king of the castle

Chapter 209

"Because of your refusal to pay taxes, your goods will not be allowed to be traded in the town of Kent, and all facilities in the town, including the wharf, will not provide any services to you, please leave this town as soon as possible. 【】" Jason said in a businesslike manner : "Considering the hard work of everyone traveling long distances, the deadline to leave this town is early tomorrow morning."

Jason's reaction surprised everyone except Roger.Roger and others refused to pay taxes but were ordered to leave within a time limit. Such punishment can be said to be light and light.If the so-called punishment is only a little bit, Jason is not as vicious as Cage said, but he can be called the most kind tax official in the country.

After announcing his decision, Jason left without looking back.Bonnie and Chris looked at each other, not knowing what to say, and the innocent Lisa couldn't help whispering: "This guy looks pretty good, much better than that bad guy just now!"

Looking at the back of Jason leaving, Roger shook his head and muttered to himself: "A good person...I might not."

"My lord, why don't you arrest them all?" Aken, who was beside Jason, whispered unwillingly: "There are only a dozen or so people in total, and we can deal with them completely. Then the goods will all be ours. By the way, there are those two women!"

Speaking of this, Aken smacked his lips full of aftertaste and said: "It's no wonder Xiao can't help but move his hands and feet. These two women are really beautiful!"

"How many times have I said that we are the officials of Kent Town, representing the law and justice!" Jason reprimanded Akon dissatisfied: "How can you do those things in front of other people? I have already ordered them tomorrow morning Just leave, as soon as they get out of Kent Town . . . "

"Aha, I understand my lord." Akon quickly understood what Jason meant, and volunteered with a smile: "I will report to Mr. Watson myself and ask him to stop them outside the town!"

"Are you those two women?" Jason mercilessly exposed Aken's motives, and then said with a straight face: "You tell Watson, you can play with those two women as you like, but you can't be affected by any Injuries, especially their faces, must not be missed in the slightest, such women can be sold for a lot of money, and the goods are worthless if they are damaged, understand?"

"I understand!" Knowing that money is Jason's most important thing, Aken quickly said, "I guarantee that when those two women stand in front of the buyer, they will be as perfect as new."

"Just as long as you understand." Aken's attitude made Jason more satisfied, and he reminded again: "This time, we will follow the old rules, and all the gains will be placed with Watson. Alright, you can start now! "

Dreaming of being able to indulge in two beauties, one big and one small, Aken left Kent town on horseback.His destination was somewhere to the south, where the horse thieves had been haunting the neighborhood.Although Akon knew that Watson, the leader of the horse thieves, had always been in touch with the tax official, he didn't know that the rough man with a big beard was actually the younger brother of the well-mannered tax official.

At the same time that Akon left Kent Town, Roger and the others also sat down in the only bar in the town.Although it was already evening, there were hardly any customers in the bar.Except for a drunk snoring at the corner table, there were only three or five people sitting at the bar drinking bad ale.

Roger and others occupied two tables, and Chris yelled for the boss to deliver wine and food.For the past few days, everyone has been busy on their way, and all they ate were hard-to-swallow dry food, and now they can finally have a warm meal.

Others in the bar were very wary of these foreigners who had just had a conflict with the tax official. As soon as Roger and others entered, the two guests checked out in a panic and left.Although the remaining few people did not leave, they deliberately stayed away from Roger and the others, as if they were carrying a contagious plague.

Only the owner of the bar can't avoid Roger and the others. Neddy brings them food and the best ale in the bar. The business of the bar is getting worse and worse. Do it yourself.

After the boss delivered the wine, Chris couldn't wait to take a sip immediately, and then sighed with disdain: "This is the best ale? It's better to drink water!"

Chris has always had a loud voice. Although he has deliberately lowered his voice, his words still reached the ears of the bar owner.Of course the owner of the bar knew that what Chris said was right, he could not help showing a wry smile on his face, and said to himself: "If this continues for a few months, no one will even be able to drink this kind of beer, alas... I'm going to end my business here and try my luck elsewhere. But... can I really leave here?"

Roger didn't focus on the wine and food. He took a look at the situation in the bar, and then took the initiative to go to the bar counter to greet the bar owner: "Boss, give everyone a glass of the best ale, and it counts as part of my bill." account!"

