Chapter 619 Chapter 578: Winter Love

Under the rolling of the wheels, the ice and snow on the ground creaked. With the cold wind last night, the snow on the ground had already turned into ice, and after being crushed by countless horses and carts, it gradually became muddy. In the morning, there were no pedestrians on the streets of the imperial capital, but those traders who got up early had to brave the cold wind and push their carts back and forth.Teams of security guards, wearing leather boots, breathing white gas from their mouths, hunched their heads and patrolled back and forth. This year's winter was extremely cold, and some elderly people couldn't help sighing, as if in memory, the imperial capital had never been so cold.

The snow covered the city over and over again, and even the Lancang Canal was frozen.At the pier, a naval fleet stationed in the imperial capital had already dispatched an icebreaker with a sharp wood on the bow to patrol the river to break the ice and ensure the smooth flow of the river. The river transport workers are busy on all fours almost every day, and although the Finance Department has distributed batches of money and food, and also distributed chills to the river transport workers who have spent the winter, many people still suffer from frostbite these days. Today, it's too cold.

In previous years, in the imperial capital, the coldest winter season was nothing more than one or two light snowfalls.It has been snowing for several days like this year, but it has never been seen by generations. The bosses of the shops of the major families in the imperial capital are grimacing day by day, just because the roads are blocked by snow, and the caravans of many chambers of commerce are blocked on the roads. For a while, many things in the city have risen. price. Fortunately, the river transport was still struggling to support it.It's just that the number of cargo ships is still decreasing day by day.I heard that the river to the east was frozen again yesterday, and two of the icebreakers of the River Transportation Department were frozen on the river. The ice on the river was so hard that it could run a horse!

The current boss of the High Command, Lord Camisiro, issued an order to mobilize two divisions from the royal guards stationed near the imperial capital, plus the local garrison in nearby towns, a total of about 100,000 troops were mobilized. . In this cold weather, these soldiers dropped their knives, guns and weapons, took off their armor, wore cotton clothes, carried shovels, and became laborers for cleaning snowy roads. When the snow fell for the first time, everyone didn't take it too seriously. This rare heavy snow made many people feel fresh, but as the snow continued, life gradually became a little sad.

In the imperial capital and several nearby acropolises, the price of food had risen by 30% in three days, and even the price of vegetables had doubled by the fifth day, and as for meat... let alone. Evil door!What a fucking evil door! Every resident of the imperial capital probably has this idea in their hearts. In the palace, the wise regent issued a series of decrees. This year, several batches of money and food from the southern provinces were transferred to the imperial capital, and the garrison troops from all over the place were dispatched to clear the roads. This day, just like this year's national fortune, makes people feel uneasy.

In the war ahead, although there have been intermittent small victories, those monster races have never retreated. They have been fighting for several months and are still fighting. Gradually, some people with more flexible minds began to come up with ideas: I'm afraid this battle is not small.Maybe a year?two years? Some old people began to recall the great battle between the Empire and the Northwest Grassland twenty years ago.It was the largest and most protracted war the Empire had fought in decades. The bad weather, coupled with the shortage of supplies, made people feel a little bit overwhelmed.

I heard that this year's New Year's Ceremony, even the usual firework celebrations in previous years have also been cancelled. This news is true. In previous years, the empire would purchase a large number of fireworks from the Tulip family's property through official procurement, but this year, there was a clear message from the palace, which was said by the regent himself: the battle ahead is urgent, At this time of year, the atmosphere of the fireworks celebration is not suitable. This year, it will be avoided. Such an order made the Tulip family's head of business, Little Zach, frown, and watched as the income on the account book decreased by more than a hundred thousand gold coins.

That's all for nothing... Anyway, all the big merchants in the imperial capital are living with their belts tight. The roads are blocked and the supply of goods from all over the place can't come in. Everyone is paying, and it's nothing more than paying more and paying less.The Tulip family is rich and powerful, and throwing a little money won't hurt the prison-such a sum of money is not even the fur. But it was his boss who made little Zach helpless! It seems that our Lord Tulip Duke has become more and more unpredictable since he contracted the disease. In the past, little Zach was convinced of any decision made by Du Wei, because the facts proved that the young Duke was a master at making money, and if he came up with an idea, or something he fiddled with, gold coins would come rolling in.

