Jingxian, at the gate of Dongcheng City.

"Twenty-four people, three trucks of cargo are loaded... A total of 24 taels and 600 cents are required to pay the city gate tax. Go there and pay the money."

A clerk with a sharp-mouthed monkey cheek and a hairy mole on his upper lip circled around Liu Feng and his group and said in a lengthened voice.

"Twenty taels of city gate tax! Can this ordinary people afford it?"

When Liu Feng heard this, he was suddenly surprised.

During his time in Xujing, because he was too far away from Jizhou and Jiangzhou and had limited communication conditions, it was impossible for the cabinet and factory guard to report all matters one by one, so he could only convey the undecided ideas and some important things through Xinying.

Because of this, the owner of Jiangzhou is really unaware of the taxation here.

When the clerk heard this, the black mole on his upper lip trembled slightly, and looked at Liu Feng squintly and said, "Oh, who do you think you are? How dare you care whether the people can pay money? Dogs meddled with other people's business, leave without paying money, and don't block the people behind."

"presumptuous!"

The Lord was humiliated and died. The Jinyiwei households on the side glared at each other, and murderous aura burst out. They were about to draw their swords, but Liu Feng reached out to stop them.

Although the Xiuchun sword was not pulled out, the civil servant was still frightened by the murderous aura emitted by the hundreds of households of the Jinyiwei. He practiced and took a few steps back, sat on the ground, pointed at Liu Feng and the others slightly and screamed, "Do you want to rebel? Come on, come~"

This dry howl immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers near the city gate.

The city gate official came over with his people. He first glanced at the civil servant sitting on the ground, and then said sternly, "What's going on?"

When the civil servant saw the city gate official, he seemed to have found his backbone. He rumbling and said in a silence: "Sun Wei, these people want to kill me, arrest them quickly!"

"No, this is a misunderstanding!"

Huang Shing quickly jumped out of the carriage and said with a grievance: "This adult misunderstood. We don't know what's going on. This adult fell to the ground and said that we rebel, but we did nothing."

"Nonsense, I clearly saw this guy going to slash me with his sword, so I retreated and tripped on the ground."

The civil servant said with a flushed face.

"This lord must have read it wrong. Why did we cut you for no reason? Isn't this a suicide attempt? And everyone around can testify that our guard did not draw his sword, don't you?"

Huangshan's words immediately received support from many businessmen around him.

"You, you-"

The civil servant suddenly became anxious.

The city gate official glanced at the civil servant, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes. He had heard of this guy's virtue, so he said impatiently: "Okay, let's just do this. You can pay the money and go to the city quickly. Don't block the way here. There are many people behind him."

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Huang Shan took out the money bag, walked aside and paid the money, and the team successfully entered the city.

"Owner, you may not know that some time ago, Jiangzhou had just changed its new city gate tax. Ordinary people have not changed, but the tax of merchants has changed."

Huang Shan did not forget to explain to Liu Feng on the way to the city.

Liu Feng didn't know anything about city gate tax, so he, a native of Jiangzhou, was naturally clear about it.

The city gate tax did not appear after the Black Armored Army occupied this place, but it has always existed, but now it has changed a little on the original basis.

It only takes ten cents to enter the city, but the merchants are different from before.

They are no longer the same as ordinary people, they only need to pay ten cents according to the head to enter the city.

On this basis, we have to pay according to the amount of goods and animals, 5 taels of cart and 40 ounces of horses.

Although businessmen have a lot of complaints about this change, it is undeniable that after the change of city gate tax, the finances that have been taken away in each county and government will more or less recover a little vitality in the shortest time.

As for the complaints of the merchants, it is of no use. Unless you sleep outside the city, you have to pay what you should pay. Because of this, the merchants who were outside just now would speak for them without hesitation.

Jing County is just a small county town, only larger than Meizi County. The population of the entire county is about 50,000. Although it is just a small county town, it seems very prosperous because it is located on the road that is necessary to pass the official road. The small county town is almost filled with people, and some passing convoys can be seen everywhere.

"Look, isn't that the Qi Shang I met before?"

When the group came to the largest inn in the county, they happened to see the Qishang fleet he had encountered on the official road before. At this time, they were moving some goods into the inn warehouse in front of the inn.

At the same time, Business Manager Qi, who was commanding his friend to carry goods, also looked at Liu Feng and others in surprise. It took him a while to react. After all, he never thought that he would see these people again.

"Isn't this that person? We are really destined to meet again."

Huang Shan jumped out of the carriage and said with a smile at the business manager Qi.

Manager Qi's face turned dark, "I didn't expect you to be here alive. It's really a big fate, but you are not so lucky every time."

"Then you won't have to worry about it."

After Huang Shan finished speaking, he called the inn's staff and prepared to stay in the hotel.

"I'm so sorry, all the upper rooms with Tianzi sizes are full, and there are only five rooms with herringbone sizes and two beds in Datong Bedrooms. Look~"

"Boss, look—"

Huang Shan dared not make decisions without authorization. After all, this boss is not very good at living in a house with a font size, which is probably a bit inappropriate.

"Just let's have a font size."

It was almost dark, and Liu Feng didn't plan to find another inn. When he first came here, he didn't even have a bed. Although the conditions for the house in the herringbone sized room were simple, at least there was a bed with a tiled roof covering it.

Seeing Liu Feng and others walking into the inn, Business Manager Qi immediately called a friend over, "Before the city gate is not closed, you can go outside the city immediately and ask An Xu to send someone to Heigu Peak to see."

"Yes, you are in charge!"

The mate responded, immediately led a horse over and rushed out of the city.

Because there are about 400 caravans, if they all go to the city to stay in a hotel, they will not only have to pay a considerable city gate tax, but also pay for the hotel. In order to save money, except for a small number of people who escort goods into the city, the rest live in the homes of the people outside the city.

"Maintain the business, why don't I bring some people to ambush outside the city tomorrow."

A burly man walked over and said.

"No, these people can come here safely. I must have something happened to Heigu Peak. Don't act rashly before you find out."

An Quan shook his head and said.
Chapter completed!