Chapter 224 Chapter 197 How to Swallow, How to Spit! (superior)

clap clap clap... There was a round of applause in the room.Sitting behind the desk, Governor Bohan was expressionless, but looked at Longbottom with deep meaning in his eyes. He applauded again and again, then stood up slowly, looked deeply at Longbottom: "This must be the General Longbottom, who was famous in the Northwest back then, right? I have heard about your name, but I never thought that you would return to the Northwest today with the same majesty as before." Longbottom cast a glance at the Governor, and did not respond to his compliments. He just took a few steps back, stood beside Du Wei, and said, "This is our Lord Duke."

Governor Bohan seemed to see Du Wei just now, with a polite smile unique to official circles on his face, and walked around the desk: "It turns out that it is Lord Tulip Duke. Your Excellency has been exhausted all the way. I am busy with business, so I can't meet you. It's too much." excuse me." After finishing speaking, his face suddenly sank, and he shouted to the outside: "Isn't it your duty to settle down the Lord Duke! How do you do things!" "Governor Bohan." Du Wei said leisurely: "I don't blame them, I insisted on coming to the Governor's Mansion." Then he smiled and looked into Bohan's eyes: "I am about to go to my territory, Desa Province, Before that, the local administration of Desa has been under the care of Governor Bohan, and as the host, I will of course come to thank you personally."

Bohan was polite again and again.Du Wei changed the subject: "Also, since I'm about to take office, many administrative matters in the Desa province also need to be settled with you. So I have to come to the Governor's Mansion anyway. " The two looked at each other and smiled, both harboring ulterior motives, but laughed out loud. Bohan asked someone to serve tea, and cleared out the table in the room that had been hacked by the alien race just now, and asked Du Wei and Longbottom to sit down, and then he said with a smile: "Two months ago, I learned that your lord is coming to the northwest, So I have already made arrangements for the Desa Province. Since the Desa Province has been designated as the family territory of the adults, in the past two months, I have started to remove all the local garrison troops originally stationed in the Desa Province. After being transferred, your family's private army can be stationed in several barracks in Desa Province at any time. In terms of local provinces, the last batch of temporary guards are waiting in the capital of Desa Province. All official documents The procedures and procedures have been completed, as soon as your people take over, they can come back immediately."

Du Wei smiled, and suddenly said: "So, what about the financial aspect?" Bohan's eyelids twitched slightly, but the smile on his face didn't diminish in the slightest: "In terms of finance, all the accounts have been settled, and the warehouse has been sealed. You can check it at any time." "Oh." Du Wei calmly picked up the cup and took a sip of the tea in front of him. The tea is orange-yellow, sweet in the mouth, with a fragrance of nectar. Du Wei smiled: "This is a specialty of Northwest China. , sand honey? It tastes good." Then he put down his cup, and his tone seemed casual: "My lord, how much food and supplies are there in the current financial accounts in my Desa province?"

Governor Bohan frowned, but Du Wei hurriedly said without waiting for him to speak: "I have heard that Governor Bohan is the empire's leading financial expert, and the financial delivery of the Desa Province has made the Governor bother. I would rather When I go to look at those boring account books, it’s better for you, a financial expert, to give me a general introduction. Besides, I’m not afraid of your jokes, as a person, I’m most afraid of reading books.” Having said this, Longbottom almost didn't spit out the tea in his mouth. He took a strange look at Du Wei and thought: Are you afraid of reading?

By God, Longbottom has never seen anyone in this world who likes to read more than this young duke!He lived in that temporary Duke's mansion for so many days, and the Duke spent most of his time reading books.Such a room full of books made Longbottom dizzy after a cursory look, and Manager Made told Longbottom behind his back that Master Du Wei had read more books when he was young!The longest record is that I didn't take a step out of the door for a whole month, just stayed in the room and read a book.It turns out that Luo Lin's house, where the young master lives, has three large rooms where the books he has read are stored.

Governor Bohan really wanted to shirk, so he quickly sent the duke away and asked him to go directly to the Desa province to check the books.But it seems that Du Wei is not fooled, and a big hat of "financial expert" has been put on him, and he really can't help it: "Your Excellency is joking, as the governor of the empire, I naturally do my best. , so you must not mention it, so as not to make people laugh." After pondering for a while, Governor Bohan sighed: "What about the situation in Desa province? According to the financial statistics in summer, the money, food and various supplies collected in the warehouse are equivalent to about 210,000 gold coins, um, I remember that number, yes."

