Throne of the North.

Chapter 75 Conflicts break out in the Northern Province

Just like Ryan said, we need as much food as we can.

The same was true for Mihaly's need for weapons. Just as Ryan guessed, there was more than just a noble lord behind Fragoso.

Fearing that the conflicts in the kingdom might be interfered by the Empire, Mihaly did not dare to approach other nobles in the North Wind Province directly, but he also suggested that Ryan could buy it from those nobles and then sell it to them.

The North Wind Province has many iron mines, and this is known to the surrounding areas.

After sending Mihaly away, Ryan wanted to collect information about the Andara Kingdom from within the empire, but he really didn't have much manpower, so he had to give up for the time being.

Just a few days later, Ryan had already ordered the blacksmiths in the territory to forge armor, and also arranged for Beard to go to the North Wind Province to purchase weapons.

Less than two days after Beard left, a lord from the Shenma Territory, Baron Hatton, appeared in the Tundra Territory.

"Dear Lord of the Frozen Territory, my Baron Hatton sends his greetings to you."

Rayo Hutton, the uncle of the baron in the Hutton family, was fortunate enough to become a nobleman because of the lord system. When facing Ryan, he seemed particularly confident and high-profile.

"Lord Hatton wants to invite me to be his guest?"

When Ryan heard the purpose of Layo's visit, he couldn't help but be surprised. After thinking for a moment, he agreed.

"Go back and tell Baron Hatton that I will visit as promised."

Ryan waved his hand, and the old butler took away Layo, who wanted to stay a little longer to communicate with a fifth-class noble.

"Baron Hatton actually invited me. It seems like there is nothing good going on."

When the old butler came back, Ryan asked him to notify Brand.

The next day, Ryan led an army of thirty people to Shenma Territory. After the road was roughly cleared, his speed increased a lot.

When he arrived at Shenma Territory, Ryan could feel that the atmosphere in this territory was a bit tense.

"Ryan, you're finally here."

Hatton greeted Ryan from afar with a smile, as if they were good friends who had not seen each other for many years.

"Mr. Hatton."

Ryan nodded and dodged Hatton's hug.

The two walked side by side to Hatton's castle banquet hall. There were more beautiful maids here than the last time Ryan came. It seemed that Hatton's enjoyment here had not diminished at all.

"Take away any you like, or test the moisture level tonight."

Hatton winked at Ryan.

"Mr. Hatton, let's discuss business first."

When Ryan saw Hutton before, he could feel that the other party's gaze lingered on his army for a long time.

Sure enough, after hearing Ryan's words, Hutton also looked worried.

"Lian, you don't know that brat Walter has started to get restless."

"He bought a large number of slaves from somewhere to fill his knighthood. His mother, the woman from the Meyers family, also spent a lot of money to help her son buy a group of young and strong slaves to form an army."

"If it were just that, it would be fine, but that sinister and cunning Roach, the damn ugly crow, actually arranged for his troops to be stationed in the Knight Territory of Watt, and even said that it was to support his lord in expanding the territory."

"As you know, winter comes earlier in the North Wind Province, so the autumn harvest is coming soon. Knight Watt did not grow as much food this year to feed the slaves he bought."

"In recent days, the little bastard led by Knight Water has begun to boldly lead his soldiers to rob my food."

After saying this, Hatton looked at Ryan. "Ryan, my neighbor, we must not allow Knight Lord Water to trample on the honor of the nobles and plunder their sacred wealth like this!"

Ryan nodded and said with a smile:

"Of course, it is absolutely unacceptable for a lord to dare to go to war with a noble baron."

"However, Mr. Hatton, my territory is very busy, and this winter may be colder than usual. If I rashly go to war with Baron Roche's territory, I will lose a lot."

Ryan said with some embarrassment:
"But if Mr. Hatton can provide me with some food to get through the winter, I will help you even if it means a bunch of slaves in my territory freeze to death."

That was the deal, and Hatton couldn't help but glance at Ryan.

"Ryan, I remember you bought a lot of food not long ago, how come you're running short of it again?"

"Mr. Hatton, you know that you can't grow much food in the frozen land, so we can only stockpile it."

Ryan said helplessly:

"Besides, you know, I have to support so many knights, and they are very greedy."

"Too."

Hutton nodded and agreed immediately. This year, the food grown in the fields in his territory was relatively abundant, and coupled with the batch he had purchased before, it was more than enough to get through the winter.

But he would never allow Knight Water and Baron Roche behind him to snatch even a grain of wheat from him!

"Then my army will be stationed here."

"No, no, no, Ryan, I hope you can stay too. The frozen land is too cold. It's warm here."

Hatton shook his head. He hoped Ryan would support more troops.

"No one can cross your mountain road to reach the frozen land, so you don't have to worry too much if you stay here."

Ryan instinctively realized that things here were not simple.

He asked Hatton, and the baron looked hesitant but spoke out anyway.

"Not long ago, Baron Barnes secretly sent someone to find me and said he wanted to form an alliance with me. The North Wind Province... may be in chaos."

Hatton said worriedly, he was a little panicked, so he wanted Ryan's powerful military strength to protect himself.

"Barnes?"

Ryan still remembered that this baron, whose military strength in Lingdu County was only second to that of the two viscounts, had once shown goodwill to him in the North Wind City Council.

After a moment's silence, Ryan roughly understood the problem.

The tragic impact brought by the orcs' southward migration finally broke out.

Because there was no fortress to block them and the Black Goat Men were so powerful, the orcs plundered too much wealth from the North Wind Province, including but not limited to food, clothing, and even livestock.

This also meant that every noble in the North Wind Province needed to purchase food supplies from the south this year. However, because the Empire gradually gave up the North Wind Province, the Chamber of Commerce also cut resources to the North Wind Province.

In addition, the most important thing is that the empire no longer pays attention to the North Wind Province and the huge tax revenue of 1.5 million gold coins.

At the beginning, everyone in the North Wind Province agreed that I would pay as much as you pay to make up this huge amount of gold coins.

But when it really comes to paying, every family has a hard time. Every noble is unwilling to squeeze out that huge amount of gold coins from his own pocket, so if they can rob from other people's pockets, why not?
Finally, there is the territorial conflict. Without the pressure of the Empire, everyone understands that the Empire has half-abandoned the Northern Wind Province, and the Empire will not care about many things that happen here as long as they are not too extreme.

Where is this tolerance? If the nobles' territories are invaded, will the empire not care?
(End of this chapter)