Dear Broom Knight

Lowry insisted on involving Valeria's Great Banyan Tree, and it wasn't just for the convenience of collecting money.

Those aerial roots that could harden at any time and be withdrawn into the main body were his favorite feature.

For example, these adventure groups could tear down the small rooms at the bottom and convert them into a reception hall.

This would not only provide activity space for the members but also allow them to receive guests who wanted to hire them.

Renovations were always expensive, and Lowry's pricing standards were based on the previous world... regardless of whether tearing down a wall was easy or not, it would still be counted by the swing of the sledgehammer and small hammer.

No one understood the shock he had experienced when he renovated his own small thirty-square-meter apartment.

Therefore, he would never let these adventure groups off the hook.

These weren't like those small adventurers who would grimace at even renting a small room... the Great Ice Mountain did allow most adventurers to get rich, but it required luck.

Some adventurers might fill their pockets after only a few months, while others might have to endure for several years.

Some people might finally earn enough resources to rest for a few years, but they couldn't even descend from the Great Ice Mountain.

Although Lowry's various measures had indeed restrained the adventurers on the Great Ice Mountain quite a bit, and there were almost no guys earning black money or robbing halfway.

But this couldn't withstand the sudden crimes caused by excessive greed.

This was also the reason why Lowry started to build these small apartments.

Compared to the past life that required help and mutual assistance, the current adventurers were more worried about a stab in the back from someone they once trusted.

Once they felt they had more money in their pockets, even if they couldn't live in the outer valley, the adventurers would try to rent a small apartment.

No one would distrust the security guarantee of Qingfeng Territory.

Valeria's Great Banyan Tree had become almost mythical in recent years.

Lowry didn't know if it was because no one wanted to talk about 'Valeria's' affair, so the major forces were trying to exaggerate Valeria's abilities.

Valeria herself had never worried about whether the lord would be dissatisfied because of this.

But these were just ordinary adventurers. The adventure groups, which used to feel more restrictive, really didn't have any problems.

After all, they basically had no room for impulsive crimes. Most of the incidents were planned for many years.

Therefore, there would definitely be no movement on the Great Ice Mountain, and even those who harbored ulterior motives would try to appear very united and loving.

There was no other way, even if they all had their own plans, their goal was to seize power in the adventure group!

However, the Lord of Qingfeng had never given face to anyone. When deducting points, especially large deductions, the reasons would be clearly stated on the bulletin board at the entrance of the valley.

No adventure group could accept being told when recruiting people, 'Don't go to that group, they like to kill their own people.'

Although this wasn't something they really couldn't do, it definitely couldn't be said out loud.

They could only be honest.

However, over the years, the adventure groups had instead received the favor of many solo adventurers because of Lowry's rules, and even received a lot of new forces that they had never even dreamed of... the more law-abiding the adventure group, the greater the harvest.

Since they had benefited from Lowry's rules, it was natural for these adventure groups to pay a little more.

Not to mention that they had also received other business because of this, such as providing short-term escorts for merchants from other countries in the Icefield Country.

Since there had been a lot of activity in the Icefield, and many churches had gone there to stir up trouble, merchants from other countries would naturally follow.

However, no matter how much profit these merchants made in the Icefield Country, they would definitely have to pay a protection fee to the Church of the Frozen Sea in addition to the transaction tax of the Icefield.

Since the end of the Qingfeng Territory War ten years ago, the Church of the Frozen Sea had become much more regular for some reason.

The Lord of the Frozen Sea didn't issue orders randomly anymore.

The Icefield King couldn't harvest the nobles under the church's command as easily as he had in the previous few years.

Therefore, the Icefield Country had fallen into a strange calm.

The two sides, who should have been directly opposed, seemed to have reached a tacit truce in these ten years, and were both cleaning up their disobedient subordinates.

It was said that the Icefield King, in order to express his respect and love for his queen, not only completely handed over part of the power in the palace to her... especially the financial power, but also married the court ladies around her to the nobles of his camp.

Even the famous Lady Sophia had someone daring to marry her!

However, although this focal point came with her own bloody storm, she also brought rich resources behind her.

The Sebeffia family definitely wanted to prepare for both possibilities. The originally barren territory of the small Rogers family had become obviously much wealthier in recent years.

They could even trade directly with the large merchant groups from other countries.

