"Let's talk about it first, what can I do. Du Wei became interested.

I won't get a single gold coin from now on?

"I came up with it these days, and I can definitely let those warlords not even want to get a single gold coin from us in the future......! Such an approach may completely anger the Northwest Army. Our strength is not strong enough now, if we turn against them......" Philip hesitated for a moment before saying, "Watching you display your great magical power on the shore of Loulan Lake that day, I suddenly thought of a way...... This is a way to get around that damn temporary order!" The young man's eyes lit up and he smiled: "It's just that my method is also taking advantage of the loopholes of the imperial law. ”

Exploiting the loopholes of the law?

Du Wei's eyes lit up, he loved this style!

"Your Excellency, have you forgotten your other identity - you are a magician!"

Philip had a sly smile on his lips.

Du Wei was slightly stunned, and then suddenly remembered a decree that he never seemed to care about!

Roland Empire, the Wizard's Preferential Terms in the Imperial Codex!

The magical civilization of the Roland Continent is prosperous, and the powerful power of magicians combined with the scarce number has given them a high status, and no matter where they are, magicians will receive the best preferential treatment and respect, and be respected.

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

As mentioned above, there was once an outstanding emperor in the history of the Roland Empire who said in private: No one is above the law, except the emperor himself...... 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 trial by the Imperial Magicians! Magicians are bound by the Continental Magic Union, and if the magicians do wrongdoing, except for the Magic Union, the Imperial Officials cannot judge the place.

For example, when Du Wei was kidnapped by a magician. The Empire has been in a lot of war of words with the Magic Guild. But in the end, it can only be stopped.

In addition, there is another special preferential clause: tax exemption!

The Imperial Code clearly stipulates that all subjects of the Empire must pay taxes, and this is an obligation! Du Wei, who was familiar with the Code, was surprised to find at that time. In the Roland Empire, even the nobles had to pay taxes! This peculiar law made Du Wei feel a touch of civilization.

The law clearly states that magicians are a treasure of the empire and are exempt from taxation. No one is allowed to collect taxes on the Magician, who is exempt from all taxes in the Empire for the rest of his life!

Being a nobleman. And Du Wei, who had only recently obtained the official qualification of a magician, almost forgot about this law in his favor. After Philip reminded me of this, I remembered.

"Unfortunately, my lord, you will not be able to enjoy this decree. Philip laughed, "Although you are a magician, you are first and foremost a nobleman, with the title of Duke of the Empire! That is, you are a nobleman first. And then a magician. So. You'll still have to pay taxes. So even though the province of Dessar is your domain, according to the decree, you still have to pay the revenues to the military expenses stipulated by the damned temporary decree of the empire. Because of that military spending, it can also be regarded as an additional military tax. ”

Du Wei already smiled: "Go ahead and say what you think." Philip. ”

My lord. Philip laughed, "But my lord, you are not the only magician among our people now. That Miss Weiweian. And Mr. Solskjaer, both of whom are officially qualified as magicians!"

"What do you mean......"

Philip immediately explained his method to Du Wei in detail: My lord, from the perspective of imperial law. You are the lord of the province of Dessa, and the entire land of the province is your private property! However, because of your nobility, you are not exempt from taxes like other magicians. In fact, historically, there are very few people who have both the status of aristocrat and magician, and you are a special case. Here's my solution: if you can trust Miss Vivian, and Mr. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. I may draw up a few documents to select some of the grain-producing farms and arable land in the province of Dessa, and indicate that you are willing to give them to Miss Vivien, or to Monsier Solskjaer, as a lord, free of charge. In this way, all the income from these lands in the future will not have to pay any taxes! When the time comes, if the Northwest Army comes to ask for money again, as long as we show them these documents, we will say, "No, now that these lands are owned by the magicians, the agricultural tax revenue of the province of Desar will not be much, so what is the military expenditure...... Of course, privately, the property income from these lands is naturally yours.

That's a great idea!

Du Wei was immediately moved by this method of exploiting the loopholes of the law.

When it comes to Weibian and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, he certainly has a lot to trust. Especially Vivienne...... Du Wei has almost regarded Vivian as his own forbidden belly in his heart! What do you need to divide the property between the two of them?

My personal preference is to choose Miss Vivien. Philip smiled a little strangely, everyone knew the warm relationship between the Duke and the lovely and beautiful magician, but Philip made a special note: "My method is not invulnerable. Because once the property is transferred, it must nominally belong to the person who received your gift! If someone wants to oppose you at this time, just send someone to assassinate you...... In other words, if the person who holds the real estate dies, then if there is no heir, the land will naturally be returned to the empire @Miss Vivian is the strength of an eighth-level magician, and I believe that no one dares to use her brains. Of course...... My lord, once you and Miss Vivien are married, these properties will be rightfully back in your name. ”

The last sentence made Du Wei couldn't help but show a smile.

Get married...... Well, but now we'll have to wait. After all, he and Vivian are still too young.

