Chapter 234 Chapter 205 Stunning Beauty (Part 1)

When Du Wei's carriage drove into Loulan City at high speed, the sky was already getting dark.Du Wei's bodyguard captain, Lao Yan, led the way with his horse at the front. The castle was right in front of him. The guards outside the castle saw that they were the Duke's chariot and horses. How dare they stop him?They all gave way. He was very satisfied with the construction of Du Wei's castle. In his previous life, he had traveled to the West and saw those magnificent castles in the Middle Ages. up.This castle is a bit bigger than the one on the Luolin Plain, and several boreholes were drilled around it, a ravine was dug around the castle, groundwater was introduced, and a moat was built. In the land, there is a bit more ability to protect itself.Even if there is a war in the future and the outer city is unfortunately breached, with the inner castle in hand, it will be able to defend for another year or so.

Behind a wooden bridge over the moat is the outer gate of the castle. Du Wei built it in the style of the Buckingham Palace of the British royal family that he saw in his previous life. There are several soldiers in bright armor guarding the gate. Seeing Du Wei's carriage approaching, it is only He straightened his body and saluted, but did not look sideways. When we arrived at the castle, Du Wei had just got off the carriage, and Made had already greeted him. After Du Wei asked a few words, he knew that the dinner party was ready. In the past few days, the city of Loulan has been very lively, with lights and festoons everywhere, even the serious patrolling soldiers in the past have put on new uniforms, and the Duke's mansion in the city has been completely redecorated.These days, from time to time, a large number of citizens came to the outside of the castle of the Duke's Mansion, facing the castle and praying loudly.

After Du Wei came to the Northwest, he created miracles again and again, with a bumper harvest of food, which made life worry-free for a year. The establishment of the new city was even more of a tax-free decree. The people respected him very much. Went out for "training" and wiped out many small groups of horse thieves. Most of the people in the Northwest credited Du Wei for these achievements.As a result, the people here worship this young lord duke almost to the extreme, and they only hope that this lord duke can stay in the northwest forever and live a long and safe life, so that their lives will be rich and stable.

Therefore, rumors have been released in the past few days that the Lord Duke is about to celebrate his fifteenth birthday in two days and will officially hold a coming-of-age ceremony. After the news was released, residents from far and near the City of Miracles were elated, and the entire festival in Loulan City The atmosphere was even stronger than the annual summer celebrations, and some people even gathered around the castle to pay respects and bless the young Duke. Du Wei's birthday, needless to say, the castle has been busy for many days.Originally, Du Wei didn't want to make it too complicated, but Philip told him that since Du Wei, as a superior, has his own deep meaning, and after all, the coming-of-age ceremony is only once in a lifetime, if it is too simple, But lost the prestige of the duke.

"Master, the dinner is ready. According to your instructions, I heard that all the members of the Liszt family are from the south. I asked someone to make some southern delicacies..." Ma De was about to report in detail when suddenly A few cavalrymen ran over, jumped off their horses outside the castle, and saluted Du Wei: "My lord, the Liszt family's carriage and horses have arrived outside the gate!" Du Wei nodded: "Well, it's finally here." Then he didn't have time to go in and change, so he just stayed at the door to greet her. In the evening, the guard of honor in the castle blew the trumpet, and there were two huge auras hanging on both sides of the gate, one was golden tulips, and the other was the aura of the Liszt family.There were also two teams of soldiers in honor guard uniforms lined up at the door to greet them.

Originally, Du Wei didn't intend to make it so thick, after all, only two and a half children came.However, the two people who came to mind were the younger brother and younger sister of the Marquis Liszt, especially the younger brother of the Marquis Liszt, who was the only male in the Liszt family and would definitely be the heir of the family in the future!With such an identity, it is not easy to neglect, and since I have received so many benefits from the Liszt family, I naturally have to show my goodwill. It's just a pity that Dardanelle, the old man of the Liszt family, was unexpectedly not in the city today. He took people to the northwest corridor three days ago to meet a batch of cattle, sheep and horses that Du Wei bought.

