Tauren Overlord

Even more people were deeply shocked by the distant voice coming from the sky:

"I am your new lord, William de Bruis."

"I may be called a lord, but I don't want to be your master. I want to be your friend."

"I believe many people already know that I will lead everyone to rebel against the empire and rebuild Taimenia."

"Before this great dream is realized, we will publicly try Jacques at the grievance meeting tomorrow!"

"Please rest early, friends, and recharge your batteries."

"Tomorrow morning, let us say goodbye to the past and look to the future!"

This time, Lu Heng did not use any illusions, but instead used a transparent "steel face" to speak in the air.

The fantasy world cannot match the streets where people live everywhere, but it is more immersive this way.

As soon as the words were spoken, people's excitement became an unstoppable torrent.

Everyone's face was filled with excitement, as if even the sun had become brighter.

Since some people are happy, there are naturally some people who are worried, such as Jacques who just found out that he is going to be put on trial.

This noble ate high-quality ingredients day after day and became a rank three spellcaster.

It's just that he is old and can't display the fighting ability he had in his youth.

In addition, when facing a strong opponent, he wanted to play the victim first and did not take action immediately, which made him appear to be relatively weak.

However, the strange and wonderful magic gems in his hands are not just decorations.

To ordinary people, he is still an extremely powerful and invincible battle mage.

So, how effective was this old man’s resistance?

All I can say is that he did help Serena to develop her strength more flexibly.

It’s definitely a good thing to have a safe, real-life sparring partner!

Until the grievance meeting was about to begin, Jacques had never hurt a hair of Serena's.

This once tough guy was suppressed from beginning to end by the painter who was strengthened by Lu Heng.

At the grievance meeting, Jacques, who had been beaten to the point of having completely lost his temper, was taken to a high platform.

The people in the audience also entered the scene in an orderly manner under the guidance of the administrative commissioner.

These administrators are among the capable assistants that Lu Heng brought from the East Continent through the portal.

Although Lu Heng has not yet developed a civil service examination system, Lu Heng holds meetings with the administrative commissioner in a fantasy world every day.

As we held more and more of these meetings, we gradually developed a relatively skilled administrative team through practice.

Then, the complainants began to speak in the order previously counted by the administrative specialist.

These administrators do not teach people to say specific things.

Because the people don't need anyone to teach them, they already have a deep hatred for the old order.

From the first speaker, a sincere and heartfelt message was highlighted:

"I once had a happy family. My father and mother were both well-known good people."

"Just because it was too cold in winter, we went to the forest to chop some wood to keep warm, and we became criminals!"

"The lord discovered us and took away all our firewood."

"Several people were crippled by the beatings and froze to death before they even got home."

"Even if we are not killed directly by the lord, what difference does it make?"

"Just because this forest is the lord's private land, do we deserve to die?"

"Why! I still can't figure it out!"

"Even if the lord loses a few pieces of wood, it won't have much impact on him."

"My family members have been kind to others all their lives, but they died just like that!"

Her words moved countless people, and it was obvious that they had similar experiences.

After all, everyone getting a share of wealth has never been a prerequisite for private ownership.

“Private property is sacred and inviolable” has never meant “your property is sacred and inviolable”.

At least under Jacques' system, everyone is poor, and this poverty is sacred and unchangeable, which is the norm of private ownership.

Next, the second, third, and fourth complainers also told us everything they had experienced over the years.

What made Lu Heng a little uneasy was that Jacques did not only exploit the common people economically.

The unforgivable blood debts he committed directly or indirectly killed more than 60 people.

This might just be the tip of the iceberg, because Lu Heng has not yet counted the number of people who did not come to complain.

At the same time, Jacques seemed to have a headache as he listened to the people's waves of condemnation against him, which were getting louder and louder.

However, at his age, he is not far from natural death, and it is indeed time for him to worry.

Seeing that everyone had finished complaining, Lu Heng took the opportunity to make a public announcement:

"It seems that Mr. Jacques has become troubled by our suffering."

"In order to cure his problem once and for all, I created a headache treatment device specifically for people like them!"

As a red curtain on the platform was pulled open, people discovered a tall and majestic tower.

The tower was obviously carefully built by craftsmen, and it glowed coldly and heavily in the sunlight.

Its most powerful "main ingredient" is obviously the huge blade at the top of the mechanical tower.

