After deciding on the plan to conquer Kewuqiang first, Ma Su clicked on the system, and with the slightly superior opening voice, he led Zhao Yun, Qu Shang, and Qu Bu into the "Double West" experience map again.
I never imagined that this experience would be completely different from any previous one.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he found himself standing outside Rile City, the county seat of Xihai County. Most of the people coming and going at the city gate were brown-haired, high-nosed people from the Western Regions and Qiang people, and there were almost no Han people.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether there are Han people in Jile City or not.
What's important is that the three accompanying people are missing.
After searching around, he couldn't find Zhao Yun and others. Looking at the tattered clothes on his body, Ma Di panicked a little.
After some thought, he quickly gave up the idea of "entering the city in a high profile" and changed it to - keep a low profile and be steady, you can do it alone.
Ma Su mingled at the end of the crowd of dozens of people. He walked toward the city boredly and wondered endlessly.
The current situation was far from what he expected.
According to expectations, he should be followed by two generals and a counselor at this moment. The lineup is well-organized and cannot be underestimated by ordinary people. It is full of confidence, but it will not give people too much pressure.
There is the weight to calmly negotiate terms, and there is also the confidence to turn the table and force things out.
This kind of lineup is suitable for dealing with the small-scale Xihai Qiang under the command of Dian Kewu.
But who would have thought that something went wrong during the training process, and the two thugs and a powerful strategist he specially selected disappeared.
That's not the only bad luck.
After taking a few steps, Ma Su found himself stopped by guards.
After looking around for a while, he realized that everyone else had wooden signs that could prove their identity, and he could enter the city by showing the wooden signs, but he did not have an identity card.
In this case, if you want to enter the city, you need to spend money to get an identity card first, and then you have to pay extra.
There are three types of identity cards, from best to least: local cards, foreign cards, and passing cards.
After applying for a local identity card, you can enjoy the same treatment as locals in Xijun, that is, allocating fields and houses, no fees for entering and exiting the city, and only 40% tax per mu of land. No additional tax is required for overcharges; you only need to pay when doing business.
One-tenth of the transaction proceeds.
If necessary, a wife will even be assigned, and you can choose your own partner. Currently, the most sought-after ones here are young, beautiful, fair-skinned and long-legged girls from the Western Regions - you need to pay extra to enjoy this benefit.
Of course, this local identity card is not that easy to apply for. First, the applicant needs to have relatives or acquaintances in the city who can prove that they are inextricably linked to Xi County, and then they need to pay a symbolic payment of one hundred yuan.
Get a local license.
If you have no relatives or acquaintances, the price of this identity tag will be very expensive. It requires ten taels of silver, or the equivalent of the currencies of the three countries (approximately equivalent to ten thousand Wei five baht coins, or one hundred thousand Shuzhi hundred coins, or fifty thousand Daquan five coins).
thousand).
Foreign identity cards are relatively easy to get, and there are no conditions attached. Anyone can get one. All it takes is one tael of silver or the equivalent of the currencies of the three countries (approximately equivalent to one thousand Wei and five bahts, or ten thousand Shuzhi hundred coins,
or five thousand great springs (five thousand).
Of course, the treatment of foreign identity cards is worse than that of local cards. Not only are they not allocated land and women, but they also need to pay 20% more tax when doing business. The only welfare benefits are free entry and exit into the city, and being allocated a house.
As for the passing ID card, it is very simple. Anyone who wants to enter the city only needs to pay one hundred Wei Wu baht or the equivalent Shuwu currency to get a temporary ID card.
People who hold this kind of identity card need to pay 30% of the tax (30% of the turnover) when doing business in the city, and they are free of charge to enter and exit the city.
In short, you are not allowed to enter the city without an identity card.
Someone like Ma Su, who had no money on him and no acquaintances in the city, would never be able to enter the city through normal means.
Fortunately, Ma Su's martial arts value was high enough and he had a good mind. He thought of a good idea with just a twitch of his brows.
"Yes."
Ma Di left the north gate of Jile City and waited on the road for a short time before successfully "persuading" a middle-aged Qiang man with a local identity card to lie down on his wheelbarrow and pretend to be alive.
With a dying look, he pushed the cart unsteadily to the outside of the West City Gate.
As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by two guards.
"Stop, what are you doing? Do you have an ID card?" A guard came over to check with a long gun.
"Yes, yes, yes." Ma Su stopped the carriage, took out a local identity card from the arms of the middle-aged Qiang Han whose face was covered with blood, and took out one hundred Wei and five baht coins from the latter's arms, and handed them over.
past.
