Just when Richard was preparing to organize a caravan to trade with Duke Jonathan.

In the Governor's Mansion in Leyte City, Steward Savile pointed to a thick stack of ledgers and said to Archon Jerram: "We have increased the selling price of salt, which has caused many lords to rebound. ”

"What did Viscount Rohmon say?"

"Viscount Rohmon said let's raise the price for a year at most? If it is still like this next year, he will have to find a way to buy salt himself. ”

Geda Province is a province directly under the central government, but most of the land is owned by hereditary nobles.

Only a few castle fortresses such as Fort Leyte, Fort Black River, and Grant Knight Academy were directly managed by the royal family.

The province is divided into five counties: Black River, Wright, Canyon, Brena, and Rohm.

There are still large tracts of undeveloped vacant land in the northeastern part of the province that are ready to be granted to the new hereditary nobility.

Of the five counties in Geda Province, the nobles of Rohmon County are the most powerful, and they are almost independent kingdoms in Geda Province.

Eighty percent of the land in this county was the fiefdom of Viscount Rohmon, and the decrees of the provincial consuls could hardly be carried out without the consent of Viscount Rohman.

Viscount Rohmon has far more influence in the local area than people like Jeram.

The reason why Viscount Rohmon is so powerful is directly related to the Grant Kingdom's territorial development war.

When the Kingdom of Grant defeated the orcs, the Rohmon family made great achievements.

The original Viscount Rohmon was a ninth-order epic knight with a fighting power comparable to that of a legendary warrior.

He once single-handedly defeated the Orc Legend in front of the two armies. He also led a surprise army alone, cooperated with Marshal Brenner, and defeated the orcs in a decisive battle.

Therefore, after the war, the fiefdom of the Rohmon family was particularly large, with 19,000 square kilometers, almost equivalent to the area of an earldom.

If it weren't for the fact that Viscount Rohmon had a bad relationship with the boss Brenner, and was suppressed by Brenner for a few years, he would probably be promoted to earl in the war and become the great nobleman of the Grant Kingdom.

There were more than thirty barons and nobles in the province of Geda, and Viscount Rohmon was the spiritual leader of their noble council for generations.

If he jumps out and makes trouble, against the provincial consuls. There will be some political turmoil in Nolan, and the provincial consuls may be replaced. At such a critical time, the Holland family is not willing to provoke such people.

After listening to the report of the butler Savile, Jehram sighed: "It seems that Viscount Rohmon is a smart man, and he has heard some rumors from the royal capital. ”

Saville agrees with Jerram's analysis. Although he is only Jeram's butler, he is actually a distant branch of the Horan family.

In terms of kinship, Savile is also a distant cousin of Jerram.

His real job is not only to be a housekeeper, but also to be responsible for communication, intelligence, wealth accumulation, strategy, etc., and directly obey the orders of Mrs. Holland in the royal capital, and his status is almost equal to Jerram.

"Although the Rohm family has been suppressed by the Duke of Breener, after all, it has also operated in the royal capital for a hundred years. The news that the king wants to change the heir, it is estimated that he also heard the news. ”

"Do you think it's possible for Viscount Rohmon to support Prince Felix?"

"Unless we give conditions that others can't give, such as giving the Romans more territory. Elevate them to earls and give the Rohms a higher political status, otherwise the Rohms will not openly support any of the princes. ”

Jerram nodded: "I also agree with this, to the status of the Rohmon family, which is only one step away from the great nobles, there is really no need to easily support the prince and stand in line politically." By the way, we let the price of table salt rise, are there any nobles who strongly oppose it? ”

Savile nodded, "There are still some, especially Baron Richard of the Haaland family." I heard some rumors that Richard was going to form a caravan and buy salt from Duke Jonathan's duchess to bypass us completely. ”

"Where did you hear from that? Haaland's territory is still relatively closed, and he doesn't like outsiders to enter, and their family's information is very rare. ”

"If Richard wants to form a caravan, he must have a guide who is familiar with the road, and the guide he came to Heihe Fort to find happens to have someone we have installed."

"You're really thoughtful, as early as six years ago, when I came to Geda Province to take up my post, you planted quite a few people in the caravan trading with Duke Jonathan. Now Richard wanted to get around us, and sure enough, the people who had been planted in advance worked. ”

"Richard is the first to have this kind of thought, if he makes money, I'm afraid that the hereditary nobles of the province of Geda will be in tandem, and everyone will follow suit when the time comes, what should we do? You're leading the way, and it's time to make up your mind. ”

"The Haaland family has a lot of talent and is likely to be the backbone of the frontier. I didn't intend to offend such a family. But Prince Felix wanted to sit in that position and needed a lot of gold.

Our Holland family comes from a humble background, and compared to the queen's children, we have lost at the starting line.

Only by bribing with a lot of money, building momentum, and cultivating henchmen can we compete with the eldest prince Chris.

The salt monopoly is our foundation, and whoever dares to touch this, I will not let him have a good time. Send a message to Simon and ask him to find a reliable man from the king's capital to get things done. ”

The Haaland family is a new nobleman, and the news is not very well-informed, especially the news of the upper court of the royal capital, they don't know at all.

If he had known the detailed information, Richard might have endured it like Viscount Rohman, and survived for a year without getting involved in the disputes in the royal capital.

But he didn't know all of this.

Just as Richard was ready, organized a caravan, and had just left Fort William.

A letter was delivered to Simon.

Simon is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Wimble.

The family of the Earl of Wimbble is of elven blood, and the ancestor of this family is the famous and legendary elf, the Sunchaser Kulufin Wimble.

This legendary elf is very powerful, not only has he shot the legendary knight, but even the legendary mage has died in his bow and arrow.

Although the bloodline of the Sunchaser has been thin from generation to generation, this family still has a tradition of good shooting.

All members of the family have good archery skills.

Although Simon is a despised illegitimate son, his bloodline is somewhat atavistic, much stronger than that of his father, Earl Wimble.

Now he is a sixth-order knight, and his combat power is extremely strong.

Especially his elusive archery skills, he once sneak attacked and shot an eighth-order orc.

Because of his outstanding blood talent, the Earl of Wimble is even preparing to divorce his wife and marry Simon's mother as his heir.

But almost everyone in the count's family objected, whether it was a member of the Wimbles family or a long-time in-law, who would never agree to let a courtesan become a countess, and even more unwilling to change the heir.

After this incident became a big problem, Simon left the county of Wimble, and after entering the royal capital Nolan, people like him seemed to be in the bag, and he was co-opted by many great nobles.

Simon's service to the Holland family is also because Prince Felix promised him that after inheriting the throne, he would support him in his military exploits, and he would be made an earl, making his mother a real countess.

(End of chapter)