The Drum Beams Late at Night, the Commoners 'Wrongs!
With his experience of reading countless novels and online shopping, Li Ke quickly understood the function of the system store and reputation points.
Reputation points were equivalent to currency and were used to buy things in the mall.
And how to obtain Reputation Points? The system explained that he could gain the support and love of the people by governing Yizhou and the world. This support and love would become Reputation Points.
As for the things that could be bought in the system store, there were too many!
As long as it was something that Li Ke knew, it could be bought here.
He could buy food seeds, cement production methods, hot-air balloon production techniques, ironworks, and glass processing techniques with his reputation points.
However, all he could buy was this knowledge and method. There was nothing real.
According to the system, one could create something that surpassed this era with one's own hands, but one could not create something that surpassed this era out of thin air. Otherwise, it would only cause chaos in the world, which would be harmful.
Li Ke also agreed with this.
For example, he could build a glass factory from zero to one and then process glass. In that case, even if it was far beyond this era, it was still acceptable. At least he could tell the ins and outs of it.
However, if you took out a piece of tempered glass that could be used as a shield and not block your line of sight, and the emperor asked you where you got it from, and you said it was given to you by the gods…it would be strange if the emperor didn't slice you up!
" But…this is enough. I can finally start my comprehensive development plan for Yizhou…" Li Ke's eyes sparkled, and a deep smile appeared on his face.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
At this moment, just as Li Ke was still thinking about which item to buy first, the sound of a drum suddenly woke him up, causing him to directly exit the system.
It was already late at night, and the stars were scattered outside. The entire Governor's Office was very quiet.
But who knew that a loud sound would suddenly ring out from somewhere. This sound was like thunder, causing the originally quiet Governor's Office to instantly become noisy.
"What happened?"
Li Ke could not help but frown.
At this moment, He Chenglin hurriedly walked in from outside. He bowed directly to Li Ke and said,"Your Highness, outside…there are people beating drums to cry injustice!”
"What?"
When Li Ke heard this, he raised his eyebrows. Because the original magistrate's yamen had greatly disappointed Li Ke, he had directly sealed the magistrate's yamen.
He had also placed the Wronging Drum in front of the Governor's Office. His goal was to seek justice for the people and at the same time regain the position of the government in the hearts of the people.
However, he didn't expect that the drum of injustice would be sounded today.
And in the middle of the night?
What had happened to make the commoners sound the drum of injustice in such a dark night?
Li Ke said directly," The people are beating the drums late at night. There must be something urgent. Don't delay. Use the main hall as the court for the time being and call Mr. Chu…Forget it, Mr. Chu has not returned from my orders. It's urgent. I'll personally go to the court to try the case!”
"Yes…I'll go prepare now!”
He Chenglin also knew the severity of the matter. Without any hesitation, he quickly went to prepare.
Soon, the doors of the Grand Governor's Office were opened, and the person who had been beating the drum and crying injustice was invited into the Grand Governor's Office.
When the drummer entered the main hall, Li Ke's eyes could not help but move because the person in front of him was really beyond his expectations.
He had thought that there would be one or two people beating the drum, but who knew that there were actually dozens of commoners standing in the main hall.
When they saw Li Ke, they did not even think about it. They directly knelt down to Li Ke and shouted,"Please help us, Lord Qingtian. We can't live anymore!”
When Li Ke saw this, he said directly,"Just tell me what grievances you have. This King will naturally seek justice for you."”
The leader of these people was an old man in his sixties. His face was full of wrinkles and his hair was white. He trembled as he propped himself up with a wooden stick. He looked at Li Ke and cried out sadly,"Master Qingtian, we know that you are truly doing this for our own good. Please save us!”
"We were originally villagers of the Yang Family Village 30 miles away from here. We used to make a living by farming. Although our lives were difficult, we could at least support our family. However, two years ago, when that dog official Yang discovered that tea leaves were valuable, he forced us to grow tea leaves and prohibited us from growing rice and wheat, causing our family to have no surplus food.”
"It wasn't easy for us to get to the top this year. The top master killed Member Yang and eliminated the harm for the people. We thought that a good day was coming. Although the fields were still planted with tea leaves, the top master returned the silver that Member Yang, that vampire, had taken from us. This gave us some money to buy food. If we were to scrimp and save, we could at least survive this year!”
"Then next year, we will stop planting these tea leaves that can't fill our stomachs and start planting rice again. We can barely make ends meet…Sir, you are the real lord of the heavens. In our hearts, you are even kinder than that Bodhisattva.”
"But who knew…but who knew…"
As he spoke, the old man suddenly burst into tears. His originally thin and sickly body began to tremble. In the end, he could not even speak a complete sentence.
"Sir, let me tell you the rest!”
At this moment, a middle-aged man beside the old man spoke. His eyes were filled with anger as he gritted his teeth and said,"But who knew…who knew that those bastards from the Yi Army would actually come and collect some protection fee from us today when we had just received the silver. If we didn't pay, they would beat us up!”
"That silver is the money that the lord gave us to live. Aunt Yang is seriously ill. To Uncle Yang's family, that is even more life-saving money! However, those bastards from Yi Jun did not care about this at all. They directly went to snatch it. In order to treat his mother's illness, Uncle Yang's son did not want to hand over the silver no matter what. In the end…in the end, his legs were broken by those bastards! And he's still unconscious!"
"Uncle Yang's son is the pillar of their family. Now that he has fallen, Uncle Yang's family is finished. Without this silver to treat her illness, Aunt Yang's days are numbered!”
"These bastards, they don't want money, they want their lives! And it's not just Uncle Yang's family, all the silvers of our village have been taken away by them. Now…we have neither silver nor food, our entire village is going to starve to death!”
The man suddenly touched his forehead to the ground, kowtowed, and roared,""Please save us, please help us!”
When the others saw this, they also kowtowed heavily. Popping sounds continued to ring out. These sounds were like heavy hammers that continuously knocked on Li Ke's heart.
"Sir, please help us!"
"Sir, please save us!"
The commoners prayed and knelt down.
Li Ke was their only hope.
As for Li Ke, his hands were already tightly clenched at this moment. His nails were deeply pierced into his flesh, and blood flowed out from the gaps between his fingers. However, he seemed to be unaware.
His expression was very calm, so calm that there was not a single ripple.
However, He Chenglin, who was standing beside Li Ke, was trembling. His face was pale, and his eyes were filled with respect.
He knew that his master was really…furious…
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Well, let me say something else. The official plot of this book is about to begin. Everyone can see that the previous part is all accumulation. When the accumulation is completed, it will be a series of high tides ~
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