"Small ships and warships below a million tons, please go to Area C! Medium ships and warships below 10 million tons, please go to Area B! Large ships and warships above 10 million tons, please go to Area A! Cargo ships and warships, please go to Area D!"
After getting off the battleship, Ye Wenya immediately felt the noise coming towards her. As a large battleship of tens of millions of tons, the Dawn and its crew naturally stopped at Area A.
"Injured students! Injured students, please follow me to Area A011! Hospital staff are waiting there. Injured students, please follow me to Area A1! Hospital staff are in the waiting hall in Area A011!"
A port worker in a silver uniform waved his work badge and led the injured student to area A011.
"Uninjured students, uninjured students... please follow port regulations and proceed to areas A013, A014, and A015 for a thorough inspection!"
Another staff member, also in uniform, directed the uninjured students to three other exits for inspection. This was a full-body checkup that every interstellar traveler on a spacecraft had to undergo.
Ye Wenya walked among the crowd holding the black cat, heading towards area A014 which was closest to them.
In addition to these candidates who got off the military warships, there were also many passengers who got off other spacecraft who were being inspected in areas A013, A014, and A015.
Although it is just an inspection area, there are actually dozens of inspection exits here. There are several staff members standing at each exit. Some are responsible for checking the contents of backpacks, and some are responsible for checking the belongings carried by everyone. Behind the entrances and exits, there are clear lines stretching for a long distance.
The entire inspection exit, although busy, was also orderly.
Bai Xia, who was standing in line behind Ye Wenya, rubbed his hungry stomach and said excitedly, "I'm finally home. I was almost suffocating on the battleship. Living with only nutrient solution every day is simply not a human life! When I get home from the port later, I must have a good meal!"
As an orc who can give up training to become stronger just for the sake of food, Bai Xia's foodie attribute is almost maxed out. While he muttered about the recipes he was going to eat, he stared at the crowd moving forward with shining eyes.
Even though Pan Mu had returned from the examination room, he still didn't show much expression and his face was still gloomy. It was obvious that he had not yet recovered from the previous war.
Although the exit inspection was fast, it was more than an hour later when it was Ye Wenya and the other two's turn.
No wonder the higher-ups had specifically notified the port manager to open a special service channel for the wounded. Otherwise, at this rate, several people might have fallen down during the inspection.
Walking in front of Ye Wenya and the other two was a middle-aged couple with slightly gray hair on their temples. Behind them was a little boy about thirteen or fourteen years old, and a little girl about five or six years old.
The four men looked dark and thin, as if they were malnourished. Although their clothes were clean and tidy, they were obviously washed a little pale. The four of them carried simple luggage, and the middle-aged man even had two large gray sacks hanging on his body. The bags were heavy and bulging. It was obvious at a glance that they were not valuable things, and most likely looked like some local specialties.
Such a unique family seems a bit out of place compared to the entire bustling Lookout Harbor.
The middle-aged couple urged their two children to go forward for inspection first, while they carefully placed their luggage and the two bulging large sacks on the security check table for backpack inspection.
Light blue light emanated from both sides of the security check desk. The items in the backpack were scanned by the security check equipment. The security check desk, which had been quiet just now, suddenly emitted a red light.
The staff standing behind the security check counter immediately frowned and looked grim.
The family of four at the front desk suddenly became nervous, and both adults and children looked at each other with confusion.
Confused and uneasy, they seemed to have no idea why the person before them had passed through the security checkpoint with a flashing green light, but when it came to them, the light turned red.
The staff member behind the security checkpoint tapped a few times on the computer screen and said in a stern tone, "What's in those two sacks? Open them for me."
"Yes, yes, we'll open it right away, we'll open it right away..."
The middle-aged man's weathered face forced a broad smile, and he nodded repeatedly. As he reached out to untie the sack, he nodded and said, "Here are some local specialties, the potato tubers and rhizomes we used to grow back home."
"Potato rhizomes? Why bring them to the Imperial Capital Star?" The staff member frowned, looked carefully at the yellow-brown rhizomes in the sack, which were the size of an adult's palm at the end of the month, and took out another detector from the side.
This small detection instrument is more sophisticated and is specially used to check whether foreign animals and plants carry pathogens that may affect the development of animals and plants on the Imperial Capital Star.
Fortunately, after the blue light of the instrument flashed, the potato tubers and rhizomes in the sack only flashed green twice, indicating they had safely passed inspection, and then there was no reaction. This made the originally nervous family of four breathe a sigh of relief. The middle-aged man smiled and explained, "Sir, you don't know, these two bags of potato tubers are food that our family brought specially to the Imperial Capital Star."
"What? Food?"
The staff member's face was filled with astonishment. He looked at the middle-aged man and his family of four as if they were some prehistoric cavemen. He curled his lips in disdain and muttered softly, "The Imperial Capital Planet is so big, what's there to eat? And they actually brought these potato nuggets with absolutely no nutritional value? ... I wonder what remote planet these four country bumpkins came from."
Although these words were spoken quietly, beastmen generally have very sensitive hearing, and even ordinary people who haven't awakened their beast transformation have good hearing. Therefore, the staff member's muttering was heard clearly by everyone, including the family of four in front and Ye Wenya and the others.
Ye Wenya frowned slightly and narrowed her eyes in dissatisfaction. It seemed that no matter where you are, even in the seemingly prosperous and orderly interstellar world, there is never a shortage of such people who look down on others.
"Hehehe...hehehe...yes, yes, it's food."
The middle-aged man was obviously a man who was about to be crushed by the burden of life. He clearly heard what the staff member said, but he didn't care at all. Instead, he responded with a silly smile and wanted to leave with his luggage.
