Chapter 528 Chapter 491: The World’s Number One Martial Arts Tournament

Originally, Du Wei only planned to come here for a casual look. In the evening, he also had an appointment with Count Villa, Camisiro and others. But seeing the appearance of the Continental Knights Association, Du Wei suddenly changed his mind, and simply sent someone with his own message to invite Earl Villa, Lord Camisiro, and Mount Delan Warcraft and others, why not just come to the headquarters of the Knights Association to have a gathering at night. "Uh, you mean to eat here tonight?" Deron blinked, then smiled strangely, and roared loudly: "Dorf! Dove!!" What he called was the lame old gatekeeper just now, who looked like he was probably a servant here.

Unexpectedly, after shouting twice, the crippled old man immediately appeared from a room, and yelled at Delong with a louder voice: "What's the noise! ​​I'm busy!" Seeing his rude appearance, one would almost mistake Delong for his servant instead. Delong didn't seem to care about it at all, he laughed and said: "Prepare more food, we have guests tonight." The old Dove limped up to Deron with a displeased look on his face, and stretched out his palm with a displeased look on his face. "what?" "Money! My master!" The old guy snorted a few times: "I'm not a magician, I can't conjure food out of thin air! You have to give me the money for selling vegetables...Damn it, we I’ve been eating those boiled tomatoes with cabbage, or boiled tomatoes with cabbage! I’ve been with you, and I haven’t eaten meat for a month... You’re lucky, you can go to the banquets of those noble lords every now and then for some delicious food I can't stand the food anymore. Also, you still owe me half a year's wages."

Delong scratched the back of his head, chuckled twice, pointed at Du Wei beside him, and said, "See? This is a distinguished guest, the famous Duke Tulip! After entertaining this distinguished guest tonight, we will You can have beef every day!" "Really?" The old guy glanced at Du Wei with some suspicion: "So we don't need to sneak out to the street outside to pick up vegetable leaves at night?" It's just that the old guy looked at Du Wei twice, frowned and said, "He's a duke? I don't think he's as old as my little grandson! Don't lie to me... Deron, where did you find some more?" A guy who cheats on food and drink, right?"

Du Wei sighed in his heart, he quickly took out a few gold coins from his pocket and handed them over, and put them in Old Dove's hands, but the old servant still looked suspiciously, and put the gold coins in his mouth After biting hard twice, his eyes widened: "Oh, God, it's real gold coins!" "Go quickly, get some delicious food... and bring back some wine." Delong added: "You old alcoholic, you are not allowed to secretly hold back!" The old cripple glared at Delong, then walked away quickly holding the gold coin.It seemed to be half a step too late, as if Du Wei would ask for the gold coins back.

Seeing Du Wei's weird face, Delong said haha: "Hahahaha... This old Dove, he was my teacher's entourage... Well, my teacher was a real knight back then, Dove He served my teacher all his life as a follower, and when he got old, his legs became crippled, so he could only stay here as a handyman for his whole life. Speaking of which, the time he stayed here was older than mine." Deron walked quickly inside, kicked open the door of the innermost main hall of the Knights Association, and saw the dust behind the door, but he smiled as if he didn't care: "Come in, everyone!"

Du Wei smirked twice, but suddenly pointed to the artifact "Longchinus Spear" that was still hanging on the saddle of Delong's "donkey", and said with a wry smile: "Uh, my lord president, don't you I will throw this artifact here casually." "An artifact?" Deron curled his lips, obviously disdainful: "It's just a broken gun. Huh, it looks like it's already useless. To be honest, this kind of thing is more meaningful than real now, and it's just It's just a symbolic thing. It can't be used for playing, but it's just used as a display... Who cares about it. Later, I will ask Old Dove to find a room to clean and hang it up."

Du Wei had some doubts about Delong's sincerity. In his opinion, the old Dove would be thankful for not using this broken gun as a fire stick! Sure enough, Delong pinched his chin: "Uh... Speaking of which, Old Dove has been complaining that there is a lack of a fire stick in the kitchen..." Du Wei sighed: "Don't! This is an artifact after all! If it's not convenient for you to store it here, then let me take it back for safekeeping... Do you trust me?" Delong immediately laughed loudly: "Hahaha! What are you talking about! It's just a broken iron rod! Even if you go to get a pawn in the shop, it's not worth a lot of money. Why don't you worry about it? Since You open your mouth and take it back first."

