Law of the Devil
Chapter 298 [Blood]
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Chapter 278 [Blood]
The motorcade went all the way and didn't go fast. There is nothing urgent about this return to the Emperor, purely to go back to the feast at the end of the year, counting that there are twenty days left. Dewey didn't rush the road either, but even if he did, it would be an endless feast, just before the Regent's annual grand ceremony.
Ten days after departure, he had passed Nurin province and had a bye-bye to Governor Bohan. But at the end of the year, Bohan was not recalled to the Emperor by Prince Chen - according to him, before the coup d 'état failed, he would be recalled to the Emperor at the end of each year to receive praise, and since the coup d 'état failed the previous year, Bohan has never returned to the Emperor. Obviously, this is also a clear signal of his disgrace as an official of the Grand Prince faction.
But Bohan seemed to have seen through these things, and there was no such thing as a frustrating impulse, but instead asked Dewey to help bring some gifts back to the Emperor to visit his family. According to the practice of the Empire, every governor of a party like Bohan, an important figure in the military junta, stayed in Didu when he took office. It doesn't have to be explicit.
Ten days after the carriage, it left Nurin province and had entered the middle of the empire, following the main road to the east and further south, it was possible to walk to the port upstream of the Grand Lan Canal, where it boarded and went down the river to Didu.
Though a little faster on land, it's more comfortable to take a boat, and there's already a big Dewey boat waiting for you at the port.
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Mingfan Port is the most upstream port of the Grand Lan Canal. It is also the last point of the Grand Lan Canal to the west. This is where the excavation of the Grand Canal ends, and then to the west, the difficult river course, and several tributaries.
As the last stop of the Grand Canal, which leads directly to the west, it is by the end of the year the busiest time of the year in Mingfan Harbor… and even the busiest, surpassing the annual summer celebrations most valued by the Rolanders.
Countless incoming and outgoing merchant groups are moving in and out of here, while western merchants are rushing home by the end of the year, while eastern merchants are taking advantage of this time to move the most beautiful items of winter to the northwest.
At this time of year, the river is busy and the boats are very nervous.
Mingfan Port, as an inland river port, was already quite large, but in the last few days the docks were still full, and all merchant ships declared their cabins full, forcing many merchants waiting for cabins to reside helplessly in the port town.
This has to be done. After all, the cost of river transportation is too much cheaper than that of dry roads. For the same goods, the cost of dry roads is about four times more expensive than that of river transport. After all, a carriage fleet of goods can be transported off with only one large ship.
Dewey travellers arrived at Mingfan Harbor in the evening. Thanks to this bustling port, this small town by the port has also benefited considerably, and it has become a very lively catchment town, even because of the exchange of merchants between East and West, which brings in all sorts of rare goods, making it very difficult to find a large number of shops and even a few high-end porcelain shops in this town - as opposed to a town with a population of less than 20,000.
The arrival of the Dewey pedestrians did not inform the town's security officials and mayors in advance, as a result of which they were blocked directly outside the town.
There are too many merchants. I heard that in the past few days, the small town has been cramped by more than 40 merchants. The hotel alone has been fully filled, let alone the rooms in the hotel, and even the kitchen can't stay. And a few warehouses in the port are already full. Some of the merchants who often travel to and from the northwest are accustomed to dining and lodging anyway. They simply set up tent camps on both sides of the road outside the town, sending people to the harbor every day to find out when they can get out of the cabin.
Not too wide a street, often too many convoys and horses have blocked the vast majority of roads, and Dewey's convoy took two hours to reach the port.
Finally, after the harbor's river officials saw the family badge on Dewey's pedestrian wagon - not because this river officer is proficient in badgerology, but because there is only one man left in the empire with a "flaming tulip" badge! Even idiots can tell.
Soon, the mayor and the sheriff rushed to the pier. Because there were no more hotels in the town, Duvièche rejected the mayor's offer to invite himself to his house and decided to stay on the boat.
But then when Dewey demanded that the boat leave immediately, the river canal officer had a cold sweat on his face and said, "My lord… I'm afraid this is difficult. ”
Later, in Dewey's questionable eyes, the riverine officer was helpless in explaining why.
