Magus Tech (Technological Wizard)

Two days later, near evening.

Li Cha arrived at the outskirts of a big city in a carriage.

Looking from afar, you can see the outline of the big city clearly in front of you. Under the golden sun in the west, the tall city walls shone like a layer of gold powder, and it was the destination of this time - the city of St. Louis.

While seeing the city of St. Louis, relevant information obtained from the Truth Society and the black-faced old man Oscar quickly flashed through Richard's mind.

St. Louis City is located on the edge of the "Rowan Plain" of the Southern Freedom Federation, adjacent to the Soma Empire in the north, and has convenient transportation. It is not only a military outpost, but also a large trading city.

The power that rules this city is the Pangbo family with a history of more than two hundred years.

The Pangbo family made their fortunes more than 200 years ago when a second-level wizard was born, and gradually gained a foothold in St. Louis, leading most of the transactions between the Soma Alliance and the Southern Freedom Federation.

As a result, the Pangbo family has gained unimaginable profits, and its strength has continued to grow. Today, it has become the unshakable overlord of St. Louis City—there is no one, and the rest of the big and small forces have to rely on their noses to survive.

According to the intelligence content, the Pangbo family has the top personal power so far, and it is Aaron Pangbo. The other party is the younger brother of the eighth generation patriarch of the Pangbo family, and the current patriarch in power is the tenth generation, so he is the grandson of the other party.

It is said that Aaron Pangpo became a third-level wizard at a very young age fifty years ago. After defeating and killing many provocateurs in a row, he was recognized as the strongest in St. Louis City and its surrounding areas , Success makes people dare not be enemies with the Pangbo family anymore.

However, since twenty years ago, Aaron Pangpo has not shown up anymore. The news spread that the other party is preparing to attack the realm of fourth-level wizards, and it is still unknown whether he will succeed or not. But even so, everyone still maintained enough respect for the Pang Bo family and did not dare to offend them.

This is because, in addition to Alan Pangbo, the Pangbo family also has two other third-level wizards sitting in the town, nearly ten second-level wizards serve, more than 20 first-level wizards serve, and dozens of wizards Apprentices signed contracts and were hired.

In addition, the Pangbo family also has more than 200 magic knights, including 170 three-stripe magic knights, forty five-stripe elite magic knights, and five seven-stripe magic knights.

In addition, the Pang Bo family also maintains a guard army of up to 3,000 people.

The reason why the Pangbo family is so "poor" is that on the one hand, it is a military outpost, which is different from Jialan City and Da Delan Town deep in the border. It must always prevent the Soma Alliance from invading—although the Soma Alliance has recently For decades, we have focused on dealing with internal chaos and have no intention of expanding externally, but we still have to be vigilant.

On the other hand, only in this way can the Pangbo family maintain its dominant position in the deal between the Soma Alliance and the Southern Freedom Federation, and not be overthrown by jealous challengers...

Thinking of these contents, Richard arrived in a carriage more than 300 meters outside the city gate of St. Louis. At this time, the place was already crowded, surrounded by people who were preparing to enter the city—some came from other parts of the Southern Freedom Federation, Some are from the Soma Alliance in the north.

After taking a few glances, Li Cha decided that entering the city in a carriage would not bring any convenience, so he simply sent the carriage back and walked towards the city gate alone.

After walking more than a hundred meters, you can see that there is already a long queue here, moving forward along the flow of people.

At this time, Li Cha found out that there were people entering the city, and he automatically divided the left and right lines, of which the line on the left was for people like him, and the line on the right was for people carrying various goods.

People carrying goods, no matter whether the goods are carried on their backs or loaded in carriages, must be inspected by soldiers of the Pangbo family at the city gate, and they are allowed to enter after paying taxes.

Obviously, this is an important source of income for the Pangbo family, and it is also a way to ensure their dominant position in the transaction.

