Chapter 279 [Boat](2/2)
As he said that, Du Wei inadvertently looked at the deck of his ship. Sure enough, several sailors couldn't help but their eyes drifted to that place. They couldn't help but have a look of yearning on their faces.
"A brothel?" Medusa frowned slightly: "What kind of place is a brothel? It's not mentioned in the books I know."
Du Wei laughed: "The books you know are all read to you by my fiancée. Hehe... That little girl is so shy herself, how can she read such a thing to you? Besides, we humans
In most of the books, they only talk about some sanctimonious things, and this kind of thing is generally rarely recorded in books and documents."
"You don't have to laugh at me, what on earth is this place?"
"A brothel is just a place where men find women." Du Wei said calmly: "Men always want to vent their desires, and these women make money with their bodies. It can be regarded as an exchange."
"You mean...mating?" The word Medusa said made Du Wei speechless. However, he smiled bitterly and replied: "Well...yes, it is mating."
Medusa's originally calm and indifferent face couldn't help but have a faint blush. This blush was extremely rare on Medusa's face, which had always had a calm expression. And her previous appearance
Although beautiful, it always makes people feel a little less human. That "too beautiful to be human" appearance makes people feel breathless after looking at it.
But now, there is a hint of blush on her cheeks, which immediately makes her beautiful, but that intimidating edge has become much softer.
She was originally a stunning beauty among stunning beauties, comparable to Mrs. Liszt, who was a disaster to the country and the people. Such a shy look at this moment made Du Wei, who was close at hand, stunned for a moment.
With her cheeks dizzy, Medusa frowned, her expression slightly disgusted, and then she whispered: "But... I heard that your human books claim that one of the biggest differences between you and beasts is that you
Regarding the sublime nature of mating. The mating of beasts is blind and pure estrus. But you humans... often have physical contact because of love, isn't it like this? But you can mate with money...
…What about love? I remember it was written in your human books that money cannot buy love.”
After hearing this, Du Wei felt as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
God, the simplicity of this Queen Medusa is really comparable to the little stutter in our family!
"Okay, my respected Miss Nicole. I have to say that you were deceived by the book again." Seeing that Medusa was a little unhappy because of his laughter, Du Wei quickly said: "I remember I said it a long time ago.
Well, human beings are complicated. Let me tell you, human beings are the most duplicitous race in the world! Human beings tend to set a very lofty moral standard, and then write these things in books to flaunt themselves... But
Most people in the world cannot live up to those seemingly lofty moral standards! That’s what it means to say one thing and do another.”
"You mean...lying?"
"Yes, it's just lying." Du Wei replied unabashedly: "Dear Miss Nicole, I know you don't like lying. But I also want to tell you clearly. Human beings are naturally a race that is good at lying.
Moreover, most people can lie. Lying is also one of the skills that must be possessed to survive in the human world! If you want to integrate into this world and become a real human being, then sooner or later, whether you are willing or not, you will
You must learn to lie! Otherwise..." Du Wei said this and smiled faintly: "No matter how powerful you are, sooner or later you will die ugly. In this world, the only person who can't lie is
It’s hard to survive.”
Although these words are a bit extreme, I have to say that they are indeed wise words. The human world is originally like this.
However, Du Wei ignored an extremely important thing at this moment!
Queen Medusa was originally a very simple piece of white paper!! She still had large blanks in her understanding of human nature. Just like a newborn baby! Whatever you teach her, she will learn!
And Du Wei, a guy with some evil thoughts, instilled these dark "truths" into a "blank piece of paper"... which is equivalent to shaping the "personality" of Queen Medusa step by step!
Although Du Wei is smart, he is not a qualified educator. He blindly tells this "blank paper" about the evil and ugly dark things among human beings. In the future, the humanity of Queen Medusa will be destroyed.
What he looks like is really interesting!
Du Wei naturally didn't think so much at this moment, he just smiled softly and finally made a summary.
He pointed to the prostitute boat in the distance and said with a smile: "Look at this prostitute boat, and then think about the fact that I killed so many people at the dock yesterday."
After a pause, Du Wei took a deep breath and said calmly: "Money can't buy love, but it can buy women! Violence cannot solve all problems. But it is often the most effective and direct solution."
Queen Medusa is deep in thought. The expression on her face is really unpredictable. What is Her Majesty the Queen thinking at this moment.
After traveling on the river for two days, the ship stopped at a small port on the way to replenish food and fresh water. The ship had just docked, and to Du Wei's surprise, there were already local officials waiting at the port.
It turns out that the news of Du Wei's commotion in Mingfan Port has already spread, and there are fast horses on land to spread the news. However, the boat is moving slowly on the river, and Du Wei's people have not arrived, but the news has long been spread.
has arrived.
Duke Tulip's ship was anchored here, and the local officials from the local port town did not dare to neglect it. Du Wei originally was too lazy to pay attention to the flattery of these local officials, and just wanted to stay behind closed doors and stay on the ship.
But someone from below came to report that the local official in the town had important matters and wanted to see him. Du Wei reluctantly agreed to let the mayor in.
The mayor met Du Wei, and after bowing respectfully, he said something.
