Chapter 201

Philip, the most promising disciple of duvet in the blue ocean, has been greatly trusted by duvet these days. In Dewey's view, Philip is young and steady, with real talent and learning in his mind, and has a good understanding of the situation in the northwest. He also has great respect for himself, and never belittles himself for his youth.

If Philip had not been too young and had no qualifications, Dewey would have appointed him governor of the province.

But even so, although Philip did not have the title of governor, in fact, Dewey had given him almost everything. Whether it's the construction of the new city or the financial resources, it's almost Philip who is in charge of the overall situation.

After all, Philip is a disciple of blue ocean. After being summoned by Dewey, he first asked the messenger and learned that the Duke was talking with the northwest army.

Who's from the northwest army?

Philip sneered. Just after autumn, the northwest army sent someone to ask for money. Fortunately, Dewey and Philip have already had a solution to this problem. Now he is in no hurry and takes what he has prepared before he comes to see Dewey.

Philip's place of work is in the governor's house. It's just a moment. When he pushes the door in, Dewey is still chatting with general DORO. After Philip comes in, he salutes Dewey first. Dewey introduces himself.

DORO was also very polite to the young man who came in, without slighting him. After all, in recent months, after the young Duke came to the northwest, the northwest army also observed the Duchess from the capital for a long time. It is known that the young man named Philip is now almost the right arm of Dewey. Almost all the decrees of the governor's office are made by the young man, and Dewey is not in charge of anything. Just make some decisions, and leave the rest to this Philip. Although this guy is only an aide of duvet, he is actually half a governor.

"Philip, general DORO is here today for military expenditure in autumn. Should the financial revenue of this quarter have been reported?" Dewey had a nice smile on his face.

"Yes, my Lord." Philip immediately opened one of the pamphlets he had brought with him, and then handed over a copy: "my Lord. This is the autumn income of the province of Desa... "

Duvet pretended to take it over and looked at it, with a suspicious expression on his face: "well, Philip, is the number wrong?"

Philip was serious: "your honor, the numbers on it are correct."

Duwei coughed, and then slowly pushed the object on the table down in front of general DORO: "general DORO, this is the autumn revenue of Desa Province... A total of 71000 gold coins, including 46000 gold coins from agriculture. Well, according to your usual practice, if the northwest army draws 40%, it should be... "

"Eighteen thousand four hundred gold coins." Philip had already reported the numbers very quickly.

DORO's face changed: "how much?"

"Eighteen thousand four hundred gold coins." Philip repeated without expression.

Du Wei kept smiling, but sighed: "alas. It seems that the number is a little less... The officers and men of the northwest army are defending the border for the country, and they have made great contributions... Well, I'll add some more, and just round up a whole number: 20000 gold coins! "

He pretends to be generous here. Next to DORO, his nose was almost crooked.

The politeness on his face just now disappeared, and he said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, did I hear you right? Are you sure this number is correct? "

"Of course it is." Philip answered first: "the governor's office has just checked the agricultural taxes collected by various places..."

DORO's face turned red with a trace of reason. Instead of looking at Philip, he turned to Dewey and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness! The province of DESAR is a bit barren. But it's ridiculous to say that a province with a population of nearly one million has a quarterly income of only 70000 gold coins. "

After a pause, a trace of anger appeared in DORO's eyes: "in spring and summer this year, there is still more than 200000 yuan in each season, and autumn is the harvest season of farmland, according to the calculation of previous years. At least there should be more than 300000! It's a province. It's a joke like that. It's too big! "

"General DORO!" Philip's face sank suddenly, his voice cooled down, his eyes narrowed, and he said, "please pay attention to your words! You're talking to an imperial Duke! "

Then Philip said coldly, "I think you know that we are building Loulan new town recently. The cost of building the new town is huge. Tens of thousands of craftsmen, geotechnics and daily expenses are a huge and heavy burden! In addition, in order to mobilize the people in the territory to move to the new city, the Duke issued a tax exemption order at the beginning of the construction of the city! Those who are willing to move to the new town with their families can be exempted from tax for one year. The original fiscal revenue of Desa province is not much. With so many huge expenses and tax cuts, the revenue of this quarter will naturally be less. What's strange? "

DORO originally came to test Dewey's attitude today. Since he came to the northwest, the little Duke has not dealt with the northwest army. Just now he thought the other side would cooperate obediently. Now he is playing with himself.

Think of here, Duoduo Luo can't help but anger more, his grand northwest army general, holding the army's material power, here in the northwest, who doesn't give him some face, even the old fox Bohan is polite to him, but didn't expect that the child dare to play with himself.

duke? What about the Duke? What are the northwest army afraid of!

"Your Highness!" Duo Luo Huoran stood up and said faintly: "I think your subordinate may not know the northwest law! Of course, I know you are building a new city, but according to the imperial decree, the northwest army has the right to intercept part of the income from agricultural tax land for military expenditure! Military expenditure withdrawal has priority! Moreover, before the military expenditure of the northwest army was withdrawn, the local government was not allowed to use the agricultural tax first! But now, your staff member told me: our Northwest army has not received military expenditure yet, and he has spent all his money on the construction of the new city. Is that what he meant? "

Dewey looked at the angry fat man. "General dodoro, please sit down. Your anger has no effective remedy for the current situation. Let's discuss how to solve the problem. Do you think so?" he said slowly

DORO forced a "hum".

