Throne of the North.

Chapter 168 Exchange and Free Trade

Ryan has always had ideas about the economic development of the Frozen Territory, but the most crucial point in this matter is circulation.

Productivity must interact and circulate to create an economy. Unless Ryan can find a gold mine in the north, a large amount of gold coins and wealth can only be obtained in this way.

This step was also recorded in Ryan's notebook, that is, free trade.

Ryan believed that as long as free trade was spread throughout Lingdu County and even the North Wind Province, the crops from the other world and the tens of thousands of people in the Frozen Territory would easily bring him a lot of wealth.

During the war in Tieshan County at the end of last year, Ryan had opened up economic exchanges between Tieshan County and Lingdu County on a small scale. If all goes well, the lives of the noble lords in Lingdu County will be better this year.

But only some.

If you want more free trade, you need to fight more wars and open up more trade routes. When the major chambers of commerce in the south begin to reduce their investment in the Northern Wind Province, the economic trade within the Northern Wind Province must be activated.

This is Ryan's plan. Of course, the premise of everything is that the North Wind Province must act according to his will.

Otherwise, Ryan would be unwilling to plant trees for others and let them pick the fruits.

"War. As a baron, I can only command the entire North Wind Province. It can only be war."

Ryan thought so and turned to the military camp at the foot of Rhino Horn Mountain.

With the development of the territory, the army has officially arrived just below the north side of Rhino Horn Mountain, that is, the land between the frozen North Gar River and Rhino Horn Mountain. Looking up, one can see the large shadow cast by the protruding part of the majestic Rhino Horn Mountain.

The war is about to come, and Ryan also needs to train. Previously, the power of the Dragon Heart pushed his three knight breathing methods to the level of the Silver Knight. Until now, he has not yet adapted to this powerful strength.

Moreover, although he had the help of the Viscountess, Ryan still needed to spend some of his energy on knight training.

Wars had no habit of killing nobles, but…what if?
If Viscount Dragun was stronger, wouldn't he have been able to survive?

“There are still too few people who are suitable for management.”

Three days later, the new year and the new Lingdu County Development Conference began in the Frozen Territory.

Ryan's statement made the nobles of Lingdu County feel a little novel, so they came to the Frozen Territory as promised.

At least... they thought that was what they thought, and it was definitely not because they were worried about the war in the North Wind Province this year and wanted to know what the Frozen Earth Baron, the military strategist, was planning.

Ryan, who had just finished training, looked at the dozens of noble members who came to the meeting hall of the Frozen Territory. He put on the gorgeous noble robes brought by the maids, and his voice sounded serious in the ears of these nobles.

"Everyone, you all know what the nobles in the south call the Northern Wind Province."

"Poor and cold are the labels given to us by the nobles in the south."

"Even because of this situation, even in the South, our relatives keep their distance from us."

Ryan's words made these nobles frown unconsciously. Indeed, they were not welcomed if they went to the south. This also led to the fact that the previous generation wanted to return to their homeland, but their generation of nobles rarely thought about going to the south.

What are you going there for? Are you being looked down upon?
Rather than being the head of a chicken, these nobles are only willing to abuse their power in the north.

"Cold is the price paid for the gods' interdimensional war. The cold brought by the winter wind cannot even be driven away by the gods. This has nothing to do with us, but..."

Ryan looked at these nobles. Each of them was wearing gorgeous clothes that cost a lot of money. "Are the nobles in the North really poor?"

Ryan raised the question, causing these nobles to subconsciously start thinking along the way.

"Of course we are not poor. Everyone here is a noble who owns several mines. Such a huge fortune has made us rich. This is a land resource that most nobles in the south cannot match in hundreds of years."

"But in our hands, such a huge fortune is hard to turn into golden punk."

"We have vast land resources, but we can only watch the nobles in the south grow richer little by little, and we are forced to be labeled as poor."

"Do you know why this is?"

“We have more resources, but we are less wealthy.”

"why?"

Baron Hatton asked this question subconsciously, and Ryan couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

"Because of circulation, our land resources cannot be smoothly circulated to distant places. Even within us, there is no economic exchange between noble territories."

"The only ones we can rely on are those chambers of commerce, so only those chambers of commerce truly know that the North has never been poor. We not only have the richest iron ore in the empire, but also a vast, undeveloped North."

"We used to hand over our resources to those chambers of commerce and earn a small amount of money, but none of us knew how much gold coins those chambers of commerce earned in the south or even further away with our resources."

"But we can guess that a highland warhorse only costs a few dozen gold coins in the south, but what about in the North Wind Province? You should have bought one, right?"

The gap is several times or even ten times.

The nobles have a good education and will be able to react to the price difference even if they are slow.

"By the same token, what will happen to the price of iron ore from the Northern Province if it is transported to the south?"

"The iron ore we mined in the past year should be worth ten times as much if not a hundred times as much in the hands of those chambers of commerce. Otherwise, why would there still be chambers of commerce in the Northern Wind Province that are unwilling to give up the wealth here and go north even if they are exploited by the Flying Wing Canyon?"

"Everything is trade brought about by circulation. This is true for Beifeng Province, and it is also true for the various noble territories in Lingdu County."

"This year, everyone should have eaten game from Tieshan County, right?"

Ryan's words finally made these nobles react.

Yes, in last year's war, Ryan opened the door to free trade for Tieshan County, which resulted in their food being much better this year. And it was vaguely visible that the gold coins in their pockets were indeed better than at the beginning of last year.

There weren't many good ones, but what was there really made them think they were managing the business well.

Now hearing what Ryan said, it is obvious that this wealth came from Tieshan County.

The nobles felt something strange in their hearts, but they couldn't tell what it was exactly. In short, it was a fact that they had more money.

(End of this chapter)