Chapter 387

Maybe I've been stunned. Even Princess Louise has almost forgotten that she has formed the etiquette habit since childhood. Anyway, it's very impolite to stare at a person so straight.

Princess Louise even forgot to answer each other's questions. Fortunately, Miss Dali, who was behind her, came back and gently pulled the princess.

The princess recovered, but when she heard each other's words clearly, she was even more surprised.

That guy... Servant?

What shocked Louise was that the "servant" in the mouth of this beautiful and impolite guy was just a servant? This strange guy looks so arrogant, even his outstanding arrogant temperament seems to be born. This kind of awe inspiring atmosphere naturally exudes is clearly the temperament that can only be cultivated by always being superior... Is such a guy just a servant?

I'm afraid that the vast majority of the people in the world are only qualified to serve him!

However, it happened that the words came from the mouth of the beautiful and impolite guy, and it was so natural. Strangely enough, this beauty (Louise has a name for this guy in her heart), he (she?) Every word is clear and gentle. If the servant's temperament is like a lofty lonely peak, then the man is like a vast sky! No matter how proud the mountain peak is, it seems that it can't be too high.

"... ah." Louise finally opened her mouth. She took a deep breath. After all, she had been educated by the court since childhood. She was a little flustered, then calmed down and said with a smile, "well, you are right. We are going to Loulan city. What do you have..."

Each other's eyes with an undisguised smile, his every move. It seems that they all contain indescribable manners: "well, that's great. I have a very bold request. My servant and I are from other places. We want to have a good tour in the northwest. Unfortunately, we have just been told in this town that the tulip Duke has issued a special decree here. It is said that Loulan city is too prosperous. There are too many mainland merchants going in and out every day, so the Duke of tulip has ordered restrictions on entering the city. In addition to paying customs duties, he also needs to get clearance permission to enter the city. What's more, it's a busy season. I heard it's this time of year. All the hotels in the city will be full. Without the clearance permission of the caravan, you can't even find hotels in the city... Beautiful lady, look. Our master and servant are just ordinary tourists, not businessmen. Moreover, we didn't know about this special law in Northwest China before we came all the way. Therefore, I see that you and your companions seem to be the original caravan. I think you must have entry permission, so. I took the liberty to block your way. Could you please take us to the city by the way? "

Princess Louise was stunned.

The customs clearance permit is a new decree issued by Dewey. From the year before last, in order to prevent the northwest army or grassland people's spies from entering his territory at will, he ordered to set up the checkpoints in the border area of the whole DESAR province. The local caravan must ascend the throne in exchange for the continuation of the customs defense before entering.

Princess Louise is from the capital. In her capacity. Although she didn't show up as a princess, when she came. He had already let his subordinates go through the formalities in the name of an imperial nobleman. She has customs clearance procedures, but... Take these two strange people to the city together?

Louise's curiosity finally got the upper hand, and taking two people in was nothing to a grand imperial princess, but she was really curious about this beautiful guy.

She has seen all kinds of aristocratic children since childhood, but has never seen a person's demeanor can be so beautiful! She stared at this guy, and secretly guessed the origin of this guy.

Judging from his appearance, he should be very young, and this kind of standard Roland accent must have been acquired by the aristocratic family through strict study since childhood. This kind of demeanor, as well as the elegance that can't find any flaws in his actions, made Princess Louise believe that this guy must be a young man from a rich family.

It's just that I've never heard of such a young outstanding figure in any big family of the Empire. Are they the old families in the north? But this guy looks so gentle and elegant. He doesn't look like a northerner should be forthright. So, southerner? But look at his white skin, and his eyes are so clear and crystal clear, not like those southerners who are too smart. The most important thing is that Princess Louise thinks that all the top families in the mainland are basically gathered in the imperial capital. If a young family produces such a hero, it is impossible for her not to know.

"All right." The princess and miss daili looked at each other and said, "it's not difficult to take you to the city, but, dear sir, can you tell me your identity and origin before asking for help?"

"Well, my name is Luoxue. I'm from the north of the mainland." The man laughed. What he had to admit was that when he was smiling, even Princess Louise was in his smile and lost consciousness for a short time.

