Throne of the North.

Chapter 106 I, the Land Mediator

When Ryan's soldiers returned, each of them had a smile and confidence on their face.

Ryan fulfilled his promise and abolished their slave status. They became citizens of the Frozen Territory as soldiers and civilians. They could even fight for their own houses in the upcoming war.

If part of the pie Ryan had drawn had been fulfilled, then the soldiers would not have any doubts about the remaining part.

Looking at these soldiers, Ryan believed that even if Atel appeared now, these soldiers would not remember their former identities as slaves of Count Weiss, but would fight even harder.

Having enjoyed better treatment, they were absolutely unwilling to go back to being slaves.

As for other problems, Ryan even promised to send them women.

"Lord Touré."

Looking at the lord and nobleman in front of him, Ryan spoke as if he had just remembered:
"Oh, by the way, I forgot that the lord system will not be fully established until this year's God's Grace Festival, so for now, I should call you Knight Toure. You are not a noble yet. According to the rules, you are not a noble yet."

When he said this, Ryan's hand subconsciously reached for the knight's sword at his waist.

"I respect your identity as a pioneer knight, Knight Toure, but dying while expanding territory is also the fate of many pioneers. What do you think, Knight Toure?"

Seeing Ryan's actions, the captured Knight Toure was frightened. He was afraid of the coming of death, so he shouted.

"Baron Ryan, I am a lord, a lord recognized by the Empire. You cannot kill me."

"I just said that the Lordship system will not be fully established until the Divine Grace Festival, and you are not one yet."

"I...even if I'm not a lord yet, I'm still a pioneer noble. I'm willing to spend money to redeem my freedom."

"Of course it's possible, but I don't seem to be short of money right now, and what is the war between you and Baron Baird about?"

"It's a fight over land, but after this year's God's Grace Festival, you will be a lord, and your territory will belong entirely to the soon-to-be-born baby baron, right? Are you that concerned about this?"

Ryan looked at Baron Touré and said in a speculative tone:

"Or do you not intend to swear allegiance to the baron who is still in your belly, and want to occupy your own territory and fight against the baron you are attached to?"

"Of course that's not the case."

Toure's face was covered in sweat.

Ryan suddenly said at this time:
"I plan to send you to the territory of Baron Monoz. As a noble, I don't plan to ask for your ransom. I think even though Baron Monoz hasn't been born yet, he will definitely thank me in the future."

"No, I'm not going there!"

Baron Toure shouted loudly that he had his own territory, his own wealth and people, and he would not be willing to be imprisoned in the barony.

During this period, he and the baron's family, whose baron had not yet been born, were in constant conflict.

"That is not up to you. What you should think about now is how much wealth and people I allow you to take with you to Baron Monnoz's territory."

Toure's face was full of despair. He stared at Ryan, trying to see a hint of bargaining room on Ryan's young face.

"I……"

In the end, the future Lord Toure was defeated. Because the baron he was attached to had not yet been born, he had a lot of freedom and could even be attached to Viscount Dragun independently as a lord. But at the same time, in front of Ryan, he had no room for resistance because of this.

Baron Monnoz's family would never speak for him, and even hoped that he would be escorted to the barony to swear allegiance to the baron.

Most importantly, Lord Ture really felt the murderous intent from Ryan.

He would really kill himself, and this was the reason why he dared not refute.

"Your family has developed the current Knight Territory. I believe that Lord Touré will also open up a similar territory in the future."

Ryan said with a smile, which made Toure even more desperate.

"Baron Baird, are you satisfied with this result?" Ryan turned his head and looked at Baron Baird, who was a little excited.

"Satisfied, of course satisfied."

Lord Ture gave the Knight's Territory to Ryan, and Ryan gave half of it to Baron Baird.

"The other half of the territory is also yours. After all, my territory is in the frozen land, which is too far away from here. When you, Baron Baird, fulfill all your promises, I will completely hand over that territory to you."

"Don't worry, Ryan. I will send people to deliver food and iron ore to the Frozen Territory every year. This is a promise between us, and the Baird family will never break their promise."

"I believe the Baird family will never break their promise."

Ryan said with a smile, and Baron Baird looked at the army in the distance and couldn't help sighing.

Fortunately, Ryan did not add gold coins to the conditions.

Did Ryan want a lot? Of course not a lot, just a little every year, the amount would not make Baron Baird have other thoughts.

At least, not within ten years.

And most importantly, Ryan will plunder the wealth and population in Lord Toure's territory during this period. Except for the soldiers and slaves taken away by Lord Toure himself, and some wealth, the rest all belongs to Ryan.

His army set out from the Flower of the Boreas, and now its numbers have grown.

The population of Lord Toure's knight territory was only about 1,700. He took away more than 600 people. Of the remaining more than 1,000 people, Ryan occupied more than 500 young and strong families, and the rest were left to Baron Baird. Of course, the baron also had to pay a small amount of gold coins for the purchase.

These things naturally caused the army to be stranded in the Fighter Territory, and the news from Ryan also reached the ears of the new Viscount Miles in the distant Zero Crossing City.

boom!
Rag angrily pushed down the exquisite food and silverware in front of him and looked at the mess on the floor. However, none of the maids around dared to come out to clean it up.

"Damn damn Frozen Baron! And that Christian, he actually dared to come back!"

Raghu roared in anger.

"The Viscount is already mine, and he actually dared to come back. How dare an exiled villain touch the glory of the Miles family!"

"He deserves to die, he deserves to die!!!"

Rag's roar made the maids around him tremble even more. At this time, only one person dared to appear in front of Rag.

Castor looked at the furious Rag in front of him and said:
"The most important thing now is that Baron Ryan is leading his army to sweep away the nobles who are attached to you. Baron Baird has already betrayed you. If you let him continue, the army in his hands will make all the nobles leave you and support Christian instead."

Hearing this, Rag was also panicked, and he forced himself to calm down.

"How can Baron Ryan have so many troops? Doesn't he have no soldiers left?"

Castor also had a gloomy expression on his face. He didn't know why, but he probably guessed it but couldn't say it out loud.

Rag also reacted and looked at Castor.

"It was the troops that belonged to Count Weiss that were turned into Baron Frozen's own army. Moreover, under his command, your army turned out to be so elite."

Is this saying that he is incompetent? Castor stared at Rag. He respected Viscount Miles before, but there were really not many people in front of him.

"Hmph! Mr. Viscount Miles, now the rumors are out there that Christian is the real Viscount Miles. Maybe you should worry about this instead of questioning the Earl."

Raghu slammed his fist on the table.

"We must defeat Ryan before his army reaches the next noble's territory!"

"We must not allow him to ruin Count Weiss's plan."

(End of this chapter)