Dewey laughed, looked at Philip and said solemnly, "Philip, although the account is right. But the northwest army officers and men's military spending is absolutely not in arrears! This quarter's revenue, after all, is just a few figures on the paper. Just tell me how much you should pay before deducting the expenses this quarter. "

Philip then pretended to be reluctant: "my lord... If you calculate according to normal, the original income is about 250000 gold coins... Less than usual. After all, you have exempted many civilians who are willing to move."

DORO's anger was calmed. The total amount of 250000 gold coins was about the same! Although it is less. But it's within acceptable limits. If it's 250000, 40% will have 100000 gold coins.

"That's not easy." Du Wei immediately made a bold appearance: "according to the income of 250000, 40% should be 100000... Then you just need to spend 100000 gold coins from the Treasury."

Philip sighed, as if embarrassed, and whispered, "but. Your highness, we don't have so much money in the Treasury at all

"What!!"

A roar, with infinite anger and doubt!

But the problem is, it's not easy to yell. It's not Dorothy... In fact, he was about to get angry, but Duke Dewey growled first.

The Duchess clapped his case, with undisguised anger on his face, and glared at Philip: "what do you say!"

He dropped all the cups in front of him and said angrily, "Mr. Phillip! Please explain! My province! Even though Desa province is a little poor, there are always savings and reserves over the years in the Treasury of the capital finance department!! Is it true that our province can't even spend 100000 yuan now

Dewey's first move. The loud voice, on the contrary, scared DORO.

"Give me an explanation!" Dewey, as if angry to swallow people, cried out: "Philip! Is this my territory! Is this our province of Desa! Or did you use your power to embezzle the reserves in the warehouse!! If you can't explain, I'll arrest you immediately for corruption! "

Philip immediately looked aggrieved and said, "my Lord, I have never been greedy of a gold coin!"

Then Philip seemed to be full of resentment: "Sir, as soon as you arrive in the northwest, you never care about finance. Naturally, you don't understand. You want to build a new city. I tried every means to dissuade him. You are not willing to listen to my opinion... Alas, I can only do my best to maintain the operation of all things for you. But I also have difficulties! "

At this point, he seemed to make up his mind: "do you remember when I first arrived here, I handed you a report kept in the warehouse?"

Du Wei seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then said impatiently, "I'm not interested in those things, just have you deal with them for me."

Philip said with a wry smile: "your honor, you are a magician. Naturally, you are not interested in these common things. However, in the report I gave you, everything has been explained, but you didn't pay attention to that report..."

Dewey thought of something and frowned, "what happened to that report?"

"My lord..." Philip sighed: "when we took over the province of Desa a a few months ago, there were only 190000 gold coins in the storeroom of the whole province! As a province, its fiscal revenue and reserves over the years are only 190000! "

"It's impossible!"

Still, DORO didn't have time to speak before him again. Dewey jumped up before him again, blushing and waiting for Philip: "every province has only a hundred thousand gold coins in reserve over the years?"

"But it is true, my Lord. I have a detailed list of statistics in my report Philip's expression was bitter: "you put all your energy on the study of great and holy magic, so you ignored these things. Although I have reminded you again and again, you didn't pay attention to them..."

then. Philip seemed to be very careful and hesitant. He continued: "this number, of course, is unbelievable. Who would believe that there is only such a small amount of reserves in the storeroom of a province. But... "

"But nothing."

After coughing, Philip gritted his teeth and said, "but before you took office in the northwest, governor Bohan was always in charge of the administration of the province."

This sentence is already very obvious!

DORO listened. I can't help but secretly accept this statement.

It seems that before giving up the site, Bohan cleaned up the land in the province of Desa and emptied the whole family when he left... This explanation is very reasonable.

Dewey and Philip just stare at each other. Dewey's face is angry, while Philip's face is aggrieved. After a long time, Dewey gritted his teeth and said, "what a governor Bohan! It's such a trick for me! Hum! No wonder when I passed by Mulan city on my way to office, this old guy was so strange to me. It turned out that he quietly left me an empty shell! "

Then he looked at Philip discontentedly: "why didn't you say these things earlier?"

Philip immediately spread his hands: "your energy is on the great and sacred magic research. I said it several times, but you didn't listen to it. "

After a long time, Du Wei sighed, then looked at DORO with the most sincere eyes, and said with an apologetic mouth: "general DORO. Let you see the joke... I didn't expect that this kind of thing happened under my eyes. "

DORO just felt his words were in his throat, but he didn't know how to say it now. Seeing Dewey and Philip perform, he was confused for a moment. He didn't know whether they were real or acting.

however. Magicians don't like to manage mundane affairs. They just immerse themselves in their own magic research. This statement is very common and seems reasonable. What's more, most of these young nobles are illiterate. Where can they manage their financial affairs?

