But when they arrived at Faber Village, the development of the situation exceeded Kevin's expectations.
One thing he guessed was right. Landlord Baden was not ready for the next step. Kevin led the villagers to surround Baden Family's house and asked Baden to come out to negotiate in person.
The residents of Faber Village have never seen this kind of battle. The person who dared to surround Baden's house must be some kind of strongman. They were all so frightened that they hid in their own homes.
The door of the Baden family was tightly closed, but there were still many servants and thugs inside. They were armed with weapons, wooden sticks, hoes and other household items that could be used as weapons. They climbed on the wall to protect the residence. The Baden family was the largest landowner in the area and had done a lot of bad things because they had always been very concerned about the safety of their own family. They built the residence they lived in like a small fortress, with people standing on the walls.
Kevin led the villagers to shout outside the wall for a long time. Their target, Landlord Baden, still did not show up, but his butler, a guy with a fat head, big ears, and a waistline not far behind that of his master, slowly climbed up the wall.
The butler said arrogantly, "You didn't pay taxes honestly and injured Master Baden's men, but you still have the courage to go to Faber Village and act wild!"
Kevin and others were angered by his attitude and shouted, "Let Baden come out and tell us in person."
The butler said disdainfully, "How presumptuous, Baden, you untouchables want to see you whenever you want? I advise you not to have any wishful thinking, go home obediently, prepare your taxes, and hand them over honestly, Baden might be kind enough to pardon your crime of tax resistance."
Kevin said loudly, "Hmph! Your crime of secretly setting up War Tax has been discovered by us!"
"Absurd! Baden is also following the orders of the Lord's Manor!"
"Then you should bring out the lord's decree!"
"Nonsense! You can also read the lord's decree?"
"If you can't come up with a decree, it's a lie. Originally, we should go to report, but if Poll Tax can be reduced according to our conditions, we don't have to go to the Lord's Manor to report you."
The housekeeper was a little surprised after hearing the request of Kevin and others. Then with an extremely exaggerated expression, he put his hands on his ears and said, "What? Louder, I can't hear you!"
"Stop pretending to be confused and let Baden come out on his own! Otherwise we will really go to Lakeheart Town to report him."
"Hahahaha! You have really made me laugh all day long, you are just a bunch of untouchables... hahahaha!"
The butler laughed heartily, but he irritated the crowd outside the wall by saying "untouchable".
"Ouch!" A wailing sound sounded, and the butler's forehead was hit with blood by a stone.
Anger soon replaced the smile on his face. The butler pointed at the crowd and yelled, "You... you are so brave!"
"Kill this bitch!"
The angry crowd hurled more and more stones.
The housekeeper panicked and ordered behind him, "Quick! Dispel these untouchables quickly!"
A group of people soon appeared on the wall. They also held slings and shot stones into the crowd.
The villagers did not expect that there were people inside equipped with slings, and a large number of people were hit and beaten to death.
They stood very densely outside the wall, and the slings did not require any accuracy at all. Some people who were hit in the head and other vital parts fell to the ground not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
The crowd suddenly became chaotic, followed by collective rage.
"Kill these villains!"
They threw everything they could find against the wall.
The stone fighting continued for a while, with people on both sides getting hit intermittently.
The anger of the people outside the wall was getting stronger and stronger. I don't know who shouted, "Kill these bastards! Let's rush in and find out that Baden!"
No one paid attention. I don't know who got two ladders from somewhere. In short, they appeared. Then the ladders were quickly put on the wall. The angry villagers climbed up the ladders to the top of the wall and started fighting with the Baden Family's guards.
Seeing that the situation was getting a little out of control, Kevin regained his composure and shouted to the people who rushed up the wall, "Just subdue them, don't kill anyone!"
But his voice was drowned in the noise, and no one seemed to hear him, or care to listen to him.
People were shouting and shouting, and people kept climbing up the ladders to the top of the wall. The guards on the wall were quickly suppressed. Seeing that they were at a disadvantage, most of the guards jumped off the wall and ran into the courtyard. Those who couldn't run had to squat down with their heads in their hands. However, the angry people seemed not to let go of these scoundrels and kept punching and kicking them.
The people who crossed the courtyard wall opened the gate from the inside, and the people surrounding the outside rushed in with a roar.
Kevin climbed up the wall and with great effort stopped those who were still using fists and kicks to retaliate against the guards, but the guards who didn't run away had run out of energy.
"Alas!" He sighed, and then stood on the wall and shouted to the villagers who were rushing into the yard to calm down.
But it was useless. After people rushed into the yard, they banged open the doors of each house, found out the people inside and beat them up indiscriminately. In the eyes of them who had lost their minds, everyone in this house was sinful.
The furious crowd quickly searched the mansion inside and out, but could not find Baden or the housekeeper.
So they tied up the servants in the house and forced them to reveal the whereabouts of Baden, but they didn't get any useful information.
During the search, something unexpected happened.
Someone discovered a room with several boxes inside. When the boxes were opened, the golden light made people instantly sluggish.
There were a lot of silver coins and Copper Coin in the box. How had they, who had been poor for generations, ever seen so much money? After the group was stunned for half a minute, the first person to react rushed forward, grabbed a large handful of money and put it into his pocket, then the second, third...
But he was quickly pushed aside, and the crowd behind him rushed forward, scrambling to pick up the money and stuff it into their pockets.
People who were searching in other places also came after hearing the news. Several boxes of money were quickly divided up, and many people even got into fights because of the robbery.
When there was not a penny left in the box, the late arrivals beat their chests and regretted that they had not found this place first.
But they soon found a way to make up for their regrets. Although all the coins were robbed, there were still many items from the past in the house.
Then the chaos officially began. People began to search for property in the house and put anything that seemed valuable into bags.
There was such a big commotion in the Baden Family's house, and the villagers of Faber Village soon knew what happened.
It was like a bolt from the blue: the arrogant Baden was beaten away! A group of people from other villages ransacked his home and plundered his belongings!
After being shocked, he became unwilling: How could he take advantage of those people from other villages! No, Baden Family's property also belongs to us! This landlord exploits us a lot on weekdays.
So the villagers of Faber Village also rushed into the mansion. Because they were intimidated by the courage of the previous group, they did not dare to ask for the property that had been divided, so they robbed the remaining things.
The furniture was moved and dismantled, and granite bricks that they had never seen before were knocked down piece by piece and taken away.
Those servants who were abandoned by Baden were in bad luck. They were forced to hand over their money.
Faber Village is a large village. The Baden Family family has lived here for generations. There are several independent branches, as well as other wealthy households in the village, who have also suffered from rice transplants...
Only Kevin stood blankly at the gate and wanted to cry without tears. This was not what he had imagined before!
When people lost their minds, he tried to stop his companions from messing around, but to no avail.
Even when he saw others taking large amounts of money, a fiery impulse arose in his heart, and he finally suppressed this desire.
What to do next? Kevin was a little panicked.