Today's guardian of the northern realm of the kingdom of Tria is Ahrens. Glauder. Prince Tria.

He was the king of the kingdom of Tria and the younger brother of Tria XI.

For his younger brother, Tria XI can be said to have shown his preference without the slightest concealment: he not only gave his brother the title of guardian of the northern realm given to the Golden Duo family by the previous king, but even the entire northern territory - almost the area equivalent to two dukedoms, was given to his younger brother as a fief.

You must know that whether it is the former Guardian of the North, the current Duke of Guta, or the three dukes of the Eastern Guardian, the Western Guardian, and the Southern Guardian, their territory is only equivalent to a duke and an earldom.

Therefore, many nobles regard this as another suppression of the aristocratic faction by the royal family of the Tria Kingdom.

After all, Ahrens. Glauder. Tria was the mainstay of the royal faction known to all the nobles of the entire kingdom of Tria, and it is said that this prince played a pivotal role in the ascension of Tria XI.

Because of this, the situation in the north is a bit delicate now.

The inhabitants of the North, the former Northland, refer to it as the Old North—in fact, it is now known as the Ghouta Territory in the revised official name of the Kingdom of Tria, because it is home to the Ghouta Fortress, one of the four most famous fortified defenses of the Kingdom of Tria.

Before the start of the Northern Expedition, the fortress of Guta was the northern border of the Kingdom of Tria, but after the major victories of the Northern Expedition, the fortress now exists in name only. However, Tria XI used the fortress as a title to correct the former Guardian of the North, now Duke of Ghouta. Ann Rocco. The title of the realm of the Golden Duo.

This was actually a signal for Tria XI to express his dissatisfaction with the border aristocracy.

However, the Jin Duo family is not without means of resistance.

With the end of the Northern Expedition, the nobles of the New North have completed their rewards, and now the entire North is in a serious shortage of labor. Although the Kingdom of Tria vigorously pursued a new policy in the north to encourage land reclamation and border immigration, the actual effect was not obvious, so the various aristocratic fiefs in the north of the Kingdom of Tria today still mostly used slaves and prisoners sentenced to exile as the main labor force, so the problem of public security was basically a headache for the lords in the north.

Not only that, but for all kinds of materials that are seriously lacking in the north today, they basically need to rely on the transportation and trading of merchants. However, the ancient tower fortress in charge of the Jinduo family has increased the collection of commercial taxes in this regard, which naturally leads to a serious imbalance in the trade of goods at the north and south ends of the ancient tower fortress: most of the current northern nobles spend several times more on food and clothing than other nobles in the Tria Kingdom.

There are even many noble territories that look very barren and do not have the slightest prosperity.

Because of this, the people south of the ancient tower fortress prefer to call the current northern territory the northern land, the barbarian land, or the northern barbarian.

Su Yan took Anna all the way south, and the scene he saw was basically this kind of wild scene.

It was only after getting closer to the Northern Winter City that the surrounding scene became slightly more prosperous.

Northern Winterfell, originally belonged to a small kingdom called Winterlir, although the overall level of this country is not high, but as the capital of a country, it is still more prosperous than other places. It is precisely because of this that when the Kingdom of Winterlil was destroyed by the Kingdom of Tria, this capital became the political and economic center of the present-day North, and it was also the Arrens. Glauder. Prince Tria is now in the capital of the North.

However, today's Northern Winter City is no longer the royal capital of the original Winteryl Kingdom.

On the basis of the original royal capital, Prince Ahrens has been remodeled to a considerable extent.

The original palace of Winteril became the residence of the current Prince of Ahrens and his family, and the royal capital was also changed to the district of Winterlil, which is now the aristocratic and wealthy district of Northern Winterfell. In addition, there are four new areas: east, west, north and south: each area has a market, but because Xicheng District is the official residence office of the major guilds, the market in Xicheng District is also larger, and the land price and price have also increased to a certain extent.

The southern city is the nearest road to the ancient tower fortress, and most of the caravans coming and going from the south to the north will choose to stay in the hotels in the southern city. As a result, it has created a market shopping mall with the most complete range of goods in Nancheng District, and the consumption level has become second only to Xicheng District.

From these plans, Su Yan had already seen Prince Ahrens's ambitious ambition and deeply hidden ambitions.

The evidence of the latter problem lies in the fact that the prince built the walls of the expanded Northern Winter City to a height of thirty meters, and the gate passage was an extremely rare eight-carriage avenue, divided into four entrances and four exits, and the living area of the four urban districts was considered to be 50,000 people. If you include the situation in the Winterlil District, the number of inhabitants of the entire Northern Winter City is as high as 280,000, which can almost be said to be the royal capital after the Kingdom of Tria.

