking at the sky through the cracks in the trees. The sun is no longer as energetic as it was three months ago.

Eighteen wells have been dug in the village in the past three months, and everything that can be dug inside and outside the village has been dug, but there is no water source in any of them.

There seemed to be no other option but to sit and wait for death.

They have done everything that human power can do, and the rest is left to God.

At this moment, a bell rang in the air, and a cavalry was seen coming from a distance and stopped at the intersection of the village.

A knight in black took the lead and struck the air three times with his whip.

The crisp blasting sound spread throughout the village.

When the villagers who collapsed under the tree heard the sound, their faces turned pale and they sat up suddenly.

"The rent is collected! The Xiang family is here to collect the rent!" A shout accompanied by trills spread throughout the village.

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Cui Yu, who was watching the sparrow hawk soaring in the blue sky, suddenly looked away: "Is today the day when the Xiang family collects rent?"

"It's the day when the Xiang family collects rent. I'm afraid the people in the village will have a hard time. The rent collection matter is related to the foundation of the Xiang family. There is absolutely no mercy. I'm afraid that the village will be doomed. I don't know how many people will be sold. A son sells a daughter." Yang Erlang sighed: "Pack up the dried meat and send it to the Xiang family."

Cui Yu hurriedly packed up the dried meat in the house with Yang Erlang. Cui Laohu also hurriedly walked out of the house. He and his two brothers put away the dried meat, prepared three carts, and walked towards the head of the village.

The Cui family had dried meat to pay for the rent, and they arrived quickly. They saw dozens of soldiers riding tall horses, wearing pure black steel masks, standing there with expressionless faces.

Drops of sweat flowed down the gaps in the steel armor, but the armored knight remained motionless, and soon a puddle of water flowed on the ground.

Under the shadow of the big tree, there was a stretcher, and sitting on the stretcher was a five or six-year-old girl. She was holding ice cubes and chewing on them, not feeling the heat in the air at all.

The female doll is very young, with black hair tied into a bun, with seven or eight pure gold sticks tied on it.

Her skin is as delicate as mutton fat and jade, and she looks very lovable, a bit like a little Song Zuer.

It is definitely a luxury to be able to eat ice in this hot summer, and to come here from the city. After walking such a long way, I still have ice to eat.

Regardless of mana or divine blood, using it to create ice is a loss-making business.

Moreover, mana is related to the monk's lifespan. The other party dares to squander it so casually, which can be said to be very arrogant. He is worthy of being a son of a great noble.

"Cui Laohu, pay fifty acres of land tax and grain." Cui Laohu and others pushed a cart and came to the leading man in black: "Master Steward, there is no harvest from the fields this year, so we use dried meat to pay the rent."

The steward was a man in his fifties with a dark face. He looked at Cui Laohu expressionlessly at this time and waved to the knight behind him: "Inspect the goods."

The three knights stepped forward, inspected the dried meat, and turned around and said, "Manager Li, these are all high-quality dried meat, without any deterioration."

"Okay!" The steward nodded when he heard this, and waved his hand to Cui Laohu: "Step back."

Cui Laohu stood there, his head lowered, his eyes looking at the steward's toes, his lips pursed but did not move.

"What? Are you still busy?" Manager Li glared at him.

"My Lord Steward, my family will not rent this land next year." Cui Laohu said in a low voice.

"What? What are you talking about?" Manager Li frowned. He was obviously much shorter than Cui Laohu, but at this time he seemed to be looking at him condescendingly.

"I said the fields will not be rented next year." Cui Laohu's voice became louder.

"Pa~" The whip whizzed, like thunder, and a bright red blood stain spread on Cui Laohu's body.

"I'm beating you up, you know what I'm talking about. Do you know what I'm talking about? Why don't you stop renting when there is a disaster? Why didn't you say you won't rent when there was a good harvest in the past? It's a good thing to shirk it to the owner when you encounter difficulties. Keep it yourself, how can there be such a deal?" The whip in Manager Li's hand whizzed, streaking through the air like shadows, and struck Cui Laohu head and face like a sudden storm.

"Don't hurt my father!" Cui Yu suddenly changed his color when he saw this, and suddenly stepped forward to block Cui Laohu.

The whistling whip fell on Cui Yu's body, but Cui Yu's skin changed quietly, and all the flesh and blood inside had turned into titanium alloy skin.

Even the clothes on the body have turned into the ‘technological cloth’ of later generations.

The whip fell on Cui Yu like a sudden rain, and only a crackling sound was heard. Cui Yu was as motionless as a mountain, firmly protecting Cui Huhu.

Seeing Cui Yu being whipped, Cui Huhu suddenly became anxious. He wanted to pull Cui Yu behind him, but he couldn't pull Cui Yu's body. He could only shout with jealousy: "Your Xiang family has a big business, so it's not bad." This is a mouthful of food. Now that there is a severe drought and there is no harvest, we not only have to take care of our own lives, but also bear the loss of the fields. Renting land is a dead end. Renting land is death, and not renting land is also death. You might as well kill me. , but it’s a happy death.”

