In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun fell, and the smoke of cooking curled over Feiyun City. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In front of the city gate, a drawbridge lies horizontally above the moat, and dozens of battle flags are planted on the city wall, and hundreds of soldiers dressed in gold and sharp guards are guarding it, with solemn looks on their faces.

"Hurry up and get into the city, wait until it gets dark and curfew, it's too late to get into the city. ”

A black-faced general with a big knife at his waist patrolled back and forth in front of the city gate, with a fierce and vicious look on his face.

However, although he was scolded, the people queuing up to enter the city were still a little unhurried.

The reason for this is not for anything else, but mainly for every pedestrian who enters the city, when passing by the city gate, must throw dozens of copper coins in the wooden box next to it, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter the city at all.

Soon, some people didn't understand, and an old man in sackcloth walked in front of him, accompanied by a smiling face and asked the soldiers guarding beside him.

"Master Jun, I'm from the mountains, I don't know the rules, so I want to ask, do I have to pay taxes when I enter the city here?"

The soldier glanced at him contemptuously, and when he saw that it was a woodcutter dressed in rough clothes, he ignored him a little.

"You have to pay, twenty dollars per person, this is called the city gate tax, which is set up by the city lord to raise soldiers and protect the people!"

The old man's face was suddenly full of bitterness, and he said in a low voice: "Master Jun, you left in a hurry and didn't bring enough entanglement, or if you find relatives after entering the city, you will definitely come back to make up for it." ”

"You don't pay taxes and want to enter the city gates?"

The soldier's face was full of impatience, and he waved his hand and said, "Get out of here, don't waste time here." ”

The old man sighed, his face was gloomy, and he had to turn around and leave.

Soon, some of these people queuing up to enter the city had no choice but to pay money to enter the city, and some could only leave gloomily, and they were not even allowed to enter the city gate if they had no money, and it was rare to pay taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

In the Xuanhuang Continent, the most common tax is the land tax, which is collected from landlords and landed farmers, and is calculated according to the scale and quantity of farmland allocated.

Feiyun City, official corruption is commonplace, and the city lord Liang Chengkun is very happy, only knowing that the development of armaments with reckless military force, coupled with the defeat in Wuji City, the finance is of course conceivable, so he set up a city gate tax to collect money.

The sky was gradually darkening, and night was about to fall, and it was sparsely populated in front of the city gates.

These days, Feiyun City has begun to implement a curfew, that is, the city gate must be closed at night, and no one is allowed to walk at night, and the reason is simple, it must be said half a month ago.

Half a month ago, Feiyun City mobilized people and horses to mobilize the people, intending to build a second-level city wall overnight, but when they were building a large number of buildings, they were suddenly attacked by three unknown thieves at night, not only assassinating the general Mao Dun Jebe, but also plundering thousands of stone resources, leaving no traces.

This matter can be said to be very strange, and the Criminal Department has not had the slightest clue since the investigation of the case for half a month.

To say that General Maoton's death is normal, after all, those three masters are real people in the Yuan Vein, but thousands of stones of resources have evaporated in the world, which makes people wonder how the three of them carry these resources?

For this reason, Liang Chengkun was furious, and ordered the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites to investigate the case immediately, if the case could not be solved for a month, then Sima of the two departments would have the possibility of losing his head, and the curfew was just an emergency measure at this time.

At this time, seeing that the sky was dark, and the official road was deserted, it was almost time to close the city gates.

But at this moment, suddenly at the end of the official road, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and a small group of men and horses galloped forward, shadowing in the dark, and some of them could not see very clearly.

"Who?"

The black-faced general frowned nervously, and immediately drew his sword and stepped forward, but this was an extraordinary time, and he could not be careless, and the soldiers behind him were also out of the sheath, and they were also a little nervous.

Soon, the small group of men and horses came with horses, and there were about twenty horsemen, pulling seven or eight mule carts behind them, covered with thick sackcloth, and I don't know what they contained.

However, looking at their dusty appearances, they were all dressed in animal skin robes, exuding a burst of sweat smell, and with the mule carts carrying goods behind them, they looked like traders entering the city to do business.

"What for?"

The black-faced general's expression became relaxed, and he put the knife in his hand into the sheath, but it was just a merchant entering the city, and there was no fuss.

"Master Jun, we are from Liuyun City, and we want to go into the city to do some leather business. ”

A white-faced man in a beast robe jumped off his horse, immediately stepped forward with a smile on his face, and said respectfully: "It's not too late, it's convenient to go to the city to rest." ”

"If you want to enter the city, do you know the rules?"

The black-faced generals had arrogant looks on their faces, and the Liuyun City was next to the 100,000 Demon Mountain, and the leather traders were selling goods in various cities all the year round.

In their bodies, it is not knocked on the ground, and there is no chance in the future.

"Yes, of course!"

The white-faced man smiled all over his face, and immediately groped in his arms, took out two money bags and sent them forward.

"Master Jun, these broken silver taels, one is the commercial tax and city gate tax to be paid, and the other is ......"

When he said this, he stepped forward and lowered his voice and said, "It's the hard-earned money for the military master!"

"Good!"

The black-faced general held it in his hand, as long as it was a little stroke, he knew the weight of it, and his heart was quite satisfied.

"Come on two people, go up and check it out!"

Although receiving benefits, normal check-up procedures are essential.

Immediately, two soldiers stepped forward and began to inspect the cargo on the mule cart, and received a quick reply.

"Mr. Wang, there is no doubt that it is indeed leather goods!"

The black-faced man nodded slightly, and said loudly: "Let go!"

As soon as the words fell, he waved his hand slightly, causing the guards behind him to disperse and make way out of the passage in front of the city gate.

As for whether these traders are meticulous or not, there is nothing to worry about, you must know that Feiyun City is not good, this city gate is second-level, as long as it is a spy below the sixth layer of the Yuan Body, you can catch one on the spot.

"Brothers, go into town!"

Hearing the greeting of the white-faced man, the group of merchants drove the mule cart and slowly walked into the city gate in front of them, and the night was used like a tide behind them, and soon swallowed the city.

In the middle of the crowd of vendors, a young face looked up, but he was looking up at the sky above, with a thoughtful look on his face.

The night has completely fallen, and it may be difficult for this city to see the rising sun again.