First of all, as for the smuggling situation in the East China Sea at that time, Roman Fritz pointed out the biggest drawback: the congenital institutional defect of the establishment of the province of Newhoven.
Because Newhoven is a maritime province, one of the biggest differences from other provinces of the empire is that in other land provinces, in terms of political structure, the governor serves as the first leader of the military and political affairs, and the local government affairs and the military power of the local defenders are handed over to the governor to be in charge.
However, the province of Neuhofen is different in that it is a maritime province And the Empire's navy is different from the army.
The navy is a self-contained system and is directly dispatched by the Ministry of War. and does not abide by the jurisdiction of the local political axe.
But the province of Neuhoven was a maritime region, and if the governor could not dispatch a navy, he would be able to ban smuggling merchant ships at sea with only a few garrisons stationed on the islands "If you don't give me the right to dispatch troops from the navy, no one will be able to do this governor."
These are the exact words of Roman Fritz when he faced His Majesty the Emperor.
The Emperor then asked about the corruption and bribery of officials in the province of Neuhoven.
To this, Roman Fritz's answer is very simple: corruption and bribery cannot be completely eradicated in any place and in any era.
Even in the inland provinces, this phenomenon is perpetuated.
There has never been a time when the world is completely pure.
The reason why the problems of the province of Neuhoven were more serious in the past was that the smuggling of goods by the Chamber of Commerce was so great that they could evade a large amount of imperial taxes.
The consequence of the rampant smuggling is that the chamber of commerce must bribe local officials if it wants to maintain this interest.
As long as the phenomenon of smuggling is cut off at the root, then this kind of problem can naturally be alleviated.
There is also a point that Roman Fritz put forward his own idea to the emperor: merchant autonomy The greatest source of wealth for the province of Neuhoven is maritime trade, especially in all kinds of marine resources.
His idea of governance was to form some large and small chambers of commerce, and let the merchants manage their own affairs, and as a local political axe, he was only responsible for acting as an arbiter and a maintainer of order when disputes arose.
"Don't let the local political axe take on too many things, the power in the hands of officials is too much and too heavy, and naturally there will be a phenomenon of exchanging power for money."
Roman Fritz said to the Emperor: "We only need to specify a set of rules of the game within the legal framework of the empire, and then let the chambers of commerce, as long as they are within the rules of the game, play as they please."
As long as they pay their taxes honestly.
In terms of trade, we don't need to worry too much about forming some chambers of commerce, so that they can compete with each other and have supervision, we just need to be an arbiter.
Once there is a loophole in the system, we can fill the loophole. ” And finally, this Monsieur Romanfritz made a request to His Majesty the Emperor: "If I am to be appointed governor of the province of Newhoven, I have only three requirements: first, give me military power, especially the navy, and I need to have a naval detachment under the command of the governor's palace, otherwise, I must not let the garrison of the island swim and jump into the sea to catch the armed smuggling merchant ships Second, since I have gone to the East China Sea, I need to be given ample time to carry out my governing philosophy.
If you just do the last term and leave your job, then it is better not to go, what I want is to be able to take root in the East China Sea to achieve prosperity in the East China Sea, just two or three years, three or five years are not enough, if I go, Your Majesty will promise, at least let me work for ten years, if I have only been working for a few years, there is a little improvement, I will be recalled, I will only give up halfway Thirdly, the position where I need His Majesty's true trust and support in the province of Neuhofen is a huge fat shortage, there is too much wealth here, once I sit in this position, it is like sitting in the crater of a volcano, I don't know how many people will be jealous, and many big families will try to overthrow me and replace me because of the interests of their respective chambers of commerce.
Therefore, I must have the absolute trust of Your Majesty the Emperor."
His Majesty the Emperor, after listening to the remarks of Roman Fritz, asked only one question: "You want me to trust you, but as you said, this governor's position is a rare fat shortage in the world, if you really do something corrupt and bribery."
Without waiting for the emperor to finish speaking, Roman Fritz immediately replied: "If something like that really happens, Your Majesty, please behead me and hang it above the city gate."
In this way, Romanfritz, who was only thirty-five years old at the time, took office and became the youngest governor of a province in the Roland Empire at that time, holding the military and political power of a province, and even having a fleet allocated from the imperial navy for his jurisdiction Fifteen years later, the province of Newhoven is taxed more than five times more than when he took office, and the smuggling that once raged has been almost eliminated.
