The carriage slowly left the parking space and left the carriage shop along the road in the middle of the racecourse.

As they were still in the city, the carriages were not going very fast, but they walked along the stone path, and they had to pass through the city gate before they could turn onto the street that led to the town of Mira.

With the carriage, the three of them relaxed, leaned comfortably against the straw pile, and watched the crowds and buildings along the street slowly retreat with the grunting wheels, which was also unique in this completely different city from the earth.

"Uncle Tyre, I have something I want to ask you." Agni said with a kind mouth.

Tyre smiled and turned around and said, "My lord, just ask, there is nothing you should ask for advice. ”

"When you were at the carriage shop just now, how much did they charge you for the brokerage?" Agni asked bluntly.

"This ......" Tyre's face froze, a little indignant and a little embarrassed, "My lord, this ...... Not too convenient......"

Agni saw his reaction, understood his concerns, and patted his arm to signal him to be relieved, "I'm just personally curious, don't worry, there are just a few of us in this car, no one will know what we said!" ”

Amelia and Layla nodded their heads when they heard him say this.

"This ...... All right! Tyre stomped his foot and seemed to have made up his mind, "Your Excellency, please don't let people know that I said it, or I won't be able to register at the carriage dealership in the future." ”

Of course, Agni agreed, so that he would not be on the side of the carriage shop, and he had no interest in betraying an honest man.

"In previous years, we only charged one or two silver solas to and from Cologneburg, and if it was a chartered car, it was only eight silver solas, and usually if it was intermediated by a carriage dealer, it was necessary to charge an intermediate fee for about one silver sola car. However, this year everything has changed, not only our registration fee has been raised, but also in the name of our coachman, the price has increased by three or four times, not to mention, the extra part has been recovered by the carriage dealer in the name of the intermediary fee! In our own hands, it's just about the same amount of money, and sometimes it's not even as much! It is equivalent to the carriage shop doing nothing, and looting such a large sum of money out of thin air! And what about us? The money is about the same as before, and the customers will ask us to do more because of the price increase! Generally speaking, we coachmen and adults all lose money, and only the carriage dealer makes money! I wish the Marquis knew this and punished these bastards! Tyre said so much in one breath that it seemed like he was going to expel his grievances in one go.

Agni nodded thoughtfully, but was a little noncommittal about his opinion of Marquis Sayer. The carriage shop was obviously the property of the Marquis of Sayya, would he not know what was going on in the carriage shop? It was obviously impossible, and even the carriage shop did it at the behest of the Marquis of Sayer! This is not an unfounded guess, he has not forgotten what happened a week ago, the red-shirted knight named Eroken, but he knocked him to the ground, it can be said that this is the worst loss he has ever lost since he practiced martial arts! And the reason why the two red-shirted knights stopped them was because of the private tax of the Marquis of Sayya, which was set up by cunning and plundering, called the sword tax.

Obviously, Marquis Saya has an unusual penchant for money, and he will not let go of any means that can increase his income, and Agni has reason to believe that what happened to the carriage shop is also one of the means!

"So, Uncle Tyre, did you make more or less money by driving a carriage to Cologne once than before?" Agni asked again.

Hearing him ask, Tyre's face also showed a trace of bitterness, he sighed, and said: "I usually come to Cologne Fort once every three months, and I usually bring some mountain goods and specialties to Cologne Fort to sell, in previous years, I could earn about 600 silver solas when the year was good, and more than 400 silver solas when the year was bad - most of this is not my own money, it is all from the village." And this time, after deducting various handling fees, there are less than 400, only about 350! ”

After speaking, Tyre looked depressed and shook his head, "As the only merchant in the village, many times the losses can only be borne by myself, and the money given to the village is indispensable. If it was usual, I would have gritted my teeth and passed, but now my daughter's illness ......"

Tyre sighed and stopped talking. The thin black girl seemed to know that she was talking about herself, and pressed it to Tyre, who looked at her, squeezed out a smile, and touched her head.

Agni didn't ask any more, he touched his chin thoughtfully, thinking about something. The two girls, who were more sensual, looked at Tyre's daughter with a look of pity.

Quite different from the players, the players generally use gold as the unit of measurement for their property, and for most of the low-level aborigines, the silver sola is their most commonly used currency, with copper horns, which constitutes the currency circulation system of the common people near Cologneburg. 400 to 600 silver solas, according to the ratio of Cologneburg, is about 7 to 10 gold echo, this exchange rate is determined according to the economic system of different cities, some places may be higher, others will be lower.

However, if you calculate it this way, the "foreign trade" income of a village in a quarter is less than 10 gold Echo, and this quarter is even worse, it is less than 6 gold Echo. Agni doesn't know much about economics, but he can also see that the exploitation of the people by the Marquis of Sayah is increasing, which is not a good phenomenon.

In reality, the situation is even worse than the fire could have imagined, and the situation in the inner and outer cities of Cologneburg is even better, and the economy of many remote areas is on the verge of collapse. Something bad is brewing.

In the fiery thoughts, the carriage did not travel long. Soon, the city gate arrived.

The convoy of people going out lined up, although not as many as entering the city, but it was also a very strange thing.

"Strange, why do you have to check when you go out of town? Is something going on? Uncle Tyre muttered to himself.

"What's wrong? Uncle Tyre? Agni asked.

"Usually you don't need to check when you go out of the city, I don't know what happened today." Uncle Tyre said.

Agni stared intently and saw that things didn't seem to be that simple. The last time he came in through the gates, the guards were guards led by knights of the National Order, but this time they were knights in different attire. Their emblem, Agni, is known as a member of the Knights of Sayer, and the Knights of the Red Shirt of Eroken were dressed exactly like them before!

