Throne of the North.

Chapter 285: Four kinds of resources, Mr. Ryan's ulterior motives revealed
Although the war in the mine has stopped, more troops are coming here from all directions.

The portal to the other world was closed, and the nobles could not come in, but Countess Winter used the magic means she had left here before to open the space portal at a huge cost, bringing in all the Flying Wolf Cavalry and some of the nobles.

After these nobles came in, they went to their own territories and brought their own armies.

Shortly after the war stopped, there were already no less than 10,000 troops gathered here.

The war was not over. On the contrary, with the arrival of these noble troops, the situation once again turned in favor of Earl Winter.

"This is my gold mine. You are declaring war on my Winter Family!"

In war, one often needs a legitimate reason to gain a higher position, and this is the case for Earl Winter now.

People like Count Sauron are shameless plunderers and thieves.

"Humph! Every mineral vein in the alternate dimension belongs to all the nobles. You, Count Winter, selfishly mined for gold, and you dared to file a complaint after we discovered you?"

Count Sauron also fought back, saying that it was necessary to stand on the right side, otherwise he would not even have a single supporter.

In short, you have to make sense to continue.

"I have already discussed this with the nobles, but it is you who are the ones who are asking for it!"

Count Winter was confident.

"The key to the gate to the other world is only in the hands of Lord Marquis Beifeng, but he has closed the gate privately and does not allow any nobles to enter or leave. Why is that?"

"Because of what you said, Baron Ryan is in crisis and needs the support of the noble army?"

Ryan blinked and looked at the two nobles with some hostility in his eyes.

So, I was used as an excuse?
No matter what, I have to bear this bad reputation.

Regarding this matter, Marquis Beifeng did not have any way to refute it like Earl Sauron. He hesitated for a long time with his chest heaving, and he didn't know what to say.

"We were originally here to rescue Baron Ryan, but we discovered this gold mine on the way."

It was Count Sauron who spoke back, as if he had prepared such an argument long ago.

After saying that, he looked at Ryan again.

"Baron Ryan knows this matter best."

Ryan sneered in his heart, but nodded on the surface.

"Yes, I am hunting the divine beast from this other world. Dragons are the closest beings to gods, and you all know that my father, Earl Clayton, has a dragon mount that will soon become a legend. I hope to be able to help him."

The reason is beyond reproach. The nobles might even beat up their own children when they go back and then say "look at other people's vocabulary" to vent their anger.

"Really? That's a coincidence."

Count Winter sneered angrily.

"Then is it also a coincidence that you slaughtered my army and declared war on my Winter family?"

There is no solution to this problem. There is no extra reason for the outbreak of war. It is simply the existence of the gold mine that forces them to make the decision as quickly as possible.

“We’re just taking back the part that’s ours.”

Count Sauron knew that he could not acknowledge the motive for the war and could only muddy the waters from a political perspective.

"Okay, very good!"

Count Winter gnashed his teeth and said:
"Then I want to take back the victory that belongs to me. My soldiers cannot die in vain. Now that the war has begun, let's continue!"

In the current war, Count Winter has a greater advantage.

"No one can give up the interests of the gold mine. Why not sit down and solve it in a more gentle way?"

Ryan spoke, which made Earl Winter even more angry. If it weren't for the fishing nets and gum, how could his Flying Wolf Cavalry suffer such heavy losses.

"Once the war has begun, it cannot be easily ended."

"Then we'll have to wait."

After Ryan finished speaking, he didn't care about the many nobles present, and retreated to the other side of the mine with his soldiers.

Soon, the sound of marching troops was heard from the mountains and forests.

The soldiers who had arrived were from noble families of several other counties.

With the appearance of Earl Sauron, the noble army of Longshan County would not refuse the earl's call even if there were no nobles present. Ryan appealed to their emotions and reason, and in exchange for the profits from the gold mines, he let the armies of Lingdu County and Tieshan County move closer.

With the arrival of Count Winter, these troops will soon receive the news and their troops will also appear here.

The confrontation between the two sides gradually evolved into a war between counties.

This scene was suddenly unbearable.

Even great nobles would find it difficult to bear the consequences of a war involving tens of thousands of soldiers.

The war state of the past two years has left the nobles of the North Wind Province with a strong sense of war-weariness.

