Chapter 200

Although we all know that when the Duchess is hiding in the governor's house, it is better not to disturb him. Because everyone knows that the Duke is a magician! When a magician indulges in the study of magic, it's better not to disturb him.

What's more, even housekeeper Maud, who is closest to Dewey, feels vaguely that the young master's mood seems to be getting worse recently.

Indeed, Dewey is upset!

The construction of the new city was very smooth, and he didn't have to worry about the specific administrative work. But he was still in a bad mood day by day.

Because he has been waiting for someone!

Gandalf the green robe, the old guy, said to find himself after three months! But now it has been more than half a year, but he has no news!

Seeing that autumn is over and winter is coming soon, is that old green hat kidding himself?!

Dewey felt that his strength had reached a bottleneck. With his current magic level, he has reached level 6. And the magic control ability, in the school of magic, has absorbed so many achievements of the magician's life research, plus more than half a year's efforts, his strength has been quite good. I've mastered a lot of incantations.

If Du Wei is asked to reexamine now, Du Wei is confident that he can get a level 6 wizard's badge.

Now, if we fight each other purely by magic, gegwu is no longer Duwei's opponent.

But Dewey found that was all he could do. After all, it is limited to study the research results of the magicians collected in those magic societies. Dewey needs a mentor, a mentor who can keep him on the magic path. At least an old magician who has a complete study of magic theory.

Originally, gegwu should be able to play this role temporarily, but this mouse... He is good at metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is not what Dewey needs. And Vivian... Poor little Vivian, although she has eight levels of strength. But... She is not a qualified teacher.

However, Dewey spent more time on the study of magic. Master Aleck's formula to replace Mithril made duvet study it over and over for a long time, but he couldn't succeed in the end. But Seth, who used to be good at making magic wands, is very interested in the manufacturing method of "flying broom" put forward by Dewey. He has been studying these days. He's almost on the verge of success.

But after two test flights, poor Seth broke his leg.

Du Wei knows that the establishment of the new town is just the beginning. He needs to strengthen his strength urgently. In the northwest of this place, there is no strength can not be based! What's more, other people will not watch the development of the wind and water here. There will always be someone to make trouble.

There is nothing wrong with this idea. Because soon. The troublemakers came.

Although no one dares to disturb Duke Dewey and magician who is addicted to research, we all know that the Duke is in a bad mood recently.

But at noon, madder had to go into duvet's study and interrupt duvet, who was perusing a pile of recipes given by Arico.

"Young master." Maud blinked, even though duvet was the Duke. But unlike other people who call Dewey "adult", mad always calls him "young master".

"Young master, someone wants to see you."

Dewey frowned and looked up: "is there something wrong with the immigration? Are those guys offering any weird conditions? "

"... No." Mad shook his head. "It's the northwest Legion."

Dewey was stunned for a moment. I put down what I was holding.

From the northwest corps?

It has been several months since he came to the northwest, but the northwest army has never taken the initiative to find him, and Dewey will not take the initiative to deal with these warlords.

What happened today?

In the reception room, Dewey met the men of the northwest Legion.

The man is a middle-aged officer. Judging from his costume, he should be a general.

When we step into the command level of the Imperial military system, we can feel the edge of senior officers. The commanding officer is the head of a regiment. In the Imperial military system, a infantry regiment has 4000 soldiers and a cavalry regiment has 3000 soldiers.

Generally speaking, four regiments can form a division, and the commander of the division is a general. For example, general Juncker of the second division of the royal guards during the imperial capital coup.

There are four ranks of generals in the Empire, and those like Juncker are only first-class generals. Of course, as Juncker as a general of the imperial garrison, although only the lowest level of general. But the status is already very high. For example, the same level of generals. Lombarton is also a cavalry commander of 20000 people, but as a general in the barren northwest. Although the same level, but the identity can never be compared with Juncker in the imperial capital.

Such a general was officially called "major general" in the Roland empire.

This name is not strange to Du Wei, especially after learning that the founding emperor Aragorn was also a person who crossed the border like himself. The Empire was founded by Aragorn, and the military system was also left by him, with the strong color of Duwei's previous life, which is very normal.

On the other hand, it is the head of the army, who generally has the title of "lieutenant general". There are also special cases. For example, duvet's father, count Raymond, was originally a lieutenant general. Although Raymond did not really command a legion, he once commanded an expeditionary fleet and was also a lieutenant general.

Up again, that's admiral. Generals are generally not directly in charge of a certain army or regiment. Basically, they are all military veterans with deep experience. When they are old, they will not stay in the front line of the army. Instead, they will go to the military headquarters of the imperial capital, hang a rank of general, and then become the leaders in the headquarters.

For example, Dewey's father, count Raymond, commanded the expeditionary fleet to conquer the Southern Ocean as a general. Then he rose to the rank of commander in chief and became a general.

