Law of the Devil

It is even recorded that when the war was defeated, the opponent did not flee in a hurry, but even tried to hit the force to snatch a small warship of the empire! They want to grab an imperial warship and go back to study it! ! ? ?

After reading that document, Du Wei felt emotional for a while. It was clearly a signal of the rise of civilization, but the military chiefs of the empire did not pay attention to it—because, after that tragic battle, the The United Kingdom of Nanyang seems to be weakening again. It is probably because of that tragic naval battle that their entire fleet was destroyed, and their vitality was severely injured at one time, and they collapsed.

There were even news from some merchant ships traveling to the South China Sea, saying that the so-called United Kingdom had been disbanded after the defeat in the war.

At the end of this document, Earl Raymond, the former military commander, wrote a few sentences of his own opinion with a pen. And this opinion, in Du Wei's view, is very correct!

"It is recommended that the empire concentrate its forces and form a large-scale expeditionary fleet, which should be at least three times larger than the existing fleet, and transport a group of troops with the fleet. Prepare to make certain sacrifices, expedition to the depths of the South China Sea, and concentrate All forces, search out the specific location of the existence of the United Kingdom, and must destroy and conquer it! For the South Seas covered by the existing imperial forces, it is necessary to change the purely military expeditions of the past, and start to find ways to conquer the South Seas. The sea area of ​​the land is truly included in the territory of the empire, and troops can be stationed there, the defenses can be changed regularly, and local forces can be cultivated, or officials can be directly appointed by the empire to manage them. When necessary, they can be forced to immigrate from the mainland! Try to achieve within 30 years, Make those Nanyang regions truly become the new provinces of the empire! This move will bring a huge burden to the empire's finances. However, in order to prevent the situation in Nanyang from evolving into a new northwest in the future, put an end to future disasters, and eradicate hidden places for the empire Threats are worth it."

Du Wei thinks these ideas are very correct. But it seems that although Earl Raymond has this idea, it seems that the central government of the empire has not paid attention to it. After all, the strength of the Luo Lin family is still temporarily limited to the military. And the old emperor's The growing old and fatuous, as well as the financial strain of the empire, have seriously weakened the national power of the empire. Such a large-scale plan is unrealistic.

Du Wei quickly thought about all the information he knew in his head. Then he squinted his eyes, making it impossible to guess his inner thoughts. Du Wei just looked at this old card like this: "The United Kingdom of Nanyang? Great Priest?"

"...Yes." Old Benka seemed to have completely succumbed: "In the United Kingdom, the existence of the High Priest is almost equivalent to the Empire... the Pope of the Temple."

Du Wei was really moved!

His Majesty the Pope of the temple. His status in the empire can almost be said to be on an equal footing with the emperor! At least from the point of view of appellation, only the emperor and the pope are qualified to be called "Your Majesty"!

However, compared to the infinite authority and magnificence of the pope in the empire... Even if the United Kingdom is a crude and even backward barbaric place, it is really too difficult for this high priest to be in such a miserable state. Believe it?

"Just a few years ago... there was a civil strife in the United Kingdom." Benka explained helplessly: "A few years ago, the decisive battle with your empire's expeditionary fleet was a wrong decision at the time, but the fanatics fought in the United Kingdom. The kingdom gained the upper hand, causing the stable faction to be squeezed out. The fanatics were eager to concentrate their forces to drive away the invaders, and they were too optimistic about the situation. Everyone's confidence was dealt a huge blow, because almost all of our strength was gathered, and none of them could defeat an expeditionary fleet of your empire. The shadow of defeat even caused some tribes that originally joined the United Kingdom to become eccentric one after another, and many tribes even Decided to give up resistance, and decided to move the whole family to the more distant southern seas to avoid the invaders of your empire. The previous king of the United Kingdom was the chief of the largest tribe at that time. After the war, his tribe The power is the one who suffers the most, and can only step down in the end.”

