Royal Palace's banquet was full of the luxury of the nobles.
In the past wars and devastation, all nobles were victims. It can be said that none of the nobles of the Andara Kingdom was a direct beneficiary.
Even if it is Grand Duke Leta, he has sacrificed the lives of thousands of Witch Ghosts soldiers, and those are Extraordinary Legion soldiers.
The Counts of Canterlot are also experiencing extremely serious consumption of their slave soldiers, Extraordinary Legion, food, money, and land.
Not to mention the small nobles, they had already spent a lot of materials and money in the wars before Orcs invaded.
The worst among them was that they were directly exterminated during the invasion of Orcs. It is not known whether their bloodline continues on the kingdom's land.
King? What are the powers of King?
King is here to solve these things.
He wanted to revive the nobles whose lands had been destroyed and plundered, to let their lands continue to produce wealth and population, and to let the nobles who had lost most of their clansmen reestablish their families and be loyal and follow him. As for the nobles who had their clans wiped out... King also needed to give an explanation. No matter what kind of explanation it was, superficiality was necessary.
For example, King Adams plans to adopt some of the heirs of the royal family and inherit the names of the nobles who were exterminated, which will help those noble families continue their bloodline and glory.
At the same time, King also plans to ask Merces to provide such help.
Of course, the nobles also want a share of the pie, but after all, there are not that many nobles who have been exterminated. After being divided between King and Count Merses, there will be no spare positions.
In fact, King asked some nobles to prohibit invasion and occupation of those nobles who had wiped out most of their clansmen, and to allow those nobles to develop again.
He gave benefits to the great nobles. In this regard, Grand Duke Leta, Count Kantra and others did not express any objection.
But the small and medium-sized nobles are having a hard time.
If they want to recover after the war, they need more than just squeezing slaves and civilians in their own territory.
Ryan didn't care about the political struggle within the kingdom. He was communicating with King Adams about the Church's seriousness.
"The empire will send believers who serve the light to the kingdom. In the process, the kingdom also needs to prepare to face the pressure from the south."
"It's not from the Church, it's from the Sera Kingdom."
Ryan didn't say much, just telling King that although Andara Kingdom has stabilized now, they also have an enemy. McReynolds Family, who rebelled from the Andara Kingdom, will be their feud, and this hatred will spread among the royal bloodlines of both sides.
"My army will leave Andara Kingdom in two days. Without the emperor's order, the empire's army cannot help Andara Kingdom."
Ryan left after two days because he needed to deal with his wealth in the kingdom within these two days.
Dawn City couldn't be taken away. He asked the empire's chamber of commerce to transport slaves to supplement the labor force here. It was already a bit late. This time, he might need to borrow people from the surrounding nobles for spring plowing.
"Unfortunately, you cannot return to the Royal Palace."
In front of Queen Leta, Ryan told him King's decision.
"During the war, King's power is affected, and the nobles don't care about his attitude. But in peacetime, King's power will gradually return to its peak, and the nobles will not refuse his orders."
"Grand Duke Leta will not allow Andara Royal Family's woman to return to the Grand Duke's territory, because there are secrets of his own there."
"Frozen Earth Territory is very cold. For the time being, you can only stay here. Your knights will follow you. I will also leave an army. This is also my territory. If you want to go Frozen Earth Territory, they will send you there."
"But you don't have to be so depressed. King's order can at most reduce the contact between the nobles and you. It does not mean that your identity disappears. Even King cannot deprive you of your identity and representative power."
"It's impossible for your brother Grand Duke Leta to really disown your sister. If my guess is correct, he will arrange for some women, those noble ladies, to communicate with you from time to time. After all, this is also a way for him to integrate into the nobility of the kingdom."
"In the future, your life will probably be much better than I imagined."
"I have a lot of wealth here. Every quarter, I need to see my wealth in the form of numbers in front of me. Maybe you can help me."
Ryan took Queen Leta's hand and stood on the city wall, looking at the fertile land outside. To be honest, the land here is much better than Frozen Earth Territory. The Church carefully selected the place for himself, and prosperous crops can grow on every piece of land.
"The nobles of the Andara Kingdom may not be truly loyal to this new King."
"They are waiting to see if this King is wise."
Ryan finally said this, and left Dawn City early the next morning, returned to the outside of the royal city to formally bid farewell to King, and then returned to the empire with Legion of Light Judgment.
Returning like an arrow, the soldiers marched much faster, but in comparison, they were still moving slowly.
Why?
Because this legion transports a lot of wealth.
He Baron Ryan has more than two million Gold Coin personal wealth, which comes from the search for those Church of Morning Radiance in the kingdom's noble territories; the kingdom's nobles support and reward for him; the wealth gained by his army in the fight against Orcs; the rewards given to him by the kingdom and King; and a large head from the Church.
It's a pity that if this chaos hadn't broken out after Divine Grace Festival, Ryan would have been able to collect more from the Church.
