The south of the Florian Empire, to be precise, is Thousand Lakes Province located on the southwest coast of the Empire.
This is the southernmost point of the Empire. If you go further south, you will encounter the alien Sea Demon living in the shallow sea, the land of Kingdom of Carlos, and twenty or thirty noble territories.
With the Church's declaration of war on Holy Mountain, the Church, five Extraordinary Legion, and the troops of dozens of noble territories coerced by the Church, gathered at the northern border of Kingdom of Carlos, at a place called Bordeaux Plateau.
In one day, the entire Empire was in turmoil, and the Imperial Army team located in the north began to gather towards South and build a defense line at Thousand Lakes Province.
The total number of armies on both sides, including the large number of slaves responsible for logistics, on the battlefield of this confrontation has reached one million.
"This is a war between two overlords on the land of South that threatens the entire world."
A well-known scholar commented like this, and then on the last day of February, when the Church was named Son of God's Birthday, more than ten Extraordinary Legion launched an attack on Thousand Lakes Province of the Empire.
The name Thousand Lakes Province comes from the unique terrain here. West Coast of the Norris Continent is concave from the position of Thousand Lakes Province. In other words, Thousand Lakes Province is located northwest of Kingdom of Carlos, and the kingdom is located southeast of Thousand Lakes Province.
Thousand Lakes Province It is at the corner of this terrain shape "L" that hundreds of islands form the most special province of the Empire. There are many lakes, but they all lead directly to the ocean.
Such a geographical location leads to an angle connecting the land of the Empire and Kingdom of Carlos, which is called Pearl Bay.
Both Empire and Kingdom of Carlos have navies in this bay because they need to resist Sea Demon living in the shallow sea of Pearl Bay and plunder the valuable pearl named Goddess's Tear.
Ten years ago, this kind of pearl was rated as the best spell medium among magicians.
When the war broke out, the navy of the Empire and the navy of Kingdom of Carlos happened to suffer the ultimate blow.
One of the Extraordinary Legion of the Church - Deep Sea Believer Legion, consisting of up to nine thousand Tidal Naga, appeared here from the southern ocean. In just half a day, it carried out a devastating blow to the Empire's navy.
Empire, whose naval power was not strong to begin with, lost most of its strength under the sudden blow and had to flee back to Thousand Lakes Province for repairs. However, it was difficult for the Empire to form a counterattack against the Church from the sea in such a short period of time.
However, perhaps the commanders of both sides had the same idea. Kingdom of Carlos's navy was also completely destroyed by the Empire's raid. At this moment, both Empire and the Church lost their direct sea surface military power.
As a last resort, the islands of Thousand Lakes Province turned into wars. From the first day, armies from both sides started fighting on the islands in large numbers.
And almost at the same time, Northwind Province, the unfinished war last year, started again.
The armies of Count Weiss and Viscount Hogg appeared in Iron Mountain County and Northwind County. The all-out war belonging to Northwind Province itself also started in the great changes in the world.
It's just that compared to the world war in Pearl Bay in the south, Northwind Province has not received attention at all. Many people don't even know what is happening here.
"Is it such a coincidence?"
Even though he was located in Frozen Earth Territory, Ryan still knew the movements of Count Weiss and Viscount Hogg at the first time. As one of the seven nobles with the most power of Northwind Province, Ryan has been able to decide the direction of this war on a small scale.
"Let Baronet Azur go to Calais Province personally and find Bilder."
Ryan handed the note in his hand to the knight team in front of him, and at the same time handed the opponent his Baron family crest.
"Let Bilder purchase the things according to the above requirements."
Thanks to the relationship with the Viscountess, Baronet Azur is now second only to Ryan and housekeeper Bilder in Frozen Earth Territory. The other party is also very sensible and wants to tie himself to Ryan's car when he seizes the opportunity.
Ryan naturally doesn't mind giving him a chance to go to South to see the prosperity of the Empire.
As for the information on the note, it is the equipment that Grand Mage Macken currently needs. Training a war horse requires too many things.
"Also... let Haarn Lordship come to see me."
Ryan ordered that Saban Haarn once helped him manage the remaining people of City of the Furnace when Ryan was away. Later, after coming to Frozen Earth Territory, Ryan turned it into Frozen Earth Territory's Lordship as promised.
Now Lordship not only has his own manor in Frozen Earth Territory, but is also the temporary herald of Ryan.
Because he mastered a kind of flying bird magic, which probably used magic to attach to a woven wooden bird or a paper flying bird, making it "come alive" for communication.
The method of communication is not to write, but to record Ryan's command and then transmit it to a distant place.
For the current Haarn Lordship, the small Frozen Earth Territory is enough with his magician strength.
The magic from Otherworld makes Grand Mage Macken a little interested. Maybe Haarn Lordship may also become a powerful magic Mages in the future.
For now, Ryan needs him to follow her and convey her instructions.
With the arrival of the herald Haarn Lordship, many orders from Ryan began to be delivered to all corners of Frozen Earth Territory.
"The Northwind Province war has begun. From today on, the five hundred Knight Retainer will resume food rationing of four meals a day. The militiamen guarantee three meals a day. Even the militiamen must practice four hours of military training every day during non-mission periods."
"Brock, you need to lead the craftsmen of Blacksmith Street to start forging refined weapons and armor. I don't need the kind of weapons that have gaps after two cuts. The weapons and armor worn by my knight cannot be less than one hundred Gold Coin."
"And Eteria, in the new year, every population in Frozen Earth Territory must be registered. Even slaves and babies must be registered. They are classified and summarized according to neighborhoods. Firewood Street and Tavern Street need to send more manpower for public security and sanitation issues. My territory is not allowed to be too dirty."
"Everyone Lordship, as the nobles of Frozen Earth Territory, you are Pioneers. In the new year, every Lordship must lead a land reclamation team to develop the foothills. You can apply for a militia team to protect you, and a hunting team as a guide. The best ones will be rewarded, and the last place will be punished."
"Drinking water for irrigation..."
Ryan uttered dozens of commands in succession, and watching the birds flying from Rhino Horn Mountain to various places on Frozen Earth Territory, everyone knew that Frozen Earth Territory was about to get busy again.
And no one has forgotten that everyone in Frozen Earth Territory now owes a fortune to the lord. The houses they live in and the land they cultivate were all lent to them free of charge by Ryan before. With the development of Frozen Earth Territory, the lives of these people are indeed getting better, but at the same time, they also owe a lot of debt.
Ryan doesn't care about this, but the people below can't help it, because this is a lot of money for them.
And Ryan allowed them to repay their loans slowly by working, which made these civilians very happy. After all, if it were other noble lords, they would not be paid for pulling civilians to work.
"We must hurry up and let Zero Crossing Prefecture start economic exchanges."