"Yes, you did a good job." Du Wei nodded: "Then what?"

"Then?" The river transport official raised his head with a look of sadness and anger: "Sir, guess what happened next?"

Du Wei's heart moved, and he had already vaguely guessed something.

The river transport official looked downcast and gritted his teeth and said: "Later, the more than sixty prairie people were detained in the security station for a few days, and an order came from above. Not only did they order to release them all, but they also detained their caravan.

All the carriages, horses and goods were returned! The government even paid a sum of money to compensate them for their 'losses'! This kind of thing made us furious! But later, even those who died in the arrest of these prairie people

It took two months for the pensions of several soldiers to be paid out! And the Sheriff at the time was even dismissed from his post!! Sir, tell me, is this result chilling? We are not afraid of fighting with the grassland.

People do it, but after doing it, they get this result...let us...let us..."

At the end of the sentence, the river transport official's eyes suddenly turned red and tears flowed from his eyes.

Du Wei was speechless after hearing this.

He knew very well that the empire had lost control of the northwest in recent years and was only trying to appease the grassland people. Those officials in the imperial capital were blindly seeking stability and peace, for fear of causing a rebellion among the grassland people.

I had heard about it for a long time that the grassland merchants who came to do business in the empire were becoming more and more arrogant. When I first went to the northwest and passed through Nulin Province to meet Governor Bohan for the first time, I saw with my own eyes several leaders of the grassland caravans.

, yelled at Governor Bohan, and even drew a knife to threaten him!

That's the governor of a province in the empire! People in the grasslands dare to be blatantly rude. How much less the merchants and petty officials in these ports?

Duwei was in charge of the Desa Province and enforced the law strictly. Moreover, the battle in Giliyat City caused the prairie people to suffer. Therefore, the prairie people were doing business across the border. They were quite honest in Duwei's territory, but once they arrived in the middle of the empire, they

The old ways are back! In addition, they have recognized that the official policies of the empire are weak and can be bullied. This makes them even more unscrupulous.

This river transport official seems to be a passionate person, but unfortunately his edges have been smoothed by the weak policies of those above, and his heart has been chilled.

Thinking of this, Du Wei stood up, handed over a silk scarf, and said warmly: "Okay, wipe your tears, I understand, these things are not your fault. No wonder you feel cold when you encounter such a thing."

The river transport official took Du Wei's silk scarf, his hands shook uncontrollably, and he burst into tears.

Du Wei walked to the hatch of the ship and looked outside. The noise became louder and louder.

These grassland people gathered more and more, and there were about a hundred or so people. Seeing that there were only thirty or fifty people on the Duwei boat, they became even more arrogant. From their experience, it seemed that the Roland people were weak, and they could probably be defeated by intimidation.

The other party gave up the cabin.

At this moment, the Sheriff was sweating profusely. He led a few soldiers to stop on the pier and shouted loudly: "Everyone back off! No nonsense!" He then shouted to the leader of the prairie people: "You bastards, here.

This is not a place for you to mess around! This ship is not an officially chartered cargo ship! It is a private ship! The person on board is a noble! Come and rob it too!"

The prairie people didn't wait for the sheriff to finish speaking. One of the leaders raised a machete and cursed loudly: "I don't care whether it is a cargo ship or a private ship! Our goods have been in the warehouse for a day. If we delay any longer, winter will pass.

When the weather gets warmer, who will come to buy leather goods? Even if it’s a private ship, it just transports the goods for us, so what’s wrong! What’s wrong with the nobles! We grassland people don’t care about your Roland nobles!”

"Nonsense! Nonsense!" The sheriff seemed to be a mediocre person, and he shouted anxiously: "How many caravans are waiting, let alone one day, even if the goods are left for three or five days!

Why are you so anxious! Listen to me and retreat quickly, otherwise, you will anger the nobles on the ship, you..."

"What about us!" The leader of the prairie people looked arrogant, gave a false strike with his scimitar, and cursed with a smile: "It's not like we robbed his boat! So what if we just borrowed it!"

Seeing that the Sheriff could no longer suppress the situation, the prairie people started making noises, and several of them rushed forward. The soldiers from the Sheriff's Office were unable to stop them. They did not dare to take action without the command of the superior, and could only be pushed back.

Du Wei looked at the Sheriff's incompetence from a distance and sneered. He called Elder Yan, the guard, and gave him a few instructions.

Lao Yan immediately ran out and confessed in the ear of the Sheriff. The Sheriff was stunned and looked at the captain of the guard in disbelief. Just as he was stunned, the prairie people had already swarmed up and rushed onto the boat. Security

The local people were scattered, and two soldiers were squeezed and fell into the river.

Many caravans on other ships and caravans on the pier were watching. Everyone looked helpless, shaking their heads and sighing at the official's weakness.

Du Wei's men on the ship got the order and all moved out of the way, allowing these prairie people to swarm up and get on the deck.

