Chapter 369: 'Now'
"This is the ...... of Winde City"
The big merchant of the Kurt Kingdom hurried to the front of Wende City with his caravan, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he looked at the solemn city wall in front of him.
Although there is a large river separating the Black Forest from the Kurt Kingdom, and the merchant lives in the interior of the Kurt Kingdom, it is not clear what the situation is in the Black Forest.
However, on the way to the Sorrowful Wind Territory with his caravan, when he passed through the northern part of the kingdom, he had also heard about the terrible Black Forest, and heard that if the river thawed in the summer, the great river could not be approached at all, because the fish in the river were so fierce that even an adult standing on the shore could be dragged into the water if he was not careful.
The edge of the Black Forest was so terrifying, at least in the eyes of the merchant that he couldn't imagine how terrible the Stormlords bordering the Black Forest were.
Looking at the things in the Grim Wind Territory with such a mindset, the merchant always felt that everything here was built around dealing with the monsters in the Black Forest.
The endless stream of motorcades in front of the city gate made the merchant feel a kind of shock.
He saw many of them armed or armoured adventurers entering and exiting the gates, and the city guards stood on both sides of the gates, and they did not need to pay the 'entrance fee' when entering the city, and the open gates were free to enter and exit, and such a grand scene could not be seen anywhere.
The city guards were also different from the 'procrastinating' and 'greedy' guys in the merchants' impressions, they really stood on both sides of the city gate just to maintain order in front of the city gate.
They don't ask passers-by for tips, they don't check things too carefully, only wagons like caravans, they do not take any tips after inspection, and even the merchants see a city guard who righteously refuses a caravan's 'tip'......
Everything here is so new, completely different from the people or things in the merchant's memory!
These things seemed to subvert his cognition all of a sudden, he couldn't imagine that there was such an 'order' city in the world, because in other towns in the Sorrowful Wind Territory, he had also handed 'tips' to those city guards, and they didn't refuse, but in Wende City, all this changed.
Although the great merchant was surprised, the caravan under his command was not at all surprised.
This is the first time this big merchant has come to Wende City, but they are not, because it is not far away, and the business here is also very prosperous, so many people in this caravan are not the first time to come to Wende City, they have already seen these scenes a few months ago, and they will not be surprised by this at all.
On the contrary, after they returned to the Kurt Kingdom, they would often complain about the work efficiency of the nobles, even if it was not in Wende City, the work efficiency of the entire Sorrowful Wind Territory was not low, and often the things that could be handled in one day would never be delayed until the next day, unless there were too many things.
Even if the affairs that need to be handled are delayed, the other party's service attitude is very good, without the slightest arrogance, and I don't know how much better it is than officials in other countries.
"From the Kingdom of Kurt?"
Walking on the right side of the road, because the city guards were very fast, it was soon the turn of this caravan of the big merchants.
The city guard in charge of the inspection took one look at their convoy and asked, "What is your cargo?"
The moment he heard this, the big businessman's eyes widened.
What did he just hear? Did he hear it right?
This city guard ...... This city guard would ask them, 'What's the taboo?'
The city guards didn't expect that just this ordinary sentence would make the heart of the businessman in front of him feel turbulent.
The big merchant took a deep breath, he remembered the time when he was still a caravan steward, when his caravan was transporting 'wine', and the wine that was originally worth dozens of gold coins had been turned into a pile of 'scrap' that could only be 'sold cheaply' because of a group of rude city guards.
So just a word from this city guard, he had an inexplicable good impression of Wende City.
"The list of goods is here, and the quality certificate is here. β
However, what he didn't expect was that the steward of the caravan handed over the 'list of goods' to the city guard without his consent!
The big merchant frowned and shouted, "John!"
The steward was taken aback, and looked back at the big businessman, his eyes were a little confused, "Master Nelson, what's wrong?"
"How can you give someone else a manifest of goods?"
Nelson asked the question, but then he noticed that there were many other people besides 'John' who looked at him with a blank look in their eyesβeven the city guard.
"This gentleman!"
Sitting under the city gate, the clerk who kept the records of entry and exit saw the commotion here, so he came over and explained to Nelson: "In the Sorrowful Wind Territory, if you want to enter the town, the list of goods is not required, but the 'quality certificate' is required. If you don't have a manifest to check the goods on the quality certificate, you will need to carefully check the goods in your caravan, which will undoubtedly take a lot of time. If your caravan is coming from a border town, there will be a special person who will inspect the goods in your caravan and issue a temporary quality certificate to ensure that your caravan does not contain dangerous goods. β
"This steward submits the list of goods only for our inspection, and only needs to compare the 'quality certificate' with the 'quality certificate' and ' The list of goods', and then do a rough inspection, we can release, this is a good way of inspection, now only in the city of Wind, it may be extended to other towns in the future, if you don't want to submit the list of goods, we will be more careful when inspecting, not only delaying your time, but also delaying the time of the people behind you, so I hope you can cooperate with our work. β
Nelson's mouth was open, completely unexpected.
However, he was only stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted.
"That's what happened......
It was not for nothing that Nelson was able to become a great businessman, especially when he realized that Winde City was not only the main city of the Sadwind Lord, but also the holy city of the Lady of Fortune, and he completely extinguished his anger.
"John, I'm wrong about you. β
Nelson nodded to the caravan steward, and after seeing John's sincere expression, he stepped aside and said to the city guards, "Please, I'm sorry for the delay I've been delayed." β
Although he said so and pretended to be similar, Nelson was not embarrassed at all.
The 'apology' is only to show to these city guards in front of him, as for those people behind the convoy, what does it have to do with him!
After some inspection, the city guards let them go, and they pulled up the railing placed on the right side of the gate, "Sir, your caravan is ready to enter. β
The caravan's carriage slowly drove into the gates of Wende City, and what they didn't notice was a glimmer of light on the top of the gate and on the tiles under their feet.
When the railing was lowered again, the two places flashed again, and the secretary who had just explained to Nelson sat down in his chair, glanced at the mirror on the table in front of him, and lowered his head again.
"Next!"
The city gate was still noisy, but the secretary's faint voice still reached people's ears.
They were no longer surprised by this, and after some time of getting used to it, they felt a little uncomfortable with the 'inconvenience' of other towns.
After all, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to frugality, Wende City is becoming a 'miracle'!
Perhaps because the original 'miracle' was amazing enough, people didn't realize that they were witnessing the birth of a miracle -
Or rather...... They themselves are part of the 'miracle'.