"... well... Falling snow, what a beautiful name." The princess disguised her gaffe: "compared with your hometown, there must be a lot of beautiful scenery in northern China." After a pause, she looked at the "servant" behind: "well, where's your companion?"

Killed Princess Louise absolutely do not believe, such a temperament outstanding guy, even with a kind of implicit coercion, how can it be a servant.

"Oh... He's just a servant. Just call him Xiao San." Snow light answer a word. His tone is still very gentle, but when he mentions this servant, his gentleness is very appropriate. It was like the gentleness of a kind Master to a slave. Although kind, but that kind of insidious high above the taste, it is very real.

It's a servant.

But... Xiaosan, this name is good... Strange.

Soon, the princess immediately decided to take them on the road, and she saw that the two had no horses, so she asked the accompanying knight to give them two horses.

The accompanying knights were all elite attendants guarding the princess and miss Dali. Originally, they were very upset when they were stopped by these two strangers, and they had to let their horses out. Naturally, some people didn't agree, but the princess gave the order, and the Knights didn't dare to disobey it. In any case, these Knights traveled a long way. They all rode two by one, with spare horses.

At the moment, in order to embarrass the two guys in the way. Someone took the two most violent horses out of the spare horses.

These two high headed horses are high-quality war horses among the royal guards, but ordinary people can't ride them.

Seeing these two horses coming to them, the other knights sneered in their hearts: I'll take you off your horses later!

But next. Everyone was stunned!

The two tall horses came to the two men and even one of them was restless. As if still faintly some fear, restlessly repeatedly low voice hiss. The servant named "Xiao San" just gave a sneer, but it was such a "hum". The horse beside him gave a straight hiss, and then backed back restlessly. If these horses had not been trained strictly, they would have broken away from the reins of the knight. Just ran away.

Even the Knights around them, under the strange "little three" eyes, felt a strange sense of fear and oppression in their hearts.

At this time, Luoxue smiles and takes two steps forward. He reaches out his hand and caresses the horse's back. It seems that he has a natural soft breath. The restless horse immediately quieted down.

In full view of the public. The snowy hand fell gently on the horse's head and stroked it back and forth. The war horse actually bowed its head, and then, four hooves bent down and knelt down, fell in front of the snow, and became extremely docile, let the snow easily sit on the back of the horse, the war horse just supported the hooves to stand up.

"Xiao San, don't scare our companions." Luoxue rode on the horse and looked back at his servant. There was a trace of fear in the little three's expression. He didn't dare to disobey Luoxue's order. He hummed, pulled the reins and turned over to mount. There was no more action.

The party went to luolancheng, and went to Loulan city at the gate of the city.

This season is indeed the most prosperous time in Loulan city. Everything recovers in spring. After a severe winter, all kinds of materials are consumed enormously. It's the best time for a large number of caravans on the mainland to rush out to the grassland to sell all kinds of living utensils, grain and other goods on the mainland.

Entering Loulan City, the streets are full of people. Caravans and carriages are crowded on the roads. Although the Northwest has just experienced a war, the enthusiasm of businessmen has not been reduced. Loulan City, the largest city on the border of the Empire, has become a prosperous commercial city after more than two years of operation by Dewey.

Although the streets were busy and crowded, they were in good order. Cavalry in the uniform of tulip family town guards rode back and forth. On the notice board at the gate of the city, the latest decree of Duke tulip was posted, and even some clerks specially appointed by the home affairs department stood beside the notice board and read aloud.

After entering the city gate, in the eyes of Princess Louise and her party, the whole Loulan city is a scene of prosperous times.

In the distance, several streets are still being expanded, and tall houses are also being built. It is even strange that there are ordinary people in twos and threes beside the projects being built, holding baskets full of food and water to reward those who are building houses and roads.

The workers were all dressed in a strange and uniform gray dress with a huge word "Jian Jian" embroidered on the front in Loran.

Princess Louise looked a little strange. She had never seen such a scene before. It seemed that those who were building projects were a group of people in the Roland empire. Whether it was the construction of roads or houses, if it was the official project of the Empire. They directly recruited coolies and migrant workers, and even sent slaves to build their own houses. Some noble families built their own houses with their own slaves and servants.

The princess was curious, so she sent someone to ask, and got a strange answer.

