Throne of the North

Outside Lingdu City, the construction of three villages and towns is in progress.

This heat was not serious heat, because as time passed, the people in the three villages and towns could no longer hold it in any longer.

They were all soldiers before, and soldiers formed an army.

Simply put, they are all men.

Of course they have families, but the fate of their families is now uncertain. Some are definitely gone, and some are still waiting for them to return.

A fiery heart not only makes the body restless, but also makes the mind irritable.

Finding back his family, his wife, sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters has become a top priority.

This is also because these people feel that the war is far away and they need to return to a peaceful life.

The original enthusiasm for building settlements also seemed to be somewhat half-hearted.

"The war has kept the Chamber of Commerce's caravan for two months, and it's time to go to other noble territories for transportation."

In the tundra territory, Butler Beard is arranging a caravan to travel within the North Wind Province. The size of this caravan cannot be too small, and most importantly, it needs to be followed by soldiers. The North Wind Province is not peaceful now.

"All the labor force is composed of those new mud-legged people. Anyway, they need to find their relatives and let them send representatives."

"Soldier's words..."

Beard thought for a while, he needed to ask Mr. Lane for instructions on this matter.

Soon, Beard got the answer from the castle.

"Let a few armored bear warriors follow us, then go to Lingdu City and hire two or three adventure groups."

After getting the result, Beard just had to do it, but he still didn't understand why the master wanted the mud-legged adventure group from Lingdu City to participate.

Maybe there's not enough manpower? Beard shook his head. He must not think like this. Under the leadership of the master, the Tundra Territory is thriving and getting stronger. How could it be short of manpower?

If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it and do things with peace of mind and humility. This is what his dead old father told him.

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"You don't want to find your family and bring them here, only to end up without a house, right?"

Beard looked majestically at the people building houses on several construction sites and shouted loudly.

"Master Ryan is kind and allows you to build villages and towns on this land and become the people here. Don't be ungrateful. You must complete the tasks assigned to you by Master Ryan within the construction period!"

"No one is allowed to be lazy, otherwise if I find your mother-in-law, I will give her to someone else!"

When facing these people, Beard appeared extremely cruel and strong. After inspecting the construction sites in three villages and towns, Beard entered Lingdu City.

"Which are the three most powerful adventure groups in the guild?"

He got straight to the point. The Northern Brave Guild was originally an industry of the Tundra Territory, and he had directly managed it before. The managers here used to be people who worked around Beard, so naturally they didn't dare to do anything to him.

After getting the results, Beard asked the leaders of the three adventure groups to come over.

The Northern Brave Guild, after two expansions, now covers an area of ​​three acres. It is a gray and white stone building with many living rooms. Bilge was waiting in it. Soon, three adventure group leaders appeared in front of him.

"Sak? Well, you have more than twenty people under your command. I hope your reputation matches your strength."

"Is this the leader of the mountain adventure group?"

Beard nodded and looked at the burly man, who seemed to be an Orion. The steward of the guild said that this adventure group came from the mountains and forests. They seemed to be savages living in the northern mountains.

As for the last one.

Just when Beard was about to scold him, someone actually dared to cover up in front of him and even wore armor.

But the next moment, he was sweating coldly. This was the armor of the Tundra Territory, or the craftsmanship of Master Brock.

He is the steward of the Tundra Territory, so he is very familiar with this thing.

The most important thing is that he took it from the castle's warehouse.

"Master Lien? Why are you here."

Lien took off his visor and said to Beard:

"I am the leader of the Ashes Adventure Group."

"Why did you call us?"

Beard was a little shocked. The successor of Baron Hatton was actually the leader of an adventuring group? He had previously thought that these were mud-legged people huddled together to keep warm.

Beard couldn't sit still and stood up. After all, there was a difference in status between the two. Although he had obtained the status of a lord, Lien was the heir to the baron.

Between the two of them, he has a lower status.

"Master Lien, I'm here to hire an adventure group to follow the Chamber of Commerce's caravan to transport the resources of the nobles in the province in preparation for next spring."

"Your adventure group..."

Beard was in trouble. He had never thought that he would encounter such a scene. How could a noble heir become the leader of an adventure group.

Next to them, the two adventure group leaders were also shocked. Looking at the Ash Knight, the other party turned out to be a noble?

Not a knight loyal to a noble?

They were a little excited, but they were afraid to talk to Lien like before. The gap between nobles and ordinary people was as big as heaven and earth.

"I will not participate in the adventure group's actions. My deputy leader will take people with you."

Lian En was helpless, and he didn't want to reveal his identity.

"The Ashes Adventure Group currently has one hundred and twenty people, forty of whom are capable of fighting. You can take them all with you."

The North Wind Province is not safe now. Lien, who followed him to participate in the war, naturally knew it. However, like Beard, he was also surprised that the Tundra Territory actually wanted to hire an adventure group to join him?

The identity of the Ash Knight caused an uproar in a small circle in Lingdu City, but fortunately no one continued to spread the news. However, the fact that the noble was a member of the adventurers still made many registered braves of the Northern Brave Guild extremely excited and excited.

Their circle was so high-end. I originally thought that the addition of knights would add countless glory worth showing off to the faces of the adventurers in the north. Now nobles are also one of them.

Like civilians like them?

Many people were very excited, but if they thought about it carefully, they didn't know why they were so excited.

This led to the fact that a day later, when hundreds of people from three adventure groups gathered outside Lingdu City, it attracted a lot of people's attention.

A caravan of nearly five hundred people, twenty ox carts and thirty horse carriages set out from Lingdu County and headed towards the noble territory of Beifeng Province.

One of the purposes was that the resources within the nobility's territory last quarter were destroyed due to the war. However, there were some resources that were not plundered by the orcs.

The orcs plundered food, tools, warm quilts and clothes, and wooden boards to build houses.

Of course, I will not patronize other resource points that cannot be eaten or worn.

Now all the nobles need to do is convert these non-satisfying and warm resources into money, and then use the money to purchase food and other urgently needed supplies.

The arrival of the Chamber of Commerce has solved the urgent needs of these nobles.

Then there is the second purpose, finding relatives.

In the end, more than 400 people were selected from those tens of thousands of soldiers, each of whom was a representative of a large group of people.

"Look for people for me! Don't blame me for not reminding you. Each of you comes from a team in a village. Master Ryan said that as long as you can help more than half of the people in your team find their families, You can give priority to becoming the leader of that team and be responsible for managing other people.”

"If you can help everyone find their relatives, you will directly get the position of director."

"Do you want to know what a village chief is? Managing twenty or thirty households, but this is not the most important. The most important thing is that you have entered the Government Affairs Office of the Tundra Territory. Your names will be recorded in the Government Affairs Office. It’s on the list of people and is known to Lord Etheria.”

"Being a village leader will have a better future, and you will have the opportunity to become farmers."

"Farmers are people who can help the lord manage land and food on his own. You will become rich!"

Beard's voice made the people in the caravan extremely excited. They couldn't quite understand it, but they understood the last sentence. Make money, make more money, have better houses and land, and be able to burn firewood every day in winter! ! !

So, after the unremitting efforts of these people, they actually found three families from the barony in front of them. The sallow-faced and thin woman dragged several children and stood awkwardly on the land, looking at the two sides who were arguing in fear.

"What do you mean? This is my slave, and you dare to rob the nobles' wealth!"

A young man stopped the soldiers angrily and glared at Beard. This was the reason why Beard, the steward of the Tundra Territory, came in person. He was the only one with the status to bargain with the nobles. As the steward, he represented Baron Lane behind the flag.

"Master Lanni, of course we will not rob your slaves, but they are my master's slaves."

Beard said neither humble nor haughty:

"Their men are already Master Lane's slaves, and of course they are too. I have a list here."

"Impossible, these are slaves captured by my soldiers in the wilderness, they do not belong to you!"

The young man argued angrily that it would be embarrassing for him if his slave was taken away.

"Master Lanni, you might want to ask your father, Baron Gerald. Although until now, the nobles have not made it clear who the refugees from the war belong to, there is one thing that all the nobles agree on."

"Those are the soldiers that my Mr. Ryan took away. They and their families will be Ryan's wealth."

"No nobleman has any objections to this matter. This is the only reward my master received after leading the war against the powerful orcs of the Silver Moon Royal Court in Beifeng Province. He did not ask for more, so I absolutely cannot let him be the only reward." Wealth has become a worthless joke.”

Beard's voice became louder. The Lanny in front of him was not Lane, because the other party's father, Baron Gerald, was not a good friend of Master Lane, and unlike Baron Hatton, he had a good relationship with the Tundra Territory.

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"Of course, in order to thank your soldiers for helping my master recover his wealth, I would like to express my personal gratitude to you."

Beard glanced at the five adults and seven children on the other side. He took out nine gold coins and handed them to Lanny.

"This is my personal reward for you. I don't have many gold coins. This is all I have."

Beard lowered his voice and said in a voice that only two people could hear:

"When I was in Rhinoceros Mountain, I once heard my master say that among Baron Gerald's children, the eldest son Lenny was destined to inherit the title of baron. However, after the war, a large amount of land was vacated and would be left to the nobles to choose. , and among the descendants of Baron Gerald, the second son Farr has the talent of a magician. "

"Baron Gerald led 500 soldiers to kill more than 300 werewolves during the war. This kind of credit may be able to be exchanged for a part of the mine's profits. After all, the practice of a magician is very expensive."

