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(Two in One Chapter)
The 199th chapter "City of Miracles"
Du Wei's crazy decision left everyone shocked. But everyone knows that this young Duke doesn't look like he's joking. Maybe he's crazy, but he's definitely not joking!
In the following days, Du Wei mobilized almost all of his forces.
Originally, Robert's 4,000 infantry were already stationed in a barracks outside of Anglia City. Now the problem facing Du Wei is that the weapons and equipment stored in the warehouse are only enough to arm 1,000 soldiers.
Damn that Governor Bohan, his people were too ruthless when they retreated, even the most basic weapons and equipment were taken away. Du Wei looked at the equipment stored in the warehouse. Most of them were already rusted. He barely managed to scrape together 800 sets of equipment to arm the 800 soldiers first ….
As for the remaining 3000 soldiers, they can only train with their bare hands for now.
Fortunately, Du Wei had already made some plans before coming to the Northwest. He immediately sent people to the four corners of the Northwest to buy all the necessary materials.
But to Du Wei's surprise, there are actually a lot of materials that can be used. Obviously, the previous government also realized that this shabby city can't be left unrepaired. They also prepared a batch of materials, but due to the lack of funds, this plan was put on hold indefinitely.
Of course, Du Wei happily accepted these things.
After assigning a series of tasks to his subordinates, he hid himself in the old Governor's Mansion and closed the door. No one knows what he's doing. Occasionally, Du Wei would summon some craftsmen, but the contents of their conversations were strictly kept secret.
Time quickly passed by for half a month. In this half a month, Mard and a group of servants ran around until their legs broke. They spent a lot of gold coins to buy a lot of materials, wood, tiles, and so on …. But to everyone's surprise, they didn't buy any food.
General Longbottom wrote a letter, then found a few people to copy countless copies, and then had people send them out everywhere.
In fact, the content of each letter was exactly the same:
"I'm going back to the northwest. If you're willing to work for me, hurry up and report to Jillar City!"
The signature at the bottom was a strange design.
General Longbottom was rallying his old staff. Soon, in less than a month, there were more than a thousand people in the barracks outside the city. These thousand plus men were the elite cavalry that had once followed General Longbottom through the Northwest. After these veterans retired, most of them returned home to become farmers, tailors, blacksmiths, or even small workers.
A month later, five thousand sets of infantry armor and weapons, as well as two thousand cavalry armor and weapons were all delivered. In this matter, the Empire's most famous tycoon, De Lanshan, had helped a lot. This merchant dealt in many weapons and had many connections with the military. The weapons Du Wei purchased from him were all equipped according to the standard of the Empire's main army. In addition, there were also military crossbows, longbows, and so on.
Just like that, Du Wei had spent several hundred thousand gold coins. The military was truly a bottomless pit that burned money.
Relying on Longbottom's connections in the Northwest, he also purchased several thousand war horses. In this way, Du Wei's current four thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry no longer needed to hold fire sticks. Everyone was armed.
Longbottom drilled his old subordinates for a few days, washing away the dust from their bodies, and once again glowing with the demeanor of a soldier. In the barracks outside the city, General Longbottom's loud voice could be heard every morning:
"All of you, get up! Boys! Put on your equipment, get on your horses, we're going to start training! If anyone falls behind today, I'll punish him by washing everyone's boots! "
No one knew how this general drilled his old subordinates, only that he would wake them up early in the morning, then they would all ride out and only return at night. Sometimes, they would go out for two or three days.
But every time they came back, they would be half dead tired, their bodies covered in dust, as if they were fished out from a quagmire.
As for Philip and the other disciples of Blue Ocean, they took control of the Desa Province's administrative structure in the shortest time possible – this was not difficult, in fact, in such a poor area, there was not much daily administrative work to be done.
Everyone was busy, even Hussain did not have time to rest. Du Wei used a special potion to dye his hair blue, and because he was blind in one eye, this Paladin wore an eye patch. In this way, it was believed that in the Northwest, no one would be able to recognize this most wanted criminal of the Shrines.
What made Du Wei happy was that in such a poor area like the Desa Province, even the Shrines did not take a fancy to it, so in the whole Desa Province, there were only two shrines, and both were near the Nuling Province.
Robert Knight was very busy, Du Wei not only gave him the command of the 4,000 rebel soldiers, he also put him in charge of the recruitment of new soldiers – there was no other way, Du Wei's subordinates were too few.
The Northwest was a place where the people were tough, it was a good place to send out strong soldiers. Unfortunately, the population was sparse, only 3,000 people were recruited every month. Knight Robert organized a reserve infantry regiment and mobilized several of his subordinates to train them every day.
As for Hussain, he was sent by Du Wei to help Knight Robert train the new soldiers. Hussain was originally the Grand Knight of the Holy Order. To be able to lead the people of the Holy Order, training these new soldiers should not be a problem. Of course, Hussain's job was to train the cavalry, so this was not a difficult job. Because in the Northwest, although it was a poor area, almost every family had one or two horses, and even the children knew how to ride.
