Throne of the North

Thunder Mountain, in Count Weiss's fortress.

Looking at the battle report sent back from Lingdu County, Earl Weiss's face was gloomy, and then he slapped him hard.

"I thought that the Miles family would not be like this even if they were old, but I didn't expect that I still looked up to that old guy. He had occupied Lingdu County for thirty years, and yet he was defeated by a baron!"

"Ryan Clayton..."

Earl Weiss murmured this name. He didn't expect that the baron who was not killed in the assassination would have such ability. Or is this Ryan himself the core of the Clayton family?

Earl Weiss looked ugly. He thought this matter would go smoothly. As his first step, he had to capture Lingdu County and make the Miles family his representative, and then start plotting other plans in Beifeng Province. Several counties finally completed their restoration plans and legitimately wore the crown of the king.

But now the first step has not been completed as planned.

"We have to be quick. If those nobles also find the other two guys, they will be in trouble..."

Bingfeng Forest.

Ryan, Baron Barnes and Lien left a number of 1,500 'soldiers' to take charge of the mineral veins in this forest, especially the magic crystal mines and gold mines, and there could not be any delay.

As for the soldiers... they are no longer soldiers. When they pick up their weapons, they are soldiers. When they put down their weapons, they are now miners in this forest.

Of course, Ryan and other nobles left here and returned to the Flower of the North Wind Castle.

"My family has had a dream since my grandfather, which is to build the Flower of the North Wind into its own country."

"That would require expanding the castle walls to include all the cultivated fields."

At the banquet, Baron Barnes was very drunk, and the baroness next to him could only keep patting him on the back to apologize to Ryan.

Ryan could see that Baron Barnes was very excited because they had gained too many benefits from winning this war.

But he also understands that it is impossible for an ordinary baron to build the Flower of the North Wind into what Barnes said. Even 90% of the earls cannot have the financial resources and manpower to build a fortress. The same city.

Is there such a place? some……

Ryan heard the ambition of the Barnes family, but starting from the grandfather of Baron Barnes, such ambitions only stayed at the ambition stage.

But now that Baron Barnes can finally speak to his grandfather and father, he is already beginning to have this ambition.

only……

That doesn't stop Lane from interrupting Baron Barnes.

"Mr. Barnes, I think that of the 50% of the mineral veins in Ice Peak Forest that belong to us, at least 30% should belong to me."

At this moment, Baron Barnes sobered up. He stared at Ryan with wide eyes and gritted his teeth.

"Mr. Barnes, don't forget, we agreed to distribute the benefits according to military merit."

"So, did you and your army make any key contributions in that war?"

Barnes was speechless. He was unwilling to admit that he was scared at the time, but he was also unwilling to give up the benefits at his fingertips.

"But thirty percent is too much. You can occupy two and a half percent by yourself, and I will split the rest with Baron Hatton."

Ryan shook his head.

"Baron Barnes, the division of military merit is not distributed in this way. In fact, in the Ice Peak Forest, what belongs to you is even less than what belongs to Baron Hatton."

"Ryan, don't go too far!"

Barnes roared angrily. He should be the one taking the initiative in the coalition of three barons. In his mind, he was the one who led the army to kill everyone.

"It is absolutely impossible for me to accept such a division."

"Twenty percent, I want at least 20%."

Ryan looked at Lien and said:

"You need to ask the Hatton family what they mean."

Lien stood up and looked at Baron Barnes.

"Lord Baron, my father will never agree. My army suffered heavy losses in this war, and I need at least 10% of the share."

"One percent?"

Barnes yelled.

"No, absolutely not, I have to give it to my lord, how can this be enough?!"

The banquet broke up unhappily, but the next day, the nobles of the Flower of the North Wind gathered together again.

Because Earl Weiss's army is coming towards Lingdu County.

"According to information from Viscount Dragon, there are at least 5,000 soldiers, and among them are 1,500 semi-off-the-job soldiers. The rest is an army composed of serfs. There are at least 300 of those barbarians."

"Damn it, how come Count Weiss has so many troops?"

Baron Barnes clenched his fist and slammed it on the solid wood table.

Five thousand is indeed a huge number, but Ryan is not surprised. To put it bluntly, slaves are thrown into the army to serve as soldiers. In reality? Can those slaves holding shovels, hoes, and forks be soldiers?

That's called population.

"Earl Weiss's army must be here to help Viscount Miles. What should we do now? Viscount Dragon has sent people and wants us to bring the army to his territory to resist together."

On this point, neither Barnes nor Lane had any idea.

"With the arrival of Earl Weiss's army, Viscount Miles is responsible for all the expenses of the army. For those slave soldiers, this is one of the few opportunities to eat and drink. Viscount Miles will be under great pressure to eat."

"So, he will definitely attack."

"But where is his first choice? Us? Or Viscount Dragon?"

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, a lord stood up and said:

"It must be Viscount Dragon. That viscount is their biggest enemy."

Baron Barnes also nodded and said:

"Yes, Viscount Dragon has always wanted Zero Crossing City, and Viscount Miles is also aware of it."

Ryan laughed.

"But we have learned from the past. We just robbed the wealth that should have belonged to Viscount Miles in the Ice Peak Forest. They could have occupied all the magic crystal mines, gold mines and iron mines, but now they have nothing."

"Viscount Miles may hate the Dragun family more because he is rich and powerful, but the other nobles around Viscount Miles will hate us more."

"In order to calm the anger of these nobles, Viscount Miles will also send troops to attack us and give our wealth to those nobles in exchange for their support."

"Baron Barnes, you are a noble and should think about problems from the perspective of a noble, not from emotions."

"It is even possible that Viscount Miles will let the 5,000 earl's troops come directly to the North Wind Flower."

After Ryan finished speaking, all the nobles present were panicked.