Chapter 228 Chapter 200 "Practice"

Although everyone knows that when the Duke hides in the Governor's Palace and sees no visitors, 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 seems to be in a bad mood 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 about to begin... Is that old guy in the green hat just kidding himself? ! Du Wei felt that his strength had reached a bottleneck.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 the hard work of more than half a year, his strength is already quite good.Mastered many spells.

If Du Wei is asked to go to the assessment again now, Du Wei is confident that he can get a badge of a sixth-level magician. And now, if they were fighting each other purely by magic, Gargamel would no longer be Du Wei's opponent. However, Du Wei found that this was all he could do.After all, it is limited to study the research results of magicians collected in the Magic Society.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. Originally, Gargamel should be able to fill this role temporarily, but this mouse...he is good at transfiguration.Transfiguration is not what Du Wei needs.And Vivian... Poor little Vivian, although she has an eighth-level strength, but...she can stutter even when she speaks, so she is not a qualified teacher.

In desperation, Du Wei devoted more time to magic research.Du Wei had been researching the formula for replacing Mithril by Master Arico for a long time, but in the end he couldn't succeed.On the contrary, Seth, who was originally good at making magic wands, was very interested in Du Wei's method of making the "flying broomstick". He was almost successful 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!Moreover, others will not watch the development of Du Wei's rumors, there will always be someone to make trouble.

Du Wei's idea is 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, interrupting Du Wei who was carefully flipping through a bunch of formulas presented by Aili Ke. "Master." Made blinked his eyes, although Du Wei was already the Duke, but unlike others calling Du Wei "Master", Made always called 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 hand. 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 commanding level, you can be regarded as touching the edge of senior officers.The commanding officer is the leader of a regiment, 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 Aragon, and the military system was also left by him. It is normal to have a strong color of Du Wei's previous life. And the one who goes up 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 managing a certain army or legion.Basically, they are veterans of the military with deep qualifications. When they get old, they will not stay on the front line of the army, but will go to the military command headquarters of the imperial capital, get the rank of general, and then become the big boss in 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 after being promoted to the military command with his merits.

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 honor, it can only be bestowed on some people with great military exploits.However, there is no war in the current general environment of the empire, 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... How much credit can this be for taking a huge fleet to bully a bunch of natives?

However, there have been several real marshals in the history of the empire.For example, the ancestor who created the Luo Lin family, such as the founding war of the Aragon era... And now... Marshal, the position that all soldiers dream of, is temporarily 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 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. The slender flesh on his cheeks, coupled with his obviously overly drunken pale complexion, and his puffy body... It can be said that if he changed his clothes, he would look more like a local rich man. Such a 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, Dodoruo in front of him is the logistics officer of the entire Northwest Army Corps. Du Wei paid attention immediately, he had vaguely guessed the purpose of this guy. "General Dodoro, please sit down." 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 skilled in speaking in those officialdom scenes. He first complimented Du Wei a few words of "young and promising", and then praised Du Wei a few more words The "young genius" finally expressed his admiration at 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. "My lord duke, I am here today. Apart from bringing greetings from our regiment leader, General Lu Gao, 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 smiled: "Seeing that autumn has passed, according to the law, I would like to ask, when can our Northwest Army come to pick up the military supplies for this season?" came to ask for money... Du Wei sneered inwardly. "Your Excellency, you should know that according to the law of the Northwest, the supplies of our Northwest Army are directly allocated from the local financial revenue. According to the usual practice, after the financial revenue is reported every quarter, our Northwest Army will Accept our share from the local... Hehe, you also know that it is not easy to be a soldier. Our young men defend the border of the empire, and they have to eat enough to guard the territory. You are also from a family of martial arts. I don’t need this reason Say more, you must understand.” Du Wei nodded calmly: "Oh, then, I don't know how much is extracted according to the usual practice?" In fact, Du Wei was already very familiar with the study of that decree, and he did it on purpose when he asked this question. "Forty percent." Dodolo smiled slightly, and raised four fingers: "According to the historical practice, our Northwest Army has to withdraw 40 percent of the fiscal revenue." Du Wei raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Forty percent? General Todolo, are you kidding me? In the interim decree of the Northwest, the local fiscal revenue only provides 20%." Dodoro smiled, and the fat on his face was almost squeezed together: "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 They all take 40%, which has been a practice for many years." After a pause, before Du Wei could ask questions this time, Dodoluo himself explained: "As soon as autumn is over, it is the end of the year. The way in the army is to reward the soldiers for their hard work. At the end of the year, every year An extra "routine salary" is issued to the soldiers as a reward for the soldiers for a year of hard work. Therefore, the military expenditure will be doubled every autumn." In fact, Du Wei also knew about these things, but he pretended not to know what he heard. Then he thought about it for a while, and said generously: "If this is the 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. Dodoro and the two armies, please wait a moment, I will ask my deputy to report the financial income in autumn." Damn, you want me to pay for the year-end bonus?There are no doors! 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. Originally, it was only a quarter of military expenses, and there was not much money. 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's the first time he came to ask for money, so it's better to go there himself.After all, the identity of the other party is not ordinary. Originally, he thought that this new lord would probably reject him like the previous idiots who didn't know the current affairs.But Dodoluo felt relieved when he saw Du Wei agreeing so happily. Hmph, after all, he's just a boy no matter what.What about the duke?This is Northwest!Even if the emperor comes, he has to give the Northwest Army face!