Throne of the North.

Chapter 348: Rebellion on the Return
The banquet in the palace was full of luxury of the nobles.

In the past wars and destruction, all the nobles were victims. It can be said that none of the nobles of the Andara Kingdom were direct beneficiaries.

Even Grand Duke Leta sacrificed the lives of thousands of witch and ghost warriors, who were soldiers of the Extraordinary Legion.

The earls of Canterlot also suffered extremely serious losses in their slave soldiers, extraordinary legions, food, money and land.

Not to mention the small nobles, they had already paid a lot of supplies and money in the wars before the orc invasion.

The worst of them were those who were wiped out during the orc invasion, and it is still unknown whether their bloodline continues on the land of the kingdom.

King? What is the power of the king?
The king is there to sort out these things.

He wanted to revitalize the nobles whose lands were destroyed and plundered, let their lands continue to produce wealth and population, let the nobles who had lost most of their clansmen rebuild their families, and let them be loyal to and follow him. As for those nobles whose clans were exterminated... the king also needed to give an explanation. No matter what the explanation was, superficial work was necessary.

For example, King Adams planned to adopt some heirs of the royal family to inherit the names of those exterminated nobles, which would help those noble families continue their bloodline and glory.

At the same time, the king also planned to let Moses provide the same assistance.

Of course, the nobles also wanted to have a piece of the pie, but after all, there were not that many nobles who had been exterminated. After the king and Count Mercers divided it up, there was no extra room.

The king even asked some nobles to stop invading and occupying those nobles whose clans had been mostly wiped out, and to allow those nobles to develop again.

He gave benefits to the great nobles, and in this regard, Grand Duke Leta, Count Cantra and others had no objection.

But the small and medium-sized nobles had a hard time.

If they wanted to recover after the war, they needed more than just exploiting the slaves and civilians in their own territory.

Ryan didn't care about the political struggle within the kingdom. He was communicating with King Adams about the seriousness of the Holy See.

"The Empire will send believers who serve the light to the Kingdom. During this process, the Kingdom will also need to prepare to face pressure from the South."

"It's not from the Holy See, but from the Kingdom of Serra."

Ryan didn't say much, he just told the king that although the Andara Kingdom was now stable, they also had one more enemy, the McReynolds family who had rebelled from the Andara Kingdom would be their lifelong enemy, and this hatred would spread in every royal bloodline of both sides.

"My army will leave the Andara Kingdom in two days. Without the emperor's order, the empire's army cannot help the Andara Kingdom."

The reason why Ryan left after two days was because he needed to deal with his wealth in the kingdom within these two days.

Dawn City could not be taken away, so he asked the Empire's Chamber of Commerce to transport slaves to supplement the labor force here. It was already late, and he might need to borrow people from the surrounding nobles for the spring plowing.

"Unfortunately, you cannot return to the palace."

In front of Queen Leta, Ryan told him the king's decision.

"During war, the king's power is affected, and the nobles can ignore his attitude, but in peacetime, the king's power will gradually return to its peak, and the nobles will not refuse his orders."

"Grand Duke Leta will not allow women from the Andara royal family to return to the Grand Duke's territory, because he has his own secrets there."

"It's very cold in the Tundra Territory. You can only stay here for now. Your knights will follow you. I will also leave an army here. This is also my territory. If you want to go to the Tundra Territory, they will take you there."

"But you don't have to be so depressed. The king's order will at most reduce the contact between the nobles and you. It does not mean that your identity will disappear. Even the king cannot deprive you of your identity and the power of representation."

"Your brother, Grand Duke Leta, can't really disown you as his sister. If my guess is correct, he will arrange for some women, those noble ladies, to communicate with you frequently. After all, this is also a way for him to integrate into the kingdom's nobility."

"In the future, your life may be much better than I imagined."

"I have a lot of wealth here. Every quarter, I need to see my wealth appear in front of me in the form of numbers. Maybe you can help me."

Ryan held Queen Leta's hand and stood on the city wall, looking at the fertile land outside. To be honest, the land here was much better than that in the frozen land. The Holy See had carefully selected this place for him, and every piece of land could grow prosperous crops.

"The nobles of the Andara Kingdom may not be truly loyal to the new king."

"They are waiting to see if this king is wise."

Ryan said this at last, and left Dawn City early the next morning. He returned to the outside of the royal city to formally bid farewell to the king, and then returned to the empire with the Legion of Light Judgment.

Eager to return home, the soldiers marched much faster, but compared to the times, it was still slow.

why?
Because this legion was transporting a large amount of wealth.

Baron Ryan personally has a fortune of more than two million gold coins. These fortunes came from the plunder of the Dawn Churches in the kingdom's noble territories; the support and rewards from the kingdom's nobles; the wealth his army gained in the fight against the orcs; the rewards from the kingdom and the king; and the big money from the Holy See.

Unfortunately, if this chaos had not broken out after the Festival of Grace, Ryan would have been able to plunder more from the Vatican.

