The four hundred and ninety-first chapter [the world's first martial arts conference]
Chapter 491 [The best martial arts tournament in the world]
Originally, Du Wei only planned to come here for a casual visit, but he also had an appointment with Count Villa, Camisillo and others in the evening.
But seeing the appearance of the Continental Knights Association, Du Wei suddenly changed his mind and simply sent someone with his own message to invite Count Villa, Lord Camisillo, and Delan Shan.
Warcraft and others, let's just come to the Knights Association headquarters together in the evening.
"Uh, you mean, eat here at night?" Deron blinked, then smiled weirdly, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Dove! Dove!!"
He was calling the lame old janitor who was guarding the door just now. From the looks of it, he was probably a servant here.
Who knows, after shouting twice, the lame old man immediately emerged from a room and yelled back at Delong with a louder voice: "Why are you making a noise! I'm busy!"
Judging from his rude look, one could almost mistake Delong for being his servant.
Delong didn't seem to care at all, he laughed and said: "Prepare more food, we have guests tonight."
The old doctor limped up to Delong with an unhappy look on his face, and stretched out his palm with a look of displeasure on his face.
"What?"
"Money! My Lord!" The old guy snorted a few times: "I'm not a magician, and I won't conjure food out of thin air! You have to give me money for selling vegetables... Damn it, we are
I have been eating those cabbage cooked with tomatoes, or tomatoes cooked with cabbage! I am staying with you and haven’t eaten meat for a month... It’s good for you. You can still go to the banquets of those noble lords every now and then to have some delicious food.
I can't bear the food anymore. Also, you still owe me half a year's wages."
Delong scratched the back of his head, laughed twice, pointed at Du Wei next to him, and said, "See? This is an honored guest, the famous Duke Tulip! After entertaining this distinguished guest tonight, we will
You can have beef every day!”
"Really?" The old guy glanced at Du Wei with some doubt: "So we don't have to sneak out to pick up vegetable leaves on the street at night?"
But this old guy glanced at Du Wei, frowned and said: "Is he a Duke? I think he's not as big as my little grandson! Don't lie to me... Delong, where did you find them again?"
A guy who cheats on food and drink, right?"
Du Wei sighed inwardly. He quickly took out a few gold coins from his pocket and handed them over, placing them in Old Dove's hand. However, the old servant still looked at him suspiciously and put the gold coins in his mouth.
After biting hard twice, his eyes widened: "Oh, God, it's a real gold coin!"
"Go quickly and get something delicious...and bring back some wine." Delong added: "You old drunkard, don't intercept it secretly!"
The old lame man glared at Delong, then held the gold coins and walked away quickly. It seemed that he was half a step too slow. He was afraid that Du Wei would take the gold coins back.
Seeing the weird look on Du Wei's face, Delong laughed: "Hahahaha... This old Dov, he was my teacher's retinue back then... Well, my teacher was a real knight back then. Dov
He has been my teacher's servant all his life. When he got old, his legs became lame, so he could only stay here as a handyman for the rest of his life. Speaking of which, he has been here longer than I am."
Delong walked quickly inside and kicked open the door of the innermost main hall of the Knights Association. He saw the dust behind the door, but he smiled as if he didn't care: "Please come in, everyone!"
Du Wei giggled twice, then suddenly pointed at the artifact "Longinus' Spear" that was still hanging on the saddle of Delong's "donkey", and said with a wry smile: "Well, my President, don't you
I will just throw this artifact here casually."
"Sacred weapon?" Delong curled his lips, obviously showing some disdain: "It's just a broken gun. Humph. It looks like it's useless. To be honest, this kind of thing has more meaning than reality now, and it's just that.
It's just a symbolic thing. It can't be used to fight. It's just used as a decoration... Who cares about it? Later, I'll ask old Doufu to find a room to clean and hang it up."
Du Wei had some doubts about Delong's sincerity. In his opinion, it was a blessing that the old man didn't use this broken gun as a fire stick!
Sure enough, Delong pinched his chin: "Well... Speaking of which, old Doufu has been complaining that there is a lack of a fire stick in the kitchen..."
Du Wei sighed: "No! This is an artifact after all! If it's not convenient for you to store it here, then let me take it back for safekeeping... Do you trust me?"
Delong immediately burst into laughter: "Hahaha! What are you talking about! It's just a broken iron rod! Even if you take it to a shop to pawn it, it won't be worth much money. Why don't you worry, since
If you ask, take it back first."
Du Wei was a little dissatisfied after all: "This is a divine weapon after all! The Spear of Longinus..."
"So what?" Delong blinked: "Obviously, since the regent is willing to give it to me, it means that it has no power at all! If it is very powerful, how could it be lost to me? Now
It is just a symbol...it has no practical use at all! To be honest, let alone it, I just get a gun, hang it on the wall, and tell outsiders, "No, this is the knight's gun!"