But in the second half of this year... the money is spent but not earned... This is a bit wrong. The Duke seems to have no interest in making money anymore, and I don't see any ideas or new inventions from him.Seeing that he lost money in doubt, his little Zach is the emperor and he is not in a hurry to be an eunuch (well, there is no such profession as a eunuch in this world), but he is a part-time job who gets angry all day long, but the boss is leisurely , as if nothing happened, it must be a bit outrageous, right? At the end of the year, I calculated this year's harvest. If it weren't for the martial arts competition held in the first half of the year, and I made a lot of money from gambling and ticket sales, I am afraid that this year's income will be in the red.

Little Zach has already gone to see Du Wei several times, and every time the Lord Duke listened to his nagging, he kept talking impatiently: "Why do you need so much money? If you pay for it, you will pay for it." Come on, can't I afford it?" Compensation is affordable. With the boss's net worth, even if he pays for ten consecutive years, he may not go bankrupt.But as the chief executive of the business, if he really always loses money, where will he put his face? In the various wealthy chambers of commerce in the imperial capital, every year everyone will arrange a noun in private, and calculate the harvest of each family this year. Du Wei knew about this matter a long time ago. At that time, the Duke laughed privately and said: Is it the same Forbes rich list?

In previous years, with little Zack sitting in charge, the Tulip family has calmly ranked first every year since its rise.Little Zach was also regarded as a God of Wealth by the wealthy people in the imperial capital. But this year, with the war, although the Tulip family has dabbled in the weapon business in the past few years, they are not as solid as the Delan Mountain Warcraft guy after all.The empire is expanding its army and ordering weapons and equipment on a large scale. As a result, in the ranking at the end of this year, the big fat man of Delan Mountain Warcraft finally turned around. This year's income finally suppressed the Tulip family and took the top spot. The fat man was naturally proud of it, and he deliberately held a big banquet at home to treat his guests to dinner.Although the relationship between Delanshan Warcraft and the Tulip family is good, they still care about this kind of face.Let little Zach see it, and he can't help but feel a little useless. In my heart, I complained a little bit about Du Wei's "not doing business properly". These words did not wrong Du Wei... These days, Du Wei is indeed a bit "doing nothing". Especially... after the two "duchesses" came to the imperial capital. ... "Left... right, right, right... well, a little more to the left... ouch, down! Go down a little more! Ah... yes, it's here, use some strength..." Du Wei didn't sit in a wheelchair, but he was lying on a soft bed, his clothes on his upper body were pulled up, revealing his bare back. In this room, a fire was burning brightly in the fireplace.Even the carpet on the ground was charred a bit.The wall is a sandwich wall designed by Du Wei himself, imitating the kind of insulation wall he knew in his previous life.A mezzanine is also laid in the foundation under the house. Once the fireplace is burning, the heat penetrates into the mezzanine, making the whole house as warm as spring.It's snowing all over the sky outside, but it's so warm inside that you only need to wear a small coat. At this moment, His Excellency the Duke was lying on the soft bed, but he was so comfortable that he smiled, squinted his eyes, and hummed. Next to him, Qiao Qiao had an anxious face, but pressed his hand on Du Wei's back, with his slender fingers back and forth, tickling his man under Du Wei's command. I hate this guy's "up, down, left, and right" barking, but he finally annoyed Miss Qiao Qiao.Leng Buding raised his eyebrows suddenly, jumped up, and said angrily: "I think you sent me to play on purpose!" After all, he kicked up with one foot. Du Wei grinned, turned sideways, reached out and grabbed Qiao Qiao's ankle, and pulled it lightly. Qiao Qiao suddenly lost his footing and fell into Du Wei's arms.Du Wei moved into the soft bed, hugged Qiao Qiao in his arms, kissed her on the cheek, and said with a smile, "Good Qiao Qiao, are you so impatient to scratch your husband's back?" Against the background of the fire, Qiao Qiao's face was blushing. She didn't know whether it was shyness or steam. She gave Du Wei a look with watery eyes, and said bitterly, "You bastard, you just have no good intentions..." Just halfway through speaking, he suddenly exclaimed, with a bit of shame and anger showing between his brows.It turned out that while she was talking, Du Wei had already poked his hand in along the skirt of his clothes. Qiao Qiao twisted her body, frowned, and panted a little, and said bitterly, "Are you in good health? Come tease me again!" As