Chapter 474: Opponents, Fence-Sitting and the Aristocrats with a Base

The Dragon-Blooded Warrior Legion's resurgence made the nobles finally turn their attention to the north.

Since there is something as precious as dragon blood in there, their requirements are not high, as long as it is less valuable than dragon blood. There should be quite a few there, right?

Mr. Lane, who had been pretending to be dead all winter, came out to do something. He took out a sapphire that was larger than his entire body, with an extraordinary substance like starlight flowing inside.

It is extremely precious and was a gift given to Baron Lane by the leader of the frost giants, Ragloff, last year.

"Of course the North has huge wealth. The original intention of establishing the Northern Chamber of Commerce was not only to obtain resources from the North Wind, but also to enter the North and enter the land where our ancestors lived more than a hundred years ago to excavate ancient of wealth.”

"It's worth more than we thought. I don't even know how much this gem is worth."

The powerful alchemist Rose Jackson, the most powerful follower of Baron Lane of the Tundra Territory so far, personally used alchemy to create a huge ritual. When the sapphire was embedded in it, the ritual slowly rotated and evaporated around the sapphire. When there is a layer of hazy fog.

The surrounding vegetation and even the soil have all been favored and nurtured with rich vitality.

This is the power of this gem, a specialty of frost giants, because the vitality of frost giants originally comes from the cold and dead ice and snow.

They are the darlings of the snowy world, but they also represent that in such a dead world, there is still bright vitality.

This gem is the perfect interpretation of the meaning of the frost giant's existence.

It took Rose a whole winter to thoroughly research it.

Ryan invited many nobles to observe. The nobles were shocked by this wealth. It would take at least ten years for this gem to completely evaporate.

That represents at least ten years of warmth on Rhinoceros Mountain.

The nobles began to think about the value of the North.

The sapphires were not used up. Lane used the scraps to make eight necklaces. The thumb-sized sapphires exude a light that is beneficial to life.

"They will be presented to this year's Eight Knights, representing the friendship that belongs to the Tundra Territory."

Ryan described it to the nobles in this way, and some nobles who were keen on politics finally understood.

"Is Baron Lane using this method to fight against the Meyers family's marriage plan?"

The nobles were surprised. It must be said that Baron Lane's method was good. Now many nobles, especially those who had been very close to Baron Lane due to various reasons in the past few years, were hesitant.

Nobles pay attention to interests. Whichever side can bring them higher interests, they will naturally lean towards whichever side they want. Most of the nobles who sit on the fence are like this.

But it doesn’t feel like enough.

The reason why political means such as marriage are called the optimal solution is because the bloodline connection is so strong and stable.

The nobles who were riding on the fence were not even qualified to ride on the fence because of their bloodline, so they naturally stood firmly on one side.

"What's the use of a wallflower? Meyers doesn't want a wallflower like this. What's the use of me coming here?"

Ryan said with a smile, he used dragon blood, frost giant gems, the Northern Brave Guild and the Eight Knights to draw the nobles closer to him, but this excitement can only be said to be an economic means to prosper Lingdu City and the From the Northern Brave Guild.

The real political method is of course the kind that involves tying people to death.

Just like this Silin Dragon who came back from the North.

All he had left was his left arm.

"I heard that you were in a very miserable state. You were found and rescued by adventurers in the North. You are very lucky. You slept in the ice and snow for a whole day and did not freeze to death."

Xilin was lying on the bed, and Ryan was glad that this guy came back alive. His relationship with Viscount Dragon was not good to begin with. If Xilin died in the north, Ryan would probably start a war with Dragon.

"I encountered a blue-skinned monster. He was very powerful. After I escaped, I was smelled by the monsters in the north. The group of adventurers appeared in time."

Xilin said this, telling Ryan that the blue monster was very tall, about two heads taller than a human knight. They also had four limbs, similar to beasts, but were smarter and stronger than beasts. Most importantly, Adapted to the extreme environment of the North.

"As long as you survive, a broken arm is troublesome, but it's not impossible to grow it back."

The extraordinary world is so unreasonable, especially in the era of the rise of life magic in the empire. In the past, the divine arts mastered by the priests of the Holy See of Dawn were even more miraculous.

"But I don't want to waste the potential of my life seed."

Xilin said this way, no matter what method is used to make the lost arm grow back, first of all, the new arm is fragile and requires a long period of training to recover bit by bit. Secondly, regenerating a severed limb requires consuming vitality.

After losing the arm, the Knight's Seed of Life has already been damaged. If he continues to regenerate his limbs, the Seed of Life that was born when he became an official knight will be damaged again, which will basically eliminate the possibility of becoming a high-level knight. , because the foundation has been damaged.

Xilin is not a sky knight, and his life seed has not undergone a second sublimation, so his vitality is not enough to support this consumption.

Even if you use dragon blood to supplement it, it won't be able to restore it. This is a fundamental problem.