This turn of events made Agni frown.

It didn't take long for Agni and his party to finally take their turn.

A white-shirted knight of the Order of Saya motioned for the carriage to stop, then stepped on the driver's seat pedals, unceremoniously stomped on the driver's seat cushion, and looked up into the body.

The dirt-covered metal boots just stepped on it, right next to the little girl, and made a loud thud, almost stepping on her! The little girl was startled and shivered and threw herself into Tyre's arms. Tyre hurriedly hugged her, unable to express his emotions, but bowed to the white-shirted knight with a humble face.

The corners of Agni's eyes twitched, with a faint hint of anger. The two girls, Amelia and Layla, were much more direct, glaring at the white-shirted knight angrily.

The white-shirted knight noticed the identity of Agni and his party, but he was not too presumptuous, but only looked through the goods carried on Tyre's carriage twice, and then said to Tyre, who was driving: "Gate tax, 30 silver solas!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Tyre was anxious, and he didn't care about maintaining that low-voiced attitude, "Didn't you pay the city gate tax when you entered the city?!" Why do you have to pay when you go out of town?! ”

"Bang!" The white-shirted knight rested his sword scabbard on the cushion and made a loud noise, which startled the poor little girl again, and showed that she wanted to cry but did not dare to cry.

"Recently, the Abyss has been active in the vicinity of Cologneburg, and the Marquis decided to collect a tax to develop the armament of Cologneburg in order to protect the people! This is all the good governance of the Marquis, and you little country merchant dare to question it?! ”

"But...... Since the old marquis, Cologne has only collected commercial taxes for entering the city! It's been like this for decades, how can it suddenly change!! Thiel also tried to argue, this is also a last resort, originally this time out of the income is a lot less, and then be charged 30 silver sola tax, that is equivalent to saying that he ran away completely in vain this time! And what about his daughter's money for treatment?!

"Boom!" The white-shirted knight's face showed a fierce look, and he suddenly pulled out the knight's sword, and pointed the tip of the sword at Tyre's neck, "Presumptuous! How dare you talk about the Marquis! Come! Take his carriage away! ”

The surrounding grey-shirted knights and guards answered loudly, and they all drew their weapons and were about to surround them.

Tyre, who didn't expect the white-shirted knight to turn his face like this, turned his face white, and he looked at the blade revealing the cold air at a loss, and could only hug the black and thin little girl helplessly in his hand. This carriage is his lifeblood, usually where it is damaged can make him feel distressed, his family can count on him to use the carriage to trade for food and drink, if it is really confiscated, then where is his family still alive? ! Thinking of the terrible consequences, Tyre's mind went blank, and he didn't know how to react.

At that moment, the flames suddenly sounded.

"Hey! This Mr. Knight! This cart of goods is mine, so why should you bother a coachman? ”

Hearing this, the white-shirted knight was stunned, raised his hand to signal his subordinates to stop, then turned his head to look at the flames, and asked suspiciously, "It's all yours?" ”

"As you can see." Agni shrugged and said.

"What are you doing with these things?" The white-shirted knight asked, looking at the cargo in the car. There were nothing of value in the car, some salt, cloth, and daily necessities, some of the most valuable iron ingots, and a basket of small apples of average quality, which did not at all look like what a soldier would carry.

Agni smiled and said indifferently, "It seems ...... I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do, do I? ”

After being in the game for so long, Agni has probably figured out the relationship between the aborigines of Cologneburg. Because of the existence of the "Combatant Neutrality Bill", the combatants generally do not need to obey the constraints of the Heavenly Mandate Alliance, not to mention a small white-shirted knight, even the Marquis of Sayer is difficult to directly exert influence on the combatants, and can only secretly rely on force to use means such as sword taxes to steal and plunder, rather than directly interfering with the combatants themselves.

The white-shirted knight snorted coldly, and then said: "The tax increase is a resolution of the council, even if it is a war officer!" ”

Agni was a little surprised, but he didn't dwell too much on the taxes, after all, his purpose was just to get out of the situation in front of him and get out as soon as possible.

"Of course, as long as it's a normal tax, we can abide by it." With his good eyes, Agni had already seen the notice posted at the city gate, which was a tax increase notice stamped with the seals of the Marquis of Sayer, the National Knights, and the Mandate of Heaven Alliance, so he didn't say much, and directly took out a coin and flicked his thumb, "Next!" ”

The coin turned into a golden arc and flew towards the white-shirted knight.

"Ding!" The white-shirted knight took it in his hand and let out a crisp sound, and a glittering golden Echo was pinched between his fingers.

"Also, tell the Red Jacket Knight Eroken for me, his warm hospitality has always been in my mind, and I hope to repay him well next time." Agni said with a smile.

Hearing the name of the red-shirted knight of Eroken, the white-shirted knight was a little surprised, not knowing what the relationship between the warlord in front of him and Lord Eroken was, and he had already received more taxes than required, he hesitated for a while, and finally took his foot away and jumped off the carriage.

"Release!" The white-shirted knight shouted.

Tyre was stunned, but he reacted immediately, flicking his whip and exiting the city through the intersection where the guards had moved aside.

With a smile on his lips, Agni swiped his index and middle fingers together and swiped over his head to salute the white-shirted knights of the Knights of Saya, who were fading away.

Although there were many twists and turns, it still started today's journey smoothly.

Ahem, it's 4000 updated today...... I'm with a guest today, and I'm coming back late, so make do with it, sorry!