Half an hour later, the large freight magic locomotive slowly stopped outside the west gate of Laru.

Khafra jumped out of the passenger seat and trotted all the way to the soldiers of the city defense army of Laru, who were guarding the city gates, and greeted the leader with a smile on his face.

"Hey, Captain Wayne, good afternoon. It's hard to be here to guard the city gate on such a hot day. ”

As he spoke, his hand passed over without a trace, and he shook it with Captain Vane's outstretched hand, which was very naturally outstretched, and the three gold coins in his hand were easily transferred to Captain Vane's hand.

Captain Vane gently rubbed the three gold coins in his hand, and a friendly smile immediately appeared on his originally strict face.

"Haha, this is the work assigned by the city lord, who dares to slack off. Captain Vane waved his hand at the two men behind him. "Go, check what's in the car. Hurry up, understand?"

The two men didn't understand what he meant, so they climbed into the back compartment of the large freight magic locomotive, inspected it twice, and soon jumped down again.

"Report to the captain, nothing suspicious has been found on it. ”

"Well, that's good. Captain Vane nodded, turned to Khafre, and said, "Since Yiqiē is normal, then pay the gate tax and go in." ”

Khafre thanked him repeatedly, then took out a small purse from his bosom and handed it to Captain Vain.

Captain Vane took it casually, didn't look at it, and threw it directly to the clerk of the city lord's mansion who was responsible for collecting the gate tax. Hand wave. Motioned to Khafre that they could go in.

Khafre thanked him repeatedly. He was about to turn around and return to the large freight magic locomotive, but when he turned his head, he suddenly found that there were a lot of flowers hanging on the city gate, and the area near the city gate was obviously much cleaner than when he came the first few times, obviously after cleaning.

Even the beggars and homeless people who had been seen near the city gate every time I had visited the city a few times before, were not seen now.

This situation suddenly made Hafra a little strange, and after thinking about it, he asked Captain Vane in a low voice, "Captain Vane." Look, are there some big names coming?"

Captain Vane looked left and right, and replied in a low voice: "Someone from the Provincial Governor's Mansion is going to inspect in the past two days, so we have to deal with it. But this has nothing to do with a small businessman like you, just remember to be honest and don't make trouble. ”

"Of course, of course. Khafre nodded repeatedly, groaned slightly, wiped his hand, and with two more gold coins in his hand, he handed it to Captain Vane. "Captain Wayne. If there is anything going on these days, please take care of it. ”

Captain Vane glanced at the glitter of gold in his hand. frowned slightly, and shook his head slightly: "I can't do this kind of thing, and I can't help you anything." ”

"No, no, no, you're mistaken, I just hope that if there's any news, you'll let me know in advance. This is a little meaning, so you should invite the brothers to have a cup of tea. Khafre still insisted on passing his hand.

Captain Vane hesitated for a moment, then accepted the gold coin honestly and unceremoniously.

"Alright, let's go in, I'll watch if there's anything. ”

Khafra smiled and thanked him and returned to the large freight magic locomotive.

"Hmph, just now I was still saying that the Candela Empire is inferior to our Lampari Kingdom, you see, there is a ready-made example now. All the cities of our Lampari Kingdom have long since abolished the gate tax, and the Candela Empire is still collecting it. As soon as the large freight magic locomotive crossed the city gates, Nasus, who was in charge of driving, complained.

"There's nothing to complain about, you have to follow the rules wherever you go. Khafra shook his head, and although he had rejected Nasus's complaints, he did have some dissatisfaction in his heart.

Since the Lampari Kingdom abolished the system of collecting gate taxes in all cities in the kingdom three years ago, the Candela Empire, one of the two major empires, continues to collect them.

And although the gate tax of the Candela Empire is different from place to place, it is not low.

He pulled a truckload of goods like this, and every time he entered a city, he had to pay a minimum gate tax of hardware coins.

Along the way, in order to avoid paying more taxes at the gates, he and Nasus never entered any city except for necessary supplies.

However, even so, he still paid a gate tax of more than twenty gold coins along the way.

Coupled with the customs duty of thirty gold coins paid to enter the Candela Empire, he had already paid more than fifty gold coins in taxes before the goods were sold.

If he can't sell this truckload of goods, he will lose a lot of money this time.

However, the previous experience made him not worry too much about this, at least the people in Lalu City were still very welcome to the goods he brought this time, and they did not worry about selling them at all.

"Turn left ahead. Khafre reminded.

The large freight magic locomotive made a difficult turn on the modest lanes of the city of Larue and entered a street that looked like it was full of shops on both sides.

