"Master, Master! Today's income is quite a lot!" Mad's face was flushed. He was holding a thin booklet in his hand. The first two pages were densely written, and every stroke and every tick on it was full.
, and the series of numbers at the back made the loyal old servant feel extremely excited.
"Oh, how much is the total?" Du Wei leaned on his chair and asked lazily.
At this moment, the setting sun is hanging at the end of the Arc de Triomphe Street. At sunset, the shops have been closed. The visiting nobles also kindly invited Du Wei to have dinner with them. Especially the Delan Mountain Warcraft, the famous wealthy businessman of the empire, was very interested in Du Wei.
Weinong was very interested in this industry, and he seemed to be willing to have a detailed "deep discussion" with Du Wei.
However, Du Wei's original good mood disappeared after the last words Master Clark left before leaving!
"A total of 684,600 gold coins!" When Old Mader reported this number, his voice was trembling.
Du Wei didn't say much.
Huh, after spending so much effort, if you still can't make so much money, wouldn't you be a failure? It's expected, it's expected...
Seeing that the young master had no expression, Old Mad thought that the young master was dissatisfied with his report that was too general. He quickly flipped through the account book in his hand and said in detail: "Today, the biggest contributor is Miss Ruolin.
The items she sold were worth 380,000 gold coins. Master, Miss Ruolin is the biggest contributor today. If we can have a few more people like Miss Ruolin..."
"Okay." Du Wei waved his hand, interrupting Old Mad's lust?
How many more people like Ruolin? That is unrealistic.
It is said that things are rare and valuable. The image of Ruolin's super gorgeous female knight is mainly a "novelty", which makes those drooling nobles willing to spend a lot of money. If there are more such characters
Now, those nobles will be ineffective without the freshness. Moreover, talents like Ruolin are really hard to find. Ruolin has first-rate appearance and figure. Most importantly, this woman also has a considerable brain. In the early years
Being involved in the mercenary adventure circle, he has accumulated a lot of skills in dealing with men. He is smart, beautiful and intelligent, he is also a warrior, and he is loyal to himself. Where can he find more candidates like this?
However, Du Wei was very satisfied with the revenue of 880,000 gold coins on the first day of opening. In fact, the pure sales volume was not worth 500,000 gold coins, so many nobles came to participate for Du Wei's sake.
Wouldn't it be disrespectful to the Duke if he didn't buy something for the opening ceremony?
Du Wei understands this very well. The fact that he has so much income today is just to take advantage of his own face. I'm afraid there won't be so much in the future. Moreover, among the income of 880,000 gold coins, there are still 300,000
The gold coins are purely gifts from a few big nobles!
The Earl of Villa alone casually gave away one hundred thousand gold coins. As for the Delan Mountain Warcraft, although it didn't seem so generous this time, Du Wei understood that the territory of this shop was owned by others at an absolute loss.
The land was sold to him at a fire sale price, and the advantage he took was more than a few hundred thousand gold coins?
"Go and prepare. Get another set of armor like Ruolin's. It doesn't need to be too strong, but the more gorgeous the better. Hmm..." Du Wei hesitated for a moment and looked at Mader carefully: "Mader
, let me ask you a question."
"Master, please tell me."
Du Wei pondered for a while: "I will go to the northwest in a few months. Are you willing to stay in the imperial capital and help me manage the industry here, or will you go to the northwest with me?"
The honest Mu De said without hesitation: "Master, I am your loyal servant. Of course I will follow you to the northwest." As he said, old Mu De's eyes turned red: "You are the one I, Mu De, raised since childhood.
, could it be that the young master has raised Madd to old age now and wants to leave Old Madd behind?"
Du Wei smiled, looked at Madhu with red eyes, and said warmly: "Okay, Madhu, stop crying, of course I will not abandon you. Well, you are right, you have been the one who raised me since I was a child.
, even if I leave everything behind, I will never leave behind my dear Uncle Mad."
This call of "uncle" frightened Mu De so much that his face turned pale. He was stunned and quickly waved his hands and jumped up: "Master, please don't call me that. Old Mu De can't afford it! I am
Your servant, your groom, your housekeeper...you must never call me uncle like that, otherwise, I, Mad..."
Du Wei had already stood up, walked to Mad's side, patted his shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "Okay, Mad, there are only two of us here. Alas, speaking of which, the Luo Lin family is staying in the imperial capital now.
There are only two of us... Oh, and there is also an Alpha guard captain. There is no need to be polite between us."
Everyone knew the stakes of the choice just made.
Whether to go to the windy and sandy northwest or to stay in the prosperous imperial capital, everyone can tell which one is more advantageous. But Lao Ma De did not hesitate at all and chose to accompany Du Wei to open up wasteland in the northwest. This loyalty is
It was enough to move Du Wei.
"Since you want to accompany me to the northwest, then the Imperial Capital..." Du Wei thought for a while and felt that the best person in charge of the industry here in the Imperial Capital, after all calculations, the most suitable person for him is Ruolin.
.This female knight has looks, brains, and is loyal to herself. She is the most suitable candidate.
