After breakfast, the tax officer Karl took Kitagawa and his party to the mayor. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, due to Leeds' strong protest and Camicia's seemingly lack of interest, Kitagawa's 'Leeds & Boat' battle plan failed, and at the same time, Ryuzan also said that it was time for him to go...

That's what he said.

"It's time for me to go! Willing! My future apprentice, you will stay on this ship for a few days, and then you will come to me after I have built the martial arts hall..."

That's how Chi Guoguo poached people in front of him! To be honest, Beichuan wanted to pinch him to death at the time, but considering the difference in strength between the two sides, he still gave up.

In the end, Yongshan left, and a certain swordsman was left alone on the ship to enjoy a leisurely time.

On the Beichuan side, there was a local tax officer, Carl, to lead the way, and the group walked smoothly through the complicated streets to the government affairs hall.

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Tiha is located on a flat terrain with a small part of evergreen forests in the southeast, unlike Sagos, which is surrounded by rivers and hills on both sides of the port of Worr, Tiha is flat from south to north.

Wood, leather, salt and a wide variety of seafood are abundant.

Due to the influence of the northern monsoon, in winter the cold snap invades the whole of Tiha from the Winter Sea and is blocked by the mountains in the south, so the winters here are harsher than those of Wohl Harbor.

However, in other seasons except in winter, Tiha's geographical location has created quite good trade conditions, coupled with the relatively abundant products, domestic merchants of all sizes are willing to try their luck here, and it is because of these business trips that Tiha has become the commercial capital of Nord after the capital Sagos.

Karl, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, and looked at the huge gray castle that was close at hand with a wistful expression...

"That is the castle of the lord of the city, it is said that this castle was built more than a hundred years ago by Faenyar's grandfather - 'old Faun', those gray and blue stones used to build the city are all from the mountains south of Herrosburg more than 100 miles away, I don't know what 'old Faun' used to transport those heavy stones to the sea to build this castle. Although it is no longer visible after the renovation and transformation of the 'Faenyar', the castle is still erected in the middle of Tiha as the residence of the Faun family. See the red flag on the castle tower? The white unicorn in the center is the coat of arms that represents the Faun family. ”

Farnjar? I remember when I was still in Luge Town, Beichuan had also seen the coat of arms of the black elk baron, which was a white deer head on a black background.

"Could it be that the coats of arms used by the nobles of the Nord Kingdom are all certain animals?" Kitagawa asked curiously.

"Haha! The captain laughed, not only animals, but also many other things, such as Olaf Yar, who represents the Raging Blood Warriors, whose coat of arms is a pair of crossed black axes. Carl had a rare look of pride.

Hearing this, no one noticed that Liz's face behind Beichuan suddenly changed...

(Olaf Yar, crossed double axes, rings!?) Could it be that the man... ）

Kitagawa didn't notice Liz's abnormality, and he looked at Carl's smug look and had another idea.

"Huh? Looks like you know a lot about this. ”

In fact, since the establishment of the brigade, Beichuan has long wanted to let people design a badge, but because there are no professionals on the ship, they have been putting it away. Just now, I happened to hear that Carl looked like he was dabbling deeply, and he immediately made up his mind.

"Where! I've just learned some simple aristocratic heraldry..."Karl scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Then if I want to ask you to design a badge for our brigade, will you help me?"

"Really? It is the honor of my life to be able to design badges for cross-border brigades! If I could, I would love to! Carl said excitedly.

"Of course! Please rest assured that your salary will definitely be yours! "Beichuan has a big package, anyway, now he is not short of money at all.

When Carl was excited, he subconsciously glanced at his current location and found that he had unconsciously arrived at the door of the house where the government affairs hall was located.

"Huh! The matter of the badge will be discussed slowly after the name is taken, and now the mayor's place - the government affairs hall has arrived, this is it! Karl pointed to the house behind him.

Hearing Carl's words, Beichuan looked behind Carl, and the hall was indeed a busy scene, and the most he could see in this busy area was a peasant in shabby clothes...

As if seeing Beichuan's gaze, Karl hurriedly explained: "These are the village chiefs of the nearby villages, and today happens to be the day of tax collection, so it seems to be busy, and there are many fewer people than this in normal situations..."

"Paying taxes? Didn't the tax collector in Tiha go to the village to collect taxes? ”

"Huh? Why do tax collectors go to the village to collect taxes? Carl asked with a blank expression.

"It's not! I mean, aren't the lords here afraid that these villagers will pay less and not pay less? Kitagawa asked in surprise.

"Hehe, it turns out that the adults are thinking about this kind of problem, and the reason why they are willing to pay taxes is very simple, because they know that only by paying taxes can Tiha be able to get more food, salt, and daily necessities before the winter comes... There are even villages that prefer to go hungry and pay their taxes, so that their villages will not be abandoned by Tiha after the onset of winter...", the tax collector took the trouble to explain.

Winter? Beichuan spewed out a puff of white gas and touched the single clothes on his body again.

Ever since he came into this world, he's been wearing such clothes and sometimes rolling up his sleeves to show his arms, so it's been cold here? Will something go wrong in winter? After thinking about it, Beichuan still couldn't figure it out, and finally handed over the problem to Carl.

"Is it cold in winter?"

Carl glanced enviously at the single clothes on Beichuan's body and said: "Adults are gifted, and they rarely have a cold-resistant physique among our Nords, although Nords can fight against complex environments with their strong bodies, but not everyone can ignore the cold like adults!" For most people, the so-called talent can make people feel less cold at most, and most ordinary people still rely on thicker clothing to resist the cold. ”

As he spoke, Carl pointed to his heavy old-fashioned aristocratic robes...

After listening to Carl's words, Beichuan suddenly realized that there were so many people in thick clothes in Wuer Port and Ruger Town before, and this was the reason...

Kitagawa looked around at everyone, and sure enough, except for Balu and Leeds, everyone else had lived a strict life. It's just that Balu is strong and thin, and why Leeds is also wearing a single shirt...

"What about you, Liz? You don't look like a Nord, and you're not afraid of the cold, aren't you? ”

Liz was stunned by Kitagawa's words and then suddenly changed the subject: "Captain Higgs!" Now that we've been standing here for half a day, hurry up and go in and register the name of the brigade, okay? Ken and Baloo still have to buy ingredients, and Uncle Lancet has something to discuss with you! ”

The three, who had been silent for a long time, heard Liz say this, nodded at the same time, and then the three of them let out a thick nasal voice together.

"Hmm!"

(It was actually mended by three people!) And I was speechless... ）

Beichuan looked at the foolish eyes of passers-by, and immediately lowered his head and took the lead into the government affairs hall...

Carl, who was standing beside Kitagawa, smiled at the passers-by who showed strange eyes around him, and still followed Kitagawa and walked in...