king of the castle

Chapter 205 Kent Town Anecdote

Since the appearance of Roger, the pressure on the caravan has been reduced a lot. 【】At this time, all the orcs were beaten away by Roger's men. Except for a few who were injured and unable to move, others came to Roger's side one after another, wanting to express their gratitude to this young man who saved everyone.

But when these people approached Roger, they all hesitated.This is not due to other reasons, but the soldiers under Roger are watching them, so that these people dare not get too close.Everyone in the caravan was busy dealing with the orc attack just now, and no one noticed how these soldiers appeared on the battlefield.However, just based on the performance of the soldiers in battle, it is known that they are elites who have experienced many battles. The fact that so many ferocious orcs were easily eliminated just now is the best evidence.If there is any misunderstanding caused by approaching rashly, it would be too unjust to be killed by these soldiers.

Seeing that the people in the caravan wanted to approach but dared not, Roger gave a loud order to retreat twenty steps.Naturally, his soldiers immediately followed suit, and let the people in the caravan understand that Roger was not malicious to him.

A middle-aged man stepped forward first, bowed to Roger and said, "This is Bill Cage, a businessman from Mandos City. Thank you for your rescue. If you don't mind, please come to our camp for a while." Will."

Roger originally planned to take this opportunity to spread his reputation as the new lord, so of course he would not refuse the other party's invitation.He asked his soldiers to guard the surroundings, and he and Bonnie walked into the merchant's camp openly.

This businessman named Cage is the leader of the caravan. Basically all the goods in the carriage belong to him, and he also invited the caravan guards.Surrounded by orcs several times larger than him just now, Bill felt that he would not be able to survive this time.Not only are so many goods cheaper for these guys, but they will even become their food.

Just when Cage was hopeless, the timely appearance of the great savior Roger gave him a new life, so Cage was really grateful to this young man.As soon as Roger sat down, he smiled and handed over a small bag and said, "Thanks to you this time, otherwise we would all be food for those orcs. This is a small gift, please don't refuse."

Although Roger only told the other party his name and did not reveal his identity, Cage knew that his identity must be very unusual only from those soldiers, so he was very respectful in words.

"Then I would be very grateful." Since Cage was so generous, Roger would naturally not be polite, and took the pocket with a smile.Roger thought that there were only gold coins in his pocket, but when he got it, he found that the weight was wrong, and he couldn't help frowning slightly.

What Cage is best at is observing words and expressions, and when he saw this, he immediately explained with a smile: "There is nothing good in it, it's just a few gems, so you can laugh at me."

Cage's words made Roger a little surprised. This profit-seeking businessman was so generous, but Roger couldn't help but look at him differently.However, Roger is now a local lord anyway, so he can't seem too petty, so he just smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite."

On the contrary, the castle hub was a little impatient, and immediately shouted in Roger's mind after knowing that the gems were in his pocket: "Hey, it's a gem! Give me the gem quickly, so that we can build the magician's castle." Tower!"

Roger knew that Castle Hub's main concern was building the castle, and if he didn't give him the gems as soon as possible, this guy would keep yelling in his head.Roger of Nye had no choice but to put all the gems in the castle warehouse, taking the opportunity to put his pocket away.

"Let's make it better, don't yell anymore." Roger also said to the castle in his mind: "If you yell again, my ears will go deaf!"

"Haha, then I'm not welcome! Start building the tower of the magician!"

When Roger secretly communicated with the Castle Hub, Cage smiled and said, "I don't know where your destination is? If it's convenient, why don't we go together."

The reason why Cage sent a heavy gift was to ask Roger to go with him.With so many bodyguards, there is no need to worry about safety along the way.

"We are going to Kent Town." There is no need to hide the destination, Roger said generously: "If you are also going there, you can go with us."

"Kent Town?" Roger's words first surprised Cage, and then said with a sad face: "Forget it, I'll go to Karachi first, and then go to sea by boat from there."

Roger recently made up for the geography around his territory. Hearing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Wouldn't it be more convenient to go directly to Kent Town if you go to sea? Why do you want to detour to Karachi?"

"You don't know, I can't afford to go to Kent Town." Facing the savior Cage, he didn't hide it, and vomited bitterness to Roger: "Actually, Kent Town has a very good location, you can go directly to the sea, and you can also pass through Tula The river goes upstream directly to the city of Mandos, which used to be the first transfer point for merchants. However, since a new tax collector came to Kent Town a year ago, merchants dare not pass through there. The taxes he collects are too high Now, as long as you pass by there, not only will you not make any money, you may even lose money!"

Thinking of what Anna said about the tax cuts in Kent Town in the past six months, Roger now knows that it must have something to do with the tax officer at Keqikou.It must be that this guy expropriated so violently in Kent Town that the merchants were afraid to stay there, so that his territory fell into the dilapidated state it is now.The taxes stipulated by the laws of the Thorne Kingdom were not so high. The tax collector collected so much taxes, all of which naturally flowed into his own pocket.Thinking of this, Jie already hated this guy he had never met before, and decided to get rid of this big moth from his territory first after arriving in Kent Town.

As a knight of the kingdom, Bonnie, who is full of sense of justice, hates this kind of behavior very much. At this time, she couldn't help saying: "Don't you resist the behavior of the tax collector?"

Roger took Bonnie's words seriously.Caravans that can travel around the kingdom to do business are not weak and deceitful. Maybe a caravan can't fight against the tax officials, but Kent Town is a place where caravans gather. How can so many merchants be exploited by the tax officials?

"Resistance?" Cage smiled wryly: "It is true that some people refused to pay taxes that exceeded the law. When attacked by horse thieves, not only the goods were robbed, but even the people were killed."

Roger immediately asked: "Is there any collusion between the tax official and the horse thief?"

Cage shook his head and said: "Who knows, there is no definite evidence, and there is no way to prove this. If you pay taxes, you will lose money, if you don't pay taxes, you will lose your life. Merchants will gradually stop going to Kent Town, and it will soon become decayed. So I advise you not to go there, you might as well go to Karachi!"

"This is impossible." Roger smiled slightly at Cage: "I am the new lord of Kent County, and I must go to Kent Town!"