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Chapter 500 "A Big Show (Part 1)"
Of course, seeing such a source of income, it's inevitable for some to be jealous.
Reporting Du Wei is a no-brainer, everyone knows this. But … … following the Duke of the Tulip Family to share a piece of the pie, right?
Therefore, very soon, there were some 'copycat' behaviors in the imperial capital. Many other casinos also began to set up bets for the martial arts tournament. The names of the bets were almost all imitating the betting method of the Tulip Family.
In addition, a 'pirated' version of the tournament also appeared! The printing is slightly inferior, and the content is mostly copied from Du Wei's version. But because of the low price, it's still very popular among the common gamblers.
This time, Du Wei can't take it anymore!!
Du Wei can be considered a generous person. If he's happy, he won't mind having more or less money. After all, he's already very rich.
However, if you don't even say hello and try to steal from Du Wei's mouth, then you've touched Du Wei's bottom line!
Soon, under Du Wei's annoyance and pressure, several other underground casinos were 'looted'!
Large groups of fully armed Imperial City Guards stormed into a few casinos in broad daylight like wolves and tigers. Under the threat of swords and whips, they looted all the property in the casinos! All of the bets from the past few days were taken away! Even the casino's normal operating funds were all taken away!
Then the leading officer ignored the pleas of the casino owners. Whether it's threats or bribes, nothing can move these soldiers!
Comparing background? Humph, I know you casinos have a background! It's the secret property of some rich nobles!
But no matter how big your background is, can it be bigger than the Duke of the Tulip Family? Can it be bigger than the Prince Regent?
As a result, several casinos were swept clean. All of the gamblers were driven away and a group of people were arrested.
As for the pirated copies of the competition scripts that were printed on the market, they were also wiped out. Several printing workshops were also raided.
A lot of people immediately understood the situation! Stealing money from the Duke of the Tulip Family is not going to work!
There were also some who relied on their status to run to the palace and complain to Prince Son.
But all he got was a stern reprimand from the Regent!
— Of course! Under Du Wei's advocacy, the gambling industry had been regarded by the Regent as a blood vessel to supplement the Empire's finances! F * ck! You're not just robbing Du Wei of his money! He's also trying to steal my money!!
Of course, there were also some stubborn people who insisted on arguing for an explanation. For example, we don't gamble. We only sell the competition records. It's not illegal, right? If the Tulip Family can sell it, why can't we?!
Many people complained to the relevant departments. At this time, Du Wei straightforwardly asked the finance department of the empire to sign an exclusive authorization document for him.
Hmph, do you know what it means to protect intellectual property?!
Fight against piracy! Long live the original!!
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Of course, there are also some smart people who know that it's impossible to steal money from Du Wei. Some of them quickly found a way to see the Duke of the Tulip Family. They only want to ask the Duke to loosen his fingers a little: You're eating meat, but can't you at least give us some soup to drink? They were all in the circle of nobles, so there was bound to be some kinship between them.
In the face of this kind of guest, Duwei was still very polite. After he received a few people, his attitude was very amiable, but the meaning of his words faintly revealed a message: Want to join the game and play together? Sure, pay the membership fee!
This "membership fee", Du Wei will settle it in two ways: First, if you want to join the game, you must first pay a "membership fee". Every betting point has to pay a membership fee of 5,000 gold coins. Du Wei doesn't want a single cent of this fee and will hand it all over to the finance department of the empire.
In addition, all betting points must be supervised by the finance department of the empire! In the end, they must hand over 30% of the profits!!
These conditions can be said to be harsh, but Du Wei is holding a knife in his hand. His attitude is very clear: Either you pinch your nose and agree, or you can forget about this matter!
As a result, after this storm, the finance minister of the empire shed tears of gratitude towards Du Wei. If it weren't for the fact that Du Wei is already married and the finance minister's granddaughter is already engaged to Du Wei's younger brother, then the finance minister would've wanted to have a granddaughter to marry Du Wei!
"Do you know what business is the most profitable? Monopoly! Any business, as long as you can monopolize the entire industry, even if you're just selling ordinary nails, you can still count the money until your hands cramp! "
Du Wei said to Zuckerberg afterwards. This concept made Zuckerberg gasp in admiration.
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These days, Old Smoke has been a bit busy.
As the head of the Tulip Family's bodyguard, it stands to reason that he should always be by his lord's side. But unfortunately, Du Wei doesn't seem to need anyone to protect him … … With his strength, there are very few people in the continent that can harm him. If there really is such a level of opponent, then Old Smoke and his bodyguards definitely won't be able to resist.
Therefore, as Du Wei's most trusted aide, Old Smoke is more often than not doing some shady business for Du Wei.
For example, this time!
On the third night after the Qingfeng Festival, the Duke suddenly called Old Smoke into his study. At that time, the Duke's expression was very serious and dignified as he gave Old Smoke a secret mission. Moreover, the Duke's tone was very dignified: This matter must be kept absolutely secret! Only Old Smoke is allowed to do it, no one else is allowed! Afterwards, not even half a word is allowed! Let this matter rot in his stomach for the rest of his life!
Seeing the Duke's solemn tone, Old Smoke who is loyal to Du Wei immediately swore on his life that he will complete this task.
Then, Du Wei gave out the contents of the order: Tonight, Old Smoke is to go to a certain location outside the city and quietly dig up a corpse! After that, the corpse is to be sent to the Rollin Plains in the South!
