Throne of the North

Hatton could guess that Ryan was here to buy food because the first problem that Baron Hatton encountered after arriving in the North Wind Province was also food.

Even though Hatton didn't know what happened inside the empire, Ryan became the lord of the frozen land, and there were only less than ten guards following him.

But that had nothing to do with him. Everyone was in the baron circle. As long as Ryan could afford a high price, he was willing to sell him some food.

"Ryan, my friend, I don't know why you brought so many people here?"

Hatton looked at Ryan and asked sincerely.

Ryan looked bitter and said in his childish voice:

"Mr. Hatton, to be honest, there is no food in my frozen land. If there is still no food, I am afraid I will become the first noble to starve to death in the empire."

After that, he couldn't help looking at Hatton.

Hatton looked at Ryan and was about to open his mouth, and then he saw Ryan grab his palm. The huge strength shocked Hatton, and he couldn't get rid of it.

The child of the Clayton family who was thrown out of the imperial capital turned out to be a knight?

Hatton was also an apprentice knight, so he could feel that the power in Ryan's hand was far greater than his.

How old is he?

Ryan pulled Hatton and said nervously: "I heard that Baron Hatton and Knight Water had some conflicts?"

Hearing Ryan's words, the smile on Hatton's face disappeared and became angry.

"How come even Baron Ryan heard about this?"

The Knight Water mentioned by Ryan was a pioneer knight.

The pioneer lords or pioneer knights of the empire all need the pioneer order issued by the empire to be able to enclose the land and self-govern in the ownerless land.

Such pioneer lords and pioneer knights are especially numerous in the North Wind Province. For example, Baron Hatton's father, Baron Hatton, sold his property and territory in exchange for a pioneer order to come to the North Wind Province.

As for the pioneer knights, they are much more troublesome than the pioneer lords.

First of all, because the pioneer knights were not originally nobles, becoming a pioneer knight means that they have the possibility of becoming nobles.

This is a class transition, so the number of pioneer knights is much less than that of pioneer lords.

There are only two ways to become a pioneer knight. One is to be a descendant of a nobleman, but not a descendant with the right of inheritance, but especially favored by the noble lord, and the noble lord pays some price in exchange for a pioneer knight's pioneering order.

The second way is to be a knight, at least a formal knight, and then make contributions in certain battles, and then be endorsed by a noble behind the knight to apply for a knight pioneering order from the empire.

It can be said that both ways need to rely on the nobles themselves to get the opportunity to become a noble.

Especially the second one, first become a knight, then join a noble and fight for the noble, then the knight's future descendants may get a pioneering order because of the rights of the nobles.

It is hundreds of times more difficult for a knight who is not a noble to become a noble than a descendant of a noble.

Ryan said that Watt is the second one.

Watt's title of pioneer knight comes from Grand Duke Meyers.

That's right, it is the Grand Duke Meyers who made the North Wind Province an imperial province.

Five or six generations of Watt's ancestors were all knight attendants of Grand Duke Meyers. At the beginning, the ancestors had a golden knight, who could be said to be an absolute supporter of Grand Duke Meyers.

The fifth generation after the golden knight was Knight Watt, the pioneer knight. In fact, Knight Watt got such a ticket to become a noble because he married a woman from the Meyers family.

Speaking of which, this is actually a political struggle and compromise within the empire. At that time, Grand Duke Meyers occupied the North Wind Province, but there was no place in the North Wind Province that belonged to the Meyers family.

Other nobles in the empire did not want to see the Meyers family own the North Wind Province, and as compensation, they used a bunch of knight pioneering orders to offset the merits of Grand Duke Meyers.

Yes, the knight pioneering order, for a grand duke, is just a pile of waste paper, and he has to use it to buy people's hearts, otherwise the followers below will have strange thoughts.

Therefore, even the knight pioneering order used for compensation is used by those nobles to disgust Grand Duke Meyers.

This is not much different from Ryan's experience. His baronial seat was used to compensate his father, Earl Clayton, in the political struggle of the empire. Compared with Grand Duke Meyers, he is just a basket of knight pioneering orders in front of the Grand Duke.

Becoming a pioneering knight is no longer fighting for the noble lord, but for oneself. Between interests, even if they were once subordinates, there is no guarantee that these pioneering knights will not betray Grand Duke Meyers in the future.

As for the conflict between Knight Water and Baron Hatton, it comes from many aspects.

Conflicts between territories, conflicts in money, and conflicts in resources.

Baron Hatton's territory and Knight Water's territory are adjacent to each other, and there have been large and small fights over a small iron mine, and many slaves have died.

As a baron who relies on his parents, Baron Hatton's subordinates are weaker than Knight Water, and they are not very enterprising. Compared with Water with a pioneering order, Hatton is like a sheep.

Baron Hutton suffered a lot in fights big and small, so much so that when he heard Ryan mention Baron Water, he became very angry.

"Is Baron Ryan here to take advantage of the situation?" Hatton said coldly.

"Nobles cannot start a war. Has Baron Hatton forgotten this?" Ryan said an imperial rule that no noble in the North Wind Province cared about.

"Wat is a pioneer knight. As long as the empire does not give him a baron seat, he will be a pioneer knight."

"There is also a gap between knights and nobles."

Ryan looked at Hatton, "Baron Hatton, my friend, I am here to help you."

As he said that, Ryan shouted without looking back, and Baron Hatton couldn't help but feel his legs weak.

"Line up!"

Behind Ryan, thirty knight attendants stood out in neat rows with spears in their hands in a few breaths, and in front of them was Brand, the guardian knight who was bare-armed even in the cold winter.

Gulu~

Looking at the thirty majestic knight attendants behind Ryan, Hatton's eyes widened, because before, these people were all wearing animal skins instead of imperial leather armor, and he thought they were just ordinary civilians.

Thirty apprentice knights, and such capable soldiers, where did Ryan get so many elites?

Frozen Territory? Don't be kidding?

Could it be that Earl Clayton secretly gave this offspring some support?

Thinking of this, Hatton's eyes suddenly became brilliant.

Ryan looked at Baron Hatton's appearance and had an idea in his mind.

He needed food, no money and no land, but so many mouths were waiting for food.

Then he could only rob.

These neighbors must have food for the winter. If they are extremely hungry, don't blame him for being rude.

Neighbors hoard food and I hoard guns. Facing the current food crisis, Ryan has never thought of using conventional means.

Baron Hatton is a typical noble who eats and waits for death. When he heard that the dozens of people behind Ryan were here to help him fight, there was no extra thing in his mind.

"Walter, you swallowed up so many of my territories, give them all back to me!"