Chapter 200 (2/2)

Further up is the head of the arenerals, they are usually with the title of Lieutenant General There are exceptions such as Du Wei’s father Though Raymond have never actually co a expeditionary fleet makes him qualified to be called a Lieutenant General

Going even further up is the top generals Generally speaking, these people are not directly responsible for the co a army division or corp Basically, they are the old veterans that did not wish to stay in the front lines By hanging the title of General on their names, they will stay in the capital and becoh command

Such as Du Wei’s father, Earl Ray the expedition fleet as a Lieutenant General

The highest of the but an empty shell

However, the empire did not have a Marshal at the reatthe fact that the continent is at peace right now, the likelihood of an event occurring that could warrant such an honor is unlikely

And the war in the Northwest back then is only a local conflict As for the battles out at sea in the Southeast, it is nothing but bullying so what merit is there to earn?

Though in history, there did appear so Household

While now, this Marshal position sought after by every arrabs

“Dear Duke” This General of the Northwestern Ar before Du Wei politely introduced hi officer of the thirteenth division in the Northwestern Army, Totoro”

First impression Du Wei had towards this self-proclaiood

Even though he wore a uy’s body didn’t carry the temperauy looked like it was about to rip apart at any time due to his sheer size

It would be better to call him an obese rich man than to call hi off his face and the excessive paleness from his skin

How can this person actually be a General?

But after Du Wei finished listening to the guy’s introduction, he finally understood

This so-called “Northwest Arular army He already had some intel on the opposition, so he knew the 13th division is istic department in the Northwestern Ar but a logistic officer

Du Wei iuess what the guy’s intentions are for co

“General Totoro, please sit” Du Wei points towards a chair in the room

What cah this, Du Wei is certain this Totoro is an old veteran at this stuff The coenius, the speed he built the city is beyond aician is unparalleled

Regarding his ass kissing, Du Wei would of course take it all in After drinking a few cups of tea, Totoro finally got to the main point for his visit

“You dukeshi+p, other than bringing0 the greetings from our Army head, I am here today to ask you for some small help”

Du Wei smiled: “General Totoro, please speak”

The fat : “autumn has already passed, in accordance with the decree, when can our Northwestern Army come extract our military supplies?”

They are here for money

Du Wei sneered a bit inside

“Your dukeshi+p, you should be aware that in accordance with the Decree, the Northwestern Arovernments In accordance with established practices, after each quarter’s revenue is reported, our Northwestern Army will accept our share… Haha, you should know already that being a soldier is not easy In order to protect the empire in the frontier, we also need to eat I’m sure you would understand this since you are from a military family yourself”

Du Wei quietly nodded: “Oh, then i like to kno ?”

The truth is Du Wei is very familiar with this decree by now, so his question is intentional

“40” Totoro s-standing practices, our Northwest army needs to extract 40 of the tax revenues”

Du Wei picked his eyebrows: “40? General Totoro, you are kidding me The Interim order only states that the Northwestern army can only take 20”

Totoro s: “My lord, you only came to the northwest so you didn’t know Norht amount, but when fall comes around, the Northwestern Ar time practice”

After a pause, Totoro explained without waiting for Du Wei’s question: “Once fall is over is when the year comes to an end As a reward for the soldiers effort each year, the ive them a bonus as a way to raise their spirit Therefore, the annual autuet is doubled”

The truth is Du Wei is well aware of all this, he is sienerous face: “

“In that case, I naturally cannot break the rules here The boys are fighting for us at the border; so of course we can’t treat them badly General Toroto, wait here while I have my deputies report the revenue to me”

Bullshi+t, you want to give bonuses and want me to pay? hell no!

Though Du Wei was sneering inside, he still sent for Philip

In the meantime while they waited for Philip to arrive, Du Wei casually asked a few things about the Northwestern army

It turns out that extracting military funds isn’t all that much money If it was before, Totoro only needed to send someone over, but Du Wei is after all a Duke, so it was for the best he personally came Even if this is the Northwest, a duke is still a duke, not someone he wants to offend if he can avoid it

He thought this new lord would be an idiot like the previous two lords, but after hearing Du Wei’s quick acceptance, his nerve became relaxed

Huer is only a kid, so what if he’s a duke? This is the Northwest, even if the eive the Northwestern Army some face!