Dewey's big boat has been docked at the port for days. Previously, because of Dewey's slow pace along the way, it was not certain which day he would arrive, so the river canal officer ordered the boat to enter the secondary corridor of the river in order to clear the berth - after all, Dewey's boat was a sea boat, although it was the smallest, but it was still a little too big on the inland canal, such a big boat, always stopped at the port, at such a busy peak, occupying the berth of two normal merchant ships was a waste.
Dewey's boat had already paid a docking fee of fifteen days, but in this busy time, the river commander ordered the docking fee to be refunded before releasing the dock to other merchant vessels.
Thought the Duke would be furious, but Dewey just laughed and patted the shoulder of this pale riverine officer, smiling warmly: "Well, it's not your fault, it's my fault. You are a good official... so I live on the boat tonight, just don't know when to free the river to get me on the road? ”
“Probably until tomorrow… tomorrow morning.” River officials were relieved.
“Okay.” Dewey shrugged her shoulder: “Well, gentlemen, don't be too nervous. It's also a wonderful thing for me to be able to close Ming Fan Harbor night here. ”
The mayor and river canister were sent away, and even Dewey denied the beauty of the town's magistrates sending soldiers to protect them. After all, in this busy season, the port was already strained with only 200 policemen. And Dewey feels he doesn't need much protection.
“You didn't punish these officials? They took your berth, and you paid for it. ”
When everyone left, Queen Medusa asked Dewey: "This does not seem to be in keeping with what I know of your human nobility. ”
“Aristocratic practice?” Dewey laughed: “Who told you what these aristocrats do? ”
“Your fiancée.” Queen Medusa spoke calmly: “In that town on the outskirts of Tidu, the days she was with me, I made her read a lot of your human books to me. As I understand it, your human nobility would have ordered this river canister to be hung and whipped immediately. ”
Dewey shook his head: “He was a good official, my boat was parked here, and although there was no family badge on board, the sailors and captains on board were not mute. So this riverine officer will not be unaware of who this ship belongs to. But he did. Describe him as a very pragmatic official. This thing wasn't his fault, and it was mine. ”
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It's a sea-grade ship, but it's already big for inland rivers. That evening, Dewey boarded a big boat in a small boat and lived on it, waiting for the river officials to clear the river course and prepare to leave the next morning.
The next morning, the boat finally landed at the dock.
The river officer and the magistrate came to see Dewey and saw the Duchess leaving. These people were relieved. Although the Duchess seemed very comfortable, after all, it was too stressful to deal with such a big man.
A boat of this size entered the dock and Dewey's men were busy carrying cargo. This sea-spirited boat is large enough to carry even carriages and horses.
But the sailors were busy in the heat, and there was a basket.
Dewey was sitting in his cabin drinking hot tea, and he heard a noisy yelling noise coming from outside. The noise seemed to be not too far away. He was cautious and asked to open the cabin window, and he saw a group of Northwest Gentiles in leather robes surrounding him on the pier outside, screaming under his boat. Other Gentiles had climbed the boat from around, several sailors had blue nose and swollen, had eaten losses. Fortunately, several of Dewey's guards saw it, rushed up, and both sides had pulled out their weapons and were confronting each other.
These prairie people seemed very barbaric. Although there were several guards with swords on the Dewey side, they were not afraid. The noise seemed to be getting louder and louder.
“What's going on?” Dewey looked back at the river canister and the sheriff, and the two guys were sweating, and the sheriff hurriedly went out to sue and greeted several sheriff soldiers from afar. But there were only a dozen people in the meadows at first, but after shouting, dozens more came from the pier. Everyone on the prairie is puffy. These guys are all merchants, but everyone has a machete and pulls the knife at first sight, so all those around them who watch the noise can stand far away.
Although the sheriff had gone out, the prairie men did not seem to buy the bill, and the few leading them yelled at the sheriff and yelled at him.
“What the hell is going on?” Dewey turns around and looks at the river canal: “Are these grassland merchants so barbaric here? How dare you pull a knife against an imperial sheriff? ”
River officials were bitter and hesitating, and Dewey's face had cooled down: "Yesterday I thought you were a good official and a little fond of you. Why are you so frightened of these savages today? Did you take advantage of them? ”
“Absolutely not!” The river canister freaked out, so he quickly said it.
Turns out here in Mingfan Harbor, it is the East-West Transportation River Transport Hub, many of the businessmen to and from, are different people on the prairie, these prairie life is savage, unreasonable many, often irregular, fist hard is the boss.