After all, Du Wei was somewhat dissatisfied: "This is an artifact after all! The gun of Longchinus..." "So what?" Deron blinked his eyes: "Obviously, since the regent is willing to give it to me, it means that it has no power at all! If it is very powerful, why would it be thrown to me? Now it It’s just a symbol... It’s useless at all! To be honest, don’t say it’s it, I just get a gun, take it out and hang it on the wall, and tell outsiders, yes, this is the knight’s gun! Don’t they all believe it? This kind of thing...huh...it’s just a decoration. Who cares if it’s true or not.”

It is God's will that the president of the Knights Association is actually such a person. Du Wei couldn't speak, but walked to the side and picked up the gun of Longchinus, solemnly put it in his storage ring, and then followed Delong into the main hall inside. But Du Wei didn't know, just when he turned around to get the gun of Longchinus, Deron behind him looked at him with a smile of success flashing in his eyes! ... Obviously, when the old Dove came back, judging from the food and drink he brought back - this old guy regarded Du Wei as a winner! Du Wei gave him a full ten gold coins. Even in the most expensive hotel in the imperial capital, he can eat a table of good food with ten gold coins.But the old guy took ten gold coins and went out. After half a day's work, the things he brought back were obviously short of catties. From Du Wei's point of view, the food that Old Dove brought back was worth three or four at most. Gold coins are great.

Such blatant corruption, even Delong couldn't stand it anymore.He slapped the table, stared and said, "Dorfu! What are you doing! Where's the rest of the money!" The old guy exchanged eyes with the chairman without fear, and patted his pocket: "It's in my pocket—don't forget, you still owe me half a year's wages! It's three gold coins in total! And We built that damn shed together in the first half of the year, and you borrowed four gold coins from me! Now that you have money, you don’t want to pay me back, but think about eating and drinking first! If I don’t take it myself, you little brat will remember Do you want to change money?"

