"City Lord, Miss Eve and Young Master Rand are currently living in the Drake family's mansion in Blackstone City, and have delivered you a notice of their long-term stay in Blackstone City."

In the council chamber of Castle Pex, Foreign Minister Adlich is reporting to Ronan.

Apparently they had reported the situation to Earl Drake, and were waiting for the earl's reply.

Ronan knew it.

The identity of the siblings is nothing, the important thing is that they can help Ronan connect with the ruler of the northern part of the kingdom.

Become a link of communication between him and Count Draco.

This helped him to better understand the situation in the kingdom.

With the ability of this earl, I believe that he is also well aware of the current turmoil in the kingdom.

Ostensibly a ecclesiastical dispute between the archbishops of holy water and the fundamentalist bishops.

Behind it are the noble alliance of the empire who are dissatisfied with the status quo and the conservative aristocracy of the emperor's faction.

The contradictions that have accumulated between the two sides over the years have been completely detonated.

And from the attitude that this Count Draco showed towards Ronan next, it is enough to guess his position.

According to Duke Lion's words to Edson, the core of this dispute lies with the Ronan family.

The revolt of the aristocratic alliance clearly wanted to put a new emperor on their side of the throne.

In order to meet their political needs.

And this process must be secretive, and the nobles of the emperor's faction cannot be given warning.

Otherwise, the plan is doomed to failure before it even begins.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, Ronan's family belonged to the emperor's faction and was part of the pro-king party.

If Count Draco hadn't been involved.

So for Ronan, a member of the royal family who is not very important.

Whatever side he decides to side next, he will show some kindness to him, but not take it too seriously.

Because in his eyes, Ronan's royal status doesn't affect anything.

Neither allow him to win over more allies, nor be rivaled by political opponents.

But on the contrary, Count Rudrac had already participated in the rebellion of the noble alliance.

Then with his status, the power must occupy a pivotal position in the alliance.

I have long known the truth behind the scenes, and I will realize Ronan's special identity.

In order to get close to the new emperor and take greater initiative, Count Drak will show great enthusiasm for himself.

After all, both the Principality of the Northern Lion and the Orange family have a deep blood relationship with Edson.

In contrast, Count Draco looked like an outsider.

"In addition, Luca, the representative of the Chamber of Commerce, would like to express his sincere apologies to you for his mistakes, the gang of thieves in the Blackstone Trade Road has long since escaped and disappeared, so there is no need to worry about the city lord. To this end, on behalf of the Drak Chamber of Commerce, he donated 5,000 gold coins to Blackstone City as compensation for your trouble. ”

Ronan came back to his senses and nodded when he heard Adlich's report.

"Tell him I forgive him for this mistake, but not allow another time."

It seems that the bandit group does have something to do with the siblings, and Lukka is just the one who was pushed out to take the blame.

However, he also woke up in time, which is equivalent to sending him a sum of money for nothing.

The family is worthy of being the largest military dealer in the empire, and he can give him five thousand gold coins at will, which is really rich enough.

Unlike the high prices of the city of Triumph, as a source of steel, in the northern provinces, this money was enough for Ronan to call in more than 500 soldiers to arm him.

So far, Ronan has a total of 600 trained professional soldiers and a hundred knights.

Previously, relying on the weapons reserves in Viscount Pex's castle, he basically didn't need to buy extra.

But if the ranks of soldiers continue to expand, the number of weapons will not be enough.

However, the expansion of the army will have to wait until next spring, and all the farmland around Blackstone City will be planted.

Otherwise, he will have to face the trouble of having too many soldiers to raise.

You can't keep pumping the blood of Black Rock City to feed your own cold wind collar, so the nobles here will definitely make trouble, and then affect the normal operation of the city.

Ronan spent a total of five days in Blackstone.

After dealing with the affairs of the city during this time, he returned to the Coldwind Territory with Ed and Kasanna.

It would take more than ten days to send the message from Black Rock City to Purple Spring City and back again, to say the least.

Ronan couldn't have waited in Blackstone City all the time, and the Coldwind Leader still had a lot of things to deal with at the moment.

Especially since the day before, the subservient wild man arrived in the Winter Wolf Village with soldiers and the tribesmen.

After more than two months of mining, the topsoil in the upper layer of the mine has been cleared of a huge gap, exposing the minerals below.

And the rocks and shrubs around the mine have been cleared, and a normal path has been opened up.

Ronan had previously sold a lot of pre-orders as the city lord to obtain resources such as steel and wood.

It's also time to start mining in earnest.

Ronan, who returned to the Coldwind Collar, met White who had rushed to greet him.

"My lord, this time we have brought back a total of 1,340 people from the barbarian tribes, of which more than 1,200 have the ability to work, although they cannot be compared with those warriors, they are enough to undertake the work of mining, and the remaining more than 100 people are old people and children, who are now being placed in the Winter Wolf Village."

"What's their mood like?" Ronan asked.

"We clashed when we first arrived at the Horde, but they stopped resisting after the soldiers pinned the remaining warriors to the ground, and the barbarian messenger killed several of the tall wildlings in the lead."

"The wild man asked me to pass a message to you on his behalf, and as long as you provide you with shelter and enough food, he will let the tribesmen do the work for you."

White reported on the situation.

That being said, Ronan knew that what really made these wildlings willing to obey his orders was the oppression of the fifty knights and a hundred soldiers.

For now, he also needs to arrange for at least a hundred soldiers to be stationed in Winter Wolf Village to ensure stability there.

As for how it will develop in the future, it depends on the ideas of these savages themselves.

Ronan didn't intend to crush them completely.

As an incentive to motivate them to work, he would pay them as usual and set up a trading market in Winter Wolf Village.

If one of them performs well, he can also be promoted.

From a mine miner, become the manager of Winter Wolf Village, and gain more freedom.

After there is internal competition and contradictions, it also saves them from finding opportunities to rebel and cause trouble for him.

In addition to the miners having landed, White also brought another piece of good news.

"According to your description, I have collected these items from the barbarian tribes, and I would like you to take a look at them."

White handed Ronan a large bag of items behind him.

It contains various animal bone carvings, tooth necklaces, and other ornaments that highlight the barbarian civilization.

After choosing from them for a long time, Ronan picked up a beast tooth necklace with a satisfied expression on his face.