The witch thought I am a Demon God

In the study room.

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 make 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 maintain their lives.

Tartax thought it was because Ivita was a small lord and didn't know the principle of obeying authority in emergencies, and that small things cost a lot but big things don't. Many lords have done this before.

The founding king of Cyrimea [Chios] was once just a small local leader. When he started his business, he got his initial capital by robbing passing merchants.

And eventually became the [Great Emperor].

Tartax said: [Chios] is still the founder of the laws of the kingdom. The kingdom began to appear from him. He is also the only great emperor of the Kingdom of Cyrimea.

It's not a question of whether it can be successful. Ivita said: It's just that if it is like this, it is easy to accidentally hurt the people of the territory.

The robbers are uncontrollable.

I cannot accept the wanton robberies of my territory. Tartax, when the people of the territory hand them over to the lord, it does not mean that you become their master. On the contrary, you are Their guardians of public safety.”

They are essentially handing you the responsibility of protecting public safety.

Tartacus, if I do this, I will be betraying my duty, betraying my duty, and betraying the title I now hold.

Ivita, with little thought, ruled out the strategy of raising bandits.

Once you do something like this, it will be difficult for you to escape.

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

This kind of thing needs to be done only when the situation is desperate, and now I am not at that point.

Tartax looked at Iveta intently, which made Iveta feel strange.

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

You said that your rights come from the transfer of the concerns of the people in your territory about public safety? Tartax's pupils suddenly narrowed and his lips trembled. Is that what you mean? That your rights come from the people? Not the church? Not God?

Not even magic and power?

Iveta was stunned for a moment, and then realized that it was bad.

Because of his educational background, he defaults to the belief that rights come from the people.

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

What he said casually revealed a cognitive outlook that was actually unacceptable to most lords in this world.

Tartax clenched his hands. Did you think this yourself? Or did someone tell you?

Iveta saw that he was very excited and didn't know what he meant, because her views just now were actually a bit anti-church.

But there was no need for him to lie. Basically, it's my own idea.

Tartax looked at Ivita deeply, Your views coincide with the views of the city.

He looked at the wizard lord in surprise, his heart full of surprise that a barbarian lord from a small place could have such knowledge.

He seemed to have re-recognized Ivita and spoke eloquently: The mainstream view in the school city is that the rights of lords and kings come from the transfer of the people's rights to the security of their own public areas. In other words, this There is only one source of legal rights in the world, and that is everyone’s common recognition that you are a king or a lord.”

But... the school city has never dared to publicly announce this view.

Ivita lowered her head and thought for a moment, and realized why the school did not dare to publicly announce this point of view.

This view simply says that the people have the right to choose their own king. Going one step further, wouldn't it mean that the republic is also legal.

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

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

Therefore, they cannot hold the view of divine right of kings.

Therefore, it is very normal to derive a social contract theory in which the people choose the king.

Ivita discovered that the views of the Citadel were very close to the thoughts of Rousseau, Solon and others during the French Revolution in her previous life.

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

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

The Citadel deliberately used this method to make everything seem accidental, probably because they wanted to enhance their influence in Alsace.

Iveta instantly understood that the power of the Academy was not just a university alliance, their views were very advanced and very dangerous.

These people are very dangerous philosophers.

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

These people are deadly.

Tartax suddenly changed his mind. He had wanted to give Ivita a short-sighted strategy in exchange for freedom of action.

However, Ivita unexpectedly rejected his suggestion.

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

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

However, staying by the side of a baron of his level and assisting him would be overkill, which was wasteful and of little significance.

There are many low-level scholars in the city.

It would be more appropriate to have a scholar who just graduated from university lurk next to Ivita, help him and make random moves.

Tartax thought about it. After all, he was a doctor of both ancient history and humanistic philosophy in the city. His target this time was the crown prince of Alsace. Only by governing a country could he display his abilities.

Tartax changed his mind and really wanted to help Ivita, whom he considered a future ally.

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

Ivita raised her head and looked at him doubtfully.

Is there any other way in this world that can make money faster than robbery?

Tartax paused, stood up, put his hands on Ivita's desk, and said, Borrow money!

This method is faster than robbing money!

Robbery requires hands, but borrowing money only requires words. The cost of borrowing money is lower than the cost of robbing money.

Ivita thought about it and couldn't laugh or cry. I think so. But who can I borrow money from?

You need a guarantee to borrow money.

