Three hundred and fifty-eighth chapter [Empire nine hundred and sixty-three]
Chapter 358 [Nine Hundred and Sixty-Three Years of the Empire]
Nine hundred and sixty-three years of the Roland Empire.
In this year, many major things happened in the empire. No matter from any angle, these things that happened are worth mentioning in the history books.
Especially these things happened before the vigorous Roland Continent War that followed, which highlighted the subtlety of some things...
First, in the early spring of the 663rd year of the Empire, Count Raymond, who had made great contributions to the Empire and was known as the last famous general at the end of the Augustinian Dynasty, was in his room in the castle in his hometown of Luolin Plain.
He died of illness in bed. This imperial general who had served as the Northwest Station Commander for more than 20 years and personally commanded two Southeast Asian expeditionary wars had completed his life journey. Although there was also a stain in his career: a coup.
But this does not negate his life's achievements. Later generations' evaluation of this general also added an interesting saying:
"Throughout this general's life story, whether it is his outstanding performance in the first Northwest Prairie War or his contribution in the subsequent Southern Ocean Expedition, he has been on par with any famous general in history. However, this is not the case.
A general's greatest contribution to the empire. Many people believe that General Raymond's greatest contribution to the Roland Empire...to the mainland and to the people is...that he gave birth to a good son."
The second thing that happened this year was that a massive continent-wide conscription began. The empire invested a lot of financial and material resources, drawing elites from the reserves, and conducting a large-scale selection of elites from the local garrison.
The group became the Xindi Empire Assistance Corps.
At the time, no one knew why. The public statement was that it was to supplement the Northern Storm Legion, which suffered heavy losses after the raging warcraft. However, everyone knew that this was just an excuse.
The third thing that happened this year was that in the spring of the 963rd year of the Empire, a unique baptism ceremony took place in the imperial capital. The current actual ruler of the empire and the supreme master of the continent, His Royal Highness the Regent Prince Chen, accepted
Pope Paul XVI performed his own religious baptism.
Although every emperor in the past dynasties had to be baptized by the Pope before he was considered a legitimate emperor. However, the baptism process of this regent was extremely rare: he actually announced in public that after he was baptized, Pope Paul XVI would become his
godfather!
The baptism ceremony that day was very lively. Tens of thousands of citizens of the Imperial City came to watch the entire baptism process.
This matter has been strongly opposed by many royal nobles. In everyone's opinion, this is definitely a great shame for the royal family, and even a strategic failure! In the thousands of years of confrontation between the royal family and the church, even in history,
When the empire was in greatest crisis, the royal family maintained its pride and dignity as always and never bowed to the church! But this young and wise future monarch made such a "stupid" behavior that made everyone
They were all extremely puzzled.
Many people believe that this is a deal: obviously, because he received strong support from the temple in the coup, the regent was repaying the temple for that incident.
This guess is correct. However, everyone believes that this will inevitably leave a stain on the career of the wise regent: for his own selfish purposes, he actually used the dignity of the royal family in exchange for the support of the temple. In this way, he and the people who initiated the coup
So what is the difference between the eldest prince?
However, two things happened subsequently, which once again increased people's support for Prince Chen!
On the third day of the baptismal ceremony, the Prince Regent issued an announcement: According to the instruction of His Majesty Emperor Augustine VI, the young emperor Charles is the first heir to the imperial throne, the crown prince! And until the crown prince comes of age, the state affairs of the empire will still be managed by
The regent, His Royal Highness Prince Chen, is in charge. At the same time, Prince Chen was awarded the title of prince.
With his actions, Prince Chen actually gave up the throne on his own initiative... even though he was actually the de facto ruler of the empire.
The temple suffered losses: they did not get an emperor's godson, but only a prince's godson. The political significance of this baptism was greatly reduced.
Just when everyone thought that the temple would be very angry and launch a series of counterattacks with the royal family, to everyone's surprise, the temple actually became more united with the royal family!
After many meetings and negotiations, the Pope and the Regent signed a series of agreements. In the next three years, the temple expressed its willingness to give up religious taxes in some areas, and then donated them to the imperial army in the form of free donations to express
Support for imperial military spending.
As for the empire, it announced the construction of new religious centers in more than a dozen places to promote the teachings of the Goddess of Light. Among them was the territory of the Duke of Tulip, the province of Desa.
