Chapter 51: The Flight of Madam Flying

  The gambling business, Du Wei basically handed over to Madam to do... He had no choice, although he was idle, but the house arrest order strictly controlled him, and he could not leave the castle to inspect his own gambling business.

  It's Mad, the former horse husband, who has completely turned his life around! Originally, this "General Manager" who was sent to the Roline family territory along with the fallen young master was known by everyone as a former horse husband. The highest head of the family servants here is the old butler, and although Mad held the title of General Manager, he was always just an empty shell.

  It's a different story now! He is the Grand Manager of Mr. Du Wei! In charge of the entire Luo Lin family plain, half of the Kote province's gambling business!

  Now, as soon as Madeleine steps out the door, the bosses of all the major casinos almost always send someone to warmly welcome this general manager, no matter where Madeleine goes, there will be a string of people from the gambling industry following behind her.

  Just wait and look forward to it, when Master Ma is in a good mood, he will accidentally drop something from his fingers, then Master Ma eats meat, and everyone else can also drink some soup.

  Made under Du Wei's instructions, had pretended to inadvertently reveal the odds of several football matches, and indeed allowed those gambling bosses to make a small profit.

  Du Wei deeply understood the way of being a person. Although that so-called exclusive operating right, in name, allowed Du Wei to monopolize this line, but in secret, after all, there were still many people following suit.

  Even if it were in the past life, the underground gambling group would still be unable to eradicate.

  Du Wei did not want the hat of guiding the yellow tide of poison to be put on his own head. Since blocking was impossible, there was only guidance!

  Du Wei slapped his forehead and immediately made a decision! From today on, all gambling businesses in the surrounding cities are suspended! Du Wei is going to clean up!

  The young master just has to open his mouth and Martha will run herself ragged.

  Du Wei hastily trained Madeleine for three days, regardless of how much the poor predecessor Ma Fu could understand and comprehend, anyway, he taught a lot to the poor Madeleine.

  As for what she didn't understand, Made could only slowly ponder and study it on her way.

  First, Mr. Du said that from now on, when it comes to football betting, the word "bet" is absolutely not allowed! Then, Mr. Du came up with a strange thing, which can be publicly sold before each match, although it's still about guessing the outcome of the game, but the way people play has some subtle differences.

  "From now on, we are no longer a gambling den that accepts bets! We are a store that sells products! And what we sell is called... football lottery!" Du Wei's expression was extremely serious, even somewhat sacred, and after pausing for a moment, the young master added: "And from now on, it's not allowed to say 'gamble' anymore! This isn't gambling, but rather... legal gaming!"

  As for legitimacy and whatnot, Du Wei established a very simple standard: each time there's a profit, take out 10% to donate to the local governing body!

  Alright!

  No matter how much Ma De understood, he is now sitting in a horse-drawn carriage with several servants, rushing along the highway of Rolin Plain, traveling between nearby towns, preparing to do business with the "football lottery" that Young Master said.

  By the way, before departure, Made still couldn't help but ask another question: "Young master, since we plan to open a shop and do business... then our shop must have a name, right?"

  "Lottery Center!" Du Wei replied succinctly.

  So our General Manager Mr. Ma will have another title on his head in the future: Director of Lottery Center!

  And the second thing Du Wei entrusted to Madeleine was... Du Wei was going to make a huge adjustment to the current "League"!

  It can be said that up to now, all the teams and players in the league are still from the thousand guards beside the castle. Now, the soldiers' rest period is about to end.

  If these soldiers were allowed to continue kicking the ball all day and neglecting their military training, Du Wei worried that the old steward would probably report him again in his letter to the capital.

  So... Du Wei is preparing to establish a real league!

  Now the castle guard army only retains the formation of one team. Du Wei let Made run several cities, and will set up a team in each city! Now this game of football is almost popular all over the Rolin Plain, it should not be too difficult to find ten or twenty people who are good at kicking balls in every small town.

  Afterwards, each team in every place can start playing matches according to the league mode... Such an idea made Made extremely excited!

  According to Du Wei's list, this so-called league is still very profitable... First of all, the players from Roland's era, they won't ask for high signing fees and salaries. Most of them are farmers, craftsmen, carpenters, blacksmiths, miners, even barbers, who are already happy to kick a ball occasionally, and everyone can get one or two gold coins as a reward every month, which is enough to make them excitedly sprint around the field during the game.

  The expected huge profits from football lottery are enough to pay for these players' meager wages.

  However, Du Wei did not give up his attempt to squeeze out the maximum benefit... He even had Ma De go find the largest fur goods merchant in a nearby city... That merchant had long been supplying various furs to the Luo Ling family.

  Du Wei promised that in the future "Football League", when local city players compete, they will all wear uniforms... and each player's uniform will have the name of a leather goods merchant store on it!

  Considering the popularity of this game now and every time there's a match, the crowd of onlookers will pack the city square to bursting point... such popularity...

  The leather goods boss generously paid Du Wei 500 gold coins as the "naming rights" fee for the next year.

  So, the team's official name for external use became "Rolling Prairie Emerald Town Old Kronkle Leather Goods Football Club"!

  Du Wei sold the naming rights of the league's first team in front of Madam. Then, Old Madam's next job was to find a way to sell the naming rights of the twelve teams in the future league to local wealthy businessmen.

  All these things added together... Madeleine almost began to regard this young master she had brought up from childhood with an almost worshipful gaze!

  Who says our young master is an idiot?

  Have you ever seen an idiot who can earn tens of thousands of gold coins just by moving his lips?

