Throne of the North.

Chapter 347 The King and the Nobles

In the royal city, the first people Ryan saw were not the nobles of the kingdom.

Instead, they were representatives from the Empire's Chamber of Commerce.

"My Lord Baron, you have brought a huge fortune to our Blade Rose Chamber of Commerce."

Irina stood in the ruined royal city, her eyes full of love for this royal city that was about to become complete ruins, because the Chamber of Commerce had obtained a large number of trade contracts in the past few days.

"Yes, it's such a huge fortune, so how much do you plan to give me?"

Ryan said with a smile, causing Irina's expression to stiffen a little.

"All the wealth of Blade Rose belongs to the Earl. I am just a steward and have no power to deal with it."

"Then you must hurry up and ask the legendary countess."

Ryan said:

"After all, sometimes a contract can disappear without a trace, especially within the Andara Kingdom. The new king here will regret making a deal with you soon."

Irina looked at Ryan. She wanted to ask whether it was the king who wanted to go back on his word or Baron Ryan who wanted to go back on his word, but in the end she did not dare to say it.

Ryan has not returned to the empire yet, but the news about Baron Ryan within the empire has spread like wildfire. Countless people believe that Baron Ryan is a rising star in the empire. If it were not for the changes in the title system, Baron Ryan would most likely become an earl like his father in the future.

The war in the Andara Kingdom ended, and Baron Ryan was very dazzling.

"I think the Earl will not let you down, Baron."

After Irina finished speaking, the chamber of commerce representatives around her also came over and began to talk about their real purpose.

"Lord Ryan, our Lantern Chamber of Commerce wants to establish a base in the Andara Kingdom. We are a little worried about security, so we would like to ask you to help us invite some nobles..."

The chamber of commerce representatives talked about their chamber's future plans. With the establishment of North Wind Avenue, the end of the war in the Andara Kingdom, and the withdrawal of the Dawn Church from the kingdom's territory, these chambers of commerce swarmed in like sharks smelling blood. They could see the huge benefits involved.

But no matter what they do, they can't avoid both.

One is Baron Ryan, the most powerful owner of North Wind Avenue and the nobles of this land.

Especially the latter, because if they want to obtain the trade wealth here, they must not only pay attention to the Andara Kingdom, but also the Serra Kingdom, because to enter the Andara Kingdom they must cross the Griffin Mountains, which is the land of the Serra Kingdom.

Fortunately, these two things can be one and the same, as Baron Ryan has a strong voice and actual power in both the Sera Kingdom and the Andara Kingdom.

"This matter is not that troublesome."

Ryan said, he told everyone that he had a very safe city, which was once the Wall of Dawn and now the City of Dawn.

At this moment, Ryan felt that all the Chamber of Commerce representatives were glowing. Those who reacted slower quickly realized something and looked at Ryan with eager eyes.

They are the Chamber of Commerce of the Empire. If they enter the territory of the kingdom, they will inevitably need to pay a large sum of wealth to the king and the nobles, or even share the profits with them.

But if it is on Baron Ryan's land, this money can be saved. Although it is given to Baron Ryan, one noble will always have less than so many nobles.

And the key point is that on Ryan's land, they can avoid many troubles in the future. At least in the short term, there will not be many conflicts with the nobles.

"I can allow you to use some streets and land as shops and warehouses, but don't think that you can avoid the nobles of the kingdom. You still have to pay them what they deserve. But I can guarantee that the money will not be too high, and the nobles will accept your sincerity."

"After all, you also want to gain wealth from the nobles' lands, right?"

Wealth is ultimately in the hands of the nobles. They are the masters of the land and the masters of power. The chambers of commerce are the money bags, but if there is no powerful noble behind these chambers of commerce, they are nothing.

Trading requires background, so why are there not many chambers of commerce? Because the vast land is filled with countless malicious intent.

When nobles see the Chamber of Commerce passing through their territory, they will become interested, and wanderers in the mountains and forests will also attack the Chamber of Commerce.

They are not actually safe unless they are protected by a strong military force.

The Chamber of Commerce representatives had no objection to this. After all, they had long been accustomed to the fact that most of the wealth they earned belonged to the nobles, a small part belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, and the remaining part belonged to them, the members of the Chamber of Commerce.

"I can also help you open up trade routes to the Kingdom of Sera, but this is a bit troublesome. You should understand that the Kingdom of Sera is different from the Kingdom of Andara. They are still supporters of the Holy See, but they are not so opposed to the Empire."

"The hundreds of thousands of Dawn believers in Dawn City also migrated to the territory of the Sera Kingdom. Archbishop Adriana is a clergyman who has received blessings from the Lord of Dawn several times. She is the future cardinal. Her attitude towards the empire is not very good."

Ryan bypassed these Chamber of Commerce representatives. These things could not be concluded in a day or two. These people from the Chamber of Commerce needed to go back and have careful discussions. Ultimately, the nobles behind them had to give Ryan an answer before a contract could be concluded.

