But it is said that the garrison officer Du Wei accepted in Colo City, the third-level knight George Bush, after returning to Luo Lin's house with Du Wei, he felt more and more that his choice was really very correct.
Originally, he was a small officer in the garrison army of that small northern city. Although the military salary was quite a lot, but nested in the small city, the equipment of the garrison army was much worse than that of the regular imperial main battle army. On weekdays, I watched the people of the Storm Legion rushing back and forth, with bright armor, and my eyes were greedy.
After returning with Du Wei, Robert knew that this was the man Du Wei had accepted halfway, so he was included in the cavalry team guarding the castle, and became a cavalry captain commanding a hundred people.
The Luo Lin family is a family of martial arts in the empire, and the equipment of the private soldiers is several times better than that of the garrison army there. Even if it is better than the main battle legion of the empire, such as the Storm Legion, it is not much worse. Looking at the first-class knight armor, sharp swords, and majestic horses handed out, George Bush was overjoyed.
And Du Wei also looked at him differently. Because Du Wei's wealth is different now, but there are not many confidantes around him who can be sent out to handle some private matters, and they are full of money, and only old Mader is one. Others, such as Hussein, are all shady.
In this way, this George Bush is a good candidate. No background, no father or mother, born in a poor family. Moreover, he offended the Holy Knights and followed him wholeheartedly. According to Hussein's secret observation along the way, this kid's talent in martial arts is also good, so Du Wei naturally has to vigorously promote him.
George was not a fool either. According to Du Wei's instructions, Robert taught him some intermediate fighting skills that the officers in the Luo Lin's private army practiced. This guy also worked diligently to contact him every day.
Originally in the army of the Luo Lin family. Still relatively exclusive. It is not easy for such an outsider to gain a foothold. Fortunately, Du Wei invented the game of football. Although the football games have basically been transferred to the civilians now, there are still a few games played in the barracks every three forks.
This George Bush is a football-playing genius. After a few days, he played like an imitation. Now he quickly got into a ball with the cavalry of the Rowling family. Some people who didn't like this outsider originally, and He played a few games. The relationship gradually became harmonious.
Du Wei wanted to cultivate him to be of great use, and he specifically asked George and Robert to give the 100-man cavalry under George command a place, but the team members let George secretly observe, and then looked for some smart, capable and strict-mouthed people. Come.
George knew that this was his new owner's cultivation, so he didn't dare to neglect. After a few days of fighting in the barracks, he secretly noticed it. I remember a lot of people coming. Finally reported to Robert.
With the support of Du Wei, Robert gave the green light and let George choose the candidate. Only then did a hundred cavalrymen be picked to serve as Du Wei's personal guards. It's just that George's martial arts skills are too ordinary, and Robert even trained him on purpose. He also taught George the martial arts fighting qi he had learned.
In a blink of an eye, Du Wei has been home for more than a month.
He made people expand the small building that was originally built in the forest outside the castle three times, and even leveled out a forest to build a small manor. It is surrounded by wooden walls on three sides, and one side faces the tributary of the Luolin River.
A gift from the Marquis Liszt, and a gift from the Magic Union. All of them are stored in it, as well as the so-called "Football Association" under the leadership of the old Made, and Du Wei's own related industries, all moved in. And George's one hundred cavalry is responsible for guarding there.
Usually, without Du Wei's order, even the old butler Hill is not allowed to enter.
It turned out that after Du Wei got into trouble last time. The foot ban was imposed by his father, and now the earl's handwritten letter from the imperial capital has been lifted, but Du Wei's expected news of calling him back to the imperial capital has been delayed. Du Wei didn't care either. Anyway, in his hometown in Luolin Plain, the sky is high and the sea is wide, there is a lot to do, and he is not in a hurry to return to the imperial capital.
He studies magic with Solskjaer, the magic genius, every day, and now there is another mouse prime minister, Gargamel. Although Gargamel's magic level is a hundred times worse than that of Gandolf's strongman. But after all, at any rate, he once had the title of an eighth-level magician. The actual strength has reached about level five, and the knowledge of magic is much better than Du Wei and Solskjaer.
Anyway, Solskjaer has been determined to follow Du Wei. At the beginning, Gargamel, the mouse man, was a little surprised, but Gargamel said that he was practicing transfiguration magic, but he accidentally suffered a magic backlash. Such an explanation can be regarded as dispelling Solskjaer's doubts.