There is actually no conflict between them going to war for their own interests and being tired of war.

Thus, this war, which had just begun, came to a halt in a dreadful manner.

"Since the gold mines are to be divided, then all the veins should be divided."

"Including you nobles."

Earl Winter stared at Earl Sauron and Baron Ryan. These two nobles had a large magic crystal mine in their hands, which they also wanted to divide.

"Okay."

Ryan agreed immediately with a smile on his face, while Count Sauron's expression was much more gloomy.

……

The portal to the other dimension was finally opened.

Many nobles once again appeared on Thundercloud Mountain and began to discuss how to distribute the resources of the other world.

"Our goal is for resources and wealth from another world."

"Instead of war, continuous war, we have already lost many soldiers. If we continue to fight, all of our nobles will lose their slaves and labor force next year."

"Are noble men not going to farm themselves?"

"The resources of the other world are the wealth of the entire Northern Wind Province. We should use the wealth to develop our territory and increase our wealth so that we can have a say in the empire."

"We need peace and a result, a result where no one can covet the resources of other nobles."

"The war cannot continue."

Viscount Hogg, the only outsider in the mansion, looked at these nobles in confusion.

What happened? Is there something I don't know?
He hadn't done anything when he was suddenly called over and listened to the hysterical words of Marquis Beifeng.

"That's exactly what we should do. We should spend more time in our own territory rather than in the plane of another world."

The nobles nodded in agreement, but none of them had any good suggestions regarding the so-called results.

Finally, Ryan stood up amidst the gazes of the crowd. "I think, if we want to divide up the benefits of the alternate world, we must first understand how much wealth we can obtain from this alternate world of mountains and forests."

“The first is the population of those indigenous tribes.”

"Population is always the most fundamental resource for a territory to be strong. Every noble's territory has a large population, which is why they can have a strong army and an extraordinary legion."

"The two earls are most aware of this. To be honest, the Earl Clayton family controlled by my father, Ryan Clayton, is able to have such a large army of extraordinary flame dragon knights because of the resources and population control of the other world."

Speaking of Earl Clayton, many nobles present could not help but feel jealous. He was a great nobleman who was known as the candidate for the fifth Grand Duke of the Empire and the goal of many families for generations.

"So the population resources of the other world plane cannot be ignored."

“What is the second resource?”

"I think our past hunts have given us the answer, that is, there are countless beasts in the mountains and forests that have bathed in divinity."

"These beasts are food, and they are rare meat. Meat can make us stronger. Some of them can be domesticated and become livestock. In my frozen land territory, many families have already started raising goats captured from the forest world."

"With domestication from generation to generation, this kind of goat will become a great source of wealth in the territory. Most importantly, it is sustainable. Ewes give birth to lambs, and the lambs grow up and give birth to lambs again, just like chickens laying eggs, and eggs hatching chickens. They will become our wealth."

"Besides that, there are magical beasts. There are many magical beasts in the forest world. We all know one thing: a powerful knight must have a powerful mount. If you are lucky enough to tame a magical beast, it means a family's heritage for at least a hundred years."

"So I think that the wild beasts and magical beasts in the forest world are the second resource we can obtain."

“So what is the third resource?”

"Is this the mine for which we started the war?"

"No, never. You can become a nouveau riche by selling mines, but you can't become a noble noble by selling mines. This is why the nobles of our Northern Wind Province have not been accepted by the Southern nobles for so many years."

“All we have left is the mine.”

"We already have mines, so can more mines change our perception in the eyes of southerners?"

"So, the third resource is the trees in the mountain and forest world, which is the soil of the other world."

"There is a lot of frozen soil in the North Wind Province, and there is not much land that can be used for farming. It is too difficult to open up wasteland. Most importantly, we need soil that is suitable for growing food."

"Some of the trees in the other world are not found here."

"What are the southern nobles most proud of? It's the glory left to them by their ancestors. In the Northern Wind Province, we don't have it. Therefore, we must build our own glory and create a wonder that belongs to the Northern Wind Province."

"Once we succeed, when the nobles in the south mention the nobles of the Northern Wind Province, they will no longer think of us as barbarians living in mines. They will think of the glory we have built. They will be yearning for it, because we, the nobles of the Northern Wind Province, have achieved what their proud ancestors have done."

