Working Prophet

After getting Ilea's promise, Li Yu further discussed some of the details with her.

After reaching a consensus, Li Yu walked out of the castle immediately and returned to the lizard people.

Although he had only left for less than an hour, the lizardmen outside the city were already looking forward to seeing him. When they saw him coming out, they immediately swarmed around him and looked at him eagerly.

When Li Yu saw this, he didn't show off and said directly, "From today on, you are the subjects of the Arias family. Ilea allocated two pieces of land near the swamp to the religious group and allowed Saturday believers to go on it. settle down."

Hearing this, all the lizard people's faces showed excitement.

Of course, they didn't live in the swamp because they liked it. According to Onunde, no one knows where the first people who entered the Gegu Swamp and decided to live in it came from.

Some said they were peasants who couldn't bear the tyranny of their lords, others said they were bandits who had been cornered and had no way out, and still others said they were nobles being hunted by their enemies...

In short, no matter what their identities are, they all have one thing in common, that is, they cannot survive outside the swamp and have to break into the swamp to find a way out.

However, the cost of this way of survival is also very high. Most of the first batch of people who entered died soon after, and for the small number of people who remained, the nightmare had just begun.

"This swamp is full of malice towards outsiders, with poisonous insects and poisons everywhere, an extreme shortage of food, clean water and other necessary survival tools, all kinds of invisible and intangible horrific diseases that are called curses by the lizard people, and more Not to mention those dangerous predators.

In such an extremely harsh environment, it is very reasonable for them to worship Sosokos, who cannot be killed.

Even if they make it a little more comfortable through the efforts of generations later, it will definitely not be as good as the land outside.

Some young lizardmen have begun to imitate Li Yu's pronunciation, shouting "Saturday". Now they have completely believed that the guy in front of them who calls himself a prophet is really Saturday, or Sosokos sent to save them.

But amid this, Onunde still remained calm.

When the hilarity subsided, Ononde asked, "What are the conditions? How much tax do we have to pay to that bunny man every year? Will the warriors in the tribe be driven by her to fight her enemies desperately? Women and What about the children, are they going to be her slaves?"

Li Yu took another look at Onunde and found that this tall and strong lizard man actually had a meticulousness and caution that was inconsistent with his appearance. No wonder he was chosen as the leader by these lizards.

"Ilea is your lord. She has her own name. From now on, don't call her that bunny person. If you can have a place to settle down, in addition to sending me to save you guys on Saturday, and Her tolerance and kindness are also inseparable.

"Not long ago, you just killed a lot of her people and warriors. If she can put down her hatred and accept you, you should give her some respect."

After a pause, Li Yu continued, "Of course there are conditions. First of all, the most basic one is that you must rely on your own hands to fill your stomach from now on, and you can no longer hurt other people in the territory."

"What about the people outside the territory?" A lizard man asked a soul question.

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"Not even those outside Ilea's territory." Li Yu said, "All the lands in the Western Territory are owned by owners. If you go out and plunder others, the lords of those people will come to question Ilea, and maybe you will return the favor. It will start a war, don't get her into trouble."

"What if someone else comes to mess with us?" Another lizard man asked.

"Detain the person and wait until I come back to deal with it." Li Yu said simply, "That's it for now. I will set up a tribunal later to deal with this kind of matter.

"Just remember the following principle. If someone is polite to you, you should also be polite to others. If someone is rude to you, be reasonable first. If the other person doesn't listen, they will arrest the person. In order to ensure your own safety Under such circumstances, try not to kill people."

Since you live within the Red Lion Empire, you must still abide by the laws of the empire.

However, the "Imperial Code" was so thick that Li Yu didn't even bother to read it, let alone show it to these lizard people. Fortunately, at this stage, Li Yu didn't intend to let these lizard people have too much communication with the outside world. .

According to the agreement between him and Ilea, these lizardmen cannot leave the territory of the cult, and the people nearby generally have a fear and hatred towards the lizardmen, and they will definitely not get close to these plague gods.

Miss Rabbit's territory is very barren. There is nothing except carrots and other self-sufficient food crops. On weekdays, few outsiders come here to eat.

Li Yu could have popularized the precepts first and then implemented the law.

After looking around and seeing no one asking questions, Li Yu continued, "As for taxes, since this land belongs to the religious order, Miss Ilea will hardly levy agricultural taxes directly here, nor will she Additional corvees will be sent, but in return, when she encounters difficulties, you must answer her call and fight for the Arias family."

The faces of the lizard people showed a look of surprise. They seemed not to have expected that the bunny lord would be so generous.

But this is actually an unwritten rule of the Red Lion Empire. Generally, the land sealed off by the big nobles will no longer tax the common people on this land. This is equivalent to completely delegating management rights to the small lords. In exchange for their allegiance.

Whether the little lords lose or win has nothing to do with them, and once there is a war in the future, the little lords must bring their own weapons and dry food, and send troops to accompany them.

Such was the case with the Arias themselves, whose ancestors swore allegiance to the Figueirolas in exchange for green fields.

Of course, the big lords will also collect certain taxes and fees from the small lords in some names.

Some people who are very short of money may come up with all kinds of weird tricks to extract money from small lords, or even bankrupt the small lords. However, once they do this, their reputation will naturally become very bad, and it will be serious. There may also be rebellion.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, basically no family will do this.

After talking about taxes and military service, Li Yu's voice also deepened, "Also, the Arias family insists that you hand over the murderer of the Trinidad Knight family."

Li Yu originally thought that the last request was the most difficult, but he didn't expect the lizard people to accept it very quickly, and three of them stood up voluntarily.

Although there was a little reluctance in the expression, there was no struggle.

This made Li Yu's mood even more complicated, because he realized that this was the group consciousness developed by the lizard people living in an extremely harsh environment for a long time.

For the survival of the group, any individual can be sacrificed.