And Gargamel was even more surprised by Solskjaer's way of opening up a new way to use magic! Solskjaer's experiment can almost allow ordinary people to use magic. If such a thing can be done. That was a breakthrough.
Solskjaer showed the "gunpowder" he invented and experimented a little. It made Gargamel respect this guy with low magic power.
Fortunately, Du Wei's net worth is now rich. Although magic experiments cost money, Du Wei's net worth can afford it.
It's just that Du Wei counted the days. He sent the female knight Ruolin and the violent female magician Joan to go out to collect pirates. It has been three months, but he has not come back. He can't help feeling 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 leave their work after Du Wei left. After many days of research, coupled with Du Wei's inspiration, they finally successfully developed the hot air balloons. After trying to fly a few times (of course, for this test flight, Madd refused to go up even if he was killed), the direction control should be available. With further development, Gargamel, a senior magician, added one or two magic herbs to the hot gas burning raw materials, which increased the efficiency of the hot gas several times, and the firmness and load capacity of the hot air balloon also increased steadily. .
Du Wei thought about it.
In this world, there is no so-called air power. The sky is almost defenseless. With something like a hot air balloon, it is almost equivalent to controlling the air supremacy! If it is a time of war, with this kind of thing, a large number of hot air balloons can be used to quietly transport a large number of troops to the enemy's rear... the effect is not trivial! And aerial attacks and more...
It's just that the mainland is still in a period of peace. This hot air balloon has no military use either.
Du Wei was desperate for a change: It won't be used for war, so it can't be wasted. Anyway, I 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 for nothing!
After patting his head, Du Wei made up his mind: civil use! Use it for transportation!
Although the load capacity of the developed geothermal balloon has increased a lot, it is not as good as a carriage after all if it is really necessary to transport things.
But after all, flying in the air, the speed is not known how many times faster than the carriage. And it's safe, some valuable and fragile items don't have to worry about being damaged during the bumpy road of the carriage. More importantly, the cost is also low, a carriage, from the cost of the carriage, plus the horse, and the groom, as well as the fodder consumed by the horse and the salary of the groom. The cost is much higher than that of a hot air balloon.
Ever since. Du Wei put the way of making money on this matter.
On the Roland Continent, there are also lands in the transportation industry, but they are all horse-drawn carriage dealers. The speed is slow and the cost is high.
If you want to go fast, of course there is. In some big cities, there are branches of the magic union, and there are also some military fortresses, and there are also magic circles invited by magicians to arrange them.
This kind of magic circle, through magic, can send some important letters and documents and the like. Delivered instantly. It was no slower than Du Wei's Internet mail in his previous life. But after all, the magic circle is a rare thing, only in the branches of the magic union and some important military fortresses.
Ordinary people, even wealthy families, can only deliver things by fast horses if they want to transport them.
In this way, the hot air balloon will come in handy.
this day. Du Wei asked Made to gather some rich businessmen who had tasted the sweetness in the football league, and they gathered in a small town in the south of the castle not far from the Luolin Plain.
This small town is less than 30 miles south of Rollins Castle. On weekdays, all the supplies in the castle are purchased from this small town. Because it is close to the Castle of the Rollins family, this small town has a very unique name: Luo Lin. Lin Luoer. According to Roland's continental prophecy, the name means: the place of Luo Lin's family.
On this day, upon hearing the call from Master Du Wei of Luo Lin's family, wealthy businessmen from the entire Cote province came. certainly. At present, the best industrial relationship with Du Wei's subordinates is naturally the fur businessman who once heavily funded Du Wei and named the first team of the Football League.
Among them, Du Wei personally showed a hot air balloon. This is a sample carefully prepared by Du Wei. Ten sheets of high-quality cowhide are woven into a geothermal balloon. Below it is a huge bowl-shaped chassis woven with strong tenen. The surrounding guardrails are as high as half a person. According to Du Wei's calculations, the weight of the hot air balloon can support about fifteen adult men. That is about one ton in weight.
Moreover, under the chassis, Gargamel was specially invited to bless a few small wind magic. This enables the hot air balloon to take advantage of some wind force after flying up, which reduces the wind resistance and increases the buoyancy of the hot air balloon. Make it fly faster. And the bearing capacity is stronger.
"I invite everyone to come here today. In fact, I opened another industrial site." Du Wei was not polite to these businessmen. When they saw something later, they couldn't help being unmoved: "The transportation business on the Luolin Plain has always been monopolized by a few car dealers. Although Ben also has car dealers, but because of the congestion in some places, it is always It's very inconvenient. I made this little thing, and you can have any valuable and urgent things in the future. As long as the weather is good, it only takes two days at most for the Luolin Plain to go from south to north time!"
