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Chapter 205 "Stunning Beauty" (Part 1)
By the time Du Wei's carriage entered Loulan City, the sky had already darkened. Du Wei's bodyguard captain, Old Smoke, was leading the way. The castle was right in front of them. Seeing the Duke's carriage, how could the guards dare to block it? One by one, they opened up a path.
Du Wei was very satisfied with the construction of this castle. In his past life, he had traveled to the West and seen the magnificent castles of the Middle Ages. His heart had always yearned for such a place. Now that he was in power, he naturally wanted to satisfy himself. This castle was a bit bigger than the one in the Rowling Plains. Moreover, there were several wells drilled around the castle, a ravine was dug around the castle, and underground water was brought in to create a moat. Like this, the Northwest was a dangerous place, so it had more ability to protect itself. Even if there was a war in the future and the outer castle was unfortunately breached, the inner castle could be defended for a year or so.
Across the moat was a wooden bridge leading to the castle's outer gate. Du Wei followed the style of the Buckingham Palace he saw in his past life. The gate was guarded by several soldiers in bright armor. When they saw Du Wei's carriage approaching, they only straightened their bodies and saluted without looking sideways.
Inside the castle, Du Wei just got off the carriage when Mard came out to greet him. Du Wei asked a few questions and learned that the banquet was ready.
These days, Loulan City was very lively. Everywhere was decorated with lanterns and streamers. Even the solemn patrolling soldiers in the past were wearing new uniforms. The Duke's mansion was also decorated with new decorations. These days, from time to time, large groups of citizens would come to the Duke's mansion and loudly pray to the castle.
After Du Wei came to the Northwest, he created one miracle after another. He had a bountiful harvest, allowing them to live without worries for a year. The new city was also built with a tax exemption decree. The people highly respected him. Moreover, Longbottom often took his cavalry out for "training" and eliminated many small groups of bandits. These merits were mostly credited to Du Wei by the people of the Northwest. Because of this, the people here worshipped the young Duke to the extreme. They only hoped that the Duke would be able to live a long and peaceful life in the Northwest. That way, their lives would be prosperous and stable.
Therefore, in the past few days, there was news that the Duke would be celebrating his fifteenth birthday in two days and officially holding a coming of age ceremony. When this news was released, the Miracle City's residents were in an uproar. The festive atmosphere of Loulan City was even more intense than the annual summer celebrations. There were even people gathered around the castle to pray and bless the young Duke.
For Du Wei's birthday, needless to say, the castle has been busy for many days already. Originally, Du Wei didn't want to make it too complicated, but Philip advised him. Since Du Wei is a person of high status, there must be a deeper meaning behind his actions. After all, the coming of age ceremony is a once-in-a-lifetime event. If he makes it too simple, then it will lose the prestige of a Duke.
"Young Master, the banquet is ready. According to your instructions, I heard that the Lister Family is from the South, so I had people specially prepare some southern-flavored food …" Mard was about to give a detailed report when suddenly, several cavalrymen came running from behind. Jumping off their horses, they saluted Du Wei: "My Lord, the Lister Family's carriage has arrived at the gate!"
Du Wei nodded: "Good, they're finally here."
Then he didn't have time to go in and change his clothes, so he stayed at the gate to greet them.
In the evening, the castle's honor guard blew the horn. On both sides of the gate hung a huge aura, one with a golden tulip, and the other with the aura of the Lister Family. There were also two groups of soldiers wearing honor guard uniforms at the gate to greet them.
Originally, Du Wei didn't intend to make it so heavy. After all, it was only two children who came. But thinking of the two children who came, it was Marquise Lister's younger brother and sister. Especially Marquise Lister's younger brother, who is the only male descendant of the Lister Family and will definitely be the family's heir in the future! With such an identity, it wouldn't be good to neglect. Plus, he had received so many benefits from the Lister Family, so he naturally had to show some goodwill.
Unfortunately, Dadaneier, the old man of the Lister Family, was unexpectedly not in the city today. Three days ago, he brought people to the northwest corridor to greet a batch of cattle, sheep, and horses that Du Wei bought.