Du Wei was furious in his heart, but he smiled more kindly on his face. Only 210,000 gold coins in one summer quarter?This is a province! !210,000 a quarter?Then I'm afraid it's less than one million a year!Who are you kidding! This Bohan must have emptied the money and food in the warehouse before handing over the site! However, Du Wei didn't find this kind of thing strange... If it were him, he would probably do the same. "Governor Bohan, then, how much is the total amount in the treasury now? I want to know how much money is available in my territory. After taking office, I always have an idea in mind about finances."

"This..." Governor Bohan hesitated for a moment. Facing the young Duke at this moment, he also felt that he had gone too far. Du Wei's guess is correct. Before Du Wei took office, Bohan did secretly manipulate and almost emptied the warehouse in Desa Province.In his opinion, those money and food were his income when he was managing the Desa province, why should he leave it to this kid?It is also because of this that Governor Bohan deliberately avoided seeing Du Wei. Who knew that Du Wei, a stunned young man, would come directly. "If I remember correctly, the warehouse of the Desa Province before I handed over, there are about..." At this point, he suddenly turned around and walked behind the desk, pretending to find a booklet and opened it. Then he smiled and said: "Well, here it is. There are 140 sets of cavalry light armor, 1,000 sets of infantry equipment, 300 pairs of bows and 8,000 arrows on the weapon armor. The food is enough for about three months. How about financial aspects... There are still 190,000 gold coins available in the treasury..."

After reporting this series of numbers, even if Du Wei was prepared, he was almost so angry that he wanted to curse! This governor of Bohan is really fucking ruthless in searching! These figures seem to be quite a lot... But don't forget, this is a province!A whole province, leaving such a little thing for yourself? ! Du Wei's face was a little ugly, and he frowned at Governor Bohan: "My lord, you must have read it wrong, right?" "This... can't be wrong." Governor Bohan closed the booklet, with a helpless expression on his face, sighed, walked to Du Wei's side, and said earnestly: "Master Duke, you are new to the Northwest. I still don’t know much about the conditions. The barren land in the northwest is no better than the colorful world in the south. And the Desa province is the poorest place in the northwest..."

Du Wei shook his head: "My lord, I don't understand. According to what you just said, the fiscal revenue in summer is 210,000 yuan. Why is there only 190,000 yuan left in the warehouse?" "This..." Governor Bohan was stunned, but on the surface he was not in a hurry, and said indifferently: "The province of Desa is poor, and the finances are tight on weekdays. It is not enough to make ends meet, and there is not much stock in the warehouse, which is normal." Du Wei said: "I don't see it right? Looking at the province of Desa, there are still more than 200,000 gold coins in the summer season, and the annual income should be around one million. A province with an annual income of one million, so many years Come down, there are only hundreds of thousands of gold coins left in the treasury?" Bohan's face was a bit ugly: "My lord, are you suspecting that I, Bohan, have been corrupt?" Du Wei smiled: "Of course not. I've heard the reputation of the Governor for a long time. You have increased revenue and reduced expenditure in the Northwest. Just looking at the scene of your Governor's Mansion, you can tell that you are a fair and honest Governor. How could I doubt you? ?” After a pause, Du Wei smiled and said, "However, I heard that before I came, the local financial revenue of the Desa Province was not delivered to the capital of the Desa Province, but according to your order, every It’s been sent to Mulan City for a quarter. Am I right?” Bohan knew that it was useless to talk about polite scenes now, so he simply played tricks with Du Wei and snorted coldly: "Oh! It turns out that Lord Duke is here to ask me for money today!" Du Wei shook his head: "It's not right to say 'want', it should be said to be 'return' the financial income you kept for me." "As an imperial official, I am ordered by the Imperial Finance Department to also be in charge of the administration of Desa Province." Governor Bohan said coldly. "But taking care of it doesn't mean annexation." Du Wei sneered: "You use the fiscal revenue of two provinces to support a province, and the warehouse of Desa Province is almost empty. How can I use it after I take office? Your Excellency Governor , won’t you give me some kindness?”