Especially when the cabins of such strained river vessels are full, other merchants are willing to follow the rules and wait honestly for the cabins to be arranged in the port river depot. Even if some are individually dishonest, the most quiet stuffed gold coins try to bribe the river officers here and get themselves a cabin.
Speaking of which, Dewey smiled: "Oh? So you must have made a lot of progress lately, huh? ”
“No, no!” The river official looked a little dazzled and immediately said: "Duchess, although I hold a little power in my hand now, I never dare to accept bribes! My people, I often warn them very harshly that if anyone dares to take bribes and arrange random things, eat my whip! You can send someone to check on me, the people in town know my reputation. ”
Dewey nodded: "Well, you dare to delay my boat, you can see that you are a business man. Well, I trust you with that, no need to explain. Tell me about these savannahs. ”
The river canal officer hated the colour: “My lord... if it was our empire's own merchant team, at best it would be to make a small move and try to bribe... but these prairie people, regardless of this set, would often pull a knife and rob it directly if they did not have a cabin! ”
“Continue." Dewey looked slightly heavier.
“Prairie people have traditionally been so barbaric in their business, but many merchants are willing to take risks with them because of the huge profits from the grassland trade. Of the Mingfan Port merchants, 20 percent are prairie people. And… Unlike our people, the prairie people are the most united, and often all the prairie merchants in town come with weapons to help as long as one merchant squabbles with another, a whistle. It gives me a headache. They flout local officials and dare to pull a knife against even the soldiers in the security house. Mingfan Harbor's security house has only 200 people. If it's okay to deal with a dozen prairie people, it's really hard if two or three prairie merchants get together. ”
“During this busy period, the cabin is tight and the cargo is kept in the warehouse for one more day, with the loss of one more day. The most common trick for these savannahs to grab their cabins is to take people up and run to the port to see which boat is empty or loading, and gather a lot of people to rush up and take possession of others' boats first. Even the bad ones throw people's goods directly into the water. If they wait for other merchants to theorize, they pull the knife to intimidate them. Even if the security forces come, these people sit their asses on the boat! Anyway, they're all on the boat. We can't survive. We can't play scoundrel. In the past, merchants who have eaten suffocated often find themselves in bad luck. Everyone comes out to do business for money, but these savannahs are dead. Most of the merchants in our empire are reluctant to offend these savannahs, for nothing. ”
The more Dewey listened, the more gloomy his face was, the colder he laughed: "The sheriff's office just ignored it? And the losers, the local businessmen, did not go to the security office to complain? ”
“Of course there is... But, my lord, as I said earlier, the police station is understaffed...”
“Bullshit!” Dewey is furious: “I think it's cowardly to be understaffed!! Prairie people are like wolves, bullied and scared, if you really mean to fuck them once, hurt them, scared, they won't dare to mess around in the future! It's because you're so relieved that you got to this point today!! ”
When the river canister heard about it, he had a neck and argued: "Duchess! I understand what you are saying, and... we have made an effort, but the result is cold!! ”
Dewey stunned: "... tell me about it. ”
“In the previous year, these prairie people were rampant, and I and the sheriff couldn't keep watching, so I decided to teach them a lesson once, when we sent out all the soldiers of the sheriff's house, even some of my river transport house were armed. And taught a harsh lesson to a non-aggressor prairie merchant who wounded other merchants at the docks, robbed them of their cabins, and threw away most of their cargo! Such an evil deed is in violation of the imperial decree! Moreover, after our men went, they dared to defy the Imperial Security Army by blatant force, and the crime was aggravated. In a vicious battle, our security guards died three times and wounded more than a dozen, collectively capturing more than sixty savages! Though we were worried about the dead soldiers, it would be good if we could teach these savages a lesson! After the capture of more than six dozen prairie people, according to the Imperial Decree, even if they do not all die, they should all be sent to Uluru City for hard work! ”
“That's right, you did a great job.” Dewey nodded: “And then what? ”
“Then?” the river officer looked up, grieving: "My lord, guess what happened? ”
In Dewey's mind, he had guessed a few points.
