Chapter 243: 243. Intensifying Class Contradictions _1
Translator: 549690339
“Captain Garcia.” Claude, the city lord, looked serious as he stared at Tina across from him, “You’ve been moving troops on your own recently, this is a serious violation of the Empire’s military laws ”
Claude repeated what Frank had said at the meeting yesterday.
Over a dozen high-ranking powerhouses following Claude in the sky, as well as the nobles on the ground, were all staring at Tina, trying to put pressure on her.
But Tina showed no fear.
She stirred up her own momentum, her golden aura rolling around her incessantly, her brown hair fluttering in the wind, making her look like a goddess of war.
She cast a glance at the hundred-or-so nobles below and scorned, “If I don’t deal with these bandits who harm civilians, would you?”
Tina’s momentum pointed directly at Claude, and Claude immediately felt great pressure.
“Damn it! Tina just broke through, why is her momentum so strong?” Claude’s face turned pale.
Nevertheless, the dozens of nobles behind him, as well as the dozen or so high-ranking powerhouses and Franken Jean, all gave him great confidence.
After settling his mind, Claude said loudly, “Of course I will deal with these bandits! But the rebellion has now reached Forest City, our primary enemy is the rebel army, not these bandit forces inside the city.”
“Instead, you, without any superior orders, acted on your own to dispatch troops, this is a clear violation of military law!”
“What do you want to do?” Tina slowly flew towards Claude, who was 50 metres away, holding her sheathed pale-golden long sword, ready to fight at the slightest disagreement.
Claude, Frank, and the high-ranking powerhouses behind them all drew their weapons, ready for battle.
Claude didn’t stop talking, “Captain Garcia, if you can obey military regulations in the future and not launch attacks without superior orders, in the face of our colleagues in the Empire, we can let bygones be bygones. But if you persist in your ways ”
“Okay, I promise you.” Tina instantly withdrew all her aura, put her long sword back in its sheath.
At the same time, she laughed lightly, “I promise not to dispatch troops to attack any target without an order in the future, everyone can go back.”
After Tina finished speaking, she flew back to her camp without looking back.
Claude the city lord and his people did not react at all.
They thought that a big battle was inevitable when they saw Tina getting closer.
But they didn’t expect Tina to agree to their conditions so readily, which left them feeling as if they had hit cotton with a heavy punch, it was very uncomfortable.
“Did Tina admit defeat?” Claude was a little stunned.
But Tina’s expression suggested that it was not that simple to admit defeat, she seemed to be hiding something else.
The nobles in the scene looked at each other, they were all shocked by Tina’s sudden action and didn’t know what to do.
City Lord Claude stood in the air and thought for a long time, turning to his deputy, “Ove, did you record the magical image of that scene just now?”
“Of course, my lord.”
“Very well!” Claude forcefully suppressed his emotions and said to the nobles behind him, “Since Tina Garcia has made a promise, let’s go back. If she goes back on her word, I will release the magical image, and her image will naturally be severely damaged.”
“That’s the only way then.” The nobles present sighed and had their coachmen drive them back to Orleans City.
Everyone knew that Tina agreed so readily because she must have some plot in mind. There’s no way to judge it right now, they could only wait and see.
A huge mission to question and blame, ended up with a lame conclusion.
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Of course, this is not an end, but a beginning.
In the following tasks 47-49 of the Tina line, Tina kept her promise and did not lead the Knights to attack anyone.
But she continued to push for her reforms smoothly in Orleans City and Unicorn Town.
First was Unicorn Town.
Through Su Yu’s investigation, she made public the accounts of several large families, including the Windsor Family and the Hotts Family, who controlled Unicorn Town.
Everyone was astonished to learn that: the diligent merchants, farmers, craftsmen and other value-creating people in Unicorn Town received only 3% of the total income of Unicorn Town, and the remaining 97% went into the pockets of the large families who created no value at all.
This caused an uproar in Unicorn Town!
People organised rallies and protests, opposing the current mode of profit distribution, demanding that the major families cough up the money they swallowed.
In Orleans City, Tina first distributed 64 million spiritual energy coins to the citizens, earning their gratitude.
Then, like in Unicorn Town, she obtained and publicised the accounts of the major nobles through player investigations, exposing the distribution of interests hidden in the dark.
The citizens of Orleans City now knew, the number of nobles in the city was less than 1%, but they controlled over 99% of the city’s resources, while the majority of the people received only 1%.
Moreover, the nobility could ensure the continuation of their families by cultivating high-ranking individuals, creating a class monopoly.
Ordinary people couldn’t afford the tuition fees, they didn’t even have the opportunity to enter the knight’s academy or mage academy. There’s no way for them to become cultivators unless they were as talented as Tina herself, otherwise, there’s no chance for them to stand out.
This series of discoveries intensified the conflict between ordinary people and the noble class.
But because of the huge gap between the power of the people and the nobility (one high-ranking individual could fight hundreds or thousands of ordinary people), the people didn’t think about overthrowing the nobility.
They took to the streets to protest, demanding that the city lord’s manor tax the rich more instead of squeezing the poor. At the same time, they demanded a reform of the current education system, so that commoner’s children could also have the opportunity to become cultivators, thus having the opportunity to move up the social class.
It was a reasonable request, and most ordinary people joined in.
Moreover, the initiators of the demonstration, large and small, were all backed by Tina. She funded these demonstrations with her spiritual energy coins.
The nobility of Orleans City did not allow their “cake” to be divided by the common people and collectively resisted the demonstration activities.
However, the fiercer the resistance, the more intense the protest, and the demonstration activities became more and more heated.
The aristocratic lords had no choice but to try to discredit the initiator of the demonstration – Tina.
Under their malicious instigation, countless voices of criticism and insult against Tina fermented in the field of public opinion.
Some criticised Tina for disobeying military regulations;
Some accused her of accidentally hurting good people during the eradication of gangs;
Some vilified her for being promiscuous in her private life, often hanging out with Nemesis.
Finally, many people came forward to falsify evidence, spreading rumors that Tina liked to eat the hearts and livers of children, and that she had to drink blood every day at noon, and so on.
The field of public opinion in the whole of Orleans City became chaotic, with endless discussions and black-hearted comments about Tina.
Finally, the task proceeded to the last step, which was the 50th step of the[Orleans City Saintess Line].