Chapter 74

Half an hour later, the large magic freight locomotive slowly stopped outside the west gate of Lalu City.

Hafre jumped down from the co-pilot seat, trotted all the way to the Lalu city defense soldiers who were in charge of guarding the city gate, and greeted the leading squad leader with a smile on his face.

"Hey, Captain Wayne, good afternoon. It's really hard to be here to guard the city gate on such a hot day."

While speaking, he passed his hand over without a trace, and held it together with the hand that Captain Wayne extended out very naturally, and the three gold coins caught in his hand were easily transferred to Captain Wayne's hand.

Captain Wayne lightly stroked the three gold coins in his hand, and a friendly smile immediately appeared on his serious face.

"Haha, this is the job assigned by the city lord, who dares to neglect it." Captain Wayne said and waved to the two subordinates behind him. "Go, check what's on the car. Be quick, get it?"

The two subordinates didn't understand what he meant. They climbed into the rear compartment of the large magic freight locomotive, checked it twice, and quickly jumped off again.

"Report to the captain, nothing suspicious was found above."

"Well, that's good." Captain Wayne nodded, then turned to Khafre and said, "Since everything is normal, let's go in after paying the city gate tax."

Khafre thanked him repeatedly, took out a small money bag from his pocket, and handed it to Captain Wayne.

Captain Wayne took it casually, without looking at it, and threw it directly to the clerk of the City Lord's Mansion who was in charge of collecting the city gate tax. Wave your hand. Signaled Khafre and the others to go in.

Khafre thanked him repeatedly. Just as he was about to turn around and return to the large freight magic locomotive, he turned around and suddenly found that there were a lot of flowers hanging on the city gate, and the vicinity of the city gate was obviously much cleaner than when he came a few times before. .

Even the beggars and homeless people living near the city gate that I could see every time I came here a few times before, I haven't seen any of them now.

This situation suddenly made Khafre a little strange. After thinking for a while, he asked Captain Wayne in a low voice: "Captain Wayne, look at this, is there any important person coming?"

Captain Wayne looked around, and responded in a low voice: "There are people coming to the Provincial Governor's Mansion for inspection in the past two days, so we have to deal with it. But this has nothing to do with small businessmen like you, just remember to be honest and don't make trouble. gone."

"Of course, of course." Hafre nodded again and again, pondered for a while, wiped his hand, and two more gold coins appeared in his hand, and handed them to Captain Wayne. "Captain Wayne. If there is anything to do these days, please take care of me."

Captain Wayne glanced at the gleaming gold coin in his hand. Frowning slightly, he shook his head lightly: "I can't handle this matter, so I can't help you much."

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. I just hope that if there is any news, you can let me know in advance. This is a small thing, just treat the brothers to drink tea." Khafre still insisted on passing the hand.

Captain Wayne hesitated for a moment, then honestly accepted the gold coin.

"Okay, let's go in, I'll take a look at something."

Only then did Khafre thank you with a smile, and returned to the large freight magic locomotive.

"Hmph, just now I was saying that the Candela Empire is not as good as our Lampari Kingdom. You see, there is a ready-made example now. All cities in our Lampari Kingdom have canceled the city gate tax a long time ago, and the Candela Empire is still collecting it." As soon as the large freight magic locomotive passed the city gate, Nasus, who was in charge of driving, complained.

"There's nothing to complain about. You have to abide by the rules wherever you go." Khafre shook his head. Although he vetoed Nasus's complaint, he was actually somewhat dissatisfied in his heart.

The Lampari Kingdom has completely abolished the city gate tax system for all cities in the kingdom since three years ago, while the Candela Empire, one of the two major empires, continues to collect taxes until now.

Moreover, although the city gate tax of the Candela Empire varies from place to place, it is also not low.

He pulled a truckload of goods like this, and every time he entered a city, he had to pay a minimum city gate tax of five gold coins.

In order to avoid paying more city gate taxes along the way, he and Nasus never entered any city except for necessary supplies.

Even so, he still paid a city gate tax of more than twenty gold coins along the way.

In addition to the tax of 30 gold coins to enter the Candela Empire, he had already paid more than 50 gold coins in taxes before the goods in this truck were sold.

If he can't sell this truckload of goods, he will suffer a lot on this trip.

However, the previous experience made him not very worried about it. At least the people in Lalu City welcomed the goods he transported this time, and they didn't worry about selling them at all.

"Turn left ahead." Khafre reminded.

The large freight magic locomotive made a difficult turn on the not-so-wide path in Lalu City, and entered a very bustling street that seemed to be full of shops on both sides.