This matter was not too difficult to handle, but when he said it, he was very cautious for fear of offending the Duke.
"What did you say? Someone wants to take my boat to the imperial capital?" Du Wei smiled.
"Yes, it is Lord Maximus, the chief archbishop of the north-central diocese of the Temple of Light, and his entourage." The mayor smiled bitterly: "Sir, the thing is like this, Archbishop Maximus and his followers, from the north-central diocese
Rushing to the imperial capital to participate in the year-end ceremony. Unfortunately, you also know that in this damn season, it is really hard to find a boat on the river. Originally, Archbishop Maximus had his own boat, but it was a pity that it was that damn boat.
, suddenly broke down, and the archbishop and his party were stopped on the journey. Now they have abandoned the ship and landed, and are heading to our town along the way. The order given to me is that I must do it within one day no matter what.
Within a day, a boat was dispatched from the pier so that the archbishop could take the boat to the imperial capital. It was absolutely not allowed to delay the bishop's schedule. Dear Duke, this order was issued directly from the Governor's Palace of this province. You know
.Our Lord Governor is a devout believer."
"So you chose my ship?" Du Wei smiled half-heartedly.
The mayor broke out in a cold sweat. He looked like he was about to cry without tears. He almost knelt down: "Sir... I'm at the end of my rope. I don't know which damn bastard told those on the dock this order in advance.
Guys, after hearing the news, several merchant ships that were moored at the pier immediately weighed anchor and ran away for fear of being caught! The remaining ships were too small, and the bishop brought a lot of entourage and salutes. I'm afraid the small ship was
It can’t be accommodated... The only big ship here is you..."
At this point, the mayor murmured bitterly: "Those black-hearted businessmen actually refused to let the archbishop take a boat and ran away. These guys who don't respect the gods. Next time they come here, I will definitely give them a hard time."
eat."
After hearing this, Du Wei immediately understood that those businessmen who ran away were naturally unwilling to take the bishop and his party with him!
The cargo on the ship is full. The Bishop and his party must be quite a lot of people! If they want to take the ship, they will definitely have to move the goods out to make room for the Bishop and his party. In this way, the merchants themselves will of course suffer losses.
Merchants value profits the most. In the face of profit, who cares about God? Besides, the people in these temples will never pay any compensation. For them, dedication to the gods is a matter of course.
Du Wei is not a stingy person. Although he has no good impression of the temple, he is not willing to offend the temple.
The archbishop of a diocese is already considered a very powerful figure in the Temple of Light in Roland Continent! The Temple of Light divides Roland Continent into eight dioceses. Each diocese has an archbishop, and there are four deputy bishops responsible for
In charge of all religious affairs of a parish, including collecting taxes, appeasing believers, managing temple real estate, and promoting doctrines, etc.
Speaking of which, he is almost the same as the "Governor" under the temple!
Moreover, from the perspective of the territory controlled by a diocese archbishop, it is much larger than the governor of the empire. After all, a governor is only in charge of one province. According to the division of the temple, more than 40 provinces of the empire are divided into eight
A diocese is equivalent to a diocese covering three to five provinces.
The important thing is that as the academic directors of a temple, these archbishops not only control the collection of taxes and the property in the name of the temple... but also their own military power!
The Holy Knights of the Temple are stationed in various parishes, and each parish has about a few thousand knights.
With his own finances and military power, what is the difference between this kind of "archbishop" and the governor of the empire? Moreover, he has greater power and a more transcendent status, but there is more!
The most important thing is that according to the tradition of the Temple of Light, the archbishop of each diocese is the real core figure in the temple. After the death of each pope, if a new pope is to be established, he will be from the eight dioceses of the empire.
Choose one of the archbishops to succeed the pope!
When selecting, the public standard is to list the achievements of each archbishop during his tenure in the local diocese, including tax revenue, the education of believers, the number of new believers developed, etc.
In other words, the archbishop who asked to take his own ship back to the imperial capital, regardless of his political achievements or his status in the temple. At least in name, he is also one of the future successors of the pope!
The name alone is enough to make people awe.
Although Du Wei didn't want to deal with this kind of person, he didn't want to offend him either. So, after thinking about it, he agreed to the mayor: "Okay, anyway, I still have a lot of empty cabins on the ship. This Bishop
When will it arrive?”
"It should be tomorrow morning." The mayor breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied: "After Archbishop Maximus's ship broke down, they have abandoned it and gone ashore, and are coming by carriage. They will definitely arrive here tomorrow morning.
"
"Then, I will stay here for one day and wait for the archbishop to arrive."
After sending the mayor away, Du Wei sighed.
After all, the mayor asked himself, if he refused, then the matter would definitely reach the ears of the archbishop. There was no need to offend anyone.
Besides, although I am afraid of the temple, at least the most wanted criminal Hussein is not around now, and I have no reason to be afraid.
As long as... Du Wei touched his head.
He has become accustomed to growing his hair long. The long and thick hair covers the little devil's horns on his head, and Du Wei also specially designed a hairstyle for himself to make the hair on his head even thicker.
One layer up.
Chapter completed!