Ordinary people may not care, but Xilin, a knight who dares to give up his title of viscount, cannot accept it at all.

After all, a small gap may cause him to be unable to receive the legendary gift in the future.

"Then...you have only one option."

"Go find Mr. Rose. He also has the same arm and has made rapid progress on the knight's path recently."

There is one arm in the Tundra Territory, and the right arm of Rose Alchemist is the alchemy arm. This does not affect this monster with terrifying talent and is now moving forward on the third extraordinary path.

"Thank you, Lord Lane."

Xilin said sincerely, in Ryan's view, this is the binding, not the group of nobles who do not belong to the wall.

Opponents, wallflowers, and base. What Ryan has to do is to expand his base, and then win over the nobles who sit on the wall. As long as he occupies two-thirds, he will have all the power over the North Wind Province.

No one can be greedy and have it all. No matter how wise and powerful a ruler is, he will have his own opponents. He can use the will of the majority to suppress the will of the minority and then rule the entire land.

And the existence of opponents is not meaningless.

"His Majesty Emperor Flor gave Beifeng Province up to 100,000 gold coins for repairs. We repelled the evil orcs and even killed their king, but this does not mean that the threat of the orcs has disappeared."

"We still need strong, solid fortresses."

"The Xiangshan Plain needs support, and the homes of the nobles need to be rebuilt."

Ryan's words are not empty words. With the arrival of the new year, the nobles feel that the world has returned to the past, but the people in the nobles' territories have not.

Orcs still exist. This winter has reduced the number of orcs, but the remaining orcs will still invade the nobles' territories from time to time, causing the nobles to bring knights and troops for protection every time they travel.

Earl Sauron invited the nobles to review the Dragon Blood Warrior Legion's renewed strength. Taking this opportunity, Ryan told the nobles these words.

His words pointed the finger directly at Leiyun Mountain. Although Governor Beifeng Marquis was still a child, his status prevented the nobles from treating him as a child.

In name, the Marquis of Beifong is nothing, but the Governor of Beifong is the one who holds the most power in Beifong Province.

The infant child also became Ryan's opponent at this time.

He also sided with the Meyers family.

"Where's the money?"

Ryan didn't say it out loud, but his eyes didn't lie.

The noble Emperor Flor was merciful and allocated funds from his own treasury to the Beifong Province, a marginal land that he had abandoned but had no taste for, to repair the homes of the nobles and the Xiangshan Plain Fortress, but why did the money disappear?

It can't be that the child is ignorant and hiding it, right?

Infants can be ignorant, but Marquis Beifong and Governor Beifong cannot be ignorant.

That is the wealth to repair the homes of nobles.

Just like Ryan, who has opponents, aristocrats who sit on the fence, and a firm base, Meyers also has aristocrats who are firmly opposed to Meyers in this land.

Even Ryan was a little surprised that Viscount Landa, the tragic hero of Beifeng Province, and Viscount Hogg of Yinchuan County would become staunch supporters of him.

Viscount Hogg also said that after all, when it comes to marriage, Viscount Hogg also has ancient noble blood, and he is currently married to a woman from the royal family, so he does not need to consider the status of the marriage with the Meyers family.

Viscount Landa, as the most miserable noble in Beifeng, his territory and ethnic group were defeated and killed as many as three and a half times.

The extra half was a fierce battle in the process of guarding the Xiangshan Plain Fortress. After all, the knights who protected the nobles were all knights, and most of the knights came from the noble blood families and were his relatives.

Logically speaking, Viscount Landa is the one who most needs to be miserable among the aristocratic circles in the south. Those aristocrats can easily feel pity because of their many years of comfortable and peaceful living environment.

Especially those ladies, if Viscountess Landa cries a few times, she might be able to bring back a lot of wealth.

Unlike the nobles of Beifeng, none of them are poor, but various conditions make them penniless. In addition, Viscount Landa is a victim, so they are not also the same group of victims.

There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!

But Viscount Landa actually gave up this road.

Could it be that he didn't get any money when he was poor in the south? Not really.

Ryan can only blame it on Viscount Landa's huge changes in several failed and destroyed wars. After all, until now he has not returned to Hanshan County or his broken territory.

He is also one of the governors of Beifeng Province.

Ryan targeted the Marquis of Beifeng, but the Marquis of Beifeng could not respond. The child was still breastfeeding on Leiyun Mountain, and the Marquis' mother could not appear in Longshan City.

The nobles wondered what Ryan was going to do. In fact, Ryan just told the nobles that Marquis Beifeng could not do anything.

If people who shouldn't do things don't do anything, it's natural. If people who should do things don't do anything, that's a problem.

Ryan didn't want to target the orphans and widows on Leiyun Mountain. He just gave eye drops to the nobles. He could take such eye drops once a year, and he could take them for eighteen years.

