However, after the local garrison officer Du Wei accepted in Colo City, the third-level knight George Bush, followed Du Wei back to Luo Lin's house, he felt more and more that his choice was indeed the right one.
I was originally a small officer in the garrison of that small northern city. Although I received a lot of military pay, I was living in a small town and the equipment of the garrison was much worse than that of the regular main battle legion of the empire. On weekdays, I looked at those Storm Legions.
People are coming and going at lightning speed, their clothes are bright, and their eyes are full of greed.
After returning with Du Wei, Robert knew that this was someone Du Wei had accepted halfway, so he incorporated him into the cavalry team guarding the castle and became a cavalry captain commanding a hundred people.
The Luo Lin family is a family of imperial martial arts. The equipment of the private soldiers is several times better than that of the local garrison. Even it is not much worse than the main battle legions of the empire, such as the Storm Legion. Looking at the uniforms distributed, they are of high quality.
The knight's armor, the sharp sword, and the majestic horse made George Bush very happy.
And Du Wei also looked at him differently. Because Du Wei's current wealth is different, but there are not many confidants around him who can be sent out to handle some private matters. Lao Mad is the only one who has the best plan. Others, such as Hussein, etc., are all
Invisible to the light.
In this way, this George Bush is a good candidate. He has no background, no father or mother, and comes from a poor family. Moreover, he has offended the Holy Knights and follows him wholeheartedly. As Hussein secretly observed along the way, this kid practiced martial arts.
His talent is also good, so Du Wei will naturally vigorously promote him.
George was not a fool. Robert followed Du Wei's instructions and taught him some intermediate fighting skills that officers in the Luo Lin family's private army should practice. This guy was diligent in contacting him every day.
Originally, the Luo Lin family's army was quite xenophobic. It was not easy for such an outsider to gain a foothold. Fortunately, Du Wei invented the game of football. Although football games have now basically been transferred to civilians, the military camp
There are still a few games played every once in a while.
This George Bush is a genius at playing football. After a few days, he actually played like a model. Now he quickly got into a fight with the Luo Lin family's cavalry. Some people who didn't like this outsider at first, and
He played a few games and gradually the relationship became harmonious.
Du Wei was determined to cultivate him for great use, and specifically asked George and Robert to give him a quota for the 100-man cavalry team that George commanded. However, the team members asked George to observe in secret, and then look for some smart, capable, and tight-lipped people.
Come.
George knew that this was being cultivated by his new master, so he did not dare to neglect it. He spent a few days playing around in the military camp. However, he secretly paid attention and took note of many people who came. Finally, he reported it to Robert.
With Du Wei's support, Robert gave the green light to let George choose the candidates. Then he selected a hundred cavalry to serve as Du Wei's personal guards. However, George's martial arts skills were too ordinary. Robert even deliberately trained him.
. He also taught George the martial arts and fighting spirit he had learned.
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a month since Du Wei returned home.
He had the small building originally built in the woods outside the castle be expanded three times, and a piece of forest was leveled out to build a small manor-like building. It was surrounded by wooden walls on three sides. One side faced the forest.
tributaries of the river.
The gifts from Marquess Liszt, as well as the gifts from the Magic Guild, were all stored inside, as well as the office location of the so-called "Football Association" in the old Marder territory, and Du Wei's own related industries, all were moved.
Go in. George's one hundred cavalry are responsible for guarding it.
Normally, even the old butler Hill is not allowed to enter without Duwei's order.
Du Wei was originally given a grounding order by his father after he got into trouble last time. Now, a handwritten letter from the Earl came from the imperial capital, saying that it has been lifted. However, the news that Du Wei expected to summon him back to the imperial capital has not yet arrived. Du Wei also
I don't care, anyway, in my hometown of Luolin Plain, the sky is high and the sea is vast, there is a lot to do, and I am not in a hurry to return to the imperial capital.
He studies magic every day with Solskjaer, the magic genius. And now there is another rat prime minister, Gargamel. Although Gargamel's magic level is a hundred times worse than that of a strongman like Gandolf, after all, there were eight people at one time.
The title of Super Magician. His actual strength has reached about level five. And his magic knowledge is much better than that of Du Wei and Solskjaer.
Solskjaer was already determined to follow Duwei anyway, and he was a little surprised by Gargamel, a rat man, at first. However, Gargamel said that he was practicing transformation magic, and he accidentally suffered a magical backlash. Such an explanation,
This can be regarded as eliminating Solskjaer's doubts.
And Gargamel was even more surprised by Solskjaer's approach to opening up new ways to use magic! Solskjaer's experiment can almost allow ordinary people to use magic. If such a thing can be done,
That was a shocking breakthrough.
Solskjaer showed off the "gunpowder" he invented, and after a little testing, Gargamel developed respect for this guy with low magic power.
