Happy Emperor

While talking.

Lin Tian and his group have arrived outside Longfeng County.

Although Longfeng County is not the capital of Daxia, it is not even the capital of Liaoan Province.

However, the defenses at the entrance to the city were extremely solid, even not worse than the city walls of Shengjing.

"Your Majesty, it seems that these people along the way didn't care much about our presence."

Qi Mengchan muttered softly.

"Hahaha." Lin Tian chuckled twice.

"I didn't expect you to observe so carefully."

Lin Tian had actually noticed this along the way.

Few of the people passing by them even glanced at them, and most of them were in a hurry on their way.

Only when encountering a larger caravan.

Because the road was narrow, they stopped and habitually stood on the side of the road, waiting for Lin Tian and the others to pass.

"Actually, this isn't surprising. The people of Liao'an have seen much larger armies pass through in recent times. Our group of just a few hundred people certainly wouldn't arouse their curiosity."

Lin Tian just finished speaking.

There was a commotion at the front of the team, and Lin Tian and Qi Mengchan both looked curiously in the direction of the guards at the city gate.

An Bilie rushed towards the two of them with an angry look on his face.

"Your Majesty, the guards of Longfeng County are simply going too far."

An Bilie came up and angrily said to Emperor Li: "They are actually charging us an entrance fee!"

"Entrance fee?"

Lin Tian was also stunned when he heard this.

This provincial border gate does have such regulations.

However, charging fees is generally limited to merchants, who collect money based on a certain percentage of the goods transported.

Moreover, such proportions are generally very low and most of them are symbolic.

The main function is to inspect goods and prevent smuggling of goods.

“Under what name are they charging the fees?”

Lin Tian asked with a dark face.

Damn it, he was the Emperor of Great Xia, yet he was responsible for collecting fees for the gatekeepers of a province under him.

This is not the point. The main thing is that these soldiers are going to the front line to fight for their lives.

And these people guarding the city actually want to make money from these people?

"They said it was some kind of compensation."

An Bilie replied angrily, "These soldiers guarding the city say that we, the soldiers from the north, have trampled their roads into Longfeng County and are scaring the local people. They also say we need to pay compensation, or they won't let us into the city."

"Oh shit!"

Lin Tian cursed in his heart, "Is this damn Longfeng County Governor senile and confused? He even suffered mental damage."

"How much silver?"

Lin Tian suppressed his anger and asked with gritted teeth.

He was just introducing the situation of Longfeng County to Qi Mengchan, and specifically told her that the current Longfeng County was the birthplace of their royal family.

Now, as a descendant of the Great Xia royal family, he has to pay money to enter the city.

Too shameful!

"It's calculated based on the number of people."

An Bilie looked unfriendly at Emperor Li and whispered, "One person... one tael."

"What?" Lin Tian widened his eyes and looked at An Bilie.

He wanted to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.

The monthly salary of an ordinary soldier is only more than ten taels of silver, and it costs one tael of silver just to enter the city.

If every city in Ontario charged this fee, these soldiers would go bankrupt before they even reached the front lines.

What the hell is this war?

"Your Majesty, one ounce per person."

An Bilie repeated it again.

Lin Tian said nothing more, waved his whip, and ran towards the city gate.

An Bilie, Qi Mengchan and others followed closely behind.

"Don't bother talking to me, if you have money, come in, if you don't, get out of here!"

"I built this road, I guard this gate. If you want to pass through here, you must leave money to pay for your passage. Our Longfeng County is not a place where you can just enter it casually."

As soon as Lin Tian arrived at the city gate, he saw a soldier guarding the city lazily cursing at the royal guards in the front.

The gatekeeper didn't look like a soldier at all, but more like a local thug.

The faces of the royal guards who were scolded were all filled with anger, but no one spoke back.

They all knew the order Emperor Li had just given, not to reveal their identities easily.

If they really caused trouble here, they would definitely alert the local guards.

When the imperial guards saw Emperor Li coming, they turned their eyes to him.

"grown ups!"

Then they all saluted him.

Lin Tian waved to these people without saying anything.

He glanced angrily at the dozen or so soldiers guarding the city in front of him.

When the soldiers saw Lin Tian's fearful look, no one dared to swear.

They also realized that this person should be a high-ranking official.

If things go wrong, even the newly appointed governor of their family may not be able to control them.

Moreover, there are less than a thousand guards in their city, and most of them are temporarily recruited to maintain public order.

Those real soldiers had already been transferred to the front lines.

Hearing this, the soldiers who had been a little apprehensive just now became even more proud.

"You are a sensible boy and know the rules. But you must pay the entrance fee to the city."

Lin Tian ignored those soldiers and turned to the Royal Guards who had just been scolded and said, "You are all qualified soldiers. It is right for you not to talk back when others scold us."

"but."

Lin Tian let out a long sigh and said in a cold voice: "If anyone curses us, we can beat him up. If he kills me, I will take responsibility."

As soon as Lin Tian said this, the angry royal guards immediately dismounted.

The emperor had given an order, so they could be said to have killed people on his orders.

But the dozen or so Royal Guards who came down did not rush forward.

Not even holding any weapons.

Only five people walked up to the Longfeng County city guards, and the rest of the dismounted imperial guards just protected Lin Tian and watched everything coldly.

In their eyes, it would be too shameful to defeat these people with a large number of people.

"You...what are you going to do? Are you going to attack us?"

When the leading soldier guarding the gate saw this, his hat was almost frightened off and he quickly retreated.

“We, we are all…”

The gatekeeper wanted to make a few more threats, but he didn't wait for him to finish his words.

Each of the five imperial guards kicked him in the face with just one kick.

He swallowed those threatening words along with his teeth.

I saw him lying on the ground with blood on his face, motionless, and I didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

Seeing this, the remaining soldiers defending the city no longer had the courage to resist. They dropped their spears and ran into the city.

Running and shouting.

"Just wait until I report to the governor, and I'll make sure you guys are in trouble."

After this incident, the area outside Longfeng County was already crowded with people who came to watch the fun.

After seeing the soldiers guarding the city running away, instead of being frightened by the Royal Guards injuring their soldiers, they all applauded and cheered.

From this, it is not difficult to see how unpopular these soldiers are in Longfeng County.