Throne of the North.

Chapter 74: The Transaction between the Baron of the Empire and the Viscount of the Kingdom
"This is snow tea, shipped from far away. There is not much of it, and I'm afraid it will disappear completely in the future."

"It is said that snow tea grows in the gap between ice and water. It is a tough plant that does not need to breathe and absorbs nutrients from water. The moment it sees the sunlight, it is the moment when the snow tea matures."

"This moment can only last for noon."

Ryan described a beautiful story, which made Mihaly's eyes reveal longing.

Therefore, people who are not from the Crucible City will never understand how hopeless it is for them to survive in the gap between ice and fire.

“It must be a beautiful world.”

"Yes, it is very beautiful, just like the beginning of the world blooming."

After Ryan finished speaking, he took out some snow tea. Looking at the golden and silver tea leaves, Mihaly's eyes seemed to be about to pounce on them.

"This is for Miss Mihaly, to thank you for helping me buy so much food."

"In addition, if possible, I also hope that Miss Mihaly can bring some tea back to the kingdom and trade it among the nobles."

This thing is very valuable, but there are a lot of it in the Furnace City, so much that Ryan can't drink it all, so he can only sell it. After all, it is too difficult to preserve it. Even Mage Luna said that there is no way unless the Great Ice Mage freezes it completely.

"Okay."

Mihaly agreed immediately, but soon reacted.

"I didn't come here to trade tea with you."

After saying this, Mihaly became serious.

"I am speaking to you on behalf of the Fragoso family."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand, on which was a ring gem engraved with a flying unicorn.

"Then please tell me why you are here."

Ryan said, looking at Mihaly.

The two of them talked seriously for a few words and then returned to their previous state. There was a hint of heaviness in Mihaly's eyes.

"I came here to buy weapons from you."

"arms?"

Ryan was a little surprised. A viscount of a kingdom came to buy weapons from him?
Ryan didn't say anything, and heard Mihaly explain first.

"Two duchies and one earldom in the south of Andara have united to demand the kingdom's land in the south near their territory. There are thousands of hectares of arable land and a wide mountain range there."

"No one thought the kingdom would agree, but what no one expected was that the elderly king actually agreed."

"He signed a contract, giving the farmland and the entire Griffin Mountains belonging to the kingdom to the three nobles and several other nobles who had not spoken."

"So, the four duchies and four earls suddenly united."

When Mihaly said this, his tone was also angry.

"That foolish old man actually handed over the kingdom's land to others, and even gave it the name of allowing these nobles to help the kingdom resist the pressure from the empire, and also allowing these nobles to go directly to the northern border and fight against the foreign races in the northern border."

"But everyone knows that the Empire will not leave the Wing Canyon, and that group of nobles will never go to fight the orcs in the north."

"As the lords and nobles of this land, we will never allow the foolish old king to sell out the kingdom's land. We have already declared war on those nobles in the south, but as you can imagine, we lack weapons for Fragoso, and there are not many iron mines in the kingdom's land."

What Ryan was thinking about was not the lack of weapons, but...

The nobles under Andara dared to openly deny and resist the order of the King! ! !
The Kingdom of Andara is one of the eight kingdoms in the southern land. Even though they may be the last one because of their proximity to the empire and the north, the nobles within the kingdom can openly disobey.

This is probably the biggest hot spot in the entire southern land this year, except for the lord system. No wonder the king of Andara traded the farmland and mountains to those nobles. Is this stupid? This is the political acumen of the old king over the past decades. He wants to use those nobles in the south to weaken the strength of the nobles in his own kingdom who have the confidence to resist past orders.

To put it bluntly, they still want to consolidate their rule, but the royal family of Andara can no longer use the internal political struggles of the kingdom to accomplish all this, and can only use external forces.

Ryan felt his blood boiling with excitement, he looked at Mihaly in front of him with burning eyes.

"How many do you need?"

Mihaly looked at Ryan with some confusion, wondering why the baron was so excited.

"We need one thousand weapons and five hundred sets of leather armor."

"We need another hundred sets of complete knight armor. If we can get a warhorse..."

"Stop!"

Ryan interrupted Mihaly.

"Everything else is easy. One hundred sets of knight armor and war horses are impossible. Who do you think I am? I am just a baron in the north. Do you think I have those things?"

Mihaly stared at Ryan with wide eyes. She had followed them all the way here and had witnessed the fighting power of those soldiers with her own eyes.

Before, the Fragoso family did not believe that a northern baron of the empire could have such a huge wealth.

But they didn't understand why Ryan needed so much food, almost accepting all that came, and they also didn't understand why Ryan had so many powerful soldiers.

After knowing that Ryan was the heir of the Earl of Clayton's family, they thought that this baron was different, so Mihaly suggested that he come and see it in person.

What he saw was just as he expected. How could a baron's territory have such a large population? From what Mihaly saw, it seemed that the Frozen Territory had a population of at least 7,000 to 8,000.

"We can pay with gold coins, gems, or even magic crystals."

"I don't need those things."

Mihaly stared at Ryan. How could a noble say that he didn't need gold coins?

"Food and livestock."

“We have these, too.”

Mihai gritted his teeth and said that as nobles of a kingdom close to the northern border, they didn't actually have much food, but it was much better than what they had in the North Wind Province.

"Then if you use these things as a trade, it's a deal."

"I will find a way to have the blacksmith forge the armor and weapons the knights need. At the same time, my steward will continue to buy food from you."

Mihaly was a little shocked.

"How much food do you need?"

"As many as you want."

Ryan let Mihaly stay in the castle temporarily, and while he was thinking, he gradually came to the top of Rhino Horn Mountain, where he could see the most extensive and spectacular scenery.

Although Mihaly has a childlike face, he is much older than Ryan, so he is inadvertently not as cautious when speaking.

She was no longer talking about her family, but rather... us.

I'm afraid there will be huge changes within the Andara Kingdom.

Ryan was extremely curious.

(End of this chapter)