The blade had a terrifying irregular triangular shape.

The blade was extremely sharp, flashing a cold and dazzling light in the sunlight.

It is not difficult to guess that as long as the blade is in close contact with a person's neck, that person will no longer be troubled by headaches.

This is truly a radical cure that is safe for everyone.

Seeing that he was about to be confused, Jacques still said to Lu Heng unwillingly:

"William, I have watched you grow up since you were a child, how could you..."

According to normal logic, William should indeed be slightly moved by Jacques's family card.

But what kind of relationship do Lu Heng and Jacques have?

Lu Heng just looked at the people in the audience and said in a loud voice:

"You say you are pitiful, but aren't the dozens of people you killed pitiful?"

"It's better to say that you have too few heads. You can only chop off one at a time instead of dozens."

"You can only die once, but you can't bring dozens of innocent people back to life. In the end, it's still too easy for you."

As Lu Heng publicly expressed his willingness to sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice, the people in the audience were deeply moved one after another.

Several Taimenians were muttering to themselves:

"Goddess, I have never seen such a noble..."

Regardless of whether they have seen it before or not, Lu Heng is going to let them see it today.

As the noose slowly loosened, the sharp sound of steel cutting through the air pierced the silence.

The blade was so sharp that it completely cured Jacques' headache in one go.

Then, Lu Heng waved his hand and said, "Please welcome the next patient!"

The next one, isn’t it Arthas?

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378. A Matter of Life and Death

As the saying goes, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked. Jacques loves to play tricks on people, so his good son-in-law Alsace is naturally not clean either.

Rather, it was Jacques who assigned him to do a lot of the dirty work.

For example, he not only recruited ordinary maid girls, but also little girls.

After all, old Jacques also needs to trade with people at a higher level, and some masters just like young people.

Amid the people's growing anger, Arthas also walked towards the huge headache treatment device.

But he was unable to perform his unique skill of "Invincible Two Minutes" and could not even speak.

The feeling that all the blood in his body was being controlled came back again. It was obvious that William beside him was exerting influence on him.

The clever Arthas quickly realized how come this William had the same ability as Wozniacki Shuode last night?

But will Lu Heng give him a chance to verify it slowly?

Of course, with one order, this guy with the same name as the Lich King of a certain plane was able to say goodbye to his headaches completely.

After all, Lu Heng’s current situation is equivalent to the early days of a new dynasty, with a lot of work to be done.

The new dynasty naturally needed everything it needed. If it wanted to run smoothly, it had to either expand outward or seek internal development.

This "inside" is naturally not one of our real people, so we have to find a group of bleeding targets in order to keep the operation going.

This has been the case throughout all dynasties.

It’s just that under the “normal” feudal order, society often relies on the flesh and blood of the lower classes as fuel.

Lu Heng changed his mind and asked Jacques, Alsace and a few other nobles to receive permanent treatment with the headache treatment device.

That thing was originally the masterpiece of King Louis XVI, who himself experienced his own invention firsthand.

In this world, letting the local nobles experience kingdom-level treatment is definitely not unfair to them.

If they die, a lot of resources will be freed up, and everyone will suddenly have something to share.

Many of his accomplices who were put on trial were able to escape death thanks to Lu Heng's protection.

The prerequisite is that their wealth must benefit the public.

Whether it is daily necessities for food, drink, and entertainment, or means of production such as land.

All good things should be shared with the lower classes.

Up to this point, Lu Heng had done everything a new feudal lord could do.

Killing the rich to help the poor, or in other words, killing the enemies to create one's own people, these are very pragmatic practices of the founding fathers.

But Lu Heng obviously wanted to go further.

As soon as the headache treatment device was finished, Lu Heng issued a new decree:

"From today on, all handicraft and commercial practitioners in this territory only need to pay half of the normal tax."

"As for agricultural practitioners, from now on, they will be permanently tax-exempt..."

After hearing Lu Heng's words, everyone present was stunned!

Especially for the old farmers, their wildest hope is just to reduce taxes a little.

For example, the tax rate of five-sixths can be reduced to two-thirds, or even one-half...

It is unthinkable that the new lord wants to completely abolish agricultural taxes.

Many of the old farmers present were so moved that they fainted...

Of course, Lu Heng's actions were not entirely selfless.

The reason is simple. What he is facing is not a question of money, but a crisis of life and death.