A week later, a procession of dozens of knights and samurai escorted appeared outside the city of Saar.

It was the first guest from outside in the weeks since Salling was completely locked down by the Collingworth family.

At a time when disguised horse thieves are attacking the merchants, the impact is growing, and the Collingworth family is struggling to withstand the pressure from all sides.

In the face of the hard facts, Viscount Melle could not refute it, and it could not be said that the knights of the family and the soldiers of the territorial guards suddenly went crazy and ran to kill horse thieves.

Therefore, the appearance of this group of visitors was not unexpected by Leon in the slightest.

To be precise, he was waiting for the other party's arrival.

It's just that what Leon didn't expect was that the leader of this team was the Count of Astin, the supreme administrator of the Gray region!

Count Astin came to Saarland as a mediator, and this was his first visit to New Salland.

The Earl's intentions were clear, he wanted to calm things down, after all, the public feud between Salling and Collingworth and the scandal that broke out in the Collingworth family put the Earl under great pressure.

He was accompanied by Kritina, the Templar Priestess, who had undoubtedly come to support Leon, and although he had not been ventilated beforehand, Leon could easily see the swan priest's approval and support in his eyes.

Catching and destroying and catching thieves and catching stolen goods, Leon led the Thunder Beast Battalion to almost wipe out the so-called horse thieves, which not only broke the predicament and rumors against Sal in one fell swoop, but also dealt a heavy blow to the Collingworth family May.

This is definitely good news for the Glay Church, which has always supported Leon, at least the investment they have made in Sal Territory will not be in vain.

And through this incident, Leon also strongly demonstrated his ability to supporters.

The merchant group was held in the council chamber of the Lord's Palace.

The Earl of Astin was also very straightforward, and bluntly offered Leon the conditions of the Collingworth family.

With 500,000 gold coins and 300 fine wildebeests, the Collingworth family pledged to ensure that there would be no further trade blockade against the Saarlands, and that the merchants and mercenaries who went to the Saarlands would be allowed to move freely through their realms.

As a condition, the Collingworth wanted Leon to give up his case and release all the captives to calm the situation.

"It's not enough..."Leon said without hesitation, "Compared to Collingworth's despicable measures against Salling, if you want to cover up the past just by paying such a price, Earl of Astin, please forgive me for not agreeing!"

Just kidding! Just 500,000 gold coins want to make a big deal, Leon is not so stupid, and he doesn't want to sell the face of Count Astin.

Leon's refusal made Count Astin's face a little ugly, but it was also expected by him.

Count Astin didn't like what he was doing at all, he had a bad impression of Leon, and if it weren't for Viscount Mailer's relationship and the pressure from the upper echelons of the province, he would definitely not be interested in taking this trip.

"Baron Leon, I hope you can understand that if this matter is really big, it may not be good for you...", he said with a straight face, "but I can listen to your thoughts, and I am willing to act as a mediator between your two realms in a fair and neutral capacity." ”

This is pure nonsense, it is really going to make a big fuss, and Count Astin himself will not be able to eat and walk around.

Of course, Leon didn't bother to expose this, and he asked Rose to bring a map and spread it on the table.

It was a large map of the Glay region, with all the territories of Thrall, Collingworth, and so on clearly drawn, and Leon took a quill and circled a place on the Collingworth collar.

"I don't need a gold-coin wildebeest, and I don't need any promises from the Collingworth family, because I don't believe in their promises..."Leon pushed the map to the Earl of Astin: "As long as the Collingworth family cedes this land to Thrall, this is the end of the matter!"

Ceded territory! Count Astin's heart was suddenly startled, and his eyes immediately fell on the map.

The dark red ink sliced a shocking pattern on the map, and it connected to the Thrall Territory at one end, and bloodily sliced through the northern territory of the Collinworth Territory!

Although the area of this territory is only one-seventh or less of the territory of Collingworth, it is very important to be located in the area of Ironforge to the north and the Glay City area to the east.

Earl Astin instantly understood Leon's thoughts, as Leon himself said, he didn't want to believe the promise of the Collingworth family at all, and asked the Collingworth family to give way to a passage.

If this territory is owned by the Thrall Territory, then it will be impossible for the Collingworth family to try to blockade the Thror Territory again in the future!

"This is impossible, no lord will cede his own territory!" cried the Earl.

