Throne of the North

In the northern land, the biggest difficulty is food.

But Ryan didn't expect that he would face a food problem on the first day he arrived in his own territory, and before he even started thinking about how to exploit his own people.

As a noble gentleman, I have to find a way to get bread for you, right?

It's true.

Ryan sighed and looked at the transparent panel in front of him. The spirituality on it was increasing little by little.

10, 11, 12, 13…

The final number came to thirty-five, and looking at the twenty-six villagers in front of him, Ryan probably understood the source of the spiritual increase.

Twenty-six people, eight trainee knights, and an old butler easily understood the principle.

A citizen can bring him a little spiritual increase.

But, what is the role of spirituality? Can you conjure food out of thin air for yourself?

I don’t know if it’s possible, but it’s definitely not possible now, because Ryan feels that he needs more spirituality to unlock something.

"Go and call all the villagers in Tundra Village."

No matter what this village was called before, after Ryan arrived, it was called Tundra Village.

On the side, Delen instinctively took a step forward. In the eyes of these villagers, his strong and powerful appearance was almost like a savage beast.

A group of villagers dispersed, but Delen caught one of them, and then threatened to call all the villagers over.

Soon, in the center of the village, there was a millstone.

Ryan saw all the people in his barony.

Each one was wrapped tightly, but it was not a gorgeous cotton coat, but something woven from hemp.

Only a few people can wear clothes woven from beast furs, and their status is obviously different from others around them.

Poor and cold, Ryan finally realized what his territory looked like.

Fortunately, seeing that his spirituality has reached more than ninety, Ryan doesn't plan to argue too much with the villagers here for the time being.

One hundred and twenty-five people, including thirty-one old people who looked like they were about to die, and exactly ten children who were half as young as him, plus the more than twenty people before him, the total number of people in this village brought him Eighty-four points of spirituality.

"Ninety-three points of spirituality, there are still seven points left before there will be a change."

Feeling a little helpless, Ryan temporarily put aside spiritual matters and looked at the villagers of the frozen village.

"Who is the village chief?"

An old man with all his teeth walked out with the help of a middle-aged man on crutches and knelt down towards Ryan.

"Little Hamiti, I have met the lord."

"Get up first. Is that your son next to you?"

Ryan looked at the middle-aged man next to the village chief Hamiti, little Hamiti.

"yes."

"From today on, he is the village chief of Tundra Village."

"ah?"

Seeing Ryan frowning, the middle-aged man next to Hamiti knelt down again and hit his head on the cold ground.

"Thank you Lord Lord."

Ryan didn't think he was capable of working for an old man who might not survive this winter, so he simply replaced him with a village chief.

This kind of thing is not a big deal. As the lord of the Tundra Baron, he has absolute rights. It is not an exaggeration to say that these villagers are his private property.

After dismissing the surrounding villagers, Ryan only left behind Hamiti. This middle-aged man stood in front of Ryan looking extremely nervous and uneasy.

"You don't want to tell me that my Baron Castle is there, do you?"

Ryan pointed to the north, on the rhinoceros horn-like peak, a fortress that could be seen even from here. It should have been funded by the empire after the North Wind Province was conquered.

But when Ryan looked at the wind and snow blowing in the sky and the fortress that had been uninhabited for who knows how many years, he couldn't help but secretly curse the people who built the fortress.

He could tell how cold it would be up there even with his eyes.

"That bunch of damn bugs, is this how they get paid by the empire?"

Next to him, Hamiti did not dare to say anything and could only whisper:

"It is said that it is because of the beautiful scenery above."

If the scenery is good, can people live in it? Ryan doesn't think he can live there in his current body.

"Except for the hundred or so of you, is there no one else in this Tundra Territory?"

Hamiti shook his head.

"There has been no baron in the Tundra Territory for a long time. There used to be hundreds of people in the village, but gradually, those with some skills left. The people in the village are all free people. Just be careful not to be caught and used as slaves. , relying on their craftsmanship to survive in other lords’ territories.”

"Later, some blacksmiths and carpenters left here. After they settled down, other people in the village slowly followed."

After listening to this, Ryan said nothing and just ordered Delen to say:

"Go back to the direction we came from to hunt two prey, and then look for them. Weren't there many bandits composed of slaves before? Tell them that as long as they come here, I will give them the status of free citizens!"

Delen couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, "Master, those mud-legged people should be burned to death!"

"Don't you understand me?!" Ryan looked over, his gaze making Delen tremble and kneel down.

"I'll go right away."

On the side, the old butler Beard never spoke, but looked at Ryan with more and more approval.

He felt that Master Ryan was really becoming more and more like a noble master.

Due to the reasons mentioned by Hamiti, many houses were vacant in Tundra Village. After Ryan announced that all those who left would be evicted, these houses became his place to stay.

"Sooner or later, I'm going to live there!"

Ryan looked at the fortress on Rhinohorn Mountain and stood there intently.

The Flame Dragon Knight's Breathing Technique, the Knight's Breathing Technique of the Clayton family, Ryan knew that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the north, he must have extraordinary means.

As a lord, he cannot be weak.

One day, two days, Delen, who took away five trainee knights, did not come back.

"They...shouldn't have escaped, right?"

Ryan asked Old Beard, chewing on hard brown bread.

"They don't dare." Beard looked at Ryan, who was eating black bread without emotion, with a distressed look on his face. After hearing this, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"Their family members have become free citizens in the earl territory. If they dare to run away, all their family members will become slaves. And even if they run away, other lords will not let them go if they find out."

Those who betray the Lord will be hunted throughout the continent.

When the sky was just getting slightly brighter on the third day, Delen finally returned to the tundra territory with five elk carcasses and more than thirty refugees with bruises and swollen faces, and their clothes had been torn off.

Ryan claimed ownership of these thirty-four slaves who were originally from other territories, and his spirituality also reached one hundred and twenty-seven.

【Spirituality: 127】

Ryan felt that he could consume his spirituality at any time to open a portal to the unknown.