Law of the Devil

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Chapter 625 [Gabriel]

It was not until the sixth day after the news of the victory of the front line arrived in Didu that the resolution on the reward was finally conveyed from the palace.

Gentlemen of the Eastern Front, distinguished officers in battle, reward the rules of combat merit under imperial military law on the list handed down by the Duke of Tulip. The rest of the generals are rewarded with military merit - which is no surprise.

The only thing that caught everyone's attention was the gift to Dewey himself.

With both the title and title at the top, everyone guesses what the Regent intends to reward Dewey with.

Is it... the Prince? Or a Canadian marshal?

Neither seems likely. The Prince is the chief commissioner of the Royal Family. And the marshal... a 20-year-old marshal? Moreover, Dewey's qualifications are far from adequate.

However, when the details of the reward were made public, everything became clear.

Apparently, the first beneficiary was Dewey's brother, Gabriel, the Earl of the Rollins. Because of his outstanding performance in the battle, Gabriel was directly awarded the rank of Major General - a jumping reward. Gabriel was formerly only a rider and, if promoted on the normal track, should have been promoted to the rank of Commander (which is already the speed normally enjoyed by nobles), and this time, he skipped the rank of Commander and went straight to the rank of General.

Everyone with a bright eye knows that this is kind of a disguised gift to Dewey: since you can't promote Dewey's officer, then simply promote your brother. Anyway, your brothers and sisters are the same for everyone.

But such a great battle, jumping to Gabriel's official position is not enough, and the gift to Dewey herself becomes...

Fiefdom.

Calderón, a province located in the southern part of the empire, is not too far from the continent's famous southern marshes and is famous for producing several southern fruits.

The reward for Dewey is that 250,000 people, including three cities and 16 surrounding villages, were laid out in Calderón as Dewey's new territory!

On the basis of income, these three cities, together with a population of 250,000 in the 16 surrounding villages and towns, can generate taxes of about 80,000 gold coins per year (including commercial taxes on fruit trade) for Dewey.

In terms of size, this enclosure is located in the southernmost part of Calderón Province and covers about a quarter of the province.

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This is an enclave.

This is the first thought that emerged from the Emperor's heart when he learned about the reward.

Everyone knows that Duke Tulip's base camp is in Northwest Tessa Province, which has been operated by Dewey for several years, has become the sphere of influence of the Tulip family, with considerable income earned each year by holding the grassland border, large taxes on the chamber of commerce, and trading materials to and from the grasslands, trafficking in cattle and goats and horses, and so on.

In the northwest, Dewey is highly prestigious and has money and soldiers in his hands.

However, the new enclave is thousands of kilometres from Dewey's main camp. Dewey got this enclosure, how did he manage it? Too far from the northwest, his original power lashes out. Even if he wanted to run the business properly, but he couldn't give up his main camp in the northwest. The main strength must take into account the old nest in the northwest. Then, this new enclosure must not be able to invest too much energy in running the business...

“A brilliant move. ”

This is the consensus of every emperor's boss. Regent's methods, very clever!

Such a reward, which meets the need for a reward for combat work - if there is no reward for it, it will chill the hearts of the front-line sergeants. And such a reward would considerably limit Dewey's ability to expand further.

And Dewey herself, after receiving a reward order from Emperor Du, after reading it, just laughed, no dissatisfaction at all, very happily accepted the gift, even invited Emperor Du's messenger to have a big meal, and gave a gift of worthless gift.

The Duchess is satisfied - this is the message brought back by the Messenger. However, as you all know, this is mostly just a facial representation of Dewey.

Now, as you all know, the Regent has begun to restrict the power of the Duke of Tulip.

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“I'm really satisfied. Who says I'm unhappy? ”

At night, in Dewey's own tent, he looked at his younger brother and said, "Do you think I should be unhappy? This is three cities and sixteen towns, a big piece of land. It's a lot already. The territory is close to the southern marshes. The Empire will no longer be able to hunt warcraft from the frozen forest, and the southern marshes will be the only area where we can hunt warcraft, where we can get a territory and we can develop a lot of business. ”

“But...” Gabriel looked at his brother and frowned: “Brother! ”

“What are you trying to say?” Dewey lifted her eyelids and glanced at her brother.

“I…” Gabriel took a deep breath and the young man took courage, looking at his brother, he seemed hesitant and slowly bit his teeth: “Brother, I am not a child anymore. ”

“Of course you're not.” Dewey's tone is still very relaxed: “You're an adult now. Look, you're the Major General of the Empire now. I'm having a headache giving you some promotion. Since the rank is Major General, then you should be able to command a division, it's just that I think you're too young to grind, so I'm not really going to give you a division, but an infantry regiment to command you. Hang the rank of Major General and exercise command. ”

“I don't care about that.” Gabriel shook his head, his eyes glistening, suddenly walked to the tent, looked out a few times, pulled down the tent curtain, came to Dewey's face, approached him, and lowered his voice: “Brother, I'm not a child anymore. There are some things we can say directly! You don't have to carry it alone! ”

“Say what?” Dewey smiled.

