Eventually, Gaudus left the Forest of Turin and regained his footing at the eastern gates of Turin.

"Is this your human city? It looks quite sturdy, but I don't know how many hours it can hold out without collapsing in the face of an army of spiders that have formed. Looking at the magnificent city wall in front of her, Spider Ji commented with interest.

Gao Duosi glanced at her and said, "With just a few of your secondary demons, as long as there is a light mage standing on the commanding heights, they can't climb half the height of the city wall. ”

Spider Ji gritted her teeth and said, "That's because my descendants are still young!" They're still small! Me too! When there are more of them, and when they grow up, and when I grow up more, even if there are a hundred light mages standing in front of me, I will make them into snacks! ”

Gao Duosi glanced at her flat chest, and said lightly: "This kind of thing, let's wait until you grow up." ”

"Humph!" Spider looked away disdainfully, then touched her own place, and said angrily, "This is obviously the place where you humans nurse your children, but you always think about the size of this place... You... You're so wicked! ”

"Really?" Gao Duos shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said lightly: "I am a necromancer, originally synonymous with death, the embodiment of evil. ”

"Hmph, pervert! Dead perverted! ”

"Hey, it's okay for you to call me a pervert, don't talk about necromancers, there are few necromancers who don't change, but please don't add the prefix 'death' before you call me a pervert? I'm half dead, only half dead, okay? ”

"Die... Change... State! ”

Peacock couldn't help but laugh as he watched Gao Duos and Spider Ji bickering, then looked up at the thick and tall city wall in front of him, and said with a smile: "Under normal circumstances, this city is very difficult to capture, but if our warriors from the Eternal Dark Moon join the besieging side, the situation may be different. ”

Gao Duosi nodded and said, "Yes, after all, you can turn into a bird form, by the way, how is the bloodline secret method practiced?" ”

Peacock replied, "It's not much progress, but it's already a clue." ”

"That's good."

As the group of three approached the city gate, Gaudus saw a knight in heavy armor patrolling the guard, this person, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Gaurdos suddenly remembered that he was supposed to be the second viscount of Savoy, the man he called "the Lion of Savoy"... He was Matthew's brother, Caesar's brother, McQueen. When Caesar was to be hanged in Piazza Turin, he was the prisoner.

When Gaudus was about to pay the customary fee of one gold coin per person to enter the city, a gatekeeper with a gray beard shook his head and said, "You only need to pay three silver coins." ”

Gao Duos nodded, then presented the three silver coins and asked, "How did this cost of entering the city be reduced so much?" ”

The gatekeeper pointed at McQueen and said, "Because of him." ”

"He? What do you mean? ”

The gatekeeper said: "The person who was in charge of the affairs of the East City Gate was the First Viscount Matthew, and he set the entrance fee to 1 gold coin per person. ”

"Oh, so how much did it cost to get into the city before Matthew took office?"

"1 silver coin per person."

1 gold coin = 100 silver coins, after Matthew took office, he directly raised the cost of entering the city by 100 times!

Such a heavy tax can be called a tyrannical expropriation!

"In this way, Viscount McQueen was able to change the entrance fee back to 1 silver per person, which can be called fair and benevolent, isn't it?"

The gatekeeper sighed and said, "But I miss more when Matthew was in office, when the entrance fee was '1 gold coin per person'. ”

"Why?" Gaudus was puzzled.

"Because of this cost, it has effectively curbed the influx of 'destabilizing factors' into Turin."

"'Unstable'? What do you mean? ”

"A well-dressed, well-nourished and well-educated gentleman like you will certainly not be one of those 'unstable factors', and the two beautiful young ladies by your side will add a touch of beauty to the great city of Turin... You see. ”

Following the direction of the officer's finger, Gaudus saw a ragged outcastwoman with a baby in her arms entering the city after paying 100 dusty copper coins.

100 Copper Coins equals 1 Silver Coin.

"This kind of person is the 'unstable factor'."

The officer looked at the homeless man and said indifferently.

Gaudos sighed as he watched the outcast stuff shove half of the moldy wheat cake into the swaddling baby's mouth.

This is a poor and honorable mother.

Gaudos understood why the gatekeepers were more nostalgic for the "time when the entrance fee was 1 gold per person".

Because, in this era, it is indeed too unfair for these people at the bottom.

From a moral point of view, we should not discriminate against those who are homeless, after all, in this chaotic era, bandits, bandits, and homeless people abound, fields have become wilderness, villages have been reduced to ruins, famines, natural disasters are everywhere, and the area of cemeteries is expanding at an alarming rate.