It's just...who cares about those pirates?
Alas, what a headache. The problem of shortage of manpower cannot be solved in a day or two.
"Go and call Ruolin for me." Du Wei sighed: "I have something to tell her."
After Ma De walked out, Du Wei picked up a cup of herbal tea on the table and drank it in one gulp, looking sad.
Master Clark's arrival today is obviously the intention of the chairman of the Magic Guild. He has given him face and real benefits. The Magic Guild also pays for large purchases from him every year... These benefits are all lost to him.
However, these are not free lunches!
Hum... Remember your identity as a magician? The magic union will always be its own home?
No need to ask. After the political situation stabilizes, the previous plan to establish a magic academy will definitely be put on the agenda again!
For Du Wei himself, he definitely didn’t want to be kicked back and forth between the Regent and the Magic Guild when it came to establishing the Magic Academy. History has proven that most people who want to be a walleye will not be able to do so in the end.
What a happy ending!
Judging from the current situation, Du Wei thinks the best way is to leave the imperial capital quickly and go to the territory! Then sit in the northwest and never return to the imperial capital!
When the magic academy is established, even if the magic union and the royal family have a bloody fight, it will be none of my business!
But I originally thought that the coup had just ended and Prince Chen had just come to power, so he wouldn't put the plan to establish a magic academy back on the agenda so quickly, right? But how could he have imagined that it would come so quickly?
But now, I want to leave the region and go to the northwest. But I can't go! The local government affairs in the northwest have not been handed over yet. This is not because the central government affairs departments are stuck. It is because I don't have a group of capable manpower to fill a province in the northwest.
grassroots officials!
Magic Academy...Magic Academy!
snort!
Du Wei suddenly felt a little angry. With the establishment of this magic academy, it is foreseeable that batches of magicians will be trained in the next few years! But these people will not fall into his trap in the end.
In my pocket! I'm jumping up and down here, taking advantage of both sides. Why did it happen?
It’s better to leave early!
However, thinking of the talent of a magician, Du Wei suddenly felt something in his heart, and another thought came to his mind for no reason.
The next day, Du Wei took the initiative to go to the palace in a carriage to meet the regent, Prince Chen.
After experiencing the previous turmoil in the territory, Prince Chen seems to have calmed down a lot now. At least he seems to have forgotten that Du Wei used the honor and pet he gave him to force him not to kill old Raymond. Du Wei's arrival,
After receiving a warm reception from Prince Chen, even in public, the regent took the young duke's hand and walked into the palace hall. The two talked secretly in the palace for a long time. At noon, the regent even stayed with Du.
Wei had a sumptuous lunch.
No one knew what important matters the regent and the young duke discussed this morning. It was just the regent's personal guards. After seeing the young duke leave, the regent seemed to be in a very good mood, and even smiled and photographed himself.
shoulder, and said a few jokes to myself.
As for Du Wei, when he left Prince Chen's palace, he felt that the sweat on his back had completely dried and his underwear was sticking to his body. It was very uncomfortable.
Alas. Prince Chen really plans to use himself as a gun to deal with the Magic Guild!
In the morning, Du Wei carefully probed Prince Chen about his plan to establish a magic academy. To Du Wei's surprise, Prince Chen actually told Du Wei frankly and on the spot.
The establishment of the Magic Academy will enter the implementation stage within a month! Regarding the selection of the first batch of Magic Academy students, the royal family is currently engaged in rounds of overt and covert battles with the Magic Union.
However, during the coup, they strongly supported Prince Chen, and the Magic Union obviously received certain concessions from Prince Chen.
The general plan for the first batch of student quota in the Magic Guild is to recruit one hundred students.
Don't underestimate these one hundred people. They seem to be a small number. But you must know that there are only a few hundred magicians with the qualifications of genuine magicians on the entire continent!
And now... According to the current negotiations between the two parties, the Magic Union requires half of the quota!
Such a share is something that Prince Chen cannot agree to.
What a joke! The main purpose of establishing a magic academy is to break the magic union’s monopoly on magician talents. If the magic union is still allowed to occupy half of the places, how will Prince Chen distribute the remaining half?
The royal family must first select a group of people to enter the magic academy, and the following noble families must also occupy certain quotas.
With such a spread out layer by layer, there are really too few people that Prince Chen can control. As the current actual ruler of the empire, he will never allow this to happen.
He told Du Wei his bottom line today, that is, half of the students sent directly by the royal family must be occupied! The rest will be left to the Magic Guild, the noble families below, and the military to grab it!
After talking with the regent all morning, Du Wei actually only got one idea from Prince Chen:
"Go and tell the chairman of the Magic Union that my biggest concession is that when the Magic Union competes with the military and other noble families for places, I can secretly support the Magic Union! But the premise is that the students directly sent by my royal family,
Must occupy half!”
Du Wei originally came to see Prince Chen. He also thought that the establishment of magic students would cultivate a group of magician talents, and he wanted to get a share of the pie. But in the end, Prince Chen gave him a simple answer: "
Yes, but your quota must be negotiated with the Magic Guild. After all, you also have the Bachelor of Magic qualification recognized by the Magic Guild."