The river official lost face and bit his teeth: “Later, after more than sixty prairies had been in the security house for a few days, they came up with an order not only to release them all, but also to return all the cargo of their merchants! Even an official sum of money was paid to compensate them for their ‘losses'! Things like that make us angry! But then, even the soldiers who died in the capture of these savannahs, even the pension was delayed for two months! And the sheriff at the time, he was dismissed!! Sir, isn't this a chilling result? We're not afraid to work with the prairie people, but when we're done, we get this result... let's... let's..."
Speaking of which, the riverine officer suddenly had red eyes and tears.
Dewey listened, silently silent.
He was well aware that the Empire had lost control of the Northwest in recent years and had appeased to the prairie people, and that the officials of the Emperor were looking for stability and peace, fearing a rebellion against the prairie people.
Prairie traders who come to the Empire to do business are becoming more ruthless and have heard of themselves. When I first went to the northwest and passed through Nurin Province to meet Governor Bohan for the first time, I saw with my own eyes the leaders of several grassland merchants, yelling at Governor Bohan and even pulling a knife to intimidate him!
That's the governor of an empire province! The grasslands dare to be blatantly rude, not to mention the businessmen and small officials facing these ports?
Dewey sits in a town in Dewey province, law enforcement is strict, and the first war in Gilliant City caused the prairie people to suffer, so the prairie people cross the border to do business, in Dewey's territory is quite honest, but as soon as they arrive in the middle of the Empire, they are back in mourning! This, coupled with their acceptance of the weakness of the official policies of the Empire, is all the more cynical.
This river canister, who also seems to be a bloodthirsty man, unfortunately, has been shattered by the weak policies above, so let it get cold.
Thinking about it, Dewey stood up and handed over a silk scarf and said warmly, "Okay, wipe your tears, I get it. These things are not your fault. No wonder you're chilling when things like that happen. ”
The river official took over Dewey's silk scarf and shook his hand, but his tears grew.
Dewey walked up to the hatch, looked out, and the noise grew louder.
The more these prairies gather, the more about a hundred and ten people, the more fierce and arrogant it is to see more than 30 or 50 people aboard Dewey's boat. In their experience, the Rolands are weak and intimidated, and most likely they can let the other side out of the cabin.
At this moment, the sheriff was sweating and stopped at the pier with several soldiers, shouting: "Get back! Don't be ridiculous!” Speak loudly to the prairie leaders: “You bastards, this is no place for you to fool around! This ship is not officially chartered cargo ship! It's a private ship! The ship is a nobleman! You did it too! ”
The prairie didn't wait for the sheriff to finish, and one of the leaders shouted with a machete: "I don't care if he's a freighter or a private ship! Our cargo has been in the warehouse for a day, it's been delayed, winter is over, the weather is warming up, who will buy leather goods? Even if it's a private ship, send us a cargo, so what? What's wrong with nobility? You Roland nobles, we prairies don't care! ”
“Bullshit! Bullshit!” The sheriff seems to be a mediocre man, anxiously shouting: “How many merchants are waiting, don't say it's been a day, even if the goods have been released for three or five days! What's your hurry? Take my word for it, or you pissed off nobles on the boat..."
“How are we doing?” The chief of the prairie's face was brutal and the machete broke into pieces. "We didn't steal his boat! What if I borrow it? ”
Looking at the scene, the sheriff can no longer hold the scene down, the prairie people suddenly made a noise, and a few rushed up. The soldiers of the sheriff's station could not stop them. They could not order the chief to do it, they dared not do it, and could only be pushed backwards.
Dewey looked far above at the sheriff's incompetence and sneered, calling the guard elder Smoke to say two words.
The old cigarette immediately ran out, and after the sheriff's ear had spoken, the sheriff stunned and looked incredibly at the guard chief. Just as he was stunned, the prairie had come up and rushed to the boat. The security guards were dispersed and two more soldiers were squeezed into the river.
Many of the other merchants on the boat watched beside them, as well as the merchants on the pier, saw, everyone was helpless, weak to the official, everyone shook their heads and sighed.
Dewey's men on board were given orders to clear the way, leaving the prairies clutching up and all on deck.
