I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 137 The upcoming Prince Jeron, the banker of Belisarius (4101)

Inside the study.

Ivita blinked, shook her head at Tartax and said, "Indirect robbery is a good idea."

"But I can't do that."

Tartax frowned. "Why? The fastest way to get money in this world is robbery. There is no other way. When the lords were relatively poor, many lords relied on hunting and robbery to make ends meet."

Tartax thought that Ivita was a small lord who didn't know how to act in a hurry, and that the little things were damaged, but the big things were not lost. "Many lords have done this before."

"The founding king of Sirimia [Chios] used to be just a small local leader. When he started his business, he got the initial capital by robbing passing merchants."

"And eventually became 【Emperor】."

Tartax said: "[Chios] is still the creator of the laws of the kingdom, from whom the kingdom began to appear, and he is also the only great emperor of the kingdom of Silimia."

"It's not a question of success." Ivita said, "It's that if this is the case, it is easy to accidentally injure the people of the territory."

"Bandits are out of control."

"I can't accept wanton bandits robbing my people. Tartax, when the people in the territory hand them over to the lord, it doesn't mean that you become their master. On the contrary, you are Guardians of their public safety."

"They're actually handing over the responsibility of protecting public safety to you."

"Taltax, if I do this, I will be betraying my duty, betraying my duty, and betraying the title I now have."

Ivita almost didn't think about it, and ruled out the strategy of raising robbers.

Once this kind of thing is done, it will be difficult for you to get out.

Although it is an unspoken rule that everyone defaults to, this kind of short-sighted approach will bring more subsequent bitter consequences.

This kind of thing is something that needs to be done only at the end of the mountain, but now I have not reached that point.

Tartax stared fixedly at Ivita, which made Ivita feel strange.

Evita looked at him strangely. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You said that your rights come from the surrender of the people in your territory's concerns about public safety?" Tartax's pupils shrank suddenly, and his lips trembled. "Is that what you mean? Your rights come from the people? Not the Church? Not God?"

"Not magic and power?"

Ivita froze for a moment, and immediately realized that it was bad.

Because of his educational background, he tacitly believes that rights come from the people.

But in this era, it is generally accepted that rights come from the inheritance of blood and the gift of God.

What he said casually, and the cognitive outlook exposed, are actually unacceptable to most lords in this world.

Tartax clenched his hands. "Did that come to your mind? Or did someone tell you?"

Ivita saw him very excited, and didn't know what he meant, because her point of view just now was actually a bit anti-church.

But he didn't have to lie either. "Basically, it's my own idea."

Tartax looked deeply at Ivita, "Your point of view coincides with that of the Academy City."

He looked at the wizard lord in surprise, and his heart was full of surprise. A barbaric lord in a small place could have such a cognition.

He seemed to have re-acquainted with Ivita, and he talked endlessly: "The mainstream view of the Academy City believes that the rights of lords and kings come from the transfer of the people's right to the safety of their own public domain. In other words, this There is only one source of legal right in the world, and that is the common recognition of you as king or lord."

"But... Xuecheng has never dared to publicly announce this point of view."

Ivita lowered his head and thought for a while, and then he knew why Xuecheng didn't dare to publicly announce this point of view.

This point of view is simply saying that the people have the right to choose their own king. Going a step further, isn't it saying that the republic is also legal.

Because the supreme leader of the republic is also chosen by the citizens.

However, the goal of the Academy City is to destroy magic, church and faith.

So, they can't possibly be a view of the divine right of kings.

Therefore, it is very normal to derive a set of social contract theory that the people choose the king.

Ivita found that the views of the Academy City were very close to the thoughts of Rousseau, Solon and others in his previous life.

From this point of view, this Tartax should be from the Academy City.

He wanted to get close to Geron in Alsace, probably because he deliberately became a slave, and then the big fish he wanted to catch was Geron.

