Zhushang is a large city in the Yue Kingdom and a typical city in the Yue Kingdom. It has similarities and differences with the Jiangnan region of the Qin Kingdom.
It rains a lot here, and it rains often, so it will be very muddy when you go out.
In many places in Vietnam, even in the countryside, there are gravel roads or stone slabs, otherwise it will be difficult to travel.
This is especially true in the city.
Because Nagisa is close to the Nagisa River, it is even more obvious.
Not only are its main roads paved with bluestone slabs, but even the inner roads are not dirt roads. Many places are paved with cinder blocks, and the doors of some wealthy people's homes are paved with cobblestones or square bricks.
There won't be so much money for local city construction, so the people need to participate and contribute. If the money is not available, then some stones or paving materials should be provided.
Those who have money can spend money to buy them, and those who don’t have money can go to pick them up outside the city or dig mountains.
It is said that in order to build the road in Nagisa, all the stones outside the city were cleared away. It is said that there is not a single stone in the field. The land was dug very loose and seeds could be used as cultivated land.
Of course, the condition attached to such a construction law is that everyone must pay road use tax!
People in the city get a nominal tax increase, but if people from outside the city come to do business or pass by, they are not welcome.
The first time it costs at least hundreds of dollars per person, the second and third times can be reduced by half. If it happens more than five times in a year, it only costs five dollars.
So when the city gate guards saw Shen Mingzhu and his entourage traveling in a horse-drawn carriage and a mule-drawn carriage, and they were so tall and tall, they all smiled with joy.
If a foreigner earns hundreds of dollars per person, the horse will also be charged, and the carriage will be charged even more. If you pull a large cart of goods, I'm sorry, you will be charged harshly.
Who told you to wear down the road surface badly?
So Shen Mingzhu and his party were actually asked to hand over nearly fifty taels of silver.
As soon as Shen Mingzhu heard their request, she glanced at the notice and realized that these greedy guards thought she was a newcomer and would be easy to kill, so they took ten times more!
Originally four and a half taels of silver were enough, but he actually dared to ask for fifty taels.
Although she has a lot of money now and just got a gold mountain, it doesn't mean that she will satisfy those greedy people at will.
If this were an ordinary merchant, ten taels of silver might be enough for several months of their efforts, and they would only be able to spare twenty or thirty taels in a year.
Some people can't even make fifty taels in a year. This is not a small amount of money.
But if they don't pay, the other party won't let them pass.
Several guards immediately stopped Juma and looked at them with arrogant expressions, blowing their beards and staring.
A guard with a beard cursed, "What, do you want to go through it? If you don't want to go through it, get out. Don't delay the people behind you from entering the city."
Hearing that he dared to curse, Zhang Huai narrowed his eyes and frightened the guard. Why did he think this young man's eyes were so sharp, like knives?
When he looked again, he thought it was because he was dazzled and he was just an ordinary merchant. There was nothing to be afraid of.
So he continued to babble, curse, and even hit people, buzzing like a fly.
Shen Mingzhu had been on the carriage, and Nan Sheng was in the same carriage with her, and the two of them were playing backgammon.
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