"Okay, just stop here, you can't get in ahead." Hafre explained again.

Nasus stopped the large freight magic locomotive, and Khafre jumped out of the car, and walked quickly into a shop on the left side of the commercial street in Lalu City.

After a while, Khafre led several strong men and a middle-aged man out of the shop.

Without saying a word, those strong men directly climbed onto the rear compartment of the magic locomotive, and began to move the goods on it downwards. Their movements appeared to be very skilled, and it was obviously not the first time they had done this kind of thing.

Nasus in the car saw the middle-aged man beside Khafre, immediately jumped out of the car, rushed to him, and shouted loudly, "Uncle!"

This middle-aged man is Khafre's elder brother, Nasus' uncle Prado.

More than 20 years ago, because of the famine in the Kingdom of Lampari, Prado, who was almost 20 years old at the time, left the Kingdom of Lampari by begging all the way in order not to burden his family. Finally, by chance, he was in the city of Lalu in the Candela Empire. Settled down, and after more than ten years of hard work. There is now a small shop here. Life is pretty good.

As early as six years ago. Prado, who had stabilized his life, reconnected with his family members who were still in the Kingdom of Lampari through letters, and even returned to the Kingdom of Lampari to meet his family.

Afterwards, the correspondence between the two parties was quite frequent, but because the distance was too far, they rarely met.

It was not until the new agreement signed between the Lampari Kingdom and the Candela Empire that the Candela Empire opened its domestic market to the Lampari Kingdom. Khafre had an idea and thought of transporting the products of the Lampari Kingdom to the Candela Empire for sale. It was a real connection again.

"Well, good boy. When you went back last time, you were not as tall as my chest. Unexpectedly, you are already taller than me in just a few years. And you are so strong, not bad..." Looking at Nasser Prado nodded approvingly.

"Hey, Uncle, it's been six years, and I'm almost eighteen now, so of course I'm taller." Nasus rubbed his head. I'm a little embarrassed. "Besides, I eat meat every day, so of course I grow fast."

"Eat meat every day?" Prado was a little surprised. "Do you eat meat every day?"

"Yeah." Nasus frowned. "I haven't eaten any meat for two consecutive days along the way. My mouth is almost pale."

Prado looked at Nasus with a strange expression, and then turned to Khafre.

"Is life at home really so much better now?"

Khafre nodded with a smile: "Well, the life in our Lampari Kingdom is completely different from before. Brother, if you have time, you should go back and visit more often. I will definitely surprise you."

"That's right, Uncle, the current Lampari Kingdom is completely different from six years ago. In comparison, I feel that the Candela Empire is not in many places..."

"Cough..." Khafre suddenly coughed heavily, interrupting Nasus's words. "Brother, what I just said is serious. Go back and have a look when you have time. Your parents are old now, and you don't know how many years you can live. You must be very happy to go back and see them. Besides now With this magic locomotive, it doesn’t take much time to go back, it’s very convenient.”

"That's right, it only took us two days to come from Lampari Kingdom this time. It's not as exaggerated as it took nearly a month when you went back last time." Nasus interjected again.

"This..." Prado blinked, with a dazed expression, as if he couldn't accept what Khafre and Nasus said for a while.

But after thinking for a while, he was finally awakened by the affection in his heart, and nodded heavily.

"Okay, if that's the case, after selling this batch of goods this time, I'll go back with you to see your parents. Anyway, Khafre, you always say that there are many business opportunities in the Lampari Kingdom. I'll go back and have a look. , It would be even better if we could see some opportunities along the way."

Seeing that Prado agreed to come down, Khafre and Nasus immediately showed excited smiles.

Prado has been away from home for more than 20 years, and only went back six years ago. The old parents at home miss him very much.

If he can go back, the old people will be very happy.

"Haha, big brother, then let's work harder, sell out this batch of goods quickly, and go home early!" Hafre said happily.

"It also depends on what you brought in this time. If the goods are not good, it will not be so easy to sell." Prado shook his head and said.

Hafre smiled confidently: "Don't worry, every time I ship some good things, they are guaranteed to sell quickly. If you don't believe me, take a look."

After speaking, Hafre pulled Prado to the rear compartment of the magic locomotive, took a package of goods from a worker in charge of handling, and tore it open with both hands to reveal the goods inside.

Prado glanced over and immediately gasped.

"By God! Khafre, where did you get so much money to buy so much good stuff?"

Hafre smiled: "Brother, if I told you that all these goods cost me less than a thousand gold coins, would you believe it?"

Prado gave him a surprised look, his expression full of disbelief. (To be continued..)