Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 434: The 'Obedient' Adventurers
Lori had to get Valeira's banyan tree involved, not just for the convenience of collecting money.

His favorite point is the aerial roots that can harden and retract into the main body at any time.

For example, these adventure groups can tear down the small room on the ground floor and turn it into a reception hall.

Not only does it provide space for group members to carry out activities, but it can also accommodate certain guests who want to hire them.

Renovation costs have always been expensive, and Lowry's charging standards are based on the previous world... No matter how difficult it is to demolish the wall, it will be counted according to the cost of the big hammer or small hammer.

No one understands how scared he was when he was decorating his small house of more than 30 square meters.

Therefore, he would never let these adventure groups go.

These aren’t the little adventurers who have to grimace when renting a small room… The big iceberg did make most adventurers rich, but that required luck.

Some adventurers may make a fortune in just a few months, while others may have to endure for several years.

There are even some people who have finally earned enough resources to allow themselves to rest for a few years, but they can't even get off the iceberg.

Although Lori's various measures have indeed restrained the adventurers on the iceberg, there are almost no guys who make money by dirty tricks or rob people on the way.

But this cannot withstand the sudden crimes caused by rampant greed.

That’s why Lowry started doing these small apartments.

Compared to the past when people needed help and mutual assistance, today's adventurers are more worried about being stabbed in the back by someone they once trusted.

Once adventurers feel they have enough money in their pockets, they will try to rent a small apartment even if they cannot live in the outer valley.

No one would distrust the security of Qingfeng Territory.

The big banyan tree in Valeira has become a legend in recent years.

Lori didn't know if no one wanted people to talk about Valeera, so all the major forces tried to exaggerate Valeera's abilities.

Of course, he didn't have any good intentions secretly.

After all, Lori is the lord. Apart from the rumors that he is troublesome and has a bad temper in recent years, his reputation is not as great as Valeera's.

As long as they are young, they will always be suppressed or even provoked by the outside world in the name of "testing their minds". There is nothing surprising about this.

Lowry didn't care anyway, so this little conspiracy just disappeared with the wind.

Valeera herself didn't even worry whether the lord would be dissatisfied with this.

But these are just ordinary adventurers. The adventure group that used to seem to be quite restricted actually didn’t encounter any problems.

After all, they have basically no room for crimes of passion, and most of the incidents they encounter are the result of years of planning.

Therefore, there will definitely be no movement on the big iceberg, and even people with ulterior motives will try to appear to be very united and loving.

There is no way. Even if they have their own calculations, isn’t their goal to take sole power in the adventure group?
However, Lord Qingfeng never gave face to anyone. When he deducted points, especially large points, he would directly indicate the reason on the bulletin board at the entrance of the valley.

No adventure group can accept being told, "That group can't go because they like to kill their own people" when recruiting people.

Although this is not something that cannot be done, it must not be said out loud.

They can only be honest.

However, over the years, the adventure group has received the favor of many lone travelers and even many new forces that were never imagined before... The more law-abiding the adventure group is, the greater the rewards will be.

Since they have gained an advantage because of Lori's rules, it is normal for these adventure groups to pay a little more.

Not to mention that they also received other business because of this, such as providing short-term escort for caravans from other countries in the Ice Country.

Ever since there was a big commotion on the ice field and many churches went there to get involved, naturally there would be caravans from other countries following.

But no matter how much profit these caravans made in the Ice Country, they would have to pay a protection fee to the Ice Church in addition to the transaction tax in the Ice Country.

The Ice Church has inexplicably become more formal since the end of the battle of Qingfeng Territory ten years ago.

The Lord of Ice no longer gives random orders.

The Icefield King could no longer arbitrarily harvest the nobles under the sect as he did in the previous years.

Therefore, the Ice Country fell into an unusual calm.

The two sides, who were supposed to be in direct confrontation, seem to have reached a tacit agreement to cease fighting over the past decade, and each side is cleaning up its disobedient subordinates.

It was said that the Ice King, in order to show his respect and love for his queen, not only handed over a portion of the power in the palace to her... especially the financial power, but he even married the palace maids around her to the nobles in his own camp.

Even the famous Ms. Sophia has someone who dares to marry her!

However, although this person is the focus of blood and gore, she also has abundant resources behind her. The Sebephia family must want to make preparations for both situations. The originally barren territory of the small family called Rogers has obviously become much more prosperous in recent years.

