Chapter 223 Chapter 196 This is Prestige!

It was different from Du Wei's expectation. In Mulan City, he received a rare cold reception along the way! As the duke of the empire, he was favored by the regent, and he was born in a famous military family of the empire (although the Luo Lin family has fallen, in the aristocratic circle that pays great attention to family status and tradition, Du Wei is still regarded as a own people), and, not to mention that Du Wei himself is a powerful magician. All the way from the imperial capital, in any city that he visited on the way, the local chief executive received Du Wei with the most solemn etiquette.

But when they came to Mulan City, the convoy arrived at the gate of the city. The officers of the Royal Forest Army who opened the way watched for a long time, but they didn't see a single person from the Governor's Mansion of Nulin Province!Not even a low-level reception official! This made the officer of the Royal Forest Army very annoyed!Who are they?He is the proud son of heaven, and the Imperial Forest Army by the emperor's side!Meet the official third grade!Along the way, besides being extremely respectful to Du Wei, those local officials also respected them, the Royal Forest Army. When did they receive such cold treatment?

Seeing that there was not a reception official from the Governor's Mansion at the gate of the city, and even the soldiers guarding the gate blocked the way and asked to see their own customs clearance documents... Such a huge convoy and hundreds of regular guards naturally cannot Put it in the city. Just when the officer of the Imperial Forest Army was about to lose his temper, Philip jumped out of Du Wei's carriage, walked to the officer of the Imperial Forest Army, and said something in a low voice. Then the officer angrily took out the official document from his arms, threw it To the soldiers guarding the city.

"See clearly! The badge on my armor!" the officer of the Royal Forest Army shouted arrogantly. Unexpectedly, the garrison of Mulan City thought it was tough, looked at the Imperial Forest Army coldly, and answered in a neutral tone: "It is because you know that you are the Imperial Forest Army, so you have to check it specially! If there is no order to leave The garrisoned army is considered a crime of rebellion! Hmph." The Royal Forest Army was holding back, but he didn't dare to get angry because of Du Wei's order brought by Philip. He patiently waited for the other party to check the documents, and then whipped his horse violently as if venting, and then led the people to the city. up.

The soldier guarding the city looked at him coldly, but he mocked: "Hmph, people from the south just don't know how to care about horses. People who don't care about their horses like this are also worthy of cavalry." This was just heard by Du Wei in the carriage. He was silent for a long time before he sighed. The Royal Forest Army is indeed unusable. Perhaps their equipment is the best, and their treatment is also the best, but... this army piled up with gold coins always makes Du Wei feel that it is too fancy and gorgeous. Originally, Du Wei planned to find a way to keep the 500 Imperial Forest Army after arriving in the northwest, but along the way, he dismissed this idea.These proud imperial guards were not in Du Wei's plan.

It's just that Du Wei smiled at Philip next to him: "It seems that the governor of Bohan doesn't seem to be friendly to us." Philip also looked puzzled. Although he is a young man Du Wei is optimistic about, he has no political experience after all. Although he is well educated, there are some things that he still can't see through. Du Wei already understood in his heart. If you don't come to the Northwest by yourself, the Northwest is where Governor Bohan leads the overall situation against the Northwest Army.And here he is... For Bohan, what would he think?He might think that the central government of the empire doesn't trust him!Send someone to divide your power!

You know, although Bohan is only the governor of a province in Nulin in name, in fact, Du Wei heard before he came, because the two previous lords of the Desa province were driven away by the Northwest Army, and in this In the chaotic situation, the decree was actually directed by Governor Bohan. It's strange that people like me will give me a good face when I come to share the food! The motorcade entered Mulan City all the way. Du Wei sat in the carriage and looked out of the window. Looking along the way, he found that the capital city of Nulin Province was really well managed by Bohan.The bustling streets, the pedestrians coming and going, and the merchants are bustling and bustling.

A group of people crossed the street and went directly to the governor's mansion, and on the way, they finally welcomed the people from the governor's mansion. Several officials from the Governor's Mansion who were specially responsible for the reception came on horseback (this made Du Wei sigh, it seems that in this place in the northwest, everyone can ride a horse, and even these civilian officials seem to be quite skilled in riding horses), They blocked the way of Du Wei and his team. The visitor was extremely respectful to Du Wei in his attitude, but the meaning behind his words was worth pondering.