This old fellow had such a loud voice that Du Wei couldn't help crying or laughing sitting beside him. After all, Delong was in debt and short-mouthed. After muttering a few words, he had to sit down with an embarrassed face. Du Wei had no choice but to come out to act as a good person, and comforted him: "Okay, Mr. Delong, it seems that your life was really hard before. How about it, I will send someone to bring you some daily necessities tomorrow, as well as future supplies. You don't have to worry about funding issues." Then the old Dove turned around and walked out muttering. He went outside and yelled: "I said Deron boy! Why did you throw the horse on the post again! After a while, the animal pulled the horse Shit, do you want me to sweep it?!" Du Wei opened his mouth: How can there be such a servant in the world?Where is this servant?He is simply the father of the master! ! ... Although Old Dove has a bad mouth and a bad temper, even Du Wei has to admit that this old guy is really good at cooking! At least that mushroom soup was very similar. Even Du Wei who was sitting in the main hall could smell the aroma from the kitchen. At the moment, Du Wei is asking Deron about the situation of the Cavaliers Association. "Your Excellency Delong, I heard from you that there are six people in the headquarters of the Knights Association in the Imperial Capital. But it's getting late now... Where are the others? Why didn't you see them?" Deron's face was a little embarrassed: "Oh, yes, there are four knights...but they...they are all on vacation recently, resting at home..." "Why?" Du Wei frowned. "Because... because they were injured." Deron sighed. "Injured?" Du Wei immediately understood that there must be something wrong.There is no war on the mainland, and there is nothing going on in the imperial capital. How could a knight be injured? "Could it be that they fought someone?" Du Wei frowned. The knight was injured, and the comparison was probably due to a duel with others. "Death? Ha ha..." After a few dry laughs, Delong revealed the details of the situation. It turned out that the so-called other four "knights" didn't have much martial arts skills at all, they were just people here.With the current situation of the Continental Knights Association, it is very difficult to recruit any capable people with money.The four guys at the headquarters of the imperial capital are only slightly better than ordinary people.They are all low-level fighters who can't get along, so they can just make a living here-it's better than going to the street of the slave market to sell themselves. But the bad thing is that a few days ago, Delong was ingenious and rented out the vacant space in the headquarters of the association as a warehouse, and the price was 30% lower than the rent of warehouses outside.This time, although it created income for the association, it blocked other people's business! As a result, a few warehouse owners who were unhappy, brought a few hired thugs to the door to provoke... Hearing this, Lao Yan and others behind Du Wei were stunned. Go to... the headquarters of the Continental Knights Association to smash the scene? Such a ridiculous thing actually happened? ! It's a pity that the few guys here are really not their opponents. The four poor "knights" were all injured. They were the soldiers of the public security station in the imperial capital after the old cripple Dove Jiling slipped out. It was only then that the thugs who came to smash the scene were driven away. Du Wei swallowed hard, skipped this embarrassing matter, quickly changed the subject, and asked: "By the way, Your Excellency Delong, I really want to know more about the knight order 'Roland's Sword'." thing……" "The Sword of Roland?" Delong smiled, pointed at the surrounding towers and walls, and said loudly: "The headquarters of the Knights Association in the imperial capital, in the glorious era, there were always 500 knights stationed here, that is the Sword of Roland The French Knights. This knight was originally responsible for guarding the spear of Longchinus here. Unfortunately, since the broken gun was lost, the age of knights has declined. Now, the so-called Knights of the Sword of Roland no longer exist. I'm the only one left... It's been like this for many generations. You see, the Knights lived in the building on the west side, which can accommodate 500 people, and there is a stable in the back... In the front is Martial arts training ground. It's a pity that even my teacher has never seen such a splendid and lively scene in his life." Du Wei pondered for a moment: "Since we have decided to rebuild the Knights Association, the Roland Sword Knights, as the symbolic power of the Knights Association, naturally have to be rebuilt!" Du Wei paused, then smiled: "Look, the Church has The Holy Knights, the Magic Union has a magician law enforcement team, so we Knights Association, we can’t have nothing.” "Yes! As long as I have money, I have no problem." Delong said slyly. Soon, the other guests that Du Wei had appointed finally arrived. De Lanshan Warcraft, Count Villa, and Vice Minister of Military Affairs Camisiro took a carriage to the headquarters of the Knights Association.The three distinguished guests had just arrived here, and they were also taken aback by the scene here.But Camisiro looked quite calm, as if he had been here before. Just after walking in, seeing three noble gentlemen coming in, Delong came up to greet him warmly, but the old cripple Dove poked out half of his head from the kitchen, rubbed his red rosacea nose, and whispered in dissatisfaction. He muttered: "Hmph, here are three more freebies..." ... The distinguished guests are all used to extravagance on weekdays. How could the poor food at night catch the eyes of these guests?Count Villa put down his glass after taking a sip of the wine, and the big fat man of Delan Mountain Warcraft never picked up a knife and fork. . Delong, on the other hand, let go of his bad image without any hesitation and ate it. His mouth was stuffed slowly, as if two balls were stuffed in his cheeks, and he greeted warmly from time to time: "Everyone, please don't be too polite! You are welcome!" Du Wei knew that these three guys were waiting for his own explanation: why they suddenly rebuilt the Cavaliers Association. However, Du Wei didn't solve the mystery for the three of them, but quietly revealed a message: If you do this well, you will win the favor of the regent! The way of officialdom lies in the subordinates flattering the superiors, let alone the meaning of the number one boss of the empire? Now that they understand that this is to please the regent, the few people don't care about the secrets--in many cases, it's better not to ask so clearly!They, who have been in the officialdom for many years, still understand this truth.Even Camisiro, who has less experience, after all joined the old prime minister's family, has been influenced by the old prime minister to create some cities. Delanshan Warcraft immediately patted his chest, saying that to rebuild the Knights Association, all the weapons and equipment needed were undertaken by his family, and all of them were provided for free-this promise is worth at least 100,000 gold coins!In Du Wei's vision, there will be at least a thousand knights under the Knights' Association after the reconstruction in the future, and the equipment of the knights is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary cavalry!The equipment of thousands of knights is definitely worth 100,000 gold coins. Although Du Wei is not short of 100,000 gold coins, he has other plans to join Ladlan Shan and others! Count Villa thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "My family doesn't have much arms business, but there are still quite a few chambers of commerce in various parts of the mainland. In this way, if the association branches in various places want to renovate the clubhouse, I will Let the chamber of commerce in the family's locality assist more, and contribute money and effort, it's no problem." Camisiro smiled. He and Du Wei are the closest in age, so he spoke more casually: "You guys, don't look at me! Although I am the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs now, my family background is far worse than yours. I really can’t afford much money. But in other respects, if Du Wei needs anything, I’ll do my best to help.” He was telling the truth. Camisiro has only been in the limelight for less than three years, and his family is no richer than the other two old guys. How much money. Du Wei smiled and said, "Of course I need your help! Lord Camisiro... Well, what I need is a military license. There are still some things that require you to go to various places in the name of the military Announcement... I don't dare to bother those guys from the Government Affairs Bureau, the officials below are too slow in doing things, if I leave it to them, I'm afraid they may not be able to do a good job next year!" The three looked at Du Wei together: "What are you going to do?" Du Wei flashed his eyes and said with a smile: "To rebuild the Knights Association, we must first revive the prestige of the Knights Association! If you have no faith, you will not stand! If you have no prestige, you will not stand! With prestige, the next thing will be easy! Everyone I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. I'm not worried about money at all. But if you spend money on this matter, it's hard to fill this bottomless pit. You can't just rely on us to pay for the Knights Association all the time, right? To bring the Knights Association back to life, we must first restore its prestige on the road!" "Just tell me, Du Wei, what are you going to do?" All three of them had a look of trust.Having dealt with Du Wei for several years, the three of them knew very well that Du Wei always had a lot of wonderful ideas, and the three of them didn't know how much benefit they got from cooperating with him.The last time the hot air balloon airship was produced for the imperial military, the three companies made a lot of money. Du Wei smiled, stretched out his finger, dipped it in the wine glass, and wrote a line on the table. The three of them stretched out their heads, took a look, and couldn't help being stunned. And Delong, holding a knife and fork in his hand, with a piece of beef hanging on it, was also stunned when he saw the words. I saw a line of big characters flying around on the table, which clearly read: "The World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament!" ... That night, several people talked deeply in the Knights Association until midnight, and then left one after another. When Du Wei was slightly drunk and rode away under the protection of the guards, Delong, who had fallen asleep on the table, sat up suddenly. His eyes were bright at the moment, how could he still be a little bit drunk? The old crippled Dove limped and closed the door, turned and returned to the main hall, looked at Delong, and said in a rough voice: "My lord! If you have had enough, get out of the way, I want more Clean up! It's already midnight, don't be afraid, I'm still going to sleep!" Deron smiled and stood up: "Dove, do you think it will be successful this time?" Old Dove gave him a sideways glance: "Why did you throw that knight's spear to that Tulip Duke? It's a sacred object of the association!" Delong curled his lips: "I gave it to him because it was a holy object... Think about it, we only have two or three big cats and kittens here, so how can we have the energy to keep such a valuable thing here? I lost it to him, and I was much happier." After a pause, he suddenly smiled: "But this Du Wei is really an interesting and wonderful person." "Hmph! Are you tempted?" Dove said lightly, "You have been nesting in this crappy place for so many years, are your bones itchy?" "Forget it." Delong shook his head and stretched his waist: "I have been lazy for so many years, and I really don't want to move anymore! It's not bad to just eat and die like this." As he spoke, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and staggered to the back to sleep. Before leaving, he glanced at the line of "No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament in the World" written by Du Wei on the table with wine... The wine has dried up, the bright red liquid has solidified on the table, and the handwriting is bright red... Delong froze for a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly stretched out his hand... There was a ray of light on his palm, and the palm passed by on the table. In an instant, that line of words disappeared completely, without leaving any traces! Turning around, he waved his hand, laughed and said, "Go to sleep, dear Dove, you'll be busy tomorrow! Tomorrow, several families will come to drag away all the things in the warehouse outside...then But it's a laborious job." Old Dove watched Delong enter the back door, but looked at the sky outside, and suddenly muttered in a low voice: "The world's number one martial arts tournament...huh, interesting!" ... In the morning of the next day, the imperial military used the method of expediting the military's emergency report, and countless horses and cavalry from the imperial capital left the imperial capital in separate ways, and galloped away in all directions and all parts of the mainland! Their task is to send a circular to various places, and then send it to the place by layers of fast horses from the military in each place... The content of this announcement is astonishingly: "In order to revive the martial spirit of the empire! It is scheduled to be held after March, which is the second day of the new year, in the imperial capital to hold the first 'No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament in the World'! Those who are confident in martial arts can go to the imperial capital 'Continental Knights Association Headquarters' to sign up ten days before the conference! In this conference, a champion will be selected, who will be bestowed the title of the number one warrior in the mainland by His Royal Highness the Regent of the Empire himself!And awarded the post of head of the 'Knights of the Sword of Roland'!And give a set of golden knight armor, one hundred thousand gold coins! At the same time, the top 50 in the conference can all be selected into the ranks of Roland's Sword Knights!Everyone was given a set of silver knight armor and 10,000 gold coins! Other outstanding ones have the opportunity to be selected to serve in the main battle army of the Empire! All knights who are selected as the Knights of the Sword of Roland will swear allegiance to the Knights Association and become the guardians of the "Lance of Longchinus"! ... ..." This long announcement was quickly delivered to all parts of the mainland. It is conceivable that this news swept across Roland Continent like a whirlwind, causing a frenzy! !