For example, cloth, pottery, and handicrafts are trade goods that the Pangbo family does not operate.

The tax paid when entering the city is relatively low, which encourages people to trade more. As for trade goods operated by the Pangbo family, such as grain, woodware, and ironware, the taxes paid in the city are relatively high, and people are resisted from conducting such transactions to prevent the Pangbo family's profits from being affected.

There are also some goods, such as weapons and equipment, which are directly listed as prohibited goods. Once it is found that it is not a question of how much tax to pay, it will be confiscated and confiscated, and the relevant personnel involved in the transportation will be punished.

On the one hand, it was because these goods belonged to the core business of the Pangbo family's complete monopoly, and no one else was allowed to get involved. On the other hand, for security reasons, to reduce the number of uncontrolled and unregulated weapons, these things are used against the Pangbo family.

This is a bit like customs... Li Cha blinked and walked forward, because the team he was in didn't need much inspection at all, and he followed the flow of people to a place less than 50 meters away from the city gate in a short while.

The other team on his right was much slower. He saw a four-wheeled carriage being stopped by the guard soldiers more than 20 meters outside the city gate, and they opened the carriage to check the goods.

There were five people in the four-wheeled carriage, and they were all driven off at this time.

One of them looked like the chief, about forty years old, not tall, wearing gray clothes. Seeing the soldiers opening the boxes and inspecting them carefully, he said with a bitter face: "Master Guard, these are all normal goods, nothing fancy. I have prepared all the taxes to be paid, and they are right here. How about you Just let me go. I am in a hurry, and I have to go to the city to unload the goods before dark, or I will have to pay a fine for breach of contract.”

The soldier inspecting the goods was a tall, thin man wearing light armor painted red. He glanced at the man in charge and said with a cold face, "You think you are the only one who is in a hurry? People who are more anxious than you, I have seen a lot, but when you arrive in this city of St. Louis, you have to be obediently accepted for inspection, you know! You said that you must enter the city before dark, so why don't you hurry up and play with me now. Huh, if something goes wrong, you are responsible ?”

The man in charge was reprimanded, his head drooped, and he tried to squeeze out a smile at the tall and thin soldier: "I dare not be responsible. Since you want to check, sir, you should check, I won't talk too much."

"That's about the same." The tall and thin soldier glanced sideways at the man in charge, bent down and entered the depths of the carriage, and opened more boxes to check.

After a full minute, the tall and thin soldier finished checking, jumped out of the carriage and made a final confirmation with the man in charge: "Your carriage is filled with cloth and a small amount of cotton that will be sold in the city, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The man in charge nodded repeatedly.

"According to the regulations, you have to pay a total of five silver coins and thirty copper coins in taxes, you know?"

"I know." The man in charge reached out and handed a money bag to the soldier, "It's been prepared a long time ago, my lord, take a look."

"By the way." The man in charge took a step forward, leaned towards the soldier and whispered, "My lord, there is also a small bag containing some scattered money. It's a small thing of mine. Please accept it."

The soldier raised his eyebrows when he heard what he said. He weighed the purse and found that it was indeed much heavier than expected. Silently put it away, without saying anything, waved to the fellow soldiers blocking the way, "Let go!"

"brush!"

The guards at the city gate in front quickly moved the wooden barricades to let the carriage pass.

The man in charge in gray clothes grinned and nodded to the tall and thin soldier, beckoning his men to drive forward.

Two of his men were clearly dressed as grooms, one with brown eyes and one with gray eyes. The two jumped into the carriage, swung their snow-white whips, and hit the two horses pulling the cart from left to right, leaving two bloodstains immediately.

The horse suffered from pain, let out a "hiss" sound, and exerted all its strength. There was only a "squeak" sound of the carriage, and it made deep ruts on the ground, heading towards the city gate.

The man in charge in gray waved goodbye to the tall and thin soldier, and led the other two guys in blue to jump into the carriage and enter the carriage.

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