What is he looking for me for?

Although Du Wei respected this kind of scholar, he really didn't have time now. Just as he was about to refuse, Mader added: "The visitor brought a message from Mr. Lan Hai. He said, 'Maybe he can solve the Duke's current troubles.

There is a way around it.'."

Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Get ready! I'm going now!"

As the leading scholar in the entire imperial capital, Mr. Lan Hai's home seems very inconsistent with his status.

Scholar Lan Hai's home is located in the south of the imperial capital... The south of the city is where civilians live. From here, Mr. Lan Hai's home already occupies a large area. However, the elegant and simple decoration does not look tacky.

In a yard with green bricks, green grass and black soil, where a large locust tree was planted, Du Wei saw this Blue Ocean University scholar.

He was sitting on a wicker chair, wearing a plain robe. He was not wearing any makeup, and even had a pair of bare feet. He just sat quietly on the wicker chair. When Du Wei walked in, he even smiled at Du Wei.

: "Please come in, Your Majesty the Duke. I didn't know you would come so early, so I only prepared a pot of tea. I didn't prepare dinner."

Du Wei smiled sheepishly.

He was indeed too impatient. Lan Hai's invitation was in the evening, but Du Wei couldn't wait any longer. He had already broken into Lan Hai's house before the sun went down.

"It's very quiet here." Du Wei hid his embarrassment and looked at the elegant courtyard: "Is this place usually so quiet?"

"No, the children will be here during the day." Lan Hai smiled: "But now they have all gone back. Please sit down, Lord Duke. Please don't dislike my neglect. I only have one old servant in my family.

He should be busy in the kitchen right now. So I have to trouble you to move a chair out of the house."

Looking at this famous scholar up close, he has a very elegant appearance, with silver hair standing neatly upright, no beard on his face, and fair skin, except for his white hair that betrays his age...

This guy looked unusually young, and Du Wei even suspected that if he was willing to dye his hair, others would think he was only forty years old at most.

But Du Wei knew that this guy was at least eighty years old.

Du Wei didn't have the habit of asking an eighty-year-old man to move a chair for him, so he quickly ran to the next room, moved a chair out, and sat in front of Lan Hai.

This old scholar had a pair of blue eyes. He didn't seem to be interested in Du Wei. He looked at Du Wei with a smile: "Your Majesty, I know why you are here in such a hurry. You have encountered a problem recently, haven't you?"

"Yes." Du Wei did not hesitate: "You sent someone to tell me that you can help me?"

"Yes." Lan Hai nodded: "You need manpower, a large number of manpower to establish the administrative structure of the entire Desa Province."

"Yes, I need at least one... no, I need three hundred people! Three hundred people who can serve as middle and low-level administrators! God, to be honest, I don't even have a candidate for governor now." Du Wei smiled.

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"Your Excellency, I don't have 300 people, but I think that given your current situation, if you only have 80 people, it will be barely enough." Lan Hai exposed Du Wei's lie in one sentence.

Indeed, Du Wei is opening his mouth like a lion.

Du Wei was smiling: "So, can you recommend some people to me?"

The blue ocean scholar sighed. Under the setting sun, the old man sitting under the locust tree seemed a little helpless. He whispered: "I have a group of students. You know, although I also accepted some noble children, but my elders

Some of the students are from common people. They have learned something from me, but they have no place to put it to use. Most of the officials in the empire are selected from among the nobles, and the opportunities for common people are too few. I think, since

You will go to the northwest to create a new situation, then I may be able to get some opportunities for my students."

Du Wei frowned: "But, I need a group of people who can take on local administrative work, not a group of... scholars."

Lan Hai smiled: "Your Majesty the Duke, I guarantee that my students will satisfy you. I am not the kind of scholar who likes to study astrology or divination. My students all study the art of governing the country. I guarantee that they will

They will be qualified local officials, and what they need is experience...and a little trust."

Then, Du Wei asked a few more questions carefully, and finally he was sure: the students taught by this blue ocean scholar should all have real abilities.

Many of the so-called scholars in the empire actually gained fame in the aristocratic circle by studying the ethereal astrology, divination, or the so-called "power skills".

For example, Du Wei's first teacher, he remembered that his first teacher, Rociat, was a famous astrologer.

But Du Wei was very satisfied with what Blue Ocean Scholar taught his disciples: architecture, arithmetic, history, and some moral cultivation.

"I will not let my disciples become the kind of people who only want to please the nobles by boasting. Each of them has their own area of ​​expertise." Lan Hai finally made a promise.

Du Wei nodded, then he stood up, walked twice in the yard, and looked back at Lan Hai, who was still sitting on the chair and smiling.

"Sir." Du Wei said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry for asking such a question...but why did you do this?"

Du Wei doesn't believe in pie-in-the-sky things.

"You have done me such a great favor, do you have any special requirements for me?"

Lan Hai nodded, and then the old man sat up straight, and his blue eyes suddenly revealed a glint!

"Your Majesty the Duke, you are a smart man, I think I can confirm this... So, I think you should understand what I am going to say next."

Du Wei's heart trembled, and he quietly waited for Lan Hai's next words.

"There is going to be unrest in the northwest! In the not too distant future!" Lan Hai's words made Du Wei stand in awe of this scholar! There is no doubt that Du Wei agreed with Lan Hai's point of view.

"My request to you... no, it should be regarded as an old man's request to you, to the Duke who guards the border of the empire." Lan Hai sighed softly, and then suddenly raised his voice a bit: "In the future, no matter where you are,

Under any circumstances, please make sure not to let the enemies in the northwest cross the Kilimaro Mountains!"

Du Wei was shocked!

Lan Hai's expression was very serious: "Perhaps what I say will make you feel very...presumptuous. However, I think you and I both understand the deep hatred between the empire and the people in the northwest! So, if we let
Chapter completed!