Homecoming, a city located in the southern province of Sunset in the Puang Empire.

The city is not the county seat of the Southeastern Province and does not produce significant crop deposits, but it is considered one of the most important cities in Sunset Province and the entire southern part of the Empire.

The reason for this is simple, the city is located at the intersection of the two Great Warcraft Mountains and the Sunset Mountains, and it is also the main communication route between the two empires. It must be known that the Warcraft Mountain Range runs through almost the entire north and south of the Magnolia Continent, and if you don't want to venture over from the Warcraft Mountain Range, you can only take the two 'gaps' of the Warcraft Mountain Range.

These two gaps, one is in the Northland, along the coastline of the North Sea, but the climate is cold, and after crossing it, you have to pass through relatively chaotic places such as the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Regions. Second, it is the 'Ligu Mountain Road' where the homecoming city is located, although the road is often more rugged, and occasionally you have to deal with some demonic beasts running out of the two mountain ranges, but compared to the coastal road in Beihai, it is much more comfortable.

Thus, every year the people who passed through the city, the merchants and travelers who traveled between the two empires, and the chambers of commerce, were no less than 200,000 people; The adventurers and mercenaries who live here all year round are about 300,000 people; The number of long-term residents does not exceed 50,000, most of whom are family members of the officers stationed here.

Garcia Sr. is a member of the City Guard who guards the Homecoming City. With the strength of his third-level warrior, he may be regarded as an elite soldier in other cities, but in a big city that is itself one of the top ten in the empire, and there are many adventurer mercenaries from all over the empire and even the Magnolia Empire, the third-level warrior is just a very ordinary member of the city guard.

However, the old Garcia, who is almost eighty this year, has also honed a lot of skills in his years of life. His vision is particularly accurate, ordinary travelers, merchants or adventurers, mercenaries and even nobles, he can guess the identity of the other party with a glance of his eyes, with this ability, old Garcia has also caught many thieves and other criminals, and also took the position of guarding the city gate in his hands.

At this moment, old Garcia was bored standing at the main gate of the homecoming city, collecting the entrance tax from passers-by.

This tax collection also requires a vision, for example, in the flow of people returning to the city, not to mention the real giant chamber of commerce, such as the 'Doug Chamber of Commerce' and 'Geer Chamber of Commerce', which are second-class regional chambers of commerce, Garcia has no right to collect city taxes from them, of course, they also have to give benefits to the lords of the city, but this kind of high-level interest transaction, Garcia is naturally not close to the small minions. And the small and medium-sized caravan tax is the fat sheep in Garcia's eyes, the small and medium-sized caravan entry tax is not quantitative, and it has no power in itself, most of the time it can only spend money to buy peace. What's more, the city entry tax is only a small expense for the Chamber of Commerce, even if it is charged twice or even three times more, it is only equivalent to hiring an extra mercenary on the road.

The entry tax for adventurers is also a long-standing problem. If it is a pure mercenary, it is better to say, the mercenaries who escort the passing merchants still have some money on hand, the income is relatively stable, and it is safer, and they will not be stingy with some entry taxes, not to mention that most of the time, the mercenaries' entry taxes are paid by the Chamber of Commerce, as long as they are not too high, there is no problem at all with three entry taxes for two silver coins.

As for the adventurers who entered the Warcraft Mountain Range or the Sunset Mountain Range, none of them were easy to mess with. The people who entered the two major mountain ranges, some of them were strong people with good strength, and they didn't care about the number of silver coins. But those greedy Monster hunter-type adventurers who hunt Warcraft can take the gold coins very seriously and dare to make an extra penny from them? They dared to draw their knives and cut down the men of the city guard, and turned back and fled into the mountains. It is also impossible for the Returning City to send troops to the two mountain ranges to hunt down individual adventurers.

At this moment, old Garcia's eyes lit up, and he saw a young man passing by, he was about one meter eight tall, he was a relatively rare black hair with dark brown eyes, and his appearance and temperament were quite resolute, but with Garcia's eyes, he could see that his face was still a little immature, maybe only sixteen or seventeen years old, he was wearing a set of blue leather armor, and he was carrying a staff behind his back. The staff is also set with a very good quality ruby.

"A noble young master" Garcia thought to himself, if it was a really big nobleman, naturally it would not be his turn to collect money, but this kind of little ghost who seems to be from an ordinary nobleman, he has also seen a lot, most of them are stupid imps who listen to novels and other stories and run around wanting to 'experience', eager to meet adventures. If it was a big noble, he wouldn't have cultivated such a stupid person, even if he didn't have any ability, he wouldn't run around, and it would be enough to cause harm in the city, such as the eldest son of the city lord?!