In the sound of the guard of honor, a group of white horse cavalry slowly entered the Duke's mansion through the gate and came under the castle.These cavalrymen were all wearing uniform silver armor, and each of them seemed to be a carefully selected young handsome man, and all wore the badge of the Liszt family on their chests.The horses under the crotch are all white horses, the whole body is snow-white, not even a trace of variegated hair.On the head of each horse, there is also a long white feather... When Du Wei saw the outfits of this group of cavalry, he knew that this must be the personal guard of the Marquise of the Liszt family, known as the "White Feather Knights"!Because in the Liszt family, only the Marquise Liszt has the title of nobility, and she is only a life-long noble, not hereditary, so according to the imperial decree, the Liszt family is not allowed to have its own private army.Of course, even though the law is like this, how can such a large and wealthy family not have its own protection power?Therefore, this White Feather Knights is named under the name of the Liszt family in the name of "mercenaries".

Imperial decree: Except for hereditary nobles, no private army is allowed!But imperial decree allows rich people to hire mercenary regiments themselves. In fact, everyone knows that this White Feather Knights is not a mercenary group at all, it is completely the private army of the Liszt family, but it is just an extra name, and no one will really use this kind of thing to offend Liszt The family is looking for trouble.However, due to the imperial decree, no more than 500 mercenaries should be hired.Therefore, the number of people written on the official roster of the White Feather Knights has remained at the number of 499 people.

And Du Wei also knew that the so-called 499 people also had tricksters in them.The so-called policy above, there are countermeasures below.The imperial decrees are relatively tolerant towards things like the Knights. After all, although the age of knights has passed, it has also been glorious.The biggest trick is: a knight, in addition to himself, is allowed to have up to four followers. These followers can be regarded as the knight's deputy, or partners in battle. They are responsible for scrubbing and repairing the knight's weapons and armor, feeding War horses also train fighting skills, and when fighting, they can kill the enemy together as the knight's subordinates or companions...

And the subtle thing is... the number of followers is not included in the official list of the knight order! In other words, the White Feather Knights, although there are only 499 members on the official list, but if it is calculated according to the fact that each knight can be equipped with four retinues, then its number is at least more than 2,000! And this knight order with 499 members in name, but in fact the number is far more than 2,000, is the elite guard force of the Liszt family.The Liszt family is a family of merchants and does not have their own territory. Unlike Du Wei, a large army is needed to guard the place.Therefore, there are more than two thousand cavalry, which is enough to protect itself.

Looking at this group of handsome knights in silver armor and white horses, Du Wei couldn't help sighing. The head of the Liszt family is a woman after all, and even the cavalry under him are so fancy and beautiful.Although these white-feathered knights are very beautiful, they are too obsessed with appearance. Looking carefully, even the eyes of the horses and the height of the knights on the horse are almost the same. How strong can an army that puts all its energy on appearance be in battle? ? Although he shook his head secretly, a smile appeared on Du Wei's face. The dismounting posture of this group of white-feathered knights is still very neat. After dismounting, twenty people lined up and stood on both sides. Behind them were several carriages slowly driving to the door. What stood out were four snow-white tall horses with luan bells on them, running all the way, accompanied by crisp bells. This carriage looks ordinary, but in fact its essence is concentrated, but Du Wei saw that the cost of this carriage is really astonishing, just the carriage made of high-quality black nanmu wood is no worse than his own carriage presented by Prince Chen !The wheels below and every component are made of the best materials, but the shape is not arrogant, and it looks quite like everyone. A red carpet had already been laid on the ground, and a young knight who looked like the leader of the white-feathered knight walked slowly to the carriage. This man's silver armor was inlaid with some golden lace, which looked quite different from other knights.And the handsome appearance, golden curly hair, and a touch of reserve on his face all contained a hint of arrogance.He pressed the sword hilt at his waist with one hand, opened the door of the carriage with the other, and then leaned slightly. Then, a slender and delicate foot stepped out of the carriage, the round ankle, the crystal clear skin was almost translucent, and a delicate figure came from the carriage. The gods testify that this woman, even the way she bent down to get out of the carriage, is almost extremely beautiful!It seems that there is a special elegance and delicacy in every movement... When she raised her head, Du Wei saw the girl's face clearly, and even Du Wei's heart couldn't help beating violently! What kind of face is this...