Soon, the barracks outside the city were in full swing.
When the second month came, everyone began to wonder if this Duke Du Wei had really gone crazy.
He said that he would build the new city in three months, but now, a month had passed, and he was hiding in the governor's mansion all day.
Large quantities of building materials had been transported to the location of the new city by Loulan Lake. There was originally a small town with less than a thousand people there, but now, large quantities of materials were piled up there. Du Wei thought of many ways to keep the five hundred imperial guards, not letting them go, and had them act as guards to guard the materials at Loulan Lake. These imperial guards were already somewhat dissatisfied. The Northwest was a place that they could not stand. Everyone wanted to return to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Du Wei did not make them wait any longer.
On the fifth day of the second month, he finally walked out of the governor's mansion. Everyone noticed that this Duke's originally thin body seemed to have become even thinner. His face was somewhat pale, his eyes were somewhat red, and his face was full of fatigue. However, Du Wei's spirit was still very good.
"Gentlemen, remember this day, because starting today, you will witness a miracle with your own eyes!"
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Early in the morning, all the residents of the small town by Loulan Lake were summoned. The location was the farmland outside the town.
The land in the Northwest was barren, but because Loulan Lake was close to a water source, the land was not bad. The grain production in the Northwest was also relatively high.
Du Wei announced an order to the thousands of residents in the town. He needed people who knew how to do farm work, the more the better!
"You just need to plant the seeds and harvest them! It's that simple. " Du Wei's order was very clear: "As for your reward … Everyone who works, you can take a tenth of the amount of grain you harvest."
This strange order surprised everyone present.
Who didn't know how to do farm work? After all, this kind of town was full of farmers, and even the women knew how to do farm work.
Everyone followed Duwei's order and planted all the seeds that were distributed to them into the soil. This took everyone two days.
In the beginning, everyone was waiting to see a joke … Was this noble an idiot? Planting seeds in this season? Or did he have too much grain and was wasting it for fun?
But soon, everyone couldn't laugh anymore.
On the morning of the third day, Du Wei appeared in his magician's robe. Then, he very carefully had people carry out a dozen buckets of water. After carefully observing the quantity, he took out a bottle from his chest and dripped a few drops of liquid into each bucket.
Du Wei began to cast magic.
The magic he cast wasn't complicated, it was just a water magic that any intermediate magician could cast.
After he finished chanting the incantation, everyone could see that above this noble master's head, a whirlpool of air quickly appeared between his hands. That whirlpool of air carried a boundless suction force and sucked the dozen buckets of water clean. Looking at the dozen water pillars rising into the sky, the air above his head became more and more turbulent. Finally, after Du Wei loudly chanted a few spells, the wind rose …
The whirlpool gradually formed a small rain cloud, and then under Duwei's command, the dark cloud floated to the top of the farmlands … …
The sun was overhead, but the fine raindrops had already scattered under the dark clouds …
The fine rain silently scattered evenly on the farmland, from south to north, from east to west. After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, under everyone's shocked gazes …
In the originally barren farmland, tender sprouts sprouted out of the soil and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye!
In less than half a cup of tea's time, the originally barren farmland was already full of crops!
Witnessing this miracle, countless ignorant farmers had already started praying loudly. Even more people knelt on the ground and looked up at the sky, excitedly shouting the name of God.
"What are you waiting for! It's time to harvest the crops! No matter how much you harvest, you will get a tenth of the fruits of your labor. "
Under Du Wei's command, over a thousand farmers seemed to have gone crazy as they waved their sickles and rushed into the farmland …
This scene repeated for fifteen days! Every day, Du Wei would let the crops in the farmland grow two or three times!
After a long time, everyone could not take it anymore! The crops in the farmland grew like crazy. After a few days of crazy harvesting, many people collapsed from exhaustion. Du Wei immediately brought over a thousand new recruits to replenish the labor force.
After that, the problems that occurred were even more bizarre. When the sickles were not enough, the new recruits simply took out their swords to harvest. In the end, even the granaries were filled to the brim. The crops that could not be stored could only be left out in the open in the town.
Seeing the crops piled up higher and higher, everyone wondered if they had gone crazy or if they were dreaming. However, the soreness in their waist and legs woke everyone up.
From then on, these people looked at Du Wei as if they were looking at God!
In the span of fifteen days, this farm by Loulan Lake was harvested countless times. With a large amount of food, Du-Wei's huge fleet was so busy that they were on all fours. One after another, granaries were built. In the end, everyone was too tired to move. Only then did Du Wei end this crazy operation.
The result was …. Du Wei estimated that in the next year, the price of food in the two provinces in the North and West would be greatly reduced!
After that, a grand celebration was held in the town, which had never been seen before. Everyone was crazily drinking and dancing, cheering for the harvest created by the gods. This celebration lasted for a day and a night. Everyone drank until they were dead drunk, drinking all the wine they could find …. However, no one felt the heartache. Because in the future, they would not lack the food to make wine!
After the celebration, everyone rested for a day. Du Wei announced: "Begin the construction of the city!"