During his fifteen years in power in Neuhoven, the Governor of Roman Fritz received numerous accolades, such as the Imperial Minister, the Master of Finance, and many other titles, and some even regarded him as the future Chancellor of the Exchequer or even the successor of the Prime Minister.
At the same time, there are many slanders and attacks.
Especially when he rectified smuggling in the East China Sea, I don't know how many chambers of commerce have cut off the secret financial routes, and behind these chambers of commerce are often all wealthy families.
He sat in the position of the governor for fifteen years, I don't know how many people regard it as a thorn in the flesh This position of the governor of Newhofen is a rare fat shortage in the world, such a good position, you can sit in the last term, but the ass is so heavy, and he refuses to move the nest when he sits on it, isn't this a violation of the rules of officialdom, is it possible that you Roman Fritz ate meat and didn't even share the soup with others For more than a decade, I don't know how many times the governor of the East China Sea has been rumored to be corrupt and accept bribes, and the Imperial Prosecutor's Office does not know how many anonymous reports and attacks have been made against him.
He was even assassinated three times To this day, however, Roman Fritz still sits peacefully on the throne of the governor of the province of Newhoven for fifteen years, and His Majesty the Kaiser has kept his promises, giving him the greatest trust and delegation of power and precious time.
When Chen Daolin walked into the front hall, he happened to meet the legendary governor at a glance.
As a man who is almost fifty years old, Roman Fritz is still full of energy and looks much younger than his peers.
Born in the navy, he was tall and strong, powerful and powerful, with broad shoulders and a loud and neutral voice.
Judging purely by appearance, Roman Fritz is more like a legionnaire.
The Governor was sitting there talking happily with Rodelle beside him, as if he did not know what made him happy, and Governor Fritz laughed heartily.
When Chen Daolin walked in, he seemed to be stepping on his laughter.
"Ah, this must be Your Excellency Master Darling."
Seeing Chen Daolin walk in, Governor Fritz actually took the initiative to stand up, and as an important minister of the empire, such a move can be described as extremely courteous.
Fritz smiled enthusiastically at Chen Daolin, and then nodded at him: "Not bad, very nice young man."
I had only heard Rodelle talk about you as a mage, but I didn't expect you to be so young. ” Facing the governor of a province, Chen Daolin also put away his hippie smile and seriously performed a mage salute: "Your Excellency the governor is well."
It's been bothering you here for the past two days."
"You don't need to say more kind words."
Governor Fritz suddenly interrupted Chen Daolin's words and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be so young, but I was very surprised.
In that case, we don't have to be bound by the etiquette of a magician or a governor.
Mr.
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Darling, I treat Rodelle like my own niece, since you are her good friend, I will treat you as a nephew in your later life, and we can save all those false courtesies.
I, a boy from the East China Sea, fight the waves all year round, and I am most unaccustomed to those red tapes. ” Chen Daolin was naturally not polite, nodded and smiled: "Then, please forgive me for being presumptuous." ” "Not presumptuous, not presumptuous."
Governor Fritz shook his head again and again, pointing to a chair beside him: "Sit down and talk." ” As he spoke, he glanced at Kaman and Luo Xiaogou behind him, and smiled faintly: "You two should also sit down, you don't have to be too restrained here." ” Chen Daolin noticed that when the Fritz Governor stood up, although he was burly, he could obviously see that his legs and feet were inconvenient, and he thought that this was the sad past of the Governor.
Sitting next to the governor, Rodelle's eyes wandered, she glanced at Chen Daolin, and said with a shallow smile: "Darling, is the hangover good?"
Chen Daolin glared at this girl, he really didn't understand in his heart, when it came to drinking, last night, this eldest lady of the Liszt family drank like water, and she would never drink less than herself.
Counting the real world and the Roland world, Chen Daolin has never seen such a drinkable woman in his two lives Although most of the wine in the Roland Empire is ale wine, and the alcohol content is much lower than that of liquor in the real world, the courage of this woman to drink wine as water last night still makes Chen Daolin, who is a man, look weak Moreover, I also drank so much wine, I was drunk at night, vomiting to death, and when I got up today, this woman looked radiant and seemed to be fine.
"Alright, Rodelle, don't tease your friends."
Fritz smiled faintly: "The people of the Liszt family are good at drinking, which is famous in the Empire."
When it comes to drinking, even I'm going to shy away from you. ” As he spoke, a smile flashed in Fritz's eyes: "I heard that you had some conflicts with Panin yesterday."
