When Horn's leather boots stepped on the cobblestone pavement of Citizen Road, the traces of smoke and fire were still evident.
Horn squatted down, rubbed the ground with his fingers, and the black dust with a strong smell of smoke proved that yesterday's riot was not an illusion.
However, judging by the results now, both sides maintained a certain degree of restraint.
Although the citizens killed a few tax clerks, these tax clerks were all unemployed laborers hired, and didn't truly harm the Duke's forces.
Despite the Duke dispatching soldiers to suppress the situation, injuring many citizens, most were superficial injuries, and not a single person was killed.
The cause of the incident was the Duke's announcement of war bonds. Just as the citizens reacted to the first round of taxation, a second wave of taxes emerged.
