Throne of the North

McReynolds was proud, angry and helpless at the same time about his eldest son.

What he is proud of is that the eldest son has a very good talent as a knight and is very likely to become the family's first legendary knight in the future. He is also good at training the army. Under his leadership, the army of the Grand Duke's family is stronger than before.

The anger and helplessness are due to the other party's temperament. There is no respect at all. Only when facing someone stronger than himself, he will be respectful. He looks like a beast.

Beasts will only respect beasts that are stronger than themselves.

The second son Roland is countless times better than him.

"Do you think that by killing the king, we will become the royal family?"

"People live in circles, and the circle of nobles is not just the nobles of the kingdom, but the nobles of the entire world."

Otto blinked at this time and laughed.

"I know father, you have also thought about this choice."

Emperor Feng, Crazy Emperor, Otto is the Grand Duke's biological son, so he must inherit something.

"Since you have given up this option, I will naturally not take action, but can we really not rely on the Holy See to establish a new McReynolds Kingdom?"

Otto was somewhat attached to that name.

"There is news coming from the west coast. The war between the Holy See and the Empire is even more terrifying. The reason is that the royal member of the North Wind Province received the grace of light."

"The Holy See needs our support now."

"no."

The Grand Duke shook his head.

"None of us can choose. If we rely on the Holy See, even if we establish a ninth kingdom, it will be restricted by the Holy See. Every decision must be approved by the Pope."

"What about the Empire?"

"empire?"

"The empire only has territory and territory. Today you tell the empire that you want to be attached, and tomorrow they will let the troops from the Winged Canyon leave and turn the Kingdom of Andara and us into the land of the empire."

"Angels and dragons are actually the same to us."

Otto stopped talking. He didn't know what a better answer was in this situation.

Next to him, Archduke McReynolds narrowed his eyes, with crazy plans reverberating in his mind.

"But you're right, they all need our support now."

"I will send someone to the Holy See, the Holy See, not Pastor Soto."

"At the same time, send people to the empire. Do you think Roland is qualified?"

"There is no better identity than Roland's."

Otto said with approval.

The two madmen were discussing, but their eyes were also fixed on the fortress ahead.

There was a lot of people there, and occasionally there was a hum that shook the ground.

"After my weapons arrive, I must personally break through the Carlos family's so-called impregnable defense line."

…

In the Tundra Territory, Ryan is setting off for Thunder Cloud County.

Governor Beifeng has received the grace of the great God of Light. As devout believers in the light, the nobles should pay him a courtesy visit.

"Praise the light."

On Leiyun Mountain, the nobles' mouths went dry after saying these words, but the Marquis Beifeng in the center of the crowd was full of high spirits, and the golden flames that could be hidden were openly burning in his pupils.

Why don't you burn your eyes out?

Ryan thought inwardly, and then found that he seemed to be able to do it, but it would not be a real flame, but a reflection of the flame.

"Praise the light."

Marquis Beifeng liked this extremely concise but straightforward statement made by Baron Lane.

Although Ryan copied it from the teachings of the Holy See, it does not prevent this sentence from being widely recognized by Marquis Beifeng.

Thunder Cloud Mountain was very lively, and at the banquet, Ryan also discovered people from the royal family and the Meyers family.

It is said that the great nobles from the south of the empire will send people later. The empire is composed of the royal family and the great nobles, so they are all determined to fight against the Holy See. It is certain that they will not miss this opportunity.

It seems that the nobles of Beifeng Province are so eager to come, and it is understandable for this reason.

They have been having a heated fight with the nobles in the south recently, and now they have another chance to talk, so they start sending out specialties from the forest and other worlds free of charge.

Ryan only felt that they were noisy.

When I arrived at the window sill of the Marquis's mansion and looked down, I saw a gargoyle hanging on the protrusion of a stone pillar like a statue.

"You've been here in Beifeng Province for so long, why don't you come and visit my brother?"

Ryan said with a smile. Not far away from him, another young man suddenly had a stiff expression. He wanted to leave with several lords but didn't know why.

You can't say you don't know him.

"Norton has met Baron Lane."

Ryan looked at the Clayton family emblem and Lord emblem on the opponent's chest, and smiled in surprise:

"Hey, why are you just a lord? I thought you would become a baron in the future."

"How should I put it? You still owed me two hundred thousand gold coins. When will you pay me back?"

Norton's eyes widened when he heard the huge vocabulary of two hundred thousand.

"Lian, don't go too far. When will I owe you two hundred thousand!"

"Pay attention to your identity."

Ryan said calmly, patting his baron robe.

"When I walked from the palace to the gate of the imperial capital city, the wealth given to me by the royal family and my family was worth two hundred thousand, but when I walked to the gate of the city, there were only a few soldiers left."

"You must have reached out, otherwise those guys wouldn't have the courage."

"Ryan, don't spit blood."

Norton lowered his voice and said.

"Everyone knows that the royal family wanted to suppress our Clayton family at that time. We did this to deal with the royal family and let him withdraw the order of coronation. As long as we wait for our father to return, we will have great merit."