In the afternoon, Du Wei originally planned to go to the Magic Union to meet the old guy Yago Doug, the chairman of the union.
However, Du Wei temporarily changed his mind!
Why don't you wait until the other party comes to ask for me?
Huh, the establishment of the Magic Academy is such a big thing! Such a big benefit! Your Magic Guild sent a Master Clark to come and buy some goods from my shop like a charity. Do you want to impress me?
Humph, it’s too cheap!
Du Wei was furious! Even if he didn't get any benefits from the establishment of the Magic Academy, he still wanted to give the Magic Guild a heavy blow!
With this determination, Du Wei walked out of the palace with a sullen face. The palace guards around him looked at the gloomy look on the young duke's face and felt uneasy. They followed him all the way and did not dare to speak.
When he reached the square in front of the imperial city gate, Du Wei suddenly saw a group of people coming towards him.
A fully enclosed carriage, the entire carriage is almost inlaid with bright silver pieces. There is also a snow-white flag hanging on it!
White flag?
Du Wei was stunned for a moment, this was a funeral flag!
As the carriage drove slowly into the Imperial City, the Imperial Guards guarding the Imperial City immediately ducked to both sides and knelt on the ground to salute. On both sides of the carriage, there were two knights following with serious expressions on their horses.
What surprised Du Wei was that the two knights were actually members of the Holy Knights of the temple!
And on the carriage of the carriage, there is clearly a royal thorn flower clan emblem! Ordinarily, next to the thorn flower clan emblem, there is also the emblem of a temple that Du Wei is very familiar with.
Even the groom sitting in the car had a serious face. He was wearing a white robe and had a cross badge on his chest.
When Du Wei was stunned, the carriage and his entourage had already arrived in front of him. Seeing that the Duke was lost in thought, the inner court guard beside him quickly pulled Du Wei gently and moved Du Wei aside to get out of the way.
When the carriage drove slowly into the palace, Du Wei frowned and looked at the inner court guard beside him: "Who was in that carriage just now? Why can people from the temple enter and exit the palace at will?"
The inner court guard hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said: "Duke...don't you know? The one in the carriage is Saint Verona, known as the flower of the royal family and the saint of the temple..."
Saint? Du Wei only vaguely knew that the so-called saint was actually a gimmick created by the religious organization of the temple. Some holy and beautiful girls were selected to convert to the temple devoutly, never marry, maintain a holy body, and serve the gods.
the meaning of……
But this Saint Verona? The royal flower?
"You really don't know?" The inner court guard was a little surprised by the young duke's ignorance, and his face looked a little unnatural: "Saint Verona... Her father is the late eldest prince..."
"Oh..." Du Wei turned around meaningfully and glanced at the carriage going away.
The eldest prince’s daughter? Saint?
Haha... Then it's no wonder there are white flags hanging on the carriage.
Although the eldest prince committed suicide after the coup, Prince Chen still did a very good job in this matter. He did not deprive the eldest prince of his status as a member of the royal family, and allowed him to be "buried with a flag" according to the tradition of the Augustinian royal family after his death.
That is, the body is wrapped in a thorn flower flag and buried. This is an exclusive etiquette for the direct royal family.
This saint... is the daughter of the eldest prince. Hum, it seems that the eldest prince has not tried to win over the temple. However, when the matter came to pass, the temple finally chose Prince Chen, and at the critical moment, the eldest prince was chosen.
Together!
Hum hum…
Just when Du Wei was asking to take a look at the carriage, he vaguely felt that the closed carriage seemed to have a window open, and there was a gaze drifting towards him from a distance...
Returned to his own house.
Du Wei has been named a Duke, but he has not set up his own Duke Palace in the imperial capital. Although the regent has granted him a lot of palace titles, which is glorious enough, it does not give Du Wei anything in the center of the empire.
Departments serve as actual officers.
Of course, this is because Du Wei is only fourteen years old after all. Being a duke at this age is already shocking. If he becomes the first minister of any ministry, it would be too ridiculous.
Therefore, Du Wei did not set up his own ducal palace, but concentrated on preparing to go to the northwest to become the emperor.
His current "residence" in the imperial capital is actually a small house in the wealthy area of the imperial capital. This house was given to him by Prince Chen, and it is said that it was originally an estate in the name of the eldest prince.
As soon as he returned to his home, he saw the old servant Mader waiting at the door.
Seeing the young master coming back, Mader quickly came up and helped Du Wei out of the carriage with his own hands. Then his first words were: "Master, someone from the Magic Guild came to see you today, but you are not at home. The person from the Magic Guild is waiting at home.
I didn't wait for you all morning, so I had to go back."
Are you coming to my door to beg me so soon?
Du Wei sneered in his heart.
But the next sentence surprised Du Wei.
Obviously, the Magic Guild did not directly win over itself, and the other party played the game better than expected!
"The people from the Magic Guild are actually here to inform the young master... They said that it is a level assessment of your magic. It will be conducted in three days and will be presided over by the Chairman of the Magic Guild himself."