Old Henry finally agreed, and Kafka insisted on going to the Terror in person.
First of all, the plan was proposed by Kafka, and no one would be more suitable to negotiate with him, and the secret of helping the snake people reproduce should not be known to a third person.
On the other hand, it was Kafka who moved him with a sentence.
"Father, although I am too weak to practice martial arts, I am still a man who can shoulder responsibilities."
With this sentence, old Henry suddenly discovered that the problem that had troubled him for a long time was solved.
When Chris, who has bright red hair, was born, Henry Sr. made the decision that Chris would inherit the title and territory of the Eaton family in the future. The reason was that Avril was recognized as the chosen one, and Chris would obviously inherit her genes.
More, and in the coming era of great strife, force is the guarantee of family inheritance.
However, in order for Chris to inherit the title, he must first pass it on to Kafka.
However, Kafka was his youngest son and had little military power. Regardless of considerations such as eldest son, moral order or merit, it would be difficult for his other sons to be convinced by Kafka inheriting the title.
Forcibly erecting a family member is likely to cause discord or even division within the family.
However, if Kafka can successfully obtain the goodwill and protection of the snake people, it means that Kafka can continue the family inheritance in the north, and others cannot do this!
This reason alone is enough!
Neither his other sons nor the people of the territory can erase this reason for becoming a lord.
Not to mention, after Kafka took over the management of the territory's internal affairs, he had already freed the family from the heavy taxes they paid to the Holy Empire every year: with his wisdom, the family had an extra caravan.
Yes, the Eaton family now owns two caravans, one light and one dark.
The one on the table is naturally the one that trades with the south.
They transported the goods to a small mountain town in the Lokidaran Mountains to hand over the goods to the Ainske family's caravan, and then they could return home.
And the one behind the scenes is the envoy who sends tribute to the imperial capital every year.
They will enter the Middle-earth Plains through the city of Gardinanlas, claiming that the goods in the several carriages accompanying them are items that the dignitaries in the imperial capital have privately ordered to collect.
In this regard, the Griffin Legion, who was well aware of the tricks involved, did not make things difficult.
On the contrary, they will also arrange for a dozen soldiers who are on rotation to help escort along the way, because Lord Eaton's envoy will give five hundred gold coins to the legion every time.
This is a transaction that both parties are satisfied with.
The Griffin Legion just arranged for a dozen soldiers to take turns to go back to visit relatives, and received a large sum of money.
As the Eton envoy's convoy is accompanied by soldiers from the Griffin Legion, it does not need to pay city gate tax to any lord along the way, and it will also enjoy the honor of being escorted across the border by escorts sent by the lords along the way.
Because the Holy Empire has been passed down for more than two hundred years, it has long been no longer easy to be knighted.
Countless powerful families are looking forward to the old lord making mistakes or being charged with crimes, so that they can have the opportunity to replace them. Therefore, the lords along the way, in order to continue to pass on their titles and territories, do not take it lightly.
In order to prevent the Griffin Legion soldiers directly affiliated with the royal family from being attacked or intercepted in their own territory.
The most important thing is that the few carriage goods carried by the envoy are sold in the imperial capital, and the money obtained can buy a lot of food after paying the territorial tribute.
In the Eton Territory, which has been isolated for two hundred years and has very simple folk customs, no one has thought of such an unflattering trick.
In other words, someone once thought of it but didn't bother to do it.
But Kafka, who had stayed in the south for several years, was not only very familiar with it, but also insisted on putting it into practice.
Facts have proved that what a qualified lord needs most is wisdom, not noble moral character.
Now, if Kafka wants to make friends with the Snake People, he is about to open a third trade route: using sungrass rhizomes in exchange for the Snake People's permission to allow the Eaton family's caravan to reach the Dwarf Kingdom from the edge of the Terror Swamp.
If it succeeds, even if the snake people are unwilling to become enemies of the demihuman tribe in the Northern Blood Rock, the Eaton family will have the ability to protect themselves.
Because in Kafka’s plan, it works like this——
After Chris mentioned in his home letter that the elves liked ironwood arrow shafts, Kafka decided to use ironwood arrow shafts to befriend the elves and ask them to intercede on their behalf so that the greedy dwarves could make weapons and armor at low prices.
Sold to the Eaton family. Then, the Eaton family exchanged these weapons for trade supplies from the demihuman tribes. The profits earned from them were enough for the Eaton family to build strong castles and purchase many giant crossbows that could injure strong men.
Got it!
It can also make the demihuman tribe, after seeing the armaments of the Eaton family, feel that continuing to cooperate with the Eaton family instead of killing each other is a better choice.
Don't worry, the demihuman tribes don't pay for the dwarves' weapons.
The Northern Blood Rock is as sparse in iron ore as the northern grasslands, and many tribesmen died during the war when they were expelled from the northwest plains by the Holy Empire, and many skills were lost.
Nowadays, the quality of the weapons they forge themselves is not as good as the farm tools made by the blacksmiths of Eton Territory.
They are eager to return to their ancestral homeland, and are also actively preparing for war. If the Eaton family claims to have weapons forged by dwarves for sale, they can raise enough money even by selling iron.
After all, no race in the world is better at forging weapons than the dwarves.
With sophisticated weapons and armor, they can save many tribesmen from dying in future wars, and can return to the northwest plains more easily.
For the same reason, they are more dependent on the Eaton family.
At least until they win the war, they will not kill the goose that lays the goose to lay eggs.
Of course, all prerequisites require the permission of the snake man.
Accompanied by Sion and five other escorts, Kafka crossed the Alps and walked along the edge of the desert from the city of Gardinanras to the Zea of Terror.
He didn't rush in.
Instead, he asked Xion, the strongest one, to lurk outside the Zeal of Terror, and take the opportunity to capture a lizardman and bring it back.
Lizardmen are a kind of barbaric race with low intelligence and semi-civilization. When they reach adulthood, their height and combat prowess are roughly the same as those of the warriors of the Human Empire. As for why they need to capture one, it is because they are the slave race of the snakemen.
Also inhabiting the marsh of terror.
Catching one alive is not a difficult task for Xion, who has already reached the threshold of becoming a strong person.
It only took him three days to bring one back.
Then, this lizard man, who was originally restless and bared his teeth and made fierce gestures at humans, after enjoying the delicious meal and a dagger gift from Kafka, very obediently brought a sunflower rhizome and a letter.