What is worth noting is that someone has actually discovered that His Majesty the Pope, who was present at the regent's acceptance ceremony, looked very old. This spiritual leader of the Roland Empire seemed to be very old and weak, and he was very pious.
All the believers are worried that His Majesty the Pope may be called away by the goddess soon.
Only Du Wei, after receiving the news, understood in his heart that it seemed that after the battle with the Witch King Bai Hechou, the Pope was far from recovering from his serious injuries.
Another detail is that the leader of the Mosaic sect in the Temple of Light, His Excellency Archbishop Maximos of the North Central District, also attended the baptism ceremony. What surprised everyone was that this leader of the Mosaic sect
The character actually wears a red robe, which already shows that his status in the church has changed: Cardinal Archbishop!
Moreover, during the baptism ceremony, the new cardinal archbishop always stood in the first position under the pope! This further implies that his identity has been designated as the "chief archbishop" by the pope.
And usually, in the church, the identity of "chief archbishop" also has a special meaning: heir to the pope!
Taking advantage of this public occasion, Pope Paul XVI undoubtedly silently announced his future successor.
Anyone who knows the inside of the church knows that in the church, the Mossads represent the moderates, while the Yenis are the hawks. This move of Pope Paul XVI undoubtedly laid the foundation for the rise of the Mossads.
cornerstone.
The appointment of a moderate leader as the successor undoubtedly revealed the temple's attitude in the future: to repair relations with the imperial family and live in harmony.
The fourth major event that happened this year. News of the raging warcraft in the north had spread throughout the continent. Immediately, the empire issued a heaven-shattering order, officially announcing that all kinds of private mercenary adventure teams from all over the continent would be protected by the law after the order was issued.
Starting from that day, you can go to all parts of the northern continent to hunt Warcraft. The empire even issued an extremely detailed list, with clear bounty amounts for various Warcraft. All hunted Warcraft can be collected from the local government.
Bounty!
When such a notice is released, people with a sensitive sense of smell immediately see clearly the actual nature of it!
The mercenary group of the Roland Empire has been legalized since then!!
After the age of knights had declined for many years, the release of this announcement undoubtedly had special significance! It stimulated the vigorous development of mercenary adventure organizations in various places, and a large number of low-level warriors who were once so destitute that they had no work or food.
Finally found their own way out, a large number of new mercenary groups in the north are recruiting new recruits!
There is news that the Knights Association in a city in a certain Warcraft-infested area in the north suddenly received 300 applications for samurai level assessment within one day after the announcement. Normally, this number is already theirs.
A year's worth of work.
Due to the rise of large-scale mercenary groups and the profitability of hunting Warcraft, although Warcraft is terrifying, many people still embark on this adventurous path driven by profit.
And soon, the raging situation of Warcraft was greatly alleviated. A large number of Warcraft fled into the north of the empire. Facing the large numbers of human bounty hunters who were blinded by money, they hunted down the Empire without spending a single soldier.
It solves the problem of raging monsters.
Moreover... the empire's finances are not without some help. Although bounties must be paid for hunting Warcraft, the empire is not without income... Any mercenary group must declare its roster to the empire. The empire even opened an official mercenary group.
The military administrative department, and... each mercenary group must maintain its legal status. It must pay taxes to the empire every year.
Some people support and some oppose this law. Supporters believe that this can effectively solve the problem of rampant monsters in the north. Opponents are worried that once the legal loopholes for mercenary groups are opened, they are afraid that public security problems will be in the future.
It left behind chaos! This resulted in large numbers of desperadoes, which was not what people wanted to see.
After Du Wei got the news, he just smiled. He was considered a supporter. His attitude was: "Anyway, even if the empire does not have this order, there are already various mercenary groups in the north. This is an open secret. Since
If we can’t stop it, we might as well just lift the ban and get more tax revenue.”
The fifth major event happened this year. The imperial military announced that they would build a large military fortress in the north of the empire, about ten miles away from the southern end of the frozen forest.
The location of this military fortress was carefully selected, and the location finally selected was very critical. It was on the Bijing Road leading to the south from the frozen forest. Both sides were surrounded by large mountains and difficult-to-walk places, but only
This area is relatively flat, and in the last incident when Warcraft broke out of the frozen forest, this place was the main direction of the Warcraft torrent.
