After arriving at Blackriver Castle, Richard soon met his old acquaintance, Baron Rice.

Barony Les is closer to Blackriver Castle and has been in Blackriver Castle for two days.

Seeing Richard, Baron Les offered to invite Richard to a tavern.

This tavern is the property of Baron Rice and is very high-end, with rosewood from the southern part of the Kingdom of Grant inside.

Most of the wines sold are expensive wines.

Now in the liquor market of Heihe Fort, the people at the top are still used to drinking red wine, and the middle and lower classes are used to drinking liquor from Haraland's territory.

With the boom in liquor, sales of red wine have dropped by more than half.

A large number of soldiers, mercenaries, and hunters who have a habit of drinking alcohol used to drink only occasional red wine, but now they have basically converted into loyal customers of liquor.

Wine is becoming more and more like a luxury, serving only a small number of people.

Northern Xinjiang has low temperatures and low grape production, with only the Duchy of Jonathan producing a small amount of red wine. The red wines sold mainly come from the three counties of Paulus, Charlotte and Marcel.

Although the Southern Earl is very strong, it can be called Jianglong in the wine market.

But in the northern Xinjiang region, there is nothing to do with the Harland family, a sitting tiger.

After all, red wine is transported from more than 1,000 kilometers away, and each bottle has to be bottled in higher-priced glass bottles, which simply cannot compete with locally produced liquor.

Unless you use dirty means to assassinate people who sell liquor and violently attack competitors.

But in this way, the Haaland family will not sit still, and will also use violent means, and it may not be the third earl of the south who will be killed.

Unless Richard wanted to sell the liquor nationwide and seize the rest of the market, the three counts might not be able to resist provoking a commercial war.

Baron Rice's tavern is basically closed to the public, just like a private club in his previous life, only doing aristocratic business, and receiving high-ranking bureaucrats from Heihe County except for the acquaintances of the Rice family.

There is a stage in the middle of the tavern with several scantily clad dancers standing.

These dancers dance sensually and look beautiful and young.

Richard knew that these dancers were Baron Rice's prostitutes, and used them to entertain the distinguished guests of the Rice family.

In addition to Baron Rice, there were several acquaintances of Richard in the tavern, namely Baron Dark, Barton Baron, Baron Barcel, and Baron Dirham.

Because Richard bought salt from the Duke of Jonathan, Baron Rice and others knew that the Haraland family and Archon Jerahm already had a business conflict.

Although they didn't know about Jerram's hiring of mercenaries to attack Richard, the two families almost directly tore their faces.

But the instinct of the aristocracy was to avoid trouble, and for a while, they were still reluctant to get too close to Richard so as not to be implicated by the Haaland family.

After all, in this operation, the consul Jeram was responsible for managing the logistics of the whole army.

With a casual operation, Jerram's army in Haaland's territory can be very uncomfortable, and being in the same army with Richard may suffer unjustified disasters.

In war, food supplies come one day early, one day late, and the logistics supply is not sufficient, which is a very big thing.

They can't afford to be negligent, and many things have to be taken into account.

However, after Richard came to Fort Black River with his army, he saw the soldiers of Haaland's territory, and after Baron Rice and others discussed, they immediately changed their views and decided to follow Richard to act together and make a military achievement.

The soldiers of Haaland's territory are well-equipped and well-paced, and at a glance they know that they are not weaker than the main army.

In addition, Richard also has Warcraft cavalry under his command.

In this counterinsurgency war, the main army only sent two brigades to the south, and did not send Warcraft cavalry.

The soldiers led by Richard may be the main force in the counterinsurgency army, second only to the main army.

Depending on the income of the territory, a barony can basically support one or two squadrons of soldiers.

For example, the Barony of Rice had only two squadrons of regular troops.

The barony of the dirham was eaten clean by Richard and others, and now there are less than 2,000 people in the territory, and a squadron of serfs with extremely weak combat effectiveness has been trained.

With this kind of army, which was not even equipped with spears, Richard could easily defeat the dirham squadron by sending a small squad of soldiers.

Garbage serf soldiers, even tens of thousands of people, will be easily disabled by Richard's 1,000 elite soldiers.

Because of the unclear situation, Baron Rice and the others did not invest in the main force of the territory, but organized a squadron of serf soldiers one after another, fooling the province to complete the conscription order.

Baron Rice and the others also know what kind of quality the soldiers they bring? Also know what responsibilities such a soldier can bear?

This time to quell the rebellion, these serfs either served as cannon fodder for filling trenches, or escorted grain and straw in the rear.

Baron Rice and the others knew that they had a general relationship with the consuls of Jerram, and it was not their turn to transport grain in the rear, and it was most likely the fate of being cannon fodder.

If they were to draw out the main forces in the territory, they would not be able to agree.

If the main force is lost in the counterinsurgency war, what will the orcs resist when they invade?

It's the fate of the two barons, Stowe and Dirham.

Baron Stowe is afraid that he also has a genius daughter, Sophia, and he has also found a good husband who is capable, powerful and can make money, so that the territory can be turned over.

Look at the current situation of the dirham territory, years of accumulation are ruined, and I don't know when I will be able to turn over.

Even if they die in the counterinsurgency war, the territory is still inherited by their sons, and everyone is still a hereditary nobleman, and their strength is not lost.

Therefore, even if they will die in the counterinsurgency battle, they are not willing to use their elite soldiers to counterinsurgency.

Seeing that Richard was with three main squadrons, a squadron of Warcraft cavalry, and two hundred auxiliaries, Baron Rice and the others immediately decided to hug their thighs.

As for whether Archon Jerahm will be ghostly, it is not a matter for Baron Rice to consider.

If Jeram disregards the overall situation and withholds military rations too obviously, everyone can take the evidence and file a joint complaint at the meeting of nobles.

A group of nobles objected, and the position of consul of Jerram Province may not be kept.

This fat difference, many people on Nolan's side are fighting for it.

King Charles is not only Felix is a prince, and Jeram's position is not as stable as Mount Tai and unshakable.

Including the Chapraphael Union, there are twelve baronies in Blackriver.

The territory directly under the royal family is only near the Black River Castle.

The Haaland family has three baronies, plus five barons, Rice, Dark, Patton, Bazel, and Dirham, and the command of the private army of the nobles of Heihe County has fallen into the hands of Richard.

Moreover, Baron Sharp had a good relationship with Richard and would definitely support Richard.

The remaining Barons Green, Baron Sauron, and Baron Wilden have a close relationship with Viscount Rohmon and are expected to join the coalition of nobles of Rohmon and fight with Viscount Rohm.

(End of chapter)