In the blink of an eye, almost a month had passed since Qin Wu left Hezong Pass, and in the meantime, the Han court really sent someone to read out the order that Qin Wu was ineffective in battle, that Qin Wu should be dismissed from his post and that Qin Wu should be pressed back for trial.

But by the time they arrived, Qin Wu had already gone for an unknown amount of time, of course, even if Qin Wu didn't leave, this group of ordinary eunuch envoys didn't have the ability to suppress Qin Wu, maybe He Jin already knew that even Yue Qi Kill couldn't help Qin Wu, so they just read out Qin Wu's charges to the soldiers of the Vertical Pass.

This time, Qin Wu was not in Hezong Pass, and Qin Wu was charged with absconding in fear of crime, but the soldiers in Hezong Pass didn't buy it much, and although Han Guo was wanted later, no one would think that anyone could catch Qin Wu, but Qin Wu was not given an extra layer of notoriety, but Qin Wu is not in Han now, and usually not many people know who Qin Wu is, so the matter is over.

Because he was not in a hurry, Qin Wu stopped and stopped, and after leaving Hezong Pass for more than a month, he arrived at the location of the post city that Ren Hanran had marked for him on the map.

This post city is built on a small plain, southwest and north is a continuous mountain range, respectively belong to the Yang Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom, and to the east of a few hundred miles, that is, the border of the Han Kingdom, there is a certain distance between the mountain ranges, forming many natural valleys, these flashes have been repaired into roads extending in all directions, different directions can go to the Yang Kingdom, the Wu Kingdom, and the Han Kingdom of Lianhengguan.

And the city wall of the post city is also boxy, not only has the outer wall of tens of meters high, each city gate is also surrounded by an inner wall, the root Qin Wu knows, the Han State also built such a city wall in the capital, the entire city is surrounded, if it is not built on the plain to face the four directions, the city wall of the post city can already be the capital of the Han Kingdom, and even comparable to the longitudinal pass, just from this magnificent city wall, you can already appreciate the strength of the post city.

Qin Wu rode his horse and slowly walked towards the city gate east of the post city, although he had already expected that there should be so many cities, there should be a considerable number of armed forces, but when Qin Wu saw the soldiers at the post city gate, he was still slightly surprised, the soldiers at this city gate were not so much soldiers, but a group of bandits, but from their standard equipment, this was indeed the soldiers of the post city, not some bandits who occupied the city gate in this catastrophe.

"How many people, how many goods?"

When Qin Wu walked to the city gate, a scar-faced soldier asked him casually.

Qin Wu said: "One person, no goods. ”

"Not a merchant?" Scarface looked at Qin Wu's delicate clothes made of silk, and looked behind Qin Wu and his luggage with some suspicion, it was indeed only Qin Wu alone, and it didn't look like he was bringing any goods.

The only eye-catching thing is that behind Qin Wu, the wrapped Jiuqing Mountain, although the size of Jiuqing Mountain is exaggerated, but the scarred face of this interrogation of Qin Wu also looks like a person with considerable experience and strength, and it can be seen at a glance that Qin Wu is carrying a weapon.

"Bah, a person, no goods, three taels of silver to enter the city. Scarface spat on the ground and said, a person like Qin Wu who is so well-dressed is not a businessman who can fish for oil and water, which makes him seem a little unhappy.

"So much?" Qin Wu asked, he didn't care about the three taels of silver, but he saw the people who entered the city in front of him, but he only gave ten cents.

Scarface pointed at Jiuqing Mountain behind Qin Wu and said, "Because they don't have weapons, looking at you, it's the first time you've come to Yicheng?"

Qin Wu replied, "Not bad. ”

Hearing that Qin Wu was here for the first time, this scarface said bluntly: "There are three standards for the entry fee to the post city, one is that ordinary people like them only symbolically charge ten cents for a person, which is equivalent to a protection fee." ”

"The second type is the merchant, although the number of heads is also ten cents, but on this basis, but also to pay one percent of the value of the total goods of money or equivalent goods, which is equivalent to collecting a tax, although the post city is not under the control of any country, but can not build a trade city for people to enjoy in vain. ”

The proportion of one percent does not seem to be high, lower than the tax of the Han Kingdom, but this is not a tax on the money you earn, but the value of the total goods, that is to say, whether you sell it or not, how much money you sell, the post city will take away one-tenth of you, if you sell goods worth 1,000 taels, it is okay, so it is still earned compared to the taxes of other countries, but if your goods are not so high value, only sold 1,100 taels, then this trip is equivalent to nothing.

But fortunately, this post city connects many countries, and the specialties of many countries can be exchanged for nothing, and most of the merchants who come here to sell things are not worth their own country, but they are very valuable in other countries, and can make a lot of money, such as the silk of the Han Kingdom is sold to the Wu Kingdom, and the strange sandalwood of the Wu Kingdom is sold to the Han Kingdom.

But since they are businessmen, they naturally want to earn as much as possible, although a percentage of the commission will not let them lose money, but that does not prevent them from wanting to make more money, so there is also the oil and water of these soldiers guarding the city, and guarding the city gate has become a fat gap that the soldiers rush to want.

As long as you bribe these soldiers, you can make the soldiers turn a blind eye, lie about the total amount of goods, and take a little less, and as long as you don't poke out any big baskets or do too much to make the post city not receive taxes, there is basically no problem, and for the additional income of the soldiers guarding the city, the management of the post city is also turning a blind eye, after all, the water is clear and there is no fish, to let these bandits and mercenaries who originally licked blood from the knife edge become the power of the post city, this is naturally a good way, give money to the soldiers, so that the commission is reducedIt has become an unwritten rule of the post city.

Qin Wu raised his hand and said, "What about me, I don't have any goods." ”

Scarface didn't speak, and directly pointed to the Jiuqing Mountain that Qin Wu was carrying.

Qin Wu saw him pointing at Jiuqing Mountain and said, "This is not a cargo, it is a weapon for my own use." ”

Scarface said: "I know this is your weapon, this is the third standard for collecting money, as long as you bring a weapon, no matter how good or bad the weapon is, the type, even if it is not used by yourself, you will be charged money according to a weapon." ”

"Why is that?" Qin Wu continued to ask.

Seeing that Qin Wu was still asking, Scarface was already a little impatient, he was originally a bandit, where did he get so much patience, and this time he had already seen that a group of convoys carrying goods were coming here, it was a fat sheep to be slaughtered!

So Scarface scolded impatiently: "Where are there so many problems, whether you can enter the city or not, you will be given money when you enter the city, and if you don't enter, stay on the side, don't stand in the way here." ”

Qin Wu didn't speak, he directly took out ten taels of silver from his arms and threw them at Scarface.

Scarface subconsciously caught the silver, and after feeling the weight of this piece of silver, he looked at Qin Wu in disbelief.

Qin Wu smiled and said, "Can you tell me why now?"