If a prince without ambition could spend so much effort and effort to build such a huge city?

You must know that the entire northern territory is still in a serious shortage of labor and materials, and even the northern nobles are the laughing stock of the aristocratic circle of the Tria Kingdom - all the northern nobles are jokingly called the rural nobles by those nobles south of the ancient tower fortress.

It is conceivable that this huge city is naturally not full of people now.

When Su Yan took Anna into the city, the only feeling was loneliness and loneliness.

But that's also relative.

In places like the market, Su Yan can still hear the sound of shouting, selling and bargaining, and occasionally someone quarrels more fiercely, there will be sheriffs and patrol guards, and this kind of dispute will end quickly.

In places like taverns, there is also a fiery scene: the mercenaries shout loudly, some punch or wrestle wrists, and there is a lot of trouble, of course, there are also civilians, although they are not as wild as the mercenaries, but they also have their heroic side. Even some maids who accidentally eat tofu will turn around and curse at the unruly guests, causing a burst of laughter and a new round of noise.

When Su Yan took Anna into the tavern, it naturally attracted a burst of attention.

But no one stayed on him for long, most of them just scanned. The one who really attracted the attention was actually Anna who was held in Su Yan's hands.

Although this little guy is only six years old this year, because of the unique elven blood in her body, her figure is actually slightly tall, and she looks like she is seven or eight years old. Also because of the blood of the elves, the little guy naturally looks very beautiful, just like a delicate porcelain doll, glowing with a strange gorgeous color.

As a half-elf, Anna is particularly sensitive to eye attention.

What's more, in a place like a tavern, most of the eyes that look at Anna are full of all kinds of malice.

This made Anna feel a little frightened, and she couldn't help but grab Su Yan's clothes.

"Hmph." Su Yan frowned and let out a cold snort.

The air in the tavern was like winter falling, and everyone couldn't help but feel a chill rise to their bones, and they shivered in unison.

Some people's faces changed suddenly, and the eyes that looked at Su Yan were full of fear.

This is because their perception is high enough to clearly perceive the huge and insurmountable gulf between the two sides.

But for most people, they can only feel the extraordinary momentum emanating from Su Yan's body, but they can't understand what this emanating momentum represents. But at least, they have also realized that Su Yan is not a guy to provoke, and if there is no enough conflict of interest to provoke, they will naturally not come to trouble Su Yan.

Only civilians, or those who are severely incapacitated themselves, are still looking at Anna, and even the rolling of their eyes suggests that they are contemplating some dangerous action.

While exuding this murderous aura full of warnings, Su Yan also took in the expressions of everyone in the tavern.

The people who could sense that Su Yan's strength was above them were all master-level mercenaries.

However, there were not many of them, only seven, and they sat in four places in the tavern, obviously belonging to four groups of people who did not interact with each other.

As for those who couldn't clearly feel Su Yan's strength, all of them were professional-level, and most of them didn't even reach professional-level level. Naturally, this kind of person would not be taken seriously by Su Yan - in fact, even those master-level mercenaries, Su Yan did not take it seriously.

It's just that he knows that the master level is basically a relatively high-end combat power in this world.

There was no blind guy to cause trouble, Su Yan took Anna to the bar, and then ordered dinner for Anna.

He himself, on the other hand, pushed a silver coin to the bartender standing behind the bar.

"It's not enough to pay for dinner, little brother." The bartender glanced at the silver coin, still wiped the wine glass indifferently, and said, "Mountain vegetable stewed meat soup, mountain boar smoked barbecue steak, plus a glass of milk, a total of one silver coin and fifteen copper coins." ”

"Just wanted to ask about something." Su Yan smiled, and then took out a silver coin and fifteen copper coins from his body.

The bartender put down the cloth and wine glass, and the index finger of his right hand pressed the silver coin that Su Yan pushed towards him: "Tell me about it." ”

"I want to know where in the kingdom it is easier to see elves."

"Those longevity species?" The bartender's eyebrows furrowed, "This kind of intelligence, hey, I can only tell you, let's go to the thieves' union." ”

Su Yan smiled, then nodded slightly, not caring about the bartender's move of accepting the silver coin after saying this, but continued: "It's my first time in North Winter City, is there any hotel in Nancheng City here that is worth recommending?" ”

"Let's go to the Niutou Hotel over there in the market, there is a great cook there, and the food tastes very good." The bartender had picked up the rag again, and began to wipe the glass again, as if the cup in his hand would never be wiped clean.

Su Yan didn't speak again, he just quietly accompanied Anna, and it wasn't until Anna finished her dinner that he picked her up again, and then went to the bullhead inn that the bartender said.