soon as he said this, Du Wei suddenly lost his mind. He smiled wryly, withdrew his hand, hugged Qiao Qiao's waist, sighed, his face was also full of annoyance, and said bitterly: "Mom!" Yes, this day cannot pass!" There is no way to pass it, indeed there is no way to pass it! Two beautiful little wives, still sisters, came to see me from thousands of miles away. The so-called long absence is better than newlyweds, but these days, I have been recuperating from injuries every day, and recuperating at night. This damn body is still Not getting better. Sitting in a wheelchair would tire him out long ago--that's fine.But looking at the two little wives by his side, it's unbearable to watch - which man can bear this crime? Although it's good to take advantage of siblings once in a while, but if the siblings take advantage of it too much, I will get angry all over myself—— "I finally feel the eunuch's pain." Du Wei sighed. Just as he was talking, the door opened, and a pretty figure walked in slowly. Vivienne wore a snow-white fox fur robe, and the soft and white fox fur covered her small face. The delicate little face was set off by the snow-like fine fox fur. The next one is even more soul-stealing. As soon as Vivian came in, she saw Du Wei and Qiao Qiao rolling on the slum, she couldn't help but blushed, and stood at the door for a moment, as if she was at a loss. As soon as Du Wei saw Vivienne, he immediately shouted as if he had been pardoned: "Come here, my little silly girl, your sister is bullying me, a disabled person!" Qiaoqiao blushed, kicked Du Wei bitterly, and said with a sneer, "How dare I bully you!" After speaking, he kicked again: "How dare I bully you!" Vivian smiled when she saw it, and although she was still flushed, she finally walked over and said softly, "Sister, you, don't, don't kick him." Although he still stuttered a bit, that soft voice was still pleasant to hear. Vivienne came. Although Qiao Qiao had a strong temper, she was too embarrassed to stay in Du Wei's arms, so she quickly jumped up, walked around the room twice, and frowned: "This snow is so boring to death!" There is nothing interesting in the imperial capital... Well, if I knew it earlier, I might as well stay in the northwest." Looking back, she couldn't help but hit her head up with anger. It turned out that Du Wei pulled Vivienne into her arms as soon as she got up.But seeing this little villain looking at him, he said leisurely: "Why is it not fun to snow? Build snowmen, have snowball fights, and even make ice sculptures..." "It's a child's thing." Qiao Qiao was a little disdainful: "What's the point of having a snowball fight... Sigh, it would be great if I had someone to accompany me. But in the imperial capital, I can't even find a good opponent." Du Wei couldn't help laughing after hearing this. Qiao Qiao can be said to have a "notorious reputation" in the Northwest. This violent woman is born with a restless temper. When I was in the Northwest, I liked two things the most: one, of course, was practicing the Decepticon team that Du Wei threw to her. The second pile is to find someone to fight. Moreover, although this Miss Qiao Qiao is active, she is not a fool. She also knows her two skills. Put down the rest of the material. Hussein Rodriguez, Jojo can't beat, she also knows that she is well-known, so she doesn't want to compete with those two people.But the people below were out of luck. When he was in the Northwest, the number one sandbag that Jojo liked most was Fatty Longbottom.Longbottom's martial skill is about level seven, which is not much different from that of Jojo, and he is also the smoothest in fighting. When the poor fat man was in the northwest, he would be knocked at the door by Miss Qiao Qiao every three to five times. The number of times was so high that even the fat man was annoyed, so he just hid everywhere.It even developed to the point that when he saw Qiao Qiao from a distance, the fat man immediately turned his face and ran away. This time, Fatty was dispatched by Du Wei to the front line to lead the mob of civilian mercenaries. Although there was intention of punishment, Fatty himself was willing to do so—it would be best if he could leave the Northwest and avoid this Miss Qiaoqiao. When they came to the imperial capital, the husband and wife were reunited. Originally, Qiao Qiao wanted to vent his anger on Du Wei: This bastard came to the imperial capital from the northwest, and it took him a year to leave!During the New Year last year, I didn't see anyone!Really hateful. But now, when he saw that Du Wei was "seriously ill", Qiao Qiao couldn't care less about being angry.Moreover, there was Vivienne who softened her heart when she saw Du Wei next to her. Even if Qiao Qiao wanted to get angry with Du Wei, Vivian would never let her go. After staying in the imperial capital for so many days, I gradually became a little irritable.Du Wei was physically inconvenient to move around, and he couldn't accompany the two of them to mess