"Let's talk about it first." Du Wei suddenly became interested.
From now on you won’t get a single gold coin?
"I came up with it in the past few days. It will definitely prevent those warlords from getting a single gold coin from us! But...such an approach may completely anger the Northwest Army. Our current strength is not strong enough.
If you fall out with them..." Philip hesitated for a moment, then said: "Watching you show off your great magical power by the Loulan Lake that day, I suddenly thought of a way... This way can bypass that damn thing
Temporary order!" The young man's eyes sparkled and he said with a smile, "It's just that my method also exploited the loopholes of the empire's laws."
Taking advantage of legal loopholes?
Du Wei's eyes lit up, he liked this style!
"Sir, have you forgotten your other identity? You are a magician!"
There was a sly smile on Philip's lips.
Du Wei was startled for a moment, and then suddenly remembered a law that he had never seemed to care about!
Roland Empire, "Magician Preferential Treatment Clause" in the Empire Code!
The magical civilization of Roland Continent is prosperous. The powerful power and rare number of magicians give them a lofty status. No matter where they are, magicians will receive the best treatment, respect and respect.
And the empire even made some preferential treatment provisions for magicians in the code!
As mentioned earlier, in the history of the Roland Empire, an outstanding emperor once said in private: No one is above the law, except the emperor himself... and the other exception is the magician!
The special privileges that magicians enjoy in the law are first of all that they are not bound by ordinary laws! Magicians are not subject to any official trial by the empire! Magicians are bound by the mainland magic union. If there is a magician who does evil, in addition to the magic union,
Imperial officials cannot judge.
For example, when Du Wei was kidnapped by a magician, the empire officials had many wars of words with the magic union, but in the end they had no choice but to let it go.
In addition, another special preferential treatment is:
duty free!
The Imperial Code clearly stipulates: All subjects of the Empire must pay taxes. This is an obligation! Du Wei, who was familiar with the Code, was surprised to find that in the Roland Empire, even nobles had to pay taxes! This strange law made Du Wei
I felt a bit civilized.
Magicians are an exception! The law clearly states that magicians are a valuable asset of the empire. All have tax exemption rights. No one is allowed to levy taxes on magicians. Magicians enjoy lifelong tax exemptions from all taxes in the empire!
Du Wei, who was a nobleman and had recently obtained the official qualification as a magician, had almost forgotten this law that was beneficial to him. After Philip reminded him, he finally remembered it.
"Unfortunately, sir, you can no longer enjoy this decree." Philip smiled: "Although you are a magician, you are first of all a nobleman and hold the title of Duke of the Empire! This is clearly stipulated in the Imperial Code.
, your duke status has priority. In other words, you are a noble first, and then a magician. In this way, you still have to pay taxes. Therefore, although the Province of Desa is your territory
, but according to the law, you still have to pay the military expenses stipulated in the damn temporary decree of the empire from your fiscal revenue. Because that military expense is also regarded as an additional additional military tax."
Duwei already smiled: "Continue to speak your mind, Philip."
"Yes, sir." Philip smiled and said: "But sir, you are not the only magician among our people now. Miss Vivian and Mr. Solskjaer all have official magicians.
A qualified person!”
"What do you mean..."
Philip immediately explained his method to Duwei in detail:
"Sir, from the perspective of imperial law, you are the lord of the Province of Desa, and the entire land of the Province of Desa is your private property! This is protected by the laws of the empire. However, because of your noble status, you are not
You cannot be tax-free like other magicians. In fact, historically speaking, there are very few people who have the dual identities of nobles and magicians at the same time. You are a special case. My approach is: if you can trust Miss Vivian.
And Mr. Solskjaer's words. I can draft several documents and select some grain-producing farms and farmland in the Province of Desa. Indicate that you are willing to donate these land properties to Miss Vivian free of charge as a lord.
, or Mr. Solskjaer. In this way, all future income from these lands will not have to pay any taxes! At that time, if the Northwest Army comes again and asks for money, as long as we show them these documents, they will say:
Well, now that these lands are owned by magicians, the agricultural tax revenue of the Province of Desa is not much, and the military expenses... Of course, not to mention! And of course, in private, the property income of these lands is naturally
It’s still all yours.”
This is really a wonderful way!
Du Wei was immediately impressed by this method of exploiting legal loopholes.
Of course he can trust Vivian and Solskjaer. Especially little Vivian... Du Wei has almost regarded little Vivian as his beloved! The property between the two has to be divided.
What each other?
"My personal preference is to choose Miss Vivian." Philip smiled a little strangely. Everyone knew about the ambiguous relationship between the Duke and the lovely and beautiful female magician, but Philip also proposed a
Particular attention should be paid to: "My method is not impeccable. Because once the real estate is transferred, it will nominally belong to the person who received your gift! If someone wants to go against you at this time, just send someone to assassinate...
...In other words, if the person who holds the real estate dies, then without an heir, the land will naturally return to the empire! Miss Vivian is an eighth-level magician, I believe no one dares to touch her brain.
Of course... Sir, once you and Miss Vivian get married in the future, then these real estate properties can be legitimately returned to your name."
The last sentence made Du Wei couldn't help but smile.
Getting married...well, but now we have to wait. After all, I and Vivian are still too young.