The Academy deliberately used this method to make everything look accidental, probably because they wanted to increase their influence in Alsace.

Ivita instantly understood that the power of the Academy City was not just the University Alliance, their views were very advanced and dangerous.

These are some very dangerous philosophers.

There was a saying in the previous life on Earth, capitalists want your money, philosophers want your life.

These people are fatal.

Tartax suddenly changed his mind. He originally wanted to prevaricate and give Ivita a short-sighted strategy in exchange for freedom of movement.

However, Evita unexpectedly rejected his proposal.

Now it seems that for the school city, Ivita is also a good lord.

Apart from his being a wizard and the fact that his territory is too small, these two flaws, Ivita is simply the ideal king of their school city.

However, staying with a baron at his level and assisting him is overkill, wasteful and meaningless.

There are many low-level scholars in the academy city.

It should be more appropriate for a scholar who just graduated from university to lurk beside Iveta, help him, and make a random move.

Tartax thought about it. After all, he is a double doctor of ancient history and humanistic philosophy in the academy. His goal this time is the crown prince of Alsace. Only by governing a country can he exert his ability.

Taltax changed his mind and really wanted to help Ivatar, whom he saw as a future ally.

"Actually... besides robbery, there is another way to get money faster than robbery."

Evita looked up at him suspiciously.

In this world, is there any way to get money faster than robbery?
Tartax paused, stood up, put his hands on Ivita's desk, and said, "Borrow money!"

"This method is faster than stealing money!"

"Rooting still requires hands, borrowing money only requires lip service, and the cost of borrowing money is lower than the cost of stealing money."

Ivita thought for a while, dumbfounded. "I think so. But who do I borrow money from?"

"Borrowing money requires a guarantee."

Tartax pointed to his nose and said, "My lord, my reputation can be used as a guarantee."

"And you are the lord of a territory, and you are a high-quality service target in the private lending industry. What you lack is a way to know reliable borrowers. But I know many bankers in the Belisarius Commercial Republic."

Ivita pretended to be puzzled and narrowed her eyes. "But...Taltax, aren't you just the second son of a nobleman? Why do you know so many people?"

Tartax coughed, but he just made it up.

The tuition fees in the Academy City cost a lot of money, and ordinary second sons of aristocrats could not afford to study for a Ph.D. in the Academy City.

Tartax moved the subject and said: "The Belisarius Merchant Republic is a famous banking center, and the name of their country's highest institution is called the Belisarius National Bank, which is the strongest bank in the world. Big bank."

"There's an interesting saying about Belisarius National Bank - [It's not the state that owns the bank, the bank owns the state]."

"For the bankers of the National Bank, a customer like you is a high-quality customer in itself."

"You just lack someone to introduce you to."

Evita nodded.

This is poor information.

In fact, many things are not because someone is smarter than you, so he can think of more things, just because you don't understand the information.

Sometimes, you can make a lot of money just by selling poor information.

Tartax said: "The three major republics cooperate with various universities to absorb management talents from the universities. Therefore, I have some face there. If you need, I can introduce you."

"It is estimated that I can loan you 8000-9000 gold pounds."

Iveta's breathing was messed up for a moment, and this was simply a huge sum of money.

This money can be used to build a small castle.

But with this money, I can definitely invest in soap and other industries. Not only will it bring huge investment to the territory in the future, but it will also find jobs for my own citizens, let them make money, and repair the village.

Ivita nodded and agreed, "Then go find someone."

"I will allow you to meet Geron."

Tartax saluted and left.

Ivita watched him leave, then took out the candy mirror, and continued to try to integrate the four remnants into the mirror.

The malachite powder circle at his feet released red light, and the second remnant soul merged into the mirror.

Just for a moment, a faint gleam appeared on the candy mirror, and after the second remnant soul entered the mirror, it seemed to arouse the black magic in the mirror itself, making the mirror surface appear on the screen.

This picture turned out to be every corner of Morrow Castle.

