On November 28th, Mehr and his group of nine men arrived in the city of Saktin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This nine-hundred-year-old city has walls nearly fifteen meters high, on which two horse-drawn carriages can run side by side. In a non-war state, anyone can visit the city walls, but if someone accidentally falls off the walls, the owner of Saktina City is not responsible.

The current owner of Saktin City is Moritdin? Kernat is the current head of the Kernat family. The Leitin-Saktin School of Magic, located twenty kilometers east of Sakin City, is the private property of the Cornate family.

At the same time, the Cornate family is also the leader of the "Brett Wizards Association", and for more than 600 years after the Shackin School of Magic and Wizardry was given the prefix "Letin", the chairmanship of the Brett Wizards Association was held by the Koldat family.

The "Magician Society" of the Letin people is equivalent to the state of other peoples. Different associations of magicians control their respective lands and fight with each other for profit. However, the difference is that the Leiding Wizards' Guild has a set of laws of war, and wars between the Wizards' Guilds must be conducted in accordance with the laws of war before the Cataclysm. The laws of war do not fall short after the cataclysm, but in wars against aliens, the Mage Guild can disobey them.

Sakdin was a metropolis with a permanent population of more than 600,000 freemen, of whom nearly 100,000 were aliens, a number of more than one million if slaves were included. The city of Sakin is circular, separated by walls of walls, of which there are eight in all, the same height as the outer walls, but only half the width of the outer walls.

The castle of the Cornate family was built in the center of the city, and outside the castle was a five-meter-wide moat. The water is fed directly by the Prang River, which runs through the city of Saktin, and the Prang River is rich in fish, so people often fish along the moat.

The destination of Maier and his entourage is in the "First District" outside the moat, also known as the "First Ring City". In fact, this first district was originally named after the number of Leting, but after the formation of the New World, the pronunciation of Leting was no longer used, so people could only paraphrase it as the first district or the first ring city.

The inhabitants of the First District are mostly Leitinians, most of whom are Leiting magicians, and the rest are wealthy merchants and officials among the Leitin, as well as wealthy aliens. Lytin mages value their reputation, and they usually choose to duel with someone who damages their reputation or is unaccustomed to them.

There are four basic rules for Lytin Magicians to duel in.

First, there must be a referee in the duel, and the referee must be a person approved by both sides of the duel; Secondly, the duel must be determined in advance the conditions for victory and defeat, as well as the content of the "apology" of the losing party; Third, before the referee announces the start of the duel, the two sides must not prepare for the attack; Fourth, if the duel is not accepted, the duel will be considered a failure and will be required to "apologize" at the request of the party who raised the duel - this rule does not apply to non-Lytin magicians.

In addition to the four basic rules, there are three unwritten rules that the Ryding Mage follows when it comes to dueling.

First, it is not allowed to bully the weak, but if the other party is at fault, this rule will not take effect; Second, only Ryding magic can be used in battle, this rule does not apply to foreigners, but Ryding magicians will abide by this rule; Third, try not to kill, if the other party really deserves to die, this rule will not take effect.

Those who do not abide by the four basic rules and the three unwritten rules will be reviled by everyone and lose their reputation, as long as they are bumped into by the Ryding magician, no matter how big the difference in strength is, the other party will ask him to fight a duel; Even if someone is executed by assassination, no one cares.

These rules apply not only to orthodox Lighting mages who have obtained a diploma from the Academy of Magic, but also to students of the School of Magic, as well as heretical Lighting mages. However, the heretical Leiting mage is already a street rat in the eyes of the orthodox Leiding mage, and anyone who sees it will duel with him, so it doesn't matter if the heretical Wettin mage doesn't follow the rules.

But in most cases, heretical Ryding mages also follow these rules when dueling. Because in the eyes of these so-called heretical Leiting magicians, they are just different from the mainstream ideas, or they call themselves Leiting magicians without obtaining a diploma from the magic academy, and they are essentially no different from the so-called orthodox Leiding magicians.

After arriving in Saktin, Maier and the others deposited their horses and carriages, followed the address provided by Gray, went to a mansion in the eastern part of the First District, and knocked on the door according to the code of two heavy and three light. After about half a minute, the door creaked open, and a lean old man poked his head out with his lips pursed and carefully examined the guests outside.

"Who are you looking for?"

The old man's voice was hoarse, and his tone was very impatient.

"Are we here to see Pershing? Mr. Battier's. Maier replied politely.

"Master Battier isn't here."

After the old man said this in the same tone, he immediately whispered.

"Enter through the back door."

After this, the old man closed the door.

Maier glanced at each other with Xiaoxiao and Alice, and then led the group around the house to find a small door in the opposite direction of the main entrance. Maier knocked on the back door with a two-fold and three-light code, and in just a few breaths, the lean old man who had appeared at the front door opened the small door.

"Come in, please."

The old man beckoned to everyone, and they all walked through the small door under the leadership of Meier. After this, the old man respectfully pointed out the direction to the nine, and then walked out of the small door and slammed it shut.

"Oh? Old man Ruth? Long time no see! Uh, what? Who just went in? Oops, don't mention it! I'm here again! Today's young people know to go through the back door! The wind of the world is going down, the wind of the world is going down! ”

Hearing the hoarse voice outside the door, Maier and the others reluctantly exchanged glances, and then followed the direction pointed by the old man to the interior of the house. Before he had gone far, an old woman appeared in front of everyone. She first bowed to the crowd, and then led them to Pershing? Battier's study.

Pershing? Battier was a stocky middle-aged man, and he was reading a book when the nine came to the study. The old woman knocked on the door, one heavy, one light, one heavy, and hearing this voice, Pershing hurriedly put the book on the table and said in a deep voice.