According to the official statement of the empire, this time the empire plans to spend a lot of military expenditures to build the largest and strongest military fortress ever! From now on, there will be no possibility of Warcraft raging! As long as there is such a fortress standing in the north of the empire, then this military fortress will be
The safety of the vast tracts of northern territory of the empire in the south can be guaranteed.
The imperial military, led by old Prime Minister Rob Schell, proposed a huge plan.
"This military fortress will become the most outstanding product in the history of the imperial military." All military experts who have seen this plan have expressed such emotion. The only thing that is a bit dissatisfied is that some people can't help but ask "such a huge military expenditure"
, would it be too wasteful to create this almost miraculous military iron wall just to stop those unintelligent monsters?"
Until now, no one knows that a powerful enemy will invade the north in the next three years.
In order to build this military fortress, the military once again argued with the finance minister for several days. In the end, it was the Tulip Duke who solved their problem.
Duke Tulip once again donated 10 million gold coins in military expenses in his own name.
Such a move made everyone marvel and start to speculate... How much wealth does this Tulip Duke have? His previous donation of 50 million gold coins was no longer a secret.
Under the leadership of Duke Tulip, the Delan Mountain Warcraft expressed its willingness to donate weapons worth three million gold coins to arm the new main battle legion in the future. Nobles such as Count Villa also donated dozens to
Ranging from one million gold coins.
In the summer of this year, on Du Wei's sixteenth birthday, Du Wei received a small gift from the military.
The envoys sent by the military said that because this military fortress was built with military funds donated by His Excellency Grand Duke Tulip, in order to show their respect for Grand Duke Tulip, they were willing to ask Grand Duke Tulip to give a name to this new military fortress in the future.
In fact, Du Wei has already seen the construction drawings of this military fortress. Although they are highly confidential, judging from the relationship between Du Wei and the regent, there are no secrets. And... many of the construction contents, even
These were all suggestions put forward by Du Wei.
For example, the strongest prismatic city wall is covered with sharp barbs! There is also a tower every ten meters on the city wall. A military heavy ballista is placed on it! And the huge military
The fortress is enough to house more than 200,000 troops, or even more! Huge cellars have also been dug inside the military fortress. They are used to store food. Coupled with the cold weather in the north, food is not easy to rot. If the cellars are
If the pile is full, the food inside will be enough to sustain the defenders for a long time.
Du Wei even personally designed several trebuchets... Moreover, the trebuchets fired were not stones. Instead, they were new "gunpowder bombs" that were improved based on the production base in Gilliat City.
Everyone who has seen the design plan unanimously said, "This is a line of defense that can never be breached!"
Will it never be broken through?
After Du Wei heard these remarks, his heart suddenly moved, and the idea of making a prank came up again.
So, facing the envoy sent by the military, Du Wei wrote on the document and gave a name to this strongest subway wall defense line in the future...
Kaspersky…
The sixth major event that happened this year. In the spring of this year, according to the traditional spring drill of the empire's army, the approximately 50,000 private troops belonging to the Luolin family in the Luolin Plain in the south of the empire. The recruits of the two divisions could not actually
They are considered new recruits. They are all veterans who re-enlisted after being demobilized. After careful selection and reorganization, they set off from the Luolin Plain and headed to the northwest in the name of "spring drill" long-distance training.
Subsequently, this army was stationed in the northwest Desa Province. Although this army was nominally the private army of the Luo Lin family, everyone knew that Du Wei was the eldest son of the Luo Lin family and the patriarch.
He was still his underage brother, and this private army was actually commanded by Du Wei. What's more, even the military pay was paid for by Du Wei.
In this way, plus the more than 40,000 troops of the Tulip family under Du Wei's command, Du Wei's command has gathered a total of 100,000 troops, and Governor Bohan of the neighboring province has more than 40,000 troops after the last conscription.
Wan. The pattern of the northwest region has undergone tremendous changes. Even a fool can see that Du Wei's move is obviously aimed at the northwest army.
On the mainland, everyone is watching, not knowing what changes will happen to the northwest in the future. The northwest is like a fire ball that can explode at any time. At this moment, just a subtle change may trigger several changes in the empire.
The largest war in ten years, and it was a civil war!
The seventh major event that happened this year...
When this incident happened, no one noticed its occurrence and process. But it was not until the result of this incident that people were stunned. It can be said that the pattern of the mainland was completely changed by an extremely subtle, even insignificant person.
