Throne of the North

The banquet in the palace was full of extravagance of the nobles.

In the past wars and devastation, all nobles were victims. It can be said that no nobles of the Andala Kingdom were direct beneficiaries.

Even Grand Duke Leta, who sacrificed the lives of thousands of ghost warriors, was an extraordinary legionnaire.

The Counts of Canterlot are also experiencing extremely serious consumption of their slave soldiers, extraordinary legions, food, money, and land.

Not to mention the small nobles, who had already spent a lot of materials and money in the wars before the orcs invaded.

The most miserable among them were directly exterminated when the orcs invaded. It is not known whether their bloodline continues on the kingdom's land.

king? What are the powers of a king?

The king is there to solve these things.

He wanted to revive the nobles whose lands had been destroyed and plundered, to let their lands continue to produce wealth and population, and to let the nobles who had lost most of their tribesmen reestablish their families, to be loyal to and follow him, and as for those nobles who had their families wiped out... The king also needs to give an explanation. No matter what kind of explanation it is, superficiality is necessary.

For example, King Adams planned to adopt some of the heirs of the royal family and inherit the names of the nobles who had been exterminated, which would help those noble families continue their bloodline and glory.

At the same time, the king also planned to let Moses provide such help.

Of course, the nobles also want a share of the pie, but after all, there are not that many nobles who have been exterminated. After being divided between the king and Earl Moses, there will be no spare positions.

The king even asked some nobles to prohibit invasion and occupation of those nobles who had wiped out most of their tribesmen, and to allow those nobles to develop again.

He gave benefits to the great nobles. In this regard, the Duke of Leta and the Earl of Canterlot did not express any objection.

But the small and medium-sized nobles are having a hard time.

If they want to recover after the war, they need more than just squeezing slaves and civilians in their own territory.

Ryan didn't care about the political struggles within the kingdom. He was communicating with King Adams about the seriousness of the Holy See.

"The empire will send believers who serve the light to the kingdom. In the process, the kingdom also needs to prepare to face the pressure from the south."

"Not from the Holy See, but from the Kingdom of Serra."

Ryan didn't say much, he just told the king that although the Kingdom of Andara was now stable, they also had an enemy. The McReynolds family who rebelled from the Kingdom of Andara would be their feud, and this hatred would spread. In the royal bloodline of each side.

"My army will leave the Andara Kingdom in two days. Without the emperor's order, the empire's army cannot help the Andara Kingdom."

The reason why Ryan left after two days was because he needed to deal with his wealth in the kingdom within these two days.

Dawn City couldn't be taken away. He asked the empire's chamber of commerce to transport slaves to supplement the labor force here. It was already a bit late, and this time's spring plowing might require borrowing people from the surrounding nobles.

"Unfortunately, you can't return to the palace."

In front of Queen Leta, Ryan told him the king's decision.

"During war, the king's power is affected, and the nobles don't care about his attitude. But in times of peace, the king's power will return to its peak little by little, and the nobles will not refuse his orders."

"Grand Duke Leta will not allow women from the Andara royal family to return to the Grand Duke's territory, because there are secrets of his own there."

"The Tundra Territory is very cold. For the time being, you can only stay here. Your knights will follow you. I will also leave an army. This is also my territory. If you want to go to the Tundra Territory, they will Send you there."

"But you don't have to be so depressed. The king's order can at most reduce the contact between the nobles and you. It does not mean that your identity disappears. Even the king cannot deprive you of your identity and representative power."

"It's impossible for your brother Grand Duke Leta to really deny you as my sister. If my guess is correct, he will arrange for some women, those noble ladies, to communicate with you from time to time. After all, this is part of his integration into the nobility of the kingdom. means."

"In the future, your life will probably be much better than I imagined."

"I have a lot of wealth here. Every quarter, I need to see my wealth in the form of numbers in front of me. Maybe you can help me."

Ryan held Queen Leta's hand and stood on the city wall, looking at the fertile land outside. To be honest, the land here is much better than the tundra territory. The Holy See carefully selected each piece of land for itself. Prosperous crops can grow on the land.

"The nobles of the Kingdom of Andara may not be truly loyal to this new king."

"They were waiting to see if the king would be wise."

Ryan finally said this, and left Dawn City early the next morning, returned to the outside of the royal city to formally bid farewell to the king, and then returned to the empire with the Light Judgment Legion.

Returning like an arrow, the soldiers marched much faster, but in comparison, they were still moving slowly.

Why?

Because this legion transports a lot of wealth.

Baron Lane's personal wealth of more than two million gold coins belongs to him. This wealth comes from the looting of the Dawn Church in the territory of the kingdom's nobles; the support and rewards given to him by the kingdom's nobles; the wealth gained by his army in the process of fighting against the orcs ; the rewards given him by the kingdom and king; and the great head from the Holy See.

It is a pity that if this chaos did not break out after the Divine Grace Festival, Ryan would be able to collect more from the Holy See.

