Chapter 201 (1/2)
Chapter 201 “Acting”
These days, Philip, the reat deal of trust fro; he is also steady in his actions More importantly, he is well aware of the situation in the Northwest and would never look down at hie
If Philip wasn’t really so young and inexperienced, Du Wei really would have appointed hiovernor of the Desa Province by now
Even so, Du Wei didn’t care either way and handed Philip all the authority he would have gotten if he really was titled Whether it is the new city constructing project or the financial ement, Philip pretty much covers the entire picture
Phillip is after all the student of the famed Mr Blue Ocean Once he received word of Du Wei’s suuy; instead, he questioned the person that relayed the e and found out it was someone from the Northwestern Army
Knowing this information, Philip sneered
Autu for money already? Fortunately, this scenario is ithin Du Wei and Philip’s expectation, thus a plan was agreed upon long before the occasion Once everything was in order, Philip finally headed off to see Du Wei
Because Philip’s work place is in the Governor’s Manor, it didn’t take long for hi the door, the first thing he saw after walking in is Du Wei having an idle conversation with Totoro Not forgetting his manners, Philip quickly made a salute to Du Wei so that the Duke can make the introduction
Regarding this newly arrived youngster, Totoro was also very polite without any intentions of ht of Philip After all, in the months since Du Wei’s arrival, the Northwestern Ar man named Philip may only be Du Wei’s aide on the surface, but in truth, they know this little guy was the one giving out all the orders till now If anything, this Philip is already half a governor without actually being one
“Phillip, the reason for General Totoro visit today is to collect the autu Hmm, this quarter’s revenue should have already been reported, right?” Du Wei smile was exceptionally kind
“Yes your honor” Philip i and passed forward the ledger: “My lord, this is the fall revenue for the Desa Province”
Du Wei pretended like he was actually looking over the booklet he hot from Philip’s hand Then with a look of disbelief, he said: “This… Philip, the nuht?”
Philip looked all serious: “My Lord, the number there is correct”
Coughing a few tier to the table in front of Totoro: “General Totoro, this is the autuold coins, 46,000 of which are fro to the usual practices, 40 of this should be”
Totoro’s face changed a shade: “How much?!”
“18,400 gold” Philip repeated again with a deadpan face Du Wei was forcing down his laugh so he was only sure a little too low? For the e away at the border so their merit is undeniable Fine then, I’ll privately add in soold coins!”
Though Du Wei enerous appearance, but the nose of the one standing beside him was already crooked
The thin air of hesitation from before is nowhere to be seen as Totoro questioned in a low voice: “Your lordshi+p, did I hear it wrong? You’re certain of this number?”
“Yes of course” Philip is the first to reply, “The Governor office just finished checking the revenue we collected”
Though Totoro’s face was beet red, he still had the sense of suppressing his anger Instead of continuing the question on Philip, this fat man turned to face Du Wei: “Duke! The Desa Province may be barren, but the population is still in the millions! To say the tax revenue is only 70,000, don’t you think it’s a bit ridiculous?”
Pausing for a second, his eyes showed a trace of anger: “This year’s spring and suold coins in tax revenue Now that we are in the autuhest, it should beto previous year’s calculation! For a whole province to only have 70,000 gold coins in tax revenue, don’t you think this joke is going a little too far?”
“General Totoro!” Philip’s suddenly got cold and serious: “Please watch your tongue! The one before you is a Duke of the empire!!”
Philip harshly said: “Presu a new city To build a city, the expenses are huge Other than paying the craftsman for their work, there are also plenty of overhead costs! Also, in order to get the citizen to rate to the new city, we took measures to exempt these individuals fro before the city’s coin with Now that there is all these spending’s and tax cuts, it’s not strange to see such low numbers”
Totoro’s original intention today is to test Du Wei’s attitude After cos with the Northwestern Arht Du Wei would cooperate fro with him…
Thinking of this, Totoro can’t help but be infuriated He is a general of the Northwestern Aristic department Even that old fox Bohan needs to be polite and watchful in front of him, so how can he s such humiliation?
Duke? So what if he’s a Duke? What is there to be afraid of e’re the Northwestern Army?
“Your Dukeshi+p!” Totoro stood up: “I’m afraid your subordinate here isn’t very clear on the interi to the Eht to intercept the agricultural tax revenue for military purposes!What’s overnment cannot use the fund until theme he already spend all the revenue on the new city before we can even take our share? Is this what you mean?!”
Looking at this angry fat ass, Du Wei slowly answered: “General Totoro, please sit down, your anger won’t help in re the situation Let us discuss this to find a solution, what do you think?”
Totoro made a loud “humph” in reply
Du Wei sh the account calculations are correct, but we can’t drag out the ! The income for this season is only numbers on a paper Now then, tell me the income for this quarter before the expenses are added in”