Law of the Devil Chapter 387: 【楼兰 城】

Chapter 387 [loulan city]

Perhaps I'm so stunned, even Princess Louise almost forgot to develop a habit of etiquette anyway, staring at a person so straight is very impolite.

Princess Louise forgot to answer even the other party's question. Fortunately, Miss Delly behind her returned to God and gently pulled the princess.

The princess came back to God, but when she heard the other person's words clearly, she was even more surprised.

That guy ... servant?

To Louise's shock, the "servant" in the mouth of this beautiful, nonsense guy is such an aggressive guy, but he is just a servant? This weird guy looks so arrogant, even his arrogant pride is as if born of a living thing. This natural breath that radiates naturally is clearly a temperament that can only be cultivated from above ... A guy like this is just a servant?

I am afraid that the vast majority of the people in the world are only worthy of being a servant!

However, it was taken for granted that this beautiful and ridiculous guy spoke. Strangely, this beauty (Louis made such a name to this guy in the heart), the word of him (her?) Is clear and gentle. If the temperament of the servant is like a proud lonely peak, then This person seems to be the vast sky! No matter how arrogant the mountain is, it seems as if it is too high.

"... Ah." Louise finally spoke, and she took a deep breath, after all, she had received court education since she was a child. She was a little flustered, and then she calmed down and smiled, "Well, you said it well, we are going to Loulan City. Excuse me, what do you have ..."

The other side's eyes are with an undisguised smile, every move. As if they all contained indescribable manners: "Well, that's great. I have a very brave request. My servant and I are from outside the country. I want to take a good tour of the northwestern scenery here, unfortunately. We have just been told in this town that here, the Duke of Tulips issued a special decree. It is said that Loulan City is too prosperous. There are too many mainland merchants who go in and out every day, so the Duke of Tulips has ordered to go in The city made restrictions. In addition to paying the customs duties, you must get a clearance permit to enter and enter the city. Moreover, it is a busy season, and I heard this time of year. All the hotels in the city will It ’s full, if you do n’t have a caravan clearance, you ca n’t even find a hotel when you enter the city ... Beautiful lady, look. The two of us, the master and the servant, are just ordinary tourists, not merchants, and we have come all the way I do n’t know this special order in the Northwest beforehand, so I see that you and your companions seem to be the original caravan. I think you must have permission to enter the customs. So I take the liberty to stop your path, ask if you can Shunpian Dai us to town with it? "

Prince Louise froze.

Customs clearance is a new decree issued by Dewey. From the previous year, in order to prevent spies from the Northwest Army or the prairie from entering his territory at will, he ordered the checkpoints to be established throughout the border area of ​​Desa Province. , Caravans must travel to the base to enter the country after obtaining customs clearance procedures.

Princess Louise comes from the capital. In her capacity. Although she did not show up as a princess, when she came. His subordinates had already gone through the formalities in the name of an imperial noble. She has the formalities for customs clearance, but ... bring these two strange people into the city together?

Louise's curiosity finally prevailed, and taking two people in was not a big deal to her imperial imperial princess, but she was really curious about this ridiculous guy.

She has seen all sorts of wealthy noble children since she was a child, but she has never seen a person's style can be as beautiful as this! She was staring at the guy, and secretly guessing the origin of the guy.

Looking at his appearance, he should be very young, and this standard Roland Continental accent is definitely something that the family can only learn rigorously from an early age. This kind of demeanor and raising his hands are just a little picky Elegance without any flaws, let Princess Louise recognize that this guy must be a young man from a wealthy family.

However, I have never heard of such a great young man in a large family of the Empire. Are those old families in the north? But this guy looks so elegant, not as bold as the northerners should be. So, southerners? But look at his fair skin, and his eyes are so clear and crystal clear, unlike the wise southerners. The most important thing is that Princess Louise thinks that all the top giants on the mainland are basically gathered in the capital. If any family has such a handsome young man, it is absolutely impossible for them not to know.

"Okay." The princess and Miss Delly glanced at each other and said, "It is not difficult to take you into the city, but, distinguished lord, before you ask for help, can you explain your What about identity and origin? "

"Well, my name is Luoxue, from the north of the mainland." The man laughed, and had to admit that when he smiled, even Princess Louise was in his smile and briefly lost his sight.

"... 唔 ... falling snow, a beautiful name." The princess concealed her disability: "Compared to your hometown, the beautiful scenery of the northern country with falling snow is often more common." After a pause, she looked back. The "servant": "Well, what about your companion?"