It seems that the Duke in front of us can't be blamed. It's the Bohan guy

"Don't worry, general DORO." Du Wei immediately had a look of bounden duty: "I'll send someone to talk to Bohan immediately! Anyway, I want him to spit out the money he swallowed me! in due course. I'll pay you a lot of money for the northwest army and the local people! "

DORO just feels like he's holding his breath... Spitting it out?

He has been in the Northwest for many years, and he doesn't know how many times he has dealt with governor Bohan. He knows the power of Bohan. When the money comes to Bohan, can you let him take it out with you?

When you get the money back, you can pay the military expenses. It's not a long way off

DORO immediately said, "but your highness, military expenditure can't be delayed..."

Duvier didn't wait for DORO to finish. He interrupted: "general. As you can see, we were fooled by the old man Bohan. He swallowed all my money. I'm willing to help you, but my staff have told me that the province of Desa is really unable to pay for the military expenditure. "

"But your new town..." Duoduo Luo didn't believe it. After all, if he could afford to build a new town, he couldn't afford 100000 gold coins?

"I know what you want to say." Du Wei said faintly: "I don't hide that most of the expenses for the construction of the new city are borne by myself. At that time, my man dissuaded me, but I really didn't want to stay in the dilapidated city of gilliar, so I took out my private property to support the construction of the new city. But it's true that the Finance Department of DESAR province has no money to keep

What else can DORO say?

He was too embarrassed to ask Dewey to pay for the military.

In this case, it is unreasonable for both the public and the private.

In private... These powerful and important people, who is not making a lot of money when they take office? I've only heard about the land for making money, but I haven't heard that I'm going to make up for the public deficit with my own money! He Duoduo Luo is also a general. He is a member of the officialdom circle. Naturally, such a simple truth is clear. In this case, he is also embarrassed to say it.

Yu Gongmo... Private money to pay for military expenses? What are you up to? It's light to say that you are the only one to win over the military! To say the heavy, that is to have ulterior motives, rebellious heart!

"It seems that there is nothing I can do for the time being." Du Wei said from the bottom of his heart: "please take my place to pay tribute to general lugao, the commander of the northwest army. I am deeply sorry. But I will try my best to make up for it. I will send someone to see governor Bohan in Mulan City, nurin province. Anyway, I will recover the money and give justice to the northwest army! "

Looking at the young man in front of him with a sincere face, it's hard to judge whether he is true or false. As for whether governor Bohan had swallowed the Treasury of the province of DESAR before he left, DORO could naturally find out that the northwest army had been operating in the Northwest for many years, and there were still some clues. I'm not afraid Dewey's cheating on this.

Thinking of this, Dorothy had already stood up and looked colder: "in this case, Duke, I'll leave first, and I'll go back to report today's affairs to general lugao... As for the future, it's not up to me to decide."

Dewey had no airs. He got up to take him out. Even before he left, Dewey seemed to say a few words on purpose to DORO: "Sir, governor Bohan's practice really annoys me, but... After all, I came to the Northwest for the first time. He is an old minister in the Northwest and has been in business for many years. I'm afraid he may not be so easy to yield to this matter, so... This matter, I'm afraid it's not enough for me to recover the money. If necessary, I hope the northwest army can exert some pressure on him. After all... There's your army in there, isn't there? " Duo Duo Luo pondered for a while, but he didn't dare to promise. He just said that he would report back to the head of his army. In this way, Du Wei fooled away the northwest army for the time being. After seeing off the logistics director of the northwest army, Dewey and Philip closed the door. They both laughed for a while, and then Philip frowned and said, "my Lord, although I've sent him away for a while, I think they can always come back after I go back. Then... "And then what." Du Wei snorted: "it's true that Bohan has ransacked my storeroom. As long as the northwest army checks, it will be clear that at least we are not lying in this matter. They have nothing to do with us. Our public finances are really tight and we don't have much money. This is also true. Even if the commander of the northwest army, general Lu Gao, came, I was embarrassed to let me pay for it directly. There are always rules in officialdom. The most ideal situation is that the northwest army will transfer the hatred to the old man of Bohan... Hum! How can I feel comfortable if I swallow such a large sum of money and don't give him any trouble! " But then Dewey himself laughed and looked at Philip: "I'm just angry. The northwest army has always been fighting against Bohan, and it's not bad for me to add such a fire. " Philip frowned and said, "it's just that this quarter is a good one. Next quarter, they're asking for money again. Bohan's excuse doesn't work well." Du Wei also had some helplessness and said with a bitter smile: "let's go one step at a time. It's a time to delay. That damned "provisional order" is really troublesome, but Dewey knows that now we can't expect the imperial central government to have the courage to abolish it! Because of the existence of the northwest army, the central government of the Empire was also afraid of it. The Regent has just come to power. Now his main energy is to stabilize the situation. It is impossible to break with the northwest army rashly. It's better to rely on the center of the empire than on yourself. Philip thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "in fact, my Lord, I have an idea! From now on, the northwest army will not take even one more gold coin from us! "