Fortunately, Du Wei is now rich. Although magic experiments cost money, Du Wei can still afford it.
It's just that Du Wei was counting the days. He originally sent the female knight Ruolin and the violent female magician Joanna to the sea to collect pirates. It has been three months, but they haven't come back yet, and he can't help but feel a little anxious.
However, there is good news.
The "R&D team" that Du Wei left behind to develop hot air balloons, those craftsmen did not stop working after Du Wei left. After many days of research, and with Du Wei's inspiration, they finally successfully developed the hot air balloon.
After trying to fly a few times (of course, during this test flight, Mader refused to go up even to death), the directional control should be available. And with further development, Gargamel, a senior magician, is very familiar with the hot burning ground.
After adding one or two magic herbs to the raw materials, the efficiency of the hot air has been increased several times, and the firmness and load capacity of the hot air balloon have also been continuously improved.
Du Wei's mind moved.
In this world, there is no so-called air power. The sky is almost undefended. With things like hot air balloons, it is almost equivalent to controlling the air! If it is a war, with this kind of thing, use a large number of
Hot air balloons can quietly transport a large number of troops to the enemy's rear... It is very useful! There are also air attacks and so on...
It's just that the mainland is still in a period of peace, and this hot air balloon has no military use.
Du Wei thought about the change: It won't be used in the war. It can't be wasted. After all, he invested so many gold coins to make such a thing. It can't be used as a decoration, and the money can't be thrown into the water in vain!
After patting his head, Du Wei made up his mind: for civilian use! Use it for transportation!
Although the load capacity of the developed geothermal balloon has increased a lot, it is still not as good as a horse-drawn carriage when it comes to transporting things.
But after all, flying in the air, the speed is many times faster than that of a carriage. It is also safe. Some valuable and fragile items do not need to worry about being damaged in the bumpy road of the carriage. More importantly, the cost is also low, and a carriage can be used from
The cost of the carriage, plus the horses and grooms, as well as the fodder consumed by the horses and the grooms' salary, is much higher than that of a hot air balloon.
Ever since, Du Wei focused on this matter as a way to make money.
On the Roland continent, there is also a transportation industry, but they are all horse-drawn carriage companies. Not only are the speeds slow, but the costs are also high.
If you want to be quick, of course you can. In some big cities, there are branches of magic unions, as well as some military fortresses, and magic circles arranged by magicians.
This kind of magic circle, through magic, can send some important letters and documents instantly. It is even slower than Du Wei's previous network email. But after all, magic circle is a rare thing, and only the magic union
There are branches in various places and some important military fortresses.
Ordinary families, even wealthy families, can only rely on fast horses to transport things.
In this way, hot air balloons can be used.
On this day, Duwei asked Mader to summon some wealthy businessmen who had tasted the benefits of the football league and gathered in a small town in the south not far from the castle in Luolin Plain.
This small town is less than thirty miles south of Luo Lin Castle. The supplies in the castle are usually purchased from this small town. Because it is close to the Luo Lin family castle, this small town has a very unique name: Luo Lin.
Luoer. According to the prophecy of Luolan Continent, this name means: the place of Luo Lin’s family.
On this day, after hearing the call from Master Du Wei from the Luo Lin family, all the wealthy businessmen from the entire Cote Province came. Even some of them could not come. Some representatives with sufficient status were also sent. Of course, currently, with Du Wei's men
The one with the best industrial relations is naturally the fur merchant who once heavily funded Du Wei and named the first football league team.
Du Wei personally demonstrated a hot air balloon. This was a sample carefully prepared by Du Wei. It was a hot air balloon woven from ten pieces of fine cowhide, with a huge bowl-shaped chassis woven from strong ten pieces underneath.
The surrounding guardrails are as high as half a person. Du Wei calculated that the weight of this hot air balloon can bear approximately fifteen adult men, which is about a ton of weight.
Moreover, under the chassis, Gargamel was specially invited to bless a few small wind magics, so that the hot air balloon can use some wind power after flying, reducing wind and ground resistance and increasing the buoyancy of the hot air balloon.
This makes its flight speed faster and its carrying capacity stronger.
"Inviting everyone here today is actually the opening of another industry that I have started." Du Wei was not polite to these businessmen. When he saw the things later, they couldn't help but be moved: "The transportation business on Luolin Plain has always been
It is monopolized by a few car dealers. Although there are car dealers in the local area, it is always very inconvenient due to the blocked terrain in some places. I came up with this little thing. In the future, if everyone has anything valuable or needs urgent transportation, it can be used
It can now travel smoothly. As long as the weather is good, it only takes two days at most to travel from south to north in Luolin Plain!"
As soon as these words came out, the people below were in an uproar.