Gabriel hesitated for a moment, his eyes flashed with a flash of certainty, finally lowering his voice, his voice was low, but without a doubt, his tone was very resolute:

“Brother, I have no fondness for the royal family! ”

Dewey's heart moved and his eyebrows couldn't help but pick it out. He stared at his brother's eyes, but found no hesitation in his eyes, showing the young man's perseverance: “What do you... mean? ”

Gabriel's shady face: "I will never forget how my father died! ”

Speaking of which, Dewey looked at his younger brother's young face, for several months of his military career, a little naiveté had gradually faded away, and his younger brother, already a resolute young man!

Look at Dewey not talking, Gabriel!

“Brother! Father's illness is a heart attack. It's a heart attack! He ended up depressed, which I understand perfectly! Well, our family was involved in the coup… but what was it? It's a dispute within the royal family! Our family was just in the wrong camp. The Grand Prince and Prince Chen take power, they can compete, they are all royal. Father, just working for them. ”

Gabriel said, holding his fists tight: "I know, the winner is the king and the loser is the Koh! I understand this theory, my father's camp has lost, my family has fallen, there is nothing to say..."

Here, he raised his voice slightly, staring into Dewey's eyes: "But I know better - Father, that's why he died!! ”

Duvi silently.

He has always ignored his brother's thoughts. Indeed, it is a profound disgust to speak of the royal family, Gabriel's eyes, at this moment.

“You…”

“I have no idea.” Gabriel shook his head: “If I hadn't said that a few months ago, I would have hidden those thoughts in my heart. After all, the family has been very fortunate to recover. I will try to revitalize the Rollins. Relieved to be an Earl, even if I don't like the royal family in my heart, but at least, I'll try to play my part, and on the face of it, I won't reveal my emotions. ”

“You said 'if’.” Dewey gently laughed: “What do you mean now? ”

“I'm not blind, I'm not deaf, I'm not stupid.” Gabriel stared into Dewey's eyes, and he opened his hands and said softly: “Brother, the relationship between you and the royal family has changed slightly over the past few months, and I can see that! The Kingsguard ran to the northwest to confront your private army. When that happened, I was at the academy, and I could feel that the people around me looked at me a little differently in those days! Even earlier... you handed over the Northwest Independence Division, handed over the authority of the Northwest Secretary of State, but became the Dean of that military academy - and since then, I have understood it in my heart! The royal family seems to be interested in doing this to you! Even if it's not now, it's already begun to test you! ”

Looking into his brother's eyes, Gabriel's voice was a little dull. His eyes were full of resoluteness and perseverance, and in that tone, even more so...

Dewey sighed and closed his eyes and thought for a moment: "What do you want me to do? ”

“I don't have much hope.” Gabriel shook his head, but his next sentence really surprised Dewey!

Gabriel said, "Brother, if you want to do anything… whatever it is, any choice you make! I will definitely stand by you! ”

Looking at his brother's excited expression, Dewey smiled as if he had walked to the side of the tent, stretched out his fingers and caressed them gently on the flame of the burning candle, his fingertips as if they had swept over the flame and felt that slight burning feeling...

“You mean, treason? ”

Dewey smiled lightly, looked relaxed, but casually said the word "treason”, and said it so lightly, so carelessly.

His eyes, though peaceful, seemed to make Gabriel feel a little heavy, but the young man did not hide, and he bit his teeth: "If there ever was a day, I would stand beside you! ”

After that, Gabriel took his helmet off the table, put it on, nodded at Dewey just after, and turned around to leave.

“Wait.”

When Gabriel reached the tent, Dewey called his brother.

“I ask you a question, and you answer me honestly.” Dewey looks into his brother's eyes: “On that day, at a banquet in the palace... did you deliberately invite Muse to dance? ”

Gabriel stopped, and he thought, looking at Dewey: “I really like Muse… but I admit, I don't like the royal family, including the little emperor. So there was more or less a deliberate mind at the time. ”

“So, you want me to rebel?” Dewey spoke calmly, looked at his brother very well.

“That's your choice.” Gabriel shook his head: “Brother, I will listen to you all my life! But what I want to say is: If the royal family has decided to deal with you, then... you can't keep hesitating! ”

Gabriel walked out of the tent, and the curtain fell, and Dewey sighed long and a hard smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Sixteen! 16-year-old brother!

Now little guy, what are you thinking...

He forgot that, at the age of the world, he was only twenty years old.

“All I know is how my father died! ”

Remembering Gabriel earlier, Dewey suddenly had a headache.

This child... has too many thoughts in mind. That's not necessarily a good thing.

I've been thinking about it, hoping that Gabriel's life would be simpler and simpler. Don't want him to fall into those complicated rights struggles. He prefers to act like an umbrella for his brother.

But now it seems that even though my brother is young, he also has his own thoughts...

The dance with the muse... it was deliberate!

What does he want? Young impulse? Or...

With this in mind, Dewey refused to go on thinking about it. He doesn't want to think of this brother as someone who thinks deeply about it.

(Update later)

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