Drifting Snow City is located in the southernmost part of the Northlands, close to the confluence of the Da Ling River and the Xiao Ling River.

Two rivers that originated in the snow-capped mountains of the Far North flowed through the vast Iron Wood Forest, then through the Hunter Territory, and finally converged again to become the Golden Dragon River that ran through the Empire, all the way through the rich river valleys, through the great plains of the central part of the royal realm, and finally into the Endless Sea in the south.

This city located on the north-south traffic artery is the first city in the north, with a 9-zhang high city wall, rows of streets and houses, and endless shouts and laughter on the streets, all of which tell the majestic prosperity of the Drifting Snow City.

At the gates of Drifting Snow City, civilians and caravans of trade lined up to wait for the guards to check it.

Located at the southern end of the Northland, where the rivers meet, Drifting Snow City is an important transportation hub, whether it is a timber merchant selling ironwood in the north, an iron ore merchant in the west, or even a sea pearl mined in the south.

"Old man, I heard that there are two more lords clashing on the edge of the Ironwood Forest in the north."

"No, I was delayed for more than ten days this time, otherwise this batch of goods would have been loaded onto the royal capital."

Two merchants who knew each other met at the city gate and chatted while waiting.

"Which two are fighting, and which side is winning."

"I heard it was the Hunters who won."

"The Hunters?" Another businessman had apparently not heard of the family's name.

After all, there are more than a hundred lords in the Northland, and every ten years, there will always be a few knights who will never be able to inherit the title and disappear into the list of nobles.

"Harm, it's a small family next to the iron wood forest, in the past few years, they have built an iron and wood city, and now they go to collect timber, and some of the goods from the past can be sold directly in the city, which is more convenient."

Naturally, these timber buyers could not have gone to the northernmost part with empty carts to collect timber, but had to take some goods from other places to sell by the way.

"This northern land is a bit chaotic now, in the past two years, there have been more and more nobles who have used swords, and even the knights have died a lot, I can't think about it a few years ago."

"What a mess, it's just a small fight among some rural nobles, whether this northern land is chaotic or not, you have to look here, you have to say it." As he spoke, the merchant stretched out his thumb and pointed to the three words of Drifting Snow City on the city tower.

"Yes, we don't have to worry so much, just eat well."

"Next, hurry up." The soldiers at the city gate looked at the absence of anyone and were a little impatient.

"It's coming, it's coming."

"When this batch of goods goes out, let's have a drink in the city."

So saying, he hurriedly led the horse and pulled the goods to the city gate.

The conversation between the two merchants all showed their awe of Drifting Snow City, and the strength of Drifting Snow City was also the consensus of all Northlanders.

The Marquis of the Northlands, the Randster family, is the master of Drifting Snow City, and although the current head of the family, Wade Randster, is eighty years old, he is a real master of the Great Knight Rank.

Among the four sons, except for the youngest son, who was born weak, the other three sons are also knight-level masters, and the eldest son is rumored to have entered the big knight level, which is eye-catching.

The various branches of the Lancester family are also talented, and there are at least more than twenty knights in total. Small nobles like the Will family and the previous Hunter family are rare to produce a knight in each generation, and they are often worried about the succession of titles, while the Lancet family has at least nearly thirty knights, not to mention a master like a big knight.

There are nearly 100,000 soldiers under the command of the entire Drifting Snow City called the Jingbei Army, these are not the kind of peasant soldiers who train several times a year, but professional soldiers who are in the battalion all the year round, and their combat effectiveness is not the same, they are the confidence of the Drifting Snow City to dominate the side.

In terms of high-end combat power, the Lancet family itself has more than 20 knight-level masters, plus a large number of landless knights who have defected to the Lancet family, and there are hundreds of knight-level combat power under the command of Drifting Snow City, and it can be said that half of the knights in the entire northern land are gathered under the snow wolf banner of Lancet.

As for the quasi-knights, there are countless of them, and there are thousands of them who serve in the Jingbei Army, which are nothing at all, and can only be used as grassroots officers.

It can be said that the Lancet family is the emperor of the Northland, as long as they don't pull the flag and rebel, no one can cure it.

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At this time, in a gorgeous mansion in Drifting Snow City, a young man in a luxurious brocade robe was tinkering with a few tea sets on the table, as if he wanted to brew something.

Next to him, a middle-aged man in light armor stood respectfully aside.

"Master Lint, this is a gift list from the Hunter family, please take a look."

The young man put down the tea set in his hand and flipped through the gift list casually.

"Huo, it's quite valuable, it's not like this kind of little nobleman who took it."

"Say, what do they want?" Such a valuable gift is certainly not given for nothing.

The subordinate next to him told Lint about the incident.

Lint looked at it with an interested expression.

"Sander, what do you think?"

"Daring, wolf ambition."

"Hahaha, it's not easy to get Sander to say such things."

"You say, do I help or not?"

"It's all up to the young master."

Although Sander saw through Richard's operation, he didn't actually pay much attention to it, after all, from the perspective of Snowdrift, the fight between Hunter and Will's family was like two groups of ants fighting for a little crumb of bread that accidentally fell on the ground.

Rather, it was Lint who read something unusual from the simple things.

"It's a bit interesting to fight more with less and attack the enemy later."

"Sander, go get me all the information about the Hunters." Lint muttered for a few seconds and instructed Sander beside him.

"It's the young master."

Lint's full name is Lint Randster, the fourth young master of the Randster family, the youngest son of Marquis Wade, although he has been frail since he was a child and is insulated from the Knight Road, but with Randster's identity and smart mind, he ran the largest chamber of commerce in the Northlands, and recruited a group of subordinates, and also weaved an intelligence network covering the Northlands.

"Young master, the information related to the Hunter family is here, and the latest is a big battle between them and the Will family a month ago."

"Hmm", Lint replied, and buried his head in the pages carefully.

Due to the speed of information dissemination in the times, it is normal for some unimportant information to be delayed for a month.

The more Lint looked at it, the tighter his brows locked, and he unconsciously muttered to himself.

"Giving land, building cities, military exploits, strong peasants and soldiers, changing the tax system, and ingenious equipment."

As he spoke, Lint was sketching something with his pen in his hand, and finally he placed the pen on the table and fell into a long period of thought.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xuan slowly raised his eyebrows.

"Sander, help him this time, and do as he asks."

"Also, in the future, the importance of the information about the Hunter family and Richard will be changed to level 1."

"Even if the Hunter Territory annexes the Will Territory, it is just a small nobleman with hundreds of thousands of people, is it necessary?"

When the importance of intelligence is adjusted to level 1, the investment in collecting relevant information will increase exponentially, and such a large investment for a small person in the eyes of Sander seems to be a bit more than worth the loss.

Instead of showing anger at Sander's questioning, Lint showed a certain amount of patience with his henchmen.

"Sander, do you know what I saw in the intel?"

"Please make it clear, young master."

"It's a change, in this unchanging, slowly decaying kingdom, a little change that makes me see hope."

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