When Benka said this, he glanced at Du Wei: "Different from your empire, your emperor is hereditary. But the king of our United Kingdom is elected by many tribes. Afterwards, everyone lost confidence in the United Kingdom, and no one even wanted to be that king. More people wanted to go back and prepare to migrate, rather than resisting uselessly. Later, several high priests..."

"How many?" Du Wei smiled.

"Yes, in our place. Religious power is not in the hands of one person. You have only one pope here, but there are four high priests in our place." Benka explained a sentence before continuing: "Several The high priest discussed together, and finally elected a new king, who is also a powerful tribal leader. But his prestige and intelligence are not enough to lead us to resist the invaders. So... we all understand this. This king He made an agreement with us that he is willing to help everyone preside over the situation temporarily, but in the next few years, I hope we can find suitable candidates.”

Du Wei smiled: "Oh? Then?"

"Then..." Benka hesitated again when he said this, but looking at Du Wei's cold eyes, the old guy felt a chill in his heart. He said helplessly: "We, the priests, decided to find the lost race together. Only by finding the legendary clan of gods and relying on its influence can our United Kingdom be united again."

"The clan of the gods? The lost race?" Du Wei vaguely felt that this title sounded familiar. He vaguely heard that there was such a legend in Nanyang mentioned by the veteran of the former Earl Raymond, but he didn't know it clearly.

However, in front of this old guy, Du Wei pretended to know everything, and said with a faint smile: "The land is indeed a good way, only by finding out the legendary family can we use their prestige to suppress Subdue your United Kingdom."

Sure enough, Lao Benka was deceived by Du Wei's pretended appearance, he nodded: "Unfortunately, I was traveling in Nanyang on the way to find it, but I happened to meet your expeditionary army, and unfortunately I was arrested come back."

"And you have been carefully hiding your identity?" Du Wei smiled.

"Yes." Benka nodded: "My identity is the high priest, and I am worried that if the people here know my identity...it will be very dangerous. I have always hidden my identity. I just hope to live safely. I am not afraid of death, but I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders, and I cannot die easily!"

Du Wei smiled: "Then what about the young slaves with you? They seem to be different from ordinary people."

The young people you see around me are all my attendants, they have received some training, and they are people who specialize in protecting me." Benka's face flashed a trace of regret: "Unfortunately, when I was caught, Some fighters died fighting to protect me."

After a pause, Benka said again: "They are all the bravest fighters in our United Kingdom. In order to follow me, they gave up their life at home, and accompanied me across the vast seas of Southeast Asia..."

"There's no time to be sad." Du Wei said calmly: "You and I are in hostility, and it's normal to be killed or injured."

Old Ben is silent.

"Then, the identity of that Lufik..." Du Wei smiled: "Could it be that he is a member of that race in the legend?"

"...No." Lao Benka shook his head, with a trace of helplessness in his eyes: "He... No, he is my son."

son?

Du Wei smiled: "Benka, your lie is too undeceptive."

"It's true." Benka said: "Different from the people in your mainland's temples, our high priests can marry and have children, and our priests' positions are all hereditary, and our children will get sacrifices since childhood." Education and training, after we die, the place of sacrifice will be inherited by them. This is completely different from the people in the temple in your mainland, who are not allowed to marry and have children... He is really my son, please don't Hurt him... I can swear to our Father God!!"

Seeing Lao Benka's sincere expression, Du Wei was also a little uncertain.

"Okay, I'll keep a close eye on you, Mr. Priest." Du Wei seemed to smile: "However, in view of your status, I will give you some preferential treatment, but you must never try to escape. Got it Is it?"

"Ruolin! Bring me that child!"

Du Wei stopped drinking, and soon Ruolin brought the kid named Lufik into the room.

To Lao Benka's surprise, there was no scar on Lufik's body at all! But the sound of those whips... and the screams...

Du Wei was laughing: "Your ears and voice have deceived you."

In fact, in the next house just now, the two pirates just took out something to threaten the child, and the sound of the whip... was just the sound of being pulled out against a bag of leather.