Warlord: King of All Clans

Rudolph's decision shocked everyone, including Leo.

After he came back with a great victory, he was thinking about how to take advantage of Isenbol's corner flag.

The River Bay Territory and the United Knights Territory occupied almost the entire northwest region of the city of Isenbol, with 40,000 people and 30,000 refugees, all under Leo's rule.

But in troubled times, this base is still too small.

The other areas of Isenpol also have a population of 70,000 to 80,000, but they are all the territories of the traditional Corner Flag Knights. Their power is deeply rooted, and the River Bay Lord's Mansion cannot intervene at all.

Although he is now the ruler of Isenbol City and can pull them out to fight at any lords' meeting, Leo is not satisfied.

The corner flag territory is not your own territory, which always makes you feel a little uncomfortable. It is not only a hidden danger, but also difficult to develop.

Over time, these corner flag territories will seriously delay his expansion.

After Leo came back, he thought of using hints, coercion and bribery to get some corner flags to hand over their territories and join the River Bay United Knights to set an example for others.

I didn’t expect that within just a few days, Rudolph of the Southeastern Flag had made the decision!

I was expecting a few down-and-out corner flags to come and surrender, but instead a square flag family came directly!

In this era, this decision was somewhat shocking. Even Rigolav of Isenpol came overnight to listen to their negotiations.

The Hobert family led by Rudolf also got a chance to expand after dealing with Tariq. Now they also have five lucrative knight territories, which are connected together.

Moreover, the Knights of Hobert have a lead mine with unknown reserves, and lead products are sold well in Isenbol.

Because of this advantage, the handicrafts and commerce of the Hobert family are also extremely developed. The caravans not only travel through the jurisdiction of Isenbol, but also go to the neighboring cities of Ilanrado and Abros for cross-border trade.

Apart from the Adonis family, which rose in a short period of time due to official support, the Hobert family has always been a square flag family second only to the Isenkulov family in terms of strength.

The head of the family, Rudolf, himself is also quite capable in business.

Every time Isenpol formed a legion in the past fifteen years, the legion commander was either the most prestigious knight Arnold's banner or the most capable knight Rigolav's banner.

But no matter who is the legion commander, they will take the initiative to request Rudolf Hobert's square flag knight to serve as their deputy.

With Rudolf's assistance, apart from military decision-making, there is no need to worry about any other matters in the legion, and logistics can be fully guaranteed.

After a detailed discussion with Rudolph, Leo gradually understood his ideas.

In the past two years, Rudolf has been paying close attention to the development of Hewan, pondering in depth the various policies of Hewan, and learning to reform his own territory, but with little success.

The politics, agriculture, industry, and commerce of Hewan are all far superior to other places in Isenbol, and now they are forming a crushing trend.

Even so, Rudolf was still reluctant to give up his family's power.

However, this time, the heirs of the four major flag families all went on the expedition. His eldest son Hu De wrote a short essay every day, describing the performance of the Hewan New Army to him, the head of the family.

Rudolph immediately realized that the time had come to make a decision.

His health was failing, and in a few years, his son Hu De would take over the family business.

By that time, the young and energetic eldest son would not easily give up the power to enfeoff knights.

But the expansion of Hewan is inevitable. Once conflicts arise with Hewan in the future, the three to five hundred soldiers trained by the Hobart family and a few loyal corner flags will not be able to withstand a round of shooting from the new Hewan army!

Instead of doing that, it is better to take a chance and be the first to join the River Bay United Knights. You can also follow Rigolav and barely become an original shareholder.

This process is also very complicated. Rudolph's family's investment does not mean that he will give up his century-old foundation.

The content of the negotiation was about what benefits and protections one could get for the family after handing over the lord's powers such as management, administration, and military conscription.

Leo also attached great importance to it. For the sake of this priceless horse bone, he convened the civil service group under Olivia and seriously discussed the distribution of benefits with Rudolf.

The two bannermen, Rigolav and Ulyan, also accompanied them and watched their negotiations.

After listening for half an hour, Rigolav couldn't help but look back. Unable to find the target, he whispered to Savinting beside him, "Sainting, where is my Seven?"

Savinting quickly ran outside to look, then came back to report: "She's playing with Six and the others outside the big house."

Ligolav was relieved and went back to listen to the meeting. After half an hour, he couldn't help but look around again, "Where is my Seven?"

Uliyang on the side was immediately angry, "What do you mean your Seven? That's my Seven!"

He used to be indifferent to this group of kobolds and even felt a little disgusted with them. He only liked Savinting who was by his side.

Now, suddenly seeing Rigolav treating Seven as a treasure, he felt inexplicably jealous.

Rigolav felt a little embarrassed. He was a bannerman of the Northern Territory, but he took a little dog-headed man as his spiritual support. If he told others about it, he would be laughed at.

But Rigolav was a stubborn person and he would stick to his own way no matter what others thought.

Luo Meng, who was standing by, complained to the old captain Wu Liyang in a low voice, "I have never been hurt so much when I was a child. I was beaten whenever I wanted, and the whip was even broken. When Seven came, I even doubted that I was not his biological son."

Wu Liyang chuckled, "Who can you blame if you don't marry a wife? The old man just wants to have a grandson."

Luo Meng smiled embarrassedly: "Almost there, almost there."

After capturing the city of Ilanrado, Count Hermann met Roman at the banquet and called over Knight Allen, the head of the Caverella family.

This Fangqi family has been loyal to Frelov for generations. After seeing Roman, the head of the family, Allen, was very satisfied and promised to bring his daughter here after the spring to complete the marriage agreed upon during the previous secret alliance.

Although it is not a marriage between the Freilov family and Leo, the marriage between the two local banner families can also consolidate the alliance.

After Count Hermann captured the city of Ilanrado, he first needed time to digest the situation. At the same time, he had to assist his father-in-law, Count Beowulf, and prepare for the counterattack of Count Beboos, so he would not attack Isenbol in a short time.

Count Hermann thought that after occupying the two cities, he would have three to five years to recover and return to the level of the Count of the North, and then he could easily control Leo.

But Leo hoped so. He had just achieved mass production of flintlock rifles, but it would take time to put them into practical use.

In three to five years, he was able to master the coordination between infantry and artillery, and was no less powerful than Hermann who was still dealing with the alien legions.

Because Rigolav asked frequently, Savinting simply ran outside and called Seven back.

The little dog-headed man Rambo Seven was also tired from playing, so he squatted under Rigolav's crotch, leaned on his legs and dozed off.

Only then did Rigolav calm down and devote himself to the meeting.

After two full days of negotiations, both sides were exhausted, but they also reached a satisfactory result.