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

And you are the lord of a territory, and you are a high-quality service provider 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 confused and narrowed her eyes. But...Aren't you just the second son of a nobleman, Tartax? Why do you know so many people?

Tartax coughed, and that was just something he made up.

Tuition fees in the academy cost a lot of money, and ordinary second sons of nobles could not afford to study for a doctorate in the academy.

Tartax changed the topic and said: Belisarius Commercial Republic is a famous banking center. The name of their country's highest institution is called Belisarius National Bank. It is the most powerful bank in the world. Big banks.”

There is an interesting saying to describe the National Bank of Belisarius - [It is not the state that owns the bank, it is the bank that owns the state].

For NAB's bankers, customers like you are quality customers in their own right.

You just lacked someone to introduce you to.

Ivita nodded.

This is a lack of information.

In fact, for many things, it's not that others are smarter than you, so they can think of more things, it's just that 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 all cooperate with various universities to absorb management talents from the universities. Therefore, I have some face there. If you need it, I can introduce it to you.

It is estimated that we can loan you 8,000-9,000 gold pounds.

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

This money can be used to build a small castle.

But with this money, he can make some investments in soap and other industries, which will not only bring huge investment to the territory in the future, but also find jobs for his people, allowing them to make money and repair the villages.

Ivita nodded in agreement, Then go find someone.

I will allow you to meet Geron.

Tartax bowed and left.

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

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

Just for an instant, a faint shimmer appeared on the candy mirror. After the second remnant soul entered the mirror, it seemed to arouse the black magic in the mirror itself, causing the image to appear on the mirror.

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

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

Secondly, there is Hei Lang on the second floor of the castle. Hei Lang is applying maintenance oil to his two-handed sword.

Then there was the old witch in the castle tower. The old witch was sneaking around and didn't know what she was doing. She took out a letter from under the foot of a black pigeon. Ivita saw that the signature of the letter turned out to be the old witch. beloved disciple.

Ivita saw in the mirror that the letter in the old witch's hand said, 'Teacher, I welcome you to my territory. I emphasize for the seventh time that I am ready to entertain you and what you said, find for me. 's protector. ’

‘My friends are now at my house day and night, waiting with me for the arrival of you and that adult. Please come quickly, I'm waiting for you in Ambrose City. ’

Ivita: ...

What friend……

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

Looking in the mirror, the old witch apparently also noticed this.

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

Even an old man has to spy on you.

Do you still have any sense of shame?

Wait a minute... the feeling of this abnormal quality of magic power... ah... it's your majesty.

The old witch was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she quickly apologized at the speed of light. Your Majesty, that was all an accident. I...

The next moment, the candy mirror let out a wailing sound.

The screen disappears.

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

He continued to merge the remaining souls into the mirror.

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

At the same time, the territory is slowly being rebuilt.

The toll booth also received about fifteen gold pounds in tax revenue during this period.

Iveta used all the money to exchange for grain and distributed it to the people in the territory for free to help them rebuild their homes and sort out the destroyed farmland.

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

Only then did Ivita understand that the best source of natural magic power was this territory.

At the same time, his control over fire magic has increased again. 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 moments of the fire attribute between heaven and earth.

And on the tenth day, a white pigeon landed next to Ivita's window. Ivita walked over, grabbed the pigeon, and found a letter on the pigeon's leg.

He picked it up and spread it out. It turned out to be a letter from Pan Shen to him——

[Dear friend, according to the news 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 great mayor of the Thirteen States Confederacy will enter your territory in about a month and a half. 】

[At that time, please be careful about the arrogance of his army. Without enough troops, your sixteen toll stations cannot collect their taxes. 】

Ivita crumpled the letter into a ball.

As Pan Shen spoke, he acquiesced that he must be on the opposite side of the great mayor, but Pan Shen was his friend.

This is really ridiculous.

However, he should really improve the combat effectiveness of his territory, especially before Jeron enters his territory.

If he discovers his identity, the territory he finally obtained will be burned to the ground.

Moreover, the military crossing is a major event in itself.

How do you know that when someone's army passes through the border, they won't rob you?

Iveta thought to herself that she didn't know when Tartax would come back, and the banker he promised to bring with him didn't know where he was.

Fortunately, there is still a cast iron business.

Maintaining the operation and repair work of the territory is still no problem.

But if you want to expand your territory as quickly as possible, you need further huge capital injections.