around.Qiao Qiao's temperament was originally restless. These days, although he was by Du Wei's side, you were thick and I was thick, but there was enough time after all.What's more... Du Wei's current situation has reached a certain level, but it can't really be ecstasy, but it has become torture instead. Quiet and eager to move, Miss Qiao always wanted to find something to do. Originally, Du Wei had built a griffin farm in the other courtyard of Brokeback Mountain. Naturally, that thing was a novelty, and it must be in line with Jojo's wishes.But Du Wei knew in his heart that his little wife was making a fuss.The Griffin Farm is still a secret, if this young lady who is afraid of chaos in the world comes to toss it up, I'm afraid something will go wrong. Therefore, Du Wei never said anything about this matter. Even on weekdays, when little Zach came to report, he tried to avoid Qiao Qiao as much as possible. Besides Qiao Qiao, there is another thing that bothers Du Wei... "If you don't believe me, let's take a gamble!" "Hmph! Just bet! If you lose, how will you compensate me?" "Joke! Why do I have to lose? It's you, so what if you lose?" There was a noise outside the door, and Du Wei felt dizzy when he heard it. Sure enough, the door was pushed open, and Muse, the tomboy of Liszt's family, rushed in and found a chair to sit down. The girl said angrily, "Du Wei! What the hell are you doing?" Never mind your brother!" Just as he was talking, Gabriel came in from the outside, crossed his hands, and said with a faint smile, "Oh, are you here to complain again?" Muse blushed, jumped up in anger, drew out her long sword with a swipe, and glared at Gabriel: "Don't be too arrogant! I really thought my Muse was afraid of you! Hmph!" With a mocking face and a faint smile in his eyes, Gabriel stretched out his finger and flicked lightly on Muse's long sword. With a buzzing sound, Muse's Jianfen was swung away. Although Muse has also practiced martial arts since she was a child, she is a girl after all, and she has never had any masters to teach her unique skills.But Gabriel has been the number one training object of the Luo Lin family since he was born. Martial arts are a family-inherited stunt in the Luo Lin family. He has practiced since childhood. Now, martial arts are already outstanding among his peers. Such a move, Muse His long sword couldn't be held immediately. Du Wei sighed, and glanced at his younger brother and Muse: "Why are you making trouble?" It turned out that the three sisters from the Liszt family also came back to the imperial capital with sisters Qiaoqiao and Vivian.Mrs. Liszt was originally the focus of the imperial capital back then. When she returned to the imperial capital this time, it immediately caused a repercussions and became a distinguished guest of various banquets in the aristocratic circle. Her Liszt family has not returned to the emperor for a long time. The head of the family, Mrs. Liszt also had to cheer up, deal with it well, and circle around in this circle. As for that Angel, who had a crush on Du Wei since she was a child, in the past two years, as she grew up, she probably gradually began to talk to her. She was such an innocent and lovely little sister, but she gradually turned into a person like Lin Daiyu. She liked to lock herself in the room and read books all day long, and she gradually talked less. But this muse has the same temperament as before, just like a impetuous and arrogant tomboy. It's only been a few days since I came back, and in the Duke's mansion, unexpectedly, Gabriel and this guy, the two of them met for some reason. For a while, the duke's mansion was in chaos.Muse is impatient, even Du Wei dares to challenge Du Wei in the northwest, how can he be submissive to Du Wei's brother?The two like to bicker and quarrel together all day long, and they have fought for countless times. Especially Muse, she seemed to dislike Du Wei since she was a child, but as Du Wei became more and more authoritative, his power also increased day by day, and gradually, Muse didn't dare to make trouble against Du Wei. But now, I met Du Wei's younger brother... I can't afford to offend the big one, but can I still offend the young one? !snort! The two seemed to be enemies in the previous life, and the war started as soon as they met.Big and small, trivial things can also be used to argue and bicker.Two days ago, the two even had a fight in the yard, forcing Muse to even show her fighting spirit.In the end, Gabriel slapped the sword down. When questioned later, the reason for the fight was that the two of them came back together after going out. When they were at the door, Gabriel laughed at Muse's riding skills. As a result, after the fight, the flowers and plants in the yard were lifted by half.At night, Du Wei lost his temper, and the two stopped. As a result, today...the trouble broke out again. enemy!What an enemy! "Brother, she laughed and said that my way of leading troops is wrong. Huh! What does this girl know! That's