When they came to Gist, the city of a thousand sails, they had to pay a toll, which according to the guards, was called a poll tax. The poll tax on the passers, plus the commercial tax on the port trade, were the main sources of revenue for the city.

The lord of Gust City was Leandro Ferreira, and the royal family name of the Cesar Empire in which they were located was Ferreira. It is clear that this Leandro Ferreira is a member of the royal family. And his status among the members of the royal family is not low, otherwise the royal family will not let him control the domestic commercial and trade cities.

In fact, Leandro Ferreira is the younger brother of the current king, the most powerful prince in the world. It was with Leandro's support that the current king was able to ascend to the throne.

Leandro, who controlled many rights at that time, also retreated bravely and threw away most of the rights in time, leaving only the fiefdom of Gist, the city of a thousand sails. At the same time, a large part of the tax revenue of Gust is also divided into the state treasury every year.

It can be said that Leandro, who controls the city of Gist, as long as he does not have any crooked thoughts, his status is the second-in-command of the Cesar Empire. Moreover, Leandro was also the biggest money bag in the Cesar Empire, and many of the army's supplies were inseparable from the taxes of Gust City.

Therefore, business wars, troubles, assassinations, etc., these things are not too big a problem to happen in Gust City, as long as you spend money, you can settle the subsequent impact. The only thing that can't touch the two major taxes of Gust City is that it can't get along with the Cesar Empire.

And Leandro was not without military power other than the guards of the city of Gust. He also has an elite army in his hands that has been through a lot of battles. After all, as the most prosperous city on the east coast of the Loma Continent, Gust City has never lacked outlaw pirate attacks who are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and this army is an elite naval army dedicated to dealing with these pirates who are not afraid of death.

Naturally, the Holy Light Team would not violate the treaty here, and after paying the poll tax, they entered this well-known city in the entire Loma Continent.

The River Riel divides the city of Gust in two, surrounded by walls to the north and containing almost the entire merchant house. The south side is older, and around the heavily defended city are many besieged caravans.

There are three bridges connecting the cities on both sides, they are the Merit Bridge, the Russ Bridge, and the Qingxi Bridge. Five large areas surround the mouth of the Riel River. They are the command area, the port area, the chamber of commerce area, the business area, and the industrial area.

The Dominion, as the name suggests, is the area where the ruler of Gist City is located. The finance department, tax bureau, administration department and other departments of Gist, the city of thousands of sails, are also distributed in this area. It is mainly the residence and office area of officials. The residence of Prince Leandro, lord of the city of Gust, was also located here.

The port area, on the other hand, is the area where ocean-going vessels stay, taking up most of the Riel estuary, where loading and unloading workers and fleet personnel come and go.

The Chamber of Commerce Zone and the Business Zone are both areas where commercial activities are carried out, and the difference between the two lies in the difference between dynamic and static. The business area is somewhat similar to the trading market in the park, which is very lively and free to trade. The Chamber of Commerce is a semi-commercial, half-political situation, and this is the camp of the Chamber of Commerce in Gust City set up by the upper class who want to eat a bite of cake in Gust City.

The industrial zone is the area with the highest level of mechanization in the whole city of Gist, with shipyards, parts manufacturing plants, etc., and various machinery production factories forming the industrial zone.

The first area with the strictest military defense is the command area, followed by the industrial area and the port area. Therefore, the most popular among those pirates is the Chamber of Commerce area, where not only do you not have to face the strictest military guards, but you can also grab good things, and at worst, you can also kidnap tickets, so that the characters behind the kidnapped Chamber of Commerce can pay for ransom.

It is in this situation that the people behind the Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to put pressure on the strengthening of the guards against the Chamber of Commerce area. However, Leandro completely ignored this request, and the Command District was to protect the lives of Imperial officials. The industrial and port areas were at the heart of the water trade throughout the César Empire. It's just a chamber of commerce district, and the importance is far from good.

The city of a thousand sails, Gerst, has a very long history of existence, even before the Cesar Empire. In the beginning, it was a group of people who advocated the path of mechanical technology that gathered here and founded the city. Since then, explorers from all over the world have heard about the new city and have seen it as a great place to visit.

In the years that followed, these explorers came here one after another, and the city of a thousand sails grew in size.

The good times were short-lived, and under the pressure of political struggles, the influence of the César Empire, and the decline of the city's own passions, the city of Gust did not return to its heyday. However, it is still an indispensable part of the lives of the people here and a precious memory.

Later, with the stability of the Cesar Empire, it was natural that the rulers would not ignore this city with a long history and great development value. Soon, a series of development plans around Gust City as the core continued to advance. The city has returned to its former glory, and has even become more prosperous than it once was.

The current city of a thousand sails is not only extremely prosperous, but also retains all the urban buildings and residents' living footprints since the establishment of the city. In any case, Gust is the city of a thousand sails after all, whether it is loud or silent, it is an indelible city in the long history of the Loma continent.

Lin Jiu entered through the west gate of Gust City, and the city had only three gates, the west gate, the north gate, and the south gate. The east side is completely sea-fronted. After they entered through the West Gate, the area they passed through was the Chamber of Commerce District. A wide street, and every now and then a high-end car drives by. On both sides of the road, at intervals, there will be a very luxuriously built building with the words "So-and-so Chamber of Commerce" written on it.

Each of these buildings represents a chamber of commerce, and the building of these chambers of commerce here represents a firm foothold and the forces behind it are hard enough. It mainly plays a symbolic role, and commercial activities are mainly carried out in the business area. The buildings occupy only these two streets, and most of the remaining areas are residential.

"Let's go to the port area first and get the task done." Blanr led the team members over the Chamber of Commerce area and headed straight for the port area. They received the goods in the mission, which were orders that had already been dealed, and were delivered directly to the port area, with ships waiting to transport the goods away.

Blanll commanded the crowd and purchased vehicles to transport the goods, moving them from the storage space to the vehicles when no one was around. A group of people crowded around the truckloads and headed towards the port area.

Because they entered the city from the west gate, they were farthest away from them in the easternmost port area of the city. The speed of taking the Riel River by boat was the fastest, but the Holy Light Squad carried the goods, and coupled with the shadow left by the previous attack of the Red Lotus, everyone said that there was enough time, and they could just go by land. The group also took these truckloads of goods on the route through the industrial zone to the port area.

(End of chapter)