Ryan's words brightened the eyes of the nobles who were preparing to deepen their ties with the southern nobles. Little did they know that it was precisely because of the recent shift in focus of the nobles in the North Wind Province that Ryan said this.

He wanted to build a wonder, or to be more precise, a tourism development base.

Master Ryan cannot do this alone, and the nobles of the North Wind Province need to unite.

If you want to develop the economy, you can't do without tourism.

The initial materials for the wonders are the trees in the forest world that are not found in the empire.

It's not even just an ornamental crop. If Master Ryan becomes rich in the future, these rare and unprecedented trees can be sold to druids and elves, which will be a huge deal.

"The fourth type of resource is a mineral that can only be mined over time."

"Iron ore, copper ore, silver ore, gold ore, magic crystal ore, all the mineral veins are the fourth resource we can obtain."

"In my opinion, in the entire alien world, apart from these four resources, there is no fifth one."

"Baron Ryan!"

A baron spoke up and said, yes, all those who could appear here today were at least barons, because there were too many people, no lords were called.

"What about divinity? The most important thing in the alternate dimension world should be divinity."

"Divinity?"

"Divinity is no longer voluntary."

Ryan sighed and said:

"According to Countess Winter's investigation, the divinity of the other world had been spread by the gods in every corner of the mountains and forests many years ago. That's why the beasts of the other world grew so huge and nurtured those mineral veins in the mountains and forests."

"Each of the four resources I mentioned earlier is a part of divinity. We are actually mining divinity."

"In addition, the Governor can also testify to this matter. Do you really think that it was Baron Ryan who was in danger and caused the portal to be closed?"

Ryan didn't want to bear a bad reputation for certain things, and Marquis Beifeng didn't want to either, so he immediately stood up and said:
"That's right. I ordered the legendary knight Mulan to close the portal because the loss of divinity on the key to the portal to the other world has accelerated."

"We speculate that the ten years mentioned earlier will not be that long, because our mining will accelerate the loss of divinity, thus causing the death of the other world plane in advance."

No noble wanted to take the blame for this, so no one said anything.

"This time will be shortened from ten years to eight years, or even five years, due to our subsequent mining of mineral veins."

"I think this is why we must sit down and discuss a suitable outcome. If we develop another world during the war, how much wealth can we get in three to five years?"

Ryan asked back and then spread his hands.

"So now, we should talk about how the four resources of the other world are divided."

"Let's start discussing one by one."

"First is the first resource, the indigenous population of the otherworldly dimension."

"Before that, I need to remind you that those natives are not slaves. They are extraordinary seeds that have the potential to evolve into barbarians. When we discuss how to deal with them, we must also take into account the wishes of the native tribes themselves."

"You don't want hundreds or thousands of restless people to suddenly appear in your territory, do you?"

"You have also witnessed the cruelty of the natives."

"The natives of the Blue Lion Tribe, the Black Bear Tribe... the Grey Eagle Tribe, these six tribes belong to me, Ryan. I have reached a consensus with those natives on this point in the past."

"I will also strive to recruit the remaining population of the indigenous tribes. My frozen land territory is not afraid of anything except insufficient population."

"This matter cannot be discussed here. You need to send people to communicate with those tribes yourself."

"Then Baron Ryan, I wonder how you conquered those tribes before?"

The one who spoke was Baron Hatton, Ryan's neighbor. He was also stimulated by the development of the Frozen Territory. This slacker baron couldn't help but want to follow suit.

The pressure from the neighbors is really a bit too much.

"It's simple. We control the land and the orthodoxy. We can allow them to safely leave that dying world and give them a legitimate identity in the empire."

“This is the biggest bargaining chip we have.”

"Besides that, on the military level, I'm very powerful, right?"

"Among the indigenous tribes, only the strongest can become the leader, and they are naturally willing to follow me."

The strong will always be strong. Ryan can almost see that it is unlikely that the indigenous tribes will appear in the baron's territory. At least only a viscount can be sure of suppressing a tribe.

"I will use these conditions in exchange for them becoming my subjects. It's that simple."

The nobles listened and thought deeply. Why did it feel like Baron Ryan had been planning today's situation a long time ago?
(End of this chapter)