Guixiang City is a city located in the Sunset Province in the south of the Pu'ang Empire.

This city is not a county in the Southeast Province, nor does it produce any important crops or minerals, but it is considered one of the most important cities in the Sunset Province and even in the entire southern part of the empire.

The reason is very simple. This city is located at the intersection of the two major Warcraft Mountains and the Sunset Mountains. It is also a transportation artery for mutual communication between the two empires. It should be noted that the Warcraft Mountains almost run through the entire Yulan Continent from north to south. If

If you don't want to take the risk of climbing over the Warcraft Mountains, you can only take the two 'gaps' in the Warcraft Mountains.

These two gaps, one is in the Northland, along the coastline of the North Sea, but the climate is cold, and after crossing it, you have to pass through relatively chaotic places such as the Eighteen Principalities of the Northern Territory. The second one is the Ligu Mountain Road where Returning City is located.

', Although taking this road is often more rugged, and occasionally you have to deal with some monsters running out of the two mountains, it is much more comfortable than the coastal road in Beihai.

Therefore, there are no less than 200,000 people passing through this city every year, merchants and travelers between the two empires, and the number of personnel stationed in the chamber of commerce. And with this place as a base, the number of adventurers and mercenaries who live here all year round is about

There are 300,000 people; and the number of long-term residents is no more than 50,000, most of whom are the family members of the military officers stationed here.

Old Garcia is a member of the city guard guarding Homecoming City. With his strength as a third-level warrior, he may be considered an elite soldier in other cities, but in a big city that is among the top ten in the empire, there are also people from

The home city of many adventurers and mercenaries from all over the empire and even the Magnolia Empire, the third-level warriors are just ordinary members of the city guard.

However, the old Garcia, who is almost eighty this year, has also honed some very powerful skills in his many years of life. His vision is particularly accurate. He can identify ordinary travelers, merchants, adventurers, mercenaries, or even nobles with his eyes.

By taking a quick glance, you can guess the identity of the opponent. With this ability, old Garcia has also caught many criminals such as thieves, and he has also obtained the lucrative position of guarding the city gate.

At this moment, old Garcia was bored and standing at the main entrance of Homecoming City, collecting city entry taxes from passers-by.

This tax collection also requires discernment and skill. For example, in the flow of people coming and going in Guixiang City, not to mention the real giant chambers of commerce, such as the 'Dogg Chamber of Commerce' and the 'Ger Chamber of Commerce', they are the second-class regional chambers of commerce.

Garcia has no right to collect city taxes from them. Of course, they also have to give benefits to the city lords, but this kind of interest transaction between high-level officials is naturally beyond the reach of a small person like Garcia. And small and medium-sized caravans collect

Tax is the fat sheep in Garcia's eyes. There is no quantitative quota for small and medium-sized caravans entering the city, and they themselves have no power. Most of the time they can only spend money to buy peace. What's more, the city entry tax is only very small for the chamber of commerce.

An expense, even if it is charged twice or even three times more, is just equivalent to hiring one more mercenary on the road.

The city entry tax for adventurers is also a long-standing problem. If they are pure mercenaries, it is better to say that mercenaries who escort passing merchants still have some money on hand. Their income is relatively stable and safer, and they will not

Be stingy about the city entry tax, not to mention that most of the time, the city entry tax for mercenaries is paid by the Chamber of Commerce. As long as it is not charged too high, there is no problem at all for two silver coins for three city entry taxes.

As for the adventurers who entered the Warcraft Mountains or the Sunset Mountains, none of them were easy to mess with. Some of the people who entered the two mountains were very powerful people who entered the mountains to experience and did not care about the amount of a few silver coins. But those greedy ones

World of Warcraft hunter-type adventurers who hunt World of Warcraft value gold coins very seriously. Do you dare to make an extra penny from them? They dare to draw knives and cut down the city guards, then turn around and flee into the mountains.

It is impossible for Hometown City to send troops to the two mountain ranges to hunt down individual adventurers.

At this moment, old Garcia's eyes lit up. He saw a young man passing by. He was about 1.8 meters tall. He had relatively rare black hair and dark brown eyes. His appearance and temperament were quite resolute, but from Garcia's perspective,

, but it can be seen that there is still a bit of childishness on his face, he may not be more than sixteen or seventeen years old. He is wearing a set of blue leather armor, but carrying a staff on his back. There are also inlays on the staff

A very good quality ruby.

"A young nobleman," Garcia thought happily. If it was a real nobleman, it would naturally not be his turn to collect money, but he had seen many of these brats who seemed to be from ordinary noblemen. Most of them

They are all stupid brats who have listened to stories like novels and then run around trying to 'experience' and longing for adventure. If they were a big noble, they would not cultivate such idiots, even if they have no ability.

