Warlord: King of All Clans

I don’t know when it started, but dinner at the River Bay House always requires five tables of people.

In addition to a table of cubs who are old enough to sit at the table, there is also a table of the knight class.

With the expansion of the river bend, of the ten loyal Rose Knights, only Gwen and Thea were left to follow Leo for a long time, and two Rose Knights accompanied Olivia to act as protectors.

The remaining six were assigned to various industries as managers and usually had no time to come to the River Bay House for dinner.

Rio's Wind Knights were even busier. They were all leaders of the army, but only one was stationed in River Bay. The others led the regular troops of River Bay to station in various places in River Bay to guard the place.

In addition to the Rose Knight and the Wind Knight, there are now Pegasus Knights and newly-appointed Civilian Knights.

For example, Ivan, Valeri, Bjorn, Basarov and others were all canonized as Isenbol Knights by Leo.

It’s just that Hewan only grants people titles but not land. For example, Ivan’s title is the corner flag of Hekou Town, but in fact he is only in charge of military affairs, not civil affairs.

Hekou Town was only divided into town-level administrative districts, rather than being separated from the Hewan Territory to become the Hekou Territory as in the traditional development method of the North.

There are more than 20 new and old knight territories in the United Knight Territory, all of which are named after knights, but they are just titles, and the named knights have no management sovereignty.

The Pegasus Knights are the latest group of knights to be promoted in River Bay, and the only Pegasus Knight who can make a living in the big house is Weir.

Because there was not enough room at the knights' table, Weir could only sit at the table of the little dog-headed men. She looked enviously at the lords' table and the knights' table toasting each other, while competing for food with Six and others.

However, Weir, who was born into a barbarian family, had no sense of hierarchy. If she were asked to dine with the proper knights, she would only become extremely restrained.

Now everything is good, the little dog-headed people all adore her and give her priority access to food.

In the warm riverside house, as long as the doors and windows are closed, the cold wind will not get in.

The River Bay House, built by a group of lower-class villagers, actually had major structural problems. When Master Bobak first visited River Bay, he could tell at a glance that this lord's house would not last for a few years.

So he cast a spell and made the main wood of the house take root and sprout, interweaving with each other to become a whole.

Those integrated beam-column frames are not only strong and durable, but also no longer subject to problems such as cracking, insect bites and rotting like those unprocessed woods.

Hewan later expanded with stables, warehouses, etc. The beams, columns, and wooden boards all had problems for various reasons and needed to be replaced regularly, but the main body of the Hewan House has not been moved until now.

Uliyan, who was sitting at the lord's table, refused the service of the maid and ate and drank by himself. Halfway through his meal, he started coughing violently.

In order not to disturb others' meals, I had to leave halfway.

His health is getting worse every year, and no treatment is of any use. When the first snow fell this year, he started coughing and didn't even dare to go out.

Looking at the big house full of talented people, all young faces, Uliyang suddenly felt a little sad.

He was just an imperial soldier of the centurion level, a mere leader of the soldiers. With the current size and order of Hewan, he was no longer of much use.

His only role is to use his prestige to help Leo suppress some voices in the clan.

Not everyone is willing to humble themselves and be a small player. Now that Hewan has grown so big, all kinds of conflicts of interest have gradually emerged.

Some clan leaders of his generation kept showing up, claiming to be doing good for Hewan, asking Rio to divide the fiefdom, asking Rio to share power, and asking Rio to give them money and land.

There aren't many people like Wu Jin who openly make trouble, but there are many people who hold the same values ​​in secret.

The lord's mansion's businesses flourished everywhere, and money flowed in and out like water, making everyone jealous.

We all came south together, why do you get to take so much?

In this regard, Uliyan gave warnings where possible and suppressed those who did not listen, trying to prevent these trivial matters from disturbing Leo's development.

In fact, Hewan’s treatment of the pioneers is already adequate. Those who are capable are given important positions, and those who are incapable also enjoy the wealth and prosperity.

But human desires are always unsatisfactory. The villagers who were digging the ground with empty stomachs three years ago are now content with just enough meat to fill their teeth.

Sitting in the reception room, Ulyaan thought for a long time and asked someone to invite Fisher.

"Mr. Fisher, you are Leo's friend, right?"

“I guess so.”

"Then can I trust you?"

"Of course."

"I heard you were an assassin? Perhaps you could help me with something."

Hearing Ulyaan's request, Fisher took the list from him and hesitated.

"Leo Mundo, do you know about this?"

"There's no need for him to bear the brunt of this kind of thing."

Wu Liyan looked at the heavy snow outside the window and sighed: "Leo is still too kind-hearted and not ruthless enough. We, as elders, have to do something to help him."

"OK."

The next morning, in the open space of the lord's house, two flying horses leaped high into the sky and flew north.

After talking with Fisher for an evening, Leo felt that he needed to go north to understand the threat he faced personally.

Now that Riverbend has occupied Fort Buck and is in peace with the Talhan family, the west is stable.

Rigolav is the acting lord of Isenpol. As a local force, he can stabilize the local nobles better than Leo, an outsider, so there is no need to worry in the east.

The Wolf-Drivers in the north were wiped out by the Troll Army and were no longer a force to be reckoned with. The Troll Army was defeated by the River Bend, and the remnants became vassals, forming a line of defense for the River Bend Territory outside the Gravel Hills.

The biggest external threat to Isenpol now is the city of Ilanrado in the north, which is ruled by Victor.

The city of Ilanrado is smaller than Isenbol, and the population of the entire jurisdiction is less than 100,000. Leo never took it seriously before.

But with the intervention of Count Beboos, Leo became alert.

The Earldom of Beboos occupies the northern border, and the territory is as big as a province. Leo doesn't believe that the Beboos family doesn't have some ability to rule such a large territory for hundreds of years.

There used to be hundreds of earl and viscount territories in the North, but after hundreds of years of division and annexation, there are only seven earls and viscounts left in the North.

Every earl family in the North is an elite aristocracy selected over hundreds of years. Their strength, heritage, and reputation are all unique, comparable to the Seven Kingdoms of the Warring States Period.

Rio's current situation is equivalent to that of one of the three families that just divided Jin, Zhao, Wei and Han. Facing these traditional nobles, he cannot be proud at all.

As the Pegasus left, there was a commotion in Riverbend Town.

Two townspeople got drunk in a tavern at night and started fighting. One of them stabbed the other to death with a dagger and then fainted in the snow and froze to death.

Another townsman was riding a horse through the town streets when his horse got frightened and he fell off and died.

These three townspeople are all wealthy people in Hewan Town. They have their own businesses and their children are successful.

However, they relied on their wealth and power to be very domineering and were not respected by the townspeople.

Except for the immediate family members, no one had too many thoughts, and some townspeople even applauded.

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