Law of the Devil

Philip, Du Wei's most promising disciple under Lan Huanmen, has gained great trust from Du Wei these days. In Du Wei's view, Philip is young and steady. There is real talent in the chest. He also has a good understanding of the situation in the Northwest, and he respects himself very much, and never underestimates himself because he is young.

If this Philip was too young and had no qualifications, Du Wei would have appointed him as the governor of Desa province long ago.

But even so, although Philip does not have the title of governor now, Du Wei has actually handed over almost everything to him. Whether it is the construction of a new city, or finance, money and food, almost all Philip is coordinating the overall situation.

After all, Philip is a disciple of the Lanhai Sect. After being summoned by Du Wei, he first asked and passed on a message to win people's hearts. He knew that the Duke was talking to someone from the Northwest Army.

Someone from the Northwest Army?

Philip sneered, just after autumn, the Northwest Army sent someone to ask for money. Fortunately, Du Wei and Philip had a plan for this matter, so he took his time and took the things he had prepared before coming to see Du Wei.

The place where Philip works is in the Governor's Mansion, and he will arrive in a short while. When he opened the door and came in, Du Wei was still chatting casually with General Dodoro. After Philip came in, he first saluted Du Wei, and Du Wei introduced him.

Dodoro was also very polite to the young man who walked in, without any intention of belittling him. After all, in the past few months, after the young duke came to the northwest, the Northwest Army has also observed the duke from the imperial capital for a long time, knowing that this young man named Philip is now almost Du Wei's right-hand man, and all the decrees of the Governor's Mansion are almost It was all done by this young man, and Du Wei, the young duke, didn't care much about it. Just make some publishing decisions, and let Philip do the rest. Although this guy is only named Du Wei's Mu Liao, he can actually be regarded as half a governor.

"Philip, General Dodoro is here today for military expenses in the fall. The financial revenue for each quarter should have been reported?" Du Wei calmed down.

"Yes, my lord." Philip immediately opened a booklet he brought, and then handed over something: "My lord, this is the autumn income of the Desa province."

Du Wei pretended to take it over and glanced at it, with a suspicious expression on his face: "Here, Philip, is the number wrong?"

Philip was serious: "My lord, the numbers above are correct."

Du Wei coughed, and then slowly pushed the things on the table in front of General Dodoro at the end of this century: "General Dodoro, this is Desa province's fiscal revenue in autumn, a total of 71,000 gold coins, of which agricultural The income is 46,000 gold coins, well, according to the practice you mentioned, if the Northwest Army takes 40%, it should be "

Dodoro's face changed: "How much?!"

"Eighteen thousand and four hundred gold coins." Philip repeated it expressionlessly. Du Wei suppressed a smile, but sighed on his face: "Hey, this number seems to be missing some soldiers of the Northwest Army who have worked hard to defend the country. I will add some more personally, and just make up a whole number: 20,000 gold coins!"

He pretended to be generous here, but Dotara next to him was almost so angry that his nose was crooked.

The politeness on his face just now disappeared without a trace, and he said in a deep voice, "My lord, did I hear you right? Are you sure you are right about this number?"

"Of course." Philip answered first: "The Governor's Mansion has just checked the agricultural taxes collected from various places."

Dodora's face flushed red, and he suppressed his anger with a trace of reason. He didn't even look at Philip, but turned to look at Du Wei, and said in a deep voice, "Master Duke! Although Desa is a little poorer, but a majestic province, with a population of one million, has a quarterly income of only 70,000 gold coins. Isn't it too ridiculous?"

After a pause, Dodoro's eyes showed a trace of anger: "This year's spring and summer, each season has more than 20 nights of income, and autumn is the harvest season of farmland. According to previous years, there should be at least 30 nights of income. More than 10,000 is the right number! Ji Ru is a mere 70,000 in a majestic province, such a joke is too big!"

"General Dodoro!" Philip's expression darkened suddenly, his voice turned cold, his eyes narrowed, and he said calmly, "Please pay attention to your words! You are talking to an imperial duke!!"

Then Philip said coldly: "You must know that we are building a new city in Loulan recently. The cost of building a new city is huge. The public expenses of tens of thousands of craftsmen and daily expenses are a huge and heavy burden! In addition, in order to activate the territory His people moved to the new city, and the duke issued a tax exemption order at the beginning of the city's construction! Anyone who registers and is willing to move his family to the new city can be exempted from tax for one year. Desa's original financial revenue was not much, so these few huge After expenses and tax cuts, it's no surprise that revenue was less this quarter."

Dodoluo originally wanted to test Du Wei's attitude today. Since the young duke came to the Northwest, he has never dealt with the Northwest Army. Just now he thought that the other side would cooperate obediently. Now it seems that he is playing with himself.

Thinking of this, Dodoro couldn't help becoming even more angry. His majestic Northwest General holds the power of the army's supplies. In the Northwest, no one will give him some face. Even the old fox Bohan is polite to him, but Unexpectedly, this child dared to play with himself.

Duke? What about the duke? What is the Northwest Army afraid of?

