Power and Empire Chapter 202: South! south! (3)

The sky in Pincheze is still pure, and the light and weird bottom is floating with a thin back" sometimes gathering and then dissipating, just like the scattered flocks on the prairie,

A city coin built on the hillside was guarded there, with low-rise houses densely distributed in honeycomb style. (Internet Novel Network eTn) It stretches from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, crowded layer by layer, and several yellow stone steps criss-cross like a chessboard.

On the top of the mountain, a large castle with an elliptical outer wall stands above it. The tall and pointed roof is rounded at the top and the bottom. The thick main body of the castle is like a crowded stone pier, which is thick and yet thick. The majestic feeling,

This fortress is a fortress that combines the architectural style of the rude people with the sharp and round architectural style and the strong Vikia stone pier architectural style. It is the famous stone pillar city in the south of the lower part of the city. The dhow was slagging in the nearby sea. With the breeze blowing from the tongue on the blue sea, this beautiful mountain city built by the sea is the base camp of the Forens family.

Fishery and processing industries are the main industries of Woocheze. The small gold-colored fish and processed whale oil in the nearby waters are the goods that merchants are rushing to buy.

Every day when the Wang boat arrives ashore, the merchants who have been waiting will crowd over and put the lively little gold-colored fish into the horse-drawn cart barrel filled with sea water. This will ensure that the small golden color fish will be transported to Shiva Cheze and will be freshly placed on the noble banquet table.

Naturally, along with the merchants, the Dylans family tax collectors with red feathers on their heads and large black clothes, with records in their hands, who drove a carriage with several boxes, always Carefully note every transaction, and then take three-quarters of the payment from the merchant. Put it in the tax car behind you, this is for the Dylans family,

The land belongs to the lord, and the sea also belongs to the lord. Everything in the sea is naturally owned by the lord. Since it belongs to the lord, taxes must be paid. This is the mantra of the tax collector.

In the end, the poor quarter was divided into three parts, one in the box handed over to the local sheriff, and the other in their own small box. . The last one is the fisherman’s own,

Of course, occasionally the tax collector will take another half from the fishermen’s share as their extra labor fee, which they call "pumping water!"

For Wang Min who resisted paying taxes, the tax collectors who followed the carriage would tie him up and let him watch his beloved fishing boat turn into residue in the flames. They were always in pairs. A latte chain, a large wooden stick filled with sharp short nail heads. The kind of black nailed wooden stick that has been infiltrated with oil and sea water. It will not hurt the internal organs, but will leave blood pits on the body, allowing the blood of the tied fishermen to drain in a day, and finally hung on the mast of the burned **** ship, blown by the hot sea breeze. * People do it.

The fishermen hate to call these tax collectors with red feathers in their hats "Tatoricus!" An extremely greedy and ferocious fish in the ocean, always likes to crawl on shallow rocks to devour small fish. , Where there is Tatoricus, the small golden color fish will basically become extinct.

In a few days, it will be the big banquet held by the Dylans family in January, because Shivache was ruled by the Samors, the original big consumer. Those luxurious Japanese nobles had to tighten their wallets after experiencing the violent agricultural disturbances. The banquets that were held every day also disappeared. The sales of Xiaojinji color dropped sharply. The economic blow of the Lance family is fatal,

In order to obtain enough gold coins, the Dylans family set their eyes on the residents of the city. Food tax, sleep tax, and even children crying and playing have to pay taxes. Of course, this is followed by precedents, such as the glorious Dardaniel family.

Naturally, those noble noble lords don’t have to suffer this. Now they are enthusiastically preparing the gowns for the monthly banquet. It is said that at this banquet, the patriarch of the Dylans family, Mrs. Dylans Kelly Will announce his daughter. The coming-of-age ceremony of the noble and beautiful Dylans Rongqisi sister, this heralds that a new round of battle for the heir to Dylans is about to start. .

The Dylans family is a very strange family. Every patriarch is a woman, whoever can be appreciated by Miss Dylans Jingqisi, who is likely to go straight up, become a car is a real noble.

"Honorable sir, the gate tax is old copper. The aisle tax is a copper, and the physical tax is a copper. Conversation is a copper, the total is the old copper!" The city gate tax collector Herbs saw a carriage in the fog Coming over, he hurriedly held a copy of the order number signed by the Dylans family in his hand, bowed respectfully and saluted, with a self-confessed elegant smile on his face, and said it skillfully in one breath. In this case, he has to shout hundreds of times a day, even with his eyes closed, he can say it in one breath.

Holding the order book in his hand, it's just to behave, just in case, if the opposite is a noble or a big man, then he will spread the order book and put on a loyal appearance. Until the big man in the carriage showed curious eyes,

For a small person like him, most people do not want to entangle, not to mention that he still has documents authorized by the local lord, and there is also a small number of misunderstandings that show appreciation. It is because of this trick that Yi Xun's book is printed and concave. Shan has a different body, a general tax collector of Dan Village, and a tax collector at the gate of Buwoche.

