Chapter 196 Short-Term Peace

Because the Harland family is strong and the Sisse family is weak, Jerram also asked Richard to sign a royal power and order contract with Viscount Sisse. As long as Richard and Viscount Sisse are alive, they cannot attack each other.

This contract is obviously unfair to Richard. After all, Richard is still young, and Viscount Sisse is already in his sixties.

Once Viscount Sisse has an accident, the Sisse family can unilaterally attack the Harland Territory.

And once the Harland family crosses the line, Richard will be counterattacked by the royal seal.

Richard resolutely refuses to agree to this kind of contract.

Even in public, he clamors to retaliate against Viscount Sisse.

Whoever dares to force him to sign this kind of contract, he will kill him publicly. Prince Felix comes and wants his life.

Such an attitude shocked Jerram.

He didn't expect that this small noble on the border would not even listen to the words of the big man in the capital.

However, the Harland family has a deep foundation in the North, and Richard is also known for his good fighting skills. He has 3,000 soldiers under his command, and has made many contributions in the Orc War.

His father William and uncle Bernie have served in the North Army for many years, and their relationship is also complicated.

Even the great nobles in the capital are very cautious in dealing with such local snakes. If they fail to handle the border well, the border will be corrupted.

Moreover, Richard has some reason in this matter. King Charles asked Jerram to mediate, which is obviously unfair to the Harland family.

Richard is unwilling to sign a permanent peace contract with Viscount Sisse, and is only willing to sign a short-term peace contract with the Sisse family at most.

And he is only willing to sign for three years.

Such a gesture is enough to show his attitude.

The Harland family and the Sisse family have almost irreconcilable contradictions.

Once there is a conflict of interest between nobles, there will inevitably be contradictions.

Most of the contradictions are resolved through lord wars.

The Harland family army and the Sisse family army are both important military forces in the North. The two sides have more than 5,000 people in total.

The capital and the noble council will never agree to the two nobles consuming their armies in internal conflicts.

Richard openly discussed his views with the mediation team, and the Harland family was only willing to sign a short-term peace agreement.

If the Xisai family agrees, the short-term peace will be restored.

If the Xisai family does not agree, the wine war will continue until one side is completely defeated and withdraws from the wine market.

In the three-month wine war, both sides suffered serious losses.

But the Xisai family is in greater trouble. After losing the profits of the casino, they have to fight the wine war with the Harland family to fill the hole continuously.

In several battles with the professionals of the Harland family, the losses of the Xisai family are often more serious.

Seven professionals died in the battle, while only three people died in the battle of the Harland family.

There are only 67 professionals in the Xisai Viscount Territory, and the number of professionals in the Harland Territory has now exceeded 200.

If the consumption continues, the failure will definitely be the Xisai Viscount Territory.

Seeing Richard's fierce attitude, even the king's visitor couldn't suppress him, Viscount Xisai suddenly regretted it and felt that he shouldn't rashly get involved in other people's interests.

While the two sides were negotiating, two mysterious people attacked Roning's mansion.

Roning was the fourth son of Viscount Xisai, and it was he who insisted that Viscount Xisai get involved in the wine industry.

Two super fireballs attacked Roning's mansion, and Roning's family, including guards and servants, all died in the attack of super fireballs.

According to the confirmation of the priest, these two fireballs were powerful fireballs released by the magician, and the power was several points stronger than the nine-ring magic.

Using powerful fireballs to kill Roning's family shows Richard's hatred for this person.

Faced with such a huge reaction from the Harland family, not only Viscount Xisai, but also many members of the Xisai family regretted it.

I think we shouldn't rashly make enemies with the Harland family. Now not only have we lost the profits of the casino, but it is difficult to make back 8,000 gold coins by selling liquor in one province alone to make up for the loss of the casino's profits.

Although Ronin is dead, not many people in the Xisai family are willing to avenge him. Many people even have some resentment towards Ronin, thinking that he has provoked a powerful enemy for the Xisai family.

During the negotiation, Richard was still ruthless, and his ruthlessness was completely displayed in the eyes of the royal capital mediation team.

Looking at his crazy eyes, Jerram was secretly surprised.

Richard almost publicly killed the son of Viscount Xisai, and issued a final ultimatum at the mediation meeting, either signing a three-year peace contract or continuing the trade war.

In desperation, Viscount Xisai swallowed his breath and decided to ease the situation for three years to see if there was a chance to get rid of Richard, the enemy?

When signing the short-term contract, Richard also specifically asked the Xisai family to send back the salesperson who leaked the liquor process.

After getting the liquor process, this person is naturally useless to the Xisai family.

Seeing that Richard was determined not to hand over the man or sign the contract, Viscount Cisse had no choice but to hand him over.

Richard hated this traitor to the core. Not only did he send all his family members to the mine, he also tortured this man the most severely.

He sent this traitor to various castles and factories, requiring everyone to cut the traitor with a knife, intimidating the factory workers and the castle residents.

Because of the healing and blood transfusion techniques, whenever the traitor could not hold on, he would be treated and transfused with blood to keep him alive.

This torture lasted for more than ten days, and a total of more than 20,000 cuts were made before the traitor's life was completely ended.

The real purpose of Richard's intense action was to educate the people.

Especially for some workers and bureaucrats involved in confidential matters, he showed them the miserable situation of this person to prevent the technology from being leaked.

Nowadays, the development of the territory is inseparable from various new products.

And the technology of producing new products is the top priority for Harland Territory to maintain its monopoly.

Now the leakage of the liquor technology has caused Harland Territory to lose a provincial market, and the loss is already very serious.

After signing the contract, Richard immediately sold the liquor technology to Baron Harden for 3,000 gold coins.

Then he found Baron Raphael, Viscount Romen, Viscount Nelson, Earl Roger, Duke Jonathan, Duke Edward, and Duke Fox, who are powerful nobles, to promote the liquor brewing technology.

Although he can make a lot of profit from liquor sales every year, he can control the liquor technology in his hands. The heads of several dukedoms' business all agreed to Richard's offer.

Richard sold the liquor brewing technology to eight nobles in total. The only market he has left is Harland Territory and Black River County.

However, by selling eight nobles at once, Richard recovered 24,000 gold coins.

It was useless to take so many gold coins without spending them.

Richard took out 6,000 gold coins from the treasury, collected 30,000 gold coins, and went to the Grand Duchy of Stannic again to buy 6,000 slaves.

With these 6,000 slaves, the population of Harland Territory will exceed 63,000.