As soon as these words came out, the people below were in an uproar.
two days? Starting from the Luolin River (Emerald River) in the north of the Luolin Plain, riding a fast horse to the south, it will take seven or eight days to run out of the Luolin Plain!
Although due to Du Wei's status, these businessmen did not dare to refute, but there was a bit of disbelief on everyone's face.
Du Wei didn't talk nonsense, directly announced the sailing, and then said with a smile: "If you don't believe me, you can try it out. I don't know who is willing to come and experience it for yourself?"
After all, he had been cooperating with Du Wei for a long time. The rich fur merchant admired the young master Du Wei so much, and recognized that the young master of the Luo Lin family was extraordinary despite his young age. Seeing that everyone was silent at this moment, it was a good time for him to curry favor, and immediately said loudly: "The thing that Master Du Wei made must be miraculous. The football has made everyone a lot of money. I am willing to try this thing first! "
Du Wei smiled, took a look at this guy who liked the place very much, and was secretly satisfied in his heart, so he said with a smile: "It's really going to go from north to south in the Luolin Plain, the distance is too long, and everyone can't wait. How about sitting in this square for a few days? How about this, from here "Luo Linluoer City", in the nearby towns, you can choose a place at will, as long as the horse ride is within two days... "
The rich fur merchant immediately smiled and said, "Kaka Town in the south is a day's ride away from here. I also have business in Kaka Town."
"Okay, it's Kaka City!" Du Wei immediately said loudly: "In this case, let's talk about it. I will write a letter in my own hand, and you will take me to Kaka City. Then please ask the city guard of Kaka City Sir, sign your name on it, and then come back as a witness! This thing flies to Kaka City, and it takes only half a day to go back and forth. Everyone has seen it with their own eyes, and then you will know that what I said is not a lie."
After finishing speaking, as soon as Du Wei raised his hand, the servant craftsman who was ready under his command immediately started to inflate the hot air balloon, and within a short while, the balloon swelled up. Slowly floating up, if it hadn't been fixed with ropes below, it would have soared into the sky long ago.
Du Wei personally pulled the fur boss onto the hot air balloon, then handed over his own letter, and said with a smile: "There are so many friends waiting here, and I still want to accompany you, so I won't go. When you arrive in Kaka City, take Send me a letter requesting the official document signed by Lord Chengshou to come back, don't delay."
With the fur trader on the hot air balloon. Naturally, a servant of the Luo Lin family was in charge of controlling it. The people below untied the rope, and after a while, the hot air balloon flew up.
That fur merchant was going to heaven for the first time in his life, and his behavior was exactly the same as that of Dimade. Although he tried his best to control it, he still couldn't help screaming in fright.
And the people watching below, seeing such a giant flying up, couldn't help making noises. For a while, the people's voices in the square of this small town were filled with shock, and everyone was inexplicably shocked...
Du Wei had expected it a long time ago. He didn't say much, just sent a large amount of tea, wine and food, and then said to George Bush beside him, "Are you surprised?"
George Bush shook his head: "Of course the thing the young master made is not ordinary, let alone it can fly, even if it can get into the water. I'm not surprised."
Du Wei's eyes flickered: "Get into the water..." He couldn't help whispering to himself: "If you give me time and conditions, it's not impossible to make a submarine."
The hot air balloon flew away and disappeared into the clouds, and the people in the square below were still buzzing. Du Wei didn't say much, just leaned quietly on the chair, sat in the shed and drank tea, and naturally there was Mader going to take a look.
Sure enough, half a day passed quickly. Not many people wanted to enjoy the delicious food and wine prepared by Du Wei. They just stretched their necks one by one and looked at the sky.
At noon, sure enough, a shadow appeared on the horizon, and then the outline of the hot air balloon gradually became clear.
"It's here! It's here!" Someone below began to yell.
Du Wei still sat firmly and took a sip of tea slowly.
The hot air balloon landed slowly in the square amidst the commotion, and then the fur owner walked down from above with a pale face, but his complexion was much better than when he went there, instead he tried his best to straighten his chest, with a look on his face. proud expression. (Afterwards, Du Wei listened to the report of the servant who operated the hot air balloon. The fur owner vomited all the way to the ground. When he arrived in Kaka City, his legs were so soft that he could hardly walk. But when he came back, he just much better.)