Hundreds of prairie people crowded on the deck. These people were probably used to robbing ships and were very skilled. The leader shouted: "Several brothers go to the cabin to check and find some empty cabins to load our goods."

, and then send a few brothers back to the dock warehouse for people to transport the goods, and the other brothers will wait here with me!" After saying that, he smiled ferociously at the Sheriff as if to demonstrate: "We are already on the ship!

If you want us to go down, first ask me if the scimitar in my hand will agree, and then ask my brothers if they will agree!"

Du Wei was already standing on the second deck of the cabin. Watching the prairie people below doing nothing, he just sneered: "Old Yan?"

"Sir!" Lao Yan answered immediately at his side.

"Send my order. Raise our flag. Then... let people remove the sampan! None of these prairie wolf cubs on the deck are allowed to get off the boat and run away!"

These prairie people made noise for a while, and then some of them obeyed the order and got off. However, as soon as they got to the side of the boat, they saw that the sailors had already withdrawn the sampan, so that no one could get off the boat.

As soon as the report was made, a horn sound was heard. Immediately on the second deck and above the flagpole, a golden flaming tulip flag was quickly raised...

These prairie people were attracted by the sound of the trumpet and looked upward one after another. When everyone saw clearly that the prairie tulip flag was raised, most of their faces changed!

Even the arrogant leader turned pale when he saw this tulip flag.

These grassland people don’t recognize the Roland noble flag in other places. But how come they don’t recognize this tulip flag? They come to do business within the empire. They all have to pass through Duwei’s territory! There was a big battle in Gilliat City this year, and the grassland

We lost 20,000 cavalry and a shaman, and even the head of the golden wolf head was chopped off!

Moreover, after the incident, many captured prairie people had their heads chopped off, tied to racks, and paraded around the province of Desa in horse-drawn carriages!

Everyone in the prairie knew that such iron-blooded methods were the work of the Tulip Duke!

The prairie people are like wolves. They bully the weak and fear the tough. If you are soft, they will bully you. If you are tough, they will be afraid of you. Du Wei's iron-blooded methods, coupled with the slaughter of prisoners of war and the behavior of exposing their corpses to the streets, make the prairie people even more frightened.

When the caravan passed through the province of Desa, they were all cautious and did not dare to make any mistakes.

Here now, seeing the tulip flags flying, everyone is terrified...

At this time, several prairie people suddenly exclaimed. Around the deck, dozens of fully armed guards of the Tulip family rushed out from both sides. Each of these guards was wearing armor and each held a

A small short crossbow, the most elite of the Roland Empire military, was loaded with crossbow arrows. Dozens of short crossbows were facing the densely packed prairie people.

The grassland people were already panicking, and the leader did not dare to be tough anymore, shouting loudly: "We...we are businessmen, you can't hurt us...us..."

Du Wei stood on the second deck with a cold face and casually asked the river transport officer beside him: "Well, let me ask you, according to the imperial decree, what is the crime of offending a duke?"

"This... is considered a crime of contempt for imperial laws and disrespect. The severe punishment will be thirty whippings, and the lighter punishment will be..."

Whipping?

Du Wei sneered disdainfully: "Well, what if it's not an offense, but an assassination? What's the crime of assassinating an imperial duke?"

The river transport official trembled, and he vaguely understood Du Wei's intention. His voice trembled and he said: "Those who seek to assassinate people will be killed without mercy..."

"Very good." Du Wei smiled softly, pointed at the people below, and said with a smile: "You are a local official here, you can give me a certification! You have seen with your own eyes that such a group of prairie people, holding in their hands

Weapons rushed onto my ship! My ship was clearly flying my ducal flag! Isn’t this considered conclusive evidence? A hundred people holding weapons, what else are they trying to do if they don’t want to assassinate me?”

The river transport official felt a chill rising on his back. He felt that although the Duke's smile was gentle, it was like a bloodthirsty lion. He dared not say anything at this moment, so he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes."

!Your Majesty, I know how to write a report."

"Very good. You are very good. I appreciate you very much." Du Wei praised him twice, then turned around and gave a calm order to Lao Yan:

"Get your men ready to take action."

As soon as this order was spoken, the river transport officer felt his legs go weak. Fortunately, even though he stood firm, his trembling voice could not help but whisper: "Sir... you..."

Du Wei ignored him, but said one more thing to Lao Yan:

"All the assassins chopped off their heads for me and kept them... Well, don't these prairie people have a habit of using human heads to build some kind of human heads? There are more than a hundred heads, all of which were built for me.

, stand on this pier for three days!"

After speaking, he smiled and patted the river transport official on the shoulder, and said with a warm smile: "This will make your job much easier in the future."

Du Wei smiled very gently, without even a hint of fireworks. But in the eyes of this river transport officer, he could feel a trace of cruelty...

The river transportation official's mind had turned pale. The last thing he heard clearly was the last order issued by the Duke in a soft and elegant voice:
Chapter completed!