Chapter 217 Chapter 190 Blue Ocean's Request

"How about it?" After Lao Yan went out, Du Wei took a look at Longbottom. Longbottom shook his head: "A good guy... Unfortunately, he chose the wrong person for allegiance. At least I will never betray my subordinates, or treat anyone as an abandoned child." After a pause, Longbottom put forward his own request to Du Wei: "Boss, I like this old smoke very much, let him be under my command." Unexpectedly, Du Wei rejected Longbottom's request. He smiled: "My general, I like this guy too. He seems to be a very good officer, and he came from the Royal Forest Army and knows etiquette. There is a shortage of such people around me, so let him stay by my side."

Longbottom had no objection, he agreed. In the end, Lao Yan's fate was decided in this way. Du Wei decided that after he left the imperial capital for the Northwest Territory, Du Wei was about to form a guard team around him, and Lao Yan was a very suitable leader for Du Wei. Unknowingly, the idea of ​​"superior person" had already formed in Du Wei's mind. In his subconscious mind, although he admired Longbottom, the 250th General, he didn't want all the troops under his command to be deeply imprinted by the 250th General.Longbottom was able to summon a group of old subordinates, Du Wei was very satisfied, but he would not let all the troops be commanded by Longbottom alone.

The way to master lies in balance.This is critical. As for Laoyan, Du Wei seems to be a very suitable candidate at present. In Du Wei's mind, he already had a preliminary idea of ​​his future private army in the territory. As a general who is familiar with the northwest region, Longbottom has considerable skills and can be the commander of the cavalry in the future.But Du Wei will not put all the power in the hands of one person.In his plan, there is another important candidate that Du Wei is very optimistic about. It was the Robert Knight who had dealt with him a lot on the Luolin Plain, who was rigorous and steady in his work, and had a well-founded advance and retreat.

Hussein and Nicole have already come to the imperial capital to join Du Wei. But Knight Robert is still on the way. He is responsible for leading people to help Solskjaer move the magic laboratory outside Rollin Castle.There are many important things in that laboratory, and it is extremely troublesome to relocate, and Robert Knight, under the instruction of Du Wei, is responsible for escorting Solskjaer all the way. And this old smoke... Du Wei thought he would be a qualified captain of the personal guard. Of course, there is also an Alpha guard captain in the family. No matter in terms of qualifications, experience, or martial arts, Alpha is undoubtedly the most suitable person to be the captain of Du Wei's personal guard.

However, Alpha has been with old Raymond for too long. Based on this, Du Wei believes that Alpha's bodyguard is destined to be impossible to become his direct confidant. Du Wei had other arrangements for Uncle Alpha. ... The geeks that Longbottom bought from the slave market were all incorporated into his personal guard by Du Wei... This is an extremely enviable position. Being able to become the Duke's personal guard has a promising future. bright.And Lao Yan was temporarily appointed as the leader of these people. Everyone has no objection, after all, Lao Yan's strength is above everyone else, everyone knows this.

In the following period of time, Du Wei put most of his energy in the Magic Academy. He spends a lot of time hiding in the Hogwarts branch every day, working hard to study the research results of magicians collected by the Magic Society. Even a simple spell has been greatly improved. At the same time, Du Wei wrote the sentence at the gate of the Hogwarts branch: "To get promoted and get rich, please go the other way. If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter this door." This sentence has almost become the motto of all the students studying in the Hogwarts branch.The enthusiasm of young people is easy to be incited, as long as some noble slogans, slogans that can stir people's blood, a sense of mission, and lofty ideals, are enough to make these simple young people who come from the army have a firm impression of Du Wei. respect and loyalty.