Lanny's eyes widened.

"Is there such a thing?"

Beard's eyes showed dissatisfaction.

"Is Master Lanny questioning my master?"

"Of course not."

Lanny quickly explained that he admired Baron Lane very much, so he couldn't help but say:

“That’s the Gerald family’s money, it’s my money.”

Lanny suppressed his anger somewhat, and then pushed away the money bag in Beard's hand.

"Thank you. I can't accept your gold coins. You can also take these... Baron Lane's slaves with you."

When leaving Baron Gerard's territory, Beard took out the note from the seam of his clothes. After thinking about it, he put a cross behind Baron Gerard's name.

This is the third purpose.

What will the coming of war bring? It brings about huge changes, even for nobles.

War will accelerate the succession of hereditary authority!

For example, during the war, some nobles were wiped out, but more nobles suffered heavy losses, but their bloodline remained. In the end, those nobles who survived may also be injured, which would shorten their lifespan and make the successors Inherit the title early.

To put it simply, the war will determine the emergence of rulers on this land in the coming decades.

Observing the successors of the nobles is what Ryan's people need to do. Ryan hopes that more talents will emerge in the North Wind Province, but he does not want a second Ryan to appear in the North Wind Province. Observing the future successors They appear to be very important.

This first stop is not so confusing. Beard has clearly told Lanny that he is destined to become a baron in the future, but Lanny is still worried that his younger brother will occupy the profits from the mine and occupy part of the family wealth. He felt angry about practicing magic. He couldn't accept it. He thought it was his own wealth and he was unwilling to share it with a magician brother.

This is not the emotion and jealousy that a good nobleman should have.

This is the first evaluation, but at least within three to five years, this evaluation will not be wrong, and Lanny will not change dramatically.

At a stage of three to five years, Ryan will form a cage structure in his mind about what the nobles of Beifeng Province will look like in the future.

This is the process of taking control of the North Wind Province.

The destruction of human civilization and social order caused by the war was extreme. A caravan of more than 500 people shuttled through various noble territories, but those looking for relatives found very little.

Either those people have died in the war, and some of the tens of thousands of soldiers in Lingdu City have lost their relatives forever, or they can't be found. After all, there is only one representative, and this representative cannot walk around in the noble territory. You don’t necessarily know those people yet.

Coupled with the majesty of the nobility, many slaves did not dare to admit their past identities, resulting in a population that was always missing.

Beard strictly abides by the goal set by Ryan, which is to bring back one person from the noble family, preferably a woman, even if there is no one he needs to find.

Ryan's purpose is simple. He wants to see which nobles in the current Beifeng Province will oppose him.

"Yes, that's her. Her name is Sabine, and her man's name is Bennett. The Bennett on the list."

"Their family are all slaves of my Master Ryan."

Beard said, and next to him, a man with rough skin nodded unnaturally.

"Yes, I know her. She used to live on the same street as me. Her man, Bennett, is my good brother. I won't admit it."

"That's impossible, she told me before that her name was Amira."

In the noble circle, a knight frowned, looked at the woman, and also looked at Beard.

"She is my slave now."

The knight was dissatisfied, he was not yet disgusted with this woman.

"Knight, you'd better think clearly, this is my master Lane's slave."

Beard snorted angrily and stared at the knight in front of him and the people standing around the knight.

"As a knight, you should be honored to be my master's soldier. What gave you the courage to rob the slaves belonging to Master Lai Lane?"

"Of course I don't, but her name is not Sabine. She is not the slave you are looking for."

"Maybe she lied to you before."

"How dare a slave deceive a noble knight!"

Finally, a pair of eyes looked at the woman. The woman was trembling with fear. She just pinched the silver coins under her clothes, her teeth chattering and she kept telling herself what her name was.

"I, I...my name is Sabrina Bennett."

Her man's name was indeed Bennett, but there were three or five names on Beard's list alone.

"How dare you lie to me!"

The angry knight drew his sword and was about to kill the woman, but was stopped by the soldiers behind Beard.

"This is Master Lane's wealth. Her life and death are not yours to decide."

"But as a slave, you dare to cheat..."

Beard looked at the woman and then said:

"Five lashes and your whole family will be reduced to slavery."

The initial team of more than 500 people gradually doubled in size, which forced Beard to embark on his return trip early and send some people back first.

Next time... I will have to change a representative.

Letting these tens of thousands of people gradually form factions and divide power is also part of the rule.

A month later, Ryan looked at the growth on his spiritual panel and smiled with satisfaction.