Dearlando and Achille pulled the horse aside and moved out of the way for Zoya's carriage. The luxurious carriages barely walked on this not wide mountain road, and almost the entire road was occupied. The head of Lan Li followed closely behind Zhuoya, holding the long notebook he usually carried with him in his hand, and he was counting something all the way.

As soon as the carriage passed, Diarlando and Achilli followed, and everyone was a little eager to enter the city and see it for real.

"Brother Diel, have you been here before?" Luna put her hand on the pergola and looked at the devolved city, she pointed to the huge glittering ring-shaped building by the sea and asked, "What is that?"

"I've been here before~ Bai Moddy is interesting, you can buy anything in the world here. Even if you live here for half a year, you can always find something new. The ring you are talking about should be the residence of Governor Bai Modi, and the ring in the sea farther away should be the Xinghai Grand Theater. Diarrando looked in the direction Luna was pointing, and there were two particularly eye-catching buildings, because he didn't know which one Luna asked, so he simply said it together.

"What did you do before?" Dino asked curiously, nibbling on the core of everything.

"When I was in school, I was tasked with delivering a message to an arms dealer here. Diarrando did not say that he had been here many times after becoming the crown prince to fulfill the king's orders, after all, Achille and Luna did not know their identities.

But Dino asked again: "What do you go to school? I hate going to school the most, it's so annoying to read and write, and arithmetic." Elena always asked me to learn arithmetic, and said that I would take care of the accounts of the mill in the future. My father was a mercenary, and I wanted to wander around like that, hack monsters, take treasures, and marry a princess!"

Luna and Achille's expressions were wonderful, and Achille knew who Dino was, so he had to try to hold back his laughter. Luna always thought that Dino was Diarlando's illegitimate son, so when she heard about marrying a princess at this moment, she immediately became a little angry. But because of Dierlando's face, he didn't want to quarrel with Dino in person. And Dino is so fierce that he can beat people! Although he came over later and apologized solemnly, Luna still hated him a little.

Diarrando sighed with a headache, then flicked Dino's head with his finger and whispered, "You forgot, now you are my son, say it." ”

Dino reacted immediately, subconsciously covering his mouth and looking at Luna and Achille. Luna snorted and turned her head at his gaze, and Achille responded to Dino's gaze with a playful expression.

"That's it anyway!weishenme, you're going to go to school, what the hell did you learn? Dino shook his hand in frustration, intending to fool him around.

"I went to a knight's school, and Baron Lejo paid for me to go there. You can fight every day, you can eat and sleep with many knight apprentices of the same age, and complete various tasks together. After all, you can't be rude in front of noble ladies, so you have to learn a lot of manners and something. ”

Dino wrinkled his nose and concluded with disgust: "Sounds interesting, but overall it seems boring." ”

"Haha, you're right. But no matter what happened during that time, it's still interesting to see now, and I hope you can have a chance to experience it too. Dearlando reminisced a little nostalgic about the carefree days of those years, and if time could be turned back, I really hope that I would always be at that age and not grow up.

"If you rub my hair all the time, I'll be bald!" like the old man in the Lejo family, there is no hair in the middle of his head!" Dino finally complained loudly because of Dierlando's habit of rubbing his hair, causing the other three to daxiao at once.

After laughing, Luna pointed to the governor's palace and continued to ask, "What about the weishenme governor's palace half in the water, and if the sea rises, won't it be flooded?" After a period of travel, the clever Luna, the head of Lanli, and Zoya learned a lot about nature and geography, so she was particularly curious about the unreasonable building.

"That Ah ...... The design of the Doge's Palace is very special. Because there is a very special totem knight living in it. He can turn into a shark and protect the citizens in the sea and in the river, no matter who the mayor is, but half of it belongs to the French Shark Knight. The half you see is in the water......"

Diarrando's introduction was not finished, because there seemed to be something wrong with Zoya in front. The gate guards set up a new checkpoint at the foot of the mountain, and a makeshift barricade pulled up by wood and wire blocked her path. There are also some stranded passengers next to them, who are squatting on the side of the road with frowns.

There was still a distance of about 500 feet from this barricade to the earthen gate, and unlike the usual crowds, the gate was almost completely empty today.

