Early on the seventh day of the new year.
The whole imperial city is still immersed in the quiet after the carnival, and the sky of the city is quiet. In these days of carnival night, too many people are drunk, too many people are tired, of course, many girls have lost their virginity
It has been a long time since the coup d'etat two years ago.
After experiencing these gorgeous nights, all of us are unanimously grateful to the magical tulip Duke for bringing the beautiful and magical thing "fireworks" to the world.
In the morning, the sun has risen. On the Lancang canal, which leads to the imperial capital, a long fleet is coming to the imperial capital. There are 20 big ships. To the surprise of the early risers on the shore, these big ships are all sea going ships! Each of them is a big ship of the sea soul class. Compared with these monsters in the ocean, the other merchant ships on the river are much smaller.
On the river near the imperial capital, naturally, there were patrol sailors on the river under the Public Security Department of the imperial capital. These patrol boats saw the huge fleet coming from a distance, but they did not dare to stop it. From a long distance, they immediately showed their flags, even honestly stepped back and gave up the main river, and even immediately sent more people to clean up the river, All ships were ordered to give way and let the huge fleet go ahead.
"I said, whose fleet is this, so arrogant? You see, all the boats on the river have to get out of the way? Is it Royal? " A river Porter sitting on the dock couldn't help asking.
A companion next to him was much older than this. After hearing this, he laughed and scolded: "blind your eyes! Don't you see the flag on this ship? a royal house? It's not a royal ship, but it's not much worse than the royal family! "
On the mast of the forward ship of the fleet. A flame tulip flag is flying!
The first big ship was huge, but from the hull on both sides, it was full of mottled marks, as if it had experienced a very long and difficult voyage, even scratches, impact
On the side of the ship and on the deck, there were many traces of fighting. Even some of the sailors, even some of them, were wearing bandages. However, these sailors, everyone is the expression of young tiger defend, even the injured people, look so spirit!
Above the ship building, a woman stood there quietly, holding the fence in front of her with her hands. Eyes calm looking at the distance more and more near the outline of the imperial pier.
She looked only in her twenties, and her face was slightly thin. The long voyage on the sea and the sun made her skin not as white as most women in mainland Loran, but a little bit of wheat color. This skin color does not reduce the slightest beauty of her, but adds a bit of healthy sexy.
Her tall body is lined with soft leather armour, but outside. It's a colorful robe with a peculiar shape. I don't know what kind of cloth the robe is made of, but it seems that it's made of many pieces of cloth with five colors. Of course, if the most attractive thing is her slim and strong long legs, even if it's a picky man, Seeing such a pair of beautiful legs, I can't help sighing about the magic of God's creation!
"Lord Ruolin. Here we are
Behind him, a giant man with a strong body like a bull came over. He stopped and bowed his head respectfully. Dressed as a sailor, the man had a turban on his head, but he had one eye on his face and a black cloth over his left eye.
Ruolin took a look at the time when Biao's subordinates went to sea. He has good eyes. I'm even afraid of water.
"Well, yes. We're back. " Ruolin nodded. The last trace of tenderness on Ruolin's face was worn away by the sharpening of the sea. At the moment, Ruolin's eyes showed the tenacity and fortitude after the wind and rain, and waved: "order, shore! Everyone on board, without my permission, no one else is allowed to board, and no one is allowed to leave his post! "
This man was a subordinate of Ruolin when he was in Roland. He immediately took orders. Rowling, on the other hand, lifted his robe, pressed his sword on his waist and walked slowly to the deck.
On the dock deck of the imperial capital, there were already 200 cavalry soldiers in tulip family uniform waiting. The leader was not others, but little Zach.
Little Zach had been waiting anxiously for a long time, scratching his ears. Seeing that the fleet finally landed, he was relieved. His face looked like a macaque, showing his heartfelt joy.
He whistled and brought the tulip family soldiers close to the dock. When the sampan was set up, little Zach saw the familiar figure on the deck of the ship. Then he laughed and said in a loud voice: "my beautiful old boss, you are back at last! It's been a year. I thought you were a pirate in Nanyang
Ruolin went down the deck and looked at little Zac. She showed a smile on her face, but only lightly patted little Zac on the shoulder: "you are also an important person under the adults. How can you talk and do things? You are still so unstable."
Little Zach said with a smile, "I'm glad to see you back, so naturally I'm excited."
Ruolin picked her eyebrows, but then she saw the sincerity in little Zac's eyes, without the taste of ridicule. Then she nodded, and her voice was more gentle: "well, I haven't seen you for a long time. The voyage on the sea was much harder than expected. Fortunately, it's not disgraceful
Small Zach looked at Ruolin, always feel this once beautiful boss, as if there is a little strange change, seems to be stronger than before, more black... Or... Well, this change, as if specific can't say, but at the moment, Ruolin's whole person, like a honed gem, faintly naturally exudes a kind of bright light.
"And the Duke?"