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

Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Du Wei coughed, "This kind of practice, although it is a loophole, but it is too obvious, the Northwest Army is not an idiot, I do this, although I can't find fault with it in name, but immediately the two sides will tear their faces." ”

Philip bowed slightly, and said slowly: "My lord, I am your staff, I am only responsible for making ideas, and how to make decisions in the end depends on your choice." ”

Du Wei took a deep breath, stood up, walked around the room twice, and then shook his head and said, "It's good." But we don't have the capital to immediately turn the other cheek with the Northwest Army now, but it's not too late to use this method after we have gained a firm foothold. ”

Then Du Wei smiled bitterly: "Before turning his face, if the Northwest Army comes to ask for money, it can be delayed, if it can't be delayed, I'd rather spend some money on them......" Speaking of this, Du Wei was really a little unwilling in his heart, and couldn't help but scold a foul word: "Damn, you should pay protection money." ”

said so, but Du Wei also understood in his heart that the Northwest Army had taken root in the northwest for so many years, so it naturally had a strong foundation and strength.

To put it mildly, is this General Todora who came here today really just for such a small amount of money? The expenditure of tens of thousands of gold coins, as far as the family background of the Northwest Army is concerned, is not waiting for this bit of rice to go to the pot. What's more important is to test the attitude of Du Wei, an upstart in the Northwest!

If Du Wei behaves very obediently, then everything is easy to say. If Du Wei behaves ruthlessly and refuses to cooperate, then what awaits Du Wei is the retaliation of the Northwest Army! Don't forget. The two noble lords in front ended up dismal under the blow of the Northwest Army!

Now I don't have the capital to argue with this warlord. The best way in the short term is to pretend to be stupid and disguise yourself as a magician who is not familiar with the world, a little nobleman who is a rookie in the political arena. Try to buy yourself time to develop.

Du Wei, who understood this truth, immediately came up with another note, and he personally thanked a letter and asked him to immediately send it to the Northwest Army camp stationed on the northern border of Nulin Province.

The letter was addressed to the commander of the North-Western Corps, General Lu Gao. Du Wei politely expressed his greetings to Commander Lu Gao in the tone of an imperial duke and nobleman, and then modestly said that he had just come to the Northwest and needed to be taken care of by the Northwest Legion. In the end, he deliberately put forward a request obviously and directly: I hope that the Northwest Army can help me, a person who has no roots in the northwest. For example, the Governor of Bohan exerted some pressure to recover the financial reserves and money that had been looted from Bohan's treasury in the provincial treasury that should have belonged to him. Du Wei made it clear that he was not short of money, just to defend his dignity, unwilling to swallow his anger, and willing to cooperate with the Northwest Army. In the end, he said that if the Northwest Army could help him recover the money, Du Wei was willing to take no money 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 to portray himself as an aristocrat who was different from the world and had a struggle for righteousness. He didn't expect a single letter to completely paralyze the minds of the Northwest Army. However, if the Northwest Army can temporarily shift its attention from itself to Governor Bohan, then it will be considered a goal.

After this letter was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news from the Northwest Army for a long time. And General Lu Gao, who held the military power in the northwest, seemed to have no interest in Du Wei, the new duke in the northwest. Although the empire was under management, the generals of the main battle regiments stationed in the area generally did not get too close to the local officials to avoid suspicion. But as the general of the military power of the imperial commander, he and Du Wei, the imperial duke, actually didn't even meet once in the northwest for a few months, and the attitude of the other party. It's really intriguing.

Is it to look down on Du Wei, a hairy boy, and deliberately put on a show? It doesn't seem to be ......

The winter of the Roland Empire, which has lasted for nine hundred and sixty years, has finally arrived. Winters in the northwest are much colder than in the south. However, having stocked up on enough food for the winter, this cold winter did not seem to be so terrible to the adults of the province of Dessa.

And. Within a few months, General Longbottom, relying on his old connections, bought a large number of cattle and sheep from several small tribes of the steppe aliens, and in the winter, each soldier was dressed in new leather boots and winter clothes.

More than half of the construction projects in the new capital city have been completed, the buildings in several urban areas have been basically improved, and tens of thousands of people have moved into the city one after another, and Du Wei has spent nearly six million gold coins for this new city. Even if little Zack with dìdū kept making money for Du Wei, he gradually felt a trace of financial pressure.

After all, the province is not yet self-sufficient, and it is not a long-term solution to always rely on its own private financial resources to feed the army and support the construction of the new city.

How to make money in such a barren place in the northwest of Desar Province has become a problem that Du Wei needs to solve at present. Only invest but not return, Du Wei is not willing to do it!

Just as the New Year was approaching, Du Wei ushered in an unexpected guest.

The warriors of the Liszt family, the Dardanelles who had suffered with Dewey in the frozen forest, led a large convoy to the city of Gillard in the province of Dessa.

There was a reunion, of course, Du Wei was very happy, he personally ran out to greet this good friend, and the two of them hugged warmly outside the snowy governor's palace.

"God, Dardanelle, you're here at last!" Dewey laughed. Looking at this old friend: "I thought you forgot about me!"