Inside the Council Chamber of Ironwood.

It was noon, and the lighting of the conference hall was very good, and the bright sunlight shone into the conference hall, and the whole conference hall was extremely bright.

The spring sun shines on people, and it will not hurt the skin like the summer sun, but it is a warm feeling, which makes people very comfortable.

It's a pity that only Richard, Ron, and Viscount Sauter may feel comfortable, and Viscount Nader and the other three barons don't feel comfortable at all at this time.

At this time, the council hall was very silent, Viscount Sauter looked at the table with a blank face, as if he was digesting something, the three barons looked down at the table, as if they wanted to count the lines of the conference table, only Viscount Nader raised his head and wanted to say something.

Just now, Richard proposed a plan for the integration of the theater of operations.

In order to increase the war potential of each territory, the Hunters will send sheriffs and tax collectors to the villages in the four territories.

Follow the Hunter Lord's way of governing Nader and the other three barons.

In the future, the peasants and soldiers of each family were uniformly trained and managed by the Hunter family, and the official school of Tiemu City would also select suitable schoolchildren in these villages.

In the future, each family will only manage the territory around their own castle.

At the same time, Richard also promised that the past income of each family, the tax collected by each village, will not be less than in the past, and if the tax is reduced due to the management of the Hunter family, the Hunt family will make up for the reduced part.

Richard's proposal silenced the nobles at the table.

Of course, the families are not happy to accept this condition, especially the relatively large territory of the Nader family,

There are hundreds of large and small villages in the Nader family's territory, with a rough estimate of nearly fifty or sixty thousand people, almost the same as the previous Will family.

If Richard's conditions are agreed, then the Nader family will basically lose control of the village under their rule, and let the Hunter family run like this for two years, who can remember that the Nader family is their lord.

In the same way, the other three baronys together are not much different from the Nader family's territory and population, who wants to let someone else take care of it if they can be the emperor of the soil?

"Lord Richard, I think this should be discussed again."

After a little hesitation, Viscount Nader still struggled to fight for it, but he probably didn't realize that under such a strong strength gap,

Viscount Nader had unconsciously used honorifics to Richard, and he was completely unable to negotiate with Richard on an equal footing.

"What's there to change here, I think it's good, it's cheaper for you!"

Before Richard could speak, Viscount Soth, who had been sitting on the main seat as a mascot, suddenly took the initiative to answer.

He glared at Viscount Nader, his expression was very dissatisfied, in Viscount Sauter's opinion, this proposal was really good, and he didn't have to manage daily things, and he could still receive taxes in full,

This is a good thing that can't be found with a lantern, and if it were him, he would be able to happily agree immediately.

"But ......"

"Bang!"

Viscount Nader wanted to continue to say something, but Viscount Sauter slapped the table heavily, causing Viscount Nader to swallow his words back.

"Bang, clang......" A sound of metal colliding came from outside the door.

As soon as Viscount Thoth slapped the table, several crusaders who were a little closer to the door moved, and immediately rushed to the door to check inside.

Although they did not enter the door directly, the Crusaders, wrapped in armor, walked with a loud noise, and immediately attracted everyone's attention to them.

Viscount Nader and the others even subconsciously wanted to touch the long sword on their waists.

Seeing this, Richard waved his hand to the crusaders, signaling that they were all right, and told them to retreat.

Richard didn't have any intention of letting the crusaders rush to leave all the lords here.

After all, doing this kind of thing blatantly has almost no other benefits than adding to themselves, and even if they occupy their territory afterwards, they will not be legally recognized.

If you dare to use the power in your hands to blatantly annex the territory, it will definitely provoke the intervention of the kingdom.

Richard doesn't have the strength to deal with the dragon knights of Zhenguo now, and even a Northland Marquis Mansion is not something Richard can fight against now.

However, the effect of this accident was quite good, and Viscount Nader was obviously a little frightened, and did not dare to continue to speak.

"Does anyone else have an opinion?"

Viscount Sot stared at everyone and looked around, and several of them buried their heads and didn't dare to look at Viscount Sote.

After Viscount Nader died down, the other three barons did not dare to stand up against it.

"Since you don't have any opinions, let's do it as such."

Viscount Sot settled the matter in a few sentences.

Richard began paddling the entire water as soon as Viscount Sauter spoke, as he found that Viscount Sauter was justified enough.

Viscount Sot really thinks that the conditions offered by his family are simply too good, and others are unwilling to accept it, because they don't know the hearts of good people, they don't know what to do, and they don't know how to lift.

With this kind of cognition, Viscount Sot spoke with great confidence, and even made several nobles really have the illusion that the Hunter family is for my good at that moment.

"Come on, come on, sign the agreement."

For the first time, Viscount Hunt dominated such a meeting, apparently still with some excitement.

Beckoning the attendants on the side, they placed the protocols and quill pens that had been prepared in front of the lords.

Under the gaze of Viscount Sauter, Viscount Nader finally reluctantly signed his name to the agreement.

The three barons who wanted to wait and see that the strongest Nader family had signed, and they did not hesitate to put their names on the agreement.

Because of Viscount Sauter's true colors, the whole thing was completed in less than an hour, which was much smoother than Richard imagined.

Viscount Nader on the side put down his pen and let out a long sigh of relief after signing the agreement, as if he had finally let go of some burden.

In fact, it is not completely unacceptable, the area around the castle is still managed by the Nader family, and the tax revenue of the village will not be less than before, as long as the tax can be received in full, the Hunter family can toss as much as they like.

Viscount Nader, who signed the agreement, came up with the idea.

This is probably the situation is stronger than people, if there are only three or five knights in the Hunt family, Viscount Nader will not be able to sign such an agreement,

But now that there are so many knights in the Hunter family that Viscount Nader is numb, and even the number seems to be increasing,

The next time I found out that there were a few more knights in the Hunt family, Viscount Nader might not be surprised.

In the face of such a powerful Hunter family, Viscount Nader couldn't raise the confidence to fight at all, and since he couldn't resist, he could only comfort himself.

That's actually not bad?

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