"I haven't entered the streets of the city yet, nor have I installed anything, nor have I talked to people. I should just hand in the old copper!" A poor figure came out from the carriage window and said He was not like a nobleman at all, but more like a caressing grocer. This made Herbers, who was about to make a fortune, cursed inwardly, "Unlucky! I ran into such a poor product early in the morning!"

Hebos looked up at the man in the carriage depressedly. He thought he would be able to strike a stroke. Who knew that after a closer look, the hot heart immediately fell to the bottom,

A dilapidated old carriage with a coat of arms of unknown era engraved on the door. Half of the wheel covered with yellow mud was broken. The wheel shook up and down, making a creaking sound. An idiot-like silly fat man showed his head from the window. Although he was wearing a noble dress, he could get his Looking up, you can see a few cheap floral cloth patches on the inside of the cuffs of the dress,

Typical aristocracy. There are many farms near Wuchze. Especially the farm disturbances in Rivacheze some time ago caused many rural aristocrats to escape to Wuchze. The number of the aristocrats immediately overturned. After a few times, it has almost become a unique and beautiful landscape.

As long as he wants to maintain his status as a nobleman while being poor to death, Herbers knows that some of the clothes on a nobleman are worn out, and it is rare to take it off and wash it once a year, because he is only the one that is linked to the nobleman. thing. I can only make it become black for a long time, such as the one in front of me, the dress on my body has this earthy smell

"Less nonsense! Old one. Copper! Don't want to get into the car if you miss one!" Seeing that he was just a desolate nobleman, Hebos didn't even bother to take care of what he said. Waved his hand to the lazy city guard behind him and shouted, "Here is one who wants to evade tax!"

"What! I want to evade tax!" The lazy city guard heard this, and immediately came over, carrying a terrifying long-handled axe and came over immediately. As a long-time collaborator of Herbers, he naturally knew that it was time to How to behave. The city guard looked at Killing Fatty with a ferocious look, and waved the long-handled axe in his hand. Frightened, "According to the law, the nobles who evade taxes must be covered with feathers all over, and then ride on the carriages to parade the whole city! Do you want to evade taxes?"

"Don't, don't get me wrong! I give it, can't I give it!" The stupid fat man in the carriage seemed to be frightened, and he turned around and flipped something in the carriage. Hebos and the city guards looked at each other and smiled. These poor and dying aristocrats were afraid of this. The only one who was clearly poor was left with a piece of clothing, but he had to put on a proper etiquette, as soon as he heard that he would stick with chicken feathers. , Everyone is scared.

Soon, the fat man’s pitiful face poked his head out of the carriage window, holding something in his hand, which made Herbert's heart tight, and even the desolate nobleman, the family also It has been brilliant, maybe there is something good.

"This is a silver Luke, you should find me a copper!" The fat man spread out his palm, revealing a silver coin, which made Herbers feel depressed for a while. But the fat man in the carriage was still waiting foolishly for Herbers to find money. Herbers cast a look at the city guard beside him, and the two turned around in unison. The fat guy watching is inexplicable

Heppers took out a swarthy rag from the next table, and the city guard came over with a bucket of water

"What are you doing?" The fat man in the carriage panicked, almost screaming.

"According to the rules of the car, you cannot enter the city with a dirty carriage!" The city guard said as he splashed water on the carriage, and the Hepers who was waiting next to him immediately put a black rag in his hand, freely Wiped it on the carriage, and then looked at the carriage, as if looking at a piece of art. Waved his hand to the panicked fat man, "Okay, go to town!"

"Then my breast is a copper child

The fat man asked timidly. Was smashed by Herbers before I finished talking

"Six of them, Tongzi, you think there is no money for wiping the car fare! If you don't go, I will deal with the disturbance directly if you stop on the road!" Hebos glared. The fat man in the frightened carriage shivered~IndoMTL.com~ no longer dared to speak.

The carriage swayed into the gate of Wuchze. The fat man poked his head out of the carriage curiously, his silly appearance had long since disappeared, and his gaze around him was more like the look of a hunter looking at his prey.

"Go to Takuli District!" The fat man whispered to Hu Keqili dressed as a coachman. Takuli District is located at the foot of the mountain city of Wocheze Mountain. Nearby is the Wocheze Wharf, where most of them gather All of them are businessmen who belong to the car. No one cares about Fatty’s tattered carriage. Since Samer adopted an open business policy, Bibi, a nobleman like Fatty, turned into a businessman.

Yes.

"Squeak" the carriage stopped at a relatively high-end hotel in the Taku area. Sophie Mocha opened the carriage door and said respectfully to the fat man who got out of the carriage." Your lord, Mrs. Susanna is waiting for you in the room. !"

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