Dearlando waved his hand to signal Achille to step back, and he used some force on the horse's belly to make it to the level quickly.

“...... It doesn't matter what kind of circus you are, taxes are taxes, and don't think about a penny less. A tall, thin man with a crooked nose and very small eyes shouted impatiently. Zoya had a beautifully printed name card in her hand, which was an invitation to the Xinghai Grand Theater, and in the past, as long as she held such an invitation, any juggler could enter Bai Modi's for free. Now that I don't know how to change the rules, Zoya and Lan Li look at each other.

"What's wrong?" Diarlando leaned over, jumped off his horse and asked curiously, "What if we don't pay taxes to go in?"

Zoya shook her head, I don't know if it was intentional, she patted Diarlandor on the shoulder exaggeratedly, and complained well: "You don't know how expensive the tax rate he gives, although we can pay it together, but this show is not profitable at all! ”

"Hmph! It's the same every gate, all places have raised tax rates, who doesn't know that there is a mess everywhere now, only our city can provide the most stable and safe protection. We have a dragon to take care of here, and you strangers only know how to come here to earn money, but you have no gratitude in return. The addition is the Citizen Safety Stamp Duty, and everyone who enters Bai Modi has to collect it, not only people, but also your horses, and the mules and bears in the back!

The gatekeeper spotted the animals carried by the circus behind him, pointed at the animals, and shouted even louder.

Diarrando frowned, rather dissatisfied with the attitude of this soldier, Augustus's guards had never dared to be so arrogant before. Although Bai Modi has always been known for collecting heavy taxes on small traders and poor people, he did not expect it to be so exploited now.

"How much does it cost?" Diarlando's face turned cold, and the captain of the garrison suddenly stood up straight unconsciously, and the invisible sense of oppression on the young man in front of him wearing an ordinary shirt and trousers made him dare not shout loudly anymore.

Behind them, the soldiers who had been standing loosely and hiding in the shadows of the trees noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and they came over one after another to see what had happened.

The captain of the guard pointed to the sign next to him, on which dozens of lines of charging standards were written in lingua franca.

[Poll tax: three silver coins.]

Vehicle occupation tax: 15 copper coins per car (5 copper coins will be charged for the dilapidated vehicle.) ）

Traffic Tax: Horse (10 Copper Coins)

Donkey and Mule (8 copper coins)

Other Large Animals (20 Bronze Coins)

Special Animal Management Tax: Poultry Incl Goods (1 Copper Horn)

Livestock including cargo (two copper horns)

Dangerous creatures - Anything that is likely to cause casualties, including pets (one silver coin).

......]

Dearlando hurriedly scanned the long list, and at the bottom of it was a line of bold red text.

(The above taxes and fees will be added to the total amount of the dragon protection tax, and the amount will be fully dedicated to the Golden Dome Palace.) ）

"How can this be......" Diarlando became more and more angry, and was about to have a seizure, when a hurried sound of horses' hooves sounded from the direction of the city gate. A man was riding a horse and shouting something from afar, and was rushing through the earthen gate.

The man was wearing a clerk's uniform with black vertical stripes on a blue background, a feather tricorn hat with a black background and blue edges on his head, black trousers and black soft-soled shoes. A small silk cloak hung behind him, fluttering up and down at the moment because of the horse's jolting.

"I'm sorry~!I'm late!" The red horse equipped with exquisite harness quickly ran to the side of the checkpoint, and the visitor showed an octagonal badge, and all the gatekeepers immediately stood in two neat rows, their chests were high, and their noses were almost up to the sky.

"Hello Captain Ed, I was ordered to pick up people, but I didn't expect to encounter a congestion on the road, just over the side of the waterside cloister Short Willow Lane. The man who spoke was about thirty-five years old, with a shrewd and capable face, and a fairer face with two curly mustaches, which moved as he spoke.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to come to our tumen with a big ride, Secretary Raymond. Who are you going to pick up?"

Raymond dismounted, looked at Zoya Lanli and Diarlando, his eyes stayed on Diarrando for a while, then turned his head to Zoya and gave a hat salute, smiled and said, "I have been waiting for a long time." ”