Chapter 1266 City Gate Storm Ⅱ
Alice snorted angrily: "Stop quibbling, I've seen it all. It's obviously you, relying on your own power, trying to blackmail other places. Are you still pretending to be a victim when you have money for someone else?" She walked to the pile of scattered goods, scratched them with her feet and said, "What kind of shabby clothes are these? How dare you say they are from the queen and the princess? What the Lord is wearing, have you seen what the princess is wearing? How dare you talk nonsense here!"
The people in the caravan smiled contemptuously: "Of course we haven't seen it, but our Alexia family has. You have seen these clothes among the ladies and gentlemen of the world. These clothes are popular among the emperor’s daughters and ladies. If you go to the street and look at them now, who is not wearing these styles? We don’t know this, don’t you know better?”
“You...!”
Mark Xiuting pulled Alice and said: “Forget it, little girl, crash it. It's our fault that we lost the goods, and we should pay for it. We came to the imperial capital from other places, and we don't want to cause trouble here." He said to the people in the caravan: "You said these things. It’s worth 400,000 gold coins, and I can’t afford that much cash. Why don’t we each take a step back and compensate you 150,000 gold coins? Let’s just forget about it. Of course, if you insist on us compensating 400,000 gold coins, then we will have to find it. A place for reasoning is judged." He retreated and then advanced, soft and hard at the same time, giving the other party a chance to step down and not wanting people like him to get into trouble.
The leading businessman was not as easy to talk to as the previous one, and he couldn't figure out Alice's identity, so he didn't want to cause further trouble, so he just wanted to get over it. He said: "Okay, since you are still sensible, I won't argue with you. The 150,000 yuan compensation for the goods, and our people were injured by you, so we have to pay some money anyway."
"Yes." Xiu Ting took out a package from the carriage, found a stack of gold scrolls and was about to count the money, but Alice stopped doing it.
"No, you can't pay them like this." Alice stopped Xiu Ting and said: "They are obviously blackmailing you, why do you have to tolerate them? Huh, aren't they just a bunch of little minions who are pretending to be powerful? ? I think they don’t have any laws!”
“Hey little girl!” The businessman said angrily: "What does the matter between me and them have to do with you? They are willing to pay compensation themselves, why are you joining in the fun."
Xiu Ting also persuaded: "Yes, little girl, thank you, But we still have things to do, and we don’t want to get into trouble, so let’s just forget about it.”
Alice stamped her feet and shouted: "No!! You just can't pay him. These people are bullying others. If they blackmail you once, they will blackmail others a second time. They just look at the attitude of you outsiders who want to calm things down, so You are so lawless! I, Alice, saw it here today. I will pay you whatever you want. I won’t agree to any more compensation!”
Both the merchant and Xiu Ting were dumbfounded! , thinking about what is going on.
Immediately getting into the car, Kulizarid looked at the hahaha smile and said to himself: "In this day and age, girls as simple and stubborn as her are really rare. Both parties want to settle the matter. She Still here and not giving up. Hmm... It’s rare to have an upright heart.”
Alice is indeed more angry than anyone else. She is not only angry at these merchants who bully outsiders, but also at the weakness of outsiders. She is also angry at the city gate guards here. There was no movement or coming to mediate the dispute.
In fact, I don’t blame these city gate guards for watching the fun and not coming to help outsiders. In fact, they also have interests entangled here. You must know that goods entering and exiting the city must be collected, and depending on the grade and value of the goods, the amount of tax collected may not be certain. And those businessmen, especially those with connections and power, will always find ways to evade taxes. For example, fox skin is more valuable than rat skin, so the tax on fox skin is higher than that on rat skin. After the merchants bribed the tax official at the city gate, they changed the fox skin on the goods list to rat skin and replaced the fine snow If you change the fox skin to ordinary fox skin, you can save a lot of taxes.
Although the city gate guards don't get a big share of this, they can get a bit of it, and the extra money they earn in a month is sometimes several times higher than their salary. Now that they encounter such a thing, they naturally side with the merchants secretly. The caravan has a large number of people, so they will let the merchants make trouble. If the merchants suffer losses, they will come out to mediate. Mark Xiuting and Kulizarid knew this truth, but Alice did not.
So Alice shouted angrily in the crowd: "Guards, guards!"
But at this moment, Hullington was negotiating with the city guards who were watching the excitement. When he saw Alice rushing into the crowd, he knew she was going to cause trouble, so he quickly found the city guard and spoke to them quietly. At this time, the city guards did not know whether it was true or false after hearing this, but if it was true, they could not afford to suffer.
