Throne of the North.

Chapter 367: Northern Chamber of Commerce and Alchemical Blast Furnace

Walking in Tyrael Forest City, Ryan was confused. He looked at both sides and asked:
"Where are your hounds?"

In the city of Scala, there were cages for hunting dogs outside every house, with the dogs inside barking at him. But here, there were cages as well, but the dogs were gone.

Ryan asked, but no one answered him, which made him feel helpless. The problem was that in Gam's civilization, there was only the king of the arena, but no real ruler.

There was no representative. The only one who could represent him was killed by him, and no one knew where the fox skin had escaped to.

The knight's squire behind him turned and left, but soon came back with the answer.

"My Lord Baron, according to their explanation, it seems that the hounds have entered the arena."

Standing in front of the arena again, Ryan listened to the results the soldiers obtained from inside. Thousands of hounds died, and the remaining hounds gnawed on their corpses and lingered in them.

"The fox fur from before is no less beautiful than the golden knight. Is it because of these hounds?"

"The Hound God has the ability to create followers at the level of the Golden Knight?"

Ryan didn't feel too surprised. You know, Surtur, the leader of twilight in the Andara Kingdom, had created a legend.

The gods here can only upgrade the Beast Fighters to gold, which is also their limit.

"He is not as powerful as I thought."

Lion's army surrounded the arena.

"Kill all those hounds."

The knights and servants dismounted their horses and marched towards the arena from all directions in neat steps. Ryan not only wanted to kill the hounds inside, but also to destroy the arena.

The violent roar brought up a lot of dust, and the gradual collapse of the arena made the people of Gam in this city unable to sit still. They rushed out, as if they were ready to fight to the death with Ryan.

This scene made Ryan smile and step back.

"You can keep the arena if you want, but now, go kill those hounds."

"This is my city now. I don't need those hounds to appear."

Ryan gave the city two choices: either they go and kill the hounds, or Ryan destroys the arena and then kills the hounds.

The expressions of the people of Gam became painful. They didn't want to make any choice, so some of them picked up weapons and wanted to fight to the death with Ryan's army.

The chaos did not cause any casualties to Ryan. There were no ordinary people in the two extraordinary legions, and the weakest soldiers had the combat effectiveness of apprentice knights.

"Only blood and death can make them accept the reality."

Under the pressure brought by absolute strength, Tyrael Forest City finally quieted down again, but the corpses proved that this day was not peaceful.

Boom! ! !
The arena was collapsing, and the hounds inside were enraged. They rushed out and were quickly surrounded by the army.

There were only three or four thousand hounds and they could not put up any resistance. Ryan used practical actions to tell the city who was the ruler here now.

It was not difficult to dismantle the wooden arena, and the arena was already very decayed. Standing on the edge of the collapsed ruins, Ryan looked at the dark land in his field of vision. He still did not approach, because he was not sure what means the hound god still retained.

"Anyway, without believers, you are nothing."

Ryan said in a low voice, and the sound of collapse came again in front of him, as if the gods were responding to him angrily.

……

In the center of Tyrael Forest City, the arena is right in the middle of the city, but there is also a huge square outside. Ryan stood on the high platform in the square, looking at the gathered people of Gam.

Next to him was a large amount of delicious food.

"From today on, you are my people, and I will be the lord you will always be loyal to."

"Today, does anyone object?"

Ryan asked calmly. The whole square was terribly quiet. No one refuted his question, so Ryan continued:

"Then, as my people, you will also enjoy every power that I have bestowed upon you."

"This includes giving you great power. Maybe you will be one of the people who will change the world in the future."

Ryan said this, and the spiritual blessing in his hand fell on the ten people. The ten people struggled with trembling muscles, and their sturdy bodies were getting thinner bit by bit.

"You are lucky, eat it."

Ryan said that the ten people had already gone crazy looking at the food, and someone almost choked to death while wolfing it down. Fortunately, a soldier handed over a bucket of water.

Gulu gulu~~
After wolfing down their food for half an hour, the ten people finally calmed down. Their bodies stopped shaking and they felt full of strength. One of them even bit a bone stick in his food without noticing.

"Your gods can grant you the power to transform into wild beasts, but I, your lord, can grant you the power to defeat any beast."

It has to be said that the means of spiritual blessing are no different from miracles. Everyone looked at Ryan and the ten people in shock.

Their faith began to waver. The gods could grant them extraordinary powers, and Ryan could do it too. Then who was the person in front of them who claimed to be their ruler?

Or God?
Some people couldn't believe it, some people knelt on the ground. In short, this city was no longer absolute.

No longer absolutely loyal to the hound spirit in the arena, of course, the same goes for Ryan. Only the numbers of thirty or fifty have been added to his spiritual panel.

However, Ryan's control and influence over the city inevitably increased.

The people of Garm are realistic. They bring destruction to the people of Fenrir under the will of the gods. They call themselves the Sons of Doom. These beliefs bear witness to the people of Garm, who are destined to move towards a stronger future.

In the arena, only the strongest fighters will survive, and the bravest fighters will gain the power of the beast.