"Master." A knight, who came back after asking, also looked a little strange in front of an outsider. He called the princess "master" instead of "Your Highness". The knight replied honestly, "I have asked. It is said that the construction workers in gray clothes are all a special construction team under the provincial government of DESAR, and they are also the establishment of the army. This is an original creation of the Duke of tulip, which is called" engineering soldiers ". All these guys do on weekdays is build all kinds of projects, open roads and bridges, break ground and so on... And they're like soldiers. Every month there's military pay. "

"Well, why do the citizens take food and water to comfort the engineers? Is the army here so loved by the people? " Asked the princess.

"This... Is not the land." The knight scratched his head: "I asked them, these people are the common situation here. The road you see under construction and the house expanding on both sides are their land. These people with food and water. It's the residents of this street, the owners of the houses that are being built. "

The princess was moved. She looked at the houses built in the distance. But it's not small... Is sarbane rich enough? Even ordinary people are rich enough to live in such a big house?

Fortunately, the knight quickly gave the answer: "master, this also surprised me. They told me that whether it was the house or the road, it was the Duke of tulip who announced that it was the provincial government of DESAR. The government paid for it. It is said that within this year, more than a dozen streets of Loulan city will be widened and completed, and all the expenses will be paid by the government here. These residents only need to promise one thing, that is, to let their children, all the men over 18 years old, accept the reserve training of Tulip family private army in Desa province. "

"All in the army?"

"No, not all of them. It's just a reserve. It is said that the order of the tulip Duke is very simple. As long as the young people in their families, who are over 18 years old, go to receive a year's military training in the reserve. It's not really joining the army. It's just training. After one year of training, you can go home. These citizens are very supportive of this decree. As long as they promise to receive half a year's military training, they can live in their own houses for free. However, the ownership of the house belongs to the official government of the province of Desa. These citizens have the right to live and do not have to pay rent. Military training in exchange for free housing. "

Princess Louise was stunned.

Does duvet... That guy have too much money to spend?

I'm afraid there are at least 300000 permanent residents in Loulan city. There are at least 70000 young men in Loulan city. All of them can participate in military training, and then they can live in the big house provided by the government for free?

After listening to this, Miss daili dropped her head and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, she gently spat out a sentence: "hiding soldiers from the people?"

"It's not just Loulan city." The knight replied with a wry smile: "it is said that this is the decree issued by the Duke of tulip at the beginning of this year, which has been implemented in the whole province of DESAR. It is said that fifty miles outside Loulan City, there is a training camp for recruits. After training, these ordinary citizens can be allowed to go home every seven days. "

whole province?

What does this Dewey want?

If we go on like this, there will be more than 300000 young people in the whole province! After all, as long as you go to receive one year's military training, you can get a big house for free. I'm afraid few people will refuse such a good thing. Three hundred thousand young adults, even if only half of them accept this condition, in less than a year, Duwei's territory can have at least one hundred thousand young adults with military experience! When necessary, as long as a draft order, these people can immediately become qualified soldiers in uniform!

Far away. Luoxue and his servant, both on horseback, have been far away from Princess Louise's line. Although the knight's voice is not loud, but with Luoxue's ability, they can hear clearly. After listening, the snow suddenly sighed.

"The Duke of tulips. What a big hand. One hundred and fifty thousand soldiers hide their troops from the people. "

He turned his head, looked at his servant, and suddenly said with a low smile, "it seems that you are right. Among these human beings, the most likely one to cause us trouble is the tulip Duke... Third prince, your intelligence is very good."

The servant's eyes suddenly showed a trace of panic, and he quickly lowered his head. Dare not let the spirit king see his face, but whispered in fear: "you... In front of you, there are no three princes. I am only your servant now, I am the king of the earth

With mixed feelings, a group of people continued to move forward. Just after turning a corner, the main road in front is obviously the most prosperous area in Loulan city. The street is more than twice as wide as the previous road, and the houses on both sides are tall. It's very lively.