"Soldier brother, this is my clan brother. His life is in danger right now and he needs urgent medical treatment. Can you please be accommodating...?"
"Is this person really your clan brother?" The guard looked at the two of them suspiciously, "Why don't they look different? You are so tall and he is so short."
At this time, the middle-aged Qiang man raised his head from the cart with great effort, coughing up blood and explaining: "Oh... sir, he is... is... strong... strong..."
Ma Su quickly stood between the two of them and took over the conversation: "That's right, I'm Aqiang."
After saying that, he turned around and punched the middle-aged Qiang Han in the chest while the guard was not paying attention. The latter immediately rolled his eyes and fainted.
The guard looked at Ma Su again, took out a wooden sign, engraved the word "Aqiang" on it, then threw the identity card over and waved his hand impatiently: "Go in!"
Ma Su didn't particularly care about the guard's attitude, so he pushed the wooden cart and left.
Anyway, we entered the city smoothly. The progress of conquering the West County was not affected. I just happened to observe Ke Wu in the dark to avoid being accidentally burned to ashes like the last time in the Tufa Xianbei tribe.
According to known information, Xijun, as an important town located on the Silk Road, has a population of only 50,000, most of which are concentrated in Jile City.
However, after entering the city, Ma Su discovered that the population in the city was much larger than he expected.
The number is estimated to be no less than one hundred thousand.
There are especially many people from the Western Regions.
If you didn't know in advance that this was Rile City in the West County, you would have the illusion that you were visiting the countries in the Western Regions.
Taking a quick look at the whole picture, it seems that the countries in the Western Regions have a large population and prosperous commerce.
Ma Su nodded secretly and sent the Qiang Han who had regained consciousness outside his house. He waved his casserole-sized fist and threatened a few times, warning that if the latter dared to report to the official, his whole family would be killed.
Then he dropped the wheelbarrow and walked away.
The middle-aged Qiang man struggled to get off the wooden cart, with tears welling up in his eyes. He sighed heavily and chose to pinch his nose and admit defeat.
Originally, when he was blocked by Ma Su on the road, he had already agreed to lie in the car, pretend to be sick, and take Ma Su into the city. Unexpectedly, Ma Su still beat him up, and his face was covered with blood, saying that it would look more realistic.
How can one not be extremely saddened by a sudden misfortune?
The middle-aged Qiang Han unloaded the grain from the wooden cart and moved it home. He rested for a while. Seeing that it was still early and he didn't seem to be seriously injured, he pushed the cart out of the city again.
There is still some grain to be hauled back from the fields.
This time he chose to go out through the north gate.
Not far from the city, a sixty or seventy-year-old warrior with a Jizhou accent stopped him with a smile and said: "Brother, my surname is Zhao. I come from Changshan. I want to go into the city today, how about I help you?"
"You lie on the cart pretending to be critically ill, and I will push you into the city."
As soon as he heard this familiar sentence pattern and familiar tone, the middle-aged Qiang man was so frightened that he fell to the ground and stammered: "Kekeke... you can, but you can't hit me! I'm pretending to be critically ill."
, you can mistake the fake for the real!”
When the warrior named Zhao heard this, his eyes lit up: "What a great idea!"
The man came over carrying this casserole and punching his fists.
"No……"
The screams of the middle-aged Qiang men echoed through the wilderness, which was particularly sad and shrill.
…………
Ma Su used the money "borrowed" from the Qiang Han people to buy bright and decent clothes, and walked around the city, thinking about how to approach the leader Ke Wu.
He is particularly curious about this person now.
Apart from anything else, the household registration fee model implemented by Ke Wu in Xijun was far beyond the knowledge of this era.
However, after walking around on the street, Ma Su suddenly realized that something seemed wrong.
At every street intersection, there are Qiang people armed with sharp knives checking the ID tags of passers-by, and all newly issued ID tags are inspected extremely strictly. Even the Qiang soldiers responsible for guarding the city are also present to help stand in line.
There are various abnormal signs that they seem to pay special attention to this group of people who have recently entered the city.
Ma Su was also interrogated. All the new faces that were very different from the Qiang people were themselves the main suspects. However, because his temperament had been in the upper class for a long time, he did not look like an illegal trespasser, so the soldiers briefly asked a few questions and even asked for his identity card.
I let him go without looking at him, classifying him as someone with background and status who couldn't be offended.
So Ma Di walked up and down the street even more arrogantly.
Huh, isn't that guy going to file a lawsuit? Okay, just wait for me.
How dare you not even take my threats seriously?!
I will take care of your wife and you will have nothing to worry about.
