Chapter 217 Registers of Vehicles and Arrivals
The next morning, the clouds cleared and the sun was shining. When they opened their eyes to the chirping of birds, everyone was shocked - if it weren't for the corpses lying next to the convoy and the broken wheels, anyone would have wondered: what happened last night was a dream?
In the afternoon, the convoy finally arrived at the vehicle registry directly south of Mammoth City. This is the confluence point of more than a dozen official roads in the south of the imperial capital, and it looks like a fortress rising inexplicably between the green mountains and green waters. After the registration point, the ordinary carriage will walk for another day and night, and you will almost arrive at the imperial capital that all the people yearn for.
The functions of the registry are threefold: first, to collect fees from vehicles to use official roads, which are equivalent to toll booths on expressways in modern times; second, to collect information on the road conditions of official roads from vehicles passing through them, such as the vicious fight last night, the roads will inevitably be damaged, and the repair work needs to be completed as soon as possible; third, to register and inspect the people, goods, and goods carried by the vehicles, that is, the security check work before entering the imperial capital. Although Mammoth City also has gates, the flow of people entering and leaving the imperial capital every day is huge, and it is also necessary to help the defenders conduct a security check in advance.
When the carriage stopped, the first thing Su Ze saw was the large building as majestic as a city wall. It's just that there are ten tall arches on this "city wall", like ten security entrances and exits for vehicles, and each arch is half in and half out, even if the vehicles under the city are piled up, all the work is carried out in an orderly manner.
Seeing the traffic jam in front of her, Li Shasha chatted with Su Ze about the functions of the registration office, and just said that there was still a day and a night away after the registration office, the latter asked incomprehensibly: "Why did you build the toll station so far?
"Are you stupid, don't you see that the registration office is built like a city wall?" Li Shasha shook her head and said: "In peacetime, this is used for charging, but in wartime, this is the last line of defense outside the imperial capital! Although it is about a day's journey from the imperial capital, after passing that door, there is a flat river behind it, so the watchtower of Mammoth City can monitor the situation here in real time." In other words, even if this line of defense is lost, the imperial capital will have a full day to organize a defense, this is the wisdom of the predecessors!"
Li Shasha is well-informed, and Su Ze listens to it with relish. However, looking at her smug little look, Su Ze couldn't help but find fault and said, "Since what you said is so reasonable, have your predecessors told you when we will be able to pass through that line of defense?"
Looking at the messy sea of cars in front of her through the car window, Li Shasha was also extremely helpless, but just when she was about to admit that the "wisdom of predecessors" occasionally had bugs, the picture in front of her made her suddenly smile slyly, and then turned around and mocked: "The predecessor said, we can pass through the registration office immediately!"
"Huh?" As soon as Su Ze wanted to ask the reason, he heard a mighty voice near the car in front of him: "Xiaguan is the captain of the No. 3 gate of the registration office in the west of Mammoth City in the imperial capital, Ma Xia, I don't know which city lord is in the car, please come forward to verify!"
Hearing this, Su Ze understood: It's right to think about it, in the middle of these cheap carriages, the city lord's convoy is simply a supercar, and the first car is a small tank in a Ferrari, and the fool doesn't know that this is the arrival of a big man! The city lord is also the earl of the king's seal, can he be treated the same as ordinary people?
Ke Dai Li Yin was not ambiguous, in order to clear the customs as soon as possible, he couldn't help but bring out the city lord's shelf, especially focusing on conveying that the purpose of his trip was to enter the capital and face the saint.
As soon as he heard this, the leader of the first squad in Ma Xia immediately panicked, and hurriedly opened a passage to invite the convoy into the registration office.
Seeing this, Su Ze shook his head unconvinced and said, "Shizun really didn't say it wrong, officialdom is darkness. ”
Li Shasha obviously heard the disbelief in Su Ze's tone, and said with a smile: "That's right, officialdom is darkness." Hmph, let me tell you, we don't have to pay tolls!"
"Hey, the villain has a will. Su Ze pretended to be disdainful, but Qiuqiu was really disdainful, "Hmph, shark has ambition!"
"Hey, what kind of ball does the master really raise?" Li Shasha just wanted to knead the ball and let it off, when she suddenly heard a shout outside: "Everyone, get out of the car immediately and be checked!"
Hearing this, Su Ze was satisfied, and while getting up and walking towards the car door, he asked in a trembling voice: "I said, the officialdom is so dark, why do we have to get out of the car to check?"
"Stinky Su Ze, you know that you are angry with me, beware that I don't play with you!" Li Shasha hurriedly chased after Su Ze and rewarded Su Ze with a pink fist, and then got out of the car with him.
As mentioned before, in the court system of the Seven Empires, the duke is generally a royal blood relative and a national hero, the marquis is generally a relative of the royal family who has no real power, the earl is generally the leader of many summoner families who can be used, the viscount is generally the king who rewards the commoners when he is in a good mood, and the baron is the pillar of the king's mind.
It can be seen that although the earl is only a third-class title, the power level is second only to the duke, so it is reasonable to enjoy some special preferential treatment without queuing and charging.
However, after all, the imperial capital is the place where the king is, and all security-related matters must be perfect! Not to mention the earl, even if the duke's convoy enters and exits Mammoth City, these soldiers must be brave enough to investigate to the end!
Not to mention, the city lord's convoy is really expected. As soon as the first car was inspected, the small cart covered with black cloth tied to the back attracted the attention of the soldiers. Although the recent cool weather and lack of mosquitoes will not allow the four corpses on the cart to rot and grow maggots, when the soldiers lifted the black cloth, the four swollen corpses like pigs' heads still frightened the group of soldiers in peacetime to let out a disgraceful scream.
Seeing this, Ma Xia had to hold back his vomit, turned around and asked, "Lord City, what are these?"
Although Ke Dai Li Yin has a serious appearance, she really has a bit of the nature of an old naughty boy in her bones. He deliberately didn't say anything about the corpses on the cart, until the soldiers jumped up in fright, and then he hurriedly pretended to have an expression of "Oh, why did I forget this", and said "very self-reproachful": "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Captain Ma, this is all my negligence! Last night, we were unfortunately attacked by Black Cherry, these four corpses are the family of our Kodai family and the Vasily family, they died guarding the convoy, how can I throw them into the wilderness? Take them with me, and I hope His Majesty can feel their loyalty!"
"Uh......" Ma Xia is still young, although he has worked in the registration office for two years, it is the first time he has seen someone carrying a corpse into the imperial capital, and he can't help but ask a few more questions: "This ...... Is there anything to prove that you were attacked?"
The city lord nodded, "You look along the road in the direction of Yak Town, and in less than a day you will see the place where we were attacked, and the bodies of the twelve black-clothed killers should still be there." Oh, by the way, the wheel of one of my carriages was broken during the battle yesterday, if you really send someone over, remember to help me bring the car back and send it to the city lord's consulate, please. ”
"Everywhere, this is all as it should be!" Black Cherry's head was real money, and when he heard that there were twelve corpses of black-clothed killers, it was too late for Marsha to be happy!
"So, Captain Ma, I see that the brothers have also checked about the same, can we go?"
Ma Xia couldn't wait to send someone to retrieve Black Cherry's body now, how could he have the heart to check what carriage he saw he took the lead in saluting the city lord, and then shouted: "Congratulations to the city lord into the city!"