Princess Louise absolutely did not believe that such a good-looking guy even had a hidden coercion, how could he be a servant.

"Oh ... he's just a servant, just call him Xiaosan." Luo Xue answered a word lightly. His tone was still very gentle, but when speaking of the servant, his gentleness was just right. It seemed like the kindness of a kind host to his slaves. Although kind, the taste that is sublime and supreme is very real.

Also ... I'm really a servant.

But ... Xiaosan, the name is good ... strange.

Soon, the princess immediately decided to take them along the road, and when she saw that the two men did not even have a horse, she asked the accompanying guard knight to give up two horses to ride for them.

These knights who accompanied him were all elite followers of the guardian princess and Miss Delly. At first they were blocked by these two strangers, and they were already very upset. They had to give up their war horses. Naturally, some people did not agree, but the princess ordered and the knights did not dare to disobey. Anyway, these knights traveled long distances. They were riding one by two, with spare horses.

To embarrass these two guys at the moment. Someone pulled the two most violent out of the spare horses they had taken.

The two high-headed horses are high-quality war horses in the Royal Forest, but ordinary war horses cannot ride them.

Seeing that the two horses were in front of them, the knights in the other places sneered: It would be nice to lift you off Malay in a while!

But next. Everyone is holding back!

The two tall war horses came to the two men, and they were still fretful, even one of them. As if still a little faint, he screamed uneasily. The servant named "Little Three" just sneered, but it was such a "hum" that the horse around him actually hissed directly, and then restlessly rested, if not These warhorses are all strictly trained, I'm afraid they have long broke the reins in the hands of the knights. Run away.

Even the surrounding knights, under the eyes of this weird "Little Three", suddenly felt a strange sense of fear and oppression in their hearts.

At this time, falling snow smiled slightly and took two steps forward. He reached out and stroked his horseback. He seemed to have a natural soft breath. The restless war horse immediately calmed down.

Looking at everyone. The falling snow gently fell on the horse's head and stroked it back and forth. The warhorse actually bowed his head obediently, and then the four hoofs bent to kneel and fell in front of the falling snow, which became extremely docile. Even if the falling snow easily sat on the horse's back, the warhorse supported the hoof. Stand up.

"Little three, don't scare our companions." Luo Xue rides on horseback and glances at his servant. There is a dread of fear in that small three look, dare not to disobey the command of falling snow, hum With a sound, pulling the reins, turning over the horse, no more movement.

The group went to Luo Lancheng, and at the checkpoint of the city gate, they easily completed the entry procedures and came to Loulan City.

This season is indeed the most prosperous place in Loulan City. In spring, all things are recovering. After the cold winter, all kinds of materials are consumed. It is precisely that a large number of caravans on the mainland flocked out of the country to sell all kinds of life on the mainland. The best time for goods such as utensils and food.

Entering Loulan City, the crowds on the streets are crowded, and the caravans come and go, crowded with carriages on the road. Although the Northwest has just experienced a war, it has not reduced the enthusiasm of the merchants. Loulan City, the largest city on the border with the Empire, has become a bustling commercial city under Dewey's more than two years of operation.

Although the street is busy and crowded, the order is not chaotic. A team of cavalrymen wearing the tulip family city guard uniforms patrols back and forth on horseback. On the notice board at the gate of the city, the latest decrees of the Duke of Tulips, and even some clerks specially appointed by the General Administration of Government, stood beside the notice board and read the contents aloud.

After entering the city gate, in the eyes of Princess Louise and his party, the entire Loulan City is a scene of prosperity and prosperity.

Several streets in the distance are even being expanded, and tall buildings are being built one by one. It is even strange that there are actually three or two ordinary citizens next to the projects being built. People who look like they are holding baskets full of food and water in their hands to help those who are building houses.

The workers are wearing a strange and uniform gray clothes, with a large "build" word embroidered on the front of the clothes in Roland Continental.

Princess Louise looks a bit strange. She has never seen such a scene, as if those who are building a project are a unified group of historical Roland empires, whether it is to open roads or build houses. It is the official project of the Empire. All labor and migrant workers were directly levied, and even slaves were deployed for construction. Some noble families built their own houses with slaves and servants in their families.

The princess looked curious, so she sent someone to ask a question, and got an answer that made them feel weird.

