Give Me the Name of God

With a bright vision for the future, Manda slept until noon the next day.

Opening a tavern is not a business for getting up early. When he was not too hungry, Manda even planned to sleep until dusk, but he was woken up by the scolding outside the door.

Who is cursing? There were no other houses nearby, so the scolding was most likely directed at the tavern.

As soon as the tavern opened, someone came to make trouble? Manda really wanted to go out and teach them a lesson, but she couldn't bear the heat in the bed.

Scold him, just think of him scolding the air, it doesn't hurt anyway, Manda didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but found that the danger pendant on his chest was getting hotter and hotter.

dangerous? What do they want? Do you want to burn down the house?

Manda put on his clothes, picked up a wooden stick and went to the door, only to find that the situation was more serious than he imagined.

There were two soldiers standing at the door, and they were not cursing at the air, but at Worm.

This bug flew back so quickly? Didn't the Count invite him to dinner?

Worm looked at the two with a blank expression. He didn't like to quarrel, but he wasn't good at patience either.

Judging from their smell and body shape, these two soldiers are pure blind ducks. As long as Worm makes a move, the probability of them surviving is very small.

But they were soldiers, or guards of a certain nobleman, so it would be a big trouble to kill such people.

Seeing Manda holding a wooden stick, a soldier drew out his long sword: "You bumpkin, I guess you haven't seen blood."

Manda threw the stick into the firepit without any hassle: "Guests, please sit inside, I'll light a fire for you."

"Who is your guest? Who would come to a place like yours? We are the retainers of Viscount Gaisak, here to collect taxes."

Worm said with a blank face: "Let me see your documents first, at least let me see the family emblem of Gaisak's Viscount."

A soldier stepped forward and spat on Worm's clothes: "See, this is the family emblem I bestowed on you, and it's quite suitable to wear on your body."

Worm looked at the saliva on his body and licked his lips inadvertently.

The soldier smiled and said, "Do you want to taste it?"

Manda was startled, this is Wurm's habitual action, and he was going to do it.

"Masters," Manda hurriedly stood in front of Worm, "Since you are here to collect taxes, please give me the amount first."

The soldier said: "Have you never done business? The tavern needs to pay twenty-five silver coins every month. You don't understand the rules?"

Twenty-five silver coins a month, three gold coins a year, Manda was still complaining about the annual guild fee of thirty silver coins yesterday, but today these two soldiers let him experience the power of taxes.

It is obviously unwise to confront the authorities. It is only natural to do business and pay taxes. Manda took out twenty-five silver coins. One soldier collected the silver coins, and another soldier swung his sword and cut off the wooden pole on the door. .

"I am warning you in the name of Lord Viscount, next time you dare to behave wildly, I will cut off your head!"

After the two soldiers left, Manda entangled the two wooden poles with rags and reinserted them on the door. After all, this is the signboard of the tavern. At this time of year, wooden poles with leaves are really hard to find.

"Why did you give them the money?" Worm was very dissatisfied with what happened just now, "They don't look like noble retainers! Twenty-five silver coins are too much!"

What is there to doubt? Who dares to cheat under the banner of Viscount? Manda didn't bother to explain to him, and asked instead: "Why did you come back so early? What did the count tell you?"

"The Count has said a great deal, but I cannot tell you."

This guy is still annoying as always, Manda stretched his waist and said: "It's open for business."

"Wait a minute, we need to sacrifice to the gods first." Worm returned to the bedroom and found that the tablecloth had been changed at a glance. Fortunately, Manda had prepared an excuse.

"I also sacrificed once last night, hoping to get more business, but I accidentally burned the tablecloth."

"You set up the altar yourself?"

"Yes, isn't it seven candles?"

"You don't know how to arrange the altar, and you dare to do such a stupid thing!" Wurm was very angry. "If you provoke some unknown force, you will die, and you will also implicate the tavern!"

It seems that Wurm is very concerned about this tavern, Manda spread his hands and said: "Okay, I will never touch the altar again."

"Twenty-five silver coins a month, this is simply a robbery, how can this business be done!" After the sacrifice, Worm was still chattering. In Manda's impression, he had never said so many words, and he had never talked like this before. This cares about money.

