After the middle-aged man from the Hu family entered the city, he made an appointment with Chen Taizhong where they would meet tomorrow, and the two parties continued walking on the same road.
Chen Taizhong declined politely. He said that he had something to do here and would stay for at least a few months.
The group of people left, and the big man complained again, saying that there was no need to be polite to this ninth-level immortal, "...that guy is too disrespectful. If I had known that, I should have beaten him on the way."
The middle-aged man looked at him indifferently and said, "Do you know how many merits have been achieved and there is no entrance fee to enter Wangquan City?"
"Isn't it just a hundred?" The big man snorted disdainfully, "A hundred meritorious deeds are a lot, but that's all."
"One hundred is our market price in Yizhou," the middle-aged man glared at him fiercely, "How can this place in Qingzhou compare with our governance? They must have at least three to five hundred merits here to be exempted.
Entry fee.”
"So dark?" The big man was stunned.
"So if you don't understand, just learn more," the middle-aged man scolded him unceremoniously, "We are not afraid of trouble, but we don't make trouble either. You also know my wife's situation... don't act like a brainless boy all day long.
I just want to fight and kill."
The big man nodded politely, but then immediately retorted, "I don't think there is anything worthy of your attention in these two immortals."
"Do you think that everyone is like you and want to have the words 'I am great' written on their faces?" The middle-aged man's voice became more and more severe, "You still think that we don't have enough things to do now?"
Then you don't need to be so enthusiastic about those two people, right? The big man was cursing fiercely in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak anymore.
The group of them walked away. Chen Taizhong looked at the guard and said, "Take me to pay back the taxes."
"I'm on duty." The guard replied nonchalantly. The guards here are a little higher in cultivation than those in Bluestone City. Most of them are mid-level wandering immortals, but there are no high-level ones.
But such a small person, because he is within the system, dares to shame a high-level immortal.
"Then I can hand it over myself, okay?" Chen Taizhong was also a little unhappy. There are people coming and going at the gate of the city. What do you mean by leaving your brother here to show off to the public?
"How is this possible?" The guard rolled his eyes at him, still looking indifferent, "Now that you're gone, how do I know if you've paid it back?"
"I'll leave the servant here," Chen Taizhong pointed at Wang Yanyan and spoke with suppressed anger, "I'll come back and take her away after I pay the tax, is that okay?"
"How is it possible?" The guard continued to shake his head - this seemed to be his mantra. Since the matter involved a cultivator with more than 700 meritorious deeds, he finally answered seriously. "If you don't come back, how dare we embarrass the cultivator Wang?"
That's the good thing about having meritorious service. Even if you are in a strange place, you can still have some small privileges.
There are obviously four of you, so why can't one of you take a temporary leave of absence? Chen Taizhong became more and more angry. "Then when will you be free?"
The guard glanced at him and was too lazy to answer. After a while, a guard opposite answered with a half-smile, "We won't be free until the city gate is closed, but tonight, don't think about staying."
Shop."
By the time the city gates were closed, the relevant government offices had already stopped doing business. If they couldn't make up for the formalities, they would have to do it tomorrow. And on this night, those who missed paying taxes would definitely be locked up to prevent them from escaping.
"I won't enter this city anymore," Chen Taizhong was completely furious - I owe money for a reason, and I am willing to make up for it, so you are just teasing me like this?
"Come just as you say, leave as soon as you say, what do you think Dragon Scale City is?" When the four guards heard this, their eyes flashed fiercely, and a guard who was leaning against the wall also straightened up.
"You four...are you sure you can represent Dragon Scale City?" Chen Taizhong smiled broadly.
He really didn't want to cause trouble, and he was fed up with being wanted all day long, but if he didn't react to this kind of bullying, then he wouldn't be Chen.
"Okay, you four!" Wang Yanyan saw that the momentum was not right, so she spoke coldly. She took out a medium-grade spiritual stone and threw it to the guy who first caused trouble for Chen Taizhong, "It's just a small thing...do you have time to lead the way?"
The man unceremoniously picked up the spirit stone, and then said to the guard who was leaning against the wall, "Take someone to pay the tax."
"Tsk, don't you want me to rest for a while?" The man who was leaning was not happy, but he just muttered and left with Chen Taizhong and his servant.
After walking a few steps, Wang Yanyan asked aloud, "How many pieces of the spirit can you share?"
"I can give you a piece of bird feather," the man cursed, looking very dissatisfied, "They are looking after the three of us... You give me ten spiritual stones, and I will let you finish the matter today.
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Half an hour later, Chen Taizhong walked out with a paid identity jade tag. He owed a total of fifty-three years and seven months and 3,215 spiritual stones.
This is the tax that is owed, but after so many years of arrears, interest still needs to be paid. The guy who charged the fee simply and rudely said, just pay ten times the amount, and I was too lazy to forget it.
