24 Cologne Castle

The convoy of the Black Tulip Brigade gradually descended into the farms of the outer city.

Agni couldn't bother to talk to the players anymore, and he leaned against the window all the way down, staring intently outside, a world full of fantasy, very different from the real world.

There are strange livestock working in the fields, elves with dragonfly or butterfly wings collecting nectar, vegetation and crops that grow between the countryside in a completely different way than the real world, and people wear clothes in a completely new style - some intelligent races are not even human, and they swagger through the streets. Occasionally, entertainers sit on the side of the road, singing with a lute or using tricks to win the hearts of housewives and children.

Occasionally, I will pass by some school fields, or practice stabbing, or practice riding, or practice shooting, and so on.

"These are the guild's trainees." "They had just arrived from Elontheo, and they had to be trained to go into battle. ”

"Trainee? Gamer? Agni's eyes widened.

"Yes, we all went out from here, including you, and we will also participate in the next few days, without the permission of the guild, we are not allowed to accept work and get paid!" Minter shook his finger.

"That's right......" Agni nodded.

After passing several farms, the convoy came under the city walls. There are three doorways in the city gate, and the central doorway is naturally tightly closed, and there are two small doorways on the left and right, one in and one out. Horse-drawn carts or donkey carts carrying goods are waiting in line to collect taxes, and pedestrians are not subject to taxes, but they are subject to proper inspection.

The queue for the convoy to enter the city was not long, but most of the convoy was turned upside down, and then the goods were counted and the tax rate was calculated. Although according to the country's decrees, this tax is not high, but it is still quite a toss-up at a glance.

The other convoys were several, but the Black Tulip Brigade had as many as 20 convoys, and everyone was watching them along the way. After waiting for a while, it was finally their turn, and Julien, Ode, and Bernard all jumped out of the car.

"This is our common document, the car is full of materials sent to the Knights of the National Order of the Wasteland, Lord Milai has checked it, this is a tax bill." Bernard smiled and handed over two pieces of parchment. According to the usual practice, teams such as the Black Tulip Brigade are just hunting in the wasteland, but this time it is the trophy of an entire abyss army, compared to the value of the beasts of the wasteland, it is simply a heaven and an underground, fortunately, the brigade has already opened up the relationship with the National Knights, and can smoothly cross the world.

Hearing that it was the tax bill of the Knight of Milai, the city gate official did not dare to slack off, stretched out his hand to take it, and then looked at it one by one against the list one by one, of course, it was a rough look, compared to the previous carriage turned upside down posture is much better, and it will be read in a while.

"Okay, since Lord Milai has checked it, then we won't do it again, according to the tax bill, a total of 14,865 gold Echo." The city gate official put away the tax bill, "Yo, you guys, the harvest is still good!" ”

According to the general income, the tax of a warrior's carriage is about 100-300 gold echo, and this time the carriage of the Black Tulip Brigade has an average of more than 600 per car, and everyone knows that this is a fortune - of course, no matter how much they overestimate it, they will never think how big the harvest of this trip is! The loser's Actor blew up two or three hundred thousand gold Ike, so what is the actual benefit? As you can imagine.

Even if Agni didn't know the specific benefits, this calculation would still be possible, thinking of how much tax the Black Tulip Brigade had escaped this time, even if he didn't have any idea, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and snort rapidly.

"Hey! It's all hard-earned money, and this time our regiment wiped out half of the brigade, and this little gain will only make up for the loss. Bernard secretly stuffed a cloth bag into the hands of the city gate officer, "The chief has worked hard, and this money is handed over to the tavern to relax." ”

The city gate official weighed the weight of the cloth bag, and his eyes lit up: "Yes, it's interesting." Release! ”

This city gate official simply collects money and does things simply, and the sloppy ones let people move the barricades. The convoy of the Black Tulip Brigade entered the city with a huge amount of wealth in such a swagger.

The inner city is much more prosperous than the outer city, and the out-of-production people can always live better than most peasants, so they also have more energy to create prosperity.

Cologne Fort is built on a hill, so there are a lot of uphill and downhill climbs along the way, and the houses are also raised with the topography, and the scattered medieval houses look particularly layered. The townspeople were much more flamboyant and neat than the peasants in the outer cities, and even ordinary citizens were very concerned about their quality of life.

After passing through the living and commercial areas, the team finally entered the church area, which is where the players gather.

After passing through a doorway, Agni felt a sudden change in style. Although the houses are still those houses, the people are dressed and talked

The demeanor is completely different from that of the citizens outside. His instinct told him that these were all players.

Sure enough, along the way, acquaintances constantly greeted each other, asked each other about their gains, yelled at each other, and then made an appointment about where to go for fun in the evening.

Most of the players who live here are members of various brigades, some have a station, and some have rented a church or hotel courtyard without a station, anyway, for players, Jin Aike is the best thing to get. Players are still very attentive to their in-game homes, both in terms of taste and construction, the players' decorations are much stronger than those of the aborigines, and Agni sees some familiar signs, and there is a feeling of finding organization.

"Oh! My dear Mint! A flirtatious-looking player stood in the doorway of a garrison, holding a bouquet of roses, calling affectionately. There was a black tulip on the door sign above his head, and this looked like the station of the Black Tulip Brigade. But who is this frivolous guy? Agni had some questions.

"Dear Mint! You're finally back! I've been chewing mint gum for a day now! The guy made an even more exaggerated sound, attracting sideways glances from passers-by.

Minter jumped out of the carriage and saw that the guy quickly hid behind Agni! Help me teach this bastard a lesson! ”

"Oh! No! Seeing Minte's intimacy with Agni, the guy dropped the bouquet in his hand and rushed over, "My dear Mint! It's only been a day and you've found a new love! ”

"Shut up! Trigger! Stop it! Julien couldn't take it anymore and reprimanded.

"Hey, hey! I'm just kidding! The guy put away his exaggerated expression and tone with a hippie smile, then turned to Agni and stretched out his hand, "Hello, my name is Trigger, the sharpshooter in the brigade." ”

Treig? Trigger? Well, the name is quite appropriate for his profession. Agni Huo thought and reached out to shake it: "Hello, I'm Agni, I just joined the brigade. ”

"Aha! Of course, I know that international students from China will kungfu! Treig shook Agni's hand enthusiastically, then suddenly added another hand and began to scream and start to exert force.

Agni was startled, but how could his strength be vegetarian? immediately stepped up to fight back, but I didn't expect this guy to collapse at the touch of a button, and jumped around with exaggerated shaking of his hands.

"Oh! Oooh! My hand is going to break! Oh, my God! kungfu! kungfu! ”

The fire is full of cold sweat, is this guy a joke?