Throne of the North

Hatton and Ryan saw different things behind the scenes, but their final answers were surprisingly consistent.

That is, the emergence of the Lordship system will indeed increase the number of nobles, but at the same time, it will also increase the status and voice of the fifth-class nobles.

As for wealth, it’s hard to say.

That letter made it very clear.

Every noble has the right to be canonized as a lord. Although there is a limit on the number, even a baron can make up to five people become lords of the empire at will according to his own wishes.

Lords exist because of nobles like them, so naturally, if they, the canonized nobles, fall, those nobles will not be recognized.

But since they have become nobles, the lords also have certain rights. They are no longer the subjects and wealth of the fifth-class nobles, but the supporters. They can even oppose the canonized nobles and have their own territory. If... they can get words.

Therefore, what the imperial letter said, hoping that the nobles living on one-third of the land can encourage development, is not false information.

The main reason why the Lord appears is because there are many nobles and few territories, and everyone feels that the territory is small.

But the secondary reason is indeed to explore.

It's just that... the expectations are wonderful, but it can be seen that no one wants to come to this poor place like the Tundra Territory. Let them go to the eternal winter in the north to fight with the orcs and the more terrifying alien races to grab territory. Why? possible.

The political struggle may ultimately be a boomerang, returning to the political struggle.

Their trip to Beifeng City this time was actually part of it.

Because after such a long time, the empire seems to have finally remembered that there are many pioneering nobles and pioneering knights in Beifeng Province. Members of the imperial royal family will arrive. Originally, this should be the responsibility of the Holy See, but in recent years, the speed of imperial power replacing divine power has , a bit fast.

Thinking of this, Ryan suddenly remembered something.

"If this is the case, doesn't it mean that...the development orders in the hands of Archduke Meyers back then have become waste paper?"

His expression was strange, and Hatton's expression on the side became extremely exciting in an instant.

Archduke Meyers conquered the entire Beifeng Province for the empire back then, which relieved a lot of pressure. What a great contribution. However, these achievements were replaced by a bunch of development orders. Now, even this shameful thing seems to be needed. Seems useless?

Doesn't that mean that Archduke Meyers tried his best to conquer the North Wind Province, but in the end he gained nothing?

There is not even a single heir of the Meyers family in the Northwind Province.

"Hi~ I can't think about it anymore."

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North Wind City.

When Ryan and Hatton came to this provincial governor's city, most of the nobles in the North Wind Province had already arrived.

The Shenma Territory and the Tundra Territory are still too far away from here.

People coming and going on the streets were either soldiers or slaves. As more and more nobles came to Beifeng City, the civilians here no longer dared to take to the streets easily.

In particular, these civilians have gradually learned about some secrets that have been disclosed in the south from the chamber of commerce in the north.

Lane and Hatton stayed in the mansion of a baron, and were soon approached by Viscount Miles' people.

"We in Lingdu County need to discuss it before the parliament in three days, and everything will be in the interests of Lingdu County."

When he arrived at the residence of Viscount Miles, the old Viscount was in high spirits. Who would have thought that Lingdu County, which was originally the weakest, would now have a voice in the top three.

In comparison, Viscount Dragon next to him didn't look so good-looking.

He stared at the old face of Viscount Miles. Didn't he say that this guy was dying after releasing the magic scroll? Why haven't you died yet?

Why can you survive this winter?

Ryan also noticed this. He could only guess that the Miles family's heritage over the years did indeed have good things.

Of course, compared to this, Ryan is more concerned about the empire's handling of the North Wind Province.

He glanced at Baron Hatton, who coughed twice and said with some enthusiasm:

"Lord Viscount Miles, is the Empire really going to give up on Beifeng Province?"

After hearing this, many people became nervous. While whispering among themselves, they did not forget to look at Viscount Miles's face.

I saw that Viscount Miles was also at this moment, as if he had aged a few years.

But he just said regretfully:

"The empire has decided to cancel the annual one million gold coin subsidy to Beifeng Province. This is news from the Elder Council, but it will be fully announced in three days."

"It's just canceling one million gold coins. The ones who will suffer the most should be Governor Winter and the two earls, right?"

Hatton asked with some confusion. He was very sensitive to politics, but only to certain aspects.

"Hatton, have you really stuffed all your brains into that fat body?"

Next to him, a richly dressed noble sneered and said mockingly:

"The empire has been dismissive of Beifeng Province since thirty years ago. If it hadn't been for the expenditure of one million per year that caused the great nobles of the empire to still remember Beifeng Province, it would have been forgotten long ago."

"Now that there is no one million, there will no longer be anything about Beifeng Province in the annual performance report. You can never think that our governor will spend his own money to repair the fortress in Xiangshan Plain. Bar?"

This is impossible. The tens of millions of gold coins of the empire were divided up before. How can they expect them to spend money to repair the fortress?

Absolutely impossible.

"In short, without the one million gold coins, it means that the empire no longer thinks about getting more from the North Wind Province."

"On the contrary, I'm afraid they will have to collect taxes."

The empire exempted the North Wind Province from many taxes. In addition, the North Wind Province has caused constant political struggles within the empire over the years, so even if these nobles do not pay those taxes and directly take them for themselves, the empire did not say anything.

But now that they no longer spend money on the North Wind Province, the empire has half given up here, so they naturally have to double the 30 million gold coins in the past 33 years.

"Give money?"

Hatton shouted directly.

"It's impossible to give money. How can my Shenma Territory have money?"

Hatton still cried that his territory was looted by orcs and even the castle was breached.

"Hatton, we are all neighbors. Don't we know whether your castle has been breached?"

"Besides, Shenma Territory, what a crappy name."

The nobleman named Baron Roche finally couldn't help but be disgusted.

"Do you think your Crow Territory sounds good?"

Looking at the increasingly noisy meeting, Ryan knew that there would be no results this time.