Chapter 399: Second meeting with the above (12)

The villagers who ran back screaming reported the news. The villagers around the small square were a little panicked at first, but they quickly calmed down.

"Why panic? That's the Great Witch. She just came back to take a look. Don't panic. She doesn't kill people."

"Yes, yes, yes, don't panic, don't panic. Even though she is the great witch of a foreign race, she doesn't kill people. She doesn't kill people."

"She didn't come alone this time. She brought people with her. The clothes they wore were very nice, better than those worn by the knights we have seen."

"The chief witch has brought the high-ranking official behind her?"

"Where's the village chief? Let's find the village chief first?"

"Someone has already gone. The village chief seems to be at the mill."

"Listen, is there any sound?"

"It's the Great Priestess's cart. This one is even bigger than the last one."

"Of course, I brought someone with me."

"Then what are you still standing there for? Clean up and don't let the truck knock over our stuff."

The villagers in the small square hurriedly picked up the debris that might block the road and put it aside.

The village chief also ran back in a hurry. Before he could catch his breath, he saw a huge monster with a huge front end pulling a carriage driving along the village road.

The crowd dispersed and watched quietly as this huge creature, whom they had never seen before, stopped lightly in the middle of the square.

As they drove along, Ye Na looked around and found that the place was much more dilapidated than it was in the past. A corner of the well platform of the big well in the corner of the small square was missing.

Stop the car, turn off the engine, and release the parking brake.

Ye Na pushed open the car door and landed steadily on the step.

"Hey, village chief, long time no see. How come you have aged so much? Have you had a hard time these years? Now that the knight's family is gone, is life even worse?"

Compared with the village chief a few years ago, the current village chief looks older, with gray hair and beard, and wrinkles on his face as if carved by a knife.

"Great Miko, long time no see. As you said, the life in our area is indeed getting worse and worse."

"is it?"

Ye Na motioned for the village chief to follow, and she walked to the rear of the vehicle, opened the trailer's barrier, and continued talking while pulling the bolt.

"Why is it so bad? Is it that someone came to steal the food, or is it that the bad weather affected the food production? Or is it that new nobles came and demanded more taxes?"

"All."

"what?"

"The royal family and the core nobles are gone, and other nobles are emerging?"

Ye Na pulled the bolt on the rear of the trailer's carriage barrier, and the people in the car pulled the bolt on the front side. When Ye Na was holding the barrier and preparing to put it down, the village chief kindly extended his hand, and the heavy barrier suddenly seemed extremely light in his hands.

Then, Ye Na took out a ladder and placed it under the car, and the people in the car got off one by one.

There was a huge difference in size between the two sides, but when the village chief saw the other's straight clothes and the epaulettes shining in the sun, he still took a few steps back in fear, then hunched his back and spoke to Ye Na again.

"High Witch, we don't know what's going on outside, but it's true that a group of nobles came and took over the land that originally belonged to the knight's family. They asked us to resume paying taxes, and the tax was higher than before."

"Okay, I get it. I'll take care of it. Have you paid your taxes this year?"

“I have already done so.”

“When is the next tax payment?”

"do not know."

"I don't know?" Ye Nai frowned, "How do they collect taxes? If someone comes and says they want to collect taxes, they take things away?"

"Yes, they came with soldiers, we can't refuse." "I know, I will deal with them as soon as possible."

"……what?"

"Just like I got rid of the original knight's family, this new noble won't stay for long."

"Okay, then our land...?"

"My country will take over, and they are the national officers who are here for a field trip."

At this point, Ye Nai finally had the opportunity to introduce the three deputy ministers to the village chief.

The village chief had never heard so many advanced military-related words before, and his eyes were full of circles and he looked confused.

Seeing this, Ye Na decisively shut up.

"Well, village chief, is there anyone in the village who is smart and talkative? No matter if it's a man or a woman, as long as he's brave, how about taking these senior officials of mine around the village? They've just learned the local dialect, so take them to have a chat."

As he spoke, a Selsa silver coin suddenly appeared in Ye Na's palm.

"I'll give you a reward. Is this the same currency as it is now?"

The village chief took one look at the silver coin and was shocked.

"No, no, just walking around the village, no need for so much."

"But the money is still usable, right? The money hasn't changed, and the nobles up there haven't issued new coins."

"Yes, the money hasn't changed, but it's useless to have money. High Priestess, have you seen the market in town? Now the market is gone. The new nobles want too much, and there is nothing to sell in the market."

"That's okay, let's change it."

Ye Na put away the coins and took out a fruit salt.

The fruit is a hollowed-out, sun-dried shell. It feels hard to the touch and makes a crisp sound when tapped. It is the size of a red-skinned plum, but is filled with a shell of flattened salt. The salt grains are fine and slightly yellow.

"Are you short of salt? This is all salt, a specialty from a salt-producing area out there. They like to pack refined salt into processed fruit shells and sell them to the public."

This alien planet is a huge planet where everything is big. Wild fruits the size of red-skinned plums are not small in Yenna's eyes, but they are just tiny things in the eyes of the locals.

The salt is packed in such fruit shells and sold to poor people who cannot afford salt. The salt from this small fruit shell can last for a month.

When Ye Na was purchasing goods, he bought a lot of these small hard currencies, which are more useful than coins. They can be used in any country and do not have the disadvantage of coins not being accepted.

The compensation now used to hire villagers as tour guides is certainly very appropriate.

Just as the village chief was hesitating, a weak woman's voice came from behind him. She clutched her apron with both hands nervously, and the tattered apron seemed about to be torn off.

"I'll take this job. My family needs salt. Village chief, I don't have any salt left."

"Village leader, do you recommend her? Does she talk a lot? Is she someone who likes to gossip?"

"No, no, they are all normal people."

As the village chief spoke, he pushed the woman who had stepped forward in front of him.

"High Miko, you know, our village is so small. I don't know what these high officials want to know."

As the station got closer, the woman saw a group of men and women in front of her who were obviously shorter than her. However, their clothes were better looking than the knight's, and their aura was that of a superior. The woman's little courage immediately dissipated, and she began to tremble as she spoke.

"It's okay, just relax, answer whatever they ask, right?"

"I will, I will."

Ye Na placed the fruit salt in her palm and held it in front of the three deputy ministers.

Deputy Minister Cheng of the Logistics Department took it down and left with the woman.