And don't forget, during the previous war, there were many orders issued in the name of Marquis Beifong, and the consequences of those orders are gradually fermenting over time.

Isn’t this how the rivals of Meyers and Marquis Beifeng were born?

"Among the great nobles, the Marquis of Beifeng cannot be won over, he is a destined opponent. Earl Winter has no good solution yet, but he can be won over, and he is currently on the fence."

"Among the small nobles, two viscounts have been won over. Viscount Miles of Lingdu City cannot leave, there are three, and Viscount Dragun... counts as four. The viscounts of other counties are a bit troublesome, I am not very familiar with them, but most of them are native nobles in the land of Beifeng. Earl Sauron's attitude should have a great impact on them."

"The process of integrating into the empire will also change these nobles, but it seems that there is no big problem for the time being."

"The baron nobles are the most troublesome. They want everything, but because their titles are too low, they can't get along with the barons when they are implicated. The strength of their dependence is not high, unless they can be like Xilin, who has his own strong pursuit and stands on the same boat with me."

"But..."

Most of the nobles are parasite nobles. Enjoyment and luxury are the main colors of the nobles. It can be seen from the fat bodies of the nobles that the number of nobles like Xilin and Connie is too rare.

When Ryan was thinking, he saw Norton running around at the banquet and making friends with nobles.

He narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"My good brother, I have to ask you for a favor."

It has been less than two years since the Lordship system appeared. This system is not mature enough. In short, there is a lot of room for manipulation.

In the North Wind Province, the Lordship is even more immature, because many Lordships were stuffed with the baskets of pioneering orders from the previous nobles, especially Meyers.

Of course, many died in the war, and the Lordships did not have time to branch out, resulting in the current Lordships not being as many as before.

Logically speaking, most of these Lords should be loyal to Meyers. In fact, although this is the case, the remaining nobles are naturally impossible to belong to Meyers.

Just like Norton, Norton Clayton, Ryan's younger brother, like most noble families, although they are brothers, their relationship is not close at ordinary times, because the family born of nobles is destined that the older brother and the younger brother are not only brothers, but also monarchs and ministers. As a younger brother, he can't even change the object of his loyalty.

And a lord like Norton is a lord from a great noble family. The marriage opportunity left by Chrysus of Meyers is not of much value and temptation for these people.

When they marry, they give priority to the political stance of the great nobles behind them. If they accidentally become enemies because of the marriage, it will become a big joke.

The lord is not free, at least for Norton.

In the North Wind Province, he is different from his baron brother Ryan. Ryan is now the master of the Ryan family, and Norton is still a lord-level retainer of the Earl of Clayton's family.

So he represents Earl Clayton, and many things cannot be done as he pleases.

When Ryan slapped Norton on the shoulder, he trembled all over. He turned around and saw Ryan showing him a charming smile.

"Was that Baron McKinley just now? I heard that he has a very beautiful daughter."

"Yes, I secretly saw her before, she is very beautiful."

In this regard, the nobles will not be shy. Norton has taken a fancy to the other party, and Baron McKinley also wants to get closer to the Clayton family.

After all... the current imperial politics is still dominated by a group of nobles headed by Grand Duke Fleming and Earl Clayton.

"Although you are of the Clayton family, you are only a lord after all. Considering the title, Baron McKinley must want to find a baron for marriage."

"He is still hesitating, but my stupid brother, when he starts to hesitate, you have been put into the fish pond as a candidate."

"There are only interests among the nobles, unless you let him see the strong interest attribute in you, then the result will be in your way, and then you will no longer be in the fish pond, but she will be in your fish pond."

"As a lord from the same batch of the south, you should know a lot of lords, right? Don't forget that I have lived in the imperial capital for more than ten years. I know better than you about those who are not qualified to inherit the title but get the title of lord because of my father's love."

"They must have messed up their land, right?"

Lane's words made Norton open his eyes wide. He was surprised that Ryan could hit the nail on the head.

Not to mention the other lords who got the land because of doting, even Lord Norton, who became a lord because the Clayton family needed to branch out, had messed up his territory.

They want to prove themselves, but they have been spoiled since childhood but have not received the education of heirs, so it is difficult for them to deal with daily life.

It is easy to be a noble lord, but it is difficult to be a good noble lord.

Norton has been troubled by this matter recently. After the war, he got a lot of population subsidies through Ryan's relationship, but the various problems brought by the population made him anxious.

In one winter, many people starved to death, and Lord Norton's underwear was about to be sold.

"I want to prove myself, but I can't manage the territory well."

"But sometimes, it doesn't take the nobles themselves to manage the territory."

"How can a noble manage a territory every day? Look at these nobles, which one of them doesn't lie on the breasts of their maids every day? When I visited them before, I saw the maids around them, and they were all drooping."

"I have a good idea here. It depends on whether you are willing to prove yourself to your father."