Throne of the North.

Chapter 11 My Neighbor Stores Food, I Store Guns

Hatton was able to guess that Ryan came to buy food because before, the first problem that old Baron Hatton encountered after arriving in the North Wind Province was also food.

Even though Hutton didn't know what happened inside the empire, Ryan became the lord of the Frozen Territory, and he had less than ten guards following him.

But that had nothing to do with him. They were all in the baron circle. As long as Ryan could afford a high price, he was willing to sell him some food.

"Lian, my friend, I wonder why you brought so many people here?"

Hatton looked at Ryan and asked sincerely.

Ryan looked bitter and said in his childish voice:
"Mr. Hatton, to be honest, there is no food in my frozen land. If there is still no food, I am afraid I will become the first noble in the empire to starve to death."

After saying that, he couldn't help but look at Hatton.

Hatton looked at Ryan and was about to open his mouth, but then he saw Ryan grab his hand. The huge strength shocked Hatton and he couldn't get rid of it.

The child of the Clayton family who was thrown out of the imperial capital turned out to be a knight?

Hatton was also an apprentice knight, so he could feel that the power in Ryan's hands far exceeded his.

How old is this?

Ryan pulled Hatton and said nervously, "I heard that Baron Hatton and Knight Water had some conflicts?"

After hearing Ryan's words, the smile on Hatton's face disappeared and he became angry.

"How come even Baron Ryan heard about this?"

The Knight Water mentioned by Ryan is a pioneer knight.

The Empire's pioneer lords or pioneer knights all need a pioneering order issued by the Empire before they can enclose land and govern themselves in unowned areas.

Such pioneer lords and pioneer knights are particularly numerous in the North Wind Province. For example, Baron Hatton's father, Baron Hatton the Elder, sold his property and territory in exchange for a pioneer order to come to the North Wind Province.

As for the pioneer knights, they are much more troublesome than the pioneer lords.

First of all, because the pioneer knights were not originally nobles, becoming a pioneer knight meant that they had the possibility of becoming nobles.

This is a class leap, so the number of pioneer knights is much smaller than that of pioneer lords.

There are only two ways to become a pioneer knight. One is to be a descendant of a noble family, but not having the right of inheritance. However, you are especially favored by the noble lord. The noble lord pays some price in exchange for a pioneer knight's pioneer order.

The second way is for a knight to be at least a formal knight, and then have made contributions in certain battles, and then be endorsed by a noble behind the knight to apply for a knight's pioneering order from the empire.

It can be said that both methods require reliance on the nobility itself in order to get the opportunity to become a nobility.

Especially the second type, one must first become a knight, then join a noble and fight for the noble, then the knight's future descendants may get a pioneering order because of the noble's rights.

It is a hundred times more difficult for a knight who is not a noble to become a noble than for the offspring of a noble.

The Water Ryan mentioned is the second type.

Walter's title of pioneer knight comes from Grand Duke Meyers.

That’s right, it was Grand Duke Meyers who made the Northern Wind Province an imperial province.

Five or six generations of Watt's ancestors were all knight squires of Grand Duke Meyers. In the beginning, they had produced a golden knight, so they could be said to be absolute supporters of Grand Duke Meyers.

The fifth generation after the Golden Knight was the pioneering knight, Knight Water. In fact, Knight Water got such a ticket to become a noble because he married a woman from the Meyers family. In fact, this was also a political struggle and compromise within the empire. At that time, Grand Duke Meyers occupied the North Wind Province, but there was no place in the North Wind Province that belonged to the Meyers family.

The other nobles of the empire did not want to see the Meyers family own the Northern Wind Province, and as compensation, they used a bunch of knight development orders to offset the contributions of Grand Duke Meyers.

Yes, the Knight's Pioneering Order is just a pile of waste paper for a grand duke, and he has to use it to win people's hearts, otherwise his followers will have strange thoughts.

Therefore, even the Knight's Development Order used as compensation was used by those nobles to disgust Grand Duke Meyers.

This is not much different from Ryan's experience. His baronial seat was used to compensate his father, Earl Clayton, in the political struggle of the empire. Compared with Grand Duke Meyers, he is just a basket of knight pioneering orders in front of the Grand Duke.

Once they become pioneer knights, they no longer fight for the noble lords, but for themselves. Between interests, even if they were once subordinates, there is no guarantee that these pioneer knights will not betray Grand Duke Meyers in the future.

As for the conflict between Knight Water and Baron Hatton, it comes from many aspects.

There are conflicts between territories, conflicts over money, and conflicts over resources.

The Barony of Hatton and the Knighthood of Water were adjacent to each other, and there had been conflicts of varying sizes over a small iron mine, resulting in the deaths of many slaves.

As a baron who lives off his parents, Baron Hutton's subordinates are weaker than those of Knight Water, and they have no enterprising spirit. Compared with Water who has the pioneering order, Hutton is like a sheep.

Baron Hutton suffered a lot in fights big and small, so much so that when he heard Ryan mention Baron Water, he became very angry.

"Is Baron Ryan here to take advantage of the situation?" Hutton said coldly.

"Nobles cannot start wars among themselves. Has Baron Hatton forgotten this?" Ryan said an imperial rule that no noble in the North Wind Province had ever cared about.

"Wat is a pioneer knight. As long as the Empire does not give him the seat of baron, he will be a pioneer knight."

"There is also a gap between knights and nobles."

Ryan looked at Hatton, "Baron Hatton, my friend, I am here to help you."

As he said this, Ryan shouted without even turning his head, and Baron Hatton was so frightened that his legs went limp.

"Array up!"

Behind Ryan, thirty knight squires stood out in neat rows with spears in their hands within a few breaths, and in front of them was Brand, the guardian knight who had bare arms even in the cold winter.

Gollum~
Looking at the thirty majestic knight attendants behind Ryan, Hatton's eyes widened, because before, these people were all wearing animal skins instead of imperial leather armor, and he thought they were just ordinary civilians.

Thirty apprentice knights, and such capable soldiers at that. Where did Ryan get so many elite soldiers?
Frozen collar? Are you kidding me?
Could it be that Earl Clayton secretly gave some support to this offspring?
Thinking of this, Hutton's eyes suddenly became bright.

Ryan looked at Baron Hutton and had an idea in his mind.

He needed food. He had no money and no land, but there were so many mouths to feed.

Then we can only rob it.

These neighbors must have food for the winter, so don't blame him for being rude if they are extremely hungry.

My neighbors stockpile food, and I stockpile guns. Faced with the current food crisis, Ryan has never thought of using conventional means.

Baron Hatton was a typical aristocrat who just lived a life of idleness and waiting to die. When he heard that the dozens of people behind Ryan were there to help him fight, there was no longer anything else in his mind.

"Walter, you have swallowed up so much of my territory, give it all back to me!"

(End of this chapter)