Chapter 203 [Request of the Marquise of Liszt] (1)
Chapter 203 [Marquise Liszt’s request] (Part 1)
Faced with Du Wei's enthusiasm, Dardanelle apologized: "Du Wei... Oh, it should be the Duke. Haha, how dare I forget your kindness. I originally wanted to come to see you, but the Marquise sent me to accompany him.
The family fleet went to sea for a trip and came back a few days ago. I came here this time to bring you a New Year's gift from the Marquise!"
After seeing the gift list sent by the Liszt family, even Du Wei couldn't help but take a deep breath!
Compared with the gifts given last time, Marquis Liszt’s gift this time is simply extravagant to the extreme!
In addition to countless valuable treasures, Marquise Liszt gave Du Wei what he currently lacks most:
There are enough high-quality armors and weapons and equipment for five thousand soldiers, as well as a thousand good horses. Finally, four thousand young and strong slaves are also included!
"In addition to these gifts, I also need to be added." Dardaniel looked at Du Wei with a smile: "Sir, do you still remember that I spoke to you in the frozen forest? I swore that I would be the best in my life.
For the rest of the time, I will follow you closely! The Marquise has agreed to my request. After I come this time, I don’t have to go back!"
Du Wei was extremely pleasantly surprised. He currently had too few people he could trust. Dardaniel was born in the Liszt family and was a close confidant of the Marquise Liszt. Although his martial arts skills may not be top-notch, he came from a big family.
Moreover, he had adventure experiences when he was young and has a certain understanding of many things, especially coming from a wealthy business family like Liszt. He has rich experience and is extremely loyal to Du Wei!
"My lord, I also brought a letter from the duchess." Dardanelle said, carefully took out a sealed letter from his arms, and solemnly handed it to Duwei: "The marquise invited me
Let me tell you, after reading the letter, if you feel that you can't decide at the moment, you can think about it slowly. But no matter what your decision is, you must give her an answer."
Du Wei was startled: "Oh, I wonder what happened to Marquise Liszt?"
Dardanelle shrugged his shoulders: "I don't know about this. Madam has written it in the letter."
Du Wei didn't ask any questions and enthusiastically took Dardaniel into his governor's palace. Du Wei held a banquet that night, invited all his staff, and introduced Dardaniel to everyone in public. Hou
Saiin naturally recognized Dardaniel. From this point of view, Dardaniel's loyalty to Duwei cannot be doubted: Dardaniel did not reveal the secret of Hussein's identity at all.
Duwei publicly accepted Dardanelle's fate and appointed him as the first city guard of the future new capital city, as well as the rank of garrison commander. He also officially awarded him the status of guardian knight of the Dardanelle family as the Duke of Tulip.
Duwei's men knew that Dardanelle was a good friend who had shared difficulties with the Duke. They were all very warm and polite to him. After the guests and hosts had enjoyed themselves, they dispersed. Duwei asked Mader to arrange for Dardanelle to live in his governor's palace.
and then returned to the room. Then he opened the letter from the Marquise Liszt.
Du Wei admires the current female head of the Liszt family very much. The Liszt family is rich in the mainland, even wealthier than the Delan Mountain monster, and also has the title of palace noble, so its power cannot be underestimated.
Look at it. Although I helped Dardaniel once in the Frozen Forest, which was a disguised life-saving grace for Marquis Liszt, but when I returned to Luolin Plain, the other party had already sent me a big gift.
.After that, he sent people to the north to contact the mercenary group to do business, and he also received a lot of care from the Liszt family in the north... Logically speaking, even if he was kind to the Liszt family, the other party would have repaid it, and now he has given it away.
Here comes such a big gift...
Du Wei just briefly looked at the gift list today, and roughly estimated that the value was at least one million gold coins. If the other party showed kindness like this, it was not simply returning a favor. It was probably because he wanted something from himself...
Sure enough, this letter was obviously written by the Marquise Liszt herself, and her notes were elegant and dignified. She had a noble demeanor, and she was also extremely polite to Du Wei.
First, he politely expressed his congratulations to Duwei on his assumption of office as the governor of the Northwest Dessa Province and his attainment of the title of Duke, then he expressed some New Year's greetings, and finally stated that Dardanelle had officially separated from the Liszt family.
When I joined Du Wei's sect, all I brought with me was just a New Year's gift to show my sincerity.
The content of the letter was praising Duwei. Although it was nothing more than talking about a young man with a bright future, the Marquise Liszt was obviously very talented and knowledgeable, and her words were just right. She carefully praised Duwei,
At the same time, it doesn't show any hint of flattery or tackiness, but makes people feel very comfortable when looking at it.