In any other pub, Roger's words would have been met with cheers.However, the bar was terribly quiet at this time. Not only did the bar owner stare blankly at Roger without any response, but even the three remaining guests seemed to be frightened.They stared at Roger, who was smiling at them, involuntarily backing away, as if they would be killed if they got a little closer to him.

"Don't be nervous, I just want to buy everyone a drink." Roger tried to relax a few people, so as to get some news about Kent Town from them.However, his opening was even more terrible, and the last few customers were scared and ran out of the bar without even paying their bills.

"Am I so scary?" Luo Jie of Nai touched his nose and couldn't help sighing inwardly.

"Who...who said they wanted to invite everyone to drink?" Just when Roger was disappointed, the drunk who had been sleeping raised his head and said, "Why didn't I get a drink?"

Roger was also happy when there was only one customer left, and he smiled and said to the bar owner: "Come, give this gentleman a big glass of the best ale, I treat you!"

Hearing Roger's words, the drunk's eyes lit up immediately, and he yelled at the bar owner: "Did you hear me, this generous gentleman treats you!"

"Drink, drink... don't be afraid to drink yourself to death." Although the bar owner muttered, he still gave the drunk a large glass of ale.

"I wish you health!" The drunk raised his glass to Roger, impatiently poured half of the glass into his mouth, then took a deep breath and said, "Good wine!"

Finally he found someone who dared to talk to him, of course Roger would not give up, he sat down opposite the drunk and said, "This wine is just average to me."

"Haha, in the eyes of you foreigners, this wine is of course not very good." The drunk laughed and said, "But for the people of Kent Town, it is very good to be able to drink this kind of wine!"

With a so-called expression on Roger's face, he seemed to ask casually, "Why?"

"Because no one can afford good wine, most of everyone's income has been confiscated by the tax collector!" The drunk hiccupped and said, "Everyone in Kent Town, old or young Whether you are a man or a woman, you have to pay a tax of two gold coins every year. Tell me... do you have any extra money for drinking?"

The annual tax of two gold coins is indeed very high, especially in a dilapidated town like Kent Town, where the land is barren and there is no commercial income, it is even more outrageously high.An ordinary family’s hard-earned income for a year may be left after paying taxes.

"Two gold coins a year? That's a lot of money." Roger agreed with the drunk man's words: "So much money can buy a lot of good wine!"

"That's right!" the drunk sighed as he sipped his toast of ale. Maybe come here and have a few drinks to get over your alcoholism!"

"Since the tax here is so high, why don't you resist?" Roger continued to muzzle the message from the drunk.

"Who said there is no resistance?" The drunk waved his hand and said, "But those who resisted disappeared from the town after a while, and it is said that they moved to other places, but, hehe...you understand !"

"It's really hard and dangerous to live here." Roger shook his head intentionally and said, "I'll leave early tomorrow morning, so as not to be 'moved to another place'."

"Leave? Is it that easy?" The drunk glared at Roger and said, "You think the rest of the town doesn't want to leave? Are you willing to pay such an expensive tax here?"

Roger deliberately asked in surprise: "Can't you even leave?"

"Okay, of course." The drunk said with a strange smile: "However, there are orcs raging outside Kent Town, and there are horse thieves who kill people and steal money. It is said that those who want to move out of the town will always encounter orcs or horse thieves. This Be careful when you go, sir!"

Drunk people talk about this, how could Roger still not understand what he meant?Thinking of Jason's use of this method to control the entire town, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly for how cruel this guy was.But Roger still looked very calm on the surface, smiled at the drunk and said, "Thank you for your reminder, I really have to be careful when I leave."

The owner of the bar had been paying attention to the questions and answers between Roger and the drunk, and his legs were shaking with fright.Fearing that the drunk would say something outrageous again, the bar owner found an opportunity to come over and said, "I said Jamie, you've had enough to drink, go back and rest quickly, don't sleep with me and affect your business!"

The bar owner just wants the drunk to leave quickly, and it's just an excuse to affect business or something.But Jamie did drink enough today, and after listening to his words, he stood up unsteadily and said, "Yes... I should go back too, thank you for the ale, goodbye!"

"Goodbye!" Roger also waved goodbye to the drunk.He has already obtained a lot of useful information from this guy, and it doesn't make much sense to talk about it any more.

The drunk staggered out of the bar, and Roger returned to the table of Bonnie and the others.Just as the female knight was about to ask Roger what he heard, there was a scream outside the bar.