Twisted...
Empire nine hundred and sixty-three years, late autumn.
Loulan City, Tulip Duke Governor's Palace, Northwest Desa Province.
Du Wei frowned, and gently stroked his brow with his fingers, as if he wanted to soothe the worries between his brows. He was reading a document, a report to be precise. Within the Tulip family, Du Wei currently has
The first adviser and chief administrative officer, Philip, stood in front of Du Wei. This young man looked more mature, with a hint of calmness between his brows. His hands were habitually gathered in his sleeves, quietly
Standing there, his whole body exuded an unfathomable smell.
Du Wei read the document in front of him, then slowly closed it. On the cover, there was a line of large red characters written:
Top secret! Northwest’s military plan for the next three years.
Du Wei thought for a while and glanced at Phillip: "Did you write these contents alone?"
Philip smiled: "No, I listened to some opinions from General Longbottom, and Knight Ruolin also gave me some inspiration."
Ruolin? Du Wei raised his eyebrows. Over the past year, Ruolin has done quite well. Since the operation in Nanyang completely developed Ruolin's military talent, Du Wei simply transferred this female knight to his army.
At the beginning of her career, Du Wei asked her to command a cavalry brigade, but after a year, due to her outstanding performance and Du Wei's intentional promotion, Ruolin had become the leading officer commanding a cavalry battalion of three thousand cavalry.
And if nothing else happens, she will probably be the first female general under the tulip family in the future.
Even QQ, this guy, when he accidentally chatted with Du Wei, mentioned Ruolin, this guy couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"This female knight reminds me of the Messiah back then."
"Aragorn's wife? Chief knight of the Knights of Saint Laurent?"
"That's her."
And Ruolin's performance convinced the proud cavalry originally trained by Longbottom. After being tempered, this female knight's martial arts level has reached level four. Although it is not high, it is already pretty good.
After thinking about it for a long time, Du Wei asked Hussein for his opinion, and taught Ruolin the basic basic movements of Xingkong Douqi. After that, Ruolin's strength immediately increased greatly. During her time in the northwest, Ruolin's military career
In addition, all her spare time was spent seeking advice from two powerful men, Hussein and Rodriguez.
Rodriguez commented on Ruolin: "She is very much like me...a late bloomer."
It can be said that this descendant of the Munn tribe, who experienced too many ups and downs when she was young, has finally sharpened her edge and edges.
Du Wei looked at Philip, and then sighed: "The plan is good... but it will be very difficult to implement it... Philip, it seems that we have a big business now, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers... But you have to understand that our
The army is not as good as Lu Gao of the Northwest Army in terms of quantity and quality! All of his 200,000 troops are elites, and all of his generals are veterans."
But there was one thing he didn't say in his heart: Lu Gao's identity was actually Chishui Duan, a disciple of Xueshan! If there really was a fight, I'm afraid neither Hussein nor Rodriguez could be his opponent alone.
"Besides, we have to beware of the prairie people in the west." Du Wei sighed.
Although Bai Hechou, the Snow Mountain Witch King, seemed to have established a good personal relationship with him, and Bai Hechou also promised not to enter the mainland within ten years... But what he promised was not to enter the mainland, and it was him alone! He did not promise the grassland
No one invades!
And, going one step further... Du Wei is not a child! In such a big matter of life and death, he will not base his confidence on verbal promises!
Three years... three years. Now more than half a year has passed. Time is getting tighter and tighter, and there are not many things left for me.
"What I mean is... first west and then east." Du Wei lightly knocked on the table: "The Northwest Army is watching closely, and we also have an ally like Bo Han beside the Northwest Army. Even if there is nothing
When things happened, he was the one who took the blame first. Our goal is to deal with the grassland people before the Northwest Army starts the war. At least we must ensure one thing... that when we deal with Lu Gao in the future, the grassland people will not stab us in the back!
"
Philip smiled, and then he said as if leisurely: "In that case... Your Excellency, Mr. Alpha, should be back soon."
Alpha Guard Chief, Alpha Uncle. In the past six months, he has not been with Duwei, not even in the northwest. Most people in the Tulip Duke's Palace have no idea where this Alpha Knight has gone. Only Philip is a small inner circle in the interior.
Someone knows where Alpha is going.