"Please come in."

The old woman opened the door for Maier and the others, let all nine of them into the study, and then carefully closed the door. When Pershing saw Maier and the others, he was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but express the doubts in his heart.

"Why are there so many people?"

Gray's letter to him states that only two people are going to be enrolled at the Leting-Sackin Academy of Magic, but only three of the nine look like servants. Among the remaining six, the brothers and sisters of the Heyan family are dressed in brocade clothes, and Maier, Xiaoxiao, Alice and Yanhe do not look like ordinary people in temperament.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself."

Maier saluted Pershing and introduced the group unhurriedly.

"I'm Mel? Exter, this is Alice? Scrandy, we're sent by Mr. Gray. These two are my friends, the children of a wealthy merchant in Tairong, surnamed Heyan, who came to Saktin City on the way. These three are my maids, and these two are Miss Alice's maids. ”

Thanks to Gray? Byron and Darius? Locks' reputation among the Rytinians was "too loud", and Maier and Alice began using fake surnames after entering the territory of the Lettings. Before Alice left, Gray confessed, this Pershing? Although Battier is an acquaintance of his, he is also very reliable. But he didn't know about the Truth Society, and Gray didn't want him to know about it, lest he get into trouble, so the two of them also used fake surnames in front of Pershing.

Pershing was not a Lytin magician, he was originally just an ordinary official. Later, all four of his daughters were married to members of the Cornate family, and three of them became the wife of Shelvey, the eldest son of Moritdin, the current head of the family. In this way, he became a relative of the Cornate family, and his status also increased, and he had a little voice in the Cornate family.

Pershing's voice in the Cornate family is mainly in terms of transfer students at the Leting-Sackin School of Magic. Those recommended by him can enter the eighth grade without taking the entrance exam. However, so far, Pershing has only recommended eleven people to enter the Leting-Sackin School of Magic and Magic, nine of them do have the strength to directly enter the eighth grade, and the remaining two are not up to the standard, but these two people were sent by Pershing's cousin. Pershing owes the cousin a great favor, so he can only make an exception to send the two to the Leting-Sackin Academy of Magic and Magic, and three years later they become fifth-graders.

Instead of blaming his father-in-law for this, Shervie encouraged Pershing to send more of these students. Not only will such students not be able to move up the ranks, but they will also be automatically downgraded every year, and they will have to take a placement exam after being downgraded to the level that belongs to them. The longer they attended the Leting-Sackin School of Magic, the more money the Cornate family earned.

But Pershing was so upright that he misinterpreted Shervey's words as sarcasm, and he never dared to recommend such a student to school again. Shervy couldn't make it clear, so his father-in-law's behavior made him feel angry and funny.

In the city of Sackin, there are no longer a few people like Pershing who enjoy a certain amount of special power, and most of them will generate additional income for the Cornate family, and people like Pershing who take things seriously are very few. However, Shervey did not hate his father-in-law's personality, but thought he was quite cute, so he promoted him to be the chief tax collector of the first district.

The tax collection work in the city of Sakin is very oily. The tax of the Leiting people is divided into two parts: their own and foreigners, and the taxes paid by their own people are clearly marked, and they are as much as they should be, but this is not the case with foreigners. The city of Sakin does not collect taxes from foreigners, and the tax collectors will collect as much as they say, as long as they pay the amount required above, the rest will be their own, and they will receive a salary at the same time.

The chief tax collector of a city is the one who administers all the tax collectors in that city. At the beginning of each month, the Cornate family would give the chief tax collector of each city a "minimum alien tax", which would then be used as a standard for performance evaluation at the end of the month, and the person who paid the most taxes above the minimum alien tax would be rewarded.

After that, the chief tax collector of the city will set a new "minimum alien tax" and divide this tax evenly among the large tax collectors in each tax district. The Grand Tax Collector then sets a new "minimum alien tax" and divides this tax among his subordinate tax collectors. At the end of the month, the tax collector withholds the excess and pays the minimum foreign tax set by the great tax collector; The tax collector withholds the excess and pays the minimum foreign tax set by the tax collector. The tax collector then withheld the excess at his discretion and gave the rest to the Cornate family, which was the alien taxation system of the Letin people.

As a metropolis that houses 100,000 resident alien freedmen, the amount of oil and water that the tax collector can get each month is staggering. Pershing sat in this position for two years, but until now he still takes his salary in a proper manner, and he has not embezzled 1 Falta's taxes.

Pershing is such an upright and serious person. Because of such a father, Pershing's four daughters are all of good character, and they all became wives after they got married. Shervy even directly handed over all the assets of the family to his wife for safekeeping, and ignored it all the year round, so that Moriddin felt that Shervy spoiled his wife too much more than once.

For Pershing, Shervy was 10,000 reassured, so when Pershing and Shervy talked about recommending two people for admission, Shervy agreed without thinking about it.

It is worth mentioning that the money that Gray and Darith gave to Alice and Mel was first sent to Pershing, who first paid the tuition and dormitory rent for the two, and then handed over the remaining 20,000 Falta to the two respectively, and explained who gave the money to whom, and who paid the tuition and dormitory rent for whom, so that the two could write down the favors of their future father-in-law and future father-in-law.

The enrollment date for the two was set for December 1, and before enrolling, Meier and the others took a short walk around the city of Sackin, and by the way, retrieved the stored horses and carriages and put them at Pershing's house. When the day came, Maier and the others said goodbye to Pershing and the Heyan siblings, and went to report to the Leting-Sackin School of Magic and Magic. (To be continued.) )