Chapter 71 East
Frozen Earth Territory, Rhino Horn Mountain on.
Looking at the increasingly spectacular and magnificent castle, Ryan couldn't help but be satisfied.
"I didn't expect that only one and a half months later, City of the Furnace would be colder than Frozen Earth Territory."
"That world seems to be completely dead. To avoid accidents, Master Ryan, you should stay in Frozen Earth Territory."
Next to him, Old Steward suggested that he was really afraid that one day Ryan would stay there with the Axeniel Continent's Eternal Silence.
"No, you couldn't guarantee where the space door would open in the past."
Ryan shook his head. The most important thing in this was himself. Every time he went to the Axeniel Continent, he always appeared close to City of the Furnace, and then opened Planar Gate in City of the Furnace to send people and things over.
If it were someone else, it wouldn't work.
"Where is Bilder? How much grain did he buy?"
In the days when Ryan was away, Old Steward's son Little Beard's biggest task was to buy food. Frozen Earth Territory's demand for food was a bottomless pit.
But now it is extremely difficult in every territory of Northwind Province, resulting in limited food that can be purchased in Northwind Province.
Bilder can only go further, not to the Winged Gorge of the empire, but to the east.
Northwind Province is located in the northeast corner of the empire. Winged Gorge is the only connection between the interior of the empire and Northwind Province. Looking eastward from Winged Gorge on the map and east-south of Northwind Province, there is a kingdom with seven or eight large nobles.
The kingdom is one of the eight kingdoms on the Andara Kingdom, Norris Continent, and the one closest to Northlands. The other seven kingdoms either have empires to resist them, or they are in the warm South and are not invaded by Northlands Winter's Chill.
Under certain circumstances, the Kingdom of Andara and the Empire of Flor are both humanity's first line of defense against the northern border. Coupled with the strength of the empire, the Kingdom of Andara is completely the empire's younger brother. For many years, it has never dared to cross the border.
In addition to the Andara Kingdom, there are four duchies and Earldom. The combined land is almost half the size of the Andara Kingdom's land.
In the land of South, there are many reasons why in addition to the empire and kingdom, there are also these duchies and Earldom, and even smaller territories.
Half of the reason why these territories were not merged into the kingdom and empire was because of the pride of their own bloodline. They fled from the north of Norris continent to the south because of the cold winter in the north. Their ancestors were originally from the royal family of the kingdom, and were even older.
Such a bloodline made them unwilling to surrender to the kingdom, and when they fled, they did not have troops and people on hand.
The other half of the reason comes from the Church. The Church doesn't want to see the empire and kingdom expand more and more, so he supports the independence of the nobles with some noble blood.
It is said that in the period after the end of War of the Deities Across Planes, the struggle between theocracy and Royal Authority was the bloodiest.
Later, the divine power retreated, so that now there are not many the Church personnel in the empire.
However, the empire and several kingdoms still could not swallow up those noble territories. The entire South nobles together were a very powerful force.
South's situation Ryan doesn't want to take care of it yet, and can't. The reason why Bilder doesn't go to South in the empire, but goes to the territories outside the eastern empire to buy food, is because of Winged Gorge.
If the grain passes through Winged Gorge, half or even 30% will be left behind. Only those chambers of commerce that are backed by big nobles can pass through at the cost of a little heartache. Otherwise, it will really be like plucking the geese.
The benefits that Winged Gorge can bring to some nobles are huge, which is why Grand Duke Mayers proposed to move the guards of Winged Gorge to Northwind Province Fragrant Mountain Plains failed. There are too many nobles there, not only because it is connected to a Northwind Province, but it is also the most powerful military fortress in the entire east of the empire.
To put it bluntly, the center and center of gravity of the empire are actually West Coast and South. The combination is South in the west. Therefore, to a certain extent, Winged Gorge can be said to be the most important military force of the empire in the eastern territory.
Even more seriously, it can be said to be the only large-scale Legion Fortress.
What is defended there is not only the alien race of Northlands, but also countless possible enemies to the east of one-third of the Southern Continent.
The security of half of the empire lies in Winged Gorge.
In short, Bilder's experience in Winged Gorge made him choose not to cross Winged Gorge with food even if he went to the more troublesome eastern kingdom and the territory of the great nobles.
Regarding this, Ryan still supported it and even sent a hundred soldiers and two Bronze Knight to follow.
As far as he knew, the threat from aliens to the Andara Kingdom was not that big. They should be able to purchase food. Those nobles would not have much of a problem.
If we can take this opportunity to reach some long-term cooperation, that would be even better.
"He hasn't come back yet. According to the plan, he should be back in five days at most."
Old Steward said truthfully that he didn't mind Ryan's decision. After all, Master Ryan arranged for Bilder to do so many important things, which in itself represented a high degree of trust.
In the entire territory, no one is more trusted by Ryan than their father and son.
"Well, where are those Orcss? How is the road construction going?"
"It's almost finished, but it's a bit exhausting."
"It doesn't matter if it consumes a lot. It's meant to consume a lot. Use these Orcs to complete the most dangerous tasks. Next, I will send a group of slaves from City of the Furnace. It's okay to use Orcs to build the road at the beginning, but the later fine work still needs slaves."
"But these slaves cannot be used in the same way as Orcs."
"Follow your will."
Ryan thought of Northwind Province again. It seemed that he hadn't cared about Northwind Province's situation for a long time.
"When Bilder comes back... forget it, he'd better find a way to buy food. I'll let him later... forget it, let Azur come over tomorrow."
"I heard that the old guy recently married another wife?"
Old Steward replied respectfully:
"Indeed, Mr. Azur married Tyrell Family's daughter."
"Tyrell? One of the eight Baron? His family is indeed the largest in population."
"But I remember that his daughter is not much older than the Viscountess, right?"
"Yes."
Ryan thought with his eyes, then said with a smile:
"It seems that Tyrell is unable to fight anymore and plans to put the Lordship seats on the Azur family. Moreover, his daughter's children will inherit Lordship Noble Title in the future. His plan is clear."
A few months have passed, and the two Lordship commitment quotas originally given by Ryan have gradually become clearer. Several families have noticed the gap in ability. No matter how unwilling they are, they must consider the possibility of failure.