There is also wealth belonging to the Northwind Province nobles. For example, the one and a half million Gold Coin that Ryan received from the Church, 300,000 of which were distributed to other nobles. The rewards from the kingdom and King are also the same, and belong to all Legion of Light Judgment, that is, all the nobles.
Ryan cannot eat alone, and in this way, he can also gather the Northwind Province nobles around him.
The wealth acquired by the nobles themselves during the war was also transported in this team.
Under Ryan's previous orders, most of the wealth collected by the nobles was actually returned to the noble lords whose territories were captured, to help Ryan gain the gratitude and support of the nobles in the Andara Kingdom.
But the rest is still huge.
Finally, it is the things that belong to the soldiers themselves. Gold Coin and silver coins are heavily protected by them. However, they have gained something from the war. For example, the tools, pots and pans picked up from those territories are all precious, not to mention the clothes. People in the Chamber of Commerce said that Northwind Province has not melted away until now.
Of course, there is also a large amount of food belonging to Legion of Light Judgment, which comes from everyone in the Andara Kingdom, from King to slaves.
As the empire's military corps supporting the kingdom, the kingdom is responsible for all logistics, the most important of which is food.
Ryan accepts everyone who comes and wants it all the time.
This leads to the fact that the food cannot be eaten at all. What should I do if I can't finish it? Of course it is impossible to return it.
More than 90% of this food will be left in Frozen Earth Territory, more than half of which belongs to him Baron Ryan, and the rest will be divided among all the nobles of Northwind Province, but it will be temporarily stored in Zero Crossing City's warehouse.
Because Ryan feels that this batch of grain may eventually be sold back to the Andara Kingdom.
In fact, it can be seen from the wealth in the Legion of Light Judgment team.
After the Andara Kingdom experienced these wars, the nobles lost their wealth and food, and the civilians and slaves lost their daily necessities. They would all be very miserable and tired. This was the reason why many nobles had gloomy eyes at the end of the banquet.
They lost everything they could, but gained nothing. They could only lick their wounds.
Although the kingdom has stabilized, the real challenge has just begun.
Finally entering Sera Kingdom, the kingdom will naturally not block the empire's army from passing through.
Fragoso, who should be Count Fragoso now, invited Ryan to enter his territory. Ryan was also building construction here.
"As a big noble family, of course we can't be too shabby."
Count Fragoso said with a smile. Recently, he has always had a smile on his face when sleeping. Maybe Fragoso Family's family tree will open a new page because of him.
All the previous anxiety has disappeared, and now he is Sera Kingdom the distinguished Lord Count Fragoso.
"I'm glad to see the Earl leading the family to prosperity."
Ryan's praise made Count Fragoso even more excited.
"Ryan, as you said before, Northwind Avenue will become the wealth of our two families. Recently I saw the empire's chamber of commerce passing by, and each of them gave me ten thousand Gold Coin."
There is light in Count Fragoso's eyes. This wealth is much greater than what Viscount Fragoso made before.
"Only ten thousand?"
Ryan smiled and said:
"I think there will be more in the future."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true, but I think half of these ten thousand gold coins belong to His Majesty the King of Sera Kingdom, don't you?"
Ryan reminded Count Fragoso that although the count hesitated, he still nodded.
"The wedding of His Highness Otto and Mihai is about to take place. This may be a good gift."
Ryan was also a little bit sad. The former Grand Duke McReynolds family suddenly became the royal family of the kingdom, which made many people feel uncomfortable, but Fragoso Family accepted it quickly.
After verbally deciding the future exchanges with Count Fragoso, Ryan's army entered Northwind Avenue again.
"Sir Farrell, after returning to Winged Gorge, will you command Wyvern Legion?"
Ryan asked curiously, Farrell is Rampaging Elephant Legion Commander, but Winged Gorge is the most powerful Wyvern Legion, if Wyvern Legion supports Andara Kingdom, Ryan feels that the whole army of the Feather Dragon Legion can be left on the land of the kingdom.
"No."
Farrell is also a little excited. After returning to Winged Gorge, he is the real Commander.
"There will be Imperial House members who will become Legion Commander of the Wyvern Legion. I will still lead Rampaging Elephant Legion. With the help of this legion, I will be able to exert greater power."
Ryan was thoughtful, finally nodded and said with a smile:
"So Farrell-dono has decided on the title of 'Rampaging Elephant'?"
"What's not allowed? Hahahaha."
After becoming Legendary, all the pressure on Farrell disappeared, and he became much younger.
He has really become younger, Ryan can clearly feel the vitality of the other party.
The air has cooled down visibly to the naked eye, and the sky is filled with white mist. Northwind Province is still so cold. In this environment, the sounds in Legion of Light Judgment have also disappeared a lot. Everyone is silently waiting for the one who arrives at his hometown.
Zero Crossing City is close at hand, the ancient city wall is more majestic than before, and around Zero Crossing City, a large open space appears, where many transport teams from the Chamber of Commerce have stopped.
"In the future, the empire's chamber of commerce will no longer appear in Northwind City, but will appear here."
