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GOR Chapter 112: Air Control (Part 1)
As for the garrison officer that Du Wei accepted in Colo City, the Class 3 Knight George Bush, after following Du Wei back to the Rollin Family, he felt that his choice was correct.
Originally, he was just a small officer in the garrison army of a small northern city. Although his salary was not bad, the garrison army's equipment was much worse compared to the Empire's main army. Normally, when he saw the people of the Tempest Legion rushing back and forth with their bright armor, he could not help but feel envious.
After following Du Wei back, Robert knew that he was someone that Du Wei accepted along the way. Thus, Robert assigned him to the cavalry team guarding the castle and made him the leader of a hundred men.
The Rowling family was an Imperial family. Their private army's equipment was several times better than the garrison army's. Even compared to the Empire's main army such as the Tempest Legion, it was not much worse. Looking at the superior Knight's armor, the sharp swords and the majestic horses, George Bush was overjoyed.
Du Wei also looked at him in a new light. Although Du Wei's family was very rich, he did not have many confidants that he could send out to handle some private matters. At the very most, there was only old Mard. The others, such as Hussain, could not see the light of day.
Thus, this George Bush was the best candidate. No background, no parents, and came from a poor family. Additionally, he had offended the Holy Order and was hell-bent on following him. According to Hussain's secret observations, this kid's talent in martial arts was not bad. Naturally, Du Wei would want to promote him.
George was not a fool. According to Du Wei's instructions, Robert taught him some of the Rollin's private army's mid-level dou qi techniques. This guy worked hard every day.
Originally, the Rollin Family's army was quite xenophobic. It was not easy for an outsider to gain a foothold. Fortunately, Du Wei invented football. Although football matches had basically been transferred to the civilian population, the military camp still played a few matches every now and then.
This George Bush was a football genius. After a few days, he actually played like a model. Soon, he got along well with Rollin's cavalry. Some people who didn't like this outsider gradually got along well with him after playing a few games.
Du Wei intended to nurture George, who would be of great use to him. He even specifically instructed George and Robert to give George a spot in the 100-man cavalry unit. However, he had George observe the team members in secret and find some smart, capable, and tight-lipped people.
George knew that he was being groomed by his new master, so he didn't dare to neglect him. Over the past few days, he had been fooling around in the barracks, but he had secretly taken note of many people. Finally, he reported it to Robert.
With Du Wei's support, Robert gave the green light for George to choose. Only then did he choose a hundred cavalrymen to serve as Du Wei's personal guards. It was just that George's martial arts were too ordinary, so Robert deliberately taught him. He even passed on all the martial arts he had learned to George.
In the blink of an eye, Du Wei had been home for more than a month.
He had the small building built in the forest outside the castle expanded by three times. He even flattened a part of the forest and built a small manor. Three sides were surrounded by wooden walls, one facing the tributary of the Rollin River.
The gifts from Marquise Lister and the Magician's Guild were all stored inside. Old Mard's so-called "Football Association" office, as well as Du Wei's own businesses, were all moved inside. George's one hundred cavalrymen were responsible for guarding the place.
Usually, without Du Wei's order, even the old butler Hill was not allowed to enter.
Originally, after Du Wei got into trouble last time, his father had placed him under house arrest. Now, a letter from the Count had come from the Imperial Capital, saying that the ban had been lifted. Only, the news that Du Wei had expected to summon him back to the Imperial Capital still hadn't arrived. Du Wei didn't care. In any case, in his hometown on the Rollin Plains, the sky was high and the sea was wide. There was a lot to be done, so he wasn't in a hurry to return to the Imperial Capital.
Every day, he would study magic with Thorskei, that magic genius, and now there was also the mouse prime minister, Gege Wu. Although Gege Wu's level of magic was a hundred times worse than Gandorf's. But in any case, he had once been a magician of the eighth rank. His actual strength had also reached about the fifth rank, and his knowledge of magic far surpassed that of Du Wei and Thorskei.
In any case, Thorskei was already dead set on following Du Wei, so he had been somewhat astonished at Gege Wu, this mouse man. But Gege Wu had said that he had been practicing transformation magic, and had accidentally suffered a magic backlash. This kind of explanation could be considered to have cleared up Thorskei's doubts.
And Gege Wu was even more astonished at Thorskei's method of opening up a new path in magic use! Thorskei's experiments could practically allow ordinary people to use magic. If this kind of thing could be accomplished, it would be a shocking breakthrough.
Thorskei displayed the "gunpowder" he had invented, and after a little experiment, Gege Wu felt respect for this guy with meager magic power.
Fortunately, Du Wei was now wealthy. Although magic experiments burned money, with Du Wei's wealth, he could still afford it.