"Master." A knight who returned after asking about it also looked a little weird, in front of outsiders. He called the princess "Master" instead of "His Royal Highness." The knight honestly replied: "I asked, and the builders in gray clothes are said to be a special department of Desa Administration. The team responsible for the construction of various projects, and I heard that it is still the establishment of the army. This is an original creation of the Duke of Tulips, said to be called "engineering soldiers." All of these guys' daily work is to build various projects, open roads, bridges and break ground Wait ... and the same as soldiers. There are military puppets every month. "

"Well, why are the citizens carrying food and water to comfort the engineering soldiers? Is the army here so loved by the citizens?" the princess asked.

"This ... is not the ground." The knight scratched his head. "I asked them. These people are the normal situation here. The road you are constructing and the houses on both sides are expanding. They are them. Land. These people carrying food and water. They are the residents of this street, the owners of the houses under construction.

Let's take it easy, she looks at the houses in the distance. But it's not small ... Is it difficult for Morakot to be so rich? Even ordinary people are already rich enough to live in such a large house?

Fortunately, this knight quickly said the answer: "Master, this is also a surprise to me. They told me that whether it is a house or a road, it is the Duke of Tulips who proclaims the affairs of the province of Desa. Officially paid for the construction. It is said that within a year of this year, all the dozens of streets in Loulan City will be widened and constructed, and all the costs will be paid by the government here. These residents only need to commit to one thing , Is to let the children in their own homes, in the future, all men who have reached the age of 18 will receive the reserve training of the Tulip Family Private Army in Desa Province.

"All join the army?"

"No, not all soldiers. Just reserve. It is said that the order of the Duke of Tulips is simple. As long as the young people in their family reach the age of eighteen to receive a year of military training in the reserve. Not really joining the army, Just received training, and after one year of training, they can go home. These citizens are very supportive of this decree, as long as they promise to receive half a year of military training, they can get their own house for free. However, the ownership of the house land belongs to the province of Desa According to the official government, these citizens have the right to live without paying rent. They exchange military training for free housing. "

Princess Louise froze.

Du Wei ... Did that guy have too much money to spend?

I am afraid that there is a permanent population of at least 300,000 in Loulan City. I am afraid that there are at least 70,000 or 80,000 young men. All of them can participate in military training, and then they can live in large houses provided by the government for free?

And beside, Miss Delly listened and thought for a moment, and suddenly uttered a sentence in her mouth, "Hidden soldiers to the people?"

"It's not just Loulan." The knight replied wryly, "I heard that this is a decree issued by the Duke of Tulips earlier this year, and has been implemented in the entire province of Desa. It is said that it was fifty miles outside Loulan. Place, a new recruit reserve camp is there. After training, these ordinary citizens can be allowed to go home every seven days.

The province?

What does Dewey want to do?

If you continue this way, the whole province of Desa will be afraid of more than 300,000 young adults! After all, as long as you go for a year of military training, you can get a big house for free. I am afraid few people will refuse such a good thing. 300,000 young people, even if only half of them accept this condition, less than one year, Dewey's territory can have at least 100,000 young people with military experience! When necessary, as long as a draft conscription order, these people can immediately become qualified soldiers in military uniform!

Afar. Luo Xue and his servants rode on the horse and stayed far away from the queue of Princess Louise. Although the knight's voice was not great, it was natural to be able to hear the words of Snow. Be clear. After listening, Luo Xue sighed suddenly.

"This Duke of Tulips. What a big deal. Soldiers from 150 thousand people hide in the people ..."

He turned his head, glanced at his servant, and suddenly whispered a smile: "It seems you are right. Of these human beings, the one who is most likely to cause us trouble is the Duke of Tulips ... ... Three Princes, your information is very good. "

The servant suddenly had a look of panic in his eyes, and quickly lowered his head. I dare not let the elven king see his face clearly, but whispered, "You ... there are no three princes in front of you anymore. I'm just your servant now, my noble king!"

With a complex mood, a group of people continued to move forward. Just after a turn, the road in front is obviously the most prosperous area in Loulan City. The street is more than twice as wide as the previous road, and the houses on both sides are tall. Crowded.

What's more weird is that on this street, a huge banner is pulled every ten meters on the road. The banners have different colors, red orange yellow green blue blue purple. On each huge banner, some words clearly surprised Princess Louise and his party ...

"Sicilian fur line. The best leather goods address in the whole continent, No. 1 Suzaku Avenue!"