"At that time, all of us descendants may obtain fiefdoms and a lot of wealth."

"So, you are angry and think that I have robbed your wealth, and then you divide up the 200,000 resources and want to get your money back?"

"That's because the royal family didn't keep their promises. They actually sent us away with a baron title, didn't they?"

Norton's voice was very low, because there were members of the royal family not far away.

"That has nothing to do with you--"

Ryan looked at Norton's chest and said seriously:

"Lord Norton."

Norton's face flushed. They had ridiculed Ryan for being a baron in the North Wind Province in the Earldom of Clayton before, and then he came here and was only a lord. He didn't dare to meet Ryan once.

But this time he couldn't avoid it, he was the pioneer of light.

Ryan couldn't continue, Earl Winter asked the waiter to pass on the message, so he soon appeared in another circle.

Looking at Ryan's back, Norton sniffed and was very envious.

After becoming a lord, he was also separated in a sense.

...

"Baron Ryan, our governor is too dazzling."

Earl Winter gritted his teeth and looked at Ryan and said.

"This is what he deserves, the gift of light, which makes the empire's faith recognized."

Ryan said seriously.

"Really? But I heard from people in the south that the Church proved that this was a small punishment from the Lord of Dawn."

"The Church must be jealous, and I guess the Church will soon build a bigger wonder."

Several people looked at Ryan in surprise, almost asking how did you know.

"Have you already started? So fast, no, so rich."

"These are not the key points."

Earl Winter finally got to the point. In addition to the two earls, there are several county governors here.

"I just talked to the governor, and he might collect taxes."

"Collect taxes?"

Ryan frowned. Isn't this year's provincial tax revenue gone?

"Not the Empire's taxes, but the taxes of the God of Light."

"Everyone in the North Wind Province is a citizen favored by the God of Light. Whether slaves or civilians, slaves have to pay two copper coins a month, civilians five copper coins a month, lords one gold coin, barons ten gold coins, viscounts thirty, and earls one hundred."

"Every month?"

Ryan opened his eyes wide? Slaves belong to noble lords, so the money for slaves is still paid by nobles. The same goes for civilians.

"Every month."

Next to him, Earl Sauron squinted his eyes like an old man who was going to sleep in the afternoon.

"I calculated that my territory has to pay him more than 400 gold coins every month?"

Five thousand a year... really cruel.

The other Earl Winter has no less than that, and that's after hiding a considerable number of slaves.

Isn't he too greedy to get tens of thousands of gold coins every year just sitting there?

Even the nobles of the North Wind Province are now trying to find ways to connect with the South, and they can't help but be shocked by this number.

"So much money, where can we get it?"

Ryan shook his head. Don't think that a noble doesn't pay much. It seems that the amount of only two earls is a bit scary, but the dozens or hundreds of gold coins for each noble are not blown by the wind.

The war can wipe out the income of the past ten or even several decades, but every month, the nobles count their expenses on their fingers.

If a baron can earn two thousand gold coins a year, his daily consumption in a year will not exceed two hundred gold.

Only those occasional impulse purchases will be the big head, but that will have to wait until the Chamber of Commerce comes.

What about the tithe here?

No wonder these nobles came to me, it turned out that they wanted to drag me, the baron, into the water.

"Taxation is never a casual matter. If you don't collect taxes properly, many people may die."

Ryan said meaningfully:

"And it doesn't make sense to collect taxes from Beifeng Province. We are believers of light, but other provinces of the empire are not believers of light? If they collect our taxes but not theirs, does that mean they are abandoned by light? Abandoned by light and dawn at the same time, what can we do?"

"That makes sense."

Vice-Chapter Walter of Tieshan County nodded in approval.

Although he has recently begun to obtain wealth from the other world, he is still in financial difficulties.

However, several people still underestimated the empire's determination to use Beifeng Province as a test field.

Just when they had reached a consensus, a member of the royal family at the banquet suddenly stood up and said loudly:

"The people of the empire have suffered from the Dawn Church for too long. Now the immortal and great God of Light has favored the empire and the honorable Columbus. I am here on behalf of the Columbus royal family. In the name of the royal family and with wealth, I will donate 300,000 gold coins to the faith of light, praise light, and hope that the glory of the God of Light will shine forever in Columbus' bloodline!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an old man from the Meyers family next to him said:

"Grand Duke Meyers will donate 250,000 gold coins to light."

"The wonder is a gift from the God of Light. I hope these gold coins can help the wonder be built as soon as possible. The wealth of the other world is the resource that the God of Light gave to Beifeng for the wonder."

Soon, other nobles can be seen from more than 20 provinces of the empire.

Every representative's opening made the faces of the nobles around Ryan stiffen.

"Praise the light. The great light shines forever on the territory of the empire. We are all His devout believers. Beifeng Province has gained more glory. I think Beifeng Province should not stay out of it. Our faith is closest to the great light. So as the Marquis of Beifeng Province and the Governor, I should give every fortune I earn to the greatness of light."