"My lord duke, our lord governor asked us to welcome you into the city. It's just that there are complicated affairs in the governor's mansion this morning, and the delivery of military pay this autumn is a mess, which delays time. Please, lord duke, make atonement. We are right ahead Leading the way, the governor has arranged for the residence of the Duke, and the administrative residence of Mulan City is just ahead..." Before he finished speaking, Du Wei frowned slightly. Executive residence? In the empire, the administrative mansion is the place where each local government is responsible for receiving official personnel from other regions, which is equivalent to the post station in ancient China, but the problem is... those places generally only receive some low-level officials, like Du Wei Such a powerful person, every time he goes to a place, how dare the magistrate let Du Wei live in that kind of place?Along the way, every time he came to a city, the local officials would choose the best place in the city for Du Wei to live in, and even wished to invite Du Wei to live in his own home.

But the governor of Bohan is lucky to do such a thing. Not only did he not come, but he even threw Du Wei into the administrative mansion! What made Du Wei frown was not that he disliked the poor conditions of the administrative mansion.But he didn't expect that the Governor of Bohan's attitude towards him was so bad that he didn't even save his face. As a result, the people around Du Wei were a little upset.Even Philip, a rookie in the political arena, felt that it was a bit too much, and the servants and soldiers under Du Wei showed anger. Du Wei thought for a while, then suddenly smiled, then got off the carriage, looked at the two officials of Mulan City, and said calmly, "Don't you know that the governor is in the city now?"