Under the honor guard's horn, a group of white horse cavalrymen slowly passed through the gate to the Duke's Mansion and came to the bottom of the castle. These cavalrymen were all wearing the same silver armor. Each of them seemed to be young and handsome men that were carefully selected. On their chest, they all wore the Lister Family's emblem. The horses under them were all white horses. Their entire bodies were snow white, without a single strand of variegated hair. On the head of each horse, there was also a long white feather … …
Du Wei looked at this group of cavalrymen and knew that they must be the personal guards of the Marquise of the Lister Family, known as the "White Feather Knight Regiment"! Because only the Marquise of the Lister Family had a noble title, and it was only a lifetime noble title and not a hereditary one, according to the empire's law, the Lister Family was not allowed to have their own private army. Of course, although the law was like this, how could such a large and wealthy family not have their own protection? Therefore, this White Feather Knight Regiment was under the Lister Family's name as a "mercenary".
The empire's law: Apart from hereditary nobles, no one can have a private army! But the empire's law allowed the rich to hire their own mercenary group.
In fact, everyone knew that this White Feather Knight Regiment was not a mercenary group at all. It was completely the Lister Family's private army. But it was only in name, no one would really use this kind of thing to offend the Lister Family. However, due to the empire's law, the number of mercenaries could not exceed five hundred. Therefore, the official roster of the White Feather Knight Regiment had always maintained the number of 499 people.
And Du Wei also knew that this so-called 499 people, there was a trick to it. As the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures. The empire's law was more lenient towards the Knight Regiment. After all, although the era of the Knight had passed, it was still glorious. The biggest trick was: A Knight, in addition to himself, is allowed to have up to four retainers. These retainers can be considered as the Knight's deputies or battle companions. They are responsible for cleaning and repairing the Knight's weapons and armor, feeding the horses, training battle skills, and in battle, they can be the Knight's subordinates or companions to kill the enemy …..
But the subtle thing is ….. the number of retainers is not counted in the official roster of the Knight Regiment!
In other words, although the official roster of the White Feather Knight Regiment only has four hundred and ninety-nine people, but if each Knight can be accompanied by four retainers, then the number of people in the regiment is at least two thousand!
And this White Feather Knight Regiment that only has four hundred and ninety-nine people, but in reality, the number is far more than two thousand. This is the elite force of the Lister Family. The Lister Family is a merchant family, so they don't have their own territory. Unlike Du Wei, they don't need a large number of troops to defend their territory. Therefore, with more than two thousand cavalry, it's more than enough to protect themselves.
Looking at this group of handsome Knight wearing silver armor and riding white horses, Du Wei can't help but sigh.
The head of the Lister Family is after all a woman, so even the cavalry under her command is so gaudy and beautiful. These White Feather Knights, although they have a beautiful appearance, but they care too much about appearance. Looking carefully, even the color of the horses and the height of the Knight on the horse are almost the same. An army that puts so much effort into appearance, how strong can they be?
Although secretly shaking his head, Du Wei's face is already piled up with a smile.
This group of White Feather Knights dismounted in an orderly manner. After the twenty of them dismounted, they lined up on both sides. Behind them, there were a few carriages that slowly drove up to the entrance. At the front was a carriage made of high-quality black cedar wood. Pulling the carriage were four tall, snow-white horses with bells attached to them. As the horses galloped over, the crisp sound of the bells could be heard.
This carriage may look ordinary, but it's actually very refined. Du Wei can see that the cost of this carriage is really amazing. Just the carriage made of black Phoebe wood alone is no worse than the one gifted by Prince Son! And the wheels and every part of the carriage are made of the highest quality materials. It's just that the appearance doesn't look arrogant. Instead, it's quite the style of a big family.
A red carpet has already been laid out on the ground. The young leader of the White Feather Knight Knight slowly walked up to the front of the carriage. This person's silver armor was inlaid with some golden lace, making him look quite different from the other Knights. With a handsome face, golden curly hair, and a faint trace of arrogance on his face, this young man has a faint trace of arrogance. With one hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, he opened the carriage door with the other and then slightly bowed down.
Soon after, a slender and delicate foot stepped out of the carriage. That round ankle and the translucent skin were so white that it was almost translucent. A delicate figure stepped out of the carriage.
Even the gods can testify that this woman, even her posture of bending down to get off the carriage is beautiful to the extreme! It's as if every movement has a special kind of elegance and delicacy … ….
When she raised her head, Du Wei could clearly see the face of this girl. Even Du Wei's heart couldn't help but beat fiercely!
What kind of face is this … …
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