Throne of the North.

Chapter 212: Scarcity of Talent

Ryan found that he still wasn't at ease.

Except for the first three days after returning to the Frozen Territory, he was extremely busy every day thereafter.

The arrangement of the land in Thundercloud County, the compensation exchange with the defeated nobles, the development plan of the frozen land, the preliminary plan for economic development, the progress of the breeding of war horses by Master McKen on the plains, and the blessing and training of the army.

A bunch of things began to press on Ryan, especially when each of these things required a large number of people. The number of people reported by the butler Beard gave Ryan a headache.

Manpower is needed no matter which direction the planning and action is in.

But unfortunately, Ryan just doesn't have that many suitable people under his command.

He has tried very hard to have Viscountess Wittman and Butler Beard train talents in knowledge and management, but there are still many gaps.

This inevitably led to a stagnation in the progress of his own knight training, but which of these things was not important?

Even the transactions with the Lantern Chamber of Commerce, the screening and purchase of magical materials and crops, and the grain trade with the Gargoyle Count in the Danube Province have not been counted and have been delayed again and again by Ryan.

At this moment, Ryan didn't know whether he should be happy that his territory had become so powerful, or feel helpless that he had taken too big a step.

"No wonder. The development of a noble family cannot be achieved in one generation. It often takes several or even more than ten generations to accumulate a strong foundation."

Why? Of course, it’s because if there is only one generation, there are too few people who can be trusted and used.

For the nobles, brothers and sisters are natural retainers. They depend on the eldest noble brother, enjoy the rights of the nobles, and are the most loyal supporters.

One generation will have a bunch of brothers and sisters. After two or three generations, there will be dozens of core followers. Their families and downward relationships will guard the authority of the nobility like a pyramid.

It's very troublesome for someone like Ryan. He was split out of the family and is alone for now. There are very few people available around him.

All things will fall on his shoulders. Even though he has handed over the government affairs of the Frozen Territory to Etria, he is still very busy every day.

But for a family like the Earl of Winter's, it is relatively easy.

Earl Winter has a large family around him, especially when he had not yet expanded. There were so many family members that they often had to compete to get to the top. These people could help Earl Winter share most of the pressure without having to worry about their loyalty.

To the extent that even a count could become a knight of the Holy Land.

If the situation were the same as Ryan's, it would be questionable whether Earl Winter could become a Sky Knight.

Count Sauron is an example. The family of this count is not very prosperous.

The reason he was able to become a Sky Knight was purely because of Count Sauron’s talent and abundant resources.

"Perhaps, I should write a letter to the Clayton family and try to recruit some members of the Clayton family to come to the Frozen Territory."

Ryan thought so, and then began to write a letter. As far as he knew, the Clayton family did not have a deep foundation among the great nobles of the empire, but because of their special bloodline, they were very fertile, which led to the fact that even among the members of the Earl's family, there were still many people whose ambitions could not be fulfilled.

Especially those before Ryan’s father’s generation. At that time, the Clayton family was not that powerful, and their wealth and industries were not abundant enough, so naturally there would be many more people coming out.

Even for Ryan's generation, the future is still unpredictable. For example, for his brothers and sisters, it's okay for girls, the Countess will find a way to help them marry into a good family, but for men, currently only Ryan and his brother have the title.

"As long as they can see that the frozen land can bring them a bright future, they will still come even if it is in the northern territory."

Thinking of this, Ryan's writing speed gradually increased.

Of course, Beard still has to be told to continue training suitable young people, who will become capable officials in his territory.

The population of the Frozen Territory is more than 20,000, but currently less than 100 talents have been trained. How can this be enough?

The pressure of talent will take some time to eliminate. Before that, Ryan can only deal with more and more affairs in the Frozen Territory with a bitter face.

In the time that passed, the Lantern Chamber of Commerce and the Rose Blade Chamber of Commerce received the weapons forged by all the nobles in Lingdu County as promised. They will be delivered to the nobles in the south, and perhaps most of them will be directly delivered to the Thousand Lakes Province where the war is breaking out.

"'Snow Dragon's Roar' will surely let those guys in the south hear the roar from the north!"

This was Irina's solemn declaration when she excitedly received ten 'Snow Dragon Song' knight swords forged by Brock himself.

Then she signed another arms deal with the Frozen Territory to prevent others from finding the Frozen Territory, the birthplace of its products, after she left.

As a reward, a team from the Blade Rose Chamber of Commerce will appear again in the Frozen Territory in the summer, bringing a large number of goods that Ryan needs and has already purchased.

The transaction was worth up to 250,000 gold coins, which was worth the Sharp Rose Chamber of Commerce making a special trip just for the frozen soil.

The moment the contract was established, Ryan became a poor man again. Taking into account some magic materials for war horses and construction materials for the wizard tower that he had purchased before, Ryan now has difficulty taking out even 10,000 gold coins.

This forced him to re-examine his economic plans.

The war did bring Ryan a lot of wealth, but these riches could not be obtained in an instant. For example, the compensation from the nobles of Leiyun County would take at least three to five years to fall into his hands.

For example, the compensation paid to Yinchuan County was intended to open the door to absolute free trade, which would take time to settle.

Sometimes Ryan himself would wonder if the nobles had too much power. The lord had absolute authority over everything in the territory. Otherwise, why would Ryan go to so much trouble to talk about free trade?

We are all nobles of the same empire and the province of the North Wind, but there is still something like commercial tax, which is unreasonable no matter how you look at it.

However, he couldn't help but think of another question. If even the nobles within the empire were like this, wouldn't it be even more so between countries?
"In that case, isn't my previous deal with the Viscount of the Andara Kingdom smuggling?"

Ryan blinked his eyes, it seemed... Mihaly had indeed come secretly, and Beard also delivered the weapons secretly.

(End of this chapter)