Bei'an City is more than 200 miles away from Em City, located in the northwest of the Beiyan Empire, at that time, because of the strategic retreat of the Beiyan army, the city is still well preserved, and there are still more than 1 million Beiyan civilians in the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Troops from the West Island are stationed here.

As soon as the sky was bright, the city gate at the south gate of Bei'an City had just opened, and many vegetable farmers and traders with carts and baskets on their backs poured in from outside the city.

"Don't crowd, don't crowd, line up first."

"Grandma's, they're all in a hurry to be reincarnated!"

Many of these vegetable farmers and traders are Beiyan refugees from other places, who fled from their hometowns to settle down outside Bei'an because they fled to escape the war. In just a few years, the entire Jiangbei region has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and many civilians have been captured by the soldiers of the three empires and sent to the military slave camps as slaves, cultivating land and planting agricultural materials to meet the grain and grass supply of the three kingdom armies for many years, and they have to work in the fields for 8 hours a day, and they are beaten and scolded at every turn, and they can't eat enough.

The surviving people have no power and nowhere to go, so they can only build thatched huts in the suburbs, feed their families by growing vegetables and fishing, and endure humiliation and steal a living, hoping that one day the Celestial Empire will launch a counterattack and regain their lost territory.

At this moment, the soldiers of the West Island saw that everyone was huddled together, chickens and dogs jumped, and they hurriedly put their weapons horizontally to stop everyone. As a result, all the people were blocked in the holes of the city gates, crowded with water, and the voices of people were noisy.

"Official! Just let us in, if we miss the hour, we'll have no business to do." ”

"Yes! Okay, let's release it quickly! ”

……

The vendors in front pleaded with the West Island soldiers.

At that moment, an officer stepped down from the top of the city. He crossed his hands on his hips, stood at the gate of the city with a big grin, faced the crowded crowd, and shouted at the top of his voice: "You all listen to me!" The lord of the castle has an order—"

The hustle and bustle of the scene immediately quieted down, everyone knew that the lord of Bei'an City's West Island was a greedy by nature, and the master of plucking the feathers of geese had begun to set up various projects to make a lot of money since he took office four years ago, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes emerged in endlessly, in addition to the land tax and the poll tax, the taxes on vehicles and ships, livestock, salt, iron, and liquor were levied on merchants, as well as customs duties on goods, and even the transaction tax was levied on the hawkers selling along the streets, which once made the common people of Bei'an City miserable and complained.

Now that they heard that the city lord had a new order, everyone suddenly tensed, and an ominous premonition appeared in their hearts.

The officer saw the blank faces around him, and showed a disapproving expression: "From now on, anyone who goes to the city after 6 a.m. to sell will have to pay one silver coin per car per person—"

As soon as he finished speaking, the gates of the city immediately became silent, and the peddlers and pawns who were waiting to enter the city were dumbfounded.

After a few moments, someone in the crowd began to clamour.

"******, is there any reason for this?"

"Yes! What kind of blatantly is this? Do you have to pay taxes when you enter the city? Then do I have to take taxes when I go to the pit? ”

"Damn, I've heard of any tax, but I've never heard of such a ridiculous tax, these West Island people want to force us to death!"

……

Seeing the anger of the crowd, the officer suddenly shouted: "Boldly Diao Min, Lord Liu Yun allowed you to find a place to live outside the city, which is already extraordinarily gracious, not only do you not think about retribution, but also openly abuse and distort the facts, it is simply a great rebellion, come and take it down for me!" ”

Boom Boom! Hundreds of soldiers quickly poured out from both sides of the city wall, armed with long knives, surrounded the people at the city gate, and according to the instructions of the officers, they arrested the merchants who took the lead in insulting them on the spot, and one of them tried to resist, but was also hacked to death.

No one dared to speak up now, they knew that Lord Liu Yun, that is, Liu Yunjian, the commander of the West Island Army, was in charge of 25,000 elite soldiers, and even if the civilians of the whole city rebelled, they would only be slaughtered. Many people are not afraid of death, but thinking that if something happens to them, there will be no consequences for the family's life, so they have to grit their teeth and swallow their anger.

As a result, these vegetable sellers, chicken and duck sellers, cattle and sheep sellers, and shochu sellers, whether they were carrying burdens or pushing carts, all lined up honestly.

The officer smiled with satisfaction, and with a wave of his hand, his soldiers brought a large wooden box and placed it next to the city gate, and each merchant entering the city could only put a silver coin in the large wooden box.

The officer stood in the cave of the city gate, watching the crowd with a gloomy face, and no one dared to give half a penny.

Suddenly, the officer seemed to hear something, he raised his head, looked out of the city, only to see a long convoy slowly coming on the official road in the distance, he counted carefully, there were 30 carts, and 10 vans, dozens of large flags were planted on the vehicles, and a silver-gray eight-pointed star was embroidered on the blue flag, which was very eye-catching in the morning light.

There were nearly a thousand guards on both sides of the convoy, all of them with a strong temperament and solemn expressions.

Looking at this posture, you can see that the person who comes is either rich or expensive, not an ordinary person.

It's the Alliance Chamber of Commerce!

The officer looked at the convoy with a complicated expression. The Northern Demon Plains Alliance is a neutral force independent of the Moya Continent, and it is also a force that no one wants to provoke, because it covets the rich natural resources there, the Free Federation, the Western Island Empire, and the Rus Empire have all fought against its ideas, but it has fought against it in secret several times, and they have all ended up in a miserable defeat.

For this force, all countries in Moya have a deep fear of it, before the situation on the mainland is still unclear, no force is willing to offend this behemoth, but is trying to establish good relations with it through trade, therefore, in the complicated situation of Moya, the alliance chamber of commerce has a transcendent status, and no one buys it.

The officer looked at the approaching convoy, and sneered in his heart, the branch of the Alliance Chamber of Commerce in Bei'an City had made him suffer many dumb losses.

"I don't know if you dare to disobey the new order of the city lord."

Under Ji Tieyi's order, after the Alliance Chamber of Commerce left Em City, it did not go south to Yun'an City, but turned west to Bei'an City, because one of the Gray Sparrow's strongholds was located here.

Walking to the front of the city gate, old Gide trotted to a van in the middle of the convoy and said softly: "My lord, Bei'an City has arrived!" Would you like to come down and take a walk and get some air? ”

"Forget it, let's settle down in the advanced city!" Ji Tieyi's deep voice sounded in the carriage, looking a little tired.

"Okay!" Old Gide replied respectfully, and then began to direct the convoy to slowly drive into the city.

"Wait! The city lord has an order, and vehicles entering the city need to pay taxes! A gloomy voice suddenly sounded at the city gate. (To be continued.) )