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nTranslator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

n“Cousin, do you have something on your mind?” Zhou Zhongmao asked.

nLin Fan smiled, “I am fine, I feel great.”

nPhysique: 18

nInternal Strength: 0

nHeart Cultivation: Nil

nCultivation Technique: Vengeful Tiger Blade Technique (Basics)

nRage Points: 655.

nHis current body situation was like that.

nHis Physique rose up to 18.

nHe didn’t have any internal strength probably because he didn’t cultivate any heart cultivation techniques.

nTo say bluntly, he was now a brute with strength.

nIf someone was worried, it was Manager Chen.

nHe panicked.

nHis mind was still thinking about the girl from before.

nIf it was the Su Family, it would cause a huge problem.

nAt that moment, they arrived at the farmland path.

nThe heat scorched the earth, causing the ground to crack.

nIn the distance, there were many poor civilians looking at Manager Chen.

nThey didn’t come over but ran away instead.

n“Why do I feel like we are like a plague, and other people are afraid of looking at us. What is the problem?” Lin Fan asked.

nHis rage points accumulated; he would add to his stats when he returned.

nManager Chen was really frustrated, he felt like the civilians had lost him face in front of Young Master and he had to teach them a lesson.

n“Don’t worry Young Master, I will let these scum welcome you.” Manager Chen said.

nLin Fan waved his hand and said unhappily, “What scum, don’t call them that. They are just commoners.”

nManager Chen looked at Young Master with a weird expression.

nHe felt that Young Master spoke really weirdly.

n“Yes, I thank Young Master for teaching me. I will change.” Manager Chen said.

nIn his heart, he still felt like these people were scum and shouldn’t speak. If not for the Lin Family sparing them food, they would be like the refugees outside of You City.

nGou’zi’s good impression of Young Master jumped once more.

nAs expected, Young Master was different from those arrogant Young Masters.

nAs a Lin Family servant, he was half a scum.

nPassing the farmland path, there was a village in front of them with many houses. However, they were all old; there were thatched houses and also houses made from stacked up mud.

nMany holes were torn apart on the outsides of these mud houses.

nHe even suspected that if there was a huge rain that the houses might collapse.

nThe commoners were all standing there and waiting.

nSome of them lowered their heads and didn’t speak, while some of their faces were filled with despair.

n“How? What can we do? We can’t hand over the taxes.”

n“Manager Chen is here, if we can’t pay it we will be beaten.”

nWhen Lin Fan walked into the village, all the noise disappeared and the entire village seemed really quiet.

nEven those playful kids were so afraid that they hid around a corner.

nManager Chen coughed and then took out a whip. With a Pa ta, he struck onto the ground, leaving a very deep mark.

n“Is everyone here? This person is the Lin Manor Young Master, why aren’t you greeting him.” Manager Chen said fiercely.

nTo deal with these scum, he had to make them afraid.

nOnly when they were afraid would they do their work properly.

n“Lin Young Master.”

n“Lin Young Master.”

nThe voices were unorderly and they were often very soft.

nPa ta!

nManager Chen smacked his whip onto the ground, his expression was really ugly as he said fiercely, “Did none of you eat? Louder!”

n“What are you doing? What do you want to do? Keep the whip, speak nicely, who are you trying to scare?” Lin Fan frowned.

nEvil landlord.

nA small Manager acted so arrogantly.

nManager Chen, who was fierce towards the people, acted much more gently in front of Lin Fan. He kept his whip, “I will listen to Young Master.”

nThe villagers all looked towards Lin Fan.

nThey had never seen the Lin Family Young Master before.

nThey couldn’t understand how such a person would appear here.

nZhou Zhongmao wasn’t interested in anything here at all.

nHe just came here to accompany his cousin.

nOther things didn’t have much to do with him.

nGou’zi was the one who felt helpless.

nThey came here to collect taxes.

nHowever, with the weather this year, their harvests were probably meager; they wouldn’t be able to pay up, not to mention filling their stomachs.

nHowever, he was only a servant.

nHis words were useless and weren’t able to achieve anything.

nManager Chen felt that Young Master didn’t like him being so evil and tough so he did things more gently, “Are the taxes prepared?”

nNo one spoke.

nThe villagers exchanged glances with one another and presented a bitter expression.