Chen Daolin's heart suddenly tightened, and he looked at the governor cautiously, he groaned slightly, and when he was thinking about how to answer, Luo Dale smiled lightly: "Uncle Roman, you are not right about this."
Panin seems to be a lieutenant general under you, idle during the day, but he ran to my backyard, and you don't ask him to leave his post without permission, but why do you ask my friend instead" Fritz smiled lightly and glared at Rodelle: "Little children, don't talk nonsense, Panin is under my warrant, and during your stay here, he is responsible for the security of the inside and outside of my Governor's Palace."
Hmph, I also saw that you are all young people, and you have some connections in your family, so I asked him to come to see you, a girl who likes to make trouble.
It's better for you to defend your friend, and open your mouth to sue me for his black state. ” Rodelle was not angry, she seemed to be very familiar with the governor, covered her mouth and smiled, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Roman, Panin is your subordinate, so you naturally speak to him." ” Chen Daolin also spoke slowly at this time, looked directly at the governor, and said in a deep voice: "I had a little quarrel with that guy yesterday.
Your Excellency, are you going to blame me?"
"Hey, young magicians, they're all a little arrogant."
Governor Fritz smiled faintly: "I haven't blamed you yet, but you have bones when you speak." ” He squinted his eyes and looked Chen Daolin up and down, and sighed: "Okay, I've seen it too."
Darling, you're a good young man, and I'm pretty good at it.
I only heard Rodelle talk about your affairs at sea, and she said that in order to make everyone safe, you left yourself alone as a hostage with pirates, and you saved everyone's lives, which I originally didn't believe in a little.
In this world, there are fewer and fewer outstanding young people.
And those who have excellent skills, and at the same time can talk about righteousness and are not afraid of death, are almost invisible.
But looking at it today, you guy has a bit of bones. ” He said and smiled: "Young man, it's not a big deal to be jealous for women. ” Chen Daolin listened, but instead frowned, took a deep breath, looked at the governor, and said slowly: "Your Excellency, I can't agree with what you say. ” "Oh" "It's not jealous at all."
Chen Daolin shook his head: "If it's a girl who has nothing to do with it, no one knows her, everyone takes a fancy to it, competes with each other, and shows their own abilities, everyone has the so-called love for beauty, they are all young men, and some conflicts in order to compete for women are nothing."
However, " Speaking of this, Chen Daolin's expression became serious: "Barossa is not an irrelevant girl, that is my forbidden body, whether it is name or feelings, it has long been decided."
In her heart, I am her man.
In my heart, she is my woman, just like husband and wife, please in this case, a bastard who came out of nowhere, knelt in front of your wife, and courted her with a dead face, please ask the Governor, if someone does this to your wife, what should you do?"
"Naturally, I slashed that bastard" Governor Fritz replied bluntly without hesitation, and then glanced at Chen Daolin: "In this way, you are right" "Absolutely."
Chen Daolin was straightforward: "It's not any jealousy, it's that bastard molesting my fiancée in front of me, and I didn't turn him into an undead puppet, which is already considered very merciful."
If there was a next time, the magician would kill people. ” Governor Fritz looked at Chen Daolin quietly for a moment, and then laughed.
"Yes, Rodelle, you're right, this guy is an interesting man."
Fritz shook his head, and then said: "Okay, no matter what, Panin is my general, and yesterday's faux pas, I, the master, will compensate you on your behalf." ” The governor then patted his thigh and smiled softly: "You have the ability, you are righteous, you are not afraid of death, and you have bones."
Hey, you young man, you have a lot of temper with me. ” His eyes flashed, and he suddenly stared at Chen Daolin: "Young man, I have something I want to ask you, I don't know if you are willing to help me with this." ” Chen Daolin was stunned, he was a little uncomfortable with the Fritz governor's style of speaking.
This person seems to have a bold temper, but in fact, he is faintly domineering.
It is no wonder that this governor sat in the East China Sea and sealed the territory, and stayed for fifteen years.
Just imagine, such a governor has been in one place for fifteen years, even if he doesn't want to be the emperor of the soil, he is actually the emperor of the soil.
The sky is high here, and the emperor is far away, and the emperor has great trust in him and delegates power.
In the province of Neuhoven in the East China Sea, he spoke as Governor Fritz as if it were an imperial decree, and no one could ever disobey it.
Over time, I naturally developed this kind of style.
For example, now, he suddenly opened his mouth to beg for someone, but he said it so straightforwardly, as if he had eaten Chen Daolin.
