Chapter 202

"First, what can I do?" As soon as Dewey came down, he became interested.

Not a single gold coin from now on?

"I've come up with it these days. It's absolutely impossible for those warlords to get a gold coin from us! It's just... I'm afraid that such a practice will completely irritate the northwest army. Now our strength is not strong enough, if we turn against them... "Philip hesitated for a moment, then said:" that day I saw you show your great magic power in Loulan lake, I suddenly thought of a way... This way, you can bypass that damned temporary order! " The young man brightened his eyes and said with a smile, "but I've also taken advantage of the imperial law."

Take advantage of the law?

Dewey's eyes are bright. He likes this style!

"My Lord, have you forgotten your other identity? You are a magician!"

Philip had a sly smile on his lips.

Du Wei is slightly a Zheng, immediately suddenly thought of a law that he never seemed to care about!

Roland Empire, the "wizard's privilege clause" in the imperial code!

The prosperous magic civilization in Roland, the powerful power and rare number of magicians, make them get a high status. No matter where they are, magicians will get the best treatment and respect, and be revered.

And the Empire even made some preferential terms for the magicians in the code!

As mentioned earlier, there was an outstanding emperor in the history of Roland Empire who said in private: no one can be above the law, except the Emperor himself... And the other exception is the magician!

The special preferential treatment enjoyed by magicians in the law is that they are not bound by the common law! Magicians will not be judged by the imperial authorities! Magicians are bound by the mainland magic trade union. If there are magicians who commit crimes, the imperial government can not judge them except the magic trade union.

Like when Dewey was hijacked by a magician. Imperial officials once had a lot of war with the magic trade union, but in the end, it could only be settled.

In addition, another special preferential treatment clause is:

Duty free!

The imperial code clearly stipulates that all the people of the Empire must pay taxes, which is an obligation! Dewey, who was familiar with the code, was surprised to find that even the nobles had to pay taxes in the Roland empire! This strange law gives Dewey a sense of civilization.

The magician is an exception! The law clearly states that magicians are the precious wealth of the Empire. All have the right of tax exemption. No one is allowed to collect taxes from the magician. The magician enjoys the privilege of exemption from all taxes of the Empire all his life!

As an aristocrat, and he has only recently been officially qualified as a magician, Dewey almost forgets this beneficial law in his mind. With such a reminder from Philip, I remember.

"Unfortunately, my Lord, you can't enjoy this law." Philip said with a smile: "although you are a magician. But first of all, you are an aristocrat with the title of imperial Duke! It is stated in the imperial code that your status as a Duke has priority. In other words, you are a noble first, and then a magician. thus. You still have to pay taxes. Therefore, although the province of DESAR is your territory, according to the law, you still have to pay the financial revenue to the military expenses stipulated by the damned provisional law of the Empire. Because of the military spending. It's an additional military revenue. "

Dewey already laughed. "Keep talking, Philip."

"Yes, my Lord." Philip said with a smile: "but your honor, you are not the only magician among us now. That Miss Vivian, and Mr. Solskjaer, are all people who have the formal qualification of magician

"What do you mean..."

Philip immediately explained to Dewey in detail his own way:

"In imperial law, my Lord. You are the Lord of the province of dessa. The whole land of the province is your private property! This is protected by imperial law. However, because of your noble status, you can't be tax-free like other magicians. In fact, from a historical point of view, there are very few people who have both noble and magician identities. You are a special case. My way is: if you can trust Miss Vivian. And Mr. Solskjaer. I can draft several documents to select some of the food producing areas, farms and cultivated land in the province of Desa. Indicate that you are willing to present the land property to miss Vivian or Mr. Solskjaer as Lord for free. In this way, all the future income of these land, do not have to pay any tax! At that time, if the northwest army comes back to ask for money, as long as we show them these documents, we will say: Well, now these lands are owned by the magicians, the agricultural tax revenue of the province of DESAR will not have much money, and the military expenditure... Of course, not to mention! And of course, in private, the property income of these lands is still yours. "

This is really a wonderful way!

Dewey was immediately moved by this legal loophole.

For Vivian and Solskjaer, of course, he is trustworthy. Especially little Vivian... Du Wei's heart has almost regarded little Vivian as his own forbidden! What else should we share between them?

"My personal preference is to choose Miss Vivian." Philip also had a funny smile. Everyone knew the ambiguous relationship between the Duchess and the lovely and beautiful sorceress, but Philip also put forward a special attention: "my method is not impeccable. Because once the real estate is transferred, it will be nominally owned by the person who accepts your gift! If someone wants to fight against you at this time, just send someone to assassinate... That is to say, if the owner of the real estate dies, the land will naturally return to the Empire without an heir! Miss Vivian is a level 8 magician. I believe no one dares to use her brain. Of course... Sir, once you and miss Vivian get married in the future. Then these properties can be rightfully returned to your name. "

The last sentence made Dewey smile.

