After looking around curiously, Feng Chou said to the courteous legal intern, "I need a lawyer to help me draft an employment contract and assist me in the judicial justice of the contract."
The intern said, "Come with me, sir. I will introduce you to a very good lawyer. He will definitely satisfy you."
The intern took him to the third last office at the end of the left corridor on the first floor and knocked on the door.
"Please come in." The voice sounded very young.
The intern pushed the door open and invited Feng Chou in.
This was a very simple office. In the middle of the office, there was a rather wide desk. The desk was painted brownish-red. Behind the desk sat a young lawyer. He was wearing a black Frac suit with a beige 'Keeley' shirt inside. His hair was covered with a grey wig.
Behind the lawyer was a wide and bright window. In front of the wall to the left and right of the window were two bookshelves of the same color as the desk. The bookshelves were filled with books.
In front of the desk, there was also a chair opposite the lawyer. After Feng Chou walked in, the young lawyer stood up and pointed to the chair opposite him. "Please sit down, sir. What can I do for you?"
Feng Chou turned around and handed the intern a crown to express his gratitude. Then he walked to the opposite side of the desk, reached out his hand, and said to the lawyer, "Leo, Leo Baron Amborite."
Among the city's gentry class, lawyers undoubtedly belonged to the upper echelon. As a foreign aristocrat, Feng Chou felt that he had to maintain some respect for these locals who manipulated the law.
The lawyer was not moved by his title as a Baron. He reached out his hand to shake Li Du's hand and smiled. "So it is the honorable Baron. My name is Zachary, Zachary Lawrence. It is an honor to be of service to you. What business do you need?"
After the two shook hands, they both sat down.
Feng Chou said, "I need to sign an employment contract with the Sword of Salma mercenary group. I need you to help me draft a legal document, and you will be the one to negotiate with the other party's lawyer and be responsible for the judicial justice of the follow-up document.
I'll meet him at the entrance of the Western District Court at nine o 'clock tomorrow morning. "
After hearing his request, Zachary said, "It's a very simple service. No problem at all. Now, let's talk about my fee. I usually charge based on time. The standard is 12 kronor per hour. If you can accept my fee …"
Speaking of this, he pushed a document towards Feng Chou and said, "… Please sign this contract, and our business will officially start."
After hearing the price, Feng Chou could not help but curse out loud.
No wonder people said that lawyers were bandits who didn't use knives. Twelve crowns an hour was too much for even a middle-class person, let alone a commoner.
According to Feng Chou's observations and calculations, in this world, a hippie's purchasing power was almost equivalent to one yuan on Earth. Twelve crowns was equal to 1200 hippie, which was 1200 yuan. One hour!
An ordinary mercenary at Feng Chou's level would not be able to earn that much money even if he bought his life for a day. But this young lawyer only needed to move his mouth and write some documents to earn that much in an hour!
However, Feng Chou was not surprised. Lawyers, public officials, bank employees, and company executives were the main force of the city's middle class, and lawyers were the best of the best.
Feng Chou did not raise any objections to the price. It was not in line with his identity as a noble. Besides, twelve crowns was really just a small amount of money to him now.
Feng Chou read through the document once, then picked up the goose feather pen on the table and signed his name on it.
Next, Feng Chou explained in detail his employment with the Sword of Salma, and took out the document of ownership of the manor in Adonis that he intended to use as collateral. This document had the divine mark of the Goddess of Wealth.
At this time, the lawyer showed the value of the twelve crowns an hour. This guy was also a priest of the God of Light. Although he was only a trainee priest, he was able to cast spells to distinguish the authenticity of the divine mark of the Goddess of Wealth.
The God of Light allowed lawyers, judges, and other professionals to be his priests, just like how the God of Arcane allowed mages to be his priests.
After confirming the authenticity of the mortgaged property, lawyer Zachary began to draft the legal document.
After several negotiations and amendments, the document was finalized. Feng Chou once again confirmed with the other party that he would meet at the Western District Court at nine o 'clock in the morning, and then left.
Early the next morning, Feng Chou changed into a low-key but luxurious formal suit that was enough to show his noble identity and headed to the Western District Court.
Casablanca was divided into nine districts: East, South, West, and North, Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest. There was also a central district. Each district had its own independent local court.
The judicial system of the Alvindale Empire was very simple. It was divided into three levels: the court of first instance, the court of appeal, and the imperial supreme court.
The Western District Court of Casablanca was the court of first instance.
The court of first instance, as the name suggested, was the court of first instance.
There were two types of judges in the court of first instance. One was the judge of affairs, and the other was the judge of first instance.
The judge of affairs was similar to the lawyer of affairs. They were only responsible for some legal procedures that did not require a trial, such as the signing of contracts, divorce agreements, and the establishment of companies. They had no right to preside over the trial, but could participate in the trial as the assistant of the judge of first instance.
According to Alvindale's practice, judges were generally selected from lawyers, and the judge of affairs was the only type of judge that would be selected from lawyers.
The judge of first instance was the judge of first instance who presided over the trial. Only lawyers had the right to be nominated as judge of first instance.
The judge of first instance was also known as the circuit judge. This was because, to prevent judicial fraud, the judge of first instance would be transferred between different courts of first instance from time to time.
The court of appeal, as the name suggested, was the organization that appealed against the court of first instance.
The presiding judge of the court of appeal was known as the judge of appeal. They were the mainstay of the court of appeal. The judge of appeal had the right to transfer the judge of first instance and the judge of affairs.
Only lawyers with more than 15 years of court debate experience or judges with more than 5 years of experience as judge of first instance had the right to be nominated for the position of judge of appeal.
The imperial supreme court only existed in the capital city of Alvindale. It was the final court of appeal of Alvindale Empire. The presiding judge of the supreme court was the Grand Judge. The Grand Judge was nominated by the imperial prime minister, reviewed by the imperial parliament, and finally approved by the imperial emperor. According to practice, only lawyers or lawyers with more than 10 years of trial experience had the right to be nominated as Grand Judge.