"Old mother hot pot restaurant, Desa chain, come and taste delicious! Address, No. 2 Qinglong Street!"

"Come and see, here are the best jewellery! Wealthy Jewelry Shop, Continental Gold Signboard! Address, turn around!"

"The headquarters of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment! The bravest and most loyal samurai. Solve all your troubles! Address: No. 1 Xuanwu Street! (Don't accept illegal commission)"

If you look at all these weird banners. It was just stunned, then everyone found out immediately. On both sides of this street, even every twenty meters, there will be a large wooden bin of half a person tall, and even the walls of these bins are painted with smooth paint, which reads something like "Traveler's House, the best hotel chain in Desa!" "Wear Hawk boots and go a long way!" "Thor hammer shop, crafts of dwarves, the best weapons in the mainland!" And more Wait ...

These various things made a group of outsiders look stunned, and then, Princess Louise was curious again, and immediately sent the knight to ask passers-by to inquire. The results were even more surprising.

"All of these signs are where the Lord Duke Tulip ordered it to be established. The banners and the text on these trash cans are all" advertisements "said by the Lord Duke, but any merchant who wants to write his own text on it, All have to pay. It is said that it is calculated according to time. Every month, you must go to the Government Office of the Governor's Office to participate in the bidding. Now it is said that a banner on this street has been fired for a thousand gold coins a month. And a trash can has been fried for five hundred gold coins a month. "

Princess Louise listened, and quickly calculated in her heart. She couldn't help but took a breath, looked at this wide and bustling street, looked at the banners and trash cans in the distance, calculated the number, and sighed. Road: "God, in this way, isn't it just this street that can make the Duke of Tulips earn more than 10,000 gold coins a month? Just put a few cloths on them and you can receive at least more than 10,000 gold coins a month. ! "

"Ten thousand gold coins is enough to feed an infantry battalion of the empire standard." It is indeed the general's sister. Miss Delly immediately came to such a conclusion: "This Duke of Tulips is really a master of wealth."

Following the falling snow, I couldn't help but sigh at this moment, and whispered to the servant next to me: "Did you see it, many young men walking on the streets here have steady steps, double With strong arms and eyes, although they are civilians, they are military-trained people at first glance. These are much stronger than the rest of the continent we have come all the way. I am afraid ... once the war starts, this Duke of Tulips can pull at any time Hundreds of thousands of qualified troops. And this guy seems to make a lot of money, and this money must be used to feed his army. "

The servant, of course, is the three princes of the dragon tribe who surrendered, and there was a fierce color in his eyes. Whispering: "Master, I have dealt with this guy before, he is a very shrewd person who could even escape under the chase of my father. We are all the way, this Duke of Tulips is probably among human beings He is a top talent, maybe ... we can put him now ... "Then, he raised his finger and made a gentle stroke on his neck.

Looking at the fierce face of Golden Dragon. Falling snow smiled slightly, he looked up and looked at the sky. The sun was already a bit dazzling, and falling snow stretched out his delicate palms, blocking his eyes, and under the golden eyes, the silver wire on his wrist faintly glowed.

Finally, the Elven King laughed. He smiled like a spring breeze, but his voice, word by word, ran like a knife in the heart of the Golden Dragon.

"Don't think I don't know what you think ... you better remember carefully that you are now my servant. No matter what happens, I make any decision, I don't need you to give I'd 'contribute wisdom' to the suggestion. "The elf king looked at the golden dragon, although his smile was mild. But there was a needle in his eyes: "Assassination of a Duke in the human world, and he is still a strong continent, and the surrounding masters are like clouds ... you must have hoped that I would die in Roland."

Golden Dragon's face changed, and he was about to justify. Luo Xue smiled lightly: "Don't deny, we are very clear about each other's thoughts. You submit to me, but I don't naively think that you are loyal to me. But just. What I need to remind you is ... Even if you want to play tricks, it is best to be clever. Do not use this stupid trick next time, because it will make me look down on you. Intelligence. "

Speaking, Luo Xue has kicked the horse's belly lightly and walked to the front.

The golden dragon left with a complex meaning in his eyes.

Princess Louise and her party. Directly came to the residence of a Southern Chamber of Commerce in the city. Miss Delly's family is, after all, a giant in the south of the continent. It has inextricable relationships with this Southern Chamber of Commerce. The early arrival of the family's most honorable young lady was learned early, and the people in the chamber of commerce cleared a clean, comfortable and spacious yard in the chamber's headquarters very early.

