Old Henry finally agreed, and Kafka insisted on going to the Horror in person.

First, Kafka proposed the plan, and no one would be better suited to negotiate than him, and the secret to the reproduction of the snake people should not be known to a third person.

On the other hand, it was Kafka who touched him with a sentence.

"Father, although I am too weak to practice martial arts, I am also a man who can shoulder responsibilities on my shoulders."

This sentence made old Henry suddenly realize that the problem that had plagued him for a long time was solved.

When Chris, who has bright red hair, was born, Henry Sr. decided that the title and domain of the Eaton family would be inherited by Chris. The reason is that Avril is recognized as the pride of the sky, Chris obviously inherits more of her genes, and in the upcoming world, force is the guarantee of family inheritance.

However, in order for Chris to inherit the title, he must first pass the title to Kafka.

However, Kafka was his youngest son and had no force, and it was difficult for Kafka to succeed him in the title from the perspective of seniority or merit, so it was difficult for his other sons to be convinced.

Forcibly erecting is likely to cause discord or even division within the family.

However, if Kafka can successfully obtain the kindness and protection of the snake people, it means that Kafka can continue the family in the north, which no one else can do!

That reason alone is enough!

Neither the rest of his sons nor the people of the realm could erase this reason for becoming a lord.

Not to mention, after Kafka took over the management of the internal affairs of the territory, he had already freed the family from the heavy annual tax of tribute to the Holy Empire: with his wisdom, the family already had one more caravan.

Yes, the Eaton family today has two caravans, one bright and one dark.

On the table, of course, it was the one that traded with the south.

They transported their goods to the small mountain town in the Lokidaran Mountains to hand over the caravan of the Einske family, and then they could return home.

And the one in the secret is the messenger who sends tribute to the imperial capital every year.

They would pass through the city of Gardinanras into Middle-earth, claiming that the wagons and goods they were carrying were privately ordered to be collected by the dignitaries of the imperial capital.

In this regard, the griffon army, who is well versed in the greasy, did not make it difficult.

On the contrary, they would arrange for a dozen or so soldiers to take turns to help escort them along the way, for the benefit of the Eden Lord's emissary giving the legion five hundred gold coins each time.

It was a deal that was satisfactory for both parties.

The griffin legion just arranged for a dozen soldiers to take turns to return to their relatives, and they got a large sum of money.

The Emissary of Eton, with the soldiers of the Griffon Legion accompanying them, would not have to pay a gate tax to any of the lords along the way, and would also enjoy the privilege of sending guards to escort the border along the way.

Because the Holy Empire, which has been inherited for more than two hundred years, is no longer easy to be knighted.

Countless powerful families are expecting the old lord to make a mistake or be accused so that they will have a chance to take their place. Therefore, the lords and lords along the way, in order to continue to inherit their titles and territories, should not take it lightly, so as not to be attacked or intercepted in their own territories by griffin legionnaires directly under the royal family.

The most important thing is that the wagons carried by the envoys were sold in the imperial capital, and the money obtained could also buy back a lot of grain after paying the tribute to the territory.

Isolated for two hundred years, no one in Eton's territory, which has been isolated for two hundred years and has a very simple folk customs, has never thought of such a trick that is not on the table.

Or, in other words, someone once thought of it, but disdained it.

But Kafka, who had spent several years in the South, was not only familiar with it, but also insisted on doing it.

It turns out that what a good lord needs most is wisdom, not noble character.

Now, Kafka wants to befriend the snake people, but he is about to open a third trade route: the root of the sungrass in exchange for the right of the snake people to agree to the Eton family caravan from the edge of the Terror to the dwarven realm.

If successful, even if the snake people are unwilling to be enemies of the subhuman tribes in the northern blood rock, the Eaton family can have the ability to protect themselves.

Because in Kafka's plan, this is how it works—

After Chris mentioned in his letter to his family that the elves were fond of ironwood arrows, Kafka decided to use ironwood arrows to marry the elves and let them intercede on their behalf, so that the greedy dwarves could sell their weapons and armor to the Eton family at a low price. Then, the Eden family exchanged these weapons from the subhuman tribe for trading materials, and the profit from this was enough for the Eden family to build a strong castle and buy a lot of giant crossbows that can wound the strong!

It can also make the subhuman tribe feel that it is better to continue to cooperate with the Eaton family instead of killing each other after seeing the Eton family's armament.

Don't worry, the subhuman tribes don't pay for dwarven weapons.

The Northern Blood Rock is as scarce as the Northern Grasslands, and many of their clansmen have died and lost many of their skills in the war of being expelled from the Northwest Plains by the Holy Empire.

The weapons they forged themselves were now inferior to the farm tools made by the Eaton Collar Craftsmen.

They are eager to return to their ancestral lands, and they are actively preparing for war, and if the Eaton family claims to have weapons forged by the dwarves to sell, they will raise enough money to sell the iron even if they fry the pot.

After all, there is no race in the world that is better at forging weapons than the dwarves.

And with sophisticated weapons and armor, they can kill many fewer clansmen in future wars, and they can also return to the Northwest Plains more easily.

In the same way, they are more dependent on the Eaton family.

At least until the war is won, they will not do anything to kill chickens and eggs.

Of course, the premise of everything is to first seek the permission of the snake people.

Kafka, accompanied by five other escorts, crossed the Alps and walked across the desert edge from the city of Gardinanras to the Plain of Terror.

He didn't rush in.

Instead, let the strongest Sien lurk outside the Terror Ze and take the opportunity to catch a lizardman and bring it back.

The Lizardfolk are a semi-civilized barbarian race with low intelligence, and when they reach adulthood, they are roughly on par with the warriors of the Human Empire in terms of height and combat power. As for why they brought one back, it was because they were a race of servants of the Serpent People, who also inhabited the Rivers of Terror.

Catching one alive, this kind of task is not difficult for Sien, who has already touched the threshold of the strong.

It only took him three days to bring one back.

Then, after enjoying Kafka's delicious meal and a gift of a dagger, the lizardman, who had been restless and fierce at the humans, went back to the snake man with a sunflower rhizome and a letter.