Volume 6 Chapter 74 - Go back home for a visit (1/2)

Half an hour later, the large transport Magic Car slowly entered the west gate of Laru City.

Hafra jumped down from the passenger seat and ran over to where several soldiers were responsible for watching the gate, heading over to the leader of this troop with a smile.

“Hey, captain Wayne, good afternoon. You’re responsible for guarding the city gate on such a hot day, it really is hard on you.”

While he said this, his hand naturally reached out and took captain Wayne’s hand, as three gold coins easily shifted from his hand to captain Wayne’s hand.

Captain Wayne casually put away the three gold coins before revealing a friendly smile on his serious face.

“Ha, ha, this is work from the City Lord, how could I dare neglect it?” Captain Wayne waved his hand at the two subordinates behind him, “Go and investigate what’s in there. Move a bit faster, understand?”

“Reporting to the captain, there’s nothing suspicious there.”

“Un, good.” Captain Wayne gave a nod before turning to Hafra, “Since everything is good, just pay the city gate tax and go.”

Hafra thanked him and took out a small purse for captain Wayne.

Captain Wayne took it and didn’t even look as he directly tossed it to the clerk from the City Lord Manor responsible for recording the gate tax. Then he waved his hand and let Hafra enter the city.

Hafra thanked him again. When he was about to turn to his large transport Magic Car, he found that there were some fresh flowers hanging over the city gate. It was clearly cleaner near the city gate, much cleaner than the last times he had been here.

Just the last few times, the city gate always looked poor and dirty, but now it didn’t seem like it at all.

This surprised Hafra a bit. After thinking about it, he asked captain Wayne in a low voice, “Captain Wayne, it seems like someone important is about to arrive?”

Captain Wayne looked around before replying in a low voice, “People from the governor’s manor will be coming around for an inspection over the next few days, so we have to clean up. But this isn’t related to a small merchant like you, so just remember not to cause any trouble.”

“Of course, of course.” Hafra nodded. After thinking about it, he took out two more gold coins and handed it over to captain Wayne, “Captain Wayne, if anything happens in the next few days, I have to ask you to take care of me.”

Captain Wayne looked at the gold coins sparkling in his hands and knitted his brows before shaking his head, “I can’t really help you in terms of this.”

“No, no, no, you’re mistaken. I just want to know any official news ahead of time. This is a small matter, just consider it as brothers having some tea together.” Hafra insisted on handing it over.

Captain Wayne hesitated a bit before accepting the gold coins.

“Alright, go in. Come and see me if you need anything.”

Hafra thanked him with a smile before returning to the large transport Magic Car.

“Humph, I was just saying that the Candra Empire is inferior to our Lampuri Kingdom. Look, there’s another example right now. Our Lampuri Kingdom has already gotten rid of the city gate tax and the Candra Empire is still charging it.” When the large transport Magic Car passed through the city gates, Nasus who was driving complained again.

“There’s nothing to complain about here, we follow the customs of the place we go to.” Hafra shook his head. Although he denied Nasus’ complaint, he was also feeling a bit dissatisfied deep down.

The Lampuri Kingdom had gotten rid of the city gate tax system three years ago and the Candra Empire as one of the two empires was still charging the city gate tax.

Moreover, the Candra Empire charged differently for different cities, but not a single one of them was low.

With a car filled with cargo, he would have to pay at least five gold coins to enter the city each time.

In order to save money, he and Nasus hadn’t entered any cities unless they needed to stock up on supplies.

However, even like this, they had spent over twenty gold coins entering cities along the way.

Adding in the thirty gold coins tariff he had to pay to the Candra Empire, the tax he had paid was already over fifty gold coins.

If he couldn’t sell all his cargo, he would be suffering a loss on this trip.

But the experience of several times made him not worry. At least the people of Laru City welcomed his products very much, so he didn’t need to worry about not selling.

“Turn left ahead.” Hafra gave a reminder.

The large transport Magic Car found it very hard to turn on the streets of Laru City which weren’t that wide. After turning the corner, they entered a street that was filled with stores.

“Alright, just stop here. You can’t go in ahead of here.” Hafra added.