This is also the reason why Ryan said that the contract between the kingdom and the Chamber of Commerce can actually be revoked, because time is too short, and the contract concluded between the king and the Chamber of Commerce is not a contract concluded between the king and the nobles behind the Chamber of Commerce.

In the contract between the nobles and the Chamber of Commerce, the initiative lies in the hands of the nobles, not to mention a king.

The only contract between nobles is one that even the king dare not easily renege on.

Ryan entered the palace. It must be said that supernatural powers were very helpful in building buildings. With the help of magicians, knights and alchemists, the palace had become tidy again.

However, the gorgeous part is not something that can be solved by extraordinary people. What is needed is wealth and background.

Apart from that, it is only a surface project at the moment, because most of the magic patterns engraved in the previous palace have been lost. Only after replenishing them can the palace be completely restored to its original state.

Standing on the steps of the palace, Ryan looked back at the huge royal city. He could see that in the direction of the palace leading to the southern city, the widest main street was already clean, and there were houses on both sides.

It seemed that the royal city was recovering, if one did not look at the ruins behind the houses on both sides of the street.

In the entire royal city, only the royal palace and the streets leading to the south from the palace are clean and comfortable, because the king has to accept the loyalty of the nobles here. As long as the nobles do not look back, the royal city will remain as majestic as it once was.

These days, all the nobles of the Andara Kingdom have come to the royal city. Everyone tacitly ignores the mess in the royal city and respectfully tells the king about their misery and loyalty.

King Adams enjoyed these days very much, and in order to make that day come sooner, he began to agree to the requests of great nobles such as Canterlot.

When Ryan entered the palace, he was naturally stared at by many eyes. This baron of the empire made an unimaginable impression on the Andara Kingdom.

Ryan responded to the nobles with a smile on his face. He was an excellent noble.

"Lord Canterlot, it seems you got what you wished for."

Ryan naturally stood in the circle of great nobles, looking at Earl Canterlot and other great nobles, who smiled at him, but there was a hint of helplessness in their smiles.

"The king is more majestic than I thought. Perhaps it's due to the help of Mercers."

Earl Canterlot said that if Adams was the only king and royal family, they, the nobles, would be able to play the young king around and pocket a lot of benefits.

However, Count Mercers became a stumbling block that hindered them, and the original plan had only been completed to 30 to 40 percent.

Although the profits are still huge, these nobles are not very satisfied. Their appetite is wider than the earth.

"Count Mercers?"

Ryan nodded and said:

"It seems that the Moses family of the Andara Kingdom is about to rise again."

"Humph!"

A noble snorted coldly, somewhat dissatisfied. Ryan looked over and nodded slightly.

"Earl Scott would be very reluctant to see such an outcome."

At the beginning, the Scott family and the old king worked together to destroy the rebellious army of the Mercers family, and the two families have been enemies for generations.

Now that Count Mercers has risen to power with the help of the king, I think Count Scott will feel quite frustrated for a while.

"I have a solution..."

Ryan's voice made the nobles here look over, each with a shrewd look in their eyes.

"As you know, the military fortresses in the north have been taken back, but a passage has been opened up in the mountains that separate the Andara Kingdom from the North under the power of the Dusk God. The road created by the collapse of more than a dozen peaks allows the orcs in the North to move south."

"Plus, there are still remnants of the Warthog Orcs in the north. The orcs can't grow food, so they will enter the kingdom's land to plunder." "No matter how powerful Count Mercers and the royal family are, they don't have an army now, right?"

Earl Scott's eyes lit up.

"Baron Ryan, the Scott family will remember your kindness."

Ryan smiled slightly. The more ways of making friends with the nobles, the better. This would make his behavior in the kingdom more reasonable and gain more support.

Turning around, Grand Duke Leta of the kingdom has walked out of the palace. He is an authoritative grand duke who has just entered middle age and is now the second most powerful person in the Andara Kingdom.

After a series of wars and chaos, although the performance of the witch in the final war of the royal city was not satisfactory, it did not affect the fact that the grand duke had completely entered the aristocratic circle of the kingdom. In the now ruined Andara Kingdom, with the threat of orcs in the north and the spying of the Serra Kingdom in the south, Grand Duke Leta is constantly being accepted by the kingdom.

Demand determines supply. Grand Duke Leta's strength is exactly what the Andara Kingdom, which is in urgent need of combat power, needs.

However, Ryan noticed that the Archduke did not look particularly happy.

Grand Duke Leta naturally also stood among the ranks of the great nobles. Baron Ryan and Grand Duke Leta also met face to face for the first time today.

"Your Excellency the Grand Duke."

Ryan performed the noble etiquette, and Grand Duke Leta nodded and said to Ryan:

"Lottie cannot return to the palace to live. The palace completely belongs to the king, and he does not allow Lottie to stay in the royal city, as it will affect the king's authority."

Ryan wondered, who is Lottie?

Fortunately, the Count of Canterlot next to him whispered something that made Ryan react and his expression was not so embarrassed.