Don’t you believe it all the same? This kind of thing... hum... is just a decoration. Who cares whether it is true or false."
The president of the Knights Association is actually such a person... It is really God's will.
Du Wei was speechless, but walked to the side and picked up the Gun of Longinus, solemnly put it into his storage ring, and then followed Deron into the main hall inside.
But Du Wei didn't know that just when he turned around to get the Gun of Longinus, Deron behind him looked at him. A smile of success flashed in his eyes!
It was obvious that when old Dov came back, judging from the food and drinks he brought back, it seemed that the old guy regarded Duwei as his son!
Du Wei gave him a full ten gold coins. Even in the most expensive hotel in the imperial capital, ten gold coins can be enough to eat a table of good food. But this old guy took ten gold coins and went out. In just half a day,
The things he brought back were obviously lacking. From Du Wei's point of view, the food that the old man brought back was worth three or four gold coins at most, which was quite impressive.
Even Delong couldn't stand such blatant corruption. He slapped the table and glared: "Dove! What are you doing! Where is the rest of the money!"
The old guy glared at the president without fear, and patted his pocket: "Don't forget to put it in my pocket. You still owe me half a year's wages! A total of three gold coins! And the first half of the year."
We built that damn cargo shed together, and you borrowed four gold coins from me! Now that you have money, you don’t want to pay me back, but think about eating and drinking first! If I don’t take it myself, can you brat remember to change the money?
?”
This old guy had such a loud voice that Du Wei sat next to him and couldn't help crying or laughing.
After all, Delong was short-tongued and had to sit down with an embarrassed look on his face after muttering a few words.
Du Wei had no choice but to come out and pretend to be a good person and comforted him: "Okay. Mr. Delong, it seems that your life was really poor before. Let's do this. I will send someone to deliver some daily necessities to you tomorrow, as well as the future."
You don’t have to worry about funding issues.”
Old Doufu then turned around and walked out muttering, and when he walked outside, he shouted: "I said, Delong, little bastard! Why did you throw the horse against the pillar again! After a while, the animal pulled the horse.
Do you want me to clean up the excrement?!"
Du Wei opened his mouth: How can there be such a servant in the world? Where is this servant? He is simply the master’s biological father!!
Although Old Doufu has a bad mouth and a bad temper, even Du Wei has to admit that this old guy has a really good cooking skills!
At least the mushroom soup was very similar to the aroma coming from the kitchen. Even Du Wei, who was sitting in the main hall, could smell it.
At this moment, Du Wei was asking Deron about the situation of the Knights Association.
"Your Excellency Delong, I heard you say that there are currently six people in the Knights Association headquarters in the imperial capital. But it's getting late now... where are the others? Why didn't you see them?"
Deron looked a little embarrassed: "Oh, yes, there are four knights... but they... they all took a vacation recently and are resting at home..."
"Why?" Du Wei frowned.
"Because...because they are injured." Deron sighed.
"Injured?" Du Wei immediately understood that there must be something going on. There was no war on the mainland, and there was nothing going on in the imperial capital. How could a knight be injured?
"Who are they dueling with?" Du Wei frowned. The knight was injured. It was probably because he was dueling with others.
"Judgment? Haha..." Delong laughed a few times and told the details of the situation.
It turns out that the other four so-called "knights" don't have much martial arts skills at all. They are just people with a name here. With the current situation of the Continental Knights Association, it is difficult to have money to recruit any capable people.
The four guys at the Imperial Capital Headquarters are only a little bit more skilled than ordinary people. They are all low-level warriors who can't survive. It's better to just make a living here than to go to the slave market street.
Selling one's strength.
But the bad thing is that a few days ago, Delong was creative and used the vacant space in the association headquarters as a warehouse for rent, and the price was 30% lower than the rent of warehouses outside. Although this time, although it created income for the association,
But it’s blocking other people’s business!
As a result, several warehouse owners who were unhappy were provoked, and several hired thugs were brought to the door to provoke...
Hearing this, Lao Yan and others behind Du Wei were stunned.
Go to...the headquarters of the Continental Knights Association to cause trouble?
Such a ridiculous thing actually happened?!
What is pitiful is that the few guys here are really no match for them. The four poor "knights" were all injured, or it was the old cripple Dov who later sneaked out to find the soldiers from the security station in the imperial capital.
Only then did we drive away the thugs who came to vandalize the place.
