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Chapter 186 Surprisingly Smooth

Xu Ning was still worried about Pei Jiao, so after Pei Jiao left, he immediately released a drone to follow her.

Therefore, even when Pei Jiao was not around, Xu Ning and his sister were very busy watching the drone surveillance.

"Second sister, why are there fewer people fleeing famine?" Xu Ning was responsible for taking care of Pei Jiao, while Xu Feng was responsible for their direction.

"We'll be at North City soon, so naturally there will be fewer people there." North City is the capital city second only to Beijing City, and its level of prosperity cannot be compared with other capital cities. If there are many refugees in North City, Beijing City will not be much better.

However, those people will not allow too many refugees to appear in these two cities.

"Second sister, the gate of the North City is so high!" The rest of the journey was surprisingly smooth, and the carriage soon arrived at the gate of the North City.

Xu Ning looked at the tall city wall, and then at the people queuing up to enter the city wall. He found that all the people in the queue were normal people without exception, and there was not even a beggar.

"Second sister, there are so many people in the North City!" Xu Feng stuck his head out of the carriage and looked around like a groundhog who had never seen the world.

"Miss Ning, you need identification documents and a five-cent entrance fee to enter the city."

"I have to pay to enter the city?" Xu Feng was surprised.

"What do you think? You can also think of this as protection money."

"But Uncle Li wasn't protected last time either." Xu Feng was talking about the time when Li the Hunter went to the city to buy food. "Second sister, do you think the North City will be the same as last time?"

"No." Beicheng is close to the capital, and no matter how brave the princes are, they dare not do anything under that person's nose.

"Uncle Liu, thank you for your help." Xu Ning directly handed a purse to Liu Li. The silver in it was not only enough to cover everyone's entrance fee, but also a few taels for tea for the soldiers guarding the city.

Liu Li naturally understood these rules, but he had just paid the entrance fee and had not had time to stuff the silver to the soldiers guarding the city when Fang Wenhai suddenly lifted the curtain and walked out.

"Master Fang!" The people in charge of guarding the city recognized Fang Wenhai. They were happier to see Fang Wenhai than to see their biological father. They immediately forgot about Liu Li and ran over excitedly to greet Fang Wenhai.

"Master Fang, didn't you go to the south? Why are you back so soon?"

"I have something to deal with. I hired these convoys to escort us back..."

"Hey, let them pass! Since they are Master Fang's men, there will be no problem." Before Fang Wenhai could finish his words, the person in charge of guarding the city immediately let them pass.

"Mr. Fang, I'm so sorry to have delayed you for so long. We have checked the documents and we will waive the entrance fee for you." The person in charge of the soldiers guarding the city said, and the people under him immediately returned the documents and entrance fee that Liu Ligang had handed in.

Liu Li walked back to the carriage in a daze, holding the documents and money. The delay here made the people behind them dissatisfied.

"Why doesn't he have to pay?"

"That's right, why?"

Fang Wenhai originally wanted to say a few words to the person in charge of defending the city, but seeing this situation, he tactfully got on the carriage.

The person in charge of the city defense saw off Xu Ning's carriage team with a smile, then turned around and looked at the people who had just shouted with a gloomy look.

"Why?" The person in charge of the city defense sneered condescendingly, "Do you know who he is?"

"Who is he?" the man who shouted at the beginning shouted with his neck stiffened.

"Who he is has nothing to do with a peasant like you. All you need to know is that Mr. Fang pays tens of thousands of taels of tax every year. If you can do it, not only will the city entrance fee be waived, but you will even be worshipped as a sacrifice!"