Du Wei still admires Old Smoke as a person.
Although Old Smoke's martial arts skills aren't considered high, he is still only an intermediate level Warrior and his dou qi is only a beginner. However, Old Smoke is a very careful person and his mouth is very tight. What Du Wei likes the most is that as long as he is given a task, Old Smoke will never ask anything that shouldn't be asked. Instead, he will follow Du Wei's instructions and carefully complete the task!
That night, Old Smoke followed Du Wei's instructions and ran alone to a deserted forest outside the city. Taking out a shovel, he dug up a big sack from the ground. After opening it, there was indeed a corpse inside!
Old Smoke arranged for a carriage and drove it himself. Together with the corpse, they headed south towards the Rowling Plains.
But halfway there, the corpse came back to life!!
This matter can be said to be very strange! But Old Smoke didn't ask a single word.
Along the way, he even tried his best not to talk to the resurrected corpse.
After arriving at the Rollin Plains, Old Smoke was responsible for finding a small remote farm in the South of the Rollin Plains. This is one of Du Wei's properties and settled the corpse here.
He was very careful and didn't ask any questions.
What he didn't know was that the person he brought to the South was still sitting in the palace wearing the emperor's robes just a few days ago.
After that, Old Smoke rushed to the Lille Province in the South. In a small village, he secretly picked up a family, a middle-aged woman and two little girls, and brought them to the previous farm.
After doing all this, he left a sum of money for the old man and told him, "You will live here. All your daily necessities are here. For a month, you are not allowed to leave this farm! This is an order from the Duke of the Tulip Family! " After that, he left.
Being able to reunite with his family, his heart was naturally filled with gratitude towards Du Wei.
At the same time, he also knew that his life was an extremely risky gamble! If the news were to leak out, he would be dead for sure! Therefore, he carefully listened to Du Wei's order and lived in that secret farm.
Du Wei wouldn't let him live there forever. According to Du Wei's plan, after a few days, someone would go there and pick up the family. Then, they would go to a port and take the Du Wei family's ship out to sea … … In the distant Nanyang, they could settle down there. Du Wei's fleet had already opened up a trade route and set up several strongholds in the Nanyang.
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By the time Old Smoke completed the task given to him by Du Wei and returned to the capital, nearly a month had passed.
What he didn't know was that as the news of the martial arts tournament spread throughout the continent, more and more warriors from all over the continent were rushing to the capital.
For a time, the official road to the capital, the shops, docks, and hotels all had their business increase by several times.
On the 28th day after the Qingfeng Festival, Old Smoke returned to a small town ten miles away from the capital. This small town was responsible for protecting the capital.
After hundreds of years of peace, this town has developed into a city with a population of one hundred thousand. At the same time, there was also a city guard stationed here.
After Old Smoke had lunch in a hotel, he was ready to leave. He wanted to return to the Duke's residence before evening to report his completion of the mission.
But as soon as Old Smoke stepped out of the hotel, the attendant beside him brought his horse over. Just as Old Smoke was about to mount his horse, his movements suddenly paused. His eyes revealed a trace of surprise as he stared blankly at the street in front of him.
"Eh … … Could it be … …"
That familiar figure flashed through the crowd. When Old Smoke regained his senses, he couldn't see it anymore. He froze for a moment and then frowned. Could it be that he was mistaken?
But that figure was clearly very familiar … …
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For the soldiers of the capital's security department, these past few days were simply too tiring!
Everyone gave up their vacation and threw themselves into the endless overtime … … This is imaginable.
According to the statistics of the Knight's Association, in this month's time, the number of people who signed up has increased to 3,400!
And among so many people, almost half of them are foreigners from all over the continent!
It's easy to imagine, when more than a thousand warriors from all over the continent flood into the capital, the security of the capital will be greatly affected!
Those who practice martial arts are mostly brave and ruthless people! As the saying goes, there is no first place in literature and no second place in martial arts! People who practiced martial arts would not be easily convinced by other martial artists!
The capital is full of foreign warriors with all kinds of accents. These warriors will easily have some friction and small conflicts in their daily lives.
For example, during the registration process, there will be bumps and bumps in the crowd. Another example, because of the sudden influx of foreigners (not only the participants, but also the tourists who came to see the fun), all the hotels and carriages in the capital have been overcrowded! Even the prices of the beds in the carriages have increased by three times!
At this time, you may casually walk into a small teahouse or a small restaurant and accidentally bump into someone. The other person is a warrior! And when the place is overcrowded, because of fighting for rooms, tables, empty seats, and even fighting for carriage seats … … etc.
For those who practice martial arts, most of them don't like to use their mouth to reason! They usually use one method: to use force to speak! Whoever's fist is harder will be the one who is reasonable!
As a result, in this month, there were more than three hundred serious fighting incidents in the capital, resulting in seven deaths, more than twenty injuries, and more than two hundred people were arrested and sent to the prison of the security department.
The commander of the security department has already written a letter to the Regent asking for help!
He is very helpless, there are only ten thousand soldiers in the security department of the capital. Usually, they are responsible for the safety of a big city with a population of one million … … That's fine! But now, more than a thousand brave and ruthless warriors suddenly rushed in! And in every dispute, most of these foreigners are not afraid of the soldiers. Some of them even dare to pull out their swords and fight with the security department's soldiers!
In less than a month, the prison of the security department is full.
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