Likewise, Ryan's strength also made them surrender.

"There is a huge silver mine beneath the city of Tyrael."

This was the news Ryan got from the people of Tyrael Forest City. They told Ryan that the city was built on a silver mine.

The city of Skara was built on a gold mine, and the city of Tyrael Forest was built on a silver mine. Is there any explanation for this?

Ryan plans to bring a group of miners who are truly loyal to him from the frozen land to explore. As for now, he still needs to take his army to conquer all the people of Gam, those villages and towns in this land, kill their hounds and fighters, and plant Ryan's flag in every civilized place.

The cavalry will do all this quickly. The Violent War Bear Legion will become the base camp of the Stag Cavalry Legion. No matter what trouble they encounter, as long as they return to the armored bear, the cavalry will have the most powerful infantry in the world.

"Those hounds represent the will of the gods here. Not a single one can be left alive."

"And the Gam people in those villages and towns are even more ignorant and more loyal to the gods."

Ryan ordered that it would take a long time to conquer the villages and towns, and he needed to return to the frozen land territory.

I won't be here for three days, by which time I hope you will have completed your conquest of Gam.

Ryan said that he returned to the Frozen Territory and did not close the plane door. This portal was in the military camp under the Rhino Horn Mountain. At the same time, people would constantly go in and out to obtain intelligence on the two extraordinary legions of Brand and Bogeld.

The two legions have all of Ryan's hard work, and no accidents can happen. In comparison, the consumption of spiritual power is nothing. The first thing to do after returning to the frozen land is to pay attention to the movements of the orcs, and then respond to the impact brought by the North Wind Avenue.

In the past few days, the nobles have become a little jealous. The Southern Chamber of Commerce no longer comes to the cold North Wind Province at a certain time every year, but teams appear on a daily basis, then pass through Lingdu City and enter the two kingdoms in the east.

Such changes have brought Baron Ryan a lot of sustainable benefits, and have also made other nobles impatient.

A part of North Wind Avenue originally belonged to them, but these nobles did not know how Baron Ryan gained the benefits, so they were at a loss as to where to start.

Regarding this matter, Ryan once again mentioned the name of the Northern Chamber of Commerce.

"The Chamber of Commerce is not just a Chamber of Commerce. They also need a huge resource supply chain. We cannot snatch those unique resources from the Chamber of Commerce in the South, but we can have the vast wealth of the North, including our unique iron ore."

"North Wind Avenue will not directly bring us benefits. The tolls of the Chamber of Commerce belong to the Kingdom of Serra and the Kingdom of Andara. They are the Chamber of Commerce of the Empire. North Wind Avenue is the road of the Empire. On our side, they will not give me extra gold coins."

"If we want to earn some wealth, the Chamber of Commerce is our only means."

"But not every noble can become the owner of a chamber of commerce."

The Northern Chamber of Commerce has been completely established in Lingdu City. Baron Ryan, Earl Winter, Earl Sauron, Viscount Hogg, Viscount Walter and Viscount Landa will become the owners of the Chamber of Commerce, and they will each own a different proportion of the Chamber of Commerce's profits.

"Our respective chambers of commerce will be combined into the Northern Chamber of Commerce, and the other nobles can send one person to the chamber of commerce to serve as management. The direction of management is to trade the resources in their territories with the Northern Chamber of Commerce."

"We get profits directly from the Chamber of Commerce, while other nobles get more wealth through the supply chain."

Earl Sauron hesitated and said:
"Let their people manage their resource transactions. They will definitely raise the price. A piece of iron ore might be sold to the Northern Chamber of Commerce for one silver coin."

From the moment the Northern Chamber of Commerce was established, the interests of these nobles and other nobles became different. Even Ryan now stands on the side of Earl Sauron.

He smiled and said:

"Therefore, I will also set up an internal monitoring team to make them responsible for finding such things happening."

There is no need to think about it, it will definitely happen. A baron sells his resources to the Northern Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce is responsible for the management of this matter, and they happen to be the baron's subjects. It is obvious that the baron will increase the price, and there is no possibility that the manager will refuse.

This is exactly the result Ryan wanted.

He wanted to use this method to slowly eliminate those nobles, making it impossible for them to become a member of the Northern Chamber of Commerce, and eventually they would only become part of the supply chain.

The fewer nobles there are in the Northern Chamber of Commerce, the better it would be if Ryan was the only one left in the end. Only then would he be the most powerful.

The headquarters of the Northern Chamber of Commerce is in Lingdu City, and Ryan is gradually fulfilling another goal, which is to make Lingdu City the most prosperous place in the north of the empire. It is gradually replacing the status of the North Wind City. The connection between the empire and the kingdom is destined to lead to the prosperity of Lingdu City and the decline of North Wind City at the same time.

As Ryan said, North Wind Avenue will not bring him direct benefits, but Zero Crossing City will.

A large amount of supplies and manpower began to come to Lingdu City from various counties in the North Wind Province. Their appearance made the city more lively and would also bring more registered adventurers to the Northern Brave Guild.

"Not enough, far from enough."