Chen Daolin smiled bitterly and frowned: "Lord Governor, you are the governor of a province, where would anything ask me for such a small role." ” "The status of the magician of the empire is so noble, how can it be said that it is a small feeling."
Governor Fritz shook his head and looked at Chen Daolin: "I'm not polite to you, so I'll just tell you."
If you can help me do this, it can be regarded as a favor owed to you, here in the East China Sea, the guy who wants me to owe a favor can line up all the way to the mainland from here."
Chen Daolin was cautious, and was about to say something, but suddenly saw Luo Daer pretending to bow his head to drink water, but quietly threw a look at himself, the meaning in that gaze seemed to have some encouragement, and he nodded his chin lightly and quietly.
Hey, this little girl is asking me to say yes Although he didn't know what it was yet, Chen Daolin thought to himself that Luo Dale would not be able to cheat herself.
"Your Excellency, please speak, if I can do it, I will not refuse."
He took a deep breath and made a promise.
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"Okay."
Fritz sighed, and then looked into Chen Daolin's eyes: "To tell you the truth, I only have one son under my knees, and I am sixteen years old this year."
In the past, I was busy with official business, and I have been negligent in disciplining him, and I also owe him a lot in my heart, so" Speaking of this, Governor Fritz shook his head: "When I was young, I had the ambition that I would never inherit the family business, but only wanted to fulfill my ideals.
Now that I am over half a hundred years old, I didn't expect to give birth to a son who was as stubborn as when I was young.
This kid refuses to learn literature, and he doesn't want to learn martial arts.
Since he was ten years old, I have hired many scholar teachers for him, or master instructors in the army.
But the kid was not interested in any of that.
And I don't know where it came from.,I've been obsessed with all kinds of legends since I was a child.,Determined to be a magician.。
Since he was a child, he likes to collect all kinds of magic books, and he has locked himself in a small yard all the time, only dealing with some bottles and cans of potions and plants. ” He sighed: "Since I insisted on my ideals back then, I did not hesitate to break with my family.
Now that my son has his own ideals, I don't want to kill them.
Therefore I have the heart to fulfill him.
Since he likes magic and wants to be a magician, then become a magician.
It's just that the magic teacher can't be hired casually.
There are only a few magicians in the empire, and although I am the governor of a province, I am not a wealthy family after all, and I really can't recruit those real magic masters, so" When Chen Daolin heard this, he gradually heard some taste, and frowned at the governor: "You don't want me" "Exactly."
Governor Fritz nodded.
Chen Daolin smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Governor is not joking with me, with your identity, even if you can't recruit other magicians, it is easy to get a place and send Ling Gongzi to the Imperial Academy of Magic for further study."
Why let me do this" "The matter of the Imperial Academy of Magic, then you don't have to think about it."
Fritz shook his head: "It's not like I haven't tried.
But it's a pity that this kid didn't pass the introductory test.
It's a pity that he has the heart to learn magic, but he doesn't have the talent.
I've already put my old face on it, and my friend asked a mage from the Magic Guild to check on this kid, and he really doesn't have talent, so" Chen Daolin spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "My lord, this is embarrassing for me."
If Ling Lang didn't have a talent for magic, I wouldn't be able to change that. ” "You're mistaken."
Governor Fritz said: "I naturally know that if you don't have talent, you can't become a magician anyway.
I'm not expecting you to do it against the odds.
It's just that my kid has a strong desire for magic.
He once made it clear that even if he couldn't go to the magic academy, he had to teach himself to become a magician, although he had no talent, but he said that he had no interest in learning anything else, even if he couldn't become a real magician, he wanted to become a university scholar of magic theory, or even a magic apothecary. ” Speaking of this, Fritz smiled bitterly: "I later learned that this kid actually read the biography of the first Duke Tulip when he was a child.
You must know that it is said that His Royal Highness Du Wei was judged to have no magical talent when he was young, and as a result, he started to learn from magic potions, and in the end, Lord Du Wei had a destiny and cultivated into a thorough ability, becoming a legend of my Roland Empire.
I'm afraid that my stupid son is also encouraged by this, even though his head is broken and bleeding, he refuses to turn back. ” Chen Daolin listened, and smiled bitterly in his heart, and wanted to learn from Du Wei, your son will have a hard time Although Chen Daolin didn't know how Du Wei cultivated back then, he was a traverser, and he had a halo on his body, so he naturally had many adventures.
The son of this governor is obviously the identity of a passerby, but he is bent on learning the protagonist, isn't it uncomfortable to find himself "If he has a talent for magic, even if I show my old face, I will fulfill this child's wish.