  Old Ma De almost ran his legs off, he ran from south to north and from east to west on the Luo Lin Plain, almost covering all of the dozen or so large and small towns! The twelve teams were finally established, and the naming rights for all twelve teams were also sold out.

  As for the weird names like "XX Jewelry Store Team" or "XX Weapon Shop Team", Du Wei ignored them all... He was very satisfied with the thousands of gold coins that Ma De brought back. Twelve teams, a total of five thousand gold coins were sold.

  "This is just the first year, my dear Made. Later when our league becomes successful, the naming rights every year, you won't have to run around for it, those businessmen will come to you with boxes of gold coins! At that time, a few thousand gold coins might not even be enough to buy the naming rights for one team!" Du Wei looked at his loyal servant who had been running around outside for a month and couldn't help but feel some emotion, so he decided to give this loyal servant a little more reward.

  "My dear Madam... would you be interested in becoming the first Chairwoman of the Rolling Plains Football Association?"

  In this way, in addition to the titles of "General Manager" and "Director of Football Lottery Center", Ma's head has another title that sounds very magical: Chairman of Football Association!

  Although he still can't fully understand what this "Football Association Chairman" is all about, Master Ma De was still very moved by the young master's trust in him, so he readily accepted the young master's suggestion.

  Du Wei's mood was apparently very good.

  After all, the five thousand gold coins brought back by Made would be enough for him to solve his urgent needs.

  The football league has not yet started, and the income from the football lottery is still nowhere to be seen. The 5,000 yuan sponsorship fee seems to be the only liquid funds in Du Wei's hands.

  Damn Solzskya... That guy has burned through several thousand gold coins again and still hasn't made any progress.

  With the several thousand gold coins brought back by Made, Du Wei could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Taking advantage of his excitement, Du Wei took our Football Association Chairman to see some of his new inventions.

  In the place behind the castle where Duwei specially developed fireworks, Madeleine once again looked at her young master with a respectful gaze...

  Although he still doesn't know what the young master is up to this time.

  The thing in front of me seems to be a huge basket.

  Yes, that's right, it is a big basket. Big enough for three to five people to stand inside, the edge of the basket is very high, about waist-high, and standing inside feels like sitting in an open carriage.

  And above... a gigantic, ball-shaped thing made of over a dozen pieces of cowhide sewn together, floated gently on top of the basket!

  Yes, that's right, a huge spherical body!

  The stove below is desperately heating up the balloon to the point of roasting the gas inside.

  The color of the flame burning is very bright, Du Wei slightly exerted a bit of magic in this link...... This is one of the fire system magic he just learned, Solstice brought out something that can further enhance the effect of the fire Yao burning.

  "This thing is called a hot air balloon! My dear Madeleine." Duvey laughed with great joy.

  This is the result of his hard work for a month! Although during this period, nearly fifty top-grade cowhides were damaged... Those cowhides were bought from that leather merchant who had sponsored the team at an extremely low price.

  Du Wei ignored Made's bewildered gaze and briefly introduced his new invention.

  Former horse husband, current butler, football center manager, Football Association chairman, Mr. Ma De, already felt dizzy, he looked at the young master and stuttered: "Young master... you, you said this thing can fly? You said 'fly'? I didn't hear it wrong?"

  "You didn't hear wrong, my dear Madel!" Du Wei laughed: "So now I grant you an honor! Come with me to experience the first test flight! This is a historic moment! You are the first human being who can fly into the sky without relying on any magic or help from other magical creatures!!"

  What followed was like a dream for Old Mother!

  Du Wei swung his sword and cut off the ropes tied to the basket, and the huge buoyancy of the hot air balloon slowly lifted up the basket below, along with Du Wei and Madeleine inside!

  As the basket rose higher and higher into the air... everyone held their breath, not daring to make a sound, eyes wide with wonder, mouths agape as they gazed up at Du Wei and Ma De who were getting farther and farther away.

  Even some people's mouths watered and they forgot to wipe it!

  For people living in an era without any aircraft, this scene is really... shocking!!

  It wasn't until the hot air balloon carrying Du Wei and Madam flew to almost the height of the castle's top that the craftsmen on the ground let out a huge cheer! Everyone knelt down, using their most sincere voices to praise the great gods...

  Compared with the cheering crowd on the ground, Madel only felt that her legs were now so soft that she could hardly stand!

  For the first time, he "flew" into the sky, causing Made's legs to tremble non-stop from the moment they left the ground. His face turned pale, his eyes wide as a cow's, his teeth chattering, and his hands grasped the edge of the basket tightly...

  "How's that, my dear Madeleine?" Du Wei gazed down at his feet... The hot air balloon was drifting slowly, and from this height, the view of the castle surroundings, those distant mountains, and nearby forests... could be seen in its entirety!

  "This scene is unforgettable, isn't it......" Du Wei was in a trance.

  "Master..." Made swallowed hard and asked cautiously: "This... I don't know what to say anymore... This is simply too incredible... But, but what I want to ask is... We've already flown so high now... So, how are we going to land?"

  "...This time, Du Wei also changed color. He looked deeply at Made and then had a strange expression: "Damn...I only know how to fly...but I don't know how to make this thing land."

  Made: "Young master... You are truly the most talented person I have ever seen..."

  Du Wei: "Mad! You puked on me!"

  The people below started looking at each other in confusion after a while: "When are the young masters coming down? It's almost time for dinner, isn't it?"

  Under the sunset, the hot air balloon floats higher and farther in the infinite evening glow...

  What a wonderful world! Isn't it?

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