Only, Du Wei counted the days. At that time, he had sent the female Knight Ruo Lin and the violent female magician Joanna out to sea to collect pirates. It had already been three months, but they still hadn't returned, so he couldn't help but feel somewhat anxious.
But there was still some good news.
Du Wei had left behind a "research and development team" to develop hot air balloons. Those craftsmen hadn't abandoned their work after Du Wei had left, and after many days of research, with Du Wei's inspiration, they had finally succeeded in developing the hot air balloon. After a few test flights (of course, Mard wouldn't go up for this test flight even if he was beaten to death), they were able to control the direction of the balloon. And with the further development, Gege Wu, a senior magician, added one or two magic herbs to the raw materials used to ignite the hot air. This caused the efficiency of the hot air balloon to increase by several times, and the sturdiness and weight carrying capacity of the hot air balloon also increased little by little.
Du Wei's thoughts were stirred.
In this world, there was no such thing as an air power. The sky was practically undefended. With something like a hot air balloon, it was tantamount to controlling the air! If it was a time of war, with this kind of thing, a large number of hot air balloons could be used to quietly transport a large number of troops to the enemy's rear … … The effect was no small matter! There were also aerial attacks and so on … …
But right now, the continent was still in a period of peace, so these hot air balloons had no military use.
Du Wei's thoughts changed: Even if it couldn't be used in a war, it couldn't be wasted. In any case, he had invested so many gold coins to make this thing, so it couldn't be used as a decoration, and that money couldn't be thrown away in vain!
Slapping his head, Du Wei made up his mind: Civilian use! Use it for transportation!
Even though the hot air balloon's carrying capacity had increased a lot, but when it came to transporting things, it still couldn't compare to a carriage.
But flying in the air, its speed was many times faster than a carriage, and it was also safer. There was no need to worry about some valuable and fragile items being damaged during the bumpy journey. More importantly, the cost was also low. A carriage, the cost of the carriage, the horse, the coachman, the fodder consumed by the horse, and the coachman's salary. The cost was much higher than a hot air balloon.
Therefore, Du Wei decided to use this as a way to make money.
On the Roland Continent, there were also transportation industries, but they were all carriage companies. Not only was the speed slow, but the cost was also high.
Naturally, there were also those who wanted to be fast. In some big cities, there were branches of the Magician's Guild. There were also some military fortresses that had invited magicians to arrange magic arrays.
This kind of magic array, through magic, could send important letters and documents in an instant. It was not even slower than the webmail in Du Wei's previous life. But magic arrays were rare, and only the branches of the Magician's Guild and some important military fortresses had them.
Ordinary people, even rich people, could only rely on fast horses to transport things.
Thus, the hot air balloon could be put to good use.
On this day, Du Wei asked Mard to gather some of the rich merchants who had tasted the sweetness of the football league. They gathered in a small town not far from the castle in the Rollin Plains.
This small town was less than 30 miles south of the castle. Usually, the castle's goods came from this small town. Because it was close to the castle of the Rollin Family, this small town had a very unique name: Rollin Lor. According to the prophecy of the Roland Continent, this name meant: The place of the Rollin Family.
On this day, after hearing the call of the Master Du Wei of the Rollin Family, all the rich merchants of the Kete Province came. Even if some of them could not come, they still sent some representatives with high status. Of course, the person who had the best relationship with Du Wei's businesses was naturally the fur merchant who had heavily sponsored Du Wei and sponsored the first team of the football league.
Duwei personally demonstrated a hot air balloon in the center. This was a sample that Du Wei had carefully prepared. The hot air balloon was woven from ten pieces of high-quality cowhide. Below it was a huge bowl-shaped chassis woven from sturdy vines. The surrounding railings were half the height of a person. Du Wei had calculated that this hot air balloon could bear the weight of about 15 adult men. In other words, it weighed about one ton.
Moreover, under the chassis, he had specially asked Gege Wu to add a few small wind magic spells. This allowed the hot air balloon to borrow some wind when it flew, reducing the wind resistance and increasing the buoyancy of the hot air balloon. This allowed it to fly faster and had a stronger carrying capacity.
"Today, I've invited you all here because I want to open up a new business." Duwei was not polite to these businessmen. When they saw the goods later, they could not help but be tempted: "The transportation business on the Rollin Plains has always been monopolized by a few caravans. Although there are caravans locally, it is always inconvenient because of the terrain in some places. I have made this little thing, so in the future, if you have anything valuable or urgent, you can go unimpeded. As long as the weather is good, it will take at most two days to travel from the south to the north of the Rollin Plains! "
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