The one next to him was about to answer, but the other pulled him quietly, and then said with an apologetic smile: "My lord, what a coincidence, our lord governor left the city early this morning. The affairs of several business groups on the foreign race in the grassland make the governor really inseparable..." Du Wei nodded, but sneered in his heart. Out of town early this morning? joke!I walked all the way, and wherever I went, the cavalry who stood in front of me would run in front to announce, and along the way, whenever I stopped at a place, those local officials would also quickly announce their itinerary to the next place!According to this, the governor should have known about what he arrived today. With his current status, since he knew he was coming, why did he choose to go out early this morning?Open your eyes and talk nonsense! Thinking of this, Du Wei suddenly had an idea in his heart. You want to avoid me?I just want to meet you!Governor Bohan, although you have made great contributions in the Northwest for many years, this arrogance is too big, right? Then Du Wei simply ordered to the people around him: "Everyone follow these two gentlemen to the mansion to rest... General Longbottom, Philip, follow me to the Governor's Mansion. Old Yan, take your people with me Walk!" The expressions of the two Mulan City officials changed, but Du Wei gave the order without discussing with them at all.He is the Duke, how dare these two guys stop him?He had to obediently assign a person to lead the brigade to the mansion, and the remaining person led the way and took Du Wei to the governor's mansion. This Governor's Mansion is located in the very center of Mulan City. It is a typical architectural style in the Northwest region. Its shape is so simple that it is almost ugly, but it is extremely strong.Before people approached, Du Wei felt the busy atmosphere in the Governor's Mansion from a distance.The gates of the Governor's Mansion kept busy officials coming in and out.And there is a side door next to it, and there is a long queue, but it makes Du Wei look a little weird. The people who lined up were dressed in different styles, some were from foreign races wearing leather robes, and some were wearing southern silk robes. Judging from their temperament, they were probably businessmen or something like that.These people gathered at the side entrance of the Governor's Mansion and lined up in a long queue, but they didn't know what to wait for. Du Wei looked at the official who was leading the way. Before he could speak, the official immediately explained, "My lord, these are people from the trading group who came to the governor's mansion to receive the next quarter's salary." Official document of trade share." "Commercial share document?" Du Wei glanced at Philip behind him with some doubts, but the young man also looked blank, and it seemed that he didn't know.After all, he only came to the Northwest a few years ago. "Yes." The official said with a smile: "This is a pioneering work of the governor. The governments of Nulin Province purchase a large amount of supplies every year, including supplementary military supplies for the Northwest Army, and official rations. There are all kinds of goods from the official square. These things are purchased from the private sector. Later, the Governor came up with this method to let the business groups that come and go distribute them. At the beginning of each year, these business groups will send people to Mulan City Let's compete, and then our Lord Governor will select the business groups with the best reputation and the lowest bids, and give them the power of compradors. This will save us a lot of trouble, and the things we buy every year are cheap and good. It also saves a lot Financial expenses. The people you see queuing up are all scattered small caravans. They don’t have the strength to participate in the competition at the beginning of each year, but the governor also specially allocated some purchases, as long as these merchants spend money to Buy... Now that summer is coming to an end, these businessmen are all here to compete for the share of autumn, and the Financial Secretary in the Governor's Mansion is very busy these days." It doesn't matter if you don't listen, Du Wei's heart was shocked immediately after hearing this! Governor Bohan's approach... In Du Wei's view, it is almost the kind of extremely advanced financial method he knew in his previous life: bidding! ! As soon as he entered the governor's mansion, the official immediately sent someone in to inform him. Du Wei saw it, but he didn't stop him. Obviously, the governor of Bohan has a good habit: thrift! As the highest administrative body of a province, this governor's mansion is far inferior to the garrison mansions of some cities that Du Wei saw along the way!There were no gorgeous decorations in the courtyard, only busy officials coming and going, and the soldiers standing guard stood upright, even if Du Wei and his party passed by them, they would not look sideways. The official led Du Wei in, with an embarrassing expression on his face. He seemed to be deliberately delaying time, and slowly led Du Wei around the Governor's Mansion quietly. How could Du Wei not know?Don't expose him either. Finally, a man dressed as a low-ranking official ran up ahead, came in a hurry, and whispered a few words to this guy. The official's face became more and more ugly, and he turned around to salute Du Wei, and said with a smile: "My lord... Our lord governor just came back, but he is now talking with some leaders of foreign business groups in the Northwest. Look, should we sit in the lounge of the governor's mansion first? Ah, right! You must not have Have you tasted the special product of our Mulan City, sand honey? I will send it to you." It is true that Du Wei has never drank such things as sand bees, but as a knowledgeable pharmacist, how could he not know about such things?It is nothing more than a kind of bee that grows in the arid land in the northwest, and collects nectar from special local plants such as cacti. "No need, I'll go directly to see the governor. Well, is he meeting the leader of the foreign business group in the Northwest? Well, it's just right, I'm about to take office in the Desa Province, which happens to be the closest to the Northwest. Now go to It's good to meet those guys, too." "But..." Just as the official was about to say something, Du Wei's face darkened, and he gave this guy a cold look.He didn't dare