In the past month, Philip had spent a lot of effort to recruit thousands of workers from all over the Desa Province. He also gathered all the craftsmen he could find. Finally, the Duke announced the start of the construction of the new city …. However, there was only half of the three months left.
After witnessing the Duke's miraculous magic to create such a great harvest, the doubts in Philip's heart were shaken! To be able to create such a miracle …. Perhaps building a new city in three months might not be a crazy thing!
"You only need to work at night." Du Wei gave a simple order to the thousands of craftsmen recruited by Philip: "You don't need to do too much heavy physical work. In fact, I only need you to do some mending work."
After that, Du Wei once again demonstrated his miracle!
Just like how he created the harvest, Du Wei had Mard send people to plant saplings outside the chosen location of the new city. Then, he used the spring water 'As Time Goes By' to create artificial rain again.
After that, nearly a thousand saplings grew into towering trees within a day!
After blowing the Horn of Life, a thousand Treants that looked like giants were awakened … What awaited them was a pile of materials that had already piled up into a mountain …
Without a doubt, the most primitive Treants without much self-awareness were the best labor force. They had boundless strength, did not know exhaustion, and were very obedient!
Those huge stones that required dozens of people to move were easily lifted by a single Treant and placed in the right place.
In the beginning, the craftsmen were frightened by these giants. They ran around like crazy, thinking that they had seen monsters. Under the suppression of Du Wei's army, these fellows finally calmed down. Then, after confirming that these giants were not dangerous, the thousands of craftsmen began to work hard!
Just like Du-Wei said, most of the heavy physical work was done by these giants. The only thing the craftsmen needed to do was to repair and knock on the walls.
For example, when building the city wall, the Treants easily laid down a layer of stone. The craftsmen immediately rushed up and began to fill it with sand and other things ….
In less than ten days, the northern city wall had already begun to take shape!
This speed was so fast that it made people panic!
Philip led a group of Mr. Bluesea's disciples to act as supervisors. Each of them was assigned a task, holding a construction blueprint in their hands as they busied themselves with giving instructions.
Facts proved that Du Wei was not lying.
With this group of powerful giants as labor, there were only five days left of the third month Du Wei promised. The main city wall of the new city had already been completed. All of the city walls were designed in the shape of a rhombus with undulating corners. The city wall was fifteen meters high, which was already the standard of a first class city in the empire. This rhombus-shaped city wall would be exceptionally sturdy!
Under the protection of the twenty mile long city wall, this would be Du Wei's new capital in the Northwest!
Loulan City!
However, in private, everyone gave this city a new name:
Miracle City!
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Of course, this "Miracle City" was currently just an empty shell. Aside from the outer city wall, the inside of the city was still empty. Du Wei had designed several roads that ran through the north, south, east, and west. They had already been laid out. However, the surroundings were empty. The only building in the city was a castle.
This would be Du Wei's future Governor's Palace.
The general framework of the new capital city had already been built in three months. What was left was the buildings in the city. Then there was the headache of the migration problem. This was not something that could be done in a short period of time.
According to Philip's estimation, it would take about a year for this new capital city to become a real city.
Before that, Du Wei still had to stay in the old capital city of Anglia.
The residents of the small town by Loulan Lake became the first batch of residents of the new capital city. After receiving a series of guarantees, they gave up their homes. The small town became the residents of the new capital city. Since there was no need to worry about food, they began to build their new homes.
After a few months of work, the number of people who were willing to move had reached thirty thousand. The western side of the new capital city was already starting to take shape. For those who moved to the new city, Du Wei promised to exempt them from all taxes for a year.
The construction of the new city also provided a lot of employment opportunities. The farmers did not have to worry about losing their source of income after moving to the city. Not to mention, Du Wei allowed them to keep their original land.
Anglia City was the place with the most immigrants. After Du Wei announced the preferential treatment of exempting them from all taxes for a year, he also announced that Anglia City would no longer be part of the Desa Province. At the same time, there were no plans to station any troops here.
There was no protection from the city walls – if the current broken city walls could be considered as' city walls'. Without the protection of the army, this place would become a favorite place for bandits and horse thieves. As a result, the citizens who did not feel safe had no choice but to move.
The migration of eighty thousand people was not something that could be done in a day.
However, these problems did not need Du Wei to worry about. He would take Bluesea's disciples as the first batch of administrative officials in the Governor's Palace. They would be responsible for all the migration issues. As for Knight Robert, he would be responsible for the deterrence of the army, in case anything happened during this period.
As for Du Wei?
He once again entered the Governor's Palace in Anglia City and began his mysterious life of research.
Hussain was given a new task by Du Wei. This powerful Paladin would go to the frozen forest and cross the Great Circle Lake to reach the valley where the Ents lived.
Because Du Wei's' As Time Goes By 'spring water was almost exhausted!
To be able to enter the Frozen Forest safely, without having to worry about the harsh conditions and the powerful magical beasts that roamed around, and without having to worry about leaking information, only Hussein was qualified for this job.
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