A hundred and ten prairie people are crowded on the deck. These people are probably used to robbing ships. They are very skilled, and the head screams: “Several brothers go to the cabin to inspect, find a few empty cabins to load our cargo, send a few brothers back to the dock warehouse to transport the cargo, and the other brothers will wait here with me!” After that, he smiled at the sheriff like a demonstration: "We're on the boat! If you want us to go back down, ask me if I said yes to the machete in my hand, and then ask my brothers if they said no! ”
Dewey had already stood on the second deck of the cabin, watching the prairie people beneath make a fuss, just sneering: "Old cigarettes? ”
“My Lord!” The old cigarette answered immediately.
“Pass me the order to raise our flag. And then... someone pulled the board out! None of these meadow wolves on deck are getting off the boat! ”
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These savannahs made a noise for a while and people followed orders, but just walked to the side of the boat and saw a sailor withdraw the slab long ago, so that no one could get off the boat.
Just in the past, I heard a noise, and then on the second deck, on the flagpole, a golden flamed tulip flag quickly rose...
These prairie people were attracted to the trumpet and looked up, waiting for everyone to see clearly that it was the prairie tulip flag that was raised, most of the faces changed!
Even the barbaric leader, seeing this tulip flag, was pale.
These prairie people, what other Roland nobility flag do not recognize, but how do you not recognize this tulip flag? They came to do business inside the Empire, all passing through Dewey's territory! Even the head of the Golden Wolf was cut off in a war in Gilliant City this year when the Prairie lost 20,000 cavalry men and a Shaman wizard!
And afterwards, many of the captured grassland people were beheaded, tied up in kidnappings, and transported by wagon to various parts of Desa 'a province to explore the streets!
So iron-blooded, the prairie people know, is the pen of the Duke of Tulip!
Prairie people are like wolves, soft and afraid of hard. If you are soft, he will bully you. If you are hard, he will fear you. And Dewey's iron-blooded methods, combined with the massacre of prisoners of war and the exposing of corpses to the streets, made the savannahs even more frightened. All merchants passing through Tessa province were cautious and did not dare to make a single attempt.
At this moment, we see the tulip flag flying, everyone is scared...
At this time, several prairie men suddenly shouted. Around the deck, dozens of heavily armed tulip family guard samurai had washed out from both sides, all dressed in armor, each carrying a small Roland Empire Army's most elite short crossbow, the crossbow had been mounted well, dozens of short crossbows, facing densely crowded prairie men.
The prairie man has panicked, and the leader dared not be tough. He shouted: "We... we are merchants, you can't hurt us... we...”
Dewey stood on the second deck, indifferent in his face, whispering to the river candleman beside him, “Well, I ask you, what is the charge of offending a duke under imperial decree? ”
“This… is a contempt for the imperial decree, a sin of disrespect, heavy blame for whipping thirty, light...”
Whip?
Dewey sneered, “Well, what if it wasn't an offense, it was an assassination? What is the charge of assassinating an Imperial Duke? ”
As soon as the river canal officer shook his body, he hid what Dewey intended. The voice shook: “If you plot an assassination, it's killing without forgiveness..."
“Fine.” Dewey smiled softly, pointing to the person below, laughing: “You're a local official here, so do me an accreditation! You saw it with your own eyes. Such a bunch of prairie men, with weapons in their hands, rushed into my boat! My ship is clearly flying my Duke's flag! Is that conclusive evidence? A hundred and ten men are armed, not trying to assassinate me. ”
The river canister just felt a chill rise on his back, just that the Duchess laughed mildly, but hidden like a bloodthirsty lion. How dare you say anything at this moment, nodded in a row: “Yes! Duchess, I know what the report should say. ”
“Good. You're good, I appreciate you.” Dewey praised him for two sentences, then turned around and gave orders to the old smoke to fade:
“Get your men ready to do it. ”
When the order came out, the river cannon officer felt his legs softened. Fortunately, even when he stood steady, his trembling voice could not help but whisper: “My lord... you...”
Dewey ignored him and added another sentence to the old cigarette:
“All the assassins cut off their heads and left me... well, aren't these savannahs a habit of putting their heads on some kind of skull? So many hundred heads, all built me a head stand, on this pier for three days! ”
After that, he patted the shoulder of the river canal officer with a smile. “This way, your work will be much easier in the future. ”
Dewey laughed mildly and didn't have half the smoke. But in the eyes of this river canal officer, his body smelled the brutality...
The canal officer was already pale in his mind, and he finally heard the Duke's final command in a gentle and graceful voice:
“Let go of the murderer, one does not stay. ”
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