You can even trade directly with large caravans from foreign countries.

It's true, one can't help but sigh that even though the royal family of Icefield married their two princesses to Icefield, they still showed no mercy when it came to poaching from the North.

Even though Sepefia has been openly restricted by the Northern Royal Family over the years, they are still a border earl family in the North!
However, what happened to the Icefield Royal Family was nothing surprising.

All I can say is that His Majesty Travis, the King of the North, who has always been wise and brave, chose the wrong princess.

Even if you are ambitious, it is better than being in love!
Although the Ice Queen held some power, she basically only acted according to the will of her husband, and most of the power she fought for with her sister and mother-in-law was given to Alex.

Outsiders do not understand the secrets hidden in it, but they can see clearly that the little daughter of the King of the North must have been raised in vain.

No one loves their homeland as much as Alex's biological mother.

Although the White Dragon King's later children were not as valuable as his original brothers and sisters because of their large number, Rosalind was still famous for being favored.

Among nobles, the dowry that women can control independently is a reflection of their status in the family... Generally speaking, the two parties in a marriage will not take back the proposal gifts given by men, so the woman will inevitably take away corresponding property to offset this part of the resources.

To put it bluntly, this is an exchange of interests by the alliance in the name of marriage.

But in addition to offsetting these interests, the woman can also own a portion of the property designated for her, which is what truly belongs to her.

This property is not a resource that must be paid out, so if the bride is not favored, she can only rely on the annuity given by her husband to live.

In Lowry's era, life was not easy for women who could only look up!
Not to mention, it was difficult for this woman to step out of the world that had locked herself up in her family.

Rosalind's dowry was so generous that it would make all the favored princesses consider whether they could also have it.

You know, her mother-in-law, as the eldest princess, didn’t get such a large dowry!
After all, at that time, the White Dragon King was not as rich as he is now.

Moreover, there was probably also an element of compensating Rosalind…Originally, she should have stood behind Alex’s mother and cheered for her sister.

No one expected that after being so arrogant for so many years, the biggest loss suffered by the King of the North was caused by his beloved little daughter.

Many people said that the White Dragon King was devastated by this and he didn't even care about what was happening in the Ice Kingdom anymore.

In other words, the King of the North completely gave up his original plan for this neighboring country.

However, although such a result is good for the future of the Ice Kingdom and allows the country to maintain its independence, it is not very beneficial to the present of the Ice Kingdom.

After all, with the power of the Icefield Royal Family itself, it is really difficult to not only fight against the Ice Church, but also deal with those nobles under their command who have serious rebellious intentions.

The royal army's direct legions are a little overwhelmed.

Therefore, the safest area now is actually the jurisdiction of the Ice Church.

But this is pretty good for caravans from other countries.

After all, in order to receive a large amount of transaction taxes, the Icefield Royal Family firmly maintained the integrity of their camp and would never collect any more taxes.

Rather than suppressing the dissent of other nobles, the more important task of his army was to keep trade routes open.

Moreover, once it is discovered that a certain noble has bad intentions towards these caravans, Alex can ensure that the guy who took the initiative to attack will never have the possibility of attacking again.

Although he couldn't suppress all the great nobles, he had no problem dealing with just one or two of them.

Although the nobles of the ice field are relatively united under the pressure of the king, they will not sympathize with such a fool.

The arrival of these caravans benefited not only the king who needed money and resources.

The nobles also benefited greatly!

Not to mention, because of the frequent comings and goings of caravans, the prices of the knight advancement resources that have always been extremely expensive in the Ice Country have been brought down!

Who among those who need to maintain an army doesn’t care about this?

This idiot is still willing to take action. No one will help him share the pressure. A decent person would rather follow the King's Army and see if he can get some benefits.

As for the territory under the jurisdiction of the Ice Church, although caravans have to pay protection fees whenever they pass through, there are also many good things there!
The Ice Cultists like to live in a cold environment and don't like overly bright colors, including some gemstones. Therefore, except for water-related resources, most of their minerals are sold.

The caravans coming from the coastal cities in the south like to go there to trade the most.

However, one of the more troublesome things about doing business with the Ice Church is that they have many hostile churches.

For example, Dark Night believers are never allowed to enter the ice realm.

Although they will not refuse to accept resources from the Dark Night Realm, people are absolutely not allowed to come.

(End of this chapter)