Chapter 538: It is not easy to live in the imperial city (1)
Before it got dark, the Chenhui Merchant Group passed through the south gate of the Capital of Kings and entered the largest city on the continent.
According to the goods plus heads, Lanhe paid a large amount of city tax to the city guard tax collector.
The Capital of Kings is divided into the outer city and the inner city. Only when entering the inner city area do you need to pay this tax.
However, if the foreign caravans do not have a license, they can only conduct transactions in designated areas in the outer city, and they are not qualified to pay city tax.
The headquarters of the Chenhui Chamber of Commerce to which the Chenhui Merchant Group belongs is located in the inner city of the Capital of Kings, so it holds an inner city operating license.
This city entry tax also included Gao Jing's head tax, which was exchanged for him an identity plate.
Lan He told Gao Jing that this identity token is valid for one year, and unless he becomes an official resident of the Capital of Kings, he must repurchase it every year.
This formal resident status is for the inner city. If you only live in the outer city, you do not need it, but you must have it if you want to enter the inner city.
The price of an identity token is ten shell coins!
Ten shell coins, and they were big shell coins, made Gao Jing feel that it was not easy to live in the imperial city.
The fixed population of the Capital of Kings exceeds tens of millions, and it is normal for the floating population to be several million. One can earn an astonishing amount of wealth just by relying on the city entry tax in a year, let alone other taxes.
According to Lan He, there are countless shops and pavilions in the inner and outer cities of the Capital of Kings. The ruling office makes a lot of money every year by collecting commercial taxes, but the city entry tax is only a small amount.
The one who controls the power of the Capital of Kings is the Supreme Council, which is composed of seventy-two aristocratic families. The Council then authorizes the executive office to carry out actual management, and has jurisdiction over thirteen divisions and five armies.
Lan He explained: "The one in charge of us is the Commercial Affairs Department."
"Your Majesty."
The trade association manager said sincerely: "Our chamber of commerce is very willing to serve you. If you need anything, you can tell us and we will do our best!"
A traveling wizard is quite famous in the capital of Nero, but he is not worth mentioning in the capital of kings.
There are hundreds of wizard towers in this city, and only high-ranking wizards and legendary wizards are eligible to apply to build or become tower owners. Ordinary wizards can be considered successful if they can have a single room in a wizard tower.
If Gao Jing was just an ordinary wizard, Lan He, who had successfully arrived at the Capital of Kings, would not be so respectful.
But a legend is another story!
Strictly speaking, the Chenhui Chamber of Commerce is not qualified to work for the legendary wizard, because in the Capital of Kings, the Chenhui Chamber of Commerce is only a second- or third-rate business force.
It's just that Gao Jing's situation is special and he's new here, so Lan He has the courage to try to flatter him.
But Gao Jing is not a newbie, so how can he promise to the other party easily?
He smiled and said: "Let's talk about this later. How can we become an official resident of the Capital of Kings?"
Considering that he might live in this city for two or three years in the future, Gao Jing decided that it would be more convenient to obtain a resident status.
"No city can refuse a legend."
Lan He replied respectfully: "The Capital of Kings is no exception."
Legends are extraordinary beings at the top of the wilderness. As long as they come with good intentions, the City of Kings will welcome them with open arms.
With Gao Jing's status, it is easy to join any aristocratic family or seek a position in the ruling office. The identity of the residents is easily accessible. Unless the people in the civil affairs office are crazy, they will never refuse a legend.
naturalization.
In fact, Lan He really wanted to be Gao Jing's introducer. As long as he introduced Gao Jing into a big family, he would get great benefits, and his status would not be a problem.
But Lan He really doesn't dare to do this, because if he offends Gao Jing, no one will complain to him even if he dies!
His current status is still too low.
Join a great family or a ruling office?
Gao Jing shook his head: "Forget it."
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He came to the City of Kings to travel and study, and he didn't want to be tainted with any right and wrong. There is no free lunch in this world. How can he not contribute to others when he has received offerings from others?
Once you come and go, you can't help yourself.
Although the current Gao Jing is not afraid of any giants of the same level, the Capital of Kings is not the Capital of Nero. There are many legendary figures here, and there are even existences of transcendent levels.
Moreover, the wizard towers here are not just decorations, and the detached characters in them probably don’t dare to act arbitrarily!
Although Gao Jing had the means to save his life, he didn't know what kind of power was hidden in the Capital of Kings.
It's better to keep a low profile. At the very least, you can't easily join a certain force out of ignorance.
"Then buy a house."
Lan He was very good at observing people's words and immediately changed his tune: "As long as you have your own house in the City of Kings, you can be naturalized."
Gao Jing couldn't help but smile: "Is there a purchase restriction here?"
He wanted to ask the other party if he could recommend a room in the school district!
Lan He was confused: "Purchase restriction?"
Gao Jing smiled and said, "It's okay. If I want to buy a house, can you recommend a suitable candidate for me?"
A middleman is an intermediary. There are also such professions in cities around the world, where they connect buyers and sellers to earn commissions.
"Of course no problem."
Lan He agreed without hesitation: "I happen to know a local broker with a very good reputation."
Gao Dingding nodded: "Very good."
At this time, the business group was already marching on the main road in the inner city of the Capital of Kings.
The main road is wide and straight, and can accommodate ten pack cars traveling side by side. Both sides of the road are full of shops, hotels, restaurants, and restaurants. Compared with the somewhat messy outer city, the buildings in the inner city are much more orderly and elegant.
Moreover, the green environment in the inner city is very good, the ground is clean and tidy, the streets and lanes are surrounded by flower gardens and green spaces, and the canopy of trees above the sky blocks out the sun, giving people the feeling of entering a different kind of forest world.
As the sky gets darker, all the shops and hotels light up.
There is a faint smell of resin floating in the air, and orange lights illuminate the road and the pedestrians coming and going.
Gao Jing noticed that there were a lot of wizards and sorcerers wearing robes here. Men, women, old and young were mixed among the crowd, and the ratio reached a few tenths!
Such a scene would never be seen in Nile Capital or Nile Underground City.
Combined with the numerous wizard towers in the inner city, it is no wonder that the City of Kings is also known as the City of Wizards, and many powerful vassal states covet it but dare not offend it easily.
The Chenhui Merchant Group didn't go very far on the main road, and soon turned into a nearby street.
Finally, we stopped in front of a building.
This seven-story building is the headquarters of the Chenhui Chamber of Commerce!
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