Throne of the North

In the face of interests, no noble would smile playfully.

"No, I have to take away all the food. That's why I'm here."

"Can your tundra territory eat so much food?"

"You also know that I am the Baron of Permafrost? If I don't prepare more, what will I eat next year? Is it possible that I am going to rob like this again?"

After saying that, Ryan glanced at Hatton, which sent a chill down the latter's back.

The two closest to the tundra territory are Hatton and Walter. Now that Walter has nothing to grab, is it possible to grab his barony?

Wrapping himself in the bearskin coat he had just plundered, Hatton took a step back.

"Then you don't need so much food. This food is enough to feed two thousand people for half a year."

"So, I also want to take away a group of slaves."

Ryan said matter-of-factly.

"No, half of the gold coins have been given to you. Ryan, you are too greedy."

"Baron Hatton, don't forget, if it weren't for me, your knight commander might have been killed today. Moreover, with a pioneering knight with the strength of a bronze knight next to you, it should be difficult for you to sleep, right?"

"I have helped you solve a serious problem. From now on, only your barony will expand towards the Walter Knights."

It seems that this is also a huge benefit. After hearing Ryan's words, Hatton decided not to care about it anymore.

Ryan did not mention the iron mine. Now the iron mine naturally belonged to him, Master Hatton. Thinking of this, Hatton seemed to see thousands of gold coins falling from the sky.

What are these things compared to iron ore?

"Then it's settled, but I want to keep those two Catwomen."

"OK."

Although Ryan was also a little curious about the structure of the beast-eared girl, he still chose to give up thinking that his territory was in ruins.

After a simple division of the spoils, Ryan didn't bother to care about how Hatton handled things here, and directly asked the slaves to load all the grain into the oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages.

Hatton didn't say much about the fact that these ox carts and horse-drawn carriages were also indirectly taken away by Lane.

He also knew what the Tundra Territory looked like, and he even suspected that half of the food would be consumed on the way.

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Ryan was somewhat fortunate that the swamps between the tundra territory and other places in the Northwind Province were frozen because it was winter. Otherwise, it would have been very possible for the oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages to fall into the swamp as Hatton thought. Most of the food is consumed.

The frozen swamps reduced food consumption a lot, but they encountered a lot of trouble when traveling through the mountains and forests.

There is no complete road to reach the tundra territory, and many times it is a steep mountain road.

"Go help them get the food." In the end, Ryan used the power of the knight's attendants. Their strength was much greater than that of the slaves. Brand even managed to push a cow across the ravine by himself.

The vast mountains and forests were only covered in silver. What Ryan didn't expect was that slaves consumed more than food.

"On this small road, more than twenty slaves have died?"

Ryan couldn't help but question Rosen, who looked uneasy and didn't know how to explain.

It didn't take long for Ryan to understand what was going on.

The nobles' exploitation of the slaves in the territory was endless. These slaves didn't have much food to eat at all, and it was still winter. Only more than twenty people died while walking on such a mountain road. This was considered the speed of Ryan's care of these slaves.

After thinking of this, Ryan lost his temper and could only tell the slaves that everyone in the Tundra Territory would have black bread to eat.

This thought made the slaves more or less angry.

But in the coldest month of winter, with the vast white snow, more and more people disappeared as we walked, and the team gradually became silent.

In the silence, the old butler Beard couldn't help but speak.

"Master Ryan, you should fight more."

He didn't understand, but he still thought that Master Ryan had no idea about these things.

"If it weren't for us, Baron Hatton wouldn't have been able to take over that mine, and Knight Walter would have gotten so much wealth."

"Master Ryan, all you want is food and slaves. It's such a loss. Even the Walter knight's armor and war horses are valuable. There is also that iron mine. Master Ryan should take a share of it."

"Haha, Beard, you still can't help it. I thought you were going to say it when we were in the swamp."

Ryan laughed.

"Beard, what Knight Walter received and the iron mine are not so easy to get."

"Have you forgotten that Knight Walter has an heir? Even if Knight Walter dies, the knighthood does not belong to Baron Hatton."

"Knight Walter married a woman from the Meyers family, and because of his ancestors' merits, he got such a development order."

"However, for the development order to fall into the hands of Walter Knight, his wife and even his son contributed a lot."

"His sixteen-year-old child is not in the Walter Knights. This is the best proof."

"I'm afraid, that guy is studying in the Dukedom of Meyers."

"Now that Knight Walter is dead, he must come to inherit the territory, otherwise the Knights Territory will soon become what the Tundra Territory was like."

"I left so many things for Baron Hatton. Do you think that when little Walter comes back, will he cause trouble for Baron Hatton, or will he cause trouble for me, a baron separated by swamps and mountains?"

"Actually, I can see that although the political struggle within the empire prevented Archduke Meyers from occupying the land in Beifeng Province, the archduke did not seem to have thought about giving up here."

"Don't worry, Baron Hatton will beg me. When that happens, it won't be easy to satisfy my appetite."

Beard looked at Ryan in shock. He didn't expect that Master Ryan had such foresight.

Suddenly, the old housekeeper's eyes returned to their original appearance.

Master Ryan will definitely become a great nobleman of the empire.

"Besides, Beard, these slaves are actually the most important."

Ryan said, but instead of explaining, he looked at his panel.

【Spirituality: 788】

[Divinity: Deer Spirit Blessing]

More than 700 spiritual points are Ryan's biggest gain, and even if you put this aside, population is necessary for the development of the territory, not to mention the development of the tundra territory, which will cause many people to die.

Lane will need a lot of slaves.

For the tundra territory, what they need most is population.

If he wasn't worried about not being able to sustain food supply, he would have wanted to bring back all the slaves owned by Knight Walter.

Moreover, his 70,000 to 80,000 kilograms of grain could not last for half a year as Hatton said.

Do you really think that he, Baron Lane, and Baron Hatton have no regard for slaves?

If you want to develop your territory quickly, some incentives are indispensable, and food is the most critical thing in the north.

Warmth and food allowed these slaves to work for him twenty hours a day.

White snow is flying in front of you, snowflakes like petals are falling in the sky, and you can see the Rhinoceros Horn Mountain in front of you.

At the end of December, Ryan returned to his loyal tundra territory.