There is also wealth belonging to the nobles of the North Wind Province. For example, of the 1.05 million gold coins Ryan received from the Holy See, 300,000 were distributed to other nobles. The rewards from the kingdom and the king were the same, belonging to the entire Legion of Light Judgment, that is, all the nobles.

Ryan cannot eat alone, and in this way, he can also gather the nobles of the North Wind Province around him.

The nobles themselves also transported the wealth they had gained during the war in this team.

Under Ryan's previous orders, most of the wealth looted by the nobles was actually returned to the noble lords whose territories were conquered, in order to help Ryan gain the gratitude and support of the nobles in the Kingdom of Andara.

But what remains is still huge.

Finally, there are the soldiers' own things. The heavy gold and silver coins are protected by them on their bodies, but they are not without gains in the war. For example, the tools, pots and pans picked up from those territories are all precious, not to mention the clothes. I heard from the Chamber of Commerce that the snow in the North Wind Province has not melted yet.

Of course, there is also a large amount of food belonging to the Legion of Light Judgment, which comes from everyone in the Kingdom of Andara, from the king to the slaves.

As a military corps supporting the Kingdom from the Empire, all logistics are the responsibility of the Kingdom, the most important of which is food.

Ryan accepted everything that came his way and kept asking for it.

This resulted in the food being too much to eat. What to do if you can't finish it? Of course, you can't return it.

More than 90% of these grains will remain in the Frozen Territory, more than half of which will belong to Baron Ryan, and the rest will be divided among all the nobles in the North Wind Province, but will be temporarily stored in the warehouse of Lingdu City.

Because Ryan felt that this batch of grain might eventually be sold back to the Andara Kingdom.

In fact, the wealth of the Legion of Light's Judgment can be seen from this team.

After the wars that the Andara Kingdom experienced, the nobles lost their wealth and food, and the civilians and slaves lost the necessities of life. They were all very miserable and tired, which was why many nobles had gloomy eyes at the end of the banquet.

They lost everything they could lose, but gained nothing, and could only lick their wounds.

Although the kingdom has stabilized, the real challenge has just begun.

Finally they entered the Kingdom of Serra, which naturally would not stop the Empire's army from passing through.

Fragoso, now should be Count Fragoso, invited Ryan to enter his territory. Ryan saw that there was also a lot of construction going on here.

"As a great noble family, we certainly can't be too shabby."

Count Fragoso said with a smile that in recent times, he has had a smile on his face even when he sleeps. Perhaps the genealogy of the Fragoso family will start a new chapter because of him.

All his previous anxieties disappeared, and now he is the honorable Count Fragoso of the Kingdom of Sera.

"I am glad to see that the Earl is leading the family to prosperity."

Ryan's praise made Count Fragoso even more excited.

"Ryan, you said before that North Wind Avenue will become the wealth of our two families. Recently, I saw the Empire's Chamber of Commerce passing by, and each of them gave me 10,000 gold coins."

There was a light in Count Fragoso's eyes. This wealth was much more than what Viscount Fragoso had earned before.

"Only ten thousand?"

Ryan smiled and said:

“More on that later, I think.”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, but I think that half of these ten thousand gold coins belong to His Majesty the King of the Serra Kingdom, right?" Ryan reminded Count Fragoso. Although the Count was a little hesitant, he nodded.

"The wedding of His Highness Otto and Michael is about to take place. This may be a good gift."

Ryan also sighed. The former Grand Duke McReynolds family suddenly became the royal family of the kingdom, which made many people a little uncomfortable. However, the Fragoso family accepted it quickly.

After verbally agreeing with Count Fragoso on future communications between the two sides, Ryan's army once again entered the North Wind Avenue.

"Sir Farrell, after returning to Wing Canyon, will you lead the Dragon Legion?"

Ryan asked curiously. Farrell was the leader of the Violent Elephant Legion, but the most powerful legion in the Flying Wing Canyon was the Dragon Legion. If the Dragon Legion supported the Andara Kingdom, Ryan felt that the entire Feather Dragon Legion could be kept on the land of the kingdom.

"will not."

Farrell was also a little excited. After returning to Wing Canyon, he would be the real commander.

"A member of the royal family will become the commander of the Flying Dragon Legion. I will still lead the Violent Elephant Legion. With the help of this legion, I will be able to exert even greater power."

Ryan thought for a moment, then nodded and smiled:

"So Sir Farrell has decided on the title 'Violent Elephant'?"

"What's wrong with that? Hahaha."

After becoming a legend, all the pressure on Farrell disappeared and he looked much younger.

He really got younger. Ryan could clearly feel the vitality of the other person.

The air had become visibly colder, and the sky was filled with white mist. The North Wind Province was still as cold as ever. In such an environment, many voices within the Legion of Light's Judgment disappeared, and everyone was silently waiting for the one who would arrive home.

Lingdu City is just around the corner, and the ancient city walls are more magnificent than before. Around Lingdu City, there are large tracts of open space where many transport teams from chambers of commerce have stopped.

"In the future, the Empire's Chamber of Commerce will no longer appear in Beifeng City, but here."

