"It's unbelievable that such a filthy place is the capital of the kingdom!"

A shrill exclamation rang out from Ronan's ears.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman with a broken expression screaming in alarm, and not far from her, a woman in a burlap skirt was expressionlessly splashing the dung water from a clay pot on the street.

The former took a big step back, covered his face, and the whole person was trembling.

Other passers-by turned a blind eye to the woman's behavior and looked at the screaming lady with disdain.

After all, the only one who can react like this can only be the aristocracy.

Recently, a large number of nobles have fled from other places to take refuge in Triumph City, and some of them are not eligible to enter the comfort zone of high society such as the Central Palace after losing the support of their territory.

Due to the pressure of life, I had to move to the periphery, which really made the residents here see a lot of jokes.

In this era of lack of entertainment, being able to see the disgraceful performance of the aristocratic lords is a great thing to talk about for the common people.

"The ground here is really dirty, I heard that the environment in other cities in the kingdom is not as bad as Triumph City, I can't figure it out."

Ed sighed as he looked at his feet, even he didn't like to step on a pile of excrement.

"Because it is the capital, the initial urban planning cannot keep up with the speed of population development, and there is a lack of clean-up personnel, so it is inevitable that it will suffer."

Ronan looked at the densely packed houses along the street.

The original architectural plan of Triumph City only considered the daily life of 100,000 people, but in the decades since its construction, the population has skyrocketed to nearly 500,000.

The comfort zone of the aristocracy occupied a large area of land in the center, and a large number of people were crowded in a small environment, and the household garbage produced had nowhere to be piled up, and the public health system could not keep up, and slowly formed the dirty city that is today.

In fact, the environment on the streets here is much better than it used to be.

As a result of the Black Death, there were fewer people living here, and naturally it became cleaner.

The Chamber of Commerce Center in Triumph City was built at the entrance to the South Gate, where the traffic was highest, and since the neighborhood was no longer a residential area, the ground was at least able to be lowered.

After Ronan got off Eddard, he entered it.

In the central hall, there is a large notice board with parchment scrolls full of transaction information.

Ronan approached a nearby receptionist and asked him to bring him a list of territories that were being sold in the near future.

At the same time, he took out a map that roughly depicted the distribution of power on the mainland, and fell into thought.

Ronan's current continent is bisected by a huge mountain range known as the Death Mountains, and on the other side is a desolate area infested with monsters, the terrifying threat that led to the establishment of the empire in the first place.

On this side of the mountain range is the mighty Sinnoh Empire.

The empire is composed of seven main subjects, including the Ordovician Kingdom ruled directly by the Emperor, the Northern Lion Principality guarding the Death Mountains, the Coral Principality located on the peninsula, the Elven Kingdom with the largest forest area, the Sanctuary ruled by the Church, the Bachelor's Fort formed by countless academies, and the Dantuma Alliance, a city-state community formed by merchants.

Ronan is now located in the Triumph City Chamber of Commerce Center, where the owner is a high-ranking member of the Dantuma Alliance, and also serves in the Imperial Palace, serving as the head of currency issuance.

At present, the gold and silver currency popular in the Sinnoh Empire relies on the gold-plating process that is difficult to replicate by the Dantuma Alliance, so that the cost of imitation is much higher than the value of the gold coin itself.

This, coupled with the ability to circulate in the chambers of commerce established by the Dantuma Alliance throughout the empire, made the value of the gold coins unanimously recognized by the lords.

This was the only way to establish a unified monetary unit in this era.

After getting the price list handed over by the receptionist, Ronan's brow jumped.

Although he knew that the nobles were greedy, he didn't expect it to be so outrageous.

The cheapest territory on the list cost more than 30,000 gold coins, and it was a mountainous area far from the capital, on the border of the kingdom, sparsely populated, without ore, and difficult to grow food.

Good fellow, during the prosperity of your territory, can you have fifty gold coins in taxes a year? How dare you sell for 30,000? Crazy.

Ronan can understand the mood of these fiefdom nobles, the fief can be said to be the foundation of a family's survival in this era, is the belief that many nobles are more precious than their lives, and their true value is difficult to measure with money, and who is willing to give up until the last resort.

But at this price, that's pure dreaming.

No wonder he hadn't heard many rumors about the transfer of fiefs during this time, and it seemed that this transaction about fiefdoms had just begun.

Foreign aristocrats want to sell at a high price, not at a low price.

The nobles in the city are waiting for a three-month deadline, and if you don't sell it, you will have to be driven back to your fiefdom, and the price will not be up to you.

On the other hand, they are also buying time for themselves, after all, after buying the fief, the three-month dead line will come to their heads.

Ronan flipped through the list, ignoring the fiefdoms that were strategically located near Triumph City.

These places had already been booked by the heirs of the extended family, and they did not meet his expectations of being far from the center, not to mention that he could not afford them.

In the end, he set his sights on one of the positions.

"Chill Collar"

Located in the northernmost border region of the kingdom, the territory is mountainous, hilly, and further north is the uninhabited ice field.

The advantage is that because it is remote enough, the Cold Wind Territory covers a wide range, and even as long as you are brave enough, the super large uninhabited area in the north can be used as your own territory.

Moreover, the vast land and sparsely populated land are disadvantages for other lords, but for Ronan, it is just right.

No matter how big a move he makes, it won't attract attention.

As for the price of the Cold Wind Collar, Ronan directly ignored that this figure had no practical significance, and the seller was completely marking the price according to the land price of Triumph City.

"Baron Exeter, contact address: 18 Violet Street, Huxin Avenue, SW."

Ronan noted the other party's location, and the key to this kind of deal being established is that the two sides have to meet face-to-face.

In fact, after seeing the location where the other party lives now, Ronan already has a grasp in his heart.

In Triumph, the comfort zone of the nobility is divided into three major areas from top to bottom.

At the top of the list is undoubtedly the Central Palace, and in the middle is the Triumphal Avenue next to the parish district.

Finally, there is the Mid-Lake Avenue that has been built around Lake St. Peter's in recent years.

Due to the lack of heritage, the nobles of the Avenue in the middle of the lake can only continue to spend money in order to improve their status and show their face.

Food, clothing, housing, transportation, food, clothing, and clothing all choose the most expensive, so that people in the whole area have developed a culture of extravagance and pleasure.

And they despise the life of the common people to the extreme, and if the local nobles do not meet the standards of the guests, they will be boycotted and even expelled!

Baron Exeter was clearly a respectable nobleman who disdained to mingle in the commoners' quarters.

But Ronan didn't think a small aristocrat in a remote mountainous area could afford the cost of living on the Avenue in the middle of the lake.

The baron was anxiously awaiting his arrival.