HCB 0428: Collect Asylum Fees.
0428: Collect Asylum Fees.
The sun was shining brightly, and there was no snow in Hailan City from morning to noon.
The flow of people in the city began to increase. In addition to the businessmen in a hurry, local residents also came out to breathe.
"The weather is so nice, I hope spring will come soon." Amaru looked up at the sky.
He is a native of Hailan City, and usually does some porting work at the port.
Amaru plans to take a good rest today, he is already very tired after working continuously for several months.
"Yeah, when spring comes, we don't have to move things anymore, we can grow food." Cisco echoed.
He is a good friend of Amaru since he was a child, and he also works as a porter at the port. Both of them are about 25 years old.
Amaru scanned both sides of the main avenue vigilantly, and whispered, "Why don't we go to the port to work."
He feels very uneasy today.
Cisco patted his friend on the shoulder and said with a smile, "If we continue to work, we will be exhausted. Let's take a good rest today."
"I want to relax, but it will be terrible if I meet that guy." Amaru said with a displeased face.
"Isn't it not long after we paid the asylum fee?" Cisco looked like he didn't know when it was today.
Amaru rolled his eyes and said, "Twenty days have passed since the last time I paid the asylum fee."
That's right, they have been being charged 'asylum fees' by 967 people, which is the kind that is charged once every 20 days.
"What? Time flies so fast?" Cisco's eyes widened in shock.
"Time is so fast."
A thick voice came from behind the two of Cisco, it was a fat man with a fleshy face.
His name is Rastan, and he is the brother-in-law of the former city defense officer of Hailan City. He is 1.9 meters tall and has a huge body, which is very oppressive.
Rastan was followed by a dozen people, all of whom were his younger brothers, who were responsible for finding various people to collect asylum fees every day.
However, Amaru and Cisco are the ones he collects protection fees from, and he only asked for five copper coins from each of them 20 days ago.
You must know that Amaru and the two of them only earned about 20 copper coins after handling it at the port for 20 days, and the asylum fee was reduced by a quarter in an instant.
"Where's the asylum fee for the next twenty days?" Rastan folded his arms around his chest, with a ferocious expression on his chin.
"Can we...can we not pay?" Amaru took a step back and asked stammeringly.
They really didn't want to give it, saying it was an asylum fee, and they didn't see Rastan and others sheltering the two of them.
In fact, to put it bluntly, this asylum fee is the fee to prevent them from being beaten by Rastan and others within 20 days of buying them.
"Pfft...don't pay?" Rastan sneered, turned his head to his subordinates and pouted his chin.
"Tat Tat Tat..."
Rastan's subordinates nodded and walked towards Amaru and Cisco with smirks on their faces.
Several people framed Amaru and the others, and the rest began to punch Cisco and the others in the stomach.
Amaru and Cisco struggled desperately, and the punches from those people made them retch constantly.
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"Stop calling, we'll give...to."
Amaru and Cisco were beaten several times, and the pain was so unbearable that they had to compromise.
After hearing what the two of them said, Rastan's subordinates hit him several times before stopping, all showing expressions of luck.
If Amaru and Cisco don't compromise, they may be beaten to death, and it's not like this happened before.
"Hahaha.........wouldn't it be better if you did this earlier?" Rastan laughed arrogantly.
After seeing Amaru and Cisco reluctantly take out the coins, he led his men down to find the next person to collect protection fees.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Amaru was beaten the worst. He squatted on the ground and couldn't stand up, and his face looked pale.
Cisco resisted the pain in his stomach and helped his friend up, and said weakly, "Let's give it directly next time, we can't beat him.
The city defense officer is mainly responsible for the city defense of Hailan City, and he often uses his authority to do his best.
Many dissatisfied people will be taught a lesson by the city defense officer. The excuse is that he does not cooperate with the city defense security work.
Even the little (agad) brother-in-law of the city defense officer was also very arrogant, and became domineering after his sister-in-law Jingyou.
This situation lasted for several years, and everyone in Hailan City was afraid when they saw Rastan.
"I just don't want our hard-earned money to be cheap for this beast." Amaru kept clutching his stomach.
"Tat Tat Tat..."
After Rastan walked away, the neighbors approached Amaru and the two of them.
They were concerned about the injuries of the two, and pointed at Rastan, who had already gone away.
"Why isn't that damned guy dead?"
"Are you two okay? Next time, don't say such things to him."
"I just finished paying the asylum fee today, hey..."
Everyone sighed, there was nothing they could do about Rastan and the others, what capital did the common people have to fight them?
"It's not an option to go on like this? Do we have to give them our hard-earned money?" Amaru was very upset.
"Let's go, let's go to the port to move the goods today." Cisco patted his friend on the shoulder.
He lost five copper coins at once, which was several days' wages. Cisco was so distressed that he didn't even have the mood to rest.
"You can report it and tell the new nobleman that you have been bullied." A man in his forties lowered his voice.
"Is it useful? Aren't nobles always partial to these people." A middle-aged woman asked dubiously.
"How do you know if you don't try it? Didn't Lord Marquis let the previous consul go?" another man said.
"I heard that Lord Marquis has set up two new departments, do you want to visit those two departments?" asked the man at the beginning.
Surrounded by Amaru and Cisco's neighbors, you are giving advice to the two young people one by one.
However, they have not been to Qiao Ji's two new departments, and are keeping a wait-and-see attitude.
The two newly opened departments of Qiao Ji are the Patrol Team and the District Management Department, which have been established in the four districts of Hailan City.
"Is it really useful?" Amaru said with an expression of disbelief.
He was really disappointed with the nobles, and he took the lead in oppressing the common people.
However, this new aristocratic gentleman seems to be a good person, and has reduced a lot of taxes in recent days.
"Let's go and try it, maybe?" Cisco held the mentality of a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
"Let's go. Anyway, there is no other way. It would be great if it is possible. If it doesn't work, we have nothing to lose." Amaru said suddenly and firmly.
"Go, tell us if it's useful, and we'll go too." The man at the beginning waved his hand.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Amaru and Cisco nodded at each other, and walked towards the patrol team and the district management department of the Baita District where they were located.
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