Du Wei swallowed hard and jumped away from this embarrassing matter. He quickly changed the subject and asked: "By the way, Mr. Delong, I would like to know more about the knighthood of 'Roland's Sword'.
thing……"
"Roland's Sword?" Deron smiled, pointed to the towering tower walls around him, and said loudly: "The headquarters of the Knights Association in the Imperial Capital, in the glorious era. There were always five hundred knights stationed here, and that is the Sword of Roland.
The French Knights. This knight was originally responsible for guarding the Spear of Longinus here. Unfortunately, since the broken spear was lost, the age of knights has declined. Now, the so-called Knights of the Sword of Roland no longer exist.
.I am the only one left... It has been like this for many generations. You see, it turns out that the Knights live in the building on the west side. It can accommodate five hundred people. There is also a stable in the back... In front of it is
The martial arts training ground. It’s a pity that even my teacher has never seen such a glorious and lively scene in his life.”
Du Wei pondered for a moment: "Since we have decided to rebuild the Knights Association, then the Knights of Roland's Sword, as the symbolic force of the Knights Association, will naturally also be rebuilt!" Du Wei paused and smiled: "You see. The church has
The Holy Knights and the Magic Guild have magician law enforcement teams, so our Knights Association can't have nothing."
"Okay! As long as you have money, I have no objection to anything." Delong said slyly.
Soon, several other guests Du Wei had made an appointment with finally arrived.
Delanshan Warcraft, Count Villa, and Deputy Minister of Military Affairs Camisillo took a carriage to the headquarters of the Knights Association. These three distinguished guests had just arrived and were shocked by the scene here. And
Camisillo seemed quite calm, as if he had been here before.
Just after walking in, he saw three noble gentlemen coming in. Delong came up to greet him enthusiastically, but the old cripple Dove poked his head out of the kitchen, rubbed his red rosacea nose, and whispered dissatisfiedly.
He muttered: "Humph, here are three more freeloaders..."
Several distinguished guests are accustomed to luxury on weekdays. How can the pitiful food in the evening attract these people's attention? Count Villa put down the glass after taking a sip of wine, and the big fat man Delan Mountain Monster
He never picked up a knife and fork from beginning to end. Camisillo had been in the army after all. He even took a few bites.
Delong, on the other hand, let go and ate without caring about his image. He stuffed his mouth slowly, as if there were two balls stuffed in his cheeks, and he warmly greeted him from time to time: "Everyone, don't be polite! Don't be polite.
You’re welcome!”
Du Wei knew that these three guys were waiting for his explanation as to why they suddenly rebuilt the Knights Association.
However, Du Wei did not solve the mystery for the three of them, but quietly revealed a message: if you do this well, you can win the favor of the regent!
The way of officialdom is for subordinates to flatter their superiors, let alone the top boss of the empire?
Now that they understand that this is to please the regent, a few people no longer care about the secret. Many times, it is better not to ask so clearly! This kind of truth is still understood by them who have been in the officialdom for many years. Even with little experience
Camisillo, who has learned a lot, after all, after marrying into the old prime minister's family, he was also influenced by the old prime minister to build some cities.
Delanshan Warcraft immediately patted its chest, saying that to rebuild the Knights Association, his family would bear all the necessary weapons and equipment, and provide them all for free. This promise is worth at least one hundred thousand gold coins! In Duweidi's vision, the reconstruction in the future
Later, there were at least thousands of knights under the Knights Association. The equipment of the knights was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary cavalry! The equipment of thousands of knights was definitely worth 100,000 gold coins.
Although Du Wei is not short of 100,000 gold coins, he, Radlanshan and others have joined the gang and have other plans!
Count Villa thought for a moment and smiled: "My family doesn't have much weapons business, but there are still many chambers of commerce across the mainland. In this way, if the local association branches want to renovate their clubs, I will
Let the chamber of commerce in the family’s local area help more and contribute money and efforts. It’s a piece of cake.”
Camisillo smiled. He was the closest to Du Wei in age, so he spoke more casually: "Don't look at me, everyone! Although I am now the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, my family background is far worse than that of others.
!I really can’t give you much money. But in other aspects, if Du Wei needs anything, I will try my best to help."
He was telling the truth. It had only been less than three years since Camisillo became famous, and his family wealth was really not as rich as the other two old guys. Even though he was married to the old prime minister's family, after all, his time was still short and he didn't have much money.
How much money.
Du Wei smiled and said: "Of course I need your help! Mr. Camisillo...well. What I need is a permission from the military. There are also some things that require you to go to various places in the name of the military.
I don’t dare bother those guys at the Government Affairs Department to issue an announcement. The officials below are too slow to do things efficiently. If I leave it to them, I’m afraid they may not be able to do it well next year!”
The three of them looked at Du Wei together: "What are you going to do?"