What's more, what Professor Du Wei gave them was much more exciting than the rigid reciting spells in other branches, or hiding in the laboratory to study those boring formulas, etc. Even in the course of facing the golden-eyed python, the two unlucky guys were petrified by the golden-eyed python, and their petrified bodies were placed at the gate of the branch. They didn't hate Du Wei, but inspired him. Great enthusiasm for learning. ... "Today will be the last lesson I will teach you personally." On this day, Du Wei finally announced in the specially built lecture hall: "Because everyone must know that I am about to go to my territory...Northwest Desa Province. Therefore, I am afraid that for a while, I will not be able to meet you all of……"

The thirty-two students all showed disappointed expressions. "However, you don't need to be too sad, because if everything goes well, we will meet again soon." Du Wei smiled slyly: "I have already made a suggestion to the college as a management committee member of the college. I think that in order to train qualified magicians, it is not enough to stay in the academy all day long, and you need to accumulate more experience. Therefore, my suggestion is: we will send students in batches to go to several famous adventures on the mainland. Conduct field tests on the location to accumulate your experience! According to my suggestion, there are only three places that are considered suitable for you at present... the frozen forest in the north, the swamp in the south, and... the northwest."

Du Wei's smile is very sly. "Of course, with your current strength, the academy thinks that sending you rookies to the frozen forest or the swamp in the south is really an act of death. Therefore, the place that best suits your strength is the northwest. There is drought and heat. There are many magical creatures in the desert, such as the black gold magic scorpion, and the underground sand snake that can spew out poisonous fire. In addition, there are some magic beasts that are not too powerful distributed on the Kilimaro mountain range. These Both can provide you with sufficient experience, and my suggestion is that you will go to the Northwest in the next few months for a period of... oh, I call it an 'internship'."

There was cheering from below. After three months, these students have built up full confidence in what Professor Du Wei gave them! The academy of magic is full of young students. Young people are full of vigor, and it is inevitable that there will be some secret fights on weekdays. Under Du Wei's ingenious guidance, these are all duels in the "magician's way". According to the incomplete statistics, among all the magician duels that were conducted secretly, students from the Hogwarts branch maintained an overwhelming advantage in winning rate against people from other branches!