But just as they took a step, the staff member frowned again and shouted repeatedly: "Come back, come back! I haven't let you go yet. Why are you leaving? Come back quickly!"
"What's wrong...Sir, do you have anything else to say?" The middle-aged man said nervously, grabbing his luggage.
The man rolled his eyes at the four of them in anger. "Anyone who brings living things from other planets into the Imperial Capital, whether plants or animals, must pay a certain tax. The fee is based on the size and weight of the item... For these two sacks of potatoes, calculated by weight, you'll have to pay 1,200 interstellar coins."
"1200 StarCoins?! Oh my god, why do I have to pay so much?"
The middle-aged man's wife exclaimed, her eyes widening in fear. "These two bags of potatoes only weigh about 100 pounds. Even if we sell them, they'll only fetch less than 100 interstellar coins at most."
"Then we won't take these potatoes with us. We can at least not pay the 1,200 interstellar coins tax, right?" They didn't have the money to pay such a high tax. The middle-aged man thought about it and said with gritted teeth.
Potatoes aren't anything anyway.
Valuable items can be purchased anywhere. Many people use this large-scale coarse grain to feed livestock, so it is extremely cheap. Sometimes one interstellar coin can even buy two or three kilograms.
"It's not a question of whether you want them or not. Even if you don't want these two bags of potato nuggets, you still have to pay the 1,200 Interstellar Coin tax. It's just that the tax on the potato nuggets has been changed to a tax on garbage disposal." The staff member waved his hand impatiently and pointed at the computer screen next to the security checkpoint. "Go there and pay."
"1200 interstellar coins? Where do we get that much money?"
The middle-aged woman choked up, her eyes red. "Sir, could you please be flexible? My family and I all came from the Mining Planet. Life there is very poor. We can hardly save up 800 interstellar coins in a year. We really don't have that much money!"
"Sir, can't you be flexible? Please be flexible!" The middle-aged man and two children also grabbed the staff member's clothes and begged bitterly.
"I didn't set the taxes, so why are you coming to me?" The staff member impatiently pulled his sleeves out of the hands of the three men and said with a grim expression, "You have to pay this money even if you don't want to! This is the rule!"
"If you really don't want to pay, then wait to be sent back by the spaceship at the port." The staff waved their hands, no longer willing to deal with this annoying family of four.
"I'll pay their 1,200 interstellar coins..."
Ye Wenya, who was standing in the back watching all this, couldn't bear to watch any more. Her beautiful face had already taken on a chill. She stepped forward, stared coldly at the staff member, and said, "Life on Mining Star is already difficult. Looking at their thin appearance, you can tell they are obviously malnourished. 1200 interstellar coins may not seem like much, but it's an income their family couldn't even save up in a year. This family of four has come all the way from Mining Star to Imperial Star, and they've probably already spent all their savings. Why are you making things difficult for them?"
The black cat was half lying on Ye Wenya's shoulder, like a black fur hat, its azure cat eyes staring at the scene in front of it without blinking, its eyes full of approval for this matter.
indeed.
The miners on the mining planet live a hard life. They eat little and work a lot on weekdays. Even if the ore mined by the other party can be sold at a sky-high price on other planets, it is still difficult for them to have enough to eat on weekdays.
After all, miners who mine ore are usually ordinary people with little education and no special skills. In addition, they have lived in that poor mining planet since childhood. Even if the mining job pays low wages, in order to make a living, if you don't do it, there will be others who will rush to do it. It is difficult for them to save up a ticket for a spaceship to the Imperial Capital Star in their entire lives.
It is surprising that this poor family of four can take a spaceship to the Imperial Capital Star.
"Laws are nothing but human feelings, and the same applies to port taxes. You insist on charging 1,200 interstellar coins for potatoes that cost less than 100. Isn't this embarrassing?" Ye Wenya's tone of voice was not very good. With a cold face, she took out her smart brain and prepared to pay the 1,200 interstellar coins in taxes for the family of four.
The incident here attracted a lot of attention. Many people looked over here with astonishment, especially when they looked at the dark and thin family of four with sympathy. The staff member saw this and his face suddenly turned pale and then green. He raised his hand and pointed at the intelligent computer on the security check table, telling Ye Wenya to pay and leave quickly.
“Pah pah pah…!”
But at this moment, there was another commotion at the back of the crowd. A handsome blond man in a neat military uniform walked over with a smile. He clapped his hands and said, "The lady is right. This rule of the Imperial Port is indeed a bit unreasonable. I apologize to everyone."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, why are you here? I should be the one to say sorry..." The staff member who originally had a bad face turned pale at this moment. He no longer cared about Ye Wenya and the others, and hurriedly walked out from behind the security check counter and said.
"Yes... Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with you."
The family of four from the mining planet also shook their heads like rattles, their faces full of nervousness.
"No... I really should be the one to apologize for this." Lei Ze waved his hand with a gentle smile, a look of guilt on his face. "This gentleman is just a port employee. He is acting according to the port's rules... But the port's rules were established by our royal family decades ago, so it is most appropriate for me to apologize."
"I'm really sorry this time." The blond man apologized sincerely. His golden hair was as dazzling and warm as the sun under the light.
"No, no, no, no." Both the family of four and the staff member looked extremely nervous.
The three parties exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Lei Ze turned his gaze to Ye Wenya again with a sincere smile, "Ms.
Your suggestion is very good. I will definitely bring this up at the next parliamentary session."
"Judging from your attire, you must be a candidate taking the Royal Military Academy exam. Would I have the honor of learning your name?"
The author has something to say: Black Cat: As soon as my ears pricked up, I knew this guy had bad intentions and wanted to steal my girl! (Black Cat bared his teeth)
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