Ryan's voice was addressed to Farrell. After hearing this, Legendary narrowed his eyes slightly and then smiled.
"Everyone says that as Legendary, I gained the most from the Andara Kingdom war, but I think Baron Ryan may be the winner."
"There are only winners and losers in war. There is no victory or defeat."
Ryan said this, turned around, took off the flag of Legion of Light Judgment, and handed it to Farrell.
"Please Legion Commander Farrell help me hand over the banner of light to the Earl."
Farrell surprised.
"Won't you send it there yourself?"
For nobles, according to the nobles, commander Ryan should personally hand over power.
But now Ryan has no time to deal with that woman. The war is over, and there are countless things waiting for him in the territory and Zero Crossing City.
"Master Marquis has not been born yet. Marquis's mother, Meyers, I believe she will understand."
Ryan said perfunctorily, turning around and giving orders to tens of thousands of soldiers.
"From now on, you will return to your own territory and be loyal to your lord."
The soldiers were reluctant to give up, but Ryan could not afford to support them, and the nobles in Zero Crossing City had already come out. They were looking forward to it, not to take back their soldiers, but for the wealth that this army would bring them.
For Northwind Province, the great victory of going to the Andara Kingdom this time is, of course, mostly joy but little sorrow.
The war brought them back at least one year or even two or three years of wealth and income.
Northwind Province's nobles are also in desperate need of money.
Legion of Light Judgment was disbanded, and Ryan finally relaxed, saying goodbye to the nobles with his still bloated team and heading towards Frozen Earth Territory.
"There also needs a road between Frozen Earth Territory and Zero Crossing City."
This will be a very important link in Ryan's next plan. In his plan, Zero Crossing City will become a prosperous economic center in the north, radiating over a vast land, including but not limited to Northwind Province, Sera Kingdom and Andara Kingdom.
This city belongs to Viscount Miles, but in fact most of it already belongs to Baron Ryan.
Of course, in essence, this city actually belongs to the empire, but that is too macroscopic.
"With two hundred Dovan of wealth, you can do a lot of things."
At this moment, Ryan was finally overjoyed, and he knew very well that the two hundred Dovan wealth in his hands now was different from before going to the Andara Kingdom.
Now he can spend two hundred Dovan into four hundred Dovan. Before, it was only two hundred Dovan.
This is a change brought about by status and power, and those chambers of commerce will give him the cheapest deals.
"And Grand Cathedral of Light, I am going to the Andara Kingdom on behalf of the light, so I won't have no expression at all, right?"
Ryan plans to write a letter to Imperial Capital, both to the emperor and to Grand Cathedral of Light. He has to get something from their hands.
However, before Baron Ryan, who had just returned to Frozen Earth Territory, had time to write to the emperor South, he received news from the Andara Kingdom.
"Twenty-three is a noble, betrayed Andara Kingdom, and fell into the arms of the Sera Kingdom?"
Ryan opened his eyes wide, such a thing could happen?
The nobles pledged their allegiance to King, but then turned around and swore to become subjects of another kingdom?
Ryan was surprised and a little nervous. Isn't a war going to break out again?
McReynolds Family has given Andara Royal Family two humiliations. Can you really endure it?
"However, I'm afraid there is also a part of the empire's reasons for this."
Ryan discovered that some of the rebellious nobles were actually Dawn's devout believers.
Andara Kingdom expelled the Church, but this does not mean that the nobles will follow. Even now, the Church's influence on the kingdom's nobles still exists.
Perhaps here, with the finger of Archbishop Adriana, the nobles gave up all their land and went to the Sera Kingdom.
On the Andara Kingdom border, on the land bordering Sera Kingdom, the soldiers of the nobles complained and built a defense line again. Just two days after they returned home, they appeared on the battlefield again.
The soldiers have no thoughts, but the furious King may order an attack at any time.
The nobles are persuading that they have no idea of starting a war now, and the most important thing is that they are now carving up the population in the territories of the rebellious nobles.
Those nobles could not take everyone away, and all the people left in the territory became slaves and were divided among the great nobles.
The most ruthless among them is Count Merses. His family is rising, what is it missing? Everything is lacking, but the top priority is population.
The rebellion of the nobles gave him his best chance.
He is also unwilling to start a war, so even if King Adams is extremely angry, there is nothing he can do.
"Your Majesty, if we start a war with the Sera Kingdom now, the Church will definitely help them. Maybe we should wait until the empire helps us establish Magic Academy before we can fight against the Church's missionaries and priests."
"The most important thing now is to let the royal family regain its army."
Count Merses suggested this, which made King a little angry, because the nobles had sworn allegiance to him, and Count Merses in front of him certainly didn't understand that feeling.
"Declare Sera Kingdom as the eternal enemy of Andara, kill their nobles, and you will get Noble Title from the Andara Kingdom!"
King finally gave the order, which caused an uproar in the land of South. This was the first time that South's world showed open hostility to certain nobles.