"Lottie Leta, the second queen of the previous king, had previously ordered the nobles..."

Ryan suddenly realized that this was the first time he knew Queen Leta's name. Thinking of Grand Duke Leta's words, he asked with some guilt.

"So what should Queen Leta do now?"

That woman now lives in Dawn City.

Grand Duke Leta looked at Ryan with cold and deep eyes.

"The king does not want his father's queen to threaten his position and power."

After hearing this, Ryan understood that Adams attached too much importance to the king's identity and authority. Anyone who had previously affected his majesty would be liquidated. Queen Leta, who gave orders to the nobles in the name of the old king, was naturally targeted.

but……

Ryan's eyes gradually became cold.

This is also directed at myself.

Adams, no, it should be Count Mercers. He wanted to enjoy the ignorant King Adams alone and achieve his own interests by controlling the king.

Ryan and Grand Duke Leta, who are able to use the queen to influence the power of the kingdom, are both his enemies.

The great nobles around him were also enemies that Count Moses did not want to see.

If the previous war was a struggle between royal power and theocracy, then when the war ended, it instantly became a political struggle for power within the Andara Kingdom.

These nobles are really quick in getting into the right state.

Ryan only now realized that he still had too little political experience.

The kingdom has not yet completely settled down, and politics has already begun among the nobles.

Theoretically, Ryan obtained all the benefits within the kingdom through the empire's military assistance to the kingdom, but now, in this palace, he has lost his influence and control over the king.

Without Queen Leta, the relationship between him and the king would only be that of a monarch and a noble.

The nobles were silent, thinking about their own gains and losses and the impact of this matter, and the king finally put on the noble robe in a complicated ceremony.

Adams held a scepter and wore a crown, and walked out from the depths of the palace on the golden carpet. He looked solemn and majestic, and his eyes were firm as if he inherited the ancient royal glory.

Count Mercers stood beside him with a shrewd look in his eyes. He had finally achieved his own glory. From today on, the Mercers family would rise again.

He will inherit the glory of his ancestors.

"Long live your Majesty."

The nobles saluted, they did not have to kneel, but after the cheers, Grand Duke Leta came out first, knelt on one knee in front of the king, and stuck his knight's sword on the ground.

"The Leta family will be loyal to you and follow your will."

The expression on Adams' face could no longer be suppressed, and he revealed a smug smile.

"I accept your loyalty, my people."

The Archduke stepped back, and Count Mercers also knelt on one knee and swore allegiance to the king.

Then, ten other earls and nobles came one after another, kneeling on one knee to show their loyalty.

However, after that, all the viscounts and barons needed to do was kiss the ground under the king's feet; they could not just kneel on one knee.

The king accepted with a smile the loyalty of the nobles. Such a scene did not make him feel tired at all, but only made the imperial nobles like Ryan who were watching beside him feel bored.

Finally, when night fell and the king in the firelight accepted the loyalty of the last baron, the ceremony was completely over.

"Your Majesty Andara, congratulations on becoming the noble king of this land. The emperor of the empire is sincerely pleased about this. I think His Majesty will give you a gift."

Finally it was Ryan's turn. He now represented the empire. Now both sides could be said to be completely on the same front of the southern lands against the Holy See.

"Oh? What kind of gift will His Majesty Emperor Flor give me?"

Adams asked curiously, and Ryan replied:
"His Majesty the Emperor will order the Magic Academy to send a group of magicians to the Andara Kingdom to establish a magic academy belonging to the kingdom to help the magicians in the Andara Kingdom learn."

"At the same time, the commander of Wing Canyon, Captain Farel, will also send an army of 2,000 people to help you defend the military fortress in the north to prevent the evil orcs from touching your land again."

Adams was pleasantly surprised.

"Thank you Emperor Flor for your kindness."

The ceremony and the scene are over, and it is time for the banquet. At the banquet, the king will also announce the future interests of the kingdom.

Simply put, it is to redivide the cake.

At this banquet, Ryan also saw a large number of women for the first time.

Many of the noble wives and young ladies made eyes at Ryan, and Ryan could only pretend not to see anything.

He knew that the nobles wanted to make their daughters the queens and bring them along, but when he saw a woman from the Mercers family standing with Adams, Ryan knew that the nobles' plan had failed.

Adams now trusts Count Mercers very much, and the future queen should also be a woman from the Mercers family.

At the banquet, the king announced the heroes who had contributed to the chaos in the kingdom, and the first one that could not be avoided was the help from the empire.

Baron Ryan is just Baron Ryan, but since Baron Ryan represents the empire, all his merits must be ranked behind the empire.

"In order to thank the noble emperor for his help, the Andara Kingdom will grant Baron Ryan and the Empire's Bright Judgment Legion a fortune worth 600,000 gold coins."

"Thank you for your generosity."

After Ryan finished speaking, he said that in the future he would use the wealth to buy supplies on the kingdom's land again, so that the wealth would return to the king's hands.

(End of this chapter)