Throne of the North.

Chapter 15: Bringing Food Home
When it comes to interests, no noble will be frivolous.

"Of course I have to take all the food away. I'm here just for this."

"Can your frozen land territory eat so much food?"

"You also know that I'm the Frozen Earth Baron? If you don't prepare more, what will we eat next year? Are you going to rely on robbing again?"

After saying that, Ryan glanced at Hatton, which made the latter feel a chill down his spine.

The two people closest to the Frozen Territory are Hatton and Water. Now there is nothing left for Water to steal. Could it be that they are here to steal his Barony?
Wrapping himself in the bearskin coat he had just looted, Hatton took a step back.

"Then you don't need so much food. This much food is enough to feed two thousand people for half a year."

"So, I'm going to take a group of slaves with me."

Ryan said as a matter of course.

"No, I've already given you half of the gold coins, Ryan, you're too greedy."

"Baron Hatton, don't forget that if it weren't for me, your Knight Commander might have been killed today. Besides, it would be hard for you to sleep with a pioneer knight of bronze knight strength next to you, right?"

"I have helped you solve a serious problem. From now on, only your barony will expand towards the Knights of Water."

It seems that this is also a huge benefit. After hearing Ryan's words, Hutton decided not to care about it anymore.

Ryan did not mention the iron mine. Now the iron mine naturally belonged entirely to Master Hatton. Thinking of this, Hatton seemed to see thousands of gold coins falling from the sky.

What are these things compared to iron ore?
"It's settled then, but I want to keep the two cat ladies."

"Row."

Although Ryan was somewhat curious about the structure of the beast-eared girl, he chose to give up because his own territory was in need of reconstruction.

After a simple division of the spoils, Ryan was too lazy to care about how Hutton dealt with things here, and directly let the slaves load all the food onto the ox carts and horse carts.

Hatton didn't say much about the fact that these ox carts and horse carriages were also indirectly taken away by Ryan.

He also knew what the frozen land was like, and he even suspected that half of the food would be consumed on the way.

……

Ryan was somewhat thankful that the swamp between the Frozen Territory of the Northern Wind Province and other places was frozen because it was winter. Otherwise, it was very likely that as Hatton had imagined, the ox carts and horse carriages would be stuck in the swamp and most of the food would be consumed.

The frozen swamp reduced food consumption a lot, but they encountered a lot of trouble when crossing the mountains and forests.

There is no complete road to reach the permafrost territory, and most of the time it is a steep mountain road.

"Go and help them get the food up." In the end, Ryan mobilized the strength of the knights' servants. They were much stronger than slaves, and even Brand alone carried a cow across the ravine.

The vast mountains and forests were covered in nothing but silver. What Ryan had not expected was that the consumption of slaves was even greater than that of food.

"It's just such a short distance, and more than twenty slaves have died?"

Ryan couldn't help but question Rosen, who looked nervous and didn't know how to explain.

It didn't take long for Ryan to figure out what was going on.

The nobles' exploitation of the slaves in the territory was endless. These slaves simply did not have much food to eat, and it was still winter. The fact that only more than twenty of them died walking on such a mountain road was already considered Ryan's speed in taking care of these slaves.

After thinking about this, Ryan lost his temper and could only order the slaves that everyone would have black bread to eat when they arrived at the Frozen Territory.

This thought made the slaves more or less angry.

But in the cold winter, with snow all over the place, more and more people disappeared as they walked, and the team gradually became silent.

In the silence, the old butler Beard couldn't help but speak.

"Master Ryan, you should fight for it more." He didn't quite understand, but still thought that Master Ryan had no idea about these things.

"If it weren't for us, Baron Hatton would never have been able to take over the mine, nor would Knight Water have received so much wealth."

"Master Ryan, you only want food and slaves, which is a big loss. Even the armor and warhorse of Knight Watt are valuable. And Master Ryan should take a share of the iron mine."

"Haha, Beard, you can't help it. I thought you were going to say it when we were in the swamp."

Ryan laughed.

"Bild, the things Knight Watt took, as well as the iron mine, are not so easy to get."

"Have you forgotten that Knight Water has an heir? Even if Knight Water dies, the Knighthood does not belong to Baron Hatton."

"Knight Water married a woman from the Meyers family, and with the merits of his ancestors, he was able to obtain such a pioneering order."

"But the pioneering order fell into the hands of Knight Water, and his wife and even his son made great efforts."

"His sixteen-year-old child is not in the Knights of Watt. This is the best proof."

"I'm afraid that guy is studying in the Duke of Meyers' territory."

"Now that Knight Watt is dead, he must come and inherit the territory, otherwise the Knight Territory will soon become what the Frozen Territory was like."

"I left so many things for Baron Hatton. When little Walter comes back, will he cause trouble for Baron Hatton, or for me, a baron separated by swamps and forests?"

"In fact, I have figured out that although the political struggle within the empire prevented Grand Duke Meyers from occupying the land of the Northern Wind Province, the Grand Duke does not seem to have thought of giving up this place."

"Don't worry, Baron Hatton will beg me. When that time comes, it will not be easy to satisfy my appetite."

Beard looked at Ryan in shock. He didn't expect that Master Ryan had such foresight.

Suddenly, the old butler's gaze returned to its original state.

Master Ryan will definitely become a great noble in the empire.

"And Beard, these slaves are actually the most important."

Ryan said, but did not explain, instead he looked at his panel.

【Spirituality: 788】

[Divinity: Blessing of the Deer Spirit]

The spirituality of more than 700 is Ryan's greatest gain. Even if we put this aside, population is necessary for the development of the territory. What's more, the development of the frozen land territory will kill many people.

Ryan will need many slaves.

For the frozen land territory, what it needs most is population.

If he wasn't worried about the lack of food, he would have wanted to bring back all the slaves led by Knight Water.

Moreover, his 70,000 to 80,000 kilograms of food could not last for the half a year as Hutton said.

Do you really think that Baron Lane and Baron Hutton are just like those who don't care about slaves?

If you want to develop the territory quickly, some incentives are indispensable, and food is the most important thing in the North.

Warmth and food enabled these slaves to work for him twenty hours a day.

There was snow flying in front of me, snowflakes like petals were falling from the sky, and the Rhino Horn Mountain in front was in full view.

At the end of this December, Ryan returned to his loyal frozen land.

(End of this chapter)