I'm not a lord

Chapter 127 The increasingly chaotic North

The next day at noon, Lynn set out on his journey home.

He had a fruitful trip. Not only did he bring back forty carts of salt, he also took away the chief's youngest daughter, Millie, and more than fifty young men from the wilderness.

Two days later, he returned to the White Bear Territory and threw these excited young men into the northern military camp, handing them over to Lao Wu and Little Soward for rigorous training.

The second brother now has a heavy burden. He has to train more than a dozen cavalrymen, be responsible for the security of the castle, and deliver official documents to the two baronies. He is in charge of nearly 30 people and is no longer suitable to be a coach for the barbarians.

What's more, little Soward has already successfully completed his mission and is capable of training more scouts from the wilderness.

Lynn returned to the castle and packed up the barbarian sisters who had been bothering him all the way and gave them to Leah.

These two girls still need a few years of training and growth before they are qualified to be picked by Lynn.

Along the way, the younger Millie answered all the questions and told them everything that had happened recently in the lowland tribe, including the dispute at the dinner table that night.

Lynn wasn't too surprised by this.

Old Thorward had a certain political acumen and a fairly smooth way of doing things. It was impossible for him not to understand the current situation of the lowland tribes.

Without Lynn, the lowland tribes would not have enough food and clothing.

If there are voices against Lin En in the tribe, there will naturally be someone to help him suppress them.

The same principle applies to White Bear Collar and Shoal Collar.

Lynn knew too well what people of this era desired.

The lowland tribes want to live a stable life with enough food and warm clothing.

The serfs in the two territories longed for a relatively free status and more food income.

The artisans longed for money and higher social status.

The village managers wanted their offspring to receive a better education so that they could achieve a class transition.

Lin En was not afraid that the barbarians would know the outrageous exchange rate of salt. Instead of arousing their general rebellious psychology, it would make them yearn for the prosperous life in the White Bear Territory even more.

While enslaving the barbarians, he also provided them with a visible path to transition.

As long as you become his soldier, you will have the opportunity to settle down in White Bear Territory with your family and live a better life.

Lynn was able to fulfill the visions of his subjects, and therefore earned their loyalty.

All he has to do is lead them from one victory to the next.

The day after Lynn returned to the castle, Leon's fleet arrived at the White Bear Territory.

Although Leon himself did not come, his clerk brought his personal letter, iron ingots and cloth that White Bear Territory urgently needed, as well as two additional small galleys.

These two boats were specially requested by Lynn.

The White Bear Territory and the Shoal Territory are connected by the White River. It takes less than ten hours to reach the destination by going downstream. It is much more convenient to transmit information and transport personnel and goods than by land.

The only drawback is that it is seasonally restricted and is not navigable for about four months each year.

Based on the principle of not wasting time, Lin En naturally decided to make use of this waterway.

Of course, he will also control the docks and ships more strictly to prevent possible leakage of intelligence.

Leon's handwritten letter was very thick.

Lynn sat at the desk, used a silver knife to cut open the stamp, and took out five full sheets of letter paper from the dark yellow envelope.

The content of the letter can be roughly divided into three parts.

One of them was a daily greeting, in which Leon blatantly asked Lynn to pamper his sister more so that he could have a nephew as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Leon had already begun trying to win over the Sanhe City defense militia, but the results were modest and required more time to develop. The second issue was about business dealings.

As the war continued, the prices of iron ingots and various weapons and armor continued to rise, with iron ingots rising slightly by 10% and weapons and armor rising by nearly 30%.

Leon believed that Count Jingtie was deliberately raising the selling price. After all, Jingtie County had just absorbed a large number of refugee miners in September, and the output of iron ingots should have increased.

The price increase of weapons and armor is affected by iron ingots, and also because local lords impose war taxes on cities. These taxes will naturally be transferred to the craftsmen below.

Affected by war taxes, prices in Sanhe City have skyrocketed recently, and almost all handicraft products have increased in price. Various artisan guilds and lower-class citizens have complained about this.

The third is about the wars in various parts of the Northern Kingdom.

Sanhe City is not only a commercial hub, but also an intelligence transit station. Military intelligence from all over the country will be transmitted along Jinghe River and gathered here.

Leon, the black market boss, not only buys and sells all kinds of contraband, but also runs an intelligence business.

According to the accurate intelligence he obtained, the current crown territory can be roughly divided into four major factions.

The pro-Moor Duke faction, the pro-Duke of the Vale faction, the Royalist faction, and the Waver faction.

Except for the westernmost Duke of the Grass, the remaining two dukes have their own supporters in the Crown Territory and are sending reinforcements to the Crown Territory to seize the Northern Crown.

In the early stages of the war, the royal faction suffered repeated defeats due to internal chaos and lack of leadership, and the important River Bay Fortress was seized by the Duke of Swamp.

By October, under pressure from the Duke of Swamp, the royal faction had no choice but to put aside their differences and work together to nominate an heir to the throne.

The identity of this heir is very special. He is the half-brother of the late King of the North. He is about forty years old and is an illegitimate child.

In the North, illegitimate children obviously have no inheritance rights.

But the Urenis family, that is, the royal bloodline is weak. Apart from this illegitimate son, only the former king's son-in-law has the ability to inherit the throne.

It just so happens that this son-in-law is the king of the southern border.

Both candidates for the throne are not "good men", one is an illegitimate child, and the other is a foreign king with a large army.

It is precisely because of this that the royal faction is divided and arguing endlessly.

Faced with military pressure, they finally chose the lesser of two evils and placed the Northern Crown on the head of an illegitimate son named "Maurice".

Now the royal army and the Duke of Swamp are in a stalemate.

The royal army relied on the strong fortresses throughout the crown territory for defense, tying down the Duke of Swamp's army on the east side of River Bay Castle. For the time being, neither side could do anything to the other.

The war in the Dukedom of the Swamp is still going on.

Although the refugees who initiated the rebellion have been suppressed, the Duke of Grassland has sent more troops to the western border of the Duchy.

These knights from the grassland had no intention of attacking the city walls. They split into small groups and went deep into the Duchy of the Swamp to plunder, leaving the western part of the Duchy full of refugees.

Meanwhile, the Duke of the Valley in the south was somewhat quiet. Leon guessed that he might be planning a large-scale war, but he lacked more relevant intelligence.

Regarding the wars in various parts of the Northern Kingdom, Lin En has always had only one attitude: fight, fight hard!
If you don't fight, how can I develop?

To his delight, the Duke of Marsh was actually detained by the royal party.

This is definitely good news. The longer it is delayed, the longer Lin En will have to develop.

And as the war continues, the Duke of the Swamp will continue to impose taxes on all classes in the territory, which will undoubtedly trigger more conflicts.

This would give Lynn the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

The entire Northern Kingdom is developing in the direction he wants.

(End of this chapter)