There was no business that day, until nightfall the next day, when a customer finally came to the door. A middle-aged man in a blue robe was followed by five soldiers. As soon as they entered the door, they took out the badge of Viscount Gaisak and the tax collection documents.

"My name is Rolando, Viscount Gaisak's vassal. We have received news from Dunison that a tavern has opened here. According to Lord Viscount's law, a monthly tax of twenty-five silver coins is required." The attitude of the middle-aged people is very friendly.

Manda also responded with a friendly smile, which seemed to grow on his face until late at night.

fraud! The two soldiers before turned out to be liars! These two shameless swindlers stole twenty-five silver pieces and broke the sign of the tavern!

I have lived two full lives, and I was cheated out of twenty-five silver coins by such a clumsy liar!

shame! madness! Manda was so angry that she really wanted to find a stone to knock Worm to death.

Worm sighed and said: "I have reminded you so many times, but I still can't stop your stupidity. This kind of stupid behavior will attract the disgust of the gods, and the business of the tavern will get worse and worse!"

Worm really hit the spot. There was no visitor for the next three days. On the afternoon of the fourth day, a jeweler came. Manda was pleasantly surprised. Jewelry is true and false. Big business is here.

This businessman is about thirty-six or seventeen years old. He is tall and straight. He is over 1.8 meters tall. He has long blond hair, a very eye-catching hooked nose, and a pair of dark blue eyes. He has the charm of a mature man. .

He was wearing a yellow and green robe and a purple pointed hat with a lion embroidered on it, which should be the crest of a certain family. He was accompanied by two servants. It seemed that his identity was very unusual.

The servant placed jewelry, large and small, on the table, and the businessman drank a glass of wine in one gulp: "I came here mainly to visit Earl Gaisak and do some business by the way, those two necklaces, those pair of earrings, those two The bracelet and the hair crown are gifts for the earl. You can’t touch them. You can choose other things at will. By the way, the cheapest ring costs two gold coins. You can’t decide on such things. Yes, call your father."

"Those who can be masters, those who can be masters!" Manda laughed repeatedly, and quickly added another glass of wine for him and the servants, then opened his cross-eyed eyes, and carefully examined the jewelry one by one.

According to the price offered by the dealer, the cheapest one costs two gold coins. It seems that there is not much profit margin. If you spend more time looking for it, you may be able to find one or two that are worth the money...

Manda was stunned suddenly, and the businessman drank the wine in the glass again, wiped his mouth and said, "How about it, have you chosen?"

"Ah," Manda nodded numbly, "A glass of wine costs fifteen copper coins, and you drank five glasses, a total of seventy-five copper coins."

"What's the hurry, the wine is not bad, let's have another glass!"

"No," Manda shook her head, "One drink is the bill."

"How can there be such a business?" The businessman pointed to the jewelry on the table, "Tell me which one you have chosen, and I will give you a cheaper one, saving you the trouble of going back and forth."

"I'm not afraid of trouble, I'll pay for the wine first." Manda moved her shoulders and said with a grim expression, "Take out your purse and move faster."

There was a whole table of jewellery, none of which was real, and the most expensive piece cost no more than twenty copper coins.

The businessman frowned and said with a sneer, "If you said you couldn't afford it, why waste my time."

After speaking, he slapped a silver coin on the table, packed up the jewelry on the table, turned around and left with two servants.

Manda took a look at the "silver coin". The jewelry is fake, and the silver coin is naturally not real. This "silver coin" is made of iron and is worth about two copper coins (mainly the manual fee).

"This guest, please wait a moment."

"You don't need to look for it, it's just a few copper coins. You're lucky today." The jeweler walked like flying, and was about to reach the door when Manda closed the door first, gritted his teeth and said:

"My luck is not too good, and I'm not in a good mood. Seventy-five copper coins are not too much. If you can't get them out, I'll put you in a jar to be salted!"

The jeweler pulled out a short knife, licked the back of the knife, and said with a sinister smile, "Seeing that you are a child, I don't want to argue with you. If you don't know how to live or die, don't blame me for being cruel!"