There is also wealth belonging to the nobles of Northwind Province. For example, of the 1.05 million gold coins that Ryan received from the Holy See, 300,000 of them were distributed to other nobles. The rewards from the kingdom and the king are also the same, and belong to all. The Light Judgment Legion, that is, all the nobles.

Ryan cannot eat alone, and in this way, he can also gather the nobles of the North Wind Province around him.

The wealth acquired by the nobles themselves during the war was also transported in this team.

Under Ryan's previous orders, most of the wealth collected by the nobles was actually returned to the noble lords whose territories were captured, which was used to help Ryan gain the gratitude and support of the nobles in the Kingdom of Andara.

But the rest is still huge.

Finally, it is the things that belong to the soldiers themselves. The gold and silver coins are heavily protected by them. However, they have gained something during the war. For example, the tools, pots and pans picked up from those territories are all precious, and the clothes Needless to say, people from the Chamber of Commerce said that the snow in Beifeng Province has not melted yet.

Of course, there is also a large amount of food belonging to the Light Judgment Legion, which comes from everyone in the Kingdom of Andara, from the king to the slaves.

As the empire's military corps supporting the kingdom, the kingdom is responsible for all logistics, the most important of which is food.

Ryan accepted everyone who came and kept asking for it.

This leads to the fact that the food cannot be eaten at all. What should I do if I can’t finish it? Of course it is impossible to return it.

More than 90% of this food will be left in the Tundra Territory, more than half of which belongs to Baron Lane, and the rest will be divided among all the nobles in Beifeng Province, but it will be temporarily stored in the warehouse of Lingdu City.

Because Ryan felt that this batch of food might eventually return to the Kingdom of Andala in the form of trafficking.

In fact, it can be seen from the wealth in the team of the Light Judgment Legion.

After the wars that the Kingdom of Andara experienced, the nobles lost their wealth and food, and the civilians and slaves lost their daily necessities. They would all be very miserable and tired. This was the reason why many nobles had gloomy eyes at the end of the banquet.

They lost everything they could, but gained nothing. They could only lick their wounds.

Although the kingdom has stabilized, the real challenge has just begun.

Finally entering the Kingdom of Serra, the Kingdom will naturally not block the imperial army from passing through.

Fragoso, who should be Count Fragoso now, invited Lane into his territory, and Lane watched as construction was going on here.

"As a big noble family, of course it can't be too shabby."

Count Fragoso said with a smile. Recently, he has always had a smile on his face when sleeping. Perhaps the Fragoso family's genealogy will open a new page because of him.

All the previous anxiety has disappeared, and now he is the distinguished Count Fragoso of the Serra Kingdom.

"I'm glad to see the Earl leading the family to prosperity."

Ryan praised, making Count Fragoso even more excited.

"Ryan, as you said before, Beifeng Avenue will become the wealth of our two families. Recently, I saw the empire's chamber of commerce passing by, and each of them gave me 10,000 gold coins."

There was light in Count Fragoso's eyes. This wealth was more than what Viscount Fragoso had earned before.

"Only ten thousand?"

Ryan smiled and said:

"I think there will be more in the future."

"real?"

"Of course it's true, but I think half of these ten thousand gold coins belong to His Majesty the King of Serra Kingdom, don't you?"

Ryan reminded Count Fragoso, and although the Count hesitated, he still nodded.

"His Royal Highness Otto and Mihai's wedding is about to take place. This may be a good gift."

Ryan was also a little sad. The former McReynolds family suddenly became the royal family of the kingdom, which made many people feel uncomfortable. However, the Fragoso family accepted it quickly.

After verbally deciding the future exchanges with Count Fragoso, Lane's army entered the North Wind Avenue again.

"Sir Farrell, after returning to Flying Wing Canyon, will you lead the flying dragon army?"

Ryan asked curiously. Farrell is the commander of the Violent Elephant Legion, but the most powerful in the Wing Canyon is the Flying Dragon Legion. If the Flying Dragon Legion supports the Kingdom of Andara, Ryan thinks he can keep the entire Feathered Dragon Legion in the kingdom. on the land.

"Won't."

Farrell was also a little excited. After returning to Flying Wing Canyon, he became the real commander.

"There will be members of the royal family who will become the commander of the Flying Dragon Legion. I will still lead the Violent Elephant Legion. With the help of this legion, I will be able to exert greater power."

Ryan was thoughtful, finally nodded and said with a smile:

"So Mr. Farrell has decided on the title of 'Violent Elephant'?"

"Is there anything wrong? Hahahaha."

After becoming a legend, all the pressure on Farrell disappeared and he became much younger.

He has really become younger, Ryan can clearly feel the vitality of the other party.

The air has become colder to the naked eye, and the sky is filled with white mist. It is still so cold in Beifeng Province. In this environment, the voices in the Bright Judgment Legion have also disappeared a lot, and everyone is silently waiting for the one who arrives at their hometown.

Lingdu City is very close at hand, and the ancient city walls are more majestic than before. And around Lingdu City, there is a large open space, where many transport teams of the Chamber of Commerce have stopped.