He won't run around and cause enough trouble in the city, such as the eldest son of the city lord?!

And if you are a civilian, you can't put a gem on a long hammer and pretend to be a mage! This disguise is too insincere, and according to Garcia's experience, this kind of kid often pretends to be tough on the surface, but in fact he is not.

After any setbacks, he is very soft. If he is easily frightened, he will cough up a lot of city tax. Although it is definitely impossible for old Garcia to eat this income alone, he must first pay the debt to the boss, and then the rest must be shared with him.

The brothers who guard the gate together share it, but you can also accumulate one or two silver coins in your own hands. If you encounter a few more, it is possible to get a gold coin at the end of the day with good luck.

Of course, in order to avoid any eventuality, this kid was really strong, so the brothers guarding the gate should bear the risk together. He touched the soldier on the side with his arm.

"One Eye, have you seen that noble brat? He looks very rich. You can go over and charge him a gold coin as a city tax!"

"Is this possible?" The soldier called One-Eyed is actually a relatively honest person. Although he is nicknamed "One-Eyed", it was caused by an accidental injury when he was young. He is also like the one-eyed robbers often mentioned in some novels.

Not the same thing at all.

"Of course it's no problem," Old Garcia encouraged, "Don't worry, according to my observation, that little guy's staff, well, it's like a staff's hammer. The ruby ​​on it is worth ten gold coins! He charges him a gold coin for the city tax.

There are no problems, don’t you want to find a light mage to treat your eyes? This is a good opportunity to save money!”

Encouraged, One-Eye stopped in front of the black-haired young man with some hesitation: "Collect the city tax, one, one gold coin."

The young man who was stopped was naturally Wright. After bidding farewell to his teachers and roommates, Wright set off for the scheduled training location, which was the Sunset Mountains. Before entering the Sunset Mountains, Wright naturally had to be prepared, like detoxification.

Potions, clothing for training in the mountains, mosquito-proof tents, etc. all need to be purchased and prepared. As a city that accommodates a large number of adventurers and mercenaries, Homecoming City has all these things, even more complete than the products in the Imperial Capital.

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And when he entered the city gate, he naturally didn't know that he was being regarded as a middle-class aristocratic boy who ran away from home for fun and was addicted to knight novels. Because when he was stopped by a soldier and asked to collect a gold coin for the city entrance tax, he was naturally a little angry.

Already.

"One gold coin?!" Although Wright is not bad-tempered, he is still a little angry at the moment. He is not blind. The entry tax in the imperial capital is only five silver coins! As for Guixiang City, the entry tax for those who enter the city in front is usually two or three.

How come a silver coin has increased several times to him? Do you look like a fat sheep?

Seeing that Wright was a little angry, instead of being intimidated into giving gold coins as he imagined, One-Eye was also a little panicked, his tone became more and more stuttering, and he was talking nonsense with his eyes open and he was not fluent: "Enter, enter the city, the city lord is responsible for the tax."

,Your Majesty, the amount is stipulated by the regulations.”

Behind Douyan, old Garcia put his hand on his forehead. Why was he stupid enough to let Douyan, a stammerer, collect money? He should have thought that no one could be fooled by such a stammer. He had no choice but to step forward and smooth things over. "Haha, this young master, this city guard

He is new and ignorant." At the same time, he blocked the words that One Eye wanted to say that he had been a city guard for seven or eight years, and said politely, "Actually, it's five silver coins, five silver coins."

"Five silver coins?!" Wright glared and secretly used a technique taught by his teacher. In the eyes of Garcia and One-Eye, the eyes of the young man in front of him flashed with a strong light. He felt a huge sense of oppression and felt something was not good.

Garcia quickly begged for mercy: "No, no, distinguished young master, it's three silver coins, three coins."

"You pay three silver coins, no objection." Wright said in a very cold tone.

Garcia hurriedly replied, "No, I have no objection!" At the same time, he saluted Wright with one eye on the side, "Of course your distinguished young master does not need to pay the city entrance tax. We are resigning!"

After scaring off two greedy gatekeepers who wanted to collect more city taxes, Wright walked through a street and immediately couldn't maintain his cold expression after turning a corner. He grinned and massaged his head with his fingers.

"Those 'little tips' given by the teacher are too mentally draining."

"To scare two low-level warriors with the coercion of mental power alone consumes more mental power than a level 6 magic!"

"Sure enough, the teacher is right. Magicians still have to use spells to perform magic. Some special techniques that do not require magic spells are strange, but they consume too much."

After a few minutes, when the headache disappeared, Wright pulled over a passerby and asked for the location of the 'Ger Chamber of Commerce' at the cost of a gold coin. Since he had the VIP card of the Geer Chamber of Commerce, it was natural to find Ge Ge.
Chapter completed!