And if you are from a civilian background, it is impossible to put a gem on a long hammer and pretend to be a mage! This disguise is too insincere, and according to Garcia's experience, this kind of imp is often very tough on the surface, in fact, he has not suffered any setbacks, and he is very soft, and he will spit out a lot of entry taxes if he is easily scared, although this income Old Garcia must not eat it alone, he must first make offerings to the chief, and then the rest must be shared with the brothers who guard the door together, but he can also accumulate one or two silver coins in his own hands, if he encounters a few more, then at the end of the day, it is also possible to be lucky to harvest a gold coin.

Of course, in order to avoid any accidents, this little ghost is really strong, and the risk should also be borne by the brothers who are guarding the door together, he touched the soldier on the side with his arm.

"One-eyed, if you see that noble imp, you look very rich, you can go over and collect a gold coin from him to enter the city!"

"Is that okay?" The one-eyed soldier is a more honest man, and although he is nicknamed 'one-eyed', he was injured in an accident when he was young, and is completely different from the one-eyed thief and other characters that are often mentioned in some novels.

"Of course," said old Garcia, "don't worry, as far as I can see, that little one's staff, well, like a staff, is worth ten gold coins!" There's no problem with charging him a gold coin for the entrance tax, don't you want to find a light mage to treat your eyes? This is a great opportunity to save money! ”

At the instigation, One-Eye stopped in front of the black-haired young man with some hesitation: "Income city tax, one or one gold coin." ”

The young man who was stopped was naturally Wright, since saying goodbye to his teacher and roommates, Wright set off to the predetermined training location, that is, the Sunset Mountains, and before entering the Sunset Mountains, Wright naturally had to be prepared, such as antidotes, clothes for training in the mountains, mosquito-proof tents, etc., all of which had to be purchased and prepared, and the Homecoming City, as a city that accommodated a large number of adventurers and mercenaries, had all these things, even more complete than the goods of the imperial capital.

And when he entered the city gate, he naturally didn't know that he was regarded as a second-class aristocratic boy who was running away from home and playing and was poisoned by knight novels. Because when he was stopped by the soldiers and said that he was going to collect a gold coin to enter the city, he was naturally a little angry.

"A gold coin?!" Although Wright is not in a bad temper, he is also a little angry at the moment, he is not blind, and the entrance tax of the imperial capital is only five silver coins! And when returning to the city, those who enter the city in front of him generally have two or three silver coins, why has it risen several times to him? Do you look so much like a fat sheep?

Seeing that Wright was a little angry, and was not scared to give the gold coin as he imagined, One-Eye was also a little panicked, his tone became more and more stammered, and he opened his eyes and said nonsense very unfluently, "Enter, enter the city, the entry tax is the city lord, the lord, the rules, the regulations, the amount." ”

Old Garcia behind One-Eyed held his forehead with one hand, why was he stupid enough to let One-Eye's stammering go to collect money? I should have thought that no one could bluff with such a stutter. I had to step forward and play the round. "Haha, this young master, this city guard is a newcomer and ignorant" At the same time, he blocked the words of One-Eyed who wanted to say that he had been a city guard for seven or eight years, and said very politely, "Actually, it is five silver coins, five silver coins." ”

"Five silver coins?!" Wright glared, secretly using a skill taught by a teacher, and in the eyes of Garcia and One-Eyed, a strong light flashed in the eyes of the young man in front of him, and he felt a huge sense of oppression, and Garcia, who felt bad, quickly begged for mercy: "No, no, noble young master, it's three silver coins, three." ”

"Three silver coins, you pay for it, no comment." Wright said in a very cold tone.

Garcia hurriedly replied, "No, I have no opinion!" At the same time, he pulled the one-eyed on the side and saluted to Wright, "Of course, the honorable young master does not need to enter the city. We're quitting! ”

After scaring off two gatekeepers who are greedy for money and want to collect more city taxes. Wright walked down a street, and immediately after turning the corner, he couldn't maintain a cold expression, grinned, and massaged his head with his fingers.

"Those 'tips' handed in by the teacher are too mentally draining."

"Relying solely on the coercion of spiritual power to scare two low-level warriors, the spiritual power consumed is actually more than a sixth-level magic!"

"Sure enough, the teacher is right, magicians still have to use spells to cast magic, some special skills that do not require magic spells, although they are peculiar, but the consumption is too great."

After a few minutes, when the headache had subsided, Leitra passed a passer-by and inquired about the location of the 'Geer Chamber of Commerce' in the price of a gold coin. Since there is a VIP card of the Geer Chamber of Commerce, it is natural to ask the Geer Chamber of Commerce to buy items and inquire about the situation.