Cui Yu was surprised after hearing Cui Huhu's words. Cui Huhu, who usually seems honest and honest, can he say this?

Can you also have this kind of courage?

"I'll beat you to death, you're still reasonable. You contracted the land during the good harvest year, and now you're losing money and you want to get rid of it. How can such a good thing happen!!!" The manager blushed when he heard this.

"enough!"

At this moment, the little girl sitting on the stretcher stopped chewing the ice and scolded the steward and stopped beating her.

"Miss." Manager Li stopped quickly and bowed to the sedan.

"Li Biao! You are over 50 years old, why are you still so angry? If he doesn't want to rent it, then he won't rent it. How can we still lack him this share of food in our Nuo Da Mansion?" The little girl was chewing shaved ice, looking very old-fashioned at this time. He was sitting there, dangling his calves.

"Miss, don't set a precedent like this. This is not a matter for one household or one village. If you speak today, all the 371 villages in Daliang City will follow suit in the future. The master, wife, and brothers will not have rations to go there. Drink the northwest wind?" Li Biao quickly argued.

"Huh? It's an eye-opener. Am I a young lady or are you a young lady? If I tell you to stop, you will stop, and you will talk to me about the rules and regulations? We have no food. We have to go to grandfather to get it. After all, we will not be hungry. Daliang The city is just a small city, and the population of these more than 360 villages is much more important than rent. If they all starve to death, won't this place become a place of death in the future? If Daliang City wants to become a big city, will it have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse?" Xiao Xiao The girl reprimanded impatiently: "When they pay the rent later, if there is anyone who doesn't want to rent, it will be granted."

Li Biao's face was red and his ears were red. He was angry but had no place to vent it. He turned around and stared at several people with his eyes, and angrily said: "You still haven't thanked Miss?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Laohu quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Miss, for showing mercy! Thank you, Miss, for showing mercy."

Seeing this, Cui Yu and Yang Erlang also knelt down and kowtowed to the little girl.

"That's all, go and wait. I have something to tell you later." The little girl ate the shaved ice carelessly, waving her little hands, her eyes filled with pride.

Cui Yu and his party stepped aside, and soon everyone in the village dragged their carts to the end of the village.

The elder stepped forward with a humble face. Behind him were two young men carrying half a bag of grain and two baskets of fruits: "Manager Li, we have a severe drought this year and there is no harvest in the fields. Not only do we have to keep next year's rations, but also Leave the seeds for next year. Can you please go to the city lord to intercede for this rent and allow us to relax for a year..."

"What? You mean there is no rent?"

Manager Li said as he picked up the bag in front of him: "Half a bag of grain, are you sending the beggars away?"

Li Biao looked gloomy when he heard this: "Old dog, let me tell you, even if you squeeze out all your rations for the coming year and starve to death next year, this year's rent will not be less. If you miss a grain, Before your whole family starves to death, I will kill your whole family first."

"Sir, there is a severe drought this year. Even if you kill me, I still won't have food." The elder fell to his knees directly.

"Let me ask you, has the land been planted this year?" Li Biao smiled coldly.

"I planted it, but..." the elder explained with a panicked expression.

"There's nothing wrong with it. If the rent is not enough, then sell your son, grandson, and wife as slaves to pay the debt. It's OK if you die, but it's not OK if the rent is less than a grain of grain." Li Biao smiled coldly.

"grown ups!"

The people in Lijia Village showed despair when they heard this. They fell to their knees and wailed, and the sounds of misery rose into the sky.

"Huh, there's no point crying. Come here, check the taxes. If the rent is not enough, just detain the person and sell him as a slave." Li Biao's voice was cold.

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of knights in iron armor rushed into the crowd, began to count the account books, and started to take people.

For a moment, the sound of crying shook the world.

Cui Yu couldn't help but shrink his pupils when he saw this scene. He watched the armored knight pick up the rope and directly tie up the young boys and girls, preparing to sell them into slaves. He felt his scalp numb.

This world is far more terrifying than I imagined.

"Stop." The girl eating shaved ice suddenly sighed on the couch.

"Miss, you have exempted two hundred villages from rent. If this continues, we will all have to drink from the northwest wind next year. How will we explain to the eldest lady when we go back? How will we explain to the master?" Li Biao seemed to have thought of something, At this time, the color suddenly changed.

"Young lady, I'm kind-hearted." The little girl shook her head and sighed, her eyes filled with helplessness.

Li Biao's face turned pale when he heard this: "Miss, you can't explain it when you go back, and the old slave can't explain it either."

"If you have anything to do, just come to me. Since I'm here, why don't I go to you to explain it to you?" the girl gnawing on shaved ice said casually.

"Miss, you..." Li Biao sighed helplessly after hearing this, but he did not dare to violate it. He could only scan the old and young in front of him: "Take back these three melons and two dates. You old guys, why don't you thank Miss quickly?" .”

"I would like to express my gratitude to you for your great kindness. I will definitely set up a longevity tablet for you in the future and burn incense for you." The people in the village kowtowed quickly.