Chapter 453 [The Story of Two Hundred and Five Generals (Part 1)]
Chapter 453 [The Story of the Two Hundred and Five Generals (Part 1)]
"What? You want me to marry the princess??"
In the huge government affairs hall, the shouts of the 250 generals were so loud that even the windows were buzzing. This guy jumped up and his head almost hit the ceiling.
The fat on Longbottom's face was ridiculously squeezed into a ball, and he shook his big head violently, waving his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no! This is absolutely not possible! Absolutely, absolutely impossible!! You can't even kill me for this kind of thing!"
Do it...if you can’t beat me to death, let alone do it!”
Du Wei sighed and comforted his top general with sincere words: "My general, this is a wonderful job! You have also seen our Princess Louise. Isn't she not beautiful enough? I can tell you
You, in the imperial capital, the young nobles pursuing her can line up from the entrance of the palace to the other side of the Lancang Canal! Besides, she is the regent's biological sister, with a noble status and a proud daughter of the royal family. Isn't she still not worthy of you? Moreover, she is the regent's biological sister.
...We urgently need to stabilize her now. If we want to get a woman, what other way is more direct and effective than marrying her home and teaching her as many lessons as we want?"
Longbottom was unmoved at all: "If you can't do it, you can't do it! My mother...a princess, I, a big old man like me, can't afford to lose weight! Besides, with my body and age, I'm not a good match... What's more important
The thing is, I don’t like dealing with nobles the most in my life! If I marry a princess, wouldn’t I fall into the nobles’ den? No negotiation! Absolutely no negotiation! I said boss, you want me to lead troops in war, kill people and set fire, I
I don't even frown, but this kind of work... damn, the technical content is too high! I, old Longbottom, can't do it!"
Longbottom said very firmly.
I marry a princess? What a joke!
I, General 250, was born tall and thick, with big arms and round waist. I have a strong back and waist. I can drink a bottle of strong wine and a pound of beef in one meal! With my body weight, it would be difficult for the entire army to find a war horse that can carry me.
! With such a delicate body like Princess Louise, I could easily crush her to death. And why would I marry her back as my wife?
What's more, in Longbottom's heart, the royal princess should be sitting in the palace. In the melodious music, chatting and laughing in a low voice with those sissy aristocratic young people who are pale and smeared with powder on their faces.
Tea, talk about the weather, art and other hypocritical and elegant topics, and then the interest comes. You can also stand up and perform a graceful court dance to the music...
Even if Longbottom was beaten to death, he wouldn't be able to bear that kind of life!
Seeing General 250 shaking his head like a rattle, Duwei lost his temper. Philip was a little frightened about this unfortunate task. If Longbottom didn't do it, I'm afraid our Lord Duke would be thrown into his own hands again!
No! Absolutely not! No matter what, we have to push this meathead Longbottom out!
"General, what if this is a mission!" Philip said slowly.
Longbottom was silent for a while, and his face became serious. After thinking for a moment, he still shook his head: "I'm sorry, Lord Duke... I still can't agree. And, have you forgotten? I already have a wife!"
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As soon as these words came out, Du Wei and Phillip fell silent.
It's not for other reasons, just because...this matter, in fact, many counselors and generals in the Tulip family understand that it is a hidden pain in the heart of General 250!
In fact, Longbottom did have a wife in his early years. It is said that he did, and that wife was married when he was young. Later, when he was ordered to be stationed on the grassland, he left his wife in his hometown... It is said that her wife is in
My hometown is also a place where I come from a wealthy family.
It is said that Longbottom was very kind to his wife. He often boasted: It is a pie in the sky for me, a rough old man, to marry such a beautiful girl!
Therefore, it is said that Longbottom, a 250-year-old general, was not afraid of anything. However, he only obeyed the words of this sweet wife and was submissive in every possible way.
After he was transferred to the northwest, he knew that the northwest was bitterly cold, so he left his wife at home and left behind a large amount of valuable property. Even though he was an imperial general, he was still quite wealthy.
After that, Longbottom continued to write letters home and send people to deliver various things. At the same time, he occasionally rushed home to visit relatives during his own holidays.
One thing is that once he heard that his wife was sick, Longbottom ran four horses to death for six days and nights, and drove home a long distance. When he got home, his wife had recovered from the illness... But this 250-year-old general...
Because he rushed on the road desperately, as soon as he arrived home, the 250-year-old general, who was as strong as an ox, collapsed. As a result... he himself became seriously ill!
But then, Longbottom married another wife on the grassland. Of course, according to the laws of the empire, she was just a concubine.
That incident is also a famous deed of this 250-year-old general: he served as the leader of the 20,000 cavalry stationed on the grassland. With the rank of general, he was also considered the number one figure. Through the means of differentiation and co-optation, he was the leader of the 20,000 cavalry stationed on the grassland.
He also became famous. During the alliance between the two large tribes, Longbottom deliberately led people to intercept the wedding party in order to destroy the unity between the grassland tribes, and then arbitrarily demanded to see the bride's face...
According to prairie customs, this is of course not allowed.
Later, everyone knew what happened. In the end, Longbottom deliberately prevented the poor chief's daughter from getting married, but in the end he married the chief's daughter himself. He also left behind a famous gangster saying: Isn't it just a face?
She only has a few freckles, but she looks just average to me! Huh... I'm not allowed to see it? Why not? If you look at it, you can't marry her? Okay! That's easy, I'll marry her! Take her back and I'll take a closer look.
Watch as much as you want! You can watch as much as you want! At night, you even strip naked and look at your whole body! Fuck!
