Throne of the North

Ryan asked, and Irina's eyes lit up as expected.

"The first-level magic beast egg is only worth about two to three hundred gold coins, and the second-level peak magic beast egg is about 1,500 gold coins. Considering that the frost python is also precious, if it is cultivated, it can become some knights or wizards. Magician's assistant."

"How about I give you eighteen hundred gold coins?"

Ryan nodded and looked at Irina with a smile.

"A very fair price." Ryan held out his palm.

So, on the way back to the Tundra Territory, there were ten more people in the team, including Irina and nine guards from the Blade Rose Chamber of Commerce.

The two headed by the nine guards are formal knights, and the rest are all trainee knights, and according to Harrington, these people should all be veterans who have retired from the battlefield.

"The Count of Blade Rose likes to keep demons as slaves, so almost all of her soldiers have fought against abyss demons. They should be stronger than ordinary knights."

When Harrington said this, he didn't have much fear. After all, they were also warriors who followed Earl Clayton across the northern border.

The swamp that had completely melted suddenly slowed down the team's progress. After passing through the swamp and part of the mountain road, the team that was currently building the road appeared in front of Ryan again.

When he left, he took two hundred people with him, but now he returned with tens of thousands of people, which shocked many of the slaves and overseers who were building the road.

"Scatter all these orc slaves, and then build five slave settlements on the way from Tundra to the province for them to live in."

Ryan commanded, and the two hundred knights and attendants behind him plus the five hundred soldiers borrowed from Viscount Landa quickly ran towards the huge and bloated team.

After returning to his own territory, Ryan felt a lot more relaxed. Looking at the scale of the town that was gradually forming under Rhinoceros Mountain, Ryan looked pleased.

Old Beard has not been lazy during this time.

As soon as he thought of the old housekeeper, the old housekeeper appeared in front of him with a tired face.

"Master Ryan, you are back."

"Well, this is Irina, the steward of the Blade Rose Chamber of Commerce."

Ryan nodded, pointed to Irina next to him, and then told Beard about the frost python's egg.

"It doesn't matter if you sell it, we are running out of food."

"Isn't it enough?"

Ryan frowned. He had bought a lot of food before.

The old housekeeper smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"That little brat of mine used your money to buy serfs everywhere at low prices, including blacksmiths and carpenters. He even recruited a group of free people to come to the Tundra Territory."

"As a result, we bought a lot of slaves, but there wasn't much food that the nobles were willing to sell."

"Now I have arranged to open up wasteland, so that he can know how hard it is to obtain food."

"You're actually so capable?"

Ryan laughed, and Little Beard gave him a little surprise, even though the pressure on food increased again.

"According to your instructions, we moved the stones quarried for road construction back to build stone houses as rewards. We also mixed the soil with the swamp and transported it to the farmland terraces previously surveyed. We then used a small amount of manure to fertilize the soil. As the temperature increases, the leaves of the trees are woven into cloth and covered with earth to maintain the temperature, and the rotten leaves are naturally integrated into the soil."

"I believe that in the near future, you will be able to see the terraces in the distance in the castle."

After listening to the old butler talking about the changes he had made since leaving, Ryan couldn't help but look at this dedicated old man with satisfaction.

"Beard, do you have any ideas about the establishment of the Lordship system in the empire this time?"

The old butler suddenly raised his head in shock, but soon he knelt down.

"I'm old and I don't have many years to live. I just want to stay by Master Ryan's side. If I can see you find a suitable mistress, that is my biggest wish."

"Who said that if you become a Lord, you can't be my butler?"

"The Lord is attached to the fifth-class title. If my own butler doesn't have the title of Lord, how can he do anything for me?"

Ryan pulled the old housekeeper up.

"It's decided. When the empire declares the land of lords, I will make you the first lord of the Tundra Territory. After that, little Beard will take over your seat of lordship."

The old butler was trembling all over. He had never thought that one day he would become a noble. He trembled and knelt on the ground again, kowtowing with tears streaming down his face.

"Okay, okay, I've brought back a few servants. You go find the madam and ask her to help discipline them before sending them up the mountain."

The old housekeeper was sent away directly, and the decision made by Ryan shocked Irina on the side.

"Master Ryan... you are really generous."

At this moment, Irina didn't know how to describe Ryan's reward to the old housekeeper. A Lord's seat was given out so easily.

You must know that according to the rules, the butler of a noble lord is the servant of the noble lord. Although he is not a slave, he is essentially the private property of the noble lord.

And if this kind of thing spreads, Ryan will definitely be ostracized by many nobles.

"It's just a Lord. You value this title too much. The reason why the Empire changes the circle of nobles so easily is because the Lord is not as important as imagined."

Ryan looked at his territory, and the smell of prosperous fireworks was intoxicating.

The gift to the old steward was not a whim, but in the future, his territory must have a lord steward to manage everything.

Just like now, those former nobles brought back from the Exner continent, will they be respectful to the old steward? Impossible.

But now it is different. Times have changed. Ryan will elevate the status of his steward, so naturally, his status as a lord will be improved again.

This improvement is not a superficial right, but an increase in majesty in the hearts of the people of the territory.

In the past, Ryan was the lord above them, but in the future, Ryan will become the master of their master.

This is also the reason why the emergence of the lord system has hardly caused too many rebuttals from the fifth-class nobles. The status and voice of the fifth-class nobles have been improved again.

Thinking of this, Ryan already had many ideas in his mind, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

Seeing the smile of the young lord, Irina couldn't help shaking her body slightly. She felt that this baron seemed to be much more terrible than she had imagined.

Thinking back to the road construction in the mountains and forests when she arrived, Irina knew that the entire North Wind Province had underestimated this Frozen Earth Baron.