to say anything, he coughed hard and asked the guy beside him to report quickly, but he himself had a bitter face and led Du Wei in slowly. Walking to the innermost part of the Governor's Mansion, there is a hall in front of you, but the door is closed, and there are several armed garrison troops standing in the distance. Hurry up and block it. He was a big man when he suddenly saw the guy he sent to report the news just now, who was also waiting outside the door with an anxious expression on his face. No one is allowed to go in and disturb me, I have been waiting here for a long time, and the guards will not let me go in to report." Du Wei ignored these people, and walked inside. The two guards standing at the door looked at Du Wei's demeanor, hesitated for a moment, and stepped forward to stop him, but Longbottom had already run over and pushed them away. One, shouted coldly: "Get out of the way! Do you dare to stop the Duke!" The title of the duke made the two guards flinch a little.After all, looking at the entire continent, there are very few people who hold the title of "Duke". If you pick one at random, they are all powerful people, and it is not something a small guard like myself can offend. Du Wei was about to push the door, when suddenly he heard a roar from inside. "You cunning Roland people, do you think we prairie people are easy to fool! Tell you, my lord governor, if you don't agree to our deal today, then we will bring someone to fetch it ourselves!" Along with the voice, there was a crash from inside, as if some weapon had chopped down the table. Du Wei winked at Longbottom, Longbottom nodded, and shouted loudly: "Damn it, it's the bastards of that tribe who dare to act wild here! I've been away for a few years, you bastards have the guts It's getting bigger and bigger!" After finishing speaking, Longbottom raised his foot and kicked the door over, and walked in swaggeringly. Du Wei then came in, and saw a handsome middle-aged man sitting behind a desk in the middle of the hall, wearing the uniform of an imperial governor. handle long sword. There are three other guys in the room who are dressed as servants of grassland alien races. One of them is extremely burly, with a domineering face, and even weird hairstyles. Under his leather robe was a piece of leather armor, his face was full of arrogance and anger at the moment, he was holding a sharp machete in his hand, and in front of him was a table that had been cut into two pieces. These three prairie people were full of rebelliousness. They raised their chins and waited for the man behind the desk, and the man with the machete was even more threatening.He was still gently chopping the scimitar in his hand, and the shining light of the knife reflected on his face, adding a bit of ferocity. And the man sitting behind the desk is naturally the legendary governor of Bohan. Facing these three tyrannical aliens, he has a calm face and looks coldly at the guy standing in front of him holding a scimitar. . Obviously, before Longbottom broke in, the two sides seemed to be discussing something and the conversation fell apart. Those alien races on the grassland were savage by nature, and immediately drew their knives to threaten them. But Longbottom's intrusion disrupted all of this.Sitting behind the desk, Governor Bohan's face immediately sank, and he shouted, "Who is it!" Du Wei took two steps, looked at Bohan from a distance, and said with a smile: "My lord governor, it's not easy to see you. I'm Du Wei Rudolph." Bohan raised his eyebrows, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. But Longbottom glared at the alien with the knife: "Which tribe do you belong to?" Looking at Longbottom, that tyrannical alien was just about to get angry, but he stared at Longbottom up and down a few times. Just now, his face was full of tyranny, but suddenly he looked like he had seen a ghost, and he let go of his hands. The knife also fell on the ground, and he stared at Longbottom with his mouth wide open: "You, you, you... Mossack! Mossack is back!" The two alien races behind him looked older, but looking at Longbottom's expression, it was even more exciting. One of them even seemed to be shaking with fright. Longbottom snorted coldly: "You know me!" The tyrannical man was forced by his eyes, and took a step back involuntarily: "Lord Mossack... I, I, I are from the Bilun tribe... I, I..." Before he finished speaking, Longbottom suddenly went up, raised his leg and kicked this guy fiercely in the stomach, pitiful for this burly man, he was knocked down with one kick, but he didn't even dare to hide .Longbottom went up and grabbed him by the neck, lifted him up, raised his hand, and Longbottom threw this big man directly into the yard. "What were you doing just now! Damn it! I have only been away from the Northwest for a few years, have you guys even forgotten my rules! How dare you show your knives here!" Longbottom looked at the remaining two guys coldly. One of them was already trembling unbearably, and the other could barely speak, so he quickly distinguished: "Lord Mossack... I don't dare. It's just, just..." "What ass! If you can't speak, cut off your tongue and go back and find someone who can speak!" Longbottom glared, and the guy almost softened, but his speech immediately became much smoother: "No, no... …Dear Lord Mossack, we are not convinced! This governor purchases war horses from our tribe every year, but this year his price is unacceptable to us! He only bids 20,000 gold coins for 3,000 good horses! Isn’t it worth ten gold coins for each of the best horses?” Longbottom sneered: "How much do you want?" "Forty... forty thousand." "Fuck you!" Longbottom cursed, and then said harshly: "Go back and tell your leader! Ten thousand gold coins! Four thousand horses! I'll send you ten days! One horse hair is missing , I will take someone to fetch it myself!" The alien almost didn't cry. Ten thousand gold coins?Four thousand horses?This deal is a big loss! But before he could speak, Longbottom frowned and said, "I'm done talking, what are you still doing here! Waiting for me to treat you to dinner! Get out!" The last sentence of "get out" immediately made these two guys feel as if they were forgiven, how dare they say no?He agreed again and again, then turned around and ran away with his head in his arms. Du Wei sighed inwardly. Damn... this is what is called prestige!The two hundred and five generals who ran across the northwest back then really lived up to their reputation!