When Du Wei's carriage drove into Loulan City at high speed, the sky was already getting dark. Du Wei's captain of guards, Lao Yan, rode at the front to clear the way. The castle was right in front of him. The guards outside the castle saw that they were the Duke's carriages and horses.
Who dared to block it? They all got out of the way.
Du Wei was very satisfied with the construction of this castle. In his previous life, he had traveled to the West and had seen those magnificent medieval castles. He had always been yearning for it. After taking power this time, he naturally wanted to satisfy himself greatly.
This castle is a bit bigger than the one in Luolin Plain, and several wells were drilled around it. A gully was dug around the castle, groundwater was introduced, and a moat was built. In this way,
The land of tigers and wolves in the northwest has a little more ability to protect itself. Even if there is a war in the future and the outer city is unfortunately captured, the inner castle can be defended for another year and a half.
Behind a wooden bridge on the moat is the gate outside the castle. Du Wei built it in the style of the British royal family Buckingham Palace he had seen in his previous life. The gate was guarded by several soldiers in bright armor. Seeing Du Wei's carriage approaching, it was just
He straightened his body and saluted, but did not look sideways.
When they arrived at the castle, Du Wei just got off the carriage and was already greeted by Mader. Du Wei asked a few questions and knew that the dinner was ready.
Loulan City has been very lively these days, with lights and colorful decorations everywhere. Even the serious soldiers who patrolled the city in the past have put on new uniforms, and the Duke's Palace in the city has been decorated. These
During the day, a large number of citizens came to the outside of the Duke's Palace from time to time and prayed loudly facing the castle from a distance.
After Du Wei came to the northwest, he created miracles one after another and had a bumper harvest. He made his life worry-free for a year. When the new city was established, it even issued a tax-free decree. The people highly praised him, and even Longbottom brought his cavalry with him at every turn.
He went out for "training" and wiped out many small groups of horse thieves. Most of the credit for these achievements was attributed to Du Wei by the people in the northwest. As a result, the people here almost worshiped the young Duke to the extreme.
I just hope that the Duke can stay in the northwest forever and live a long and safe life, so that his life can be prosperous and stable.
Therefore, in the past few days, there has been news that the Duke will celebrate his fifteenth birthday in two days and officially hold a coming-of-age ceremony. After this news was released, residents near and far in the City of Miracles were excited, and the entire Loulan City festival
The atmosphere was even more intense than the annual summer celebration, and people gathered around the castle to worship and bless the young Duke.
It's Du Wei's birthday. Needless to say, the castle has been busy for many days. Originally Du Wei didn't want to make it too complicated, but Philip told him that since Du Wei is the one in power, he can do everything he wants.
Deep meaning, and after all, the coming-of-age ceremony only happens once in a lifetime. If it is made too simple, it will lose the majesty of the Duke.
"Master, the dinner has been prepared. According to your instructions, I heard that the Liszt family are all from the south. I asked someone to prepare some southern delicacies..." Mader was about to report in detail. Suddenly, behind him
A few cavalrymen came over, jumped off their horses outside the castle, and saluted Duwei: "Sir, the Liszt family's carriage and horses have arrived outside the door!"
Du Wei nodded: "Well, we're finally here."
Then he didn't have time to go in and change clothes, so he just stayed at the door to greet her.
In the evening, the honor guard in the castle blew the trumpet. On both sides of the gate were hung two huge earthly decorations. One side was golden tulips, and the other side was a look of the Lister family. There were also two groups of soldiers in honorary uniforms lined up.
Greeted at the door.
Originally, Du Wei had not planned to make it so heavy. After all, they were just two and a half-year-old children. However, the two people who came to mind were the younger brother and sister of Marquise Liszt, especially Marquise Liszt.
My younger brother is the only male member of the Liszt family, and will definitely be the heir of the family in the future! With such a status, it is not easy to neglect him, and since he has received so many benefits from the Liszt family, he naturally has to show his goodwill.
It's a pity that Dardanelle, an old man of the Liszt family, was unexpectedly not in the city today. Three days ago, he took people to the northwest corridor to welcome a group of cattle, sheep and horses purchased by Du Wei.