"Alright, just stop here, you can't get in ahead. Khafra replied.

Nasus stopped the large freight molocomotive, and Hafre jumped out of the car and walked quickly into a shop on the left side of the shopping street in La Rue.

A moment later, Khafre walked out of the shop with a few strong men and a middle-aged man.

Without saying a word, the strong men climbed directly into the back compartment of the magic locomotive and began to move the goods on it downward, acting very skillfully, obviously not the first time to do this kind of thing.

When Nasus, who was in the car, saw the middle-aged man beside Khafre, he immediately jumped out of the car, rushed to him, and shouted, "Uncle!"

This middle-aged man is none other than Khafre's eldest brother, Nasus's eldest brother Berprado.

More than 20 years ago, due to the great famine in the Lampari Kingdom, Prado, who was almost 20 years old at the time, left the Lampari Kingdom all the way in order not to add a burden to his family, and finally settled in the city of Lalu in the Candela Empire by chance, and after more than ten years of hard work. Now there is a small shop pù here. Life is not bad.

As early as six years ago. After living a stable life, Prado reconnected with his family who were still in the kingdom of Lampari and returned to meet his family.

After that, the correspondence between the two sides was quite frequent, but because of the distance, they rarely met.

It wasn't until this new agreement signed between the Lampari Kingdom and the Candela Empire that the Candela Empire opened its domestic market to the Lampari Kingdom, and Khafre had an idea to transport the goods of the Lampari Kingdom to the Candela Empire to sell, which was another real connection.

"Hmm. Attaboy. The last time I went back, you weren't even in my chest, and I didn't think that in just a few years, you were already taller than me. And he's so strong, not bad......" Looking at Nasus's mental appearance, Prado nodded approvingly.

"Hehe, uncle, it's been six years, and I'm almost eighteen now, of course I'm taller. Nasus touched his head. I'm a little embarrassed. "Besides, I eat meat every day now, and of course I grow fast. ”

"Eat meat every day?" said Prado, surprised. "You have meat to eat every day?"

"yes. Nasus pouted. "I didn't eat any meat for two days in a row. My mouth is almost fading into something. ”

Prado glanced at Nasus with a strange expression, then turned to look at Khafre.

"Is life really so good at home now?"

Khafre smiled and nodded, "Well, life in our Lampari Kingdom is completely different now. Big brother, if you have time, you should go back and see more, it is guaranteed to surprise you. ”

"Yes, uncle, the current kingdom of Lampari is completely different from six years ago. Compared to that, I don't think the Candela Empire is ...... in many places."

"Ahem......" Khafra interrupted Nasus with a sudden and heavy cough. "Big brother, what I just said was serious. If you have time, you can go back and see more, your parents are old now, and I don't know how many years they can live, I must be happy if you can go back and see them more. Besides, now that I have this magic locomotive, it won't take much time to go back, so it's very convenient. ”

"It's just that it took us two days to come from the kingdom of Lampari this time. It's as dramatic as the last time you went back, and it took almost a month to get along the way. Nasus interjected again.

"This ......" Prado blinked, looking a little dazed, as if for a moment he couldn't accept what Khafra and Nasus were saying.

But after thinking about it for a while, he was finally awakened by the affection in his heart and nodded heavily.

"Okay, in that case, after selling this batch of goods this time, I'll go back with you to see my parents. Anyway, Khafre, you always say that there are a lot of business opportunities in the Lampari kingdom, so I'll go back and see if I can see any opportunities by the way, it will be even better. ”

Seeing that Prado agreed, Hafra and Nasus immediately smiled excitedly.

Prado has been away from home for more than 20 years, and only went back six years ago, and his elderly parents at home are very concerned about him.

If he can go back, the old people will be very happy.

"Haha, big brother, then let's work hard, sell out this batch of goods, and go home early!" Hafre said happily.

"It also depends on what you ship this time, if the goods are not good, it will not be so easy to sell. Prado shook his head.

Khafra smiled confidently: "Don't worry, every time I ship something, it is guaranteed to sell quickly, don't believe it." ”

With that, Khafra pulled Prado to the back car of the magic locomotive, took a bag of goods from a worker in charge of handling, and tore it open with both hands, revealing the goods inside.

Prado glanced at it and immediately gasped.

"Gods, Khafre, where did you get so much money for so many good goods?"

Khafre smiled: "Big brother, if I sue you that all these goods will cost me less than a thousand gold coins, do you believe it or not?"

Prado gave him a startled look, his expression full of disbelief. (To be continued......)