Reborn as a Cube Man in the Late Ming Dynasty

Yes, the tax comes in both whole and small amounts, so it's simply impossible for the boss to extract any money from it.

If the boss didn't get the money, how could the two of us possibly get a share?

The constable's eyes darted around, and he slapped his forehead in frustration: "Boss, look at my memory! I've mixed up the villages. Liu Family Village is still short of taxes."

"Oh dear, look at my memory!" Liu Dexi, seeing this, knew exactly what the yamen runners were thinking: "Your Excellency came in such a hurry that I made a mistake and forgot to take a money bag."

"Liu Qi, go and get that bag from my desk!" Liu Dexi instructed, then turned and said, "Please wait a moment, gentlemen, the rest of the money will be here shortly!"

This village probably still has quite a few hidden secrets.

Looking at Liu Dexi in front of him, the head constable's eyes darted around, and he understood what was going on.

This little bit won't yield much profit! It's better to just go in and search. Whatever we find, we can use half to bribe the magistrate, and the rest will be mine.

As for these lowly people, they wouldn't dare to resist even if they had a few guts. The soldiers in the county town are not to be trifled with!

"Sir, please count this amount. Is it enough?" Liu Dexi asked, holding up a rather heavy money bag.

"That's far from enough," the head constable said, glancing at the scene before feigning anger and roaring, "Fine! Looks like you're deliberately trying to play us for fools. Go inside and search us!"

After saying that, he snatched the bag from Liu Dexi's hand, barged into the villager's house, ransacked the place, and made a ruckus.

As he expected, these people indeed dared not resist.

The head constable quickly noticed that although the villagers did not resist, they were all intentionally or unintentionally gathering in front of a dilapidated house, subtly protecting it behind them.

No wonder I couldn't find it after looking for so long; it was left there!

"Get out of my way!" Seeing that the people of Liu Family Village did not react, the head constable drew his broadsword and threatened, "Do you really want to rebel? Aren't you afraid that the county will send people to raze your village to the ground?"

"My lord, it's not that we don't want to let you in, but there's really nothing inside. This is a dwelling we reserved for the gods! We can't let you just barge in like this!"

Liu Dexi sighed.

Originally, their village did not plan to pay taxes, but they were afraid that if they did not pay their grain tax, the yamen runners would forcibly break in. The other houses were fine, but this house in front of them was specially reserved for Bai Xianjun.

They even prepared extra silver, but who would have thought that these yamen runners had such a big appetite? That silver was equivalent to half a month's income for the village in the past, and it still wasn't enough.

At this moment, Liu Dexi was desperate: "Sir, how about this, we'll trouble you to come again tomorrow. Our village can still scrape together some money. Is that alright?"

"Gods," the head constable sneered, "if there were really any gods, would this world still exist? All this mystification! I bet your village is hiding something incredible in there! Perhaps some kind of crossbow?"

"Go in and search. Anyone who tries to stop you is to be killed on the spot!"

Liu Dexi resolutely said, "No, you can't do this! If you offend Immortal Lord Bai, you will all be punished!"

"You old codger, spouting nonsense and daring to curse me, huh? Fine, threatening the officers is an even bigger offense, I'll make an example of you!"

After saying that, he raised his broadsword and slashed at Liu Dexi's arm, who was blocking his way.

He naturally understood that if he killed someone, he might not be able to leave the village, but if he only cut off an arm as punishment, to make an example of them, they wouldn't dare to move!

This is his usual tactic, and it always works.

"Village Chief!" the people around exclaimed. They were too far away to help in time and could only watch as the blade got closer and closer to Liu Dexi's arm.

"Damn it, you actually dared to do that!"

An arrow struck the hilt of the knife precisely, knocking the broadsword from the bailiff's hand and causing it to fall to the ground.

He looked up in horror at the source of the arrow.

Not far away, Liu Er held a bow and arrow, panting heavily with a look of fear on his face.

"Attacking an officer is a capital offense! What are you waiting for? Kill him!" Upon seeing that it was just a teenager, he instantly became extremely angry.

If we don't deal with this kid, and word gets out that what happened today, how will he maintain his authority in front of his subordinates?

They have to die!

