Law of the Devil

Although everyone knows it, when the Duke is hiding in the governor's mansion, it is best not to disturb him. Because everyone knows that the Duke is a magician! When a magician is indulging in magic research, it is best not to disturb him.

What's more, even the butler Ma De, who is closest to Du Wei, faintly feels that the young master's mood seems to be getting worse and worse recently.

Indeed, Du Wei was very irritable!

The construction of the new city went smoothly, 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.

That green-robed Gandalf, that old guy, agreed to find him three months later! But it has been more than half a year now, but there has been no news from him.

Seeing that autumn is over and winter is coming soon, is that old guy in the green hat playing tricks on himself? !

Du Wei felt that his strength had reached a limit. With his current level of magic power, he has probably reached level six. As for the ability to manipulate magic, he has absorbed the results of so many magicians' lifelong research in the Magic Academy, and with more than half a year of hard work, his strength is already quite impressive. Mastered many spells.

If Du Wei is asked to go to the assessment again now, Du Wei is confident that he can get a micro badge of a sixth-level magician.

And now, if pure magic is fighting each other, Gargamel is no longer Du Wei's opponent.

However, Du Wei found that this was all he could do. After all, learning the research results of magicians collected in the Magic Society is limited. Du Wei needed a mentor, a mentor who would allow him to continue on his magical path. At least an old magician who has a complete study of magic theory.

It turns out that Gargamel should be able to play this role temporarily, but this mouse is good at transfiguration. Transfiguration is not what Du Wei needs. And Wei Wei'an, poor little Wei Wei'an, although she has level eight strength. But she stuttered even when she spoke. Not a qualified teacher.

In desperation, Du Wei devoted more time to magic research. Du Wei studied the formula for replacing Mithril by Master Eric for a long time, but in the end he couldn't succeed. On the contrary, Seth, who used to be good at making magic wands, was very interested in Du Wei's method of making the "flying broom". He has almost succeeded in his research these days.

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

Du Wei knew that the establishment of the new city was just the beginning, and he needed to urgently strengthen his strength. In this place in the northwest, without strength, there is no way to gain a foothold! What's more, others won't watch me develop rapidly here, there will always be someone who will make trouble.

Du Wei's idea was not wrong. Because soon, troublemakers will come.

Although no one dared to disturb Duke Du Wei who was obsessed with research and a magician, everyone knew that the Duke was in a bad mood recently.

But at noon that day, Mad still had to walk into Du Wei's study, and he was very angry with Du Wei, who was carefully reading a bunch of formulas presented by Aili Ke.

"Master." Made blinked his eyes. Although Du Wei is already the Duke of Honor. But unlike others who call Du Wei "Master", Made always calls Du Wei "Master".

"Master, someone wants to see you."

Du Wei frowned and raised his head: "Could it be that there is a problem with the immigration? Did those guys put forward some weird conditions?"

"No." Made shook his head: "The ones who came were from the Northwest Legion."

Du Wei froze for a moment, and put down the things in his hands.

People from the Northwest Legion?

It has been several months since I came to the Northwest, but the Northwest Army has never taken the initiative to find me, and Du Wei will not take the initiative to deal with these warlords.

What's going on today?

In the reception room, Du Wei met the people from the Northwest Army Corps.

The person who came was a middle-aged officer, and from his attire, he should be a general.

In the imperial military system, if you step into the commander level, you can be regarded as touching the edge of senior officers, and the commander is the leader of a regiment. In the imperial military system, an infantry regiment is 4,000 people, and a cavalry regiment is 3,000 people.

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 coup.

There are four levels of generals in the empire, and those like Junker are only first-class generals. Of course, a general like Junker who served as the garrison of the imperial capital was only at the lowest level of the general rank, but his status was already very high. For example, a general of the same level, Longbottom is also in command of 20,000 cavalry, but as a general far away in the barren land of the northwest, although he is of the same level, his status must not be compared with that of Junker in the imperial capital.

The official title of such a general in the Roland Empire is "Major General".

Du Wei is no stranger to this title, especially after knowing that the founding emperor Aragorn was also a time traveler like himself. The empire was created by Aragorn, and the military system was also left by him, and it carried the strong color of Du Wei's previous life, which is normal.

And the one above is the head of the legion. Generally speaking, the head of the legion has the title of "Lieutenant General". There are also exceptions, such as Du Wei's father, Earl Raymond, who was originally a lieutenant general. Although Raymond has never really commanded a legion, he once commanded an expeditionary fleet, so he can be regarded as a lieutenant general.

Further up is the general. Generals are generally not directly responsible for commanding an army or legion. Basically, they are veterans of the military with deep qualifications. When they get old, they will not stay in the front line of the army. Instead, they will go to the Command Headquarters of the Imperial Army Fang, get the rank of a general, and then become the boss of the Command Headquarters. .

For example, Du Wei's father, Earl Raymond, commanded the expeditionary fleet to conquer Nanyang as a lieutenant general, and then became an admiral when he was promoted to the military command.

The highest is naturally the marshal. However, Marshal is generally only a "vain title", and it is only a symbol of glory.