Nothing is more important to a noble lord and his family than his own domain, and the rules of the sanctity of the dominance are clearly enshrined in the kingdom's legal code.

It was not without lords that they were forced to cede their own territories in the past, but this was often the beginning of the decline of a family, and once ceded there was a second one, and Count Astin really couldn't think of a reason why Viscount Merle could agree to this condition.

"Then another lord..."Leon knocked on the table and said lightly, "If I file a complaint with the Uglu Senate, based on the evidence I have so far, I think the senators will be willing to convene a council of senators to decide the fate of the Collingworth family." ”

"Count Astin, since you are the mediator, please convey my request to Viscount Merle, and I regret that he could not come in person. ”

Originally, such a negotiation could not be done without the attendance of Viscount Mailer, but Viscount Mailer hated Leon to the core, and was afraid that he would not be able to control his emotions and completely stalemate, so he handed over the disposal to Count Astin.

Léon's words hit the nail on the head of Earl Astitin, or the lifeblood of House Collingworth to be exact, stripping a lord of his realm only the Senate had the power to do.

Once this matter reached the Senate, Count Astins could only stand aside.

It is foreseeable that in the end, Leon and Salling will definitely not have any trouble as the injured parties, but the fate of the Collingworth family is unpredictable.

"This territory is not very large, I think Baron Leon's request is very reasonable..."Kristina, who had been sitting next to the side watching the excitement, suddenly poked her head over, looked at the map and said: "Count Astin, you can completely let the Collingworth family think about it." ”

Only then did Count Astin remember that there was still a temple on the sidelines, but Leon had stabbed the matter to Tormond, and there was also the support of the High Priest of Faense in Ugru.

Leon can be said to have the ability to pierce the sky!

Thinking of this, Earl Astin's mood immediately calmed down a lot, he nodded and said, "Okay, then I will convey Baron Leon's request to the Collingworth family, and they will make the final decision!"

Old friend, it's not that I don't want to help you, but that you've done a terrible job this time!" thought to the earl silently.

Leon, it's really ruthless!

For the first time, Count Astin felt jealous of Leon in his heart.

On that day, Count Astin stayed in the city of Thrall, and he did not intend to return until the matter was settled.

Three days later, representatives of the Collingworth family arrived in Saarland.

After receiving the news from the Earl of Astien, Viscount Melle vomited three times without blood, and was so angry that he almost smashed everything in his study, and roared angrily to fight with Leon.

But when the viscount calmed down a little, he sadly found that he had no choice, and if he didn't settle the matter quickly, he would really get into trouble with the Ugru Senate, and the price he would have to pay was probably more than just such a territory.

After a night of painful thinking, Viscount Mailer finally made a choice and agreed to Leon's request.

And it was his second son Zorke who sent Sal to lead it, and the meaning of this was only understood by the viscount himself.

Under the auspices of Count Astin and with the Templar of Christina as co-witnesses, Leon and Zock formally signed a land transfer agreement, and from then on, an important territory in Collingworth was transferred to the Thrall.

As a result, the Sal Territory was given a fertile grassland area, the most important access to the outside world, and the Collingworth Territory was no longer able to blockade the Sal Territory in terms of commercial trade.

As a condition, Leon released all the captives and returned all the bodies of the dead, including their weapons and equipment, and the horse thieves were officially put to an end.

It's just that for Colling, their troubles are far from over, and the merchant groups and mercenary unions that have suffered losses also need to be compensated and negotiated.

But that has nothing to do with Leon anymore.

When the peace calmed down, the merchants and mercenaries returned to Saarland, and all the closed shops reopened, and Saarland soon returned to its original bustling life.

Just as Leon was about to leave for the Everglades, the merchant group he had sent to the north to open up trade routes more than a month ago had returned successfully!

The chief steward of the merchant group, Lanaili, and two hundred elite guards, all of them were safe and sound, and they succeeded in carving a northward passage to the north of the Saar Territory, not only into the Western Xinjiang Province, but also to the capital of the Western Xinjiang Province.

The hardships of this back and forth are difficult to describe in a few words, and he has lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot, but the whole person looks full of energy and energy, and his eyes reveal a confident look.

All the goods he brought with him were sold out, and he brought back a full 150 tigers, lions, and beasts for Thrall!

(To be continued)