Chapter 386 (1/2)

Northeast of Xingmeng.

Located at the foot of the heishuangyan mountains, rime city has a history of hundreds of years. At first, it was only a temporary foothold for some hunters and peddlers, not even a village. Later, with the growing popularity, more and more people stayed here, which gradually developed into a relatively large town.

About 130 years ago, a certain Tianwei holy land occupied the area with a group of confidants, and then successively annexed some surrounding villages and towns, and called itself viscount. In fact, it monopolized the local specialty business within hundreds of kilometers.

This guy's ability to manage his territory is not bad, and he has several powerful men to help him. In this cold and bitter place, there are no experts to compete with him for territory. Therefore, the territory has gradually expanded. Up to now, it has become a powerful force in the heishuangyan mountains.

Heishuangyan mountain range is one of the most important mountain systems in the northeast of the mainland. It stretches tens of thousands of kilometers, with high mountains and dense forests. It is rich in rare Warcraft, high-grade food materials, precious medicinal materials and other resources. Therefore, a large number of adventurers come to the mountain to seek treasure every year.

”It's a miserable day...”

Endo on the carriage looked at the overcast sky on his head, tightened his thick bear skin robe, and the big snowflakes fell down one after another. The rough ground had begun to freeze, and pedestrians were often seen on the road.

No longer hesitating, ento drove two long haired wildebeests and drove to the city.

He has been in this business for more than ten years. The carriage is full of spices and medicinal materials purchased at a low price near the mountain pass. When he returns to the city and resells them to the merchants who come from afar, he can earn a small amount of gold coins and do some small business at ordinary times. He can almost support his family.

What makes him helpless is that the Lord's taxes are too heavy. After the last Lord died of illness ten years ago, the new Lord became more and more serious, and half of his hard-earned income of a month would be robbed, which made many people dare not speak up.

However, in such a remote and remote country, a strongman of holy land is a powerful existence that people can only look forward to. In addition, he has an army of thousands of people under his command, so no one can challenge his position.

Not only in rime City, but in other areas of the heishuangyan mountains, all the influential groups, large and small, are all capable of seizing and exploiting.

More than half an hour later, the gate of the city is far away. This place is a rare big city in the surrounding area. The city wall is five meters high and more than two meters thick. The wall made of large Wugang rock is quite strong.

On the wall, there are many black armored guards patrolling back and forth. Every hundred meters, there is a lookout tower made of logs and steel components. The tower is guarded by strong and cold looking soldiers in full armor. The city walls are also equipped with multiple long-range heavy crossbows, expensive enchanting arrows, and small stone throwing machines.

Part of the reason for this configuration is to deal with high-level Warcraft who occasionally run out of the mountains, and more to suppress the internal forces to ensure that the Lord's dignity and power will not be challenged.

Endo felt his pocket, and there were several silver coins in it. He sighed again. The entrance fee was very expensive every time, but there was no way, unless he didn't want to go to the city to do business.

As he approached the gate of the city, he found that there was something wrong with the atmosphere today. The ferocious city guard and tax Ding had disappeared. Instead, a line of bloody heads hung by the wall. A large crowd of people were watching and talking.

“…… Zarin, what's going on? ”

Ento saw a familiar face in the crowd and pressed over to ask in a low voice.

The voice of the other side had an irresistible excitement: ”don't you know? Today, a very powerful man came to clean up all the Lord's family and his several diehards, who had been publicly executed. That big shot has taken over everything here and announced big tax cuts from now on. ”

”Really?”

”Of course, there can be a fake? Do you see these heads? They are all those who refuse to obey the orders of the new Lord. Now they have been decapitated by the new Lord's men. ”

Endo said with a sigh of relief: ”that's fine. As long as you don't pay so much tax, you'll be much more comfortable in the future.”

”No? Moreover, the new Lord also announced that he would open his door to buy some kinds of special products, and the price was very reasonable. In the future, you don't have to give your goods to those greedy foreign merchants, just sell them to the city Lord's house. ”

”Is it? I'll have to go and have a look

Endo said goodbye to his old friend and drove his carriage into the gate of the city. As expected, he was not stopped and exploited.

The streets in the city are clean and orderly. The guards who patrol the city have changed. There are still dried up blood on some road sections. It is obvious that fierce fighting happened not long ago.

The carriage went all the way to the city Lord's house. Without much effort, he found a row of newly opened shops. Many mountain people like him were selling their goods at the gate. Next to them are soldiers keeping order.

Then ento waited in line at the back, and soon it was his turn. Two junior pharmacists came to inspect the goods in the carriage. After verifying the quantity and quality, they motioned the slave labors nearby to unload. A clerk counted out 80 imperial gold coins and handed them to him in a small cloth bag.”Next time, I'll take more of them back. My master needs these herbs very much.” A lower civil servant spoke kindly to him.

Overjoyed, endo repeatedly thanks that the price of the goods sold this time is at least twice as high as that in the past, and he has not been arbitrarily deducted taxes, which really makes him feel inexplicable.