"Your Excellency!" Dodoro suddenly stood up and said calmly, "I think your subordinate may not have understood the decree of the Northwest! Of course I know that you are building a new city, but according to the decree of the Empire, the Northwest Army has the right to intercept agricultural land. Part of the tax income is military expenses! Military expenses have priority, and the local government is not allowed to use agricultural taxes before the military expenses of the Northwest Army are paid! But now, your aide tells me: "Our Northwest Army has not yet received For military expenses, he has already spent all his money on building a new city, does that mean! "

Du Wei looked at the angry fat man, and said slowly: "General Dodoro, please sit down, your anger will not make up for the current situation effectively, let us discuss how to solve it, what do you think?"

Tatara let out a loud "hum".

Du Wei smiled, looked at Philip, and said solemnly: "Philip, although the calculation is correct, the military expenses of the soldiers of the Northwest Army must not be in arrears! The income of this season is just a few figures on paper after all. You just need to tell me how much you should pay for this quarter before deducting these expenses."

Only then did Philip pretend to be reluctant: "My lord, according to the normal calculation, the original income is about 250,000 gold coins, which is a little less than in previous years. After all, you have exempted many civilians who are willing to relocate from taxes."

Only then did Dodolo's anger calm down, the total of 250,000 gold coins is not too bad! Although it is a little less, it is within an acceptable level. If it is 250,000, 40% will have 100,000 gold coins.

"That's not easy." Du Wei immediately put on a bold look: "Based on the income of 250,000 yuan, 40% should be 100,000 yuan, so you just spend 100,000 yuan from the warehouse. "

Philip sighed, as if a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "But, my lord duke, we don't have that much money in the treasury right now."

"What!!!"

A big coax, with infinite anger and doubts!

But the problem is that it wasn't Dodoro who made this kind of anger. In fact, he was about to get angry, but it was the Duke who roared first.

The little duke shot at the case, and with undisguised anger, he glared at Philip fiercely: "What did you say!!"

He suddenly threw all the teacups in front of him on the ground, and said angrily: "Mr. Philip! Please explain, I am a majestic province! Even if the Desa province is a little poor. But in the treasury of the capital's finances. There are always money from the past years." Savings and reserves!! Could it be that we are a majestic province, and now we can’t even come up with a hundred thousand yuan in financial funds!!”

Du Wei's preemptive attack and his loud voice startled Dodoro.

"Give me an explanation!" Du Wei shouted with anger as if he was about to swallow someone, "Philip! Is this my real territory! Is this my Desa Province! Or did you use your authority to embezzle the warehouse?" If you can't explain it, I will arrest you immediately for corruption!"

Philip immediately looked aggrieved, and repeatedly argued: "My lord, I have never been greedy for a gold coin!!"

Then this Philip seemed to be full of resentment: "My lord, you have never cared about finances since you arrived in the Northwest. Of course you don't understand. You want to build a new city, and I try to persuade you in every possible way. You just refuse to listen to my opinion. I can only fight hard." I will do my best to keep everything running for you, but I also have difficulties!"

Speaking of this, he seemed to have just made up his mind: "My lord, do you still remember that when I first arrived here, I gave you a report on the storage in the warehouse?"

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

Philip smiled bitterly: "My lord, you are a magician. Of course you have no interest in these mundane things, but I have already explained everything in the report I gave you, but you didn't pay attention to that report."

Du Wei seemed to think of something now, and frowned, "What's wrong with that report?"

"My lord" Philip sighed: "When we took over Desa a few months ago, the warehouse in the entire province was only 190,000 yuan! A majestic province, with large fiscal revenues over the years and years of reserves, There are only 190,000 in total!"

"This is impossible!!"

Still, Dodoro didn't have time to speak first again. Du Wei jumped up before him again, blushing and glaring at Philip roughly: "For a dignified province, the reserve over the years is only a few hundred thousand??!"

"But this is the truth, my lord. The detailed statistical list in my report." Philip expressed bitterly: "You put all your energy on the great and sacred magic research, so you ignore these things. Although I I reminded you again and again, but you didn't pay attention."

Then, Philip seemed to be cautious, hesitating to speak, and continued: "Of course, this number is unbelievable. Who would believe that there is only such a small amount in the warehouse of a dignified province. It's not enough."

"But what."

After coughing, Philip gritted his teeth and said, "However, before you took office in the Northwest, the administration of Desa has always been performed by Governor Bohan."

This sentence is already obvious!

After hearing this, Dodoro couldn't help secretly accepting this statement.

It seems that before Bohan handed over the chassis, he searched the land of Desa before leaving, and emptied the whole house. This explanation is very reasonable.

Du Wei and Philip just stared at each other. Du Wei was full of anger, while Philip looked aggrieved. After a long time, Du Wei gritted his teeth and said, "What a governor of Bohan! He played such a trick on me! Hmph! No wonder this old guy had such a weird attitude towards me when I passed by Mulan City on the way to take office. It turned out that he didn't It's so quiet that it leaves an empty shell for our factory!"

Philip immediately put his hands together: "Your energy is devoted to the great and sacred magic research. I said it several times, but you just didn't listen.".