Chapter 18: "Magic Wind City" (Part 1)

　　 After the mission came to the Windlord, it was naturally impossible to go back so quickly. In addition to the mission to congratulate Cervantes on succeeding the Duke of Windwind, there was also the task of observing the current state of the Windwind.
After two days of rest, the knights dispersed, and only two knights stayed in the hotel. The rest of the knights were scattered and went to explore various places in Winder City. Even the two jazz each went with a knight and a follower, respectively. Business district and temple district.
The Duke of Gale wind does not need to pay taxes to the royal family. This was the regulation laid down by Krylov I, but now the situation is different. His Majesty Krylov III is considering restoring the tax of the wind wind.'Otherwise this is the other It’s too unfair for the lord.
　　 His Majesty Krylov III was right, it was too unfair to other lords!
　　Al is a knight of the mission. After two days of rest, he finally recovered some physical strength, so he does not mind visiting this tragic leader known as the "knight leader".
　　Although the former Duke of Beifeng is a sword sage, this is a territory supported by knights and the only one in the Kingdom of Kolo.
　　 As a knight, Al has always longed for the sorrow wind collar. In the Kingdom of Koror, only in the sorrow wind collar can the knight be truly reused. In other territories, the knight is only a vassal and cannot be a vassal.
　　 And in the mourning wind, the knight can even become a baron!
　　 This is a very difficult thing to imagine in this kingdom of "nobles are mages".
　　These knights have no way to become a noble except to find a spell teacher for the next generation and let their children become mages.
Moreover, even if your child becomes a mage, it may not necessarily become a noble, and it takes a lot of gold coins to train a mage, and they will not necessarily be able to cultivate a mage by accumulating half of their wealth, so they will yearn for the sad wind. collar.
However, as knights, they could not abandon everything to come to the mourning wind, because most of them were from poor families, and they only received funding after signing a magic contract with the nobles, and became a knight, otherwise they even maintained armor There is no money for weapons, let alone a horse.
　　 And those of the knight ancestors who were originally from the knight family are also the same. Because there are too many connections, they can not leave the nobility and come to the mourning wind.
　　Although the Al knight cannot escape from the loyal master, as a knight, he also hopes that he can see the legendary "knight collar" with his own eyes.
There was a place where he was curious. When he first came to Wind City, he saw a group of businessmen gathered near the city gate, only tens of feet away from the city gate, but the soldiers did not drive out the businessmen, so he was very curious.
　　After observation, he also found that a vertical...stone strip was laid flat in the middle of the main road.
　　The protruding stone strip was placed in the middle of the road, which seemed very abrupt, but looking at the orderly pedestrians and convoys on both sides, the Al Cavaliers thought about it.
　　 At some intersections, he also saw some slate covered with a layer of cork. If the carriage moves slowly, it can be easily passed, but if the speed is too fast, both the horse and the person on the carriage will feel bumps.
　　 ‘It’s a delicate design. 'Al Knight thought so.
　　This should be to prevent people walking on the road from being hit. Although it is not very useful for the out-of-control pack animals, it is very useful for daily management.
　　There is also a stone strip protruding from the center of the road, which can allow pedestrians and carriages to pass in an orderly manner, and can reduce many accidents.
　　 For a king, especially a civilian who has lived in Xiacheng since childhood, he has seen many accidents.
　　 Just these two things made him a little bloody, is this the legendary "knight collar"? Why is it in the sad wind, but there is no such thing in the king?
　　 Could these be invented by the succeeding Duke of Beifeng?
　　 The idea flashed in the mind of Al Knight, and then he smiled and rejected the idea: ‘That’s just an evil black dragon. How could he invent this kind of thing! ’
　　Anyway, Al Cavalier came to the mournful wind collar just to observe. He will report truthfully after these interesting things go back, but the current task still has to continue.
　　 walked slowly to the city gate. Even after two days, there were still many businessmen gathered there, which made him more interested.
