The threat of the Northern Lion Principality seemed imminent, as if war could start at any moment, but Ronan always felt that something was wrong.

Having grown up in the capital city of Triumph, he has a good understanding of the current political situation in the Sinnoh Empire.

The current emperor, Wilson II, is not only the king of the Ordovician Kingdom, but also the nominal supreme ruler of the Sinnoh Empire, which includes the seven main subjects including the Northern Lion Principality.

This right to rule comes from the recognition of the Sanctuary Church and the oath signed by the respective founders of the Seven Kingdoms three hundred years ago.

"Heavenly Kingship"

As the coat of arms of the Ronan family suggests, only the Ordosius family is qualified to rule the empire, with nominal legitimacy.

And this also means that once the Northern Lion Principality launches a war against the Ordovician Kingdom, if it cannot be ended in a short time, it will be besieged by the remaining five countries of the empire.

The bishops of the Sanctuary Church will deprive their followers of their name and demoralize, the merchants of the Dantuma Alliance will refuse to trade with the Duchy for a trade blockade, the weapons of war of the Bachelor's Castle will wreak havoc on the battlefield, the Elven Kingdom will launch a flank assault in obedience to the ancient covenant, and the soldiers of the Duchy of Coral will sail up the river in warships.

At that time, the situation faced by the Principality of the Northern Lion will be a righteous six-on-one.

Not to mention anything else, the kingdom alone cut off the grain trade route to the Northern Lion Principality.

On the barren plateau where no ears of wheat can be grown in 100 kilometers, half of the people will starve to death in less than a year.

No matter how brave and good the soldiers are, no money, no food, no name, all sides are besieged, and there are monsters from the Death Mountain Range behind them, and it won't take long to be defeated.

Ronan looked at the map, but finally shook his head, not quite understanding what the duke was trying to do.

But for now, it doesn't have much to do with me.

Although the location of the Cold Wind Territory is also a border, next door is a deserted frozen ice field.

The border with the Northern Lion Principality is not a short distance from the Cold Wind Territory, and as long as it is not a full-scale war, it will not affect him at all.

Ronan's expression relaxed, he was now a little baron in the remote mountains, and he couldn't worry about the emperor's troubles.

His thoughts returned to the two in front of him,

He then drew his sword from his waist and walked over to Viscount Claude.

"As the lord of the Rhine, you flinched and fled in the face of the enemy's attack, and abandoned the people of the realm, and you turned your back on the noble glory of the Claude family, and I will judge you here in the name of the imperial family."

Ronan raised his sword, thinking to himself that it was good, now there is no need to worry about gossip, he can cut the other party openly.

"Oh, the glory of the royal family won't last long, and sooner or later the lion's fangs will tear you all apart!"

With a final curse, Viscount Claude's head fell.

After letting his subordinates wipe the knight's sword in his hand, Ronan put it in the sheath and looked at Old Motou.

"What about you? What are your plans now? ”

"Eli has been judged by heaven, and after fifty years of service, I have already repaid the kindness of the Claude family."

Old Mo Tou bowed deeply to Ronan, "If you don't mind, please take me in, a homeless old man." ”

Ronan looked at the old man's thin and rickety figure, and estimated that if he was left here, he would be taken away by wild dogs in the next second.

"Yes, but I'm not an idler, what will you order?"

After closing his eyes and pondering for a while, Old Mo Tou replied:

"When I was in the Claude family, I was in charge of the financial management and distribution of goods in the territory, and when I was the head of the business, I learned the five major languages and scripts throughout the empire, and I had a detailed understanding of the major commodity trade in the western Great Plains and the Northern Lion Principality.

In addition, I think I can also help adults arrange various living needs, including castle construction planning, domain tax management, noble banquet arrangements, and squire etiquette training.

Finally, I also had an in-depth understanding of the cultivation of serfs in the western Great Plains, and I was involved in the cultivation techniques of various crops. ”

"It's all chores that can't be put on the table, but I think it's still useful to you."

Ronan didn't really care about it at first, but when he listened, he realized that something was wrong.

He looked at the old man's serious expression, which did not seem to be fake, and muttered in his heart.

Could it be true that he picked up a big guy with full logistics capacity for nothing?

Not sure, take another look.

"In that case, my soldiers have just won a battle and are about to hold a grand banquet to celebrate, and I need you to help me arrange that they can enjoy the food of the banquet to the fullest extent while ensuring that the supplies are sufficient to reach the destination of the cold wind collar."

Ronan handed him the map and list of supplies.

After Lao Mo took it respectfully, he began to check the supplies of each carriage according to the above list and arranged it.

Ronan looked at his skillful movements, thinking that it would be great if it was real.

He had to worry about all these things along the way, and he couldn't find someone to help share them.

Whoever makes the team unable to find even a literate person, and Ed, who can only write a name, can be praised as "knowledgeable" by his subordinates.

If Ronan didn't take care of himself, I'm afraid he would have to start hungry halfway through.

The sky gradually darkened, and in the camp where the fence had been erected, Ronan got the list handed to him by Old Motou.

"My lord, we currently have 22,430 pounds of staple food, including your original 9,380 pounds of dry bread and dry biscuits, and 8,900 pounds of dry bread, 300 pounds of wheat flour, and 3,850 pounds of rye, barley, and oat flour from Avery hand."

In this era, the staple food of the people of the kingdom was grain based on ears of wheat.

White bread made from fine wheat was considered a highly nutritious food and was reserved for the aristocracy.

Commoners ate bread made of rye, barley, oats, etc., and the most famous brown bread was made with rye and water.

In fact, Ronan tried, without adding those stuff of wood chips, grass seeds, bark, etc.

Pure black bread has a golden brown surface when it comes out of the oven, and the taste is actually okay.

Lower than the brown bread is the food of the poorest, who replace the cereals with ground flour from chestnuts, acorns, etc.

"In addition to that, there are about 2,300 pounds of salted fish and dried meat, and our soldiers need to consume about 2 pounds of staple food and 1 pound of dried meat every day, and a total of 60 of Avery militia have been transferred to your men, and you only need to give them 1 pound of food a day for the rest of the trip."

"According to our trip, it will take about three months to reach the Cold Wind Territory, and about 21,600 pounds of staple food will be consumed in the process, and the meat can be replenished in the Bileaf Forest, the Cold River Valley and other places along the way, and the plants such as celery and spinach collected from it can also help the soldiers replenish salt and alleviate the loss of salt."

Ronan looked at his well-organized lines of numbers and clearly planned routes.

Compared with the route he had roughly drawn before, Lao Motou's route not only had the approximate road conditions on the road, so that the journey time was accurate, but also intimately marked the resource points that could replenish supplies.

"Finally, my lord, here is a list of foods I have prepared for your banquet, which may require the consumption of some fresh milk, honey, etc., as well as a few spices, please take a look."

After reading it, Ronan patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and his movements were unusually gentle.

It's good, I really picked up the treasure!