Ryan said this, he had no intention of cutting the leeks, the Northern Brave Guild was still providing all services for free. Of course, the gold coins consumed were just a drop in the bucket of Ryan's wealth.

The population belonging to the North Wind Province in the mountain and forest world began to gradually return to the North Wind Province. Some of them had stayed in that mountain and forest world for a long time. As time passed, the mountain and forest world no longer needed so many miners. They returned to their respective territories. Among them, those who belonged to the Frozen Territory were re-recruited by Ryan and asked to go to the gold mine under the city of Skala.

"I want to know how much gold coins this gold mine can bring me."

After giving the order, Ryan went to find Brock again because he needed more furnaces.

In fact, the recent furnaces in the Frozen Territory are already too busy. Although the war between the Andara Kingdom and the Sera Kingdom in the east has ended, their orders for weapons and equipment have not disappeared. In addition, Dean Rose is currently building an Alchemy Academy and also needs a large number of furnaces to work for him.

The smelting of gold has been delayed for a long time. A large amount of gold ore transported back from the other world of mountains and forests has been piled up in the warehouse of the frozen land territory, gathering dust. Now that gold and silver mines have been discovered, the demand for smelting is naturally higher.

However, what Ryan did not expect was that the person who gave him the answer was not Brock, but Rose.

"I have read your notes. Your notes are too rough, but my alchemist bloodline spell allowed me to perfect your descriptions."

Rose took Ryan into the Alchemy Valley. This valley had undergone tremendous changes in the face of the power of the Sanctuary. The first thing that was affected was the alchemy blast furnace that Ryan saw.

It is an extraordinary crop. Ryan still remembers the scribbled description in his notes. He doesn't understand the blast furnace in his memory. He only knows that there is such a thing, and the alchemist's extraordinary means made it appear here.

Moreover, the alchemist's alchemy made the blast furnace seamlessly integrated, and Ryan could not see any metal cracks at all.

"Mr. Rose, your methods make me want to try whether I have the talent of an alchemist."

Ryan looked around in shock. The huge Alchemy Valley, or Alchemy Academy, looked like a heavy steel jungle. The methods of the Sanctuary-level alchemists gave Ryan a feeling that was no less than the appearance of a metal dragon on the battlefield.

Apart from the magician, in this extraordinary world, this was the second time Ryan was amazed by the extraordinary power.

"However, wouldn't it be inappropriate to use so many metals? Alchemy doesn't have to be all metal, right? Maybe adding some other things would make it more meaningful as a legacy."

After all, this is the future Alchemy Academy, and Ryan hopes that it will look better so as to attract young people.

……

After seeing the blast furnace, Ryan asked Rose to make some for Brock's workshop. The appearance of the alchemical blast furnace would become top secret in the Frozen Territory because Rose had already demonstrated it to him.

The output brought by the alchemical blast furnace is an astonishing hundreds of times. The superb efficiency of putting in pig iron, coke and limestone in a ratio of ten to two to two will allow Ryan's Frozen Territory to complete the metal orders of the entire North Wind Province.

In other words, by the time Rose completes the construction of the alchemical blast furnace, Ryan will be able to kick out many nobles in the North Wind Province and have the kingdom as his own.

The only thing that needs to be considered is that these blast furnaces may all have to be placed around the Alchemy Academy. Ryan has asked the magicians to study the environmental issue. He does not want the appearance of alchemical blast furnaces to bring high production while destroying the environment of the Frozen Territory.

Rose also told him that this problem might be solved by alchemy.

His shadow, which is the shadow python activated by shadow magic, can devour the black smoke from the blast furnace. Similarly, the alchemical creatures he created can absorb the slag as energy and even turn the slag back into usable materials.

This result made Ryan pay more attention to the development of the Alchemy Academy. In the face of extraordinary power, it seemed that most problems were no longer problems.

Rose's alchemy is very powerful, especially when combined with his alchemist bloodline spell. It can't be said that she is producing a blast furnace, but rather that a blast furnace has grown out of her hands.

"If dark magic didn't exist, perhaps his alchemy would have made him a legend?"

Ryan thought that Rose was the most powerful sanctuary he had ever seen. Even the legends he had seen were not as powerful as this peerless genius who had already begun to advance on the third extraordinary path.

Ryan was also very pleased, because Rose's behavior proved that he had been integrated into the Frozen Territory. He brought a great speed boost to the development of the Frozen Territory, allowing the wealth in Ryan's hands to begin to quickly transform into strength.

At the end of the blast furnace production, Ryan received a second piece of good news.

The construction of Master Luna's mage tower has been completed.

It was a mage tower that was as big as a hill. At the same time, the Luna mage, who was originally more than five meters tall, became more than three meters tall, and the huge golem puppet became much smaller.

"I went in a completely unknown direction on the path of life magic, but I gained a lot in soul magic."

In the wizard tower, a beautiful woman with long green hair wearing a white wizard robe walked out. Her body was very illusory. It was the appearance of Wizard Luna, but it was not her soul. Instead, it was a form formed by the gathering of her magic power.

Her consciousness can be transmitted between the mage tower and the golem puppet.

(End of this chapter)