Chapter 122 Incognito Twin Towns

Author: Conquer people with virtue

Chapter 122 Incognito Twin Towns

The eastern border of the Xilan Mountains.

Twin Mountains are not outstanding among the thousands of mountains in the Xilan Mountains. They were already famous two years ago. But now, they are even more famous.

Originally, there was nothing but a fortress located between the mouths of the mountain peaks. After more than a year of development, a new town was gradually built on a flat ground in front of the mountain peaks - Twin Towns.

Twin Towns does not occupy a large area, and the city walls are only more than three meters high. Although they are also built with the same solid masonry as the fortress, it can be seen that they were not designed and constructed with defense as their main purpose.

That's because the mission of Twin Towns is trade.

At this moment, a steady stream of pedestrians, carriages, and caravans were coming in and out of the town gate, making it very lively.

A tall blond man was standing at the gate of the town, looking at the flow of people coming and going and nodding secretly.

"It seems that the development here is pretty good." Theos thought in his mind.

That's right, this blond man is not a human businessman who is going to do business here, but is transformed by Theos's transformation technique.

After leaving Joseph Garden, Theos rushed back to the Xilan Mountains without stopping.

He didn't know if everyone from the Feather Scale Society who went there together had returned, but under the circumstances at that time, it was unrealistic to come back together, so Theos had no choice but to leave first.

Flying all the way, approaching the mountains and approaching the Twin Mountains, Theos suddenly had an idea and wanted to hide his identity and come in to take a look.

In the past, Theos mostly stayed in Osfil City and only needed to issue his own orders, and his will would be implemented by Robbie and others.

But Theos couldn't tell exactly what it looked like underneath.

Therefore, the idea of ​​"incognito private visit" came up. In addition, this is a trade area designated by Theos himself, so it is even more necessary to check it carefully.

So Theos turned into an ordinary human and prepared to experience it on the spot.

When he arrived at the gate of the town, he was very satisfied with the endless stream of cars and horses.

It is worth mentioning that all human merchants are required to pay taxes when they come to do business. Therefore, a special area is set aside outside the town gate, where Osfir personnel inspect the goods, estimate the value, and collect fees.

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The goblin tax collectors, who were holding notebooks with dazzling eyes, carefully counted the carriages coming and then wrote down a tax amount.

The human merchants all had bitter expressions on their faces, as if they had suffered huge losses.

Theos shook his head slightly. He didn't know it clearly, but human businessmen are all profit-seeking creatures who can't bear to do anything early. I'm afraid every one of those present is an actor.

Theos was alone, and since he had no goods, he didn't need to check them. He walked to the door without hesitation, but he didn't expect to be stopped.

"Ten copper coins." The hobgoblin guard guarding the door stretched out his hand.

Theos was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that he had to pay money to enter the city?

He really didn't know this. He usually didn't bother with such detailed regulations, but he felt relieved after thinking about it carefully.

As a lord, he still has money, but Theos... doesn't have copper coins.

Turning over his palm, a shining silver coin lay in his palm. "Take it."

The hobgoblin guard took the money and put it into the cash box next to it.

For a while, Theos didn't wait for the other party to change the money.

"Shouldn't you give me change?"

"No." The hobgoblin grinned.

"Please don't block the intersection, there are many people coming in from behind."

When Theos turned around, he saw a long queue of human merchants behind him preparing to enter the city. Sure enough, they were already a little impatient.

Shaking his head, Theos had no choice but to go into the city first, but his brows were already furrowed.

No dragon likes to see his money being cheated, even though everything here belongs to Theos.

"This friend."

While Theos was still thinking about whether he should bring some copper coins next time, a young human caught up with him.

"Hello, my name is Potter, an adventurer."

"Hello." Theos nodded as a greeting.

"Is this your first time here?" Porter came up and asked, obviously an acquaintance, regardless of whether Theos wanted to talk or not.

