"Master Mage, I wonder if you're interested in earning some money?" asked the tax collector with a smirk.

"Not interested", arrogantly refused, he already had no good impression of this tax collector, and the other party's clever way of speaking made him even more annoying. He stood up, said goodbye to Strange Clam Fen, and walked straight out of the house, he had wanted to wait for the tax collector to leave before giving the old man some money as a reward, but he had to go back and talk about it.

The tax guards watched as they walked out of the house, but none of them stepped forward to stop them—although these tax guards were not bad, they belonged to the lord and not to the individual, and they were dressed beautifully and mightily just to reduce the resistance they encountered when collecting taxes. In terms of combat effectiveness, they may not be able to defeat even the most ordinary patrols, after all, they are mainly fighting poor residents or sporadic passers-by who claim to be unable to pay their taxes. Let them stop the mage? Can you get on?

People don't owe taxes and resist taxes, so it doesn't make sense for me to stop them, and almost all of the tax guards are saying similar things to themselves in their hearts.

The tax collector had realized that he had just made the other party unhappy, but he didn't think there was anything wrong, although he was only a small tax collector, but when he had anything to ask for, that is, the lord and his own boss had to grovel. He guarded the tax collector and no one dared to stop him, but he did not reprimand the other party, and chased after him alone, "Please wait, Master Mage, please listen to me, this is an absolutely generous reward." ”

"I'm not interested when I say it", Ao Zongheng didn't even mean to stop.

Alas, the mages in the Law Management Department are not interested in money, but it seems to be true, so I have to say something else. This tax collector had met the mages of the Legal Management Department, but in his capacity, he was not qualified to talk to him, and he was reluctant to be dumped by people in the past, so his understanding of these Qing Xiu mages was really limited.

He racked his brains to find a set of words to impress the other party, but he couldn't find it, but the mage was gone.

The town of Ao Er Gualo is one of the largest towns that Ao Zongheng has encountered since he entered the territory of the Miledan Kingdom, because Ao Zongheng walked around a little and saw two hotels.

Many people think that hotels should be a must in any populated area, but the truth is that there may not even be a decent hotel in a town with a small population, size, or remote location. Why? In the final analysis, this is a question of balance between demand and supply, a small town with a small population, there must be fewer guests passing and stopping, and the hotel can't make money, who will do it?

Ao Zongheng stayed in the second hotel, not because this one was better than the first, but because he didn't want to go back. Since taking the position of a mage from the Law Management Department, Ao Zongheng has rarely eaten and slept in the open, comfort is one aspect, and more importantly, he can better integrate into this world.

Ao Zongheng didn't deliberately think about how long he would stay in this world, he estimated that his brothers would be able to stay in the family for ten years, and now he has been in this other world for a month, although he has not encountered real danger, but the road to killing the god is vast, and he has not even figured out the name of the god.

If at the beginning, Ao Zongheng looked at this world coldly with the mentality of a passer-by, and did not want to have unnecessary collusion with people and things here, in the past month's experience, this mentality has gradually undergone some changes, but now he may not realize this.

"Cha Mou, have you signed up to kill the giant, three hundred Storin are waiting for you there." A big man who was drinking on the bar said to the man who had just walked into the tavern, causing most of the tavern to laugh.

That Cha Mu looked down, not at all like a giant who could kill a giant - in fact, Ao Zongzhu didn't know what they were talking about giants, but the ring spirit reacted much greater, "Giants? There are giants in this world? I thought there were no other humanoids in this world."

"Giants, just people who are particularly tall?" asked Ao.

"Well, you're right or wrong, giants are more complicated, there may be giants in every world, but the giants in each world may look very different. ”

"Really, what about the giants of this world?"

"How do I know! I just heard that there are giants in this world, why don't you ask the people here, stupid uncle!"

Arrogant didn't bother to reply, and directly called a bar maid to come over - no, no, he was dressed up, and the tables around him were empty, and those who didn't have good eyes and sat down when they saw an empty seat were also pulled away by acquaintances.

There is no way, ordinary people have inevitable fear and suspicion about these kinds, who seem to be no different from themselves, but are actually terrifyingly powerful, and it is their most common attitude, especially for the mages in the tavern.

Ordinary people outside the royal capital, the mages that they usually have access to, are almost all secular mages, and secular mages are also divided into two categories, one is those who have a fixed errand, such as seeking a position in the court or in the noble mansion. On the other hand, they are constantly wandering and migrating in order to make a living.