nFarm taxes?

nHow would there be any extra?

nHowever, if they didn’t hand it over, the consequences weren’t things that they could bear.

n“Oh?” Manager Chen frowned. What was going on, were these scum not going to hand it over?

nToday, Young Master had followed him over and if he didn’t deal with this matter beautifully, how would Young Master judge him?

n“Manager Chen.” At this moment, an old man walked out of the crowd.

nHe was really old, and the creases on his face were not far away from that of tree bark.

n“We will definitely hand over the taxes, but the harvest this year isn’t good. Can we hand over less, or we can owe it first.” The old man said.

nHe was the village chief.

nThere was really nothing he could do with this year’s situation.

nHowever, he knew that reasons weren’t important to the Lin Family. It was good if they submit everything, but the outcome would be catastrophic if they didn’t.

nManager Chen’s expression changed slightly.

nThe way he looked towards them also changed.

n“Village chief, today my young master has followed me and you tell me this?” Manager Chen’s face sunk, and he looked towards Lin Fan, “Young Master, I will deal with this matter and won’t let the Lin Family lose out at all.”

nLin Fan raised his head at the sky and fanned himself.

n“The weather is really hot.”

n“It is showing signs of drought.”

nTill now he didn’t know how they collected taxes.

nAlso, the little support system was really humane.

nIt didn’t bully normal civilians.

nThe farmers here were definitely really angry, but it didn’t give him any rage points.

n“Gou’zi, how are the taxes collected?” Lin Fan asked.

nGou’zi replied, “Young Master based on land, one mu will give us 75 kilograms.”

n“What?” Lin Fan was stunned when he heard that, like he was confused. He asked once more, “How is it calculated?”

n“It is based on how many mu the land is.” Gou’zi said.

nLin Fan was shocked.

nThis was even higher than the taxes during the Qin Dynasty.

nThey were not giving people a chance to live at all.

n“Now how much does a mu of land produce?” Lin Fan asked.

n“Young Master, one mu produces 100 kilograms.” Gou’zi said. The You City taxes leaves a little for the farmers and the rest is taxed.

n“Terrifying, which idiot set this rule? They want people to die.” Lin Fan scolded.

nNot only was Manager Chen shocked, but even the villagers were stunned.

nGou’zi quickly whispered, “Young Master, it was set by Old Master.”

n“Okay, no matter who set it, the farmer tax is just too horrible. Change, we have to change it. As the young master I will change it now.”

n“From today on, we will not charge based on mu, we will collect 10% a year.”

nLin Fan said.

nHe had to stop such horrific actions.

nAs the local rich son, he had to do something.

n“Young Master you can’t!” Manager Chen reacted and quickly tried to stop him.

nThat would lead to death.

nIf Old Master found out, the world would collapse.

nThe villagers were stunned as they stood there.

nThey all opened their eyes and looked at Lin Fan.

nWhat did Young Master Lin say?

nLin Fan didn’t bother, he looked at the sky and ground before speaking again, “The weather is so hot, it really is a dry season, I will not collect taxes this year.”

n“Young Master…” Manager Chen wanted to spit blood, he definitely couldn’t do that.

n“Are you the Young Master or am I? Are my words useless? I will take responsibility, so just say that it is my idea. Let Father come find me if he doesn’t agree.” Lin Fan said.

nTo seek for riches in danger.

nWhen he should amass rage, he couldn’t act weakly.

nHe had to take it head-on.

nCould he kill his only son?

nPutong!

nAt that moment, the villagers all knelt down.

nThe village chief knelt in front of Lin Fan and cried, “Thank you Young Master, thank you Young Master!”

nHe had never studied before, and he didn’t know any words of gratitude.

nHowever, he showed his true emotions.

nThere was nothing fake about it.

nLin Fan walked up and helped him stand, saying emotionally, “Village Chief, in the future, farm properly. Whether or not I can live will depend on you all.”

nThose words sounded weird, but to them, this wasn’t the most important thing.

n“Don’t worry Young Master, we will. Next year we will hand over the taxes.”

nLin Fan nodded his head in satisfaction.

n“Let’s go, back to the manor.”

nManager Chen looked towards Young Master in despair.

nHuge problems were going to arise.

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