"Bofeng City?" Khorin frowned.

"Is there any problem?" Solomon looked at Kehorin with interest and explained, "I heard you say that in the past, when Bofeng City was still part of the Yaman Republic, although the political center was Ruofu Blue City, but in terms of economy and trade, Bofeng City was more developed. ”

"Yes, but that was before, since it fell to the Apuro Empire, the Apuro people have run poorly, and they have played a good deck of cards to a terrible, I went to that place ten years ago, and the Empire will only expropriate and extort there, only exploitation in commerce and economy, no support, alas. Tao sighed.

Tao's words moved Kehorin's expression, but he still didn't say anything.

Max coughed dryly and said, "Chief, I remember that you never went to Bofeng City. ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at Ke Helin, it is true that Ke Holin never goes to Bofeng City, if the blood griffin mercenary team receives a task that needs to go to Bofeng City, he often avoids it and lets others deal with it, there should be something hidden in this, but it is not surprising that each member of the mercenary team has his own privacy, as long as it does not endanger the interests of other members, and does not force others to say it, this is a consensus among the blood griffins, so even the others only know that their leader intends to avoid Bofeng City, but they don't know why he did it。

"I grew up in Bofeng City, and I haven't been back for a long time, so let's go back with Mr. Aglaven this time. Khorin said unexpectedly.

Solomon nodded, "That's good, hehe." It was a great time with all of you along the way. If you separate from this. Or one or two who can't go with me, and I'm going to ask you to escort me all the way to Northern Falmalik. ”

The crowd laughed, and to be honest they were willing to accompany Solomon on this journey, and so far they had not encountered any danger, and part of the reward had already been received first, and if the rest of the escort work was still as simple as it was now, then the money would be very easy to make this time.

Bofeng City.

In the distance, the gates of the city were wide open. A group of horsemen in leather armor and scimitars on their flanks and hats rushed out across the moat, led by a knight with a gold ring in his ears, and a large cloud of dust shook up behind them, choking the pedestrians who were hurrying to dodge on both sides.

"Damn the Apros, I curse them to fall from their horses. In the flow of people who were walking towards the city gate, someone took a mouthful of dust and smoke, and couldn't help but curse.

The person next to him hurriedly covered his mouth, and at the same time looked around alertly: "You be quiet, dare to scold them." Be careful to be heard by them, and it will be cheaper to hang you up and strip naked and smoke. There's no reason to cut off your head with a knife. ”

The man's voice immediately quieted, but he still muttered, "This group of people who killed a thousand knives must have gone out of the city to arrest people." ”

His friend sneered: "It must be the case, they collect higher and higher taxes, more and more, and they keep collecting taxes, and every day people can't pay them, they go to arrest people, and then confiscate other people's property." ”

"If this continues, how can we live? How developed Bofeng City was in the past, since it fell into the hands of the Apuro Empire, they never supported the competition between us and the city, but continued to exploit, everyone's business became more and more difficult, and the taxes to be paid became heavier and heavier, as long as someone dared to resist the tax, they would be arrested, and people would either be killed or directly reduced to slaves, and then all property would be confiscated. The man said angrily.

The people next to him also nodded when they heard it, although they didn't speak angrily like him, but they all had a look of resentment in their eyes.

Since Bofeng City fell into the hands of the Apuro Empire, it can be said that it has become more and more decaying in the past ten years.

There is no way, when the Apuro Empire first captured this place, it saw the richness of this place, and the more developed the trade here, it would have an impact on other cities in the empire.

After the seizure, both the royal family of Apuro and the incoming governor regarded this place as a cash cow and a cornucopia, and when the royal family's inner treasury was short of money, it naturally thought of squeezing it in Bofeng City, because if it was temporarily taxed in other cities of Aprolo, although the empire had great royal power, if it made the nobles and lords everywhere generally disgusted, it was not a good thing for the Apuro Empire, and it still needed to be scrupulous.

Since the acquisition of Bofeng City, the royal family has regarded this place as a source of inner treasury that can be taken and given, and specially sent a governor, for more than ten years, has changed three governors, and now this governor Yi Li only arrived last year.

Originally, the position of the governor was to manage a region, not limited to a city, but the governor of Bofeng City was specially appointed, and his most important duty was to help the royal family collect money.

The three governors have no other skills, but the means of exploitation are not bad, especially the latest governor of Ili, in addition to collecting money for the royal family, collecting money for himself is also first-class, and by the way, his subordinates are also learning quite quickly, but they have suffered the people of Bofeng City.

It's not that the people of Bofeng City have not resisted, but the rebellion will soon be suppressed, like the scimitar cavalry carried by the Golden Ring Knights just now, which is a deterrent force sent by the empire for the use of the governor of Bofeng City.