At the sound of the guard of honor, a group of white horse cavalry slowly passed through the gate, entered the Duke's Palace, and came to the foot of the castle. These cavalry were all wearing uniform silver armor, and each one seemed to be a carefully selected young man.
He is a handsome man, and he wears the emblem of the Liszt family on his chest. The horses on his crotch are all white horses, all white, with not even a trace of variegated hair. Each horse has a thorn on its head.
A white ground feather...
As soon as Du Wei saw how this group of cavalry was dressed, he knew that this must be the bodyguard of the Marchioness of the Liszt family, the so-called "White Feather Knights"! Because there is only one Marquise Liszt in the Liszt family.
A person has a noble title, and it is only a lifelong noble, not hereditary. Therefore, according to imperial laws, the List family is not allowed to have its own private army. Of course, despite the law, how can such a large and wealthy family not have its own private army?
Protective force? Therefore, this White Feather Knights are named under the name of the Lister family in the name of "mercenaries".
Imperial decree: Except for hereditary nobles, no private army is allowed! However, the imperial decree allows wealthy people to hire their own mercenary groups.
In fact, everyone knows that this White Feather Knights is not a mercenary group at all, it is completely the private army of the Liszt family, but it just has an extra name, and no one will really offend Liszt with such a thing.
The family is looking for trouble. However, due to the laws of the empire, no more than 500 mercenaries can be hired. Therefore, the number of people written on the official roster of the White Feather Knights has always remained at 499.
And Du Wei also knew that there were also tricksters among the so-called 499 people. It is said that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. The laws of the empire are relatively tolerant to things like the Knights. After all, although the age of knights has passed, but
It has also been glorious. The biggest trick is: a knight is allowed to have up to four followers in addition to himself. These followers are the knight's deputies or partners in battle. They are usually responsible for scrubbing and repairing the knight.
Weapons and armors, feeding war horses, and training combat skills. When fighting, we can kill enemies together as the knight's subordinates or companions...
The subtle thing is...the number of followers is not included in the official list of the Knights!
In other words, although the White Feather Knights have only 499 people on the official list, if each knight can be equipped with four guards, then its number is actually at least more than 2,000!
And this knightly group with 499 people in name, but in fact the number is far more than 2,000, is the elite guard force of the Liszt family. The Liszt family is a merchant family and does not have its own territory, unlike Du Wei
This requires a large number of troops to defend the place. Therefore, with more than two thousand cavalry, it is enough to protect ourselves.
Looking at this group of handsome knights wearing silver armor and white horses, Du Wei couldn't help but sigh.
After all, the head of the Liszt family is a woman, and even the cavalry under her are so fancy and beautiful. Although these white-feathered knights are very beautiful, they are too obsessed with appearance. If you look closely, you can even see the look of the horses and the height of the knights.
They are almost the same. How strong can an army that focuses so much on appearance be in combat?
Although he shook his head secretly, Du Wei already had a smile on his face.
This group of white-feathered knights dismounted in a very neat manner. After dismounting, twenty people lined up on both sides. Behind them were several carriages that slowly drove to the door. At the front was a carriage made of fine black nanmu wood, pulling the carriage.
There were four snow-white, high-headed horses, with bells on them, running all the way, accompanied by the clear ringing of the bells.
This carriage looked ordinary, but in fact it was exquisite. Du Wei saw that the cost of this carriage was really amazing. Just the carriage made of high-quality black nan wood was no worse than his own carriage given by Prince Chen.
!The wheels and every component below are made of the highest quality materials, but the appearance is not arrogant and looks quite classy.
The red carpet had already been laid out on the ground. A young knight who looked like the leader of the White Feather Knights slowly walked up to the carriage. This man's silver armor was inlaid with some golden lace, which made him look quite different from the other knights.
His handsome appearance, golden curly hair, and a hint of reserve on his face all revealed a hint of arrogance. He pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with one hand, opened the door of the carriage with the other, and then slightly
I owe my body.
Then, a slender and delicate foot stepped out of the carriage. The round ankle and the crystal clear skin were almost translucent. A delicate figure came out of the carriage.
The gods testify that this woman, even the way she bends down to get out of the carriage, is almost extremely beautiful! It seems that every movement has a special kind of elegance and delicacy...
When she raised her head, Du Wei saw the girl's face clearly, and even Du Wei's heart couldn't help but beat hard!