Because of this lake, Sinis Town has become a well-known lake fresh distribution center, and there are many workshops for making salted fish, and there is an endless stream of businessmen coming and going here from the north and south, but most of them have intersections with the local chamber of commerce, even if there are retail investors, due to the lack of purchasing power, it will not have too much impact on the market. So, as they had seen so much of the merchants, when John's carriage arrived at them, they all looked surprised, not like the village that had surrounded John.

John's carriage arrived in the afternoon, and it took most of the day to walk from John's departure, although it was related to John's unhurried steps, but even so, it showed the distance between the two. If you hadn't rested in the village yesterday and might have closed the gates by the time you arrived, you would have stayed outside the city for the night, which was not a good choice for ordinary merchants.

As he walked to the city gates, John was stopped because he had to check for contraband. Of course, this is not the main reason, the main reason is to judge the economic situation of the merchant by looking at the value of the goods, and collect the entry tax.

Although there are regulations on the collection of entry taxes, most of the city defense soldiers will collect some from it as their own subsidies, and at the same time have to hand over to their superiors. The so-called layers of exploitation, in the end, suffer from powerless businessmen. Of course, it will also increase the price of its own goods and pass on this cost to the buyer. However, small towns generally have their own merchant organizations, and these organizations have an inexplicable relationship with the upper echelons of the town management, and they can be tax-free when they enter the city, and they can naturally sell things cheaper, so that small merchants cannot sell them at a higher price. In many cases, for small merchants, they lose money if they do not raise the price, and they are forced to join a certain chamber of commerce and become one of them.

John watched the city defense officers and soldiers rummaging in the car body, frowning, and finally reported the things one by one, and the clerk next to him recorded them, and looked up at John: "Why is it so messy?" Yes, it is indeed messy. Ordinary merchants have their own plans, but no matter how they plan, they will buy from the previous city with the things that the next city lacks, and then after the next city empties the inventory, they will buy the specialties that are abundant in the next city or the things that are missing in the next city, and at the same time, they must also consider whether the loss of goods in the transportation process and whether the weather will cause deterioration, etc., which is also a university question. But in John's car, there were a pile of fruit here, a basket of bread there, a few rolls of cloth here, a few hangs of bacon there, all in order, whether it was daily use or food, and the shelf life of each was different, so that the city defense soldiers who claimed to have seen a lot of merchants were a little incomprehensible.

John took the list he handed over, and at the end there was an entrance tax. Of course, this entry tax is for others to see, not on the account, and John doesn't care about the water, so he directly took out a few silver coins from his arms and handed them over without any pity. Taking over John's action, Chen Fangbing was shocked. You must know that the merchants who entered the city before knew that there was water on this list, and they would try to squeeze out the water as much as possible, grind it here for a long time, and then pay about sixty or seventy percent of the list as the city entry tax - in fact, even this is higher than the real city entry tax.

This man didn't care about any of this at all, he didn't look like an experienced trader at all, either he was a novice (in fact, the guards looked at Selena in the car and believed this), or he wasn't a trader at all. Forget it, no matter which one it is, it has nothing to do with his little soldier, and looking at the casual way this person pays the bill, he knows that the other party is not bad for money, it is very likely that the eldest young master of the family had a whim and ran out, right?

The soldier made a judgment in his heart, but he would not return the silver coins in his hand, but he did not make any more trouble, and motioned to his companions to move away and let John enter the city.

The city defense of this Si Nisi town is very interesting, the general city defense of a town like this is surrounded by wood on all sides, a moat is dug outside, there are four gates on all sides, and then there is a suspension bridge as a passage in and out, but because Si Nisi is close to the lake, the establishment also needs fresh fish to be processed, and it will also produce a lot of kitchen waste, such as fish offal or something, so the town here has a small river that runs directly through the city, and the whole town is built along the river. The upper reaches of the river are residential areas, and the downstream are the various processing plants that handle the catch, and there are separate factories that specialize in dissecting fish and salting plants, so there is a clear division of labor. Whether it is a wealthy person's house or a large processing factory, they will intercept part of the river and open a canal to lead it to their own yard, which is not only convenient for goods to enter and exit, but also more convenient to get water.

The door through which John entered in his carriage was the east gate, which diverged from the north-south flow of the creek, otherwise John would have seen the fishing boats and cargo ships entering and leaving the town. The first thing John did when he entered the city, he was going to find an inn. Due to the catch of fish in the town of Sinis, there are many chambers of commerce, more merchants, inns and hotels are also very developed, and now in the middle of spring due to the ban on support, in the fishing ban period, there are not many fishing boats sailing, and there are fewer merchants who naturally come and go. John soon settled on a room on the second floor near the street at a hotel called Forest Walker.

"Guest, please take care of your goods, we will not help take care of the goods here, if there is a loss, we will not be responsible. The innkeeper took John to his room, pushed open the door and said to John, "Also, your horses are parked in the stable, and you will be charged five copper coins a day, not including the feed and care of the horses, which will be added to the money." The boss didn't leave after opening the door, but stood by the door and rubbed his hands together to finish the conversation. John nodded in understanding, "Then I'll come to you when I need it." I like this house a lot, so let's settle on it first. ”

The boss smiled and nodded: "Okay, the cost of this room is 10 copper coins a day, including three black breads and a bowl of oatmeal porridge in a day, if you need to eat other things, you can come to us, of course, the price is calculated separately." ”

Quite a shrewd innkeeper. John listened to the boss's words, although even if everyone is like this, this kind of asking for money and asking for money always feels bad. But from this boss, I don't have the idea of doing it specifically for money.