It's just that since it has been determined that there is no such talent," Governor Fritz said at this point, and was silent.
Although he didn't say it, Chen Daolin could guess a few points.
In this governor's capacity, if his son was talented, how could he find a famous teacher to learn.
But since you don't have this talent, magicians are all arrogant people with higher eyes than the top, even if you are a feudal official and the emperor of the East China Sea, this identity may not be put in the eyes of those magic masters, if your son is talented, for the sake of your governor's face, it is still okay to accept the child as an apprentice.
But since you don't have talent, please, magicians are very busy, who wants to waste time playing with a child who has no talent?
Chen Daolin sighed when he thought of this: "Okay, what you mean, Lord Governor, I can probably understand.
Since Ling Lang is interested in learning magic, I'll try to teach him something.
Magical potions and magical theories can always be taught.
Pharmacy and magic theory are not secrets, so there is no need to apprentice. ” Governor Fritz also shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, since you taught him knowledge, that is the title of teacher, how can you not have the title of teacher, if you are willing to teach him magic knowledge, I will be grateful when it comes to wealth, although I am not a rich family, but I will not be wronged Your Excellency."
As for the others, as the governor of a province, I still have some ways in the empire, if you have anything to do, I will not refuse. ” Chen Daolin smiled.
This governor is happy to do things, he is the emperor of the East China Sea.
Being a teacher for his son is obviously a big fat difference.
"Since the Governor has said so, I will not refuse."
When Governor Fritz heard this, he laughed three times and immediately shouted: "Someone is coming" Two attendants from the governor's palace ran in, and Fritz raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Go, call Lucius." ” In a few moments, the two attendants brought back Lucius, the son of the governor of Fritz.
This young man named Lucius looked very weak and did not inherit the burly and strong man of his old son.
However, his stature is very tall, but it is a pity that he is too thin, his hair is long and messy, and he is dressed in a robe that is not gray or black, and when he walked into the front hall, Chen Daolin immediately smelled a faint smell of magic potions on him.
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This guy hasn't washed his hands, and he still has black mud on his nails.
When he walked in, he looked a little unhappy, as if he was stupid, his brow was furrowed, thoughtful, and he almost tripped over the steps when he entered the door.
The young man came back to his senses, raised his eyelids, swept his eyes, and slid over Luo Dale, Luo Xiaopu, Kaman and others one by one, but finally landed on Chen Daolin's body and saw that Chen Daolin was wearing a mage robe, and the young man's eyes suddenly lit up.
And Chen Daolin, since this young man walked in, Chen Daolin was also stunned Darlinggo's eyes widened as he looked at the son of the governor named Lucius in front of him, and countless doubts instantly arose in his heart In fact, the reason is very simple, when this young man walked in, Chen Daolin was curious, and couldn't help but tentatively separate a trace of magic tentacles, and silently tested the young man's body.
What shocked Chen Daolin was that the magic tentacles that he had stretched out in the past had not yet touched the young man's body, and suddenly there was a sudden shock, and the other party's body immediately triggered a fluctuating reaction of magic power Although this reaction is not too obvious, Chen Daolin has captured it very clearly He froze There is a magic reaction This person obviously has quite a good magical cultivation in his body But he clearly said that he had no magical talent, and he couldn't practice magic, so where did the magic fluctuations on his body come from When Fritz saw his son come in, he couldn't help but sigh and said in a deep voice: "Lucius, hurry up and salute the guests" Lucius looked impulsive, stared at Chen Daolin excitedly, and then saluted respectfully, before hurriedly shouting: "See, meet, see ” After finally saying the last word, the young man rolled his eyes and let out a long breath, already sweating profusely. “” Chen Daolin was stunned.
Looking at Chen Daolin's sluggish expression, Fritz sighed and said in a low voice: "My son has had a mouth disease since he was a child, and this disease is always incurable.
Therefore, although he longed for magic, he was judged to be unable to practice magic because of this oral illness.
I see Chen Daolin smiled bitterly, I see This poor child is a severe stutterer, and his stuttering is so severe that he can't say a complete sentence.
Poor child, he can't even speak, in this case, he naturally can't practice magic.
Those magic spells are all characters with obscure pronunciations, and if you ask a stuttering patient to read them, it is better to kill him directly, which is considered the simplest fireball spell, he is afraid that he will have to recite this talent for half an hour, and how to be a magician To be continued: