Throne of the North

"Your Excellency, the Chosen Emperor."

Ryan saluted, not only to the power in the south, but also to Volvo, the emperor elector who appeared at the end of the field of vision and entered Lingdu City at sunset.

"We meet again, Mr. Lane."

Volvo looked at Ryan with a smile, and his spring-breathing tone made any nobleman instinctively believe in this noble person who would at least be a Marquis in the future.

It is even possible that the other party will become the next master of the empire.

A born nobleman and born with authority, he naturally became the object of allegiance to the leader of the nobles.

Ryan didn't feel anything about this. He looked at Volvo, curious as to why this Emperor Chosen suddenly appeared here.

"I came to Beifeng Province to rebuild the West Sea Fleet."

To rebuild the West Sea Fleet, you need to come to Beifeng Province.

This is like a cold joke, adding a unique northern temperature to this winter.

"His Majesty Emperor Flor, my father, has ordered the North Wind Province to provide enough metal minerals for the reconstruction of the West Sea Fleet. I will work with Archduke Meyers to undertake the plan to rebuild the West Sea Fleet."

Ryan looked a little hesitant and said:

"The iron ore mines in Beifeng Province are all owned by owners. They are all within the territory of the nobles. Most of the iron ore produced by those mines will be sold to those chambers of commerce."

"This is a contract and transaction between the nobles and those chambers of commerce. I'm afraid this matter may be a bit troublesome."

Volvo looked like a listener, and nodded after hearing what Ryan said, and then said with a smile:

"So I came to Lingdu City and came here specially to see you, Ryan."

"I want to ask you to help me. You may not know that my father only allocated one million gold coins to me. One million gold coins to rebuild the West Sea Fleet. This is simply an impossible task."

"This is a test for you by His Majesty the Emperor, Your Excellency the Chosen Emperor."

Ryan agreed, and then asked the other party what help he wanted.

"On the west coast, I have heard of your reputation, Ryan. You led the army of North Wind Province and defeated the orcs again. The poets on the west coast compared you with the four archdukes."

"The empire repelled the invasion of the orcs. The four archdukes led their armies to defeat the orc royal court. You, Ryan, did the same."

"On the West Coast, many young people are no longer interested in becoming sailors, but want to come to the north and become your followers, Ryan."

"You already have a reputation that you can't even imagine. I would like to invite you to become the deputy commander of the West Sea Fleet."

I was invited to become the deputy commander of the fleet, so I need to take the lead in asking the nobles of Northwind Province to donate iron ore, right?

Ryan looked at the Volvo in front of him. This guy was not simple either.

With a few simple words, he got out of all his troubles.

The West Sea Fleet needs to be rebuilt, but it is the emperor who only gives one million gold coins, and Volvo is also a victim.

If the nobles have any dissatisfaction, they should also target His Majesty the Emperor.

Then he brought in the Meyers family, the Grand Duke and the Emperor Elector together. This is really unbearable news. All nobles who hear the news will understand that the Grand Duke Meyers has become Volvo’s support. who.

Perhaps he is the first of the three emperor electors to have the support of the Grand Duke. Based on this calculation, Volvo's probability of becoming emperor in the future is higher than the other two.

The first emperor elector to receive the support of the Grand Duke, and the other two, have almost formed a probability ratio gap of 433. Don't underestimate this 10%.

Finally, Ryan was roped in, but he needed Ryan to do things and help him harvest the iron ore in Beifeng Province. The most important thing was to remove the trouble he needed to bear.

In short, you won’t get anything, but you will get everything.

A standard, excellent and powerful successor.

This is how Ryan describes Volvo.

But at the same time, Ryan also understood the significance of this royal test against Volvo.

He was born with extremely favorable conditions and power. The hereditary power makes the emperor-elect a natural leader. However, as aristocrats and leaders, they cannot just enjoy power. They must bear and shoulder the responsibilities of this empire.

This is the significance of this test for the emperor electors, so that they can truly become a noble and an emperor, rather than a worm enjoying power.

Excellent means of cultivating successors.

This is the so-called aristocratic education, no, royal education. What they want to cultivate is not trash, but a wise emperor.

This is not the wisdom of Columbus III, or even just the wisdom of the royal family, but the system of rulers within the entire empire that has been changed bit by bit over a long period of time.

Those who want to choose an emperor to become a wise emperor are not really needed by the royal family or even the emperor, but by the system, which must have such an emperor.

Only in this way can we overlook the entire empire in that palace without being deceived by the nobles or letting the empire decline.

Of course, this is an established system. As for what kind of leaders the emperor electors under this system will grow into, no one can say for sure.

Ryan felt the power of this circle, but he was unwilling to participate.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Emperor Chosen, this matter may be a little difficult. The soldiers under my command have never seen the ocean. They cannot adapt to it."

Ryan refused Volvo's recruitment and became the deputy commander of the West Sea Fleet. How funny is it that he, Baron of the North, went to the West Coast to become a naval colonel?

None of the dogs will go.

"However, I am willing to write to Leiyun County with your intention. I think the nobles there should be very happy about your arrival."