However, there is currently no Marshal in the Empire. Because of this supreme glory, it can only be bestowed on some people with great military exploits. However, there is no war in the current environment of the imperial capital, and it is in a period of peace. Naturally, there is no great military exploit.

The Northwest War that year was only a local war. As for the Nanyang Expedition with a huge fleet to bully a group of natives, how much credit can it have?

On the contrary, there have been a few real marshals in the history of the empire, such as the ancestor who created the Rollin family, such as the founding war of the Aragon era.

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

"Honorable Lord Duke." The general of the Northwest Army standing in front of Du Wei introduced himself politely: "I am Dodoro, the commander of the Thirteenth Division of the Northwest Army."

The first influence was that Du Wei had a bad impression of this guy who called himself Dodoro.

Because although he is wearing a military uniform and wearing a sword, this guy doesn't have the slightest military temperament in his body. He looked to be in his forties, and he was obviously wearing the largest uniform, but the fat all over his body seemed to tear his clothes at any time.

With the slender flesh on his face, coupled with his pale complexion, which is obviously excessive in sex and alcohol, and his puffy body, it can be said that if he changed his clothes, he would look more like a local rich man.

This person can actually be a general?

But after Du Wei heard his self-introduction clearly, he immediately understood.

Because this so-called "Thirteenth Division of the Northwest Army Corps" is not a regular army. Du Wei has some information about the Northwest Army. He knows that the 13th Division is actually a logistics department, which is responsible for allocating and distributing military supplies. To put it simply, the Duodoro in front of him is a logistics officer of the entire Northwest Army Corps.

Du Wei paid attention immediately. He had already vaguely guessed the purpose of this guy.

"Duo Duo General. Please do it." Du Wei pointed to a chair in the room.

Afterwards, the two chatted politely for a while. This Duotuo is obviously a veteran in the officialdom, and he is very skillful in speaking in those officialdom scenes. He first complimented Du Wei a few words "young and promising", and then praised Du Wei a few words " Teenage genius". Finally, he expressed his admiration for Du Wei's miracle of building a new city so quickly, "The power of a magician is really beyond the guesswork of ordinary people."

But Du Wei accepted all his flattery with a smile, and after drinking two cups of tea, this Duoduo finally revealed his reason for coming.

"Your Excellency, I am here today. Apart from bringing greetings from our regiment leader, General Lu, I also need your help with some small matters."

Du Wei smiled: "General Dodoro, please tell me."

"This..." The fat man pondered for a while and then laughed: "Seeing that autumn has passed, according to the law, I would like to ask, when can our Northwest Army come to pick up this jealous military supplies?"

came to ask for money

Du Wei sneered inwardly.

"Your Excellency, you should know that according to the laws of the Northwest, the supplies of our Northwest Army are directly allocated from the local financial revenue. According to the usual practice. After each envious financial income is reported, our Northwest Army will Accept our share from the locality. Hehe, you also know that it is not easy to be a soldier. Our young men defend the borders of the empire, and they have to eat enough to guard the land. You are also from a family of martial arts. I don’t need to say more about this , you must understand."

Du Wei nodded calmly: "Oh, then. I don't know how much is extracted according to the convention?"

In fact, Du Wei was already very familiar with that decree, so he asked. It was also intentional.

"Forty percent." Dodoro smiled slightly and raised four fingers: "According to the historical practice, our Northwest Army has to withdraw 40% of the fiscal revenue."

Du Wei raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Forty percent? General Todolo, you are joking. The temporary decree in the Northwest states that the local fiscal revenue only provides 20%."

Dodoluo smiled, and the fat on his face was almost counted: "My lord, you may not know about this when you are new to the Northwest. If it is normal, it will naturally be 20%. However, the annual financial revenue in autumn, the Northwest Army Forty percent is taken, and it has been a practice for many years."

After a pause, before Du Wei could ask questions this time, Dodoluo himself explained: "As soon as the autumn is over, it is the end of the year. The way in the army is to exhaust the hard work of the soldiers for a year. At the end of the year, every An extra regular salary is paid to the soldiers as a reward for the soldiers' hard work for a year. Therefore, the military expenditure must be doubled every autumn."

In fact, Du Wei also knew these things, but he pretended not to know what he heard, and then thought about it for a while, and said generously: "In this case, I can't break the rules here. The boys in the army defend the border of the empire, of course Don't treat them badly. General Duoduo, please wait, I will ask my deputy to report the financial revenue in autumn."

Damn, you want me to pay for the year-end bonus? There is no door!

Du Wei sneered in his heart, but immediately asked Philip to come.

While waiting for Philip to come. Du Wei casually asked something about the Northwest Army.

It turned out that it was not much money just to withdraw a jealous military expenditure. If it was the past, it would be enough for Duotuo to send one of his commanders. However, not long after the Duke's new official took office, it was the first time he reached out for money, so it was better to go there himself. After all, the identity of the other party is not ordinary.

Originally thought that this new lord would most likely reject him like the few idiots who didn't know the current affairs in the past. But Dodoluo felt relieved when he saw Du Wei agreeing so happily.

Hmph, after all, he's just a boy no matter what. How is the duke? This is Northwest! Even if the emperor comes, he has to give the Northwest Army face! .