It was Wang Yanyan who threw a piece of spiritual stone over there, and they did some careful calculations. The final result was 27,863 spiritual stones - throwing one piece of spiritual stone to an individual saved more than 4,000 spiritual stones.
stone.
The total amount was less than three yuan. Chen Taizhong liked the feeling of being able to enter and leave the city at will, so he simply took out four hundred yuan, paying two hundred years more taxes and fees.
But he was still very unhappy. Nantes had teased him a little, but he didn't really care. The point was... he was clearly paying taxes and fees legitimately, but as a result, he had to open his mouth and chew a piece of it. If he didn't pay,
, just all kinds of inconveniences.
Seeing his sullen face, Wang Yanyan knew something in her heart. She was very aware of her master's unwillingness to suffer, so she softly persuaded him, "The matter is finally done... You finally have an official identity. There are some things.
There’s no need to worry about it.”
"That guard leader is really hateful." Chen Taizhong didn't have a good impression of the three people who took the money, but it didn't seem to mean much to care about those two, and it seemed that he was a bit petty.
But he really hated the little guard leader and said, "This person deserves to be killed."
Scar chuckled softly, then lowered his voice and spoke, "The snake breathed incense on him and sprayed it."
"You still understand me," Chen Taizhong chuckled and patted her on the shoulder, "Then let him live well for two months."
After completing the formalities, it was getting dark and it was already getting late when they entered the city.
If it hadn't been for the last mid-grade spirit stone, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to make up for the tax today - the person in charge of collecting the fees had originally planned to leave, but... they paid the fees out of town, and they gave a tip.
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Chen Fenghuang is from Wangquan, which is the county seat of Qingzhou. Normally, taxes and fees should be paid in Wangquan. However, since it is also a city in Qingzhou, Longlin can also collect payment on his behalf and charge some handling fees.
Therefore, no one is willing to let the out-of-towner pay the fee, but without the tip, Mr. Chen will probably spend tonight in jail - it may take several days, and he will just have to pay the fee in the end.
It is precisely because of this that Chen Taizhong doesn't hate the two toll collectors at the end. What he hates the most is the little guard leader.
It was getting late, and the two of them had nowhere to go, so they stayed in a hotel for one night - they both had official status anyway.
Sitting in the hotel meditating, Chen Taizhong really had an inexplicable emotion: The spiritual energy here is not much, but... it feels really good to be able to stay in the hotel as you like.
The last time I had a similar experience was more than two years ago. Now, my friend, I can finally practice freely in the city again.
When he was practicing, he was actually quite annoying and disturbing, but liking peace and quiet didn't mean he liked being ostracized.
After meditating all night and taking a short nap, he got up and went out, went next door to wake up Scar, "Let's go out and rent a yard?"
The two of them came downstairs, where a few burly men were having breakfast. At first glance, they looked like the kind of heroes who were wandering around in the world - the hotel was a bit messy.
This time when I rent a yard, I don’t need anyone else to introduce me. I can directly do my job in the mission compound of Dragon Scale City. With my official status, I can do whatever I want and feel refreshed.
When it comes to completing tasks, Wang Yanyan, who has more than 700 meritorious deeds, is a relatively high-quality customer, but Chen Fenghuang is a native of Qingzhou, which is an advantage that outsiders cannot match.
So when I posted the mission, I used Chen Taizhong’s fake identity, and I found a suitable compound the next day. I used Four Spirits to post the mission, and asked the Mission Hall to help identify it, and I used Ten Spirits.
There were fourteen spirits in total, and they found a suitable house. You can imagine how disgusting the guards at the city gate were - everyone accepted a spirit with peace of mind, and they did not lead the way themselves, but assigned it to their subordinates.
The yard is not big, just one acre of land, but it is already rare in Longlin City. The prosperity of Zhelong Road cannot be compared to Yinxia Road, and Qingzhou is close to Yizhou, the center of Taoism, and is more prosperous than Jizhou.
I don’t know how prosperous it has become.
Therefore, there are not many yards of more than one acre in Longlin City. This yard is also the residence of the Hou family, a prominent family in the city.
There are high-level immortals in the Hou family, one or two - outsiders will not know too much details.
The courtyard that Chen Taizhong rented was the residence of the fifth branch of the Hou family. It was said that the fifth branch of the Hou family was in recession and planned to return to the main branch of the Hou family outside the city. This courtyard was rented out for two hundred souls a month.
Compared with the Jiang family's house in Taozhi Town, this price is very expensive. The Jiang family's yard is much larger than here, and the formations are complete. It only costs eight hundred souls a year, but here it costs two hundred souls a month.
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However, the places are different and this is incomparable. Dragon Scale is more than a little more prosperous than Giant Pine, and the price of houses in the city is not incomparable to that of courtyards in towns outside the city.
After looking at the yard, Chen Taizhong expressed that he was quite satisfied, but unfortunately, the Hou family's five branches were only willing to rent the land month by month. In their words, the five of us could come back at any time.
"Then let's rent it for a month first," Chen Taizhong didn't particularly mind.