"If only the city of Bofeng were still ruled by the Noriega. Someone said secretly.

Most of them changed color slightly, and then sighed heavily.

They didn't notice that there was a young man in the crowd who was following Solomon and his party to Kehorin in Bofeng City.

Kou Qi had been paying attention to Khorin, and seeing that he was a little excited, he couldn't help but become concerned, and he didn't notice that his performance also fell into Nafia's eyes.

"This Noriega is supposed to be the one you mentioned to me, the lord of Bofeng City who resisted the empire head-on in the invasion of the Yaman Republic more than ten years ago?" Solomon couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, that's him. Pruss replied lazily, "His record is not only like this, in the previous battle for the founding of the Yaman people, he also turned the tide and led the army to resist the invasion of the Apuro Empire, until the reinforcements of the Binfu Kingdom and the Xi tribe arrived, otherwise the Yaman Republic would not only fail to establish a state, but may have been annexed by the Apuro Empire at that time." ”

"Are you talking about Noriega, who is our hero. Someone in the crowd ahead stopped, probably hearing Pruss's words.

It was an old man dressed as a merchant, he held his head high, puffed out his chest and said: "Noriega is our hero, it is the Yaman who is sorry for him, it is the traitor of Norfolan who murdered the Lord with the Apuro Empire. ”

The old man shouted angrily, and the people who were about his age in the crowd also showed an indescribable look, as if they were not angry, as if they were depressed.

"Didn't Bofeng City belong to Yaman before, and why did Noriega be killed by the Yamans?" said a young man who was puzzled, and looked at his expression and tone as if he had doubts.

The people led by the old man just now immediately looked at each other angrily, but fortunately, the old man next to him hurriedly pulled him behind him, and then apologized to everyone.

The old man from before was still angry, looked at Solomon and the others, and then said: "These people are from afar, the city lord of Noriega died in battle for the people of the whole city, if it wasn't for the protection of Bofeng City, he would have been able to get out by himself." ”

His voice became lower and lower, and everyone's faces changed again, and the elder who grabbed the young man just now quietly slapped his nephew and said in a low voice: "Pay attention to speaking in front of the people of Bofeng City in the future, there is still a statue of Noriega in the city." ”

"Is there still a statue of Noriega in the city?" The young man was even more surprised, since Noriega was an enemy of the empire and died in battle, how could there still be a statue of him in the city.

"Yes, and the statue of Noriega, because it was the people of the city who asked for it from the Empire. The old man said in a deep voice.

It turned out that after Noriega died in battle, although Bofeng City surrendered, it asked the Apuro Empire to commemorate the former city lord, the Apuro Empire in order to rule Bofeng City smoothly, and at the same time, the two legendary powerhouses who fought to the death with Noriega also admired Noriega very much, one of the two legendary powerhouses was one of the four generals of the empire, and the other was a member of the royal family, and his status was extremely high, so the Apuro Empire agreed to the request to erect a statue for him.

"So, does Noriega have any descendants?" asked the young man curiously.

"No more. Someone lamented, "There was a son who died when the city was broken." ”

Khorin's lips squirmed a few times, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The flow of people continued onward, and finally approached the city gates, where they were inspected by the guards.

This so-called inspection is not strict, because if you are willing to bribe, the guards will check sloppily and let people in.

Solomon and the others lined up, slowly passing through the inspection with the flow of people in front, and when it was their turn, Solomon also handed over dozens of Eprolo silver coins from the good flow, and passed smoothly.

When they entered the city, everyone had just breathed a sigh of relief, when they suddenly heard the clamor of people turning their horses behind them.

Looking back, it turned out that the cavalry that had gone out of the city before had returned, but they had captured a lot of people and tied them together with ropes, in the shape of a dragon, just like the slave catching team had dealt with the captured wood elves, and the rope of the first person was tied to a cavalryman's horse, pulling forward, and there were also a few cavalry guards behind, as long as he walked slowly, there would be a leather whip to whip over.

"Hurry up, you poor devils and sluts!" the horseman scolded.

It was not the first time that people on both sides parted with suppressed anger, especially since the arrival of the new governor, and as long as he could not pay the taxes he demanded, this would happen.

One of the children dodged a little slower, and the knight of the Golden Ring, led by him, also whipped down.

At this moment, a figure rushed out quickly, grabbed the child by the waist, and then rolled on the spot, dodging the whip in time.

The knight of the Golden Ring on the horse was stunned for a moment, and the next moment he jumped off his horse and pressed towards the man. (To be continued......)