Law of the Devil

"Tell me first, what is the solution." Du Wei suddenly became interested.

Can't get a single gold coin from now on?

"I came up with it in the past few days. It will definitely prevent those warlords from getting a single gold coin from us in the future! But... such an approach may completely anger the Northwest Army. Our current strength is not strong enough. If you turn against them..." Philip hesitated for a moment before saying, "Seeing you displaying your great magical power by the Loulan Lake that day, I suddenly thought of a way... This way can bypass that damned temporary order! "The young man's eyes brightened, and he said with a smile: "It's just that my method is also taking advantage of the loopholes of the imperial law."

Taking advantage of legal loopholes?

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

"My lord, have you forgotten your other identity - you are a magician!"

There was a sly smile on Philip's lips.

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

Roland Empire, the "Mage Preferential Terms" in the Imperial Code!

The magic civilization in Roland Continent is prosperous, and the powerful power and rare number of magicians give them a lofty status. No matter where they are, magicians will receive the best treatment and respect, and be respected.

And the empire even made some preferential treatment clauses for magicians in the legal code!

As mentioned earlier, in the history of the Roland Empire, an outstanding emperor once 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 that magicians enjoy in law is first of all not to be bound by ordinary laws! Magicians are not subject to any official judgment from the empire! Magicians are bound by the Continental Magic Union. If a magician commits crimes, apart from the Magic Union, the imperial government cannot judge them.

For example, when Du Wei was hijacked by a magician. The imperial officials had fought a lot of verbal wars with the Magic Union. But in the end it can only let it go.

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

The Imperial Code expressly stipulates that everyone who is a citizen of the empire must pay taxes. This is an obligation! Du Wei, who was familiar with the code, was surprised to find out. In the Roland Empire, even nobles had to pay taxes! This peculiar law made Du Wei feel a little civilized.

The magician is an exception! The law expressly pointed out that magicians are the precious wealth of the empire, and they have tax exemption rights. No one is allowed to collect taxes from magicians, and magicians enjoy the preferential treatment of all taxes in the empire for life!

As an aristocrat. Moreover, Du Wei, who had only recently obtained the qualification of a formal magician, almost forgot this law that was beneficial to him in his mind. After being reminded by Philip, he remembered it.

"Unfortunately, my lord, you can't enjoy this decree." Philip smiled: "Although you are a magician, you are first and foremost a nobleman with the title of Duke of the Empire! This is clearly stipulated in the Imperial Code, Your duke status has priority. That is to say, you are a nobleman first. Then you are a magician. In this way, you still have to pay taxes. So although the Desa Province is your territory, but According to the decree, you still have to pay the financial revenue to the military expenditure stipulated in the damn temporary decree of the empire. Because the military expenditure is also considered as an additional additional military tax."

Du Wei was already smiling: "Go ahead and speak your mind, Philip."

"My lord." Philip said with a smile, "but my lord, you are not the only magician among our people now. That Miss Wei Wei'an and Mr. Solskjaer all have official magician qualifications." man!"

"did 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 Desa Province, and the entire land of the Desa Province is your private property! This is protected by imperial law. However, because of your noble status, you are not exempt from taxes like other wizards. In fact, from a historical point of view, there are very few people who have dual identities of nobleman and magician at the same time, and you are considered a special case. My solution is: if you can trust Miss Weiwei'an and Mr. Solskjaer. I can draft some documents, select some grain-producing farms and cultivated land in Desa Province, and indicate that you are willing to donate these land properties to Miss Vivienne or Mr. Solskjaer free of charge as a lord. In this way, all future income from these lands will not have to pay any taxes! At that time, if the Northwest Army comes to ask for money again, as long as we show them these documents, we will say, "No, now these lands are owned by magicians, and the agricultural tax revenue of Desa province will not be much. Well...not to mention of course! And of course, in private, the property income of these lands is naturally still yours.

This is really a wonderful way!

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

For Wei Wei'an and Solskjaer, he is of course trustworthy. Especially little Vivian... Du Wei has almost regarded little Vivian as his own confinement in his heart! Why should the property between the two be shared with each other?

My personal preference is to choose Miss Vivian. "Philip smiled strangely. Everyone knows the ambiguous relationship between the duke and that lovely and beautiful female magician, but Philip still raised a special point of attention: "This method of mine is also Not invulnerable. Because once the real estate is transferred, it will nominally belong to the person who accepts your gift! If someone wants to fight against you at this time, just send someone to assassinate... In other words, if the person who holds the land dies, then if there is no heir, the land will naturally return to the empire. @维维安小姐是With the strength of an eighth-level magician, I believe no one dares to use her brain. Of course... my lord, once you and Miss Vivienne get married in the future, then these real estates can be returned to your name in a legitimate way. "

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

Marriage... well, but now we have to wait. After all, he 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 this approach takes advantage of the loophole, it is too obvious. The Northwest Army is not an idiot. Although we can do this in name, we can't find anything wrong with it. Immediately, the two sides will tear their skins apart."