The highest is the marshal. However, marshals are generally just "empty title", which is just a symbol of glory.

At present, however, there are no Marshals in the Empire. Because this supreme honor can only be given to some people who have made great military contributions. However, there is no war in the current environment of the Empire, and it is in a period of peace. Naturally, there is no great military contribution.

The northwest war was just a local war. As for the Nanyang expedition... How much credit can it take to bully a group of aborigines with a huge fleet?

There were several real Marshals in the history of the Empire. For example, the ancestor who created the Rowling family, for example, the founding war in the Aragorn era

And now... Marshal, the position that all soldiers dream of, is still vacant.

"Your Highness." Standing in front of Du Wei, the general of the northwest army politely introduced himself: "I'm DORO, commander of the 13th division of the northwest army."

First, the impact. Dewey doesn't like this guy who calls himself DORO.

Because although he was wearing military uniform and sword, this guy didn't have any military temperament. He looks like he's in his forties. Obviously he's wearing the biggest uniform, but his fat seems to burst his clothes at any time.

The flesh on the cheek, the pale face with obvious excessive wine and color, and the puffy body... It can be said that if he changes his clothes. More like a local rich man.

Can such a man be a general?

But when Dewey heard his introduction, he understood it immediately.

Because this so-called "13th division of Northwest corps" is not a regular army. Dewey had some information about the northwest army. He knew about the 13th division. In fact, it is a logistics department, which is specially responsible for the deployment and distribution of military materials. In short, this DORO in front of us is a logistics officer of the whole northwest army.

Dewey was immediately absorbed. He had already guessed the origin of this guy.

"General DORO, please take a seat." Dewey pointed to a chair in the room.

Then they politely exchanged views for a while. DORO was obviously a veteran of officialdom. The officialdom scenes were very skillful. He first complimented Dewey for his "young and promising", then praised Dewey for his "young genius", and finally marveled at the miracle that Dewey had built a new city so quickly, It's true that ordinary people can't guess! "

And Dewey was happy with his flattery. After drinking two cups of tea, this DORO finally said his intention.

"Your Highness, I'm here today. In addition to the greetings from general lugao, the commander of our army, there are some small things I need your help."

Dewey laughed. "General dodoro, go ahead."

"This..." the fat man pondered for a while, and then said with a smile: "the autumn has passed, according to the law. excuse me. When will our Northwest army be able to withdraw military supplies for this quarter? "

Come and ask for money

Dewey sneered in his heart.

"Your Highness, you should know. According to the northwest law, the supplies of our Northwest army are directly allocated from the local financial revenue. According to the usual practice, after the quarterly financial revenue is reported, our Northwest army should accept our share from the local... Ha ha, as you know, it's not easy to be a soldier. Our young men always have to have enough food to guard the border for the Empire. You are also from the Wu Xun family. I don't need to say much about this. You must understand it. "

Dewey nodded quietly: "Oh, then, I don't know how much is extracted according to the convention?"

As a matter of fact, Dewey is very familiar with that law. He asked this question on purpose.

"Forty percent." With a smile, DORO put up four fingers: "according to the traditional practice, our Northwest army should withdraw 40% of its revenue."

Du Wei picked his eyebrows: "40%? General DORO, are you kidding. According to the provisional decree of the northwest, the local fiscal revenue is only 20%

Duoduo Luo smiles, and the fat on his face is almost squeezed together: "my Lord, when you first come to the northwest, maybe you don't know about it. If it's normal, it's 20%. However, it has been a practice for many years that the northwest army takes 40% of its fiscal revenue every autumn. "

After a pause, without waiting for Dewey to ask a question this time, DORO himself explained: "as soon as autumn is over, it's the end of the year. In order to reward the soldiers for their hard work for a year, the army will give them an extra" stipend "at the end of the year as a reward for their hard work for a year. Therefore, every autumn's financial and military expenditures are doubled. " In fact, Dewey knew about it, but he pretended not to know. After thinking for a while, he said generously: "in that case, I can't break the rules here. The young men in the army defended the border for the Empire, and of course they should not be mistreated. Duoduo and luojun, please wait a moment. I'll ask my deputy to report the financial revenue in autumn Shit, you pay for the year-end bonus? There's no way! Dewey sneered, but immediately sent for Philip. While waiting for Philip to come, Dewey casually asked about the northwest army. Originally, only one quarter of military expenditure was withdrawn, and there was not much money. In the past, DORO would have sent one of his commanders. However, not long after the new Duke took office, it was better for him to come for money for the first time. After all, the identity of the other party is different. Originally, I thought that this new Lord would probably refuse himself like those stupid people who didn't know the current affairs before. But DORO was relieved to see that Dewey had agreed so well. Hum, after all, it's just a teenager. What about the Duke? This is the northwest! Even if the emperor came, he had to give the northwest army face!