For ordinary people, the latter is much more terrifying than the former, and the wandering secular mage may not be bad, but the temper is really bad, and the temper is not good, the key is that you can't do anything about him at all - there was a wandering mage who was drunk in the tavern, had a quarrel with other people, and directly killed the other party with a spell. He happened to run into other mages, and with the help of the patrols, he was caught, and guess what happened in the end? Neither to pay for his life nor to lose money, the price the mage paid was to help the mayor do two personal jobs, and when he was done, he was free. As for the deceased, the mayor "graciously" exempted his family from the tax of one hundred or fifty geelongs, and that's it.

So in the tavern of the town, for those strange mages, everyone chooses to stay away as much as possible - who knows if you are a wandering mage? who knows if you have a good temper?

However, the maid was not too afraid of arrogance, and it probably had something to do with the two Mauros he photographed.

This afternoon, a hanging notice was posted on the bulletin board outside the mayor's office, to the effect that fifty brave men were being recruited to follow the mages and the patrol to defeat a giant in the forest of Piranf. All men who enlist will receive a bounty of 100 Geelongs at once, and if they succeed in killing the giant, each will receive another 200 Geelongs, and whoever kills the giant will receive 300 Stolin provided by the Count. This Geelong and Storin are the base currency of the kingdom of Miledan, Geelong is a copper coin, which is equivalent to Boom in most cases, Storin is a silver coin, and one Storin is equal to eight Cui Bai is equal to eighty Geelong, so the value of Storin's currency is slightly lower than the Lorren guilder, which is about eleven Storin for ten Lorren guilders.

What is the concept of 300 Stolins? It is about the same as the income of an ordinary townsman in the kingdom of Miledan for ten years, which is definitely a lot of money. Of course, the person who killed the giant was not so easy to become, but as long as he participated in the expedition, after success, he would have three hundred girangs, which was equal to the income of an ordinary person for nearly a month, and from here to the Pirangf Forest, the round-trip journey did not exceed five days, and the maximum time for resting and searching and attacking was ten days, and the average daily income was thirty gilongs, which was also very attractive, you must know that a regular army's salary was less than twenty gillongs per day.

This aroused the interest of Arrogant, not of course in bounties, but in the question of why he should pay more than the regular army to recruit the brave men, who may not be small, but who are hardly able to beat properly trained soldiers in one-on-one combat with weapons. Not to mention group combat. Paying a higher price to invite these failed warriors, is it possible that the lords here are also rich and capricious?

The young maid knows a lot, and the magistrate here is of course rich and willful, but he is definitely not generous to the people. The reason why the people were recruited at a high price was because the offensive of the Great Bogar Empire was fierce, and the kingdom suffered heavy casualties and great pressure, so even these counties that were still in the rear had to respond to the king's call order and send troops to help the eastern frontier. Originally, there were not many standing troops in the inland counties, but now that some of them have been withdrawn, they naturally have no spare strength to send a large army to conquer the giants.

"Since we are running out of manpower, why do we want to conquer this giant now?" asked a new question, but the question was not clear to the maid.

"Master Mage, I know this", a man sitting next to him listened to Ao Zongheng and the maid talk for a long time, and found that this mage was generous and not difficult to speak, so he plucked up the courage to come over.

Ao Zongheng smiled, and also took out two Mauros and threw them to the man, and asked the maid to bring him a beer. The man was so excited that he took the glass and took a sip before he began to explain.

The reason why the county wants to conquer this giant is because this giant has robbed Lord Dujue's tax convoy. And on this convoy, almost half of the county's special taxes for the defense of the country were loaded.

This special tax for the defense of the country, as the name suggests, is a special tax levied in response to the invasion of the Great Bogar Empire, this tax can be overbearing, as long as the people living in the territory of the kingdom of Miredang, except for the protector priest and the people of the Ministry of Law, everyone has to pay, even the Maharaja and the Lord. And it's an independent tax, no matter what tax you've paid, it's still 30 geelongs for adults over 15 and 10 gelongs for minors.

This is not a small amount of money, the tax of half of the county is at least tens of thousands of Stolins, no wonder at this moment of shortage of manpower, Du Jue is still willing to pay a sum of money to crusade against this giant. The money for mercenary warriors is certainly a lot, but it is far from the tens of thousands of Stolins. For ordinary people, a family of five is worth 100 Geelong taxes, and what is even worse is ......

The middle-aged man spoke vigorously, but he didn't listen, because Qi sensed telling him that a mage, several heavily armed soldiers, was walking towards the door of this tavern.