What's more strange is that on the top of the street, there are huge banners every ten meters. The banners are of different colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. On each huge banner, there are some words that surprise Princess Louise and her party

"Sicilian fur line. The best fur address in the whole mainland, No.1 Zhuque street

"Old Mom hotpot shop, the chain of Desa Province, come to taste the delicious food! Address, No.2 Qinglong Street! "

"Come and have a look, here are the best jewels! Rich jewelry line, the mainland gold signboard! The address is just around the corner! "

"Headquarters of snow wolf mercenary regiment! The bravest and most loyal warrior. Solve all troubles for you! Address: No.1 Xuanwu Street（ Refuse illegal entrustment)

If you say that all kinds of weird banners. It's just dumbfounded, then you'll find out immediately. On both sides of this street, even every 20 meters, there will be a large wooden dustbin with a height of more than half a person. Even the walls of these dustbins are painted with smooth paint, which is similar to "traveler's house, the best chain hotel in Desa province!"“ Walk ten thousand miles in hawk boots“ Thor's hammer weapon shop, dwarf craft, the best weapon in the mainland! " Wait, wait

These various things stunned a group of outsiders. Then, Princess Louise became curious again and immediately sent the knight to ask passers-by. The result surprised everyone even more.

"These signboards are all the places where the Duke of tulip ordered them to be set up. The banners and the words on these trash cans are" advertisements "that the duke said. However, businesses who want to write their own words on them have to pay for them. It is said that according to the time, every month, we have to go to the administrative department of the governor's office to participate in the bidding. Now it is said that a banner on this street has been fried for 1000 gold coins a month, and a trash can has been fried for 500 gold coins a month. "

After hearing this, Princess Louise quickly calculated the amount in her heart. She couldn't help taking a breath. Looking at the wide and prosperous street, the banners and garbage cans in the distance, she calculated the amount and sighed: "God, isn't it just this street that can make tulip Duke earn more than 10000 gold coins every month? Just hang a few pieces of cloth, and you can get at least 10000 gold coins a month! "

"Ten thousand gold coins, enough to support an imperial standard infantry battalion." Worthy of being the general's sister, Miss daili immediately came to such a conclusion: "this tulip Duke is really a money collector."

Falling snow, who had been following all along, could not help sighing at the moment and whispered to the servant beside him: "do you see that many of the young men walking on the streets here are steady footed, strong arms and bright eyes. Although they are civilians, they are trained militarily. These are much better than the rest of the mainland we have come all the way. I'm afraid... Once war starts in the future, the tulip Duke will be able to pull up hundreds of thousands of qualified troops at any time. What's more, this guy seems to be able to make money, which must be used to support his army. "

That servant, of course, is the surrender of the three princes of the dragon clan. There is a fierce color in his eyes. In a low voice: "master, before I dealt with this guy, he was a very smart man. At the beginning, he even ran away under the pursuit of my father. Along the way, I'm afraid the tulip Duke is one of the top talents in the human race. Maybe... We can take him now... "He said, raising his finger and swiping his neck.

Looking at the fierce face of the Golden Dragon. Snow smile, he looked up at the sky. The sun is already a little dazzling, and the snow reaches out her delicate palm to block her eyes. Under her golden eyes, the silver wire on his wrist glows faintly.

Finally, the Elven King laughed. Smile as warm as the spring breeze, but his voice, word by word, is like a knife in the heart of the Golden Dragon.

"Don't think I don't know what you think... You'd better remember carefully that your identity is only my servant now. No matter what happens to me, I don't need your advice on "contributing wisdom" to make any decision. " The fairy king looked at the golden dragon with a gentle smile. But there seemed to be a needle hidden in his eyes: "assassinate a duke in the human world, and he is also a strong man in the mainland, surrounded by experts like clouds... You must want me to die in Roland."

As soon as the Golden Dragon's face changed, he was about to explain. Luoxue already said with a smile: "don't deny that we all know each other's mind. You surrender to me, but I don't think you are loyal to me. It's just that. I need to remind you that... Even if you want to play any tricks, you'd better do it cleverly. Don't use this stupid trick next time, because it will make me look down on your intelligence. "

Said, snow has gently kicked a horse belly, went to the front.

The Golden Dragon left behind has a complex meaning in its eyes.

Princess Louise and her party. He went directly to the residence of a southern chamber of Commerce in the city. After all, Miss Dali's family is a wealthy family in the south of China. It has a lot to do with this southern chamber of Commerce. Early learned that the family's current status of the most distinguished lady arrived, the chamber of Commerce in the headquarters of the chamber of commerce very early cleaned out a clean and comfortable and spacious yard.