It was just that, one had to sigh, even if he married his two princesses to the Icefield, the Icefield royal family still didn't hold back at all when it came to digging at the Northland's foundation.

Even though the Sebeffia family had been openly restricted by the Northland royal family all these years, they were still the border earl family of the Northland!

However, there was nothing strange about what happened in the Icefield royal family.

It could only be said that King Travis of the Northland, who had always been wise and martial, chose the wrong princess.

Even if she was ambitious, she would be better than a love brain!

Although the Icefield Queen held some power, she basically only acted according to her husband's will, and most of the power she competed with her sister-in-law and mother-in-law for was handed over to Alex.

Outsiders didn't understand the secrets hidden inside, but they could see clearly that the Northland King had raised this little daughter for nothing.

She wasn't as valuable as Alex's biological mother, who had a strong sense of homeland.

Although the children of the White Dragon Queen who came later were not as valuable as their older brothers and sisters because of their large number, Rosalind's favor was still quite famous.

Among the nobles, a woman's ability to independently control her dowry was a reflection of her status in the family... In-laws generally do not take back the marriage proposal gifts given by men, therefore, the women will inevitably take away the corresponding property to offset this part of the resources.

To put it bluntly, this is an exchange of benefits in the name of marriage.

But in addition to smoothing out these interests, the woman can also have a portion of the property designated to her, which is truly her own.

This property is not necessarily a resource to be paid, so if the bride is not favored, she can only rely on the annuity given by her husband to live her life.

In Lowry's era, women who could only reach out their hands were not having a good time!

Not to mention, it was difficult for this woman to step out of the world that confined her family.

And Rosalind's dowry was so rich that all the favored princesses could measure in their hearts whether they could also have it.

You must know that her mother-in-law, as the eldest princess, had not been able to get so much dowry!

After all, the White Dragon King was not as wealthy as he is now at that time.

Moreover, it is estimated that there were also factors to compensate Rosalind... Originally, she should have been standing behind Alex's mother, cheering for her sister.

No one thought that the Northland King, who had been arrogant for so many years, suffered the greatest loss from his beloved little daughter.

Many people rumored that the White Dragon King was greatly shocked by this, and even didn't care much about the affairs of the Icefield Kingdom.

That is to say, the Northland King completely abandoned his original plan for this neighboring country.

However, although this result is very good for the future of the Icefield Kingdom, allowing the country to maintain its independence and autonomy, it is not very beneficial to the present of the Icefield Kingdom.

After all, with the power of the Icefield royal family itself, it is really difficult to fight against the Church of the Frozen Sea and clean up the nobles under its command who have serious disloyal intentions.

The royal family's direct legion is a bit too busy.

Therefore, the safest area now is the jurisdiction of the Church of the Frozen Sea.

But this is quite good for merchants from other countries.

After all, in order to receive a large amount of transaction tax, the Icefield royal family firmly maintained the integrity of its camp and never charged a little more tax.

His army's more important job than suppressing the dissent of other nobles is to maintain the smooth flow of trade routes.

Moreover, once a noble is found to have bad intentions towards these merchants, Alex can guarantee that this proactive guy will never have a chance to act again.

Although he can't suppress all the great nobles, it is still no problem to deal with one or two.

Although the nobles of the Icefield are more united under the pressure of the king, they will not sympathize with such a fool.

The arrival of these merchants benefits not only the king who needs money and resources.

The nobles also benefit a lot!

Not to mention, because merchants come and go, the price of knight advancement resources, which have always been extremely expensive in the Icefield Country, has been lowered!

Who doesn't care about this when they need to raise troops?

No one will help him share the pressure if he is such a fool, it is the right choice for a decent person to follow behind the king's army to see if he can get some benefits.

And in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Church of the Frozen Sea, although merchants have to pay a protection fee as soon as they go there, there are also many good things there!

The followers of the Frozen Sea like to live in cold environments, and they don't like overly bright colors, including some gems, so they basically sell all the minerals there except for water-related resources.

Merchants from the southern coastal cities like to trade there the most.

However, one of the more troublesome things about trading with the Church of the Frozen Sea is that they have more opposing churches.

For example, the followers of the Dark Night will never be allowed to enter the Frozen Sea territory.

Although they will not refuse resources from the Dark Night territory, people must not come.