"Of course, not all of you are qualified to go to the Northwest for an internship, but you have to pass a test." Du Wei said with a smile: "Only those who are qualified can have the opportunity to go for an internship, this is for your safety. And the content of the test..." Du Wei rubbed his nose: "The college will divide you into several groups, with the groups as units, you will defeat an adult ice and snow wolf without the protection of a teacher !" Looking at the young people below, none of them showed fear on their faces, Du Wei patted the table with satisfaction, and then said loudly: "Okay! Let's pray for your future! Rookies! Fortunately, , you will not have to face my torture for a period of time! Goodbye, my students!" After finishing speaking, Du Wei walked towards the door, and suddenly there was a sound of standing up neatly behind him. Thirty-two students, in accordance with the standard etiquette of the army, beat their chests to Du Wei. "Thank you, I'm waiting for you in the northwest." Du Wei turned and left. He is very satisfied with the current effect. ... The days of leaving the imperial capital have entered the countdown. Du Wei's biggest headache at present is still the problem of manpower. Northwest Desa Province, an entire province, needs a large number of middle and low-level administrative officials, but Du Wei's pockets are empty now-it has been three months, and he has no one. Is it only possible to recruit locally in the Northwest? Du Wei sighed. He had already recruited people in the imperial capital through various channels, but hearing that he was going to that ghostly place in the northwest was enough to scare most people away.On the official side of the empire, Du Wei originally wanted to use his prestige and connections to poach some people from some departments in the central empire, but it is obvious...it is one thing for others to respect you, but to follow you to the northwest to endure hardships, That's another story. Few people are willing to give up the colorful world of the imperial capital and follow the duke to the northwest. Du Wei is not short of money. In more than three months, the scale of Du Wei's business in the imperial capital has more than tripled. That little Zach is indeed a business genius. He has come up with many wonderful ideas. In three months, The gold coins in Du Wei's pocket have reached four million. But gold coins can buy slaves, but not real talent. The only good news is that little Zack is like a fish in water in the shopping malls of the imperial capital, and the female knight Ruolin will be liberated soon. She can finally stop wearing that outrageously gorgeous armor and be surrounded by a group of annoying young nobles. caught. But now, the head of the Public Security Department of the imperial capital, Lord Camisiro, is patrolling the streets with soldiers wearing a set of gorgeous armor bought from Du Wei every day. "I need people! Three hundred will do." Sitting in the study, Du Wei frowned and sighed: "If there are not three hundred, two hundred... no, even if there is only one hundred, it is barely enough. The administrative shelf of the Desa province is set up..." Probably the gods really heard Du Wei's prayer. Just when Du Wei was frowning, the housekeeper Made sent a message. "Young master, someone sent an invitation...it was sent by someone from Lan Hai University. He hopes that if you are not busy today, you can spare time to go to his house in the evening..." Du Wei froze for a moment. Blue Ocean University scholar? The most famous and prestigious scholar in the imperial capital? At the same time, he is also the teacher of his younger brother Gabriel? ! It seems that I have nothing to do with this famous scholar, right?When he was about to leave the imperial capital, what did he come to ask him to do? This blue ocean scholar has a very big airs, and Du Wei knows it.The scholar's knowledge topped the imperial capital, and everyone was impressed by his erudition. Many nobles came to ask the scholar to accept their own children as disciples.However, this scholar's standards for accepting apprentices are extremely strict, and he has never yielded to any dignitary.Even the children of the royal family, if they can't get into his Dharma eyes, they definitely don't want to get into his gate wall. At the beginning, this scholar was able to accept Gabriel as an apprentice, and it was Earl Raymond who visited him many times. In the end, Gabriel was indeed outstanding among his peers after being secretly trained by Du Wei for many years. disciple.However, after the coup, with the downfall of the Luo Lin family, and after Gabriel returned to his hometown with his parents, Blue Ocean Scholars and the Luo Lin family had no contact. What is he looking for me for? Although Du Wei respected this kind of scholar, he really didn't have time now. Just as he was about to refuse, Made added: "The visitor brought a sentence from Mr. Lan Hai. There's a way around it.'." Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Prepare the horse! I'll go now!" ... As the leading university scholar in the entire imperial capital, Mr. Lan Hai's home seems to be very inconsistent with his status. The home of Blue Ocean Scholar is located in the south of the imperial capital...the south of the city is where commoners live.And Mr. Lan Hai's home, from this point of view, already occupies a large area.But the elegant and simple decoration does not look tacky. Green bricks, green grass and black soil, in a yard planted with a big locust tree, Du Wei saw this blue sea scholar. He was sitting on a wicker chair, dressed in a plain robe, without any makeup on his body, and even had a pair of bare feet, just sitting quietly on the wicker chair.When Du Wei walked in, he smiled at Du Wei: "Please come in, Your Excellency, I didn't know you would come so early, so I only prepared a pot of tea, not dinner." Du Wei smiled a little embarrassedly. He was indeed too impatient. Lan Hai's invitation was at night, but Du Wei couldn't wait any longer. He had already broken into Lan Hai's house before the sun set. "It's very quiet here." Du Wei concealed his embarrassment and looked at the elegant courtyard: "Is it usually this quiet here?" "No, the children will be here during the day." Lan Hai smiled: "But now they have all gone back. Please sit down, Lord Duke, please don't dislike my negligence. There is only one old servant in my family. He should be busy in the kitchen now, so I will trouble you to get a chair out of the house yourself." Looking closely at this famous university scholar, his appearance is very elegant, his silver hair stands neatly on end, there is no beard on his face, and his skin is fair, except for his white hair that reveals his age... This guy looks unusually young, and Du Wei even suspects that if he is willing to dye his hair, others will think he is only forty years old at most. But Du Wei knew that this guy was at least eighty years old. Du Wei didn't have the habit of asking an eighty-year-old man to move a chair for himself, so he quickly ran to the next room, moved a chair out, and sat in front of Lan Hai. The old scholar had a pair of blue eyes, and he didn't seem to have a chair to satisfy Du Wei's appetite. He looked at Du Wei with a smile and said, "Master Duke, I know why you came here in such a hurry. You have encountered a problem recently, right?" "Yes." Du Wei didn't shy away: "You sent someone to send a message that you can help me?" "Yes." Lan Hai nodded: "You need manpower, a large number of manpower to establish the administrative organization of the entire Desa Province." "Yes, I need at least one... no, I need three hundred people! Three hundred people who can serve as middle and low-level administrators! God, to be honest, I don't even have a candidate for the governor now." Du Wei smiled. . "My lord, I don't have three hundred people, but I think, given your current situation, if you only need eighty people, it's barely enough." Lan Hai exposed Du Wei's lie with one sentence. Indeed, Du Wei opened his mouth at the lion. Du Wei was smiling: "So, can you recommend me some people?" Blue Sea Scholar sighed. Under the setting sun, the old man sitting under the locust tree seemed helpless. He whispered: "I have a group of students. You know, although I have accepted some noble children, but my big Some of the students were born as commoners. They have learned something from me, but they have no place to put it into practice. Most of the officials in the empire are selected from the nobles, and the opportunities for commoners are too few. I think, since You're going to go Northwest and break something new, and maybe I can get a little chance for my students." Du Wei frowned: "But, I need a group of people who can undertake local administrative work, not a group of...scholars." Lan Hai smiled: "Master Duke, I guarantee that my students will satisfy you. I am not the kind of scholar who likes to study astrology or divination. My students are all studying the way of governing the country. I guarantee that they will There will be qualified magistrates, what they need is experience...and a little trust." Afterwards, Du Wei asked a few more questions carefully, and finally he was sure: the students taught by this blue ocean scholar should all have real skills. Many so-called scholars in the empire actually gained fame in the aristocratic circle by studying those illusory astrology, divination, or those so-called "power tricks". For example, Du Wei's own first teacher, he remembered that his first teacher Rosiat was a famous astrologer. However, Du Wei was very satisfied with what the blue ocean scholar taught his disciples: architecture, arithmetic, history, and some moral cultivation. "I will not let my disciples become the kind of people who can only please the nobles with their boastful talk. Each of them has their own areas of expertise." Lan Hai finally made a promise. Du Wei nodded, then he stood up, walked around the yard twice, and looked back at Lan Hai who was still sitting on the chair and smiling. "Sir." Du Wei said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry for asking such a question...but why did you do this?" Du Wei didn't believe in the pie falling from the sky. "You have done me such a great favor, do you have any special requirements for me?" Lan Hai nodded, and then the old man sat up straight, his blue eyes suddenly revealed a gleam of brilliance! "Your Excellency, you are a smart person, I think I can confirm this... So, I think you should understand what I say next." Du Wei's heart trembled, and he quietly waited for Lan Hai's next words. "There will be turmoil in the Northwest! In the not-too-distant future!" Lan Hai's words made Du Wei respect this scholar!Undoubtedly, Du Wei agreed with Lan Hai's point of view. "My request to you... No, it should be regarded as an old man's request to you, to the Duke who guards the frontier of the empire." Lan Hai sighed softly, and then suddenly raised his voice a little: "In the future, no matter where Under any circumstances, please make sure that the enemies in the northwest will never cross the Kilimaro Mountains!" Du Wei was shocked! Lan Hai's expression was very serious: "Perhaps when I say this, you will feel very...presumptuous. But, I think you and I both understand the deep hatred between the empire and that nation in the northwest! So, if you let If those people cross Mount Kilimaro and enter the hinterland of the empire... then the people of the empire will suffer a catastrophe. This is my request to you!"