Little Zach was just stunned. He heard Jolin's question and said quickly, "the Duke has received your messenger. He has arranged everything on the wharf and sent me to pick you up. There are also a hundred big cars in the back... The adult said that you don't have to worry about the loading and unloading of goods. I'll watch it here. I want you to meet him at the Duke's house as soon as you get off the ship
Ruolin's eyebrows picked, and there was a smile in her eyes: "a hundred carts? I'm afraid... Is not enough. "
Then, little Zach immediately sent someone to lead the horse, and then led Ruolin back to the Duke's house.
As for the twenty ships. Little Zach immediately mobilized all the people, but they were all from his tulip family. Originally, there were a lot of boatman and coolie who lived on the wharf. Seeing such a large fleet coming to shore, they all came to look for work.
But far away, he was stopped by the tulip family guards, and then politely told these people that the goods on the ship were beloved by the Duke, and all the handling and loading were handled by his own family. No need for outsiders.
Although there are always some local snakes in this port, how dare these ants to trouble the tulip Duke?
Ruolin rode all the way into the city without stopping. Work vigorously, came to the lofty luxury of the Duke house, just jumped off the horse, saw the Duke house door has been opened. Many servants and bodyguards came out to meet them, and then someone took Ruolin inside and came to Duwei's study yard.
This small courtyard was the study yard used by duvidi's father, count Raymond. Now duvidi was just like his father.
When Ruolin pushed the door in, Du Wei was sitting behind his desk. When he saw Ruolin coming in, Du Wei just raised his head and laughed. Wen Yan said, "well, are you back? Good. Sit down
The tone was light and plain, as if Ruolin had not been out to sea for more than a year, but had just been sent by him to make a random circle around the city.
When Ruolin saw Duwei, she felt that the young Duchess seemed to have grown up again. Her eyes, which she didn't dare to look at, now looked more and more unfathomable! Although the face is smiling. But there is prestige in the eyebrows... Compared with before I went to sea. Your highness, it is more and more to have the temperament of a great man who controls the life and death of countless people.
Ruolin knelt down on one knee. First of all, a solemn family guard Knight etiquette, her original most formal identity, is the family guard knight that Dewey accepted. Then, just sat on a chair of Du Weizhi.
"Tell me." Du Wei said with a smile: "you've been out for more than a year, and I haven't heard from you. I'm really worried. I'm afraid those Nanyang people are bold enough to do harm to you. In that case, I'll encourage the regent to launch another Nanyang expedition to save you. "
Ruolin smile, her temperament, also than at the beginning to calm a lot: "my Lord, the sea, than we expected to be a lot more difficult. First of all, our fleet used to travel only in the coastal waters, and the Southern Ocean is thousands of miles away. It's really difficult to predict the risks of such a long sea journey. Along the way, we got several hurricane waves, and the predicted time was not enough. But fortunately, after arriving in Nanyang, we went all the way south with the old Nanyang guy. The Nanyang tribes we met did not dare to stop us. "
"Well..." Dewey nodded. "You've arrived in the United Kingdom of Southeast Asia... Where, what's it like?"
Mentioned this problem, Ruolin couldn't help but have a strange look in her eyes. After a long time, she sighed: "where... It's beautiful! Very beautiful! I've never seen such a beautiful place in my life
Then, she took off the burden behind her, took out a scroll from it, slowly unfolded, but it was a carefully drawn map of Nanyang.
"My Lord, before I set out, you ordered me to pay attention to the voyage and make a map. Hum, the old guy who went with me tried to defend me at first. When he arrived in Nanyang, he deliberately instructed us to take a detour. Later, I saw through it and gave him a good lesson. I don't think he's honest. He just ordered the fleet to stop on an island and arrested a small tribe on that island to ask questions. Nanyang people are also people. Good wine and gold are enough to make them speak. Only then did I know that the old guy took us a lot of detours... "
Dewey laughed. "What do you do with him?" Ruolin raised her eyebrows: "I didn't deal with him very much. Sir, you said that. I couldn't hurt his life, so I tied him with a rope and left him in the sea for three days Dewey laughed. Then I took the map, put it on the table and unfolded it slowly... It was all painted with waterproof canvas. It was a vast sea area on it! Those scattered islands, scattered, located in the Nanyang sea, Ruolin also drew a few routes out. These routes avoid some dangerous sea areas, reefs and whirlpool zones. And the southernmost tip of the imperial capital is a big island! Dewey pointed to the big island and said, "this is..." "my Lord, this is where the Nanyang United Kingdom is. This is the largest island I know in Nanyang. The area of this island is as large as that of the two provinces of our empire. At present, there are more than 20 tribes, big and small, living on this island under the United Kingdom of Nanyang. The population of this island alone is about 5 million. And... My Lord, on this island, there are many other things which, in my opinion, are extremely strange! "“ Weird? " Dewey is interested. Originally, he was full of expectations for Nanyang, as for strange things. Hum, "Dewey, how are you? Are you surprised? " Shit, what's more weird than this message? Does it have anything to do with the clue of this matter?