"In the future, the empire's chamber of commerce will no longer appear in Beifeng City, but will appear here."

Ryan's voice was addressed to Farrell. After hearing this, the legend narrowed his eyes slightly and then smiled.

"Everyone says that I, who became a legend, gained the most from the war in the Kingdom of Andara, but I think Baron Lane may be the winner."

"There are only winners and losers in war. There is no victory or defeat."

Ryan said this, turned around, took off the flag of the Light Judgment Legion, and handed it to Farrell.

"Please also ask Commander Farrell to help me hand over the bright flag to the Earl."

Farrell was surprised.

"Won't you send it there yourself?"

For the nobles, according to the nobles, Commander Ryan should personally hand over power.

But now Ryan has no time to deal with that woman. The war is over, and there are countless things waiting for him in the territory and Lingdu City.

"The Marquis is not born yet. I believe the Marquis's mother, Meyers, will understand."

Ryan said perfunctorily, turning around and giving orders to tens of thousands of soldiers.

"From now on, you will return to your own territory and be loyal to your lord."

The soldiers were reluctant to give up, but Ryan could not afford to support them, and the nobles in Lingdu City had already come out. They were looking forward to it, not to take back their soldiers, but for the wealth that this army would bring them.

For the North Wind Province, the great victory in the journey to the Kingdom of Andala was of course a matter of great joy and sorrow.

The war brought them back at least one year or even two or three years of wealth and income.

The nobles of Beifeng Province are also in desperate need of money.

The Light Judgment Legion was disbanded, and Ryan finally relaxed and took his still bloated team to say goodbye to the nobles and headed towards the Tundra Territory.

"There is also a road needed between the Tundra Territory and Lingdu City."

This will be a very important link in Ryan's next plan. In his plan, Lingdu City will become a prosperous economic center in the north that radiates over a vast land, including but not limited to Northwind Province, the Kingdom of Serra and Anda. Pull the kingdom.

The city belonged to Viscount Miles, but in fact most of it already belonged to Baron Lane.

Of course, in essence, this city actually belongs to the empire, but that is too macroscopic.

"With more than two million yuan, you can do a lot of things."

At this moment, Ryan was finally overjoyed, and he knew very well that the more than two million yuan in wealth he had now was different from before he went to the Kingdom of Andara.

Now, he can spend more than two million into more than four million. Before, it was only more than two million.

This is a change brought about by status and power, and those chambers of commerce will give him the cheapest deals.

"There is also the Cathedral of Light. I am going to the Kingdom of Andara on behalf of the light. I won't have no expression at all, right?"

Ryan planned to write a letter to the Imperial City, to the emperor and to the Cathedral of Light. He had to get something from their hands.

However, Baron Lane, who had just returned to the Tundra Territory, received news from the Kingdom of Andara before he could write to the emperor in the south.

"Twenty-three are nobles who rebelled against the Kingdom of Andara and threw themselves into the arms of the Kingdom of Serra?"

Ryan opened his eyes wide, this could happen?

The nobles pledged their allegiance to the king, but turned around and swore to become subjects of another kingdom?

Ryan was surprised and a little nervous. Wasn't war going to break out again?

The McReynolds family has given the Andara royal family two humiliations. Can they really endure it?

"However, I'm afraid there is also some reason for the empire."

Ryan discovered that some of the rebellious nobles were actually devout believers in the Dawn.

The Kingdom of Andara expelled the Holy See, but this does not mean that the nobles will follow. Even now, the Holy See's influence on the kingdom's nobles still exists.

Perhaps here, Archbishop Adriana hooked her finger, and the nobles gave up all their land and went to the Kingdom of Serra.

On the border of the Kingdom of Andara and the land bordering the Kingdom of Serra, the soldiers of the nobles complained and built a defense line again. Just two days after they returned home, they appeared on the battlefield again.

The soldiers had no idea, but the furious king might order an attack at any time.

The nobles are persuading that they have no idea of ​​starting a war now, and the most important thing is that they are now carving up the population in the territories of the rebellious nobles.

Those nobles could not take everyone away, and all the people left in the territory became slaves and were divided among the great nobles.

The most ruthless among them is Count Merces. His family is rising. What is missing? Everything is lacking, but the top priority is population.

The rebellion of the nobles gave him his best chance.

He is also unwilling to start a war, so even if King Adams is extremely angry, there is nothing he can do.

"Your Majesty, if we go to war with the Kingdom of Sera now, the Church will definitely help them. Perhaps we should wait until the Empire helps us build a magic academy before we can fight against the missionaries and priests of the Church."

"The most important thing now is to let the royal family regain its army."

Count Mercers suggested this, which made the king a little angry, because the nobles had sworn allegiance to him, and Count Mercers in front of him certainly didn't understand that feeling.

"Declare the Kingdom of Sera as the eternal enemy of Andara, and kill their nobles, and you will be able to obtain the title of the Kingdom of Andara!"

The king finally gave this order, which caused an uproar in the southern land. This was the first time that the southern world showed open hostility to certain nobles.