Philip slightly bowed his body, and said slowly: "My lord, I am your aide. I am only in charge of making ideas, and 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 turn against the Northwest Army right now, but wait until we stand firm." After the heel is broken, it won’t be too late to use this method.”

Then Du Wei smiled wryly: "Before turning your face, if the Northwest Army comes to ask for money, you can delay it if you can. If you really can't delay it, you would rather spend some money to them..." Du Wei was really unwilling to say this. , couldn't help cursing a foul language: "Damn it, just pay the protection fee."

That's what he said, but Du Wei also knew in his heart that the Northwest Legion has taken root in the Northwest for so many years, so it naturally has a strong foundation and strength.

To put it bluntly, did General Tatara, who came today, really come here for such a small amount of money? The expenditure of tens of thousands of gold coins, in terms of the wealth of the Northwest Legion, is not waiting for this little rice to be cooked. The more important thing is to test the attitude of Du Wei, the upstart in Northwest China!

If Du Wei behaved submissively, then everything would be fine. If Du Wei acts tough and refuses to cooperate, then what awaits Du Wei is the Northwest Army's revenge! do not forget. How did the two noble lords in front end so disastrously under the attack of the Northwest Army!

Now I don't have the capital to challenge this warlord. The best way in the short term is to pretend to be a fool, to pretend to be an unworldly magician, a little nobleman who is a rookie in politics. Give yourself as much time as possible to develop.

Du Wei, who understood this truth, immediately thought of another note. He personally thanked a letter and asked someone to send it to the Northwest Army camp stationed on the northern border of Nulin Province immediately.

This letter is addressed to General Lu Gao, the head of the Northwest Army. Du Wei politely expressed his greetings to the head of the Lugao Army in the tone of an imperial duke and aristocrat, and then said very modestly that he was new to the Northwest and still needed the care of the Northwest Army. In the end, he intentionally and directly made a request: I hope the Northwest Army can help me, a person who has no roots in the Northwest. Governor Bohan exerted some pressure to recover the financial reserves and money looted by Bohan in the treasury of the province of Thaad that should belong to him. 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. In the end, he said that if the Northwest Army could help him get back the money, Du Wei would not take a single cent and give it all to the Northwest Army to express his respect for the warriors of the border guards.

In this letter, Du Wei tried his best to portray himself as an aristocrat who is different from the secular world and has a conflict of loyalty. He didn't expect a letter to completely paralyze the Northwest Army's mind. However, if the Northwest Army can temporarily shift its attention from itself to Governor Bohan, then it will achieve its goal.

After this letter was sent, it was as if nothing had disappeared, and there was no news from the Northwest Army for a long time. And that General Lu Gao, who held the military power in the Northwest, seemed to have no interest in Du Wei, the new Duke who came to the Northwest. Although the empire manages, the generals of the main battle legions stationed there generally do not get too close to local officials to avoid suspicion. However, the general who is the commander of the military power of the empire, and Du Wei, the Duke of the empire, have not even met once in the northwest for several months. The attitude of the other party. It's really intriguing.

Did he look down on Du Wei, a brat, and deliberately put on airs? It doesn't seem to be...

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 so terrible to the adults in the Desa province.

and. Within a few months, General Longbottom relied on his old connections to buy a large number of cattle and sheep from several small tribes of foreign tribes in the grassland. In winter, every soldier put on new leather boots and winter clothes.

More than half of the construction work in the new capital city has been completed, and the buildings in several urban areas have been basically completed. Tens of thousands of people have moved into the city one after another. Du Wei has already spent nearly six million yuan for this new city. Huge sums of gold coins. Even if the little Zach, who owns the imperial capital, keeps making money for Du Wei, he gradually feels a little financial pressure.

After all, from the current point of view, the province of Desa is still unable to support itself. 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 the new city.

How to make money in such a barren land in the northwest of Desa Province has become a problem that Du Wei needs to solve at present. Du Wei is not willing to do something that only invests but does not return!

Just as the new year is approaching, Du Wei ushered in an unexpected guest.

The warriors of the Liszt family, the Dardanelle warriors who once shared hardships with Du Wei in the frozen forest, led a huge convoy to the city of Gilliar in Desa Province.

There was a reunion, of course Du Wei was very happy, he ran out to meet this good friend himself, and the two embraced warmly outside the snowy Governor's Mansion.

"God, Dardanelle, you're finally here!" Du Wei laughed loudly. Looking at this old friend: "I thought you forgot me!".