Ryan's voice was addressed to Farrell, and the legend narrowed his eyes slightly after listening to it, and then smiled.

"Everyone says that I, who have become a legend, have gained the most from the war in the Andara Kingdom, but I think Baron Ryan may be the winner."

"In war, there is only winning and losing, there is no such thing as victory or defeat."

Ryan said this, turned around, took down the flag of the Legion of Light's Judgment, and handed it to Farrell.

"Please ask Commander Farel to help me hand over the banner of light to the Earl."

Farrell was surprised.

"You won't deliver it yourself?"

As for the nobles, according to the nobility, it is the commander Ryan who should hand over the power personally.

But Ryan didn't have time to deal with that woman now. The war was over, and there were countless things waiting for him in the territory and Lingdu City.

"The Marquis hasn't been born yet. I believe the Marquis' mother, Meyers, will understand."

Ryan said perfunctorily, turning around and giving orders to tens of thousands of soldiers.

"From now on, you will return to your own territory and be loyal to your lord."

The soldiers were reluctant to leave, but Ryan couldn't afford to support them, and the nobles in Lingdu City had already come out. They were looking forward to getting their soldiers back, not to get their soldiers back, but to get the wealth that this army would bring them.

For the Province of Borean Wind, this great victory in the journey to the Kingdom of Andara was of course a matter of joy for most and sorrow for a few.

The war brought them at least one year's or even two or three years' worth of wealth and income.

The nobles in the North Wind Province also have a lot of work to do and are in urgent need of money.

The Legion of Light's Judgment was disbanded, and Ryan finally felt relieved. He bid farewell to the nobles and headed towards the Frozen Territory with his still bloated team.

"We also need a road between the Frozen Territory and Lingdu City."

This will be a very important part of Ryan's next plan. In his plan, Lingdu City will become a prosperous economic center in the north, radiating to a vast land, including but not limited to the North Wind Province, the Serra Kingdom and the Andara Kingdom.

The city belonged to Viscount Miles, but in fact most of it belonged to Baron Ryan.

Of course, in essence this city actually belongs to the empire, but that is too macroscopic.

"With over two million in wealth, I can do a lot of things."

At this moment, Ryan was finally overjoyed, and he knew very well that the more than two million wealth in his hands now was different from what he had before he went to the Andara Kingdom.

Now he can spend more than two million into more than four million, while before it was only more than two million.

This is the change brought about by status and power, and those chambers of commerce will give him the cheapest discounts.

"And the Cathedral of Light. I am going to the Andara Kingdom on behalf of light. It shouldn't be without any expression, right?"

Ryan planned to write a letter to the Imperial Capital, to the Emperor and to the Cathedral of Light, in order to get something from them.

However, Baron Ryan, who had just returned to the Frozen Territory, had not yet had time to write a letter to the emperor in the south when he received news of the movement from the Andara Kingdom.

"Twenty-three is a noble who rebelled against the Andara Kingdom and threw himself into the arms of the Sera Kingdom?"

Ryan opened his eyes wide, how could this happen?

The nobles pledged allegiance to the king, and then turned around and swore to become citizens of another kingdom?

Ryan was surprised and a little nervous. Was war going to break out again?
The McReynolds family has brought two humiliations upon the Andara royal family. Can they really tolerate this?

"However, I'm afraid there is also a part of the empire involved."

Ryan discovered that some of those rebellious nobles were actually devout believers of Dawn.

The Andara Kingdom expelled the Holy See, but this did not mean that the nobles would follow suit. Even now, the influence of the Holy See on the kingdom's nobles still exists.

Perhaps here, Archbishop Adriana just made a gesture and the nobles gave up all their lands and went to the Kingdom of Serra.

On the border of the Andara Kingdom, bordering the Serra Kingdom, the nobles' soldiers complained as they built up their defenses again. They had just returned home for only two days when they appeared on the battlefield again.

The soldiers had no time to think, but the furious king might order an attack at any time.

The nobles were persuading that they had no intention of starting a war at all, and most importantly, they were now dividing the population in the territories of the rebellious nobles.

Those nobles could not take everyone with them, and all the people who remained in their territories became slaves and were divided up among the great nobles.

The most ruthless one among them is Count Mercers. His family is on the rise. What is it lacking? It lacks everything, but the top priority is population.

The nobles' rebellion gave him the best opportunity.

He was also unwilling to start a war, so even though King Adams was extremely angry, he could do nothing about it.

"Your Majesty, if we go to war with the Kingdom of Sera now, the Church will definitely help them. Perhaps we should wait until the Empire helps us build a magic school before we fight against the missionaries and priests of the Church."

"The most important thing now is to allow the royal family to regain its army."

Count Mercers' suggestion made the king a little angry, because the nobles had sworn allegiance to him, and Count Mercers in front of him certainly would not understand that feeling.

"Declare the Kingdom of Sera to be Andara's eternal enemy. Kill their nobles and you will be able to obtain the title of Andara!"

The king finally gave this order, which caused an uproar in the southern lands. This was the first time that the southern world showed open hostility towards certain nobles.

(End of this chapter)