The Emerald Tower

Looking at the businessmen swarming around, Dean recalled silently.

According to his memory, the dead head of the Feichalun Knights will provoke several caravans to fight in a short time, thus bringing a bumper harvest.

Of course, this plan was not conceived by the other party, but by the other party's partner——

Hi, two carriages, four people, a silver horn in total!

After the tax officer asked the guards to check the carriage in front of him, he said this while pointing to the money bag held in the arms of the two soldiers.

This money bag is made of a sack, and it is full of copper coins and a few silver horns - the tax for merchants in Tierland is not high, one copper coin per person, and three copper coins for a carriage; Compared to the price calculated in terms of silver horns in the emerald city, it is pitifully cheap here.

Even so, though, businessmen will complain.

My lord, last year two carriages only cost five coppers!

The businessman who took out the money put the money into the money pocket in front of him while expressing his dissatisfaction.

This is the Lord Baron's order... After all, the town of Tyre needs to repair the road and walls next year. Although the Baron has worked hard to save money, he still needs everyone's help!

With an apologetic smile, the tax officer bowed slightly; and with such a friendly attitude, the businessman was flattered and waved his hand immediately, and he couldn't even speak fluently: Mo, Lord Mold, please, Please forgive my rude questioning!

It is my duty to answer your tax questions!

Molde said, and bowed again.

Once again, the friendly attitude not only made the businessman in front of the tax official gratefully pay the money, but also the businessmen after him. Yes; after all, it is a great honor for a Baron's tax collector to be able to explain to them merchants, let alone in such a polite manner.

The status of a merchant is determined by money, and the merchants who come to places like Tyrell to collect fur goods, except for a few, are obviously those who are not very rich, in other words, they have no status .

The businessmen in front of Dean paid their taxes and entered the town one by one, and soon it was Dean's turn——

A person?

The tax officer gave Dean a puzzled look.

Yes, my lord, I'm from the south and want to find some opportunities!

Speaking with the accent of the three southern counties, Dean bowed very humbly.

Perhaps, other people may be deceived by Molde in front of him, but Dean will never be. He knows very well what the other party is doing.

After all, the partner of the dead leader of the Knights of Feichalun was the tax collector named Moulder in front of him.

Dean remembers very clearly that when he got the news from the spy under the Grand Duke, he was surprised in his heart. If it weren't for the conclusive evidence, Dean would never believe that Molde would be the partner of that bastard Potts ; However, when he read the information obtained from the spy, he laughed at his ignorance.

Molde, the tax collector of Tyreland, was originally the knight servant of this generation of Baron Tyre. Because of his diligence and loyalty, he became the tax collector of Tyreland, and then became a knight after being baptized; ,

Shine brilliantly; thus married the baron's daughter, and inherited the title of baron after Baron Tire and the son of the baron died in battle.

Of course, this is only the information known by ordinary people; according to the real information, the death of Baron Tire and the baron's son was naturally done by the tax official, and even, a year later, the death of the baron's eldest daughter , It was also written by him; even his knight baptism was nothing more than an opportunity to get the knight's baptism by first colluding with the Fei Chalun Knights to obtain money, and then using the money to dredge the relationship.

And the fate of the tax official was not much better. He tried to get his hands on the Grand Duchess by some means, but in the end he was killed by the Grand Duchess who had been on guard for a long time.

Thinking back to everything about Molde in front of him, Dean still had that humble look on his face. After Molde nodded and signaled to pay the tax money, he immediately took out a copper coin. the purse.

Every year, many businessmen from the three southern counties come to this border town near the snowy forest, looking for opportunities to make a fortune, and there are even several of them in the team in front of them.

Therefore, Model is not surprised.

If you need anything, please come here to find me. As the tax officer of Tire Town, I am happy to serve you from afar!