what we learned in the military academy!" "Hmph, learning to lead troops in the academy?" Muse was even more disdainful: "I am a cavalry commander under General Ruolin in the northwest, and I also lead hundreds of cavalry! You say I don't know how to lead troops? How many people have you really led? ?” "What do women know!" "What do children know!" "you……" "you……" The two began to quarrel in the room, but Du Wei had a strange smile on his face. He watched the two quarreling. At the end of the fight, Du Wei suddenly changed his face and slapped the soft bed hard. With a bang, the two of them were startled at the same time, and turned to look at Du Wei, both looking a little apprehensive. "Cough!" Du Wei tried his best to show a bit of majesty as a parent, coughed, thought and thought, and finally squeezed out such a sentence from his mouth: "What's the noise! ​​It's time! Dinner! Whoever says anything more, don't eat today!" When Muse heard this, she snorted, glanced at Du Wei, and said angrily, "You are brothers, so of course you helped him!" After speaking, he stomped his feet and rushed out. There seemed to be a hint of a smile on Gabriel's brows, and he was about to chase him out, but now Du Wei's face really sank: "Gabriel!" "Eh... eh? Brother?" Du Wei sighed, sat up straight on the floppy bed, stared at his younger brother, saw the strange expression on this boy's face, and suddenly said straightforwardly, "Have you taken a fancy to this tomboy?" Gabriel laughed twice, but simply straightened his neck: "That's right!" Du Wei frowned again, but this time Gabriel misunderstood what Du Wei meant, and quickly explained: "I didn't mean to bully her, it's just that a girl with her temper has a stubborn temper, and I want to walk into her She must be tougher, she may hate me so much now, but I guarantee that she may dream of me at night when she sleeps these days." Du Wei stared at his younger brother, suddenly smiled wryly, and sighed inwardly: My younger brother is actually a master at picking up girls. "Do you really like Muse?" Du Wei said with a straight face. "That's right." Gabriel stared at his brother for a while, then suddenly his face changed, and he blurted out: "Brother, is she your woman? I don't know!!" "Bullshit!" Du Wei scolded immediately, and Qiao Qiao's expression on the side became a little weird, and Du Wei quickly shouted: "What nonsense!" Gabriel shrank her neck: "It's fine if it's not your woman." "But... where's your fiancée?" Du Wei sighed: "After the New Year, your coming-of-age ceremony cannot be delayed." Instead, Gabriel gave Du Wei a weird look: "So what? I can only marry one." These words made Du Wei choke back directly. Good boy!Your brother and I barely had two women until we were adults. This kid, who is not yet an adult, has already decided to marry two? Gabriel straightened his face at this moment, and said with a low laugh: "Brother, you don't have to worry about this matter. From my point of view, Mrs. Liszt seems to have no objection. When she saw me two days ago, she still whispered Asked me for a while, asked me what I like to eat and wear, and then deliberately asked me to take care of her tomboy sister in the imperial capital. It seems that the Marquis should not object." Du Wei continued to sigh. This winter hasn't passed yet, why are these little ones starting to spring up one by one? ... In the palace, a court etiquette officer walked into the palace lightly. This palace is the residence of the current Emperor of the Empire, Little Charlie. The little emperor had just finished his homework for the day and sent away a court swordsmanship teacher, so the etiquette officer dared to come up. "What's the matter?" Charlie casually threw the sword to the attendant beside him. He took a hot towel and wiped the sweat off his bare upper body, and then two handsome maids brought a cotton robe and put it on for him. "Your Majesty, here is the dinner list for this year's New Year's celebration." The etiquette officer bowed respectfully and held it with both hands: "The regent means that for this year's dinner, I wonder if you have any special guests you want to invite, Your Majesty. " Charlie sneered inwardly—the guest list?Why do you ask me to do such a small thing? However, he didn't show anything on his face. He took it over and looked at it carefully. It was almost the same as in previous years.It's just that there is an extra name: Mrs. Liszt. Mrs. Liszt's dead husband was a nobleman of the royal family, and he could be regarded as a relative of the royal family. This time she came back to the imperial capital, and the New Year's dinner would naturally be an honored guest. Charlie pondered for a while, and suddenly his eyes showed a little eagerness, and he couldn't help but think of the heroic and beautiful girl he saw at Du Wei's house that day. Well, that girl... the staff found out that it was Muse, Mrs. Liszt's younger sister. Thinking about it, he picked up a pen and added a few more words to the roster.