Ryan said that Volvo wanted to use him to harvest the iron ore resources in the North Wind Province. Ryan also wanted to show off the majesty of the emperor elector and use his name to inform other nobles of the arrival of the candidate for the crown prince.

Perhaps, this will make the nobles express surprise to Ryan again.

Of course, this is all petty profit. The key point is that Volvo is really involved in the interest disputes within Beifeng Province at this time. I'm afraid he doesn't even know what political struggle is happening here, right?

When the Emperor-Elect came into contact with power for the first time, he behaved very immaturely. This was normal, but it was also because there were no eyes belonging to Volvo in the Northwind Province.

Viscount Meléndez can write to Ryan from the distant Calais Province, but no nobleman in the Northwind Province has written to His Highness Volvo before.

He had no idea what was going on here, what was going to happen and what was happening.

How would you handle it? Ryan looked at Volvo, who was a little surprised. Will the nobles be happy about his arrival?

He never thought that Ryan would deceive him or anything, and this was indeed not deception.

Volvo Columbus just stayed in Lingdu City.

He did not go to Beifeng City, nor did he go to Leiyun County to visit the Marquis of Beifeng.

"That's just a child, and what's more important is that woman. Ryan, you may not know how difficult that woman is."

"If I go to Leiyun County, there will definitely be news in the Imperial City the next day that I slept with that woman."

Faced with Ryan's doubts, Volvo showed helplessness.

Shaya Meyers, this is a woman whose status is not inferior to that of a member of the royal family. Although the status of the emperor-elect is noble, this dignity also forces them to pay attention to their words and deeds in all aspects.

And why Volvo has such worries? One is because he can't solve Shaya Meyers, but the other party can be as careless as a shrew. The second reason is that Shaya has a child with another emperor elector. Although that person hasn't said anything yet, Saya is technically Volvo's sister-in-law.

Volvo didn't want to mess with the woman who gave the Grand Duke a headache, and the other party didn't care about reputation at all.

Ryan remained silent and did not respond, and arranged for his mansion to be given to Volvo to live in.

Ryan's letter quickly reached Thundercloud County without any surprises. When the nobles heard the news of Volvo's arrival, their eyes were frighteningly bright.

Excited, excited.

Happiness was inevitable, and soon a large number of nobles rushed from Leiyun County to Lingdu City.

The first nobleman to arrive here surprised Ryan. He turned out to be his younger brother, Norton Clayton.

"Hey, I thought you didn't want to see me."

Norton blushed. He was surprised at Ryan's change. The former Ryan was almost the same as himself, but now he can make fun of himself.

"You want a piece of land too?"

Ryan was surprised and looked at Norton strangely.

"Whose noble eldest daughter have you made pregnant? But the mother doesn't agree with the marriage?"

Norton took a deep breath, looked at Ryan in shock, and then shook his head crazily.

"I don't have any children yet. My mother is choosing a suitable marriage partner for me. I want to change my land."

Norton said this not for others, but for himself.

He is now a Lord, Lord Norton Clayton. This title is entrusted to the Clayton family. Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the land Norton was originally allocated was just a small town with a population of five to six hundred people. The village and the iron ore are jointly held with another lord.

In successive wars, the population in Norton's hands became smaller and smaller, and the size of the land was also reduced. The land destroyed by the orcs could not be fully restored for at least several years.

Norton could only cry silently as he watched his wealth continue to decrease, but as he was already independent, he was no longer qualified to cry in front of Earl Clayton. In the end, he gritted his teeth and tried to find a way out of Ryan.

"I want the Glimmer Territory, which is the baronial territory in Leiyun County."

Norton emphasized the term baronet, and wanted to obtain a territory comparable to the size of a barony as a lord.

"You have quite an appetite."

Ryan looked at Norton. He was more courageous than himself before. A lord actually wanted to pursue the idea of ​​a barony.

But there really hasn't been a lord there for a long time, and in the future... there's a high probability that there won't be one for a long time.

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Now is indeed a good opportunity. The nobles are competing for land, but Ryan still shakes his head.

"I can't help you obtain such huge wealth and land. The nobles are still focusing on the lands that have lost their nobles. The Shimmer Territory has registered territories without nobles with the emperor. When you say that, the emperor wants to Get up and want to be crowned a Shimmer Baron, what should you do?"

"Did you tell our noble Emperor that that land has become your territory?"

Norton's eyes widened and he was a little embarrassed. Ryan suddenly stretched out a finger and pushed Norton back.

"I can't even stand still."

Ryan was a little angry. Norton's words reminded him that there were still some lands in the North Wind Province that had no lords. Maybe they could belong to him. After all, the Meyers family was managing the North Wind Province now.

"You just said that if the emperor is crowned Baron Shimmer, you will fight the other party back. Maybe I will help."

"real?"

Norton asked excitedly as he got up.

"Do you really believe it?"

Norton became a little irritable. Of course he didn't believe it.

"You can't get it from Shimmer Territory, but if you change it to another territory..."

Halfway through Ryan's words, Norton shook his head wildly.

"I'm not going to change my name. I'm a descendant of the Clayton family. How can I change my name?"