When Princess Louise and her party arrived. The head of the chamber of commerce immediately went out to meet them and invited them into the yard. Daili did not reveal the identity of Princess Louise, only said that she was her friend. In any case, there are always a few close friends in this aristocratic family. The leader of the chamber of commerce is only the aristocratic lady from a certain family, who is equally enthusiastic. Deli ordered the knights to live around the yard, and she and Louise entered the chamber with her maid. The yard is clean and comfortable, but it's a little small. The leader of the chamber of Commerce explained that Loulan city is developing very fast now, and the land price here is too expensive. It's almost every inch of land. Therefore, it's impossible for the chamber of Commerce to occupy too much land. The strength of the southern chamber of commerce is quite good. It is rare to have such a place in Loulan city. Princess Louise didn't care about the living environment. She immediately sent her intimate maid to the chamber of Commerce of the Liszt family in Loulan city to contact Mrs. Liszt. As for the snow... Curious Princess Louise retained the spirit king, but the spirit king, who had planned to stay here for the time being, did not refuse to stay here as a guest. In respect of this mysterious "beauty", Princess Louis ordered that Mr. Luo Xue and his servant live in a yard alone. Luoxue is very happy to accept the beauty of the princess, and then he put forward a request, he saw that the chamber of commerce also has a study, he hopes to borrow some books in the study“ What books do you need“ Any book is OK. If you have a general history of the mainland, it's best. I've already seen Volume 6. You should have a complete set, right The gentle demeanor of the Elven king made the leaders of the chamber of Commerce secretly guess whether he was a prominent nobleman from the imperial capital“ Oh, we don't have one, but I'll send someone to buy one right away. " The head of the chamber of Commerce quickly backed out. I don't know why, in the face of this beautiful man with a gentle smile (in fact, even he can't tell the gender of each other, but when Miss Dali introduced her, she called Luoxue "Sir", but Luoxue didn't mean anything), the leader of the chamber of Commerce always had a kind of inexplicable awe in his heart. At lunch time, Princess Louise sent someone to invite Luoxue to have dinner with her. The king of spirits happily accepted the invitation. However, in order not to destroy the atmosphere, Luoxue considerately did not bring his "servant" to attend, but left the Golden Dragon in the yard. Over lunch, two girls, Dali and Princess Louise, tried to use all kinds of words to try to get the identity of falling snow. However, the Elven King's speech is excellent, astronomy, geography, humanities, art, music and painting, it seems that all things, this versatile man is very proficient in many fields, although there is no real hands-on, but some of his views, in the eyes of Princess Louise and miss Dali, are almost comparable to those famous masters he met. The elegant demeanor of the spirit king made the lunch very enjoyable. And Princess Louise paid special attention to the posture of Mr. Luo Xue at dinner. Even Princess Louise, who had accepted the court etiquette since childhood, was not as polite as the other party when they used knives and forks. Looking at Mr. Luo Xue's manners, it's like looking at a very beautiful picture. Even the subtle movements of his fingers seem to be so beautiful! The two women, while intoxicated, could not help but be surprised. How can there be such a beautiful person in the world? If he is a daughter, I'm afraid none of the women in the world can match him! After lunch, the head of the chamber of Commerce interrupted the conversation. The leader brought a message: the Duke of tulip's most trusted assistant, the chief executive of the province, the second person of the province, Lord Philip, is here! Lord Philip's intention is very simple. He claims to know that Miss Dali, who is going to be the imperial princess, is coming to greet and meet on behalf of the Duke of tulip. At the same time, he warmly invites Miss Dali to attend an aristocratic banquet held in the Duke's mansion tonight. Delli and Princess Louise looked at each other. Under the eyes of Princess Louise, delli asked, "where's Lord Philip?"“ It's out there“ It's a slight. " Dali frowned: "the Governor General of the province of DESAR is equivalent to the position of governor of the Empire. How can you let Lord Philip wait outside? Please invite him in Looking at Luoxue, daili wanted to ask Luoxue to avoid first, but her heart suddenly moved, and she didn't know what the idea was. When the words came to her mouth, she took them back. When the king heard that he was "the most trusted assistant of tulip Duke", his beautiful eyes immediately flashed a wonderful look