First, there is the Griffin Knight, who is training the knights on the castle lawn, and the Griffin Knight is letting them chop down the scarecrow with their wooden swords.

Secondly, there is the black wolf on the second floor of the castle. The black wolf is using oil for maintenance on his two-handed swords.

Then there is the old witch at the tower of the castle. The old witch is sneaking around and does not know what to do. She takes out a letter from under the feet of a black dove. Ivita sees that the letter is signed by the old witch. lover.

Iveta sees in the mirror, the letter in the hand of the old witch reads, 'Teacher, I welcome you to my domain, I emphasize for the seventh time, I am ready to entertain you and what you say, find for me protector. '

'My friends are now at my house day and night, with me, waiting for you and that lord to come.Please come quickly, I am waiting for you in the city of Ambrose. '

Evita: "..."

What friend……

I'm afraid it's not a bunch of people who want to kill you, so stay at your house and wait for me and the old witch to pass by.

In the mirror, the old witch obviously noticed this too.

She tore up the note, raised her head suddenly, and shouted angrily. "Who is spying on me!"

"Even an old man wants to peep."

"Are you still ashamed?"

"Wait... This feeling of magical power of abnormal quality... Ah... It's Your Majesty."

The old witch was so frightened that cold sweat dripped from her forehead, and she apologized at the speed of light on the spot. "Your Majesty, it was all an accident just now, I..."

The next moment, Candy Mirror let out a wailing sound.

The screen disappears.

Ivita looked at the mirror, "It's just that the second remnant soul is integrated into it, and it actually has this ability. Spiritual divination is more useful than I imagined. Even if it's not used as a divination, it's just used to detect the environment , it will be very useful.”

He proceeded to start merging the remnants into the mirror.

Days passed, and on the tenth day after Tartax left the territory, Ivita successfully integrated the third remnant soul into the mirror.

At the same time, the territory is slowly rebuilding.

As for the toll booth, during this period of time, they also received a tax of about fifteen pounds.

Ivita exchanged all the money for grain and distributed it to the people in the territory free of charge to help them rebuild their homes and tidy up the destroyed farmland.

This move not only allowed him to gain some popularity, but also increased Ivita's natural magic power again.

It wasn't until this time that Ivita realized that the best source of natural magic power was this territory.

At the same time, his control over fire magic has risen again, and now he only needs to close his left eye for an hour before and after twelve o'clock every day.

The old witch said that it was because those two hours were the most powerful moment for the power of the fire attribute between heaven and earth.

And on the tenth day, a white dove landed by Iveta's window. Iveta walked over, grabbed the dove, and found the letter on the dove's leg.

He picked it up and spread it out to see, it turned out to be a letter from Pan Shen——

[Dear friend, according to the information I have received, the Crown Prince of Alsace, Geron, will enter Ambrose and pass through your territory in ten months. This is probably because the Franks once again attacked the Kingdom of Alsace Attacked. 】

[But the mayor of the Thirteen-State Confederation is about to enter your territory in about one and a half months. 】

[At that time, please be careful of the arrogance of his army.Without enough troops, your sixteen toll booths can't collect their taxes. 】

Evita crumpled up the letter.

Between Pan Shen's words, he tacitly agreed that he must be on the opposite side of the great mayor, but Pan Shen was his friend.

This is really ridiculous.

However, I really should improve the combat effectiveness of my territory, especially before Geron enters my territory.

If he found out his identity, wouldn't this territory he had obtained with great difficulty be burned to the ground?

Moreover, the army's transit is a major event in itself.

How do you know that the army will not rob you while passing through the border?
Ivita thought, I don't know when Tartax will come back, the banker he promised to bring, I don't know where it is.

Fortunately, however, there is still a cast iron business.

It is no problem to maintain the operation and repair work of the territory.

But if you want to expand the territory as soon as possible, you need to inject a huge amount of further funds.

(End of this chapter)