Chapter 849: Turmoil Outside the City
Leaving the Moyang City Guild, this way has been going north, from Moyang City to the Yuanzhou Governance Office is only a few hundred kilometers away, not too far, but Yun Tian is eager to learn the secrets needed here, so he did not delay on land, but summoned Hu Xiaobao, directly rode Hu Xiaobao to the north, this way rushed, it took less than a day, and it had already arrived at the boundary of Yuanzhou City.
Yuanzhou City, as the seat of Yuanzhou Mansion, is one of the few big cities in the south of the entire Jiuyan Sect's jurisdiction, and its scale is even larger than Moyang City, and this Yuanzhou City is also the city of Yuanyang Sect, one of the nine major sects of Jiuyan Sect.
It is also because of the importance of its status, a lot of checkpoints and war towers are set up near Yuanzhou City, the so-called war building, is a unique defensive building, it itself is a fortress, surrounded by formations and various organs, plus there are quite a lot of masters stationed inside, once something goes wrong, you can immediately dispatch a large number of people from the war building to deal with it, it can be said that the war building is equivalent to a garrison, but compared with the general garrison, the war tower can be attacked and defended, and the deterrent is greater.
There is a war tower just outside the south gate of Yuanzhou City, and the security of the south of the city is also responsible for this side on weekdays, and the demons have been rampant recently, and even this side has been affected, and people who enter and exit the city gate have to go through an inspection, which has never happened in the past.
This kind of inspection is indeed not a big deal for ordinary people, but it is just a little troublesome, but for some people, it is a very disgusting behavior. In particular, some people with high status, or special status, or people with special behaviors such as smuggling, are very reluctant to this kind of inspection.
Just when Yuntian arrived at the gate of Yuanzhou City, he encountered such a conflict.
The reason is that a group of merchants from the south were not satisfied with the commission of the city guards, and the two sides became entangled.
This southern merchant obviously couldn't bear it, so he argued with the city guards, otherwise, from the merchant's point of view, of course, more things are better than less, and the less trouble, the better.
There were about 100 people in this gang of merchants, and there were dozens of vehicles, except for four or five cars, the rest were all pulling carts, and there were boxes, parcels, sacks, and everything on them, and it seemed that they were also loaded with a lot of things. This group of merchants are all riding low-level fierce beasts under their crotches, dressed in strong suits, and they all look like they are practicing families, but at this time, everyone is in the dust, and many of them even have injuries on their bodies. What interested Yun Tian was that this group of people was actually dressed by Yue Lanzong, obviously from Yuezhou City, and Yun Tian had been away from Yuezhou City for a while, so he also wanted to know about the situation over there, so he left his mind and observed this group of people on the side.
There were about a dozen guards at the door at this time, and because there was nothing to do in front of the door, there were usually not too many people here. Because there is a war tower next to it, although there are few guards, they are not too afraid, but have an arrogant posture, shouting at these merchants.
A dark-skinned and sturdy young man in the group of merchants was a little anxious at this time, and seeing that the two elegant middle-aged men in front of him couldn't talk to a few guards at the door, he stepped forward and said loudly: " We have gone through twists and turns along the way, and it was easy to deliver this batch of goods safely, and we also suffered heavy losses along the way, and many of the brothers were injured, and we also have branches in Yuanzhou City, knowing the rules here, and the fees that have always passed here are ten medium-grade Xuanshi, how can it have risen tenfold now, to one hundred medium-grade Xuanshi, how can we afford it?"
The guard at the door pointed to their bags and said, "Any car here, all of them are worth no less than a hundred medium-grade Xuan Stones, how can they not afford it?"
The black-faced man said: "Can we be the same as traders, other traders are their own goods, and they still have to make money by taking out a part, we are consigning parcels and luggage on behalf of others, these things are not ours, we can only take a little commission from them, if we take out a hundred medium-grade Xuanshi at once, where can we survive?"
The guard snorted coldly and said: "Love is not entered, if you are not willing to pay, you can do it, then bypass this Yuanzhou City, and we will definitely not charge you any fees!"
The black-faced man said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, these packages are all from the city, let's go around, how can these packages be given to the person receiving the package, and our brand will not be smashed?"
The guard shrugged and said, "That's none of my business!"
"You ......" The black-faced man was about to have a seizure, but was stopped by a middle-aged man next to him, who said with a smiling face: " I said official, can you have a discussion, our young proprietor is telling the truth, now this business is not easy to do, the south of the demon disaster is very serious, we are more and more difficult to do, we are more and more difficult to do, it is not easy to safely deliver this package, this profit is small, so many guards have a large family to raise, if even this trip is lost, we really can't go on, and I hope that the officials will give a convenience, okay, we look up and don't look down, after all, we also have branches in the city, what will be used in the future, say hello without words!”
The guard sighed and said: "Actually, I didn't mean to embarrass you, you can also see that now this fee is posted on the city wall, we accept other people's, not yours, what others say, I can't keep up with the boss!"
The entanglement between the two sides was endless, Yun Tian saw it interesting, thought about it in his mind, suddenly smiled, and walked forward.
"Several, I also looked at it on the side, you both have your own difficulties, and it's not your fault. ”
Both sides of the argument turned their heads to Yuntian all of a sudden, and said in their hearts, which green onion is this, and when will it be his turn to come out and speak?
Yun Tian didn't pay attention to the eyes of a few people, but said to the two parties with a smile: "The dispute between several people is nothing more than about the entrance fee, what, is this a lot of entry fee?"
The people on both sides stared at Yun Tian for a long time, obviously feeling inexplicable, but the black-faced young man stared at Yun Tian, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
"Frankly speaking, this cost is indeed not low, a hundred medium-grade Xuanshi is enough for a year's living expenses of several families!" said one of the merchants.
"Oh, why is the entrance fee suddenly rising?" Yun Tian turned his head and asked the guards.
The guards glared at him angrily, and said to themselves, "What does this matter to you?"