As a result, this incident became General Longbottom's second marriage...a marriage with a somewhat political overtone.
Moreover, in fact, everyone later knew that although Longbottom's methods were a bit rogue at first, he was actually very good at treating this alien wife in the grassland. Moreover, relying on the large tribe behind this wife made Longbottom more popular in the grassland.
He was like a fish in water, relying on 20,000 cavalry to pacify the vast grassland into obedience. This kind of skill made Du Wei couldn't help but sigh when he saw his deeds later! Such a talent was ignored by the dignitaries of the imperial capital.
Framed by local villain!
Later, the good times did not last long. Longbottom was dismissed from his post because he offended the dignitaries of the imperial capital. He was arrested and returned to the imperial capital to face trial.
At this time, his little wife on the grassland, the daughter of the chief, had been waiting for him for a long time. She even begged for a large amount of property from the family tribe and sent it to the imperial capital.
, help Longbottom with his lawsuit and clear his joints.
Unfortunately, the powerful people Longbottom offended were because Longbottom ruined their business of secretly selling weapons to the grassland. So despite spending a lot of money, Longbottom was still found guilty and imprisoned in the prison of the Imperial Supervisory Office...
Fortunately, after the large amount of money was thrown out, it had some effect, at least saving his life.
If he hadn't met Du Wei, Longbottom would have probably continued to live in the prison of the Imperial Supervisory Office, or he would have been locked up until death, or he would have waited another ten or twenty years. The new emperor encouraged the world and said that he would grant amnesty to the world.
Maybe by the time he comes out, he will be too old to walk.
The so-called "tea cools down when people leave" can be applied almost anywhere!
When Longbottom had just been dismissed from the military and returned to the imperial capital for review, everyone initially thought that Longbottom had worked hard in the grasslands for many years and had made great achievements. There was no way the empire would kill such a meritorious general in one go.
At that time, many people believed that he would make a comeback soon. After all, a young general like him was talented.
Therefore, in the early days, on the grassland, because the influence left by Longbottom was still there, several large tribes who had good relations with him were willing to provide money and materials under the lobbying of his wife to try to help Longbottom escape the crime.
But in the end, as the days passed, everyone gradually understood that this time, the 250-year-old general might have really collapsed!
So, gradually, the saying "when people leave, the tea cools down" became clear!
What Longbottom never expected was that the first person to leave him was not the little wife from the alien race on the grassland! It was his real wife who stayed in his hometown!
While Longbottom was in prison, he received a letter from his legal wife. The woman told Longbottom straightforwardly in the letter: she asked for a divorce.
At that time, Longbottom just calmly sent the messenger away, and then he wrote a reply that night and agreed to his wife's request for divorce. After all, he had committed a crime now, and God knows what his future fate will be. This careless old man still has some problems in his heart.
I loved my wife very much and didn't want to drag her down, so I agreed to divorce.
However, Du Wei learned a detail from Longbottom's most trusted direct subordinate, Commander Gaida, known as "Little Two Hundred and Five", a detail that made Longbottom very sad:
When Longbottom was imprisoned, the little wife on the grassland spared no effort to raise money everywhere in an attempt to rescue Longbottom. But in her hometown, the wife who was well-dressed and well-fed did not even say a word from the beginning to the end!
Not a word was said, not a letter was written, not a single copper was spent!
But in the end, a divorce letter was sent directly!
From the beginning to the end, Longbottom never complained about his head wife. He believed that he could not live up to her. He had been serving the empire in the northwest grasslands all year round, and after all, he had neglected his wife at home. She was in her youth and had a lot of talent.
How many women can endure this kind of loneliness all year round?
However, among them, the little 250 Gaida also revealed a secret thing, which few outsiders know:
Just when Longbottom was imprisoned and the trial reached a critical moment, there was an opportunity at that time because the old emperor Augustine VI, who was in power at the time, was so happy with his achievements that he went on a military expedition to Southeast Asia and wasted a lot of military expenditures. The empire.
Finances were once very tight. So the old emperor issued an imperial order that all criminals could atone for their sins by paying money!
At that time, as long as Longbottom could raise a sum of money, he might have a chance to escape. Even if he couldn't escape immediately, he could at least get a much reduced sentence, and maybe he could be released in two or three years.
Unfortunately, at that time, the tribes on the grassland were no longer willing to contribute money. No matter how longbottom's little prairie wife returned to the family tribe to plead, everyone felt that the 250-year-old general had fallen and no one was willing to pay.
As a result, several of Longbottom's trusted old subordinates ran back to Longbottom's hometown and asked his wife for help. At that time, the two had not yet divorced.
Among those who ran there in person was Gaida. Gaida was almost a subordinate trained by Longbottom. He was almost like half of Longbottom's son, even though the age difference between the two was less than ten years.
As a result, when Al Qaeda talked about this matter, he was so filled with hatred every time! This little guy said this:
"Our general left a lot of property in his hometown! These are all his savings over the years as a general! There is a manor, an orchard, and several big houses! That's right! Our general may be a little sorry for that woman!
But among us soldiers, who serve the empire to guard the border, who is not like this?! I hate that woman. For so many years, almost all the general’s property has been used to support her. She has good food and clothing at home, unlike us in the northwest who drink from the northwest wind! But
Something happened to the general, and she didn’t even give a shit! When a few of us ran back to our hometown, we expressed that we needed to raise a sum of money to rescue the general! Do you know what that woman did to us? She sent people to bomb us directly.
Get out! They also asked an old housekeeper with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks to threaten us! If we don't leave, she will report to the local garrison and say that we are robbers!! Damn it! Those family properties belong to the general! Not that woman!!