When Molde said this, several southern businessmen, including Dean, immediately panicked; of course, Dean was faking it, but it was very similar, and even Molde in front of him didn't notice it. What; and Dean, who entered the town of Tire, did not wander around the entrance of the town, but began to look for a hotel—although his goal was Molde, and he also knew that the only hotel in Tire Town that included a tavern, Where is the hotel that serves as a restaurant, but Dean is still like those southern businessmen who came to Tyre for the first time, and it took a lot of work before he entered the hotel.

call!

When the door of the hotel was pushed open, a wave of heat rushed over, dispelling the cold on his body, and Dean and the few southern businessmen walked towards the big brazier placed in the center of the hotel lobby. The charcoal in it The block was already burning red, with bursts of heat, and the fireplace beside it provided a comfortable temperature for the entire hotel hall.

I'm Huck, welcome to Snow Bear's House, what do you all need?

A tall middle-aged man who lacked a right hand asked in a hearty voice.

Is there a room here?

asked a southern businessman.

A single room costs five coppers a day, while a bed costs one copper a day. Food needs to be paid separately!

Huck quoted the price very quickly; after all, there will be several strange guests every year, and he has already memorized this set of rhetoric.

Give me a single room!

Dean spoke first.

And I!

Me too!

As soon as Dean's words fell, the southern businessmen immediately reacted and said; however, Huck waved his hand, pointed at Dean, and said, Except for this gentleman, you only have beds. Already!

I can add money...

A southern businessman was talking, but before he finished speaking, Huck grabbed his neck with his left hand and brought him in front of him. His eyes the size of copper bells stared at him and shouted loudly: Snow Bear! I have the final say on the rules of the family, and it is not your turn! You are not welcome here!

While speaking, the tall innkeeper threw the southern businessman out of the door as if he was carrying a kitten.

And this approach won the booing of those businessmen sitting idle in the tavern——

Huck, well done!

As expected, 'Principled Huck'!

A drink to Huck, everybody!

...

The ferocity of the hotel owner and the booing of the businessmen in the tavern made several southern businessmen look at each other in blank dismay, and finally chose to compromise.

Although the single room was comfortable and safe, they were obviously helpless in the face of such a 'principled' boss.

But Dean, who had known about this for a long time, kept smiling——Huck, the owner of the Snow Bear House; If the 'baptism' failed and Kimpton could not save enough for the second 'baptism', and because he lost his right hand in a battle with bandits, if the way of knights was completely cut off, it is impossible for the current Fitzgerald Knights to let Controlled by scum like Potts.

Compared with a scum like Potts, the stubborn Huck, although he has shortcomings such as a bad temper, is undoubtedly a qualified knight, even if he does not have a fief because he does not have the status of an official knight, he can only become a hotel owner. Boss, but his character is guaranteed - in the original memory, Dean, who had fought side by side with the other party, was very reassuring of the other party.

That's why he chose this place as his temporary foothold in Tyre.

Of course, the more reason is because Huck served as an attendant to the previous Baron Tyre, and was once the deputy head of the Feichalun Knights. Once something happened, except for the baron who came forward, the ordinary town The guards above absolutely dare not be presumptuous here.

After all, many of them were trained by Huck himself back then.

And this is exactly what Dean needs-although he has made enough backup plans, if there is a real accident, he can undoubtedly get a buffer here, so that he can have more preparations; The tax collector is not as easy to deal with as the dead head of the Knights of Fei Chalun.

Even though the tax official hadn't reached his peak at the moment, Dean didn't underestimate him; after all, he hadn't returned to his peak state, not to mention, from beginning to end, this tax official was Rely on their own 'wisdom', rarely rely on strength.

Although such wisdom was evaluated as little cleverness by the Grand Duchess, Dean would not underestimate such a cleverness - because this is only in comparison, at least, after being exposed by the Grand Duchess Before, this tax official had a very promising prospect.

Of course, that's just the past!

As for now?

In the aisle to the room, Dean, who was walking behind Huck, sneered softly.

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