Getting married... Well, it's going to have to wait. After all, she and Vivian are too young.

However, that little girl has grown up a lot recently.

Depressing the fancy in his mind, Dewey coughed: "although this is a loophole, it's too obvious. The northwest army is not an idiot. When we do this, although we can't find fault in name, both sides will be shamed immediately. "

Philip slightly owe owe body, slowly way: "my Lord, I am your staff, I am only responsible for the attention, how to make the final decision.". It also depends on your choice. "

Dewey 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 fight the northwest army right now. But when we have a firm foothold, it's not too late to use this method. "

Then Dewey gave a wry smile: "before turning over, the northwest army came to ask for money. If you can't, you'd better spend some money on them... "Speaking of this, Du Wei was a little unwilling and couldn't help scolding a rude remark:" Damn, it's time to pay the protection fee. "

That's what he said, but Dewey knew that the northwest Legion had been rooted in the Northwest for so many years. Naturally, it has a solid foundation and strength.

To put it bluntly, is general DORO really here for such a little money? The expenditure of tens of thousands of gold coins, as far as the northwest army's family is concerned, is not waiting for the rice to be cooked. More importantly, to test the attitude of Dewey, a new rich man in Northwest China!

If Dewey behaves obediently, then everything is easy to say. If Dewey is tough and refuses to cooperate, wait for Dewey. It's the Revenge of the northwest army and the local people! Don't forget. How did the two noble lords in front end up miserable under the attack of the northwest army!

Now I don't have the capital to fight against this warlord. The best way is in the short term. It's just pretending to be stupid and pretending to be a magician who doesn't know the common things and a little nobleman who is a rookie in politics. Try to gain yourself time for development.

Du Wei, who understood this, immediately came up with an idea. He wrote a letter in person and sent it to the northwest army camp at the northern border of nurin province.

This letter is addressed to general lugao, the commander of the northwest army. As an imperial Duke and nobleman, Dewey first politely expressed his greetings to the head of the Lu gaojun army, and then humbly said that when he first came to the northwest, he still needed the care of the northwest army. Finally, he deliberately and obviously made a direct request: he hoped that the northwest army could help him, who had no foundation in the northwest, exert some pressure on governor Bohan, to recover the financial reserves and money that Bohan had seized from the Treasury of his own province of dessa. Du Wei made it clear that he was not short of money, just to defend his dignity, unwilling to swallow his pride and willing to cooperate with the northwest army. Finally, he said that if the northwest army could help him recover the money, Du Wei was willing to give it all to the northwest army to show his respect for the frontier warriors.

In this letter, Dewey tried to shape himself into a noble who didn't understand common customs and fought for loyalty. He did not expect a letter to completely paralyze the northwest army, but if the northwest army could temporarily shift its attention from itself to governor Bohan, then it would achieve its goal.

After this letter was sent out, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. For a long time, there was no news from the northwest army. General lugao, who holds the military power in the northwest, seems to have no interest in Dewey, the new Duke of the northwest. Although the Empire was in charge, the generals of the main battle Corps stationed in the local area generally did not get too close to the local officials to avoid suspicion. However, as the commander of the Empire, the general of military power and duvet, the Duke of the Empire, did not even see each other in the Northwest for several months. The attitude of the other side is really intriguing.

Do you look down on Dewey and put on airs? It doesn't seem to be

The winter of 960 years in Roland empire finally arrived. Winter in the northwest is much colder than that in the south. But with enough food in reserve for the winter, it seems that the cold winter is not so terrible to the people in the province.

Moreover, within a few months, general Longbottom, relying on his old relationship, bought a large number of cattle and sheep from several small tribes of different nationalities in the grassland. In winter, every soldier put on a new fur coat. More than half of the construction projects in the new capital city have been completed, and the buildings in several urban areas have been basically improved. Tens of thousands of people have moved into the city in succession. Duwei has spent nearly six million gold coins for the new city. Even if the little Zach, who has the imperial capital, keeps making money for Dewey, he also gradually feels a bit of economic pressure. After all, at present, Desa is not self-sufficient. It is not a long-term solution to rely on its own private financial resources to support the army and the construction of new towns. How to make money in such a barren northwest of Desa province has become a problem to be solved by Dewey. Du Wei is not willing to do things that only invest but not return! Just as the new year is coming, Dewey has an unexpected guest. The Knights of the Liszt family, the Dardanelles who had been in trouble with Dewey in the frozen forest, led a huge motorcade to the city of giliar in the province of Desa. Du Wei was very happy to meet his old friend again. He ran out to meet his good friend himself. They hugged each other warmly outside the snowy governor's house“ My God, Dardanelle, you are here at last Dewey laughed and looked at the old friend: "I thought you forgot me!"