Alpha is in the grassland. To be precise, he has been staying on the grassland for this period of time. The sun on the grassland has tanned his skin to a dark complexion. And the life of drinking mare's milk and eating mutton has almost completely turned him into a
A prairie man was born, and even his hair was dyed brown by Du Wei using a special agent, which is common among prairie people.
Moreover, he deliberately disguised a long scar on his face, which allowed him to cover his face with a veil without revealing his true face. This could hide his nose. After all, Roland people have straight noses, while prairie people have straight noses.
The bridge of his nose is relatively flat.
Alpha's current public identity is the number one warrior around Lord Saladin. His name is "Igo". According to the language of the grassland, this name means "Eagle on the Grassland".
Saladin. The boy named Saladin who Du Wei sent back was the thirteenth son of the Prairie King, a guy born to a female slave of Roland.
After he was defeated in that battle and returned, he suffered a lot at first. Because of the defeat, the Prairie King vented his anger on all the deserters who were lucky enough to escape. After executing hundreds of deserters, the Prairie King became even more furious.
, he almost demoted his son into a slave. Fortunately, he was persuaded by the people around him, "After all, he is your bloodline. If he becomes a slave, your majesty will be damaged."
The Prairie King didn't know that these intercessors actually received many benefits from Saladin. Of course, the person who paid for it was Du Wei.
After Saladin narrowly escaped the punishment, he was punished and left the royal court, and was sent far to the west far away from the royal court on the grassland to herd horses, cattle and sheep. In fact, he was left to fend for himself.
Then, Captain Alpha brought more than 2,000 prairie slaves that Du Wei had given him to the prairie. Half of these slaves were bought by Du Wei from all over the mainland. The other half were gifts from the prairie prince during the original peace talks.
of.
Of these two thousand slaves, Duwei selected some obedient guys and was led into the grassland by Alpha, and then contacted Saladin.
Duwei asked Alpha to bring a message to Saladin: There is only so much I can do. If you can no longer succeed, it only means that you are incompetent.
Facts have proved that Saladin is not incompetent, he is very capable!
With his superb skills, he quickly subdued these two thousand slaves and organized them into a cavalry team. After he first attacked and robbed a few small groups of prairie horse thieves, his men quickly increased to four
Thousands of people, in less than half a year, he annexed another weak tribe, and finally openly separated from the royal court and became the chief of a small tribe.
These things did not attract the attention of the royal court. After all, the tribe that Saladin annexed was just a small tribe with a population of less than 10,000, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.
But then, Saladin's power grew like a snowball!
Alpha became the liaison between him and Duwei. Alpha connected him and Duwei provided Saladin with many high-quality weapons produced by the empire!
There is a lack of minerals on the grassland. Although the grassland cavalry are strong, they lack high-quality armor and weapons. This has always been their weakness. After Saladin received the support of Du Wei's weapons, he became even more powerful. He was originally a very powerful man.
A capable guy. In another year, the population under his control reached tens of thousands, and he controlled more than 20,000 people.
No matter what, this number is enough to be considered a medium-sized tribe on the grassland.
What's more, in order to increase his strength, Du Wei even sent two of his own magic students!!
When the royal court finally noticed the abandoned son of the Prairie King, the Prairie King was surprised at the astonishing development momentum of the son he didn't like, and on the other hand, he was slightly dissatisfied.
But soon, Saladin made a move. He voluntarily surrendered to the royal court, saying that the tens of thousands of people and 20,000 cavalry under his command were all willing to obey the orders of the Prairie King, and they were all the most loyal warriors of the Prairie King.
And the only condition he put forward made people feel that it was not a condition at all.
His request was: "I just beg my father to give me the treatment of a son! After all, you are my father."
The Prairie King was very happy. With just one gesture, he could get tens of thousands of people and 20,000 cavalry. No one would refuse such a thing.
In the next month, Saladin sent people to offer many cattle, sheep and horses to the royal court... Although the Prairie King did not lack these, the son who had given up on his own land still made such a filial act.
Very satisfied.
Moreover, Saladin did not even bring any entourage, and went to the royal court alone! Then that day, in the royal court, in the golden tent of the Prairie King, in front of many leaders of the Prairie King, and a dozen other sons. And
Chiefs of many tribes.
