Chapter three hundred and eighty first arrest treason
"The entrance fee is ten coppers." At the entrance of a city that looked a little dilapidated, more than twenty soldiers stood behind the roadblocks, charging fees from every adventurer, civilian, and caravan that entered the city.
"Huh? Just this little thing?" A soldier looked impatiently as he rummaged through a pile of furs carried by a hunter. He was an ordinary hunter from a surrounding village, hunting some ordinary beasts and selling furs.
He makes a living, but these things are not worth much, so naturally he doesn't have much money to make.
"My Lord Knight, I just went to the city to sell these furs." Fighting wild beasts in the wilderness just to support a family of young and old, the hunter smiled to the city guard. He had already paid ten coppers for entry into the city.
, but the soldier refused to let him go and wanted to get something out of him.
"Poor guy." The soldier who discovered that the hunter really had nothing of value cursed in a low voice. He then took out a piece of good-quality gray fox fur from the hunter's back, tied it around his waist, and finally put it on his head impatiently.
Waving his hand: "Go in!"
"Thank you, sir!" Orion, who still had three beast claw marks on his face, had lost his appearance, and looked extremely tough, walked into the city with a smile on his face and a grateful look on his face.
Being so exploited by the soldiers guarding the city, even though he was full of anger, he could only hold it in. He was just an ordinary hunter with a stronger body, not much ability, and there was a family waiting for him to support him. He was not the kind of person who wanted to be happy and grudge.
He is not qualified to be willful about the choices made by a middle-aged man with a heavy burden on his shoulders.
"Next!" After sending away the hunters, the defenders with gray fox furs tied around their waists shouted feebly. They were all mud-legged and low-level adventurers who couldn't get much profit.
The civilians who enter the city are all selling medicinal herbs, furs, etc., and there is nothing to blackmail. As for the low-level adventurers, they can charge them an entry fee of ten coppers.
But if they want to touch the trophies they gained from fighting monsters with their lives, these guys who lick blood from their swords don't mind risking their lives with these soldiers.
Therefore, the only things that the soldiers can really blackmail are the caravans that come to their city. The caravans that come to their city are all small caravans with no big background. They are the best targets for exploitation by the soldiers who defend the city.
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"Why do they only need ten coppers per person to enter the city, but my caravan needs one silver per person to enter the city?" A thin businessman shouted angrily, "The last time I entered the city, I only needed one.
I paid ten coppers, why is there so much more this time?"
"Hey, that was half a month ago. The lord said that merchants make more money than civilians, so they should pay more for entering the city than those mud-legged people."
The soldier guarding the city smiled unscrupulously, "This is the new order issued by the lord. If you have any objections, you can discuss it with the lord, but the prerequisite is that you must first pay the city entry fee."
"What's the entrance fee? Half a month ago, the newly appointed Grand Duke of Muria in the Kingdom issued an order to abolish all laws and tax orders privately established by the noble lords. The lords have no right to collect any taxes that are not stipulated in the laws of the kingdom."
A thin businessman stood at the city gate, speaking impassionedly about the new tax law promulgated by Muria.
"In the laws of the Rockman Kingdom, there is no entry fee. The lords of several surrounding cities have all canceled the entry fee. Everyone can travel freely, and no one will charge a fee.
Why does your lord charge a city entrance fee? He even dares to ignore the orders of His Majesty the Great Grand Duke of Muria. Does your lord want to rebel?"
"Don't talk to me about all this." The sergeant major of the soldier guarding the city glared and struck the businessman in front of him with the heavy sword in his hand. Small pieces of earth flew out and hit the businessman, which was a bit raw.
pain.
"I don't know about the new tax law. I only know that the lord said that you have to pay taxes when entering the city. You can either pay the money and enter the city, or get out of here with your people."
"If you don't know the new tax law, don't you know the Grand Duke Regent of Muria?" the skinny businessman asked again.
"..." This time, the sergeant major guarding the city was silent. Now in the entire Rockman Kingdom, except for the country bumpkins in the villages, who else doesn't know the existence of Muria. Obviously, people who don't know people like Muria
He couldn't tell lies.
"The Grand Duke of Muria has abolished the lord's legislative power and private taxation rights. According to the laws of the kingdom, you have no right to charge me even a copper for entering the city."
"I told you, stop talking about this. I don't know. Paying money into the city is an order from the lord." The sergeant major, who seemed a little guilty after being silenced by businessmen one after another, became a little angry and picked up his hand with a
The heavy sword with its scabbard hit the merchant head-on and face-to-face.
"Presumptuous!" Before the epee with the scabbard fell on the skinny businessman, a hand stretched out from beside him and grabbed the epee directly. Then in the horrified eyes of the sergeant major, the epee, which he regarded as a treasure,
The heavily armored palm and the scabbard were twisted and twisted, turning his sword into scrap metal.
"Who are you?" This time, the sergeant major knew that he was in big trouble. Although his heavy sword was not a top-notch magical weapon.
But during the casting process, some extraordinary metal ore powder was added. Ordinary fine steel weapons would end up breaking if they were cut head-on. But this kind of weapon was actually deformed by someone holding a scabbard and pinching it with bare hands. How could this happen?
He is not frightened.
"Sir, the evidence is conclusive. The lord here did not obey the decree issued by the great Grand Duke of Muria, nor did he implement the new tax law. Instead, he went even harder than before and exploited us more crazily. Please arrest him."
"Yes!" He squeezed the epee out of shape. The strong man wearing a pair of simple full-body armor nodded and agreed with the businessman who actively cooperated with him in the investigation.
"Who are you?" Seeing the slightly familiar armor on this strong man, the city guard sergeant took a few steps back unconsciously, and asked in horror, where did he seem to have seen this suit before?
Armor.
"By the order of His Highness the Ruling Grand Duke Muria, we are here to capture the rebellious nobles." The strong man answered in a low voice as he walked towards the city.
As he stepped forward, his size became larger and larger, and the armor also grew with his size. When he moved, because there was no perfectly sealed armor, the sergeant major was already paralyzed on the ground in shock.
I saw the pure white complexion of this giant.
"Cloud giant! The legion directly under the ruling prince."
This time, the sergeant major finally understood why the armor looked familiar to him.