When Princess Louise and her party arrived. The leaders of the chamber of commerce immediately greeted them and invited them into the yard. Delly did not disclose the identity of Princess Louise, but only said that she was her friend. Anyway, this lady of the noble family always needs a few close friends. The chief of the chamber of commerce is only a noble lady from a certain family, and she is treated with enthusiasm.

Delly ordered the guard knights to live around the yard, and she and Louis ribbons accompanied the maids into the chamber of commerce.

This yard is clean and comfortable, but it is slightly smaller. The head of the chamber of commerce explained that Loulan City is developing very fast now, and the land price here is too expensive, almost all the land and gold, so it was impossible for the local chamber of commerce to occupy a large area. The strength of the Southern Chamber of Commerce is quite good. It is rare to have such a place in Loulan City.

Princess Louise didn't care about her living environment, and immediately sent her sweethearted and intimate maid to the Chamber of Commerce of the Liszt family in Loulan City to contact Mrs Liszt.

And as for the snow ...

The curious Princess Louise retained the elven king, and the elven king who had originally planned to stay here temporarily did not refuse, but temporarily stayed here as a guest. Respecting this mysterious "beauty", Princess Louise ordered that Mr. Luo Xue and his servants live in a separate yard.

Luo Xue accepted the princess's good intentions, and then he made a request. He saw that the chamber of commerce also has a study room, and he hoped to borrow some books in the study room.

"What books do you need?"

"Economy and customs, any book is fine. If the general history of the mainland is the best, I have already seen the sixth volume. You should have a full set, right?" Which prominent nobleman came from the capital?

"Oh, we didn't have one, but I immediately asked someone to buy one." The chamber's leader quickly retreated.

I do n’t know why, in the face of this beautiful man with a gentle smile (in fact, he ca n’t distinguish the **** of the other person, but when Miss Delly introduced it, he called "Sir", and (No disagreement), the Chamber of Commerce leaders always have an inexplicable awe in their hearts.

At lunch, Princess Louise sent someone to invite Snow to dine together. The Elven King was pleased to accept the invitation, but in order not to damage the atmosphere, Luo Xue was very understanding and did not bring his "servant" to attend, but Leaving the golden dragon in the yard.

During lunch, the two girls, Delly and Princess Louise, exhausted all kinds of words to try to get the identity of falling snow. But the Elven King's talk is very good. Astronomy and geography, humanities and art, music and painting seem to be everything. This versatile man is extremely proficient. In many fields, although there is no real action, some of the points he said are in Louise. In the eyes of the princess and Miss Delly, almost all the famous master figures who met the emperor were compared. The elegant appearance of the elven king made this lunch very enjoyable.

Princess Louise paid particular attention to the gesture of Mr. Luo Xue during the meal. The etiquette when the opponent used a knife and fork, even Princess Louise, who accepted court etiquette from an early age, sighed. Looking at the manners of Mr. Xuexue, it is as if looking at a wonderful picture, even the slight movements of his fingers seem to be beautiful!

Two women, while drunk, couldn't help secretly surprised.

How can there be such a beautiful person in the world? If he is a daughter, I am afraid that no woman in the world can match him!

After lunch, the leaders of the chamber of commerce hurriedly interrupted, interrupting the atmosphere of conversation between the three.

The leader brought a message: The most trusted assistant of the Duke of Tulips, the Chief Executive of the Desa Province, the No. 2 figure of the Desa Province, Lord Philip came!

Master Philip's visit is very simple. He claims to have heard of the arrival of Miss Delly, who is about to become the Princess of the Empire. On behalf of the Duke of Tulips, he comes to greet me, and warmly invites Miss Delly to attend tonight's event in the Duke of Tulips' Palace. A noble banquet.

Delly and Princess Louise glanced at each other. In the eyes of Princess Louise, Delly asked, "What about Lord Philip?"

"It's just outside."

"Too indifferent." Delly frowned. "The governor of the Desa province is equivalent to the official post of the Governor of the Empire. How can Lord Philip wait outside? Please invite him in!"

Looking at the falling snow, Delly originally wanted to ask the falling snow to avoid it first, but suddenly her heart moved, and she didn't know what the thought was, and when she reached her mouth, she accepted it again.

The elven king heard that he was "the most trusted assistant of the Duke of Tulips". In his beautiful eyes, there immediately flashed a wonderful look ...