Du Wei's eyes flashed and he said with a smile: "To rebuild the Knights Association, we must first revitalize the reputation of the Knights Association! Without trust, there will be no establishment! Without prestige, there will be no establishment! With prestige, the next thing will be easier to do! Everyone
.I’m not afraid to tell the truth. I’m not worried about money at all. But if you spend money to do this, this bottomless pit will still be difficult to fill. We can’t always rely on the few of us to support this Knights Association from our own pockets, right?
The Knights Association is coming back to life. We must first re-establish its prestige on the road!"
"Just tell me, Du Wei, what are you going to do?"
The three of them were all trusting. After having dealt with Du Wei for several years, the three of them knew very well that Du Wei always had a lot of fantastic ideas. They didn't know how many benefits they would get from cooperating with him.
The last time we produced hot air balloons for the imperial military, all three companies benefited greatly.
Du Wei chuckled, stretched out his finger, dipped his finger in the wine glass, and then wrote a line of words on the table.
The three people stretched their heads and took a look. They couldn't help but froze.
And Delong, holding a knife and fork in his hand with a piece of beef hanging on it, was also stunned when he saw the words.
I saw a line of big characters dancing on the table, which clearly read:
"The best martial arts tournament in the world!"
That night, several people talked deeply in the Knights Association until midnight, and then they left one after another.
When Du Wei was drunk and rode away under the protection of the guards, Delong, who had fallen asleep on the table, suddenly sat up. His eyes were bright at this moment. How could he still be a little drunk?
The old cripple Dov limped and closed the door, turned around and returned to the main hall. He looked at Delong and said in a rough voice: "My lord! If you have drunk enough, just get out of the way. I want more."
Clean up! It’s already midnight now, don’t worry, I’m an old man and I still have to sleep!”
Delong chuckled and stood up: "Dove, do you think it will succeed this time?"
Old Dov glanced at him: "Why did you throw that knight's gun to that Tulip Duke? That is the association's sacred object!"
Delong curled his lips: "I gave it to him because it was a sacred thing... Think about it, we only have two or three big cats and kittens here now, so how can we have the energy to keep such a valuable thing here?"
After I left it to him, I felt much more relaxed."
After a pause, he suddenly smiled: "This Du Wei is really an interesting and wonderful person."
"Huh! Are you tempted?" Dov said calmly: "You have been itching in this miserable place for so many years?"
"Forget it." Delong shook his head and stretched: "I have been lazy for so many years, and I really don't want to move anymore! It's not bad to just eat and wait for death."
As he said that, he threw his head up to the sky and shook his head, then staggered to the back to sleep. Before leaving, he glanced at the line "The World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament" written by Du Wei with wine on the table...
The wine has dried, and the bright red liquid has solidified on the table, with bright red writing...
Delong was stunned for a moment, with a smile on his face, and suddenly stretched out his hand...
A gleam of light appeared on his palm, and his palm caressed the table. In an instant, the line of words disappeared completely, leaving no trace!
Turning around, he waved his hand and said with a laugh: "Go to sleep, dear Dove, I will be busy tomorrow! Several families will come to drag away everything from the warehouse outside... Then
But it’s a physically demanding job.”
Old Doufu watched Delong enter the back door, but looked at the sky outside, and suddenly muttered in a low voice: "The best martial arts tournament in the world... Huh, interesting!"
The next morning, the imperial military sent an emergency report, and countless fast horse cavalry left the imperial capital in separate routes, galloping in all directions and across the mainland!
Their task is to send a carried notice to various places, and then the military in each place will send it to the place layer by layer...
The content of this notice is astonishingly:
"In order to revive the spirit of martial arts in the empire! It is scheduled to be held in the imperial capital after March, on the second day of the new year, the first 'World's Best Martial Arts Tournament'! To promote the spirit of martial arts in the Roland Continent! Anyone who is against oneself
Anyone who is confident in martial arts can register at the 'Continental Knights Association Headquarters' in the imperial capital ten days before the conference!
In this conference, a champion will be selected, and His Royal Highness the Regent of the Empire will personally give him the title of the No. 1 Warrior in the Mainland! He will also be awarded the title of leader of the 'Knights of the Sword of Roland'! He will also be given a set of Golden Knight armor and 100,000 gold coins.
!
At the same time, the top fifty in the conference can all be selected into the ranks of the Knights of the Sword of Roland! Each person will be given a set of Silver Knight armor and 10,000 gold coins!
Other outstanding candidates will have the opportunity to be selected to serve in the Empire's main battle legion!
All knights selected as the Knights of the Sword of Roland will swear allegiance to the Knights Association and become the guardians of the 'Lance of Longinus'!
…
…”
This long notice was quickly delivered to all parts of the mainland.
As you can imagine, this news swept across the Roland continent like a whirlwind, causing a frenzy!!