Chapter 306: poor

Early in the morning, there is a severely cold winter with no snow and heavy fog.
Looking at the huge magic city from the sky, it is still withered. Compared with previous years, the population is much scarce. Some houses are scorched, and some houses have already turned into white ground. This scene is not in this city that has suffered from military disasters. Not uncommon.
Fortunately, wisps of cooking smoke are rising in the city. Although the people passing by are still uneasy, they are much better than the previous fearful and non-human-like form and their faces have returned to ruddy colors. Innocent children. Our feelings come and go quickly, and the cheerful slapstick makes the busy adults around us smile.
Alva easily moved a large stack of rocks to the low and broken wooden house in front, strong muscles protruding from the roots, showing the strength of an adult man's support pillar.
His wife picked suitable stones and piled them together a little far away, while the five-year-old son was playing with his companions.
The city of magic power suffered a massacre. Most people were killed and many houses were burned. After the empire and the church’s coalition retreat, the newly arrived adults with black hair, dark eyes and yellow skin issued a law, and every household responded. Go to your own home and wait for the official staff to confirm the registration. All houses that are confirmed to be unowned will be nationalized and distributed to residents who have no or burnt down their houses.
The Alva family was assigned to the dilapidated wooden house in front of them, and all the remaining things in it belonged to their family.
Although it is a dilapidated wooden house, it is not much better than the low shack in Alva's slum. The family has been working on repairing the house in the past two days.
Compared with the enthusiasm of Alva's family, there is a longing for the future in the enthusiasm, and the neighboring Auston Del family is much quieter.
A gray and uneasy atmosphere enveloped the interior of the house, and the cold wind wandered around the house casually. The rain that had just fallen in the morning dropped to the ground, but no one paid any attention to him.
The doorway was tightly covered, Auston and his wife lay on the bed with a panic expression, their youngest five-year-old daughter had already slipped out to fight.
Alston was a fat man with small eyes and a rich face. Although his clothes were dirty and tattered, he could barely tell that it was a rough linen cloth different from most of the neighbors around him, but a real, soft cotton cloth.
"Oston, did you really tell those adults our identity?
We are true nobles, and the family has been the tax officer of the magic city for generations, which is completely different from those lowly common people.
We are more noble and more valuable. Without our humble and lowly poor people, it is impossible to take the initiative to pay the Lord's benevolent tax. "
Mrs. Auston has thick lips, weight and wealth comparable to his husband. It is relatively rare in this world where extraordinary people are high above and non-supernatural people are willing to be cruelly exploited.
Of course, this is not a sin. It may also be due to genetic differences. Even children from poor families may be fat.
Not to mention that even if you are guilty, it is also a sin in the age of the Magic Council. Whether it can be managed until now is a matter of two things.
"By the way, I told the adult that I am a member of the Del family, and the Del family has served as the tax officer of the city west for generations."
Alston said weakly, although the new official food provided in the Magic City these days, it is far from the original Del's in terms of quantity and quality, and barely survived. These things made him visible to the naked eye. Get puffy.
"Then when will we be able to change to a better house, a house that is similar to the previous one, as well as servants. At least ten servants are needed. You can talk to that adult, it's really not good..."
Mrs. Auston gritted her teeth, and carefully pulled out a thumb-sized golden particle from the thick hair: "It's really impossible. You can do it, but you must make sure that the tax official's position belongs to our Del family. Can you make it happen?"
Auston was startled and straightened up suddenly: "Madam, do you still have this? At that time, the empire and church army came so fast that I didn't have time to hide things.
"Just say whether you can do it or not. With your ability and the gold that everyone loves, how can you succeed."
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say."
There was a hint of joy on Allston's face and he quickly converged, pacing back and forth beside the bed: "What the adult said that everyone is equal, our family of three distributes this condition in accordance with the regulations, and there is no accommodation."
"what!"
Mrs. Alston screamed: "How is it possible? How can we be equal to those lowly common people, Alston, are you wrong?"
"That's what the adult said. He didn't accept the dozens of silver coins I gave. Instead, I was severely warned once and told me not to have another one."
"Devil, greedy devil!"
Mrs. Auston gritted her teeth, and then took out gold several times the size of her before from somewhere in her body. The fat on her face was crumpled with pain: "You have to go there again, you must take the position of tax officer Get it back and let that greedy jackal choke to death."
Allston swallowed, and said in shock: "Madam, with so much money, we can't accumulate even for decades."
Mrs. Auston turned her head and stopped looking at those lovely golds: "Go, get out of here, don't let me see them again, and don't be preempted by others to get the position of tax officer."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Allston was also taken aback, thinking of this possibility, tidying up his dirty white robe, and trying to restore his image as a decent person.
When he walked to the door, Alston paused, and said hesitantly, "Madam, if I still fail this time, we must start to repair our house. Both you and I will go to the disaster relief department to work.
Because I heard that starting today, the method of distributing food for free will be abolished and replaced by ‘remuneration for work instead of free disaster relief’. "
Mrs. Allston screamed and said hysterically: "No, absolutely impossible. I am absolutely impossible to do what those lowly common people would do. Allston, if you fail, let me and Linna together. go to hell.
Get out, get out of here! "
"Yes, yes, ma'am."
Allston carefully installed the two pieces of gold, and quickly fled outside.
At the door, Alston returned to his majestic appearance, his head raised slightly, and he didn't even look at the people around him.
The posture is very skilled, but wearing a dirty cloth, like a beggar, the contrast between the two makes people laugh.
"Master Auston, good morning."
Alva salutes instinctively. He didn't know the old man before, but his enviable fat appearance and the cloth robe he wore all showed his noble identity.
It's not clear why such a noble master lived with them, Alva didn't dare to think about it. If he offended this master, it would be a dead end.
"Huh~, bastard, stay away from me."
Alston snorted coldly, frowned and took a step back. Alva, who had been working for a long time, had a strong smell of sweat that was unbearable.
"My lord, mine was wrong, please forgive me."
Alva took a step back in fear, not daring to look up at him a little.
The master who wore a commoner in the place where they lived once hanged a civilian who made a mistake because of a trivial matter.
"Master Longer was arrested."
"The adults said they would kill him."
Allston and Alva were surprised at the same time, especially Allston.
Ron Bals, is the famous archon of the magic city, responsible for managing everyone except the magic city mage.
Even after those black-haired, black-eyed and yellow-skinned lords came, they still held important official positions in the city of magic, which made Alston envy.
There was one of the big people he just tried to visit, and he didn't want to hear such news now.
Thinking of this, Alston ignored Alva and walked forward with the crowd watching.