However, that little girl has grown up a lot recently.
Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Du Wei coughed: "Although such an approach is taking advantage of a loophole, it is too obvious. The Northwest Army is not an idiot. If we do this, even though we can't find fault in name,
But soon the two sides will break up."
Phillip bowed slightly and said slowly: "Sir, I am your staff. I am only responsible for paying attention. The final decision depends on your choice."
Du Wei took a deep breath, stood up, walked around the room twice, then shook his head and said: "It's a good idea, but we don't have the capital to fall out with the Northwest Army immediately. But wait until we stand firm.
It’s not too late to use this method after you’ve healed your heel.”
Then Du Wei smiled bitterly: "Before you fall out, if the Northwest Army comes to ask for money, just delay it if you can. If you really can't delay it, you'd rather spend some money on them..." At this point, Du Wei thought in his heart
I was really unwilling to give up and couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, just like paying protection money."
Although he said this, Du Wei also understood in his heart that the Northwest Army Corps has taken root in the northwest for so many years. It naturally has a strong foundation and strength.
To put it bluntly, General Tatara who came today, did he really come here just for such a small amount of money? The expenditure of tens of thousands of gold coins, considering the family background of the Northwest Army, is not just waiting for this little rice to be put into the pot.
.More importantly, he came to test the attitude of Du Wei, the upstart from the northwest!
If Du Wei behaves very submissively, then everything is easy to say. If Du Wei behaves very toughly and refuses to cooperate, then what awaits Du Wei is the revenge of the Northwest Army! Don't forget. The two noble lords in the front will finally be
How did it end miserably under the attack of the Northwest Army?
Now that I don't have the capital to challenge this warlord, the best way in the short term is to act stupid and pretend to be a magician who doesn't know ordinary things, a little noble who is a novice in politics, and try my best to win development opportunities for myself.
time.
Du Wei, who understood this truth, immediately came up with another idea. He wrote a letter himself and had someone rush to the northwest army camp stationed on the northern border of Nulin Province.
This letter was written to General Lu Gao, the commander of the Northwest Army. Du Wei first politely expressed his greetings to Commander Lu Gao in the tone of an imperial duke and aristocrat, and then humbly expressed that he was new to the northwest and still
It needs the care of many parties from the Northwest Army. In the end, a request was made clearly and directly: I hope the Northwest Army can help me, a person who has no foundation in the northwest, put some pressure on Governor Bohan, and get back the Dessa line that should belong to me.
The financial reserves and money looted by Bohan from the provincial warehouse. Du Wei made it clear that he was not short of money, but just to defend his dignity. He was unwilling to swallow his anger and was willing to cooperate with the Northwest Army. Finally, he said that if the Northwest Army
If the army could help him recover the money, Du Wei was willing to take none of it and give it all to the Northwest Army to show his respect for the warriors of the border guards.
In this letter, Du Wei tried hard to portray himself as an aristocrat who was unconventional and fought for loyalty. He did not expect that a letter could completely paralyze the minds of the Northwest Army, but if it could temporarily divert the attention of the Northwest Army from
If his body is transferred to Governor Bohan's body, then the goal will be achieved.
After this letter was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. There was no news from the Northwest Army for a long time. And General Lu Gao, who held the power of the Northwest Army, seemed to have no interest in Du Wei, the newly arrived Duke in the Northwest. Although the empire managed, the local troops stationed there
The generals of the main battle corps generally do not get too close to local officials to avoid suspicion. But as the general who commands the military power of the empire, he and Du Wei, the Duke of the empire, have not even met once in the northwest for several months.
The other party's attitude is really thought-provoking.
Are you looking down on Du Wei, a young boy, and deliberately putting on airs? It doesn’t seem to be the case...
The winter of the 960th year of the Roland Empire has finally arrived. The winter in the northwest is much colder than in the south. However, after having stored enough food for the winter, this cold winter seems not to be a problem for the people in the Desa Province.
Not so scary anymore.
Moreover, within a few months, General Longbottom relied on his old connections to buy a large number of cattle and sheep from several small tribes on the grassland. In winter, every soldier wore new fur coats and winter clothes.
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More than half of the construction projects in the new capital city have been completed. The buildings in several urban areas have been basically completed. Tens of thousands of people have moved into the city. Du Wei has spent nearly 6 million on this new city.
A huge sum of money in gold coins. Even though little Zach, who had an imperial capital, kept making money for Du Wei, he gradually felt a little financial pressure.
After all, the province of Desa is currently not self-sufficient. It is not a long-term solution to always rely on its own private financial resources to support the army and support the construction of new cities.
How to make money in a barren land in the northwest such as Desa Province has become a problem that Du Wei needs to solve. Du Wei is not willing to do something that only invests without returning!
Just as the New Year was coming, Du Wei received an unexpected guest.
The warriors of the Liszt family, the Dardanelle warriors who had shared hardships with Du Wei in the frozen forest, led a huge convoy to the city of Giliar in the Desa province.
Du Wei was of course very happy to meet his old friend again. He ran out to greet his good friend in person, and the two embraced warmly outside the snowy Governor's Mansion.
"Oh my God, Dardaniel, you are finally here!" Du Wei laughed loudly and looked at this old friend: "I thought you had forgotten me!"