The two officers hesitated, their remaining consciences preventing them from indiscriminately killing innocent people.

Upon seeing this, the head constable rushed forward.

The young men of the village knew it was too late to get weapons, so they gritted their teeth and went to block the enemy alone.

"Fine, you've all rebelled, huh? Then you'd all die!"

Suddenly, his movements froze, his expression turned blank, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "What is that???"

That direction is the Celestial Lord; he really has been watching us all along!

Liu Dexi turned around.

In the distance, the dry soil that was once covered in yellow sand suddenly turned green and spread toward the village at an extremely fast speed.

In the blink of an eye, the green spread to the village entrance. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the green was clearly clumps of thriving wild grass.

"It's the Celestial Lord! The Celestial Lord has appeared!"

Upon seeing this, the villagers ignored the yamen runners and knelt down on the ground.

"Is it really a deity? No, save me, save me!" Seeing the weeds spreading towards them, the constables assumed they were coming for them. Terrified, they covered their heads and cowered on the ground. "Deity, spare us! Spare us! We meant no harm... We were wrong... We'll never do it again... Deity, have mercy! Have mercy!"

After a long while, he opened his eyes and found himself in a grassy field.

"Haha, I'm alright?"

The head constable, feeling guilty, touched his entire body to make sure he was unharmed, then breathed a sigh of relief and laughed loudly.

"Boss, watch out, behind you!!!"

Behind you?

The constable then noticed that the shadow of a huge object was gradually covering his own, and he quickly turned around.

"What is this?"

It was a colossal creature, three meters tall, with arms that almost reached its heels. It had iron-white skin, a strong body that looked like it was made of flat blocks, covered in green vines, two slightly squinting eyes, and a huge, drooping nose.

If Bai Li saw this, he would naturally recognize it; this is the Iron Golem from my world.

As the giant object moved, the whole place seemed to tremble.

It raised its long arms and swung them at him.

Before he could even scream, the head constable was sent flying into the air, then his body crashed to the ground like a rag doll, unconscious.

This frustrated the iron golem that followed. It wanted to deliver a finishing blow, but it was only a single strike that knocked down the intruder.

Having done all that, it stood still, staring intently at the remaining two officers.

"What should we do?" one of the officers asked in a panic. "He doesn't seem to be attacking us."

"I don't know either! Maybe it's because we didn't harm anyone from Liujia Village that he didn't attack us."

I was just out collecting taxes, who knew I'd run into this mess.

Another was on the verge of collapse. He was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he knelt down with a thud. He smelled the fragrance of wild grass and kowtowed repeatedly to the iron golem on the soft grass.

"Gods, spare us! Spare us! We were just following orders. Please have mercy and let us go. We promise we won't say a word!"

"What should we do? Should we let them keep it?" the villagers asked Liu Dexi.

The immortal lord is not here, so he dares not make decisions on his own.

Liu Dexi pondered for a moment: "If I'm not mistaken, Immortal Lord Bai is coming to our village! Let them kowtow here."

"But what about that constable who fell to the ground? What if he dies in our village and the imperial court finds out..."

"Don't worry about him. He brought this on himself by angering the Celestial Lord. If the Celestial Lord is willing to save him, he won't die. Just let him lie there. No matter how big the imperial court is, can it be bigger than the heavens?" Liu Dexi said.

"So, how should we deal with this spirit?" The villager cautiously pointed to the iron golem not far away.

This enormous, humanoid creature suddenly appeared in the village, and even though they knew it was the work of a celestial being, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

What if he suddenly attacks us?

Perhaps sensing something, the iron golem looked up, walked clumsily to a frightened child, and stretched out its hand, revealing a small red flower in its palm.

"Th...thank you?" The child mustered his courage and took the small flower from its hand.

The iron golem withdrew its hand, slowly turned around, and began to stare at the two kowtowing officials again.

"Mom, look, this flower is so pretty!" The child boasted to his mother, who was looking on with envy at him.

Indeed, not only the immortal lord, but even his creations are so friendly!

Liu Dexi smiled as he watched the huge figure slowly moving: "Don't worry about it for now. When Immortal Lord Bai arrives, we'll have Liu Er ask him."