Seeing that the fur owner came down and presented the official document signed by Lord Kakacheng in public, the audience was amazed immediately, and no one believed it anymore!
From here to Kaka City, it takes two days to ride a horse, but this hot air balloon only takes half a day... and it's still a round trip! How much faster is this speed? !
Then Du Wei affectionately pulled the fur merchant up to the stage, and loudly announced the speed and load capacity of the hot air balloon. With this announcement, the expressions of the rich businessmen below are all different. They all thought of how much impact the appearance of this thing would have on some industries now!
So far, the release process of Duwei's hot air balloon has been successfully completed. I believe that after this day, the miraculous effect of hot air balloons will be spread all over the place along with the businessmen present.
After that, Du Wei announced the establishment of the first transportation company under his name! In the future, if these businessmen here want to transport some goods, or important documents, letters, or valuables, they can entrust Duwei's transportation company. Walking in the sky is fast for a while, but it is safe, there will be no robbers, as long as the weather is sunny, the road will be unimpeded.
And Du Wei even planned an opening ribbon-cutting ceremony ingeniously, but he dragged the fur owner to the stage to cut the ribbon. The fur owner was trembling, but proud of himself. This miraculous young master of Luo Lin's family has naturally made a lot of money.
Du Wei also announced some transportation prices of future transportation companies, but they are much cheaper than ordinary carriage companies. In this way, it is naturally more popular.
And this time, the merchants who were invited here got a preferential voucher. After using the voucher, they can get a transportation price that is 20% lower than the market price at Du Wei's transportation company, and the validity period is one year.
We must know that the most important thing in the freight logistics industry is the transportation network. Du Weikong has hot air balloons, but he doesn't have his own base in each country, so transportation can't be done. Those car dealers have their own branches in each place, forming a network, and there are places where the carriages come and go, extending in all directions, so that business can be done. And these businessmen present have industries in large and small cities on the Luolin Plain. It just so happens that when Du Wei expands his transportation industry in the future, he can use their strength to lay his own transportation network.
After this day, the hot air balloon made under Du Wei's name became completely famous.
In less than a month, the business of those carriage yards in Luolin Plain dropped by 30%.
By the way, when Du Wei established the shipping company, Made asked him what the name of the business was. Master Du Wei smiled slightly, picked up the quill pen, and scribbled down a large line: Federal Express!
Another month passed in a blink of an eye.
The number of FedEx hot air balloons has increased to twenty, but the supply is still in short supply every day. Shuttle back and forth on the vast area of the Luolin Plain, and in the past few days, it has gone out of the Luolin Plain Cote Province and extended its tentacles to the south of the Lille Province. At the junction of the province of Lille and the Luolin Plain, Du Wei had set up a new branch in the "half-corner city" where Du Wei had ventured.
Du Wei's purse naturally swelled day by day, and his wealth was abundant, and a lot of gold coins flowed into his pocket every day.
And on this day, seeing that spring has passed and summer is gradually approaching, Du Wei counted the days, and it was only twenty days before the full moon night in June mentioned in Gandolph's suicide note.
Although Du Wei was sure that his father in the imperial capital would definitely recall him after these things, but the news did not come, Du Wei couldn't help but have some guesses in his heart: Could it be that this old man doesn't like him so much
But Du Wei didn't put his mind on it, even if the emperor didn't recall him, he would quietly go to the imperial capital, and only went to the place written in Gandolf's suicide note to meet the one who could accept him as a disciple The Mystic Sorcerer would be just fine. The guy who can be so respected by Gandolf is definitely not an ordinary person.
Du Wei yelled a peeled grape, and when he was lying on the soft bed and daydreaming, the voice of a riding boot owl came from outside. Du Wei had gotten used to the sound after listening to it for many days, and knew that it was the American president under his command who had come. So he laughed loudly and said, "George, what's the matter?"
Wearing leather armor, George strode into the study room, first gave Du Wei a knightly salute, and then respectfully said: "Master, there is someone outside who wants to see you... It's just that the person is dressed strangely, and he doesn't look like a good person." look."
Du Wei frowned: "Who?"
George's expression was even weirder: "What did he say... Well, he said his name is Jack Sparrow, and he is the captain of the Black Pearl in the fleet."
Du Wei was overjoyed, and immediately jumped up from his chair. He laughed and said, "It's here." Then he frowned: "Why is this guy here? Where's Ruolin? Where's Joanna?"