Chapter 639: Midgard

"So what about bulk goods? Are they rigorously checked?" Holden seemed interested in the smuggling transaction.
"Bulk goods usually don't go over the bridge. The port has a place for customs declaration of containers. After that, it is loaded with barges and transported into the city. As for the strictness of your inquiry..." Hailar smiled strangely and said meaningfully, " Let me put it this way, in this metropolis with more than half a million residents, at least half of the residents have bought smuggled goods and no less than 10,000 people have used smuggling as their business. The prosperity of Midgard City mainly stems from the prosperous commercial trade. Smuggling is an indispensable lubricant for trade activities. Do you say the investigation is strict?"
Joan listened to her and couldn't help feeling: "Isn't it the same as Leiden Port!"
"Midgard City or Port Leiden, including New Avalon further north, in fact, the port towns on the east coast of the New World are all closed to smuggling. Anyway, customs taxes are eventually turned over in the meteorites. Opposite the home country government, our colonial residents have no benefit in observing the law and paying taxes. We might as well save this money and put it in our pockets. Who can avoid tax evasion!" Hailar said confidently.
Joan didn't say anything. From the moral and legal level, he feels that blatant smuggling and tax evasion is not worth showing off, but as far as the status quo of the New World is concerned, as Hailar said, this kind of thing is too common, and the law does not blame the public.
From self-cultivation in Delin Town to trade merchants in major ports, tax evasion and tax evasion has become a common social trend. Even if he does not take it seriously, he cannot criticize it, otherwise he will be inseparable.
"Smuggling taxes is not something to be proud of, but I fully support you Midgardians to fight taxes in the end!" Holden smirked. "The more you make trouble here, the more annoyed the imperial authorities will be. It will become enemies because of the problem of tax resistance. At that time, the imperial authorities will not only be unable to collect taxes from the colonial residents, they may not even be able to keep the colony itself."
Hailar did not deny that Holden's malicious predictions might become a reality, but he was unhappy with his gloating.
"Our colonial inhabitants and the government of our home country have fallen apart. What good can it do for you, how happy are you!"
"Because I am a Canaanite," Holden replied eloquently, "My motherland and the Holy Asan Empire are in an internationally competitive relationship. The turmoil in the imperial colony will certainly weaken the local forces and the enemy's misfortune." It’s our blessings, and I certainly have reasons to be happy.
"If you are the heir to the royal family of Canaan or a high-ranking nobleman, it is reasonable to have this idea, and you are just an illegitimate child running away from home. The disputes between the countries are your turn to worry about? The strength of the empire and Canaan will rise and fall, Do you have a relationship with a small person like you and me?" Hailar mocked spicyly. "Listening to your tone, I thought you were the crown prince of Canaan in a micro-service visit!"
Holden seemed to be stabbed with a needle, twisting his neck awkwardly, without picking up Hailar's words.
Hailar didn't want to irritate Holden too much. He didn't continue this unpleasant topic and instead introduced Joan to the scenery along the way.
The horse-drawn carriage rides on the sea-crossing bridge connecting Minute Island and Midgard City. The "King Bridge" is a suspension cable structure, reinforced with magic, about 2,000 yards long, the maximum span is 500 yards, the bridge is 16 yards wide, and it has three sets of two-way lanes. It is the most magnificent man-made mansion in Midgard and the entire New World. The project is also a landmark of the city.
The horse-drawn carriage crosses the "King's Bridge", and the bustling city is in front of it. The entire Midgard City can be divided into six areas, connected to the bridge is the "dock area", but also the city's commercial center, along the streets of shops, judging from the bustling streets, most of the business is quite prosperous.
Adjacent to the dock area is the military port where the colonial fleet is moored, including the nearby military barracks, collectively referred to as the "military zone".
In addition to the dock area and military area near the harbor, the city can also be subdivided into administrative areas, upper urban areas, lower urban areas, and college areas.
The administrative area is the seat of the city hall, governor's office and parliament building in Midgard City. The administrative departments at all levels, banks, stock exchanges and the headquarters of major companies are located in this block.
"Shangcheng District" is a villa area where the wealthy people settled in the city. The roads are clean, the trees are shaded, the public security is excellent, and the living environment is very comfortable. The three wealthy families in Midgard City-the Laval family, the Livingston family, and the Skyler family-all settled in the Upper Town.
Compared to the orderly "upper city", Midgard's "lower city" is synonymous with dirty and chaotic. The residents who live here include workers, small vendors, low-level civil servants and poor students such as small citizens, but also have clothes Homeless people and beggars.
Most of the small citizens in Xiacheng live in small apartments furnished for rent, while beggars and homeless people can only live in slums. The thieves ran rampant on the dark and dirty street corner, and weeping everywhere. A large group of hungry wild dogs must be gathered next to the trash can, glaring green eyes, and looking at passing pedestrians with bad intentions.
"Xiacheng District is very chaotic, and it has the highest crime rate in the whole city. You are here for the first time. It is better not to wander around here, lest you be slaughtered as a "fatty sheep." When the carriage passed the Xiacheng District, Hailar warned Qiao Anhe Holden.
"Isn't it more chaotic than your hometown of "Freeport"?" Holden asked with a smile.
Hailar choked at him with such words, unable to speak for a while.
Joan also thinks that Holden is good at everything. The only thing that is not so good is that he has a ridiculous mouth, which pot is always open without mentioning the pot. explosion. If Holden doesn't get rid of this problem, I'm afraid that sooner or later he will get into trouble because of this stinky mouth.
The
Academy District
where Meadgard University is located is located in the center of the city. It looks like a triangle on the map. It is just surrounded by the Upper City District, the Lower City District, and the administrative district. It is the elite area of ​​the city. Considering the leading position of Meadgard University in the entire New World education community, the young people studying here are also worthy of the elite talents of this city.
The carriage stopped in the neighborhood near Meadgard University, Hailar paid the fare, and led Joan and Holden to visit the university campus.
As a private university, the campus management of Meadgard University is stricter than Leiden College. Joan and other outsiders, even with the guarantee of the current student, such as Hailar, actually paid a lip to convince the guards to let them enter the campus. Visit.
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