Warlord: King of All Clans

Under the training of a professional maternity nurse, Noreen has become a qualified confinement nanny and can barely handle Bader.

As the strongest newborn in River Bay, Balder's grip is terrifying.

Only middle and high-level extraordinary people like them can ignore Balder's control.

Little maid Elodie would be pinched all over her body if she wasn't careful.

Even extraordinary dogs like Fraser and Six are made to cry all day long.

So every time Olivia and Leo were busy with government affairs, Noreen became the main person in charge of taking care of Balder, and Six and others could only assist from the side.

Now, Norin finally took off the rose light armor that she almost never took off, and only wore loose casual clothes.

As Leo spoke, she was unbuttoning two buttons of her clothes, clamping a bottle to her chest, pretending to be a wet nurse to feed Balder.

Looking up, she saw Leo staring at her intently. When Norin looked down, her face immediately turned red. She turned sideways to avoid Leo's sight and cursed, "What's wrong with staying for a few days? Do you think I'm in the way? It's snowing so heavily that even if I can walk, the griffin can't!"

In fact, what she said was completely an excuse. As a mid-level magical beast, the griffin's ability to resist cold is not weak. As long as it endures a little hardship and crosses the Buck Mountains, the wind and snow there will be reduced by half, which is enough for the griffin to continue its long-distance flight.

But Leo had no intention of exposing the truth. Having an extra free babysitter was a good thing.

He was just worried that Norin would never go back and the little mouse would be too lonely in the palace.

While feeding Balder, Noreen looked at Leo who was roasting fire nearby boredly, and suddenly laughed.

"why are you laughing?"

"nothing."

Because everyone was busy, the hall seemed a little empty. Only Noreen and Leo were in front of the fire pit, and Six was lying at Leo's feet.

Because the weather was too cold, the most active Sixes was unwilling to go out. She leaned very close to the fire pit, with her limbs completely stretched out, sleeping soundly on the warm wooden floor.

Leo saw that the hair on her tail was almost singed, so he stretched out his foot and moved it away from the fire.

In this peaceful and tranquil scene, Noreen thought to herself, “I wish I were from the North.”

At this time, Olivia was in the office with Seti and Savinting, dealing with the snow disaster.

In the agricultural and pastoral era in the north, there was no such thing as snow disasters. When encountering extreme weather, it was common for one or two percent of the population to freeze to death.

The fact that the lord leads troops to suppress bandits and protect the country and the people is enough to earn him the respect of thousands of people. Dealing with natural disasters is beyond the scope of his job.

But it is different in the Earldom of River Bay. Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it is an emergency government matter of the Lord's Mansion.

The severe cold and snow have affected winter production and transportation, and some subjects who are not adequately prepared will suffer.

Not to mention the three cities of Abros, even within the jurisdiction of Isenbor, there are still many areas that are unable to cope with the snow disaster.

Olivia needs to allocate manpower and materials to clear the snow from the main roads and deliver relief supplies to remote areas.

Saving 10% of the population in winter would generate more benefits than encouraging childbirth.

Olivia was more familiar with these government affairs, and Leo had almost no say in them. He could only sit in the hall, warm himself by the fire, and take care of the children without disturbing them.

After sitting for a while, the door of the lord's house opened a crack, and the biting wind and snow poured in, causing Norin to hug Balder tightly.

Yue Gechaer squeezed in through the crack in the door and quickly closed it.

He took off his snow-covered coat, walked to the fire pit, and said to Leo in a deep voice: "I'm going back to the West."

"It's snowing so hard, why are you going back? Wait until the snow melts before leaving."

Yue Gechar's still young face showed gloom, "My sister sent me news. Because of the problem of pasture distribution, Dukak, the captain of the Kerait tribe, and eight other captains gathered in Ulangar and have been arguing for a whole winter."

"My father is ill, and my brothers have different opinions. My sister asked me to go back to help."

"When the snow melts, it will probably be spring. I'll leave tomorrow."

Leo sneered, "What's the point of you going back? Do you have any influence in the Talhan family? You're not even as influential as your sister."

There had been signs of internal conflict within the Tarkhan tribe long before, so it was not surprising that the conflict erupted because of Shilatu's illness.

The intelligence about the Western Territory that Leo obtained was more complete than that obtained by Yue Gechar.

In fact, the Tarhan family was gaining prestige, and these conflicts should not have broken out so early. In Leo's opinion, it was purely Arina's own fault.

After the Tarhan tribe devoured the Yuezhong tribe, they cooperated with Hewan to capture the two cities of Gustav. Although they did not get any land, Leo also gave enough rewards.

Now that the Talhan family has become the overlord of the grassland, they will naturally not rest on their laurels.

Arina took advantage of the family being at its peak and began to seek centralization of power.

A large number of small vassal tribes were annexed by the Tarhan tribe, which aroused the vigilance of other vassal centurions. So they took advantage of Shilatu's serious illness and used the issue of pasture distribution to ignite the conflict in advance.

Centralization is not that simple, especially in the western border. Although the Tarhan tribe appears to occupy such a large area on the map, in fact only one quarter of it belongs to the Tarhan family.

The remaining three quarters all belonged to the vassal tribes of the thousand-man commanders.

As a Berk family, the Talhan family only had the right to recruit these vassal centurion tribes, but had no power to interfere with internal rule.

This feudal culture is the same in all three regions of the empire, but it is more serious and more sloppy in the western region.

When Leo wanted to centralize power, he had to form a united knighthood and use both coercion and inducement. It still took him several years to fully incorporate the jurisdiction of Isenbol into the system.

In the city of Arbroath, under the iron-fisted rule of Rigolav, there are still small lords who are unwilling to give up their ruling power and frequently "rebel".

The ruling power in the West is even more dispersed than that in the North. The thousand-man tribes under the Burke family are either a community of interests or have been defeated.

The Kerey tribe ruled by Dukak was the largest tribe under the Tarhan tribe. Once they fell out, the worst that could happen was that they would surrender to the neighboring Ashina tribe, or simply establish themselves as beks.

If such a large tribe split away, the Tarhan tribe would be tantamount to cutting off one's own arm, not to mention that Dukak had also united with several other large tribes.

Hearing Leo's words, Yue Gechaer felt even more depressed. "We are different in the Western Territory. No matter how powerful my sister is, she is still a woman. Without my father's support, she doesn't even have the right to attend the Lords' Conference."

"My mother died early, and our mother's family, the Yuege tribe, is weak. I can't watch my sister fight alone."

"I don't have much influence in the family, but at least I am a male of the Talhan family."

Leo looked at Yue Gechaer who had just reached adulthood and smiled, "Not bad, you have grown up a lot and finally become like a man."

"Well, I'll sell you three thousand flintlock rifles and twenty thousand-man cannons. You can go around the town and ask if there are any River Bay generals willing to go on a mission. If someone is willing to help you, I'll lend you another thousand River Bay musketeers to escort you home."

Yue Gechaer was overjoyed and prostrated himself, "Thank you, brother-in-law!"

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