Turin, as one of the few cities in the Savoy Kingdom, should remain open to the exiles, who were the subjects of the Count, who toiled to run their estates and paid enough taxes to the state to fulfill their obligations as their own people.

But from an objective point of view, displaced people like this are indeed an unstable factor. You can imagine that since they have lost the means of production, what means will they use to save up the 1 silver coin?

Murder, robbery, cheating, stealing?

Can you imagine what they will do to make more money after entering Turin, a relatively prosperous city with a large concentration of wealth and resources?

Robbing, accompanying customers, selling one's body, joining a gang?

Either way, it will bring social turmoil, difficulties in law and order, the outflow of wealth, and the depression of the city.

"In the more than forty days since McGinn's inauguration, four or five hundred such people have entered Turin, and a friend of mine works in the Sheriff's Office, and in the last month, he has dealt with seven or eight murders, and the murderers are all these foreign hillbillies. He was so busy that even such a beautiful lady was left out in the cold, and he hadn't made love for a long time. ”

Gaudus didn't know what to say, but since the man had revealed enough information, he deserved some pay.

Gaudus then shoved a gold coin into his hand.

The officer at the gate had a happy face.

After entering the city of Turin, Peacock looked at the wandering homeless people in the streets, looked puzzled, and then asked Gaudus a difficult question:

"Mr. Golddos, do you miss Matthew's time more than McQueen's time?"

Gaudus Stopper.

He didn't know either.

However, the rough-lined spider didn't care about this, she looked at the white wind and rain flowers on the side of the road, and said happily: "You humans still have merit, you see, how beautiful this flower is!" ”

Looking at the smiling spider queen, Gao Duosi's mood was also much better, after all, the smile of a beautiful girl is always easy to make people happy. He took out a small bag of gold coins, handed it to the peacock's hand, and said, "You can take Spider Ji for a walk, buy whatever you want, I have a soul contract with her, I can lock her location, as long as you don't get separated from her, I can find you." ”

Peacock nodded, and then took Spider Ji shopping.

After seeing the Peacock and Spider Queens leave, Gaudos arrives at the horse farm.

As expected, Alice continued to practice her combat skills under the guidance of Don Quixote.

Looking at Alice's skillful combat moves and the oak puppet covered with deep sword marks on the vital parts, Gao Duos speculated that she had mastered [Riding Lv3], [One-handed Weapon Mastery Lv3], and [Swordsmanship Mastery Lv3].

Moreover, inferred from her unscientific riding speed, it seems that she also took up the combat class [Light Cavalry] and increased it to lv5, and also awakened the professional talent [Cavalry].

This achievement is enough to be proud of those boys and girls of the same age as her, you know, Alice is only 14 years old!

Alice was surprised when she saw Gados, but instead of stopping her training, she was more active.

She wanted Gaudus to see that she hadn't wasted her time.

She raised the cross infantry sword in her hand, and at great speed she sprinted at the oak doll standing in front of her, and then slashed down with a single sword!

The blade of the sword turned into a cold light, and directly swept over the puppet's neck, accompanied by a crisp "click" sound, the puppet's head was directly cut off!

It's dehydrated and reinforced oak with iron rings, and it's definitely stronger than a person's neck bone!

Looking at the head of the puppet flying high, Gauldos asked himself: what if this sword slashed at the enemy's head?

As a result, I am afraid that the enemy's head will fall in response.

Looking at the surprised expression of Gados, Alice smiled brightly, and she held aloft the Cruciform Infantry Sword, as if to say:

You see, I didn't disappoint you!

At this time, Don Quixote came over and commented: "This sister of yours has a terrible talent, she has actually learned my most proud martial art - decapitation charge." ”

"Of course, she's my sister, and of course she's gifted." Gaudos said proudly.

"By the way, what about our little princess Belea? Aren't you in charge of keeping her safe? ”

Don Quixote smiled and said, "The princess and the third viscount Caesar are together and are chatting. After all, I'm an outsider, so it's inconvenient to disturb, so take advantage of this time to hurry over and tutor Alice, after all, she is my most proud disciple, haha. ”

Gaudus was deeply impressed by this guy's brazenness.

"You've come just in time, tomorrow is the day of the Knights Hospitaller's exams, and I think we should send her off then."

Tomorrow?

Gaudus was suddenly a little happy.

I almost missed the day of Alice's exam.

At this time, Gao Duosi's mood was as nervous as those parents who sent their sons and daughters to the college entrance examination room.

"Do you think she'll pass the exam?" Gaudus asked suddenly.

Don Quixote glanced at him and said lightly:

"Not only did she pass the exam, but she also got the first place."