The Marquis of Beifeng said, making Ryan doubt whether the stupidity shown by this guy before was a deception.

He donated all his wealth to the God of Light. He had no money, so he could only help the God of Light spend money. Moreover, he had no money and could not donate money for other people in Beifeng Province.

Others also praised him. No wonder he could get God's grace.

He looked at Earl Solon and Earl Winter next to him. Sure enough, the two nobles were in a bit of a stiff mood.

"The Marquis is right. On the day of God's Grace, we should all praise the great light."

In the end, they had to bow their heads and absolutely could not deny the birth of this incident.

This was discussed by the great nobles of the empire.

Before, the Cathedral of Light had been taking money from outside. Now, it's time for them to make money.

The nobles of the North Wind Province pinched their noses and affirmed their beliefs.

Those farther away made donations, but the North Wind Province, which was close at hand, could only collect taxes.

And once the tax collection began, it would be almost impossible to cancel the tax.

"It was paid to the Holy See before, and now it is paid to the light. Hehe, it's not much different."

Earl Solon said in a low voice, and only a few people next to him could hear it clearly.

"This is already considered a small amount."

Viscount Walter was a little helpless. They could support this little tax, but the historical record could be checked. With the development of the faith of light, it would become more and more profitable like the Holy See.

The only difference is.

The empire is a combination of royal power and divine power, that is, all these wealth will eventually be gathered in the hands of the royal family and a few qualified nobles.

Ryan's face was not good either. He didn't even know if the destruction of religion in this world would lead to the anger of the gods.

But if the religion is not destroyed, it will be reincarnation and cycle at most.

In this political struggle, the North Wind Province is undoubtedly the loser.

It also made Ryan realize that he might not really have any extraordinary political talent?

I have never been an official, it's a headache.

"If I am given time, how can this matter be solved?"

Ryan thought in his heart that he came to this world, and he was definitely not as good as those nobles in some aspects, but he was best at learning.

After a long time, Ryan felt that he should be best at cheating.

Deep in his eyes, there was gradually a little murderous intent.

"The Holy See will not be indifferent, right?"

Ryan arranged for the cat assassin to go to the Andara Kingdom again. The fastest way for him to contact the Holy See now is only next door.

There is no reason why the Church would not react to such a big incident of God's grace in the Empire.

The only solution Ryan could think of was actually only one. He even suspected that he was hit on the head by an armored bear in the War Bear Tribe, and he couldn't think of a second solution.

...

Mountain Forest World.

Ryan sent a large amount of gold ore to the Swadifari Wilderness World, and when he returned, he would move it to the Frozen Territory and smelt it into standard gold coins.

After the transportation was completed, it was a blessing for some people as a reward. No one had discovered gold mining here in the past month, which still surprised Ryan.

As the plane gate closed again, Ryan also returned to the Frozen Territory. While busy moving the gold ore out, he also began to let Brand train new soldiers.

The days were boring. In addition to exercise, every day he spent observing the progress of the territory development. The faith tax of the God of Light set off a wave in the North Wind Province, but it did not affect the Frozen Territory. Ryan's time was always dull.

However, the snow that would fall every few days still made him feel uneasy. Logically speaking, it was windy and snowy before, so it didn't make sense that it was still so sluggish after so many days.

If there was thunder but no rain, it must be brewing more violent rain.

Ryan thought so, so on the last day of September, the blizzard came.

As soon as it came, hundreds of houses collapsed, and countless people cried on the ruins in the ice and snow.

The strong wind made Ryan's eyes unable to open. Standing on the top of the Rhino Horn Mountain, he could no longer see the North Gar Lake in the distance, and as time went on, his vision became shorter and shorter, until the houses under the Rhino Horn Mountain seemed so difficult to look at.

"Damn it! This is a basin! How can there be such heavy snow!"

In fact, the frozen land territory is already small, because the entire frozen land territory looks like a big bowl full of gaps when viewed from a high place.

In the higher sky, the wind is stronger and the snow is more.

Overnight, 70% of the land in the North Wind Province was covered with silver.

The cold is no longer a demon that can be resisted by wearing clothes.

“This is the lethality of the North.”

The wind and snow reached the ankles, and the war horses galloped in the snow in the tundra territory. Then the streets began to buzz with people pushing wheelbarrows to throw the snow onto the glacier on the other side of Rhinohorn Mountain.

Master Lane's life was not boring, he started a new war.

The war with Northern Winter.

"To defeat the cold, all you need is a blazing flame."

The burning sword of the knight shone on the ice and snow. The road carved out by the knight bit by bit led to the place where the wind and snow came. The moment when the iron pot on the top of a watchtower burned with blazing flames, it pierced the hazy snow like a beacon. .

Immediately afterwards, on the distant hilltop, a second watchtower began to light up the flames.

"This winter, the flame must not be extinguished. If it is, someone will definitely die."

Gao fought against the horse Ryan's murderous voice, which echoed in the wind and snow, and the cloak on his body rustled, but it could not drag him in the direction of warmth.