"It's true that I came here once. I heard that a market can be opened here and you can buy specialties from the Xilan Mountains." Theos took over.

Now that this human being has come together, he can use this opportunity to understand the human being's perspective, and then asks: "How did you know that I came here for the first time?"

Porter laughed and said, "Haha, I saw that you just paid the extra entry fee."

"However, even though you paid more money, this loss is nothing. You can buy some specialties from here later and sell them out, and you will make all your money back immediately."

"I guarantee it will be more than one silver coin." Poland winked.

"However, you can't buy too much, otherwise you will be targeted by those monster tax officials and you will have to pay a tax!"

Theos understands. It seems that the managers of Twin Towns conduct inspections and collect taxes when merchants come in and out.

The transactions in the town are complicated and difficult to manage, which is also a way. However, the keen Theos still heard the hidden meaning in Porter's words.

"You mean, if I bring a small enough amount of goods, I won't have to pay tax?"

Potter nodded: "That's it."

"If you buy a few things and hide them on your body, can they still search you? Otherwise, why do they require everyone who enters the city to pay a fee?"

In other words, in order to deal with private hiding, Twin Town simply stipulated that everyone entering the city must pay money.

This is not impossible, but in Theos's opinion it is still too rough.

"What about you? I think you are also a person."

"Me? I'm just more interested in this place itself. By the way... see if I can find anything good."

The two were chatting and walking.

Along the main road in the town, various trading shops are lined up in rows.

The owners of these shops may be goblins, gnolls, lizardmen, tauren, trolls, werebears, etc., and there are even humans among them.

They bargained with the merchants and exchanged each other's goods.

Due to Osfir's policy issues, the entire Xilan Mountains have not yet been liberalized, business is also under control, and everything is deployed in a unified manner.

Therefore, despite the opening of Twin Towns, there are not many merchants here in Osfir. Therefore, each tribe is mainly used as a unit to send representatives to do business with humans here.

"Come here, do you want to try my favorite frosting slime? I'll treat you." Porter pulled Theos to a nearby roadside stall.

There are more than a dozen tables and chairs set up here, and many people of all ethnic groups are already sitting here eating.

Porter was very familiar with him and took Theos to sit down, extending his hand to say hello to the frogman boss.

"Two frosting slimes."

Theos' brows were twitching wildly, but seeing Potter's good intentions, he didn't refuse.

If he can eat a human being, will he be afraid of a golden dragon?

"It seems like you come here often," Theos said.

"No, I just came a few times."

"I just think it's interesting and there are a lot of new things here."

What Porter said is true. The many monster tribes in the Xilan Mountains are very different from humans. Some things in various aspects are unimaginable by humans.

For example... frosting slime.

The two of them were sitting here waiting for the food to be served. On the street, a small patrol of goblin soldiers came along the road.

Wherever the patrol passed, everyone gave way, and it looked quite powerful.

After a while, this group of goblins walked directly to Theos and found a large table to sit around.

"Boss! Serve the food!" The leader was a goblin officer, who called the frogman boss over.

The frogman boss was very polite. After a while, a large table of food was served. There were barbecue steaks, fruits, and bread.

The sumptuous food looked very tempting, and Theos, who had not eaten a serious meal for half a year, couldn't help but feel a little greedy.

Naturally, this group of goblin soldiers devoured everything on the table. After a while, all the food on the table was wiped out, and they stood up with huge burps.

The goblin officer wanted to pay the bill, but the frogman boss refused repeatedly. In the end, he left without spending a penny. Looking at the expressions of the boss and the soldiers, Theos clearly saw that this was not the first time this happened.

"This is the most interesting thing to me." Bit said with amusement, "These races have actually transformed into human beings. In my opinion, in many aspects, they are not much different from human beings."

Even so, Theos could tell that Porter's tone was not all praise.

Shaking his head slightly, Theos was helpless.

Apparently, the group of Goblin soldiers just now were eating Overlord's Meal.
To be continued...