Chapter 226
“Oh no, my lord!! If you take all that, we will starve to death!! Ugh—!!”
The farmer rolled on the ground after being kicked by a boot. Similar scenes were unfolding throughout the countryside. No, the situation was the same for all the farmlands near this plain.
When plundering its citizens, it has the nature of ‘somewhat excessive taxation.’ In other words, it does not strip everything down to the root. It’s more accurate to say that the rulers or the army are not being merciful, but rather looking for sustainable plunder.
If everyone starves to death that year, there won’t be any wealth left to take the following year. Such taxation was not even referred to as tyranny. There was no need to attach special terminology to everyday occurrences.
But the current situation was different. The army of Bellacria had no obligation to consider the rural circumstances of Albina.
“Um, Captain?”
“Huh?”
“Isn’t that cavalry over there? Have cavalry troops been deployed in this direction?”
“Cavalry? What would they be doing? Those bastards just have to sit around, and the money rolls in by itself. Wait a minute.”