Chu Dongyun originally thought that if the lords of the three cities worked together, they could definitely capture Bailing City.

By that time, the three of them would have to divide some territories for themselves no matter what. In this way, they could get the land of Bailing City without moving, which was simply a great deal.

But after the three of them had been there for several days, there had been no response, and Chu Dongyun became a little anxious.

Just when he was getting impatient, one of his subordinates suddenly came running to him in a panic, reporting that something big had happened.

Chu Dongyun was a little confused and asked, "What happened?"

His subordinates told him that the owner of the three cities had been replaced by a young man named Zhou.

Chu Dongyun was stunned when he heard this, and immediately asked in surprise: "Are you telling the truth?"

His subordinates told him that the news was absolutely true and that people in the three cities had already spread the news.

Chu Dongyun's face showed surprise and confusion. He could hardly believe that such a thing would happen.

Isn’t this guy surnamed Zhou the kid from Bai Lingcheng?

Are all three of them dead? If so, that would be troublesome.

He became a little worried, so he quickly arranged for his men to go and find out what was going on.

The men did not dare to delay and hurried out to inquire about the news, while Chu Dongyun sat at home waiting for news about the three cities.

At this time, Zhou Bin, Bai Long and Xiao Bao had already arrived in Baixuan City. After entering the city, the three of them found an inn to stay in.

Zhou Bin felt a little emotional. It seemed that Baixuan City was indeed larger and more prosperous than other cities.

While entering the city, Zhou Bin also learned that Baixuan City was the largest of the five nearby cities and was also the backbone of the other four cities.

They rested in the inn for a day, and the next day Zhou Bin decided to go to the Five Star Sect.

The Five Star Sect is just to the west of Baixuan City, close to the Five Star Mountain.

Zhou Bin thought to himself that Chu Dongyun was really bad enough. He actually secretly instigated those three people to come and seize the territory. Today he was going to seize the territory openly to see how capable Chu Dongyun was.

They soon arrived at the east of Baixuan City, where there was a huge manor. It looked like this was the City Lord's Mansion and the location of the Five Star Sect.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, they saw many people standing at the door with helpless looks on their faces, as if they were preparing to go in.

Zhou Bin usually likes to watch the fun, so when he saw so many people at the door, he was naturally very interested, so he hurried over.

A middle-aged man sighed, with a helpless look on his face.

Zhou Bin asked with a smile: "Big brother, what are you doing?"

The middle-aged man said unhappily, "What else can I do? Pay the money!"

Zhou Bin was very surprised and asked, "What money do you want to pay?"

When the middle-aged man heard Zhou Bin ask this, he looked him up and down and asked, "Are you from out of town?"

Zhou Bin smiled and said, "Yes, I passed by here and saw so many people gathered here. I thought the city lord was distributing things to everyone, so I came to take a look."

As soon as Zhou Bin finished speaking, the middle-aged man stared at him, looking at him as if he were a fool.

"You still want to get something here? It's good enough that you don't have to pay! Go quickly, or you will be asked to pay later!" said the middle-aged man in surprise.

Zhou Bin was very surprised to see him and said with a smile: "I didn't know that these people are here to pay money? What are they paying for?"

The middle-aged man didn't want to bother with Zhou Bin anymore, but when he saw Zhou Bin's silly look, he couldn't help but pull him aside and start talking to him.

Through the middle-aged man's narration, Zhou Bin finally understood the reason of the matter.

It turned out that all of them were merchants doing business in Baixuan City, and they came here to pay the so-called business tax.

According to the requirements of the City Lord's Mansion, these people must pay 15% business tax every month, otherwise they will be arrested by the people of the City Lord's Mansion and all their businesses will be confiscated.

Moreover, there are only two days left to pay taxes, and so many people must pay the money within this time, otherwise they will violate the city lord's order and their fate will be very miserable.

It doesn’t matter if you run a shop or walk around the streets, you still have to pay even if you sell an egg. If you dare to conceal even a single thing, you will be arrested immediately.

In order to continue to survive, these people had to come forward and pay the money, otherwise they would immediately be unable to do business.

After listening to the middle-aged man's story, Zhou Bin was a little surprised. Wow, they actually want to collect such a heavy tax, 15%?

Logically speaking, what he saw was only about 3%. It was really too dark here!

From this point, it can be seen that this city lord is definitely not a good person. He imposes heavy taxes and does not care about the lives of the people. It is right for me to come here this time.

Bailong and Xiaobao were standing aside, and they were also very angry when they heard the middle-aged man's story.

Just as a few people were talking, a few soldiers suddenly came over and saw Zhou Bin and the others at a glance.

When the middle-aged man saw the soldiers coming, he was so scared that he quickly hid aside and didn't dare to say a word.

Several soldiers came straight to Zhou Bin and his men. After looking them up and down, one soldier asked, "What do you do?"

Zhou Bin quickly said: "We are just passing by."

The soldiers stared at them, then looked at the snow leopard beside them, and immediately surrounded Zhou Bin and his men.

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