At the end of the letter, she changed her tone and mentioned that I heard that Du Wei had a good relationship with the Blue Ocean University scholars in the imperial capital. This time, there were many disciples of the Blue Ocean School in the northwest assisting Du Wei. Marquise Liszt expressed her feelings towards the Blue Ocean scholars.
She admired her, and also pointed out that she had a younger brother and a younger sister. They were both very young and worried about lack of supervision. She once sent people to the imperial capital to visit Lan Hai scholars, hoping that her younger brothers and sisters could worship under Lan Hai's disciples, but in the end they were...
Rejected. Marquess Liszt said that she did not dare to force the Blue Ocean scholars, but since Du Wei had many people under the Blue Ocean sect, it was enough to settle for the next best thing, so I asked Du Wei if he could put in a good word.
A disciple of Lan Hai's sect serves as the teacher of his younger brothers and sisters...
Please Du Wei, for the sake of the good relationship between the two families, he must try his best to live together. The Liszt family must be grateful and so on...
After Du Wei put down the letter, he thought for a while. This matter is neither big nor small, but this request from the Marquise is really thought-provoking.
Although the Lan Hai University scholars are famous, with the status of the Liszt family, even if they can't invite Lan Hai, they can't invite other famous scholars. Why must they be included under Lan Hai's sect? If you can't invite Lan Hai, you will definitely
Want to invite disciples from Lanhai?
Although Du Wei has eighty disciples of Lan Hai, he is currently short of manpower, especially as he is busy with official duties recently. It can be said that everyone is busy, and everyone has many responsibilities, and at this time, he has to take care of them.
He went to Liszt's house to work as a tutor... Du Wei was somewhat reluctant to let go.
Although he was a little embarrassed, the Liszt family had shown goodwill to him in many ways. They had given him so many gifts and wealth, and even Dardaniel. If he didn't let him go, he would have no regrets. Du Wei sighed,
Just as I was about to write a reply, I suddenly felt something in my heart and asked someone to invite Philip.
Philip hadn't rested yet. He stayed up until dawn almost every day in the past few days. The relocation had almost devoted all his energy to this young man. After Du Wei sent someone to find Philip, he briefly asked Philip if he knew anything about it.
The Liszt family sent people to study at Lan Hai’s house in the imperial capital.
Philip thought for a while and said: "That's what happened. But the teacher refused very simply that day. The young master of the Liszt family, who is the younger brother of the Marquise, is said to be a very smart boy, and his character is also said to be very good.
Very good, we originally thought that the teacher would agree, but who knew that the teacher refused very simply, without any room for maneuver... As disciples, we don't have much to ask about this matter."
Although Philip said this, Du Wei saw that Philip seemed to be insincere, as if there was something unspeakable, and Du Wei couldn't ask more about such private matters. So he asked Philip to go back. Then he invited Dardaniel and Li Si
In her letter, the Marquise de Liszt asked to speak to Dardanelle, and then asked: "Dardaniel, I don't want to embarrass you, but I can't make the decision in this matter. I heard that the Marquise Liszt's younger brother is young and smart.
I don’t know why Blue Ocean Scholar refused? If it was just an ordinary matter, it wouldn’t be difficult for me to say a few nice words and let the Marquise get her wish. But I’m afraid there is something hidden in this matter. It would be unavoidable for me, an outsider, to speak.
Not good. What if I offend Mr. Lan Hai... You know, all my affairs now depend on Mr. Lan Hai's disciples."
Dardanelle hesitated for a moment and then said: "Sir, I didn't know that this was the request in Madam's letter... Well, I shouldn't have said this originally, but now that I am no longer a member of the Liszt family, since you
You are my master. If you ask me anything, I can’t hide it... I heard that my wife’s father, the former patriarch of the Liszt family, and Mr. Lan Hai were once good friends. When they were young, they studied together.
!It’s just that later...it seemed a little too festive..."
"Oh?" Du Wei became interested: "Does Marquis Liszt's father still have such a relationship with Mr. Lan Hai?"
Dardaniel thought for a while: "Not many people know about this matter. I heard that the former patriarch had a very good relationship with the Blue Ocean scholars back then, and the two were still classmates. But later, it seemed that they had a disagreement due to different ideas.
They had a falling out. Mr. Lan Hai has a weak nature and cares about the country and the people, while Mr. Liszt thinks more about the family business. As time goes by, Mr. Lan Hai thinks that Mr. Liszt is too profit-oriented. To be honest..."
Dardaniel smiled bitterly: "Everyone knows that the Liszt family developed under the hands of the previous patriarch. During the development of the family, there were actually some shady businesses... so..."