Curiously walked over, I heard a young man shouting in the crowd: "... twenty-one tax, the specialty is Warcraft fur and various magic materials, the demand is seeds, as long as the seeds can be planted, and ..."
　　 Behind, Al Knight did not hear, he only remembered the word firmly, ‘Twenty Tax One’!
　　 God, the tax rate of one-twentieth!
　　 The Al knight from the capital was stunned. The tax rate of one-twentieth, what did the lord of the sad wind eat? Isn't nibbling brown bread the same as civilians?
The tax rate of the tenth of the king capital is already very low. The tax rate of the holy city of the goddess of wealth on the mainland, "Gordon", is a little lower than that of the king, but it is only twelve taxes. What is the twenty tax one? concept? The lowest tax rate in mainland China!
　　 ‘Calm down! Calm down Al—Calm down! ’
Rider Al squeezed out of the crowd due to his strength, he grabbed the young man's shoulder and asked with a stern look: "Is the tax rate of one-twentieth really only one-twentieth? ?"
　　 was originally very angry, and the businessmen who just about to swear were stunned for a while, and then they all laughed.
　　Knight Al did not pay attention to the laughter of those businessmen, he just wanted to know whether the tax rate of the sad wind leader was really so low.
"Yes, yes, sir." The boy who had been hurt by Al Cavalier's shoulders nodded bitterly, and nodded. "Only one-twentieth, these are written on the bulletin board, I just follow the Xuanke translation. Sir, you hurt me."
　　 "Oh..." Rider Al quickly released his hand, "I'm so sorry."
With that, he apologized again to the surrounding businessmen. Before leaving, he glanced at the'bulletin board'-there were a few papyrus sheets on it, and the paper was full of words, but he didn't know much about it. Sporadic recognition of some words.
　　The look of the Al Knight was different, and he left in a hurry.
　　After he left, the merchants laughed again-in this way, doesn't it seem like they just came to the sad wind collar?
　　 Unsurprisingly, Al Rider got lost and asked several locals before returning to the hotel.
　　He doesn't know how to face his companions. If he says sorrowful wind... At least Wind City has a tax rate of one-twentieth, will they think they are cheating them?
　　Knight Al stood hesitantly at the door of the hotel, and it happened that two knights came back. He embarrassed and greeted these two companions.
"Do you know Al? You can't believe what I saw!" Knight Al followed the two companions into the hotel. One of them, Alfonso Cavaliers, had an exaggerated expression. "I saw it by the well, one The civilians didn’t use much effort, just holding a wooden stick in his hand, that’s it (the Alfonso knight gripped with both hands, UU reads the book www.uukanshu.com) and there is a pipe with water, that’s Well water, well water do you know? And civilians say that this is not a magic prop, it is a little thing invented by'Maid Maid'-although I don't know who this'Maid Maid' is, but this is really Amazing!"
Another companion, the Knights of Wellington, also nodded and said, "Alfonso also pulled me to take a look. This is indeed amazing, but what is more amazing is what I saw in the lower city. This may be any city. I can’t see the scene anymore—a few people with orange armbands on their arms are working! It’s fine if that’s the case, but do you know? They are all criminals!

　　 "Criminal?" Knight Al-Ah exclaimed, and Knight Alfonso laughed, because when he heard this for the first time, he reacted in the same way.
　　The knight Al glared at the gloating associate, then asked, "What then?"
With a sigh of emotion, the Knights of Wellington continued: "At that time, I was also scared. I asked the local talents to know that they said it was a "labor reform", a system invented by the maidservant of the sad wind family, Criminals with lighter crimes can atone for their sins in this way, and also make criminals understand the importance of labor. When they look at the things they build, they will have a sense of accomplishment, thinking that they are not so useless. Oh, this is my own understanding. In short, this method is very useful, which not only saves labor costs, but also reduces the occurrence of crime. In this city, if a child under twelve years old steals something, If you catch it, you will be admonished by the aunt of the'Resident Committee'. Children over the age of twelve must also volunteer, but their work will be much easier."
　　 The three knights glanced at each other and said with emotion: "It's a magical city!"