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"From today onward, everyone in the city must pay taxes! Head tax!"

The authorities were like madmen in the throes of destruction, driving people beyond survival.

The Yellow River Gang took the opportunity to expand. Its hidden influence spread throughout the entire county, colluding with the Yellow River Sect outside, its power stretching across the Thirteen Provinces under Heaven. Yet the authorities did not ask a single question about such a massive force. They devoted all their energy to suppressing the rebelling disaster victims.

Changxin City became even more desolate.

Ever since Old Man Luo of Beihe Martial Arts School had been killed, the Yellow River Gang had acted with ever greater impunity. Their informants were everywhere in the city. Even the County Magistrate in the open had become one of their people. The officials in the shadows could not reach the Yellow River Sect, so they joined the Yellow River Gang instead. Anyone with even a little status held some nominal post within the gang. It was the very picture of a dynasty at its end.

None of these people were fools. By day, they wore the skin of the authorities; by night, they were men of the Yellow River Gang. They were betting on both sides. No matter how things ended, they would be the winners.

The great drought had lasted three years, and disaster victims carpeted the land.

The situation grew increasingly tense. It was not only the Northern Yue Kingdom; the Yu Kingdom in the south was the same. Everywhere was Purgatory, without a single Pure Land.

Chen Hen had also joined the Yellow River Gang and become one of its traditional physicians.

His sister Chen Yuan had pulled many strings to obtain this position for him, and Chen Hen had no way to refuse. Over