Throne of the North.

Chapter 91 The Arrival of the Earl's Army
Thunder Mountain, in Count Weiss's fortress.

Looking at the battle report sent back from Lingdu County, Count Weiss's face turned gloomy, and then he clapped his hands heavily.

"I thought that even though the Miles family was old, they wouldn't be like this. I didn't expect that I overestimated that old guy. He occupied Lingdu County for 30 years, but was defeated by a baron!"

"Lian Clayton..."

Earl Weiss murmured the name, he never expected that the baron, whom he had failed to kill in the assassination attempt, would actually have such ability. Or, was it that Ryan himself was the core of the Clayton family?
Earl Weiss had a grim look on his face. He thought that this matter would go smoothly. As his first step, he had to take over Lingdu County and make the Miles family his representative. Then he would start to plot against other counties in the North Wind Province and finally complete his plan to restore the country so that he could wear the king's crown with full legitimacy.

But now the first step cannot be completed as planned.

"We have to hurry. If those nobles come looking for the other two guys, it will be troublesome..."

Ice Peak Forest.

Ryan, Baron Barnes and Lian En left behind 1,500 "soldiers" to be responsible for the mineral veins in this forest, especially the magic crystal mines and gold mines, and there could not be any delay.

As for the soldiers... they are no longer soldiers now. When they pick up weapons, they are soldiers. When they put down their weapons, they are now miners in this forest.

Of course, Ryan and other nobles left here and returned to the Castle of the Flower of the North Wind.

"My family, starting from my grandfather, has had a dream, which is to build the Flower of the Northern Wind into an independent country."

"That would require expanding the castle walls to include the farmland."

At the banquet, Baron Barnes was drunk, and the Baroness next to him could only pat him on the back to apologize to Ryan.

Ryan could see that Baron Barnes was very excited because they had gained so much from the victory in this war.

But he also understood that it was impossible for an ordinary baron to build the Flower of the North Wind as Barnes said. Even 90% of the earls would not have the financial and human resources to build a city like a fortress.

Is there such a place? Yes...

Ryan heard the ambition of the Barnes family, but since Baron Barnes’ grandfather, such ambitions have only remained at the ambition stage.

But now Baron Barnes can finally speak to his grandfather and father, and he has already begun to realize this ambition.

only……

That doesn't stop Ryan from interrupting Baron Barnes.

"Mr. Barnes, I think that of the 50% of the mineral veins in the Ice Peak Forest that belong to us, at least 30% should belong to me."

At this moment, Baron Barnes sobered up. He stared at Ryan with wide eyes and gritted his teeth.

"Mr. Barnes, don't forget that we agreed to distribute the benefits according to military merit."

"Then may I ask, in that war, did you and your army make any key contributions?"

Barnes was speechless. He didn't want to admit that he was scared at the time, but he was also unwilling to give up the benefits that were within his grasp.

"But 30% is too much. You can take 25% by yourself, and Baron Hatton and I will share the rest."

Ryan shook his head.

"Baron Barnes, that's not how the merits are distributed. In fact, in the Ice Peak Forest, what belongs to you is less than what belongs to Baron Hatton."

"Ryan, don't go too far!"

Barnes roared. In the coalition formed by the three barons, he should be the one taking the initiative. In his opinion, he was the one who led the army to kill everyone.

"I absolutely cannot accept such a division." "20%, I want at least 20%."

Ryan looked at Lian En and said:
"You need to ask the Hatton family for their opinion on this."

Liam stood up and looked at Baron Barnes.

"My Lord Baron, my father will never agree to this. My army has suffered heavy losses in this war. I need at least 10% of the share."

"One percent?"

Barnes yelled.

"No, absolutely not. I still have to share some with my lord. How can this be enough?!"

The banquet ended unhappily, but the next day, the nobles of the Flower of the North Wind gathered together again.

Because Count Weiss's army is heading towards Lingdu County.

"According to Viscount Dragun's information, there are at least 5,000 soldiers, and 1,500 of them are semi-employed soldiers. The rest are serfs, and there are at least 300 barbarians."

"Damn it, how could Count Weiss have so many troops?"

Lord Barnes clenched his fist and pounded it on the solid wood table.

Five thousand is indeed a huge number, but Ryan was not surprised. To put it bluntly, slaves were thrown into the army to serve as soldiers. In reality, how could those slaves holding shovels, hoes, and forks be soldiers?
That's called population.

"The army of Earl Weiss must be here to help Viscount Miles. What should we do now? Viscount Dragun sent someone to ask us to bring the army to his territory to resist together."

Neither Barnes nor Ryan had any idea about this.

"With the arrival of Earl Weiss's army, Viscount Miles is responsible for all the expenses of the army. For those slave soldiers, this is one of the few opportunities to eat and drink to their heart's content. Viscount Miles will be under great pressure to eat."

"So, he will definitely attack."

"But where would be his first choice? Us? Or Viscount Dragun?"

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, a lord stood up and said:

"It must be Viscount Dragun. That Viscount is their biggest enemy."

Baron Barnes also nodded and said:
"Yes, Viscount Dragun has always wanted Lingdu City, and Viscount Miles is also aware of it."

Ryan laughed.

"But we have learned from the past. We just robbed the wealth that should have belonged to Viscount Miles in the Ice Peak Forest. They could have occupied all the magic crystal mines, gold mines, and iron mines. Now they have nothing."

"Viscount Miles may resent the Dragun family more because of his wealth and power, but the other nobles around Viscount Miles will resent us more."

"In order to calm the anger of these nobles, Viscount Miles will also send his army to attack us and give our wealth to those nobles in exchange for their support."

“Baron Barnes, you are a nobleman, and you should think from a noble perspective, not from an emotional perspective.”

"It is even possible that Viscount Miles will send the 5,000 earl's troops directly to the Flower of the North Wind."

After Ryan finished speaking, all the nobles present panicked.

(End of this chapter)