Throne of the North.

Chapter 167 Economic Development of the Frozen Territory
The south of the Flor Empire, to be more precise, is the Thousand Lakes Province located on the southwest coast of the empire.

This is the southernmost part of the empire. Going further south, you will encounter alien sirens living in the shallow sea, the land of the Kingdom of Carlos, and twenty or thirty noble territories.

Following the Vatican's declaration of war on the Holy Mountain, the Vatican's five extraordinary legions and the armies of dozens of noble territories that were coerced by the Vatican gathered at the northern border of the Kingdom of Carlos, a place called the Bordeaux Plateau.

Within a day, the entire empire was in a state of panic. The imperial army in the north began to gather in the south and build a defense line in the Thousand Lakes Province.

The total number of troops on both sides, including the large number of slaves responsible for logistics, reached as high as one million on the battlefield of confrontation.

"This is a war between two overlords in the southern land that is engulfing the entire world."

A famous scholar commented like this, and then on the last day of February, which the Vatican named the Birthday of the Son of God, more than ten extraordinary legions launched an attack on the Thousand Lakes Province of the Empire.

The name of the Thousand Lakes Province comes from the unique terrain here. The west coast of the Norris Continent is concave from the location of the Thousand Lakes Province. In other words, the Thousand Lakes Province is located in the northwest of the Kingdom of Carlos, and the kingdom is located in the southeast of the Thousand Lakes Province.

The Thousand Lakes Province is located at the corner of this "L"-shaped terrain. Hundreds and thousands of islands form the most special province of this empire. There are many lakes, but they all lead directly to the ocean.

This geographical location results in the land of the Empire and the Kingdom of Carlos being connected by an angle called Pearl Bay.

Both the Empire and the Kingdom of Carlos have navies in this bay because they need to resist the sirens living in the shallow waters of Pearl Bay and plunder the valuable pearls called Goddess' Tears.

Ten years ago, this kind of pearl was rated as the best spell medium for magicians, without a doubt.

When the war broke out, the navy of the Empire and the navy of the Kingdom of Carlos suffered extreme blows at the same time.

One of the Holy See's extraordinary legions, the Deep Sea Believer Legion, composed of up to nine thousand tidal Nagas, appeared here from the southern ocean and in just half a day, dealt a devastating blow to the Empire's navy.

The empire's naval power was not strong to begin with, and under the sudden attack, it lost most of its strength and had to flee back to the Thousand Lakes Province for repairs. However, it would be difficult for the empire to launch a counterattack against the Holy See from the sea in such a short period of time.

However, perhaps the commanders of both sides had the same idea. The navy of the Kingdom of Carlos was also completely destroyed by the Empire's surprise attack. At this moment, both the Empire and the Holy See lost their direct naval military power.

As a last resort, the islands of Qianhu Province became the focus of war. From the first day, the armies of both sides fought on the islands on a large scale.

At almost the same time, the war in the North Wind Province, which had not been completed last year, began again.

The armies of Earl Weiss and Viscount Hogg appeared in Tieshan County and Beifeng County. The Beifeng Province's own full-scale war also unfolded amid the world's great changes.

However, compared with the world war in Pearl Bay in the south, the North Wind Province did not receive any attention at all, and many people did not even know what happened here.

"Is it such a coincidence?"

Even though he was in the Frozen Territory, Ryan was still the first to know about the movements of Count Weiss and Viscount Hogg. As one of the seven most powerful nobles in the North Wind Province today, Ryan was able to decide the direction of this war on a small scale.

"Let Lord Yazhe go to Calais Province in person and find Beard."

Ryan handed the note in his hand to the knight team in front of him, and at the same time handed over his baron family emblem to them.

"Let Beard purchase the things according to the requirements here." Thanks to the relationship with the Viscountess, Lord Yazhe's status in the Frozen Territory is now second only to Ryan and Butler Beard. The other party is also very sensible and wants to tie himself to Ryan's car as soon as he gets the chance.

Ryan naturally didn't mind giving him a chance to go to the south to see the prosperity of the empire.

As for the information on the note, that was the equipment that Grand Wizard McKen currently needed. There were so many things needed to train war horses.

"Also... have Lord Hahn come to see me."

Ryan ordered that Saban Haan, who had helped him manage the remaining people of the Crucible City when Ryan was away, later came to the Tundra Territory, and Ryan turned him into the lord of the Tundra Territory as promised.

Now this lord not only has his own manor in the Frozen Territory, but is also Ryan's temporary herald.

Because he mastered a kind of bird magic, which was probably to use magic to attach to a woven wooden bird or paper bird, making it "come alive" and carry out communications.

The method of communication was not writing, but recording Ryan's orders and then transmitting them to a distant place.

For Lord Haan at present, the small frozen land territory is enough for him with his strength as a magician.

The magic from the other world has even interested the great wizard McKen. Perhaps Lord Hahn may become a powerful magician in the future.

For now, Ryan needed him to follow him and convey his instructions.

With the arrival of Lord Haan, the herald, Ryan's many orders began to be delivered to every corner of the Frozen Territory.

"The war in the Northern Wind Province has begun. Starting today, the five hundred knights and squires will resume their food rations of four meals a day. The militia will be guaranteed three meals a day. Even the militia will have to carry out four hours of military training every day during non-mission periods."

"Brock, you need to lead the craftsmen on Blacksmith Street to start forging refined weapons and armor. I don't need weapons that will chip after two cuts. The weapons and armor my knights wear must be worth no less than one hundred gold coins."

"And Etria, in the new year, every person in the Frozen Territory must be registered, even slaves and babies. They must be classified and summarized by block. For the security and sanitation issues on Firewood Street and Tavern Street, more personnel need to be dispatched. My territory cannot be too dirty."

"My lords, as nobles of the Frozen Territory, you are pioneers. In the new year, every lord must lead a pioneering team to open up the foothills. You can apply for a militia team to provide protection and a hunting team to serve as a guide. The best will be rewarded, and the worst will be punished."

"Drinking water for irrigation..."

Ryan gave dozens of orders in succession. Watching the birds flying from Rhino Horn Mountain to various places in the Frozen Territory, everyone knew that the Frozen Territory was about to become busy again.

And no one has forgotten that everyone in the Frozen Territory now owes the lord a fortune. The houses they live in and the land they cultivate were all loaned to them by Ryan for free. With the development of the Frozen Territory, these people's lives are indeed getting better, but at the same time, they also owe a lot of debts.

Ryan doesn't care about these things, but his people cannot help but care about them, because this is a huge sum of money for them.

Ryan allowed the civilians to slowly repay their loans by having them work, which made the civilians ecstatic. After all, if it were other noble lords, they would not be paid for making the civilians work.

"We need to hurry up and start economic exchanges with Lingdu County."

(End of this chapter)