Hughington pulled them together again and said: "The security of the imperial capital has been poor recently, and it is not appropriate for the princess's identity to be exposed, so as not to cause trouble again."
The city guards naturally understood this. They couldn't afford the crime if they were assassinated again if their identity was exposed.
"Guards, bastard city guards!" Alice shouted again and again. Finally seeing a city guard coming, she stepped forward and angrily said: "What happened at the city gate and you didn't care? You are the ones To maintain the security of the imperial capital like this?" "Uh, this..." the city guard captain said: "Official...this is not within the scope of our responsibilities, but you are right. Such a dispute occurred at the city gate. It’s time to take care of it, so didn’t I bring someone here?”
“Hmph!”
The captain of the city guard stepped forward with an ax and a halberd, giving orders. The people in the caravan said: "You bastards, do you take us seriously when you make trouble at the city gate? You have ruined the security of the imperial capital! Don't you even look at where this place is? This is the imperial capital, not the countryside. Don't think so. If you are a local, you can bully outsiders. Do you still think there is a harmonious society? You are not a powerful person, but you dare to bully others. Let me tell you, let alone a businessman from a noble family, even if you are Alex. People from the Keyaya family are here in person, don’t even think about making trouble here, you know?”
The businessman leader was stunned and thought: “This guy usually helps me. "But people like them are the best at judging people's faces. They glanced at Alice and immediately reacted: "It seems that this little girl is indeed a person of status. I think it's better to be patient with this matter. ." Thinking of this, he stepped forward and said, "Yes, captain, why are we making trouble here? Isn't this the cargo that has been knocked over? It's hard for us to explain it to the owner."
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In fact, these merchants, so-called merchants, are not as good as those wealthy businessmen. They are just domestic servants raised by noble officials. They sell popular and popular goods in the imperial capital, and they have no power at all.
The captain put one hand on his waist, shook his legs and said: "This is your business and has nothing to do with me, but if you want to blackmail others here, I tell you that I can't rub sand out of my eyes. I am protecting the imperial capital." The security armor is not for nothing."
"Yes, we are. It's not blackmail, it's just... it's just the nature of a businessman, he likes to make arbitrary prices when he opens his mouth." The leader of the caravan said to Mark Xiuting: "Our truckload of goods costs 30,000 to 40,000 gold coins, and I won't blackmail you. I'll pay you. 40,000 each.”
Mark Xiuting counted and gave him four gold scrolls.
The businessman counted the money, said a few polite words to the city guards, waved his hand and left with the convoy, not even leaving the things that had been knocked over on the ground.
Shuke put the remaining money away, turned to Alice and said, "Thank you, little girl. It's really thanks to your help that we were saved from greater losses."
"Hey, You're welcome, I can't stand people like them the most," Alice said to herself. He was quite proud of having done a good deed and said: "On your part, don't be angry because of this. In fact, the Imperial City is quite good. Most people are very polite and will not bully outsiders. You can stay in the Imperial City for a few days." You know, the people in the imperial capital are very friendly and enthusiastic. , is it your first time to come to the Imperial Capital?”
“Haha, yes, it’s our first time to come to the Imperial Capital.” Xiu Ting said with a smile: “Society is complicated, and there are all kinds of people, no matter how good they are. There will always be a few bad people everywhere. We will not do it because of such a situation. This little thing caused prejudice against the Imperial City. Many people in foreign countries praised the Imperial Capital and said it was a great city. "Hmm, so you are visitors from abroad." Alice nodded repeatedly. Of course foreigners feel happy when they praise their own country. She suddenly clapped her hands and said: "Well, you are new to the imperial capital and are not familiar with the place. How about I be your guide and introduce you to this city?"
"Hey, Aili. Silk." As soon as Hullington walked up to Alice, he saw her warm hospitality. He wanted to dissuade her, but seeing that she was rarely happy at the moment, he gave up the idea of dissuading her.
"Ah!" Xiu Ting scratched his head, looked back at the carriage behind him, and laughed dryly: "Isn't this good? Won't it trouble you?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Alice waved happily. Said: "I'm very free and have nothing to do, so you're welcome."
"Well...well, I'll trouble you." Xiu Ting couldn't refuse and looked back at the owner of the carriage. At first glance, he saw that Kulizarid had no objection, so he had no choice but to agree to her.
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(End of this chapter)