Naturally, it was impossible for the mission to go back so soon after coming to the Grim Wind Territory, in addition to the task of coming to congratulate Cervantes on succeeding as Duke of the Sad Wind, there was also the task of observing the current situation of the Grim Wind Leader.

After two days of rest, the knights dispersed, except for two knights who stayed at the inn, and the rest of the knights scattered to explore various parts of the city, and even the two knights each took a knight and a retinue to the business district and the temple area respectively.

Duke Grief does not need to pay taxes to the royal family, this was a rule set by Krylov I, but now the situation is different, and His Majesty Krylov III is considering restoring the taxes of Grief Lord, "otherwise it would be too unfair to the other lords."

His Majesty Krylov III is right, this is too unfair for other lords!

Al was a knight of the Mission, and after two days of rest, he had finally regained some strength, so he didn't mind taking a look at the Sad Wind Leader, known as the 'Knight Leader'.

Although the previous Duke of Grief was a sword master, this was a realm supported by knights, and it was the only one in the Kingdom of Kolo.

As a knight, Al has always longed for the Sad Wind Lord, in the Kolo Kingdom, only in the Sad Wind Territory, the knight can really be reused, in other territories, the knight is only a retainer, and cannot become a vassal who gets a fief.

And in the Tempest Realm, knights can even become barons!

In this realm of 'nobles are mages', this is a hard thing to imagine.

These knights, except for finding a spell teacher for the next generation and making their children mages, have no way to become nobles.

Moreover, even if they let their children become mages, they may not be able to become nobles, and it takes a lot of gold to train a mage, and the wealth they have accumulated for half a lifetime may not be able to cultivate a mage, so they will yearn for the Sad Wind Leader.

However, as knights, they could not abandon everything to come to the Sadwind Realm, because most of them were from poor families, and they only became knights after signing a magic contract with the nobles, otherwise they would not even have the money to maintain their armor and weapons, let alone own a horse.

And most of the knight ancestors who were from knight families were also like this, because there were too many connections, so they could not break away from the nobility and come to the Sorrowful Wind Realm.

Although the Knight of Al could not be separated from his loyal master, as a knight, he also wished that he could see this legendary 'knight' with his own eyes.

There was one place he was very curious about, since he first came to Wende City, he saw a group of merchants gathered near the city gate, only a few dozen feet away from the city gate, but the soldiers did not drive those merchants away, so he was very curious.

Upon observation, he also found that a vertical ...... was placed flat in the middle of the main road Stone bars?

The protruding stone bar was placed in the middle of the road, which looked very abrupt, but looking at the orderly pedestrians and convoys on both sides, Al Knight was thoughtful.

At some of the intersections, he also saw that some of the stone slabs were padded with a layer of cork, which could easily be passed by if the carriage was slow, but if it was too fast, both the horse and the people in the carriage would feel bumpy.

'It's a clever design. Al Knight thought.

This is supposed to prevent people walking on the road from being rammed, and while it is not very useful for runaway pack beasts, it is useful for day-to-day management.

There is also a stone bar protruding in the center of the road, which allows pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages to pass in an orderly manner, which can reduce the occurrence of many accidents.

For a royal capital, especially as a commoner who has lived in Xiacheng since he was a child, he has seen many accidents.

These two things alone made his blood boil a little, is this the legendary 'knight collar'? Why is there such a thing in the Sorrowful Wind Realm, but there is no such thing in the royal capital?

Could it be that these were all invented by the successor Duke of Sorrowful Wind?

The idea flashed through the Knight of Al, and then he laughed and dismissed the idea: 'That's just an evil black dragon, how could he possibly invent such a thing!'

Anyway, Al Knight came to the Tempest Realm only to observe, and he will report these interesting things truthfully when he returns, but the current task must continue.

He walked slowly to the city gate, and even after two days, there were still many merchants gathered there, which made him even more interested.

Curious, I leaned over and heard a teenager in the crowd shouting, "...... Twenty taxes and one, the specialty is the fur of the monster and all kinds of magic materials, the demand is the seed, as long as the seed can be planted, there is a demand, and ......"

Later, Al Knight didn't hear it, he only remembered one word firmly, 'twenty taxes one'!

Oh my God, a tax rate of one in twenty!

The Al knights from the royal capital were stunned, at the rate of one-twentieth of the tax, what did the lord of the Sorrowful Wind Realm eat?

The tax rate of one-tenth of the royal capital is already very low, and the tax rate of the holy city of 'Gordon', the goddess of wealth, is a little lower than that of the royal capital, but it is only one of the twelve taxes, what is the concept of twenty taxes and one of the lowest tax rates in the mainland!

'Calm down!Calm downAl - Calm down!'

Relying on his strong body, Knight Al squeezed in from the crowd, he grabbed the young man's shoulder, and asked with a hideous face, "Is the tax rate of one-twentieth really only one-twentieth?"

The businessmen, who were originally very angry and were about to scold, were stunned for a moment, and then laughed one after another.

Knight Al ignored the merchants' laughter, he just wanted to know if the tax rate of the Grim Wind Collar was really that low.

"Yes, yes sir. The young man who was scratched on the shoulders by the Al Knight grimaced and nodded, "It's only one twentieth, these are written on the bulletin board, and I'm just translating from the book." Sir, you scratched me. ”

"Oh......" Knight Al hurriedly let go of his hand, "I'm so sorry. ”

As he spoke, he apologized to the merchants around him, and before leaving, he glanced at the 'bulletin board' - on which were pasted several pieces of papyrus with words written on them, but he could not read much, and could only make out a few words sporadically.

Knight Al looked strange and left in a hurry.

After he left, the merchants laughed again—didn't this look like they had just arrived in the Grim Wind?

Not surprisingly, the Al Knight got lost and asked a few locals before returning to the hotel.

He didn't know what to do with his companion if he said Sad Wind Leader...... At least if Wende City is at a twentieth tax rate, will they think they're lying to them?

Knight Al stood at the door of the inn and hesitated, and two more knights came back, and he greeted the two companions in awkwardness.

"Al you know what, you can't believe what I've seen!" Knight Al followed the two companions into the hotel, one of the companions, Knight Alfonso's expression was exaggerated, "I saw a civilian by the well, it didn't take much effort, just a wooden stick in his hand, that's it (Knight Alfonso held his hands weakly, pressed down), there was a pipe out of the water, it was well water, well water know? And the civilians all said that this was not a magic prop, it was a small thing invented by the 'maid master'- I don't know who this 'head maid' is, but it's amazing!"

Another companion, the Wellington Knight, also nodded and said, "Alfonso even pulled me to take a look, it's really amazing, but what's even more amazing is what I saw in the lower town, which is probably not seen in any other city - a few people with orange armbands on their arms at work!

"Criminal?" exclaimed Knight Alfonso, who laughed, for he had reacted the first time he heard about it.

Al Knight glared at the gloating accomplice, then asked, "And then?"

The Wellington knight was emotional, and continued: "At that time, I was also frightened, and I asked the locals to find out that they said that this was a 'labor reform', a system invented by the 'chief maid' of the Grief family, and the criminals who committed less serious crimes could atone for their sins in this way, and at the same time made the criminals understand the importance of labor, and when they looked at the things they built, they would have a sense of accomplishment, thinking that they were 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 appearance of crime. In this city, if a child under the age of 12 is caught stealing, he is reprimanded by the aunt of the 'residents' committee, and children over the age of 12 are also subject to voluntary labor, but their work is much easier. ”

The three knights glanced at each other and said with emotion: "What a magical city!"