Chapter 65: The Sin of Gender 65
The small leader led two soldiers guarding the city gate, circling around a few ox carts in the caravan, especially around Uncle He’s cart, because there was a big wild boar on it!
The more the small leader looked at the wild boar, the more he coveted it. He couldn’t help but glance sideways at everyone before coughing.
In a long, drawn-out tone, he said, "You have so much stuff on your carts, you’ll need to pay an entry tax. Seeing as you’re outsiders and don’t know our local customs, I’ll kindly inform you: everyone has to pay a tax to enter the city. For such large carts like yours, each should pay at least a hundred coins to get in."
One hundred coins per cart, with fourteen ox carts in total, meant one thousand four hundred coins, a small tael and a half of silver! How could the entry tax be so expensive? It was practically daylight robbery!
For a moment, everyone was indignant, but the mighty dragon cannot suppress the local snake. They couldn’t do anything against the small leader trying to extort them, and they certainly couldn’t skip entering the city. They still needed to pass through the county to reach the border city.
However, if they actually gave them money, while not impossible to afford, the thought of it was infuriating. They’ve passed through major state mansions and county cities before, never having to pay a tax, and even receiving the court’s grain allocated to them as common people willingly going to the border city!
They weren’t willing to give money, yet couldn’t proceed without paying, leaving everyone at a loss for a solution, stuck facing the city gate. The small leader, having done such things many times, wasn’t in a hurry, swaggering while waiting for them to compromise.
Initially not planning to get involved, Qin Shuangshuang, seeing the situation, could only step forward. They couldn’t actually spend a tael and a half of silver just to enter a city! In her past life, Qin Shuangshuang had traveled around with various masters and had seen such things before.
She stepped forward, first gently picking up the wild boar and tossing it aside onto an empty space. With a thud, it seemed the ground trembled, then she drew a sickle, easily slicing off the boar’s massive head as if reaping wheat!