Well, the only way is no longer possible. The nobles are trying every means to inherit those lands, and they all need to let their descendants inherit the surnames of the nobles who once ruled the land.

"This is a bit troublesome. How about you take your population to open up wasteland?"

Ryan thought for a while, this was the only way.

"Open up wasteland."

Norton is a little reluctant, but Ryan is not willing to let this kid go. For this world, there is nothing stronger than the bond of blood. Lord Norton in the North Wind Province is his natural ally with Ryan, just like Ryan is bound to Just like the nobles who side with the Clayton family.

If Norton can develop, it will also be of great help to Lane's reputation in Thundercloud County.

"That's it. I'll arrange for you to follow the Tundra Territory's reclamation. During this time, you will live in the swamp."

"Don't worry, when the nobles eat meat, I will find a way to help you get a group of people. Is the population of 300 households enough?"

Norton was a little short of breath. There were three hundred households, at least two thousand people.

Nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, Ryan rushed him to visit the Emperor Chosen. What does it mean that the first thing the nobles do when they come here is not to see the Emperor Chosen? It doesn't matter if the other party doesn't remember Norton. If they remember, Living with the name Lord Norton is never a good thing.

Emperor elector, the upper limit of this title is the master of the empire, and the lower limit is a marquis who is nobler than an earl. In the middle, there are nobles who are equal to the great justice.

On the other side, Volvo received the nobles numbly, not caring who they were.

He didn't expect there to be such big trouble here.

"Ryan is smarter than I thought. No wonder he can become a new powerful noble in Beifeng Province."

Volvo didn't know if Ryan did it on purpose, because due to reasons, Ryan couldn't hide the news of Volvo's arrival, but the current result is not so optimistic. He was actually involved in the dispute between the nobles plundering the land of the dead nobles.

Compared to this kind of thing, Volvo would rather go to the Marquis Mansion in Leiyun County to sleep.

He came to Beifeng Province for the iron ore. Not only did he want to rebuild the iron ore of the West Sea Fleet, but he also wanted to own his own iron ore and continuously provide weapons and equipment to his knights.

But now, he couldn't move. Facing the nobles' requests, he had to smile but couldn't give an answer.

bother!

"Is it annoying?"

Ryan looked at the brightly lit mansion. The arrival of the nobles had boosted the economy of Lingdu City. He couldn't help but smile. Volvo should be contained now, right?

In this case, there will be no time to recruit yourself. Let's discuss the iron ore or something with those nobles.

Anyway, in the end it's all about compromise and exchange. Volvo gets the iron ore, the nobles get the land, Volvo gets a group of supporters, and it also allows its competitors to get a group of supporters effortlessly. It's that simple.

As long as you are involved, no matter what the outcome is, friends and enemies will gain at the same time.

Your Excellency, the Emperor Chosen, will definitely gain a lot from this journey.

However, to Ryan's surprise, Viscount Hogg did not get involved. Instead, he knocked on Ryan's door in the middle of the night.

"Viscount Hogg, if you are so sneaky, people will misunderstand you."

In the banquet hall, Ryan looked at the sneaking Viscount Hogg and his wife, and said helplessly that he was thinking about how to make the Northern Brave Guild contact these large numbers of nobles.

His thoughts were interrupted by Viscount Hogg, who stared at this guy, wondering what he wanted to do.

"I don't want land from His Highness Volvo."

Viscount Hogg said straight to the point.

And why do you have such an idea? Ryan looked at Viscountess Hogg next to Viscount Hogg.

She is of royal blood, and her appearance is not bad. Even from Ryan's perspective, she is a great beauty. No wonder Viscount Hogg would decorate so many things in his castle just to surpass this woman's mood.

The Viscountess smiled and nodded at Ryan, then took Avril and sat not far away, leaving Viscount Hogg to say thiefly:

"Lian, you may not understand the struggle of the royal family. It is not something that small nobles like us can get involved in."

"The land obtained from His Highness Volvo, it will be fine if His Highness Volvo becomes the Emperor of Flor in the future. If not, then it will leave deep hidden dangers. Those nobles will have to pay a huge price to keep their land that is not worth it at all." Reasonable land rights may even be deprived by His Majesty the new emperor.”

"You must never tell anyone."

If he questioned that His Highness Volvo could not become emperor, he would not necessarily be hostile to the nobles of the empire, but he would certainly be remembered by Volvo. Of course, Viscount Hogg was extremely nervous.

"My wife told me that this happened before in the royal family. After the new emperor was crowned, he directly deprived a group of noble titles with unreasonable qualifications and traded them to the great nobles who were close to him."

"There is no way. There is too little land in the south under the northern border, and there are too many nobles."

Ryan looked at Viscount Hogg.

"If you don't want to trade land from him, why do you come to me?"

"I can only come to you."

Viscount Hogg said helplessly. It was fine at first, but now that the elector came, the nobles were like defendants who met the judge in court, frantically telling their grievances and wanting to be judged by the judge.

There is no plaintiff in this court. The plaintiffs are all dead, and their families died under the trampling of orcs.

There is only one judge, that is, His Highness Volvo, the elector, but there are two juries, Meyers and Ryan.