This Saladin actually knelt down in front of everyone, and then performed the most solemn and respectful etiquette on the grassland:
Kiss the feet of the prairie king!
Such a submissive attitude even moved the Prairie King. He even felt that he seemed to be a little too harsh on this son. After all, although he was born to a female slave, he could still be regarded as his own. And...it seemed that he was still
He is quite capable and very respectful to himself.
Then something happened, which dispelled the Prairie King's last doubts about Saladin.
The thing is like this. Because of the defeat of the 20,000 cavalrymen in Jinlangtou, a tribe that was originally loyal to the royal court became disgusted with the royal court. This tribe decided to move far away and no longer obey the royal court's orders.
This angered the Prairie King, and he ordered to conquer this disobedient tribe. Saladin volunteered to do this.
He did an excellent job. He quickly wiped out the tribe and returned with the head of the tribal chief to the prairie king. He wiped out the tribe and handed over all the people, cattle, sheep, and horses in the captive area.
, he himself did not intercept it at all.
More importantly, in this battle, the cavalry under his command suffered great losses. More than 4,000 people died, and almost a quarter of their strength was lost. However, he did not complain at all, and instead fought in Wangtingjin.
He said sincerely on the account: He is his father's son. The sons and gentlemen under him are his father's men. It doesn't matter if his strength is lost. No matter how big the loss is, as long as it can make his father happy.
Anyone would say this kind of thing, but not many people would actually do it.
Saladin was ruthless enough. He used the death and blood of four thousand of his subordinates to gain the trust of the Prairie King. He made the Prairie King believe that this son was not a self-respecting soldier, but that he was indeed an obedient guy who was willing to bleed for himself.
In less than two years, in such a short period of time, Saladin rose from the son of a slave girl to one of the trusted sons of the Prairie King in the royal court.
At this time, Du Wei was still recruiting troops in Luolin Plains.
Du Wei knew all the process and various things about Saladin based on the letter sent back by the Alpha Guard Captain.
When he saw Saladin actually in the tent, in front of everyone, regardless of his own dignity, he crawled on the ground and kissed the feet of the Prairie King...
For some reason, Du Wei suddenly felt a chill coming from his body!!
After seeing Phillip off, Duwei once again took out Uncle Alpha's autographed letter. He read it again, and then sighed softly: "It's almost time."
Then, Du Wei walked out of his study. He didn't let any guards follow him. He went directly to the castle, walked through the long corridor, and came to a small building behind the castle. From a distance, there was a sound in the room.
The melodious sound of the organ came.
Du Wei opened the door and walked in, and saw charming girls, each wearing a light gauze, dancing to the rhythm of the organ. They danced standard palace dances, all performed by the most outstanding palace etiquette.
It was trained by a teacher.
All the girls here are the poor "prey" that Du Wei brought out from the Northwest Army camp.
Du Wei's eyes soon fell on the girl sitting there playing the organ in the middle of the house.
There is no doubt that she is the most beautiful among all girls. Her eyes, just like her name, are as calm as the moon.
When Du Wei walked in, the people here saw him, and everyone stopped immediately. Then the girls turned around in unison, bowed to Du Wei and saluted, and then under Du Wei's wave,
They quickly retreated.
"You stay." Du Wei pointed at the girl playing the organ.
The room became quiet. The girl seemed a little nervous, but the strict training made her stand up gracefully. Then, like a spring breeze, she smiled at Du Wei and used court etiquette.
Du Wei squinted his eyes: "Your name is Hanyue, right?"
Hanyue's cheeks turned slightly red, she lowered her head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty the Duke."
Du Wei took two steps, then suddenly raised his hand, gently lifted Hanyue's chin, raised her face, and then carefully looked at every detail of her face.
Hanyue's face turned red, her eyes were a little dodgey, and she was a little shy.
"I remember you. I remember you from the beginning. You are a very beautiful girl." Du Wei let go of his hand, his face only showed satisfaction, but there was no sign of being obsessed with beauty.
Obviously, he hadn't finished speaking yet, so Hanyue listened quietly.
"How have you been living here over the past year?"
Hanyue immediately raised her head and said solemnly: "My life was saved by the Duke. I live a very good and happy life here. I have never lived such a happy life in my life."
Du Wei nodded: "So, you are very grateful to me?"
"Yes." Hanyue's voice trembled: "I...I am willing to use everything I have to repay the Duke."
