Because the Harland family was strong and the Cisse family was weak, Jerram also asked Richard and Viscount Cisse to sign a contract of royal power and order. As long as Richard and Viscount Cisse were alive, they could not attack each other.
This contract is obviously unfair to Richard. After all, Richard is still young and Viscount Cisse is over sixty years old.
Once something unexpected happens to Viscount Cisse, the Cisse family can unilaterally attack the Harland territory.
As soon as the Harland family crosses the line, Richard will be counterattacked by the royal seal.
Richard firmly refused to agree to this kind of contract.
Even in public, he clamored to take revenge on the Viscount of Cisse.
Whoever dares to force him to sign such a contract, he will openly kill anyone. Prince Felix comes and wants his life too.
This attitude shocked even Jerram.
He didn't expect that this little border noble wouldn't even listen to the big shots in the capital.
However, the Harland family has a deep foundation in the north, and Richard is also known as a good warrior. He has three thousand troops under his command who are good at fighting, and they have repeatedly made meritorious deeds in the orc wars.
His father, William, and his third uncle, Bernie, had served in the Northern Army for many years, and their relationship was deeply entangled.
Even the great nobles of the royal capital are very cautious in dealing with such local snakes. If they don't do it right, the border will be corrupted.
Moreover, Richard had some sense in this matter. King Charles asked Jerram to mediate, which was obviously unfair to the Harland family.
Richard was unwilling to sign a permanent peace contract with Viscount Cisse, and at most he was only willing to sign a short-term peace contract with the Cisse family.
And he is only willing to sign a three-year contract.
Such a gesture is enough to show attitude.
The Harland family and the Cisse family have almost irreconcilable conflicts.
Once there is a conflict of interest between nobles and nobles, there will inevitably be conflicts.
Most conflicts are resolved through lord wars.
The Harland family army and the Cisse family army are both important military forces in the northern region. The combined number of both sides exceeds 5,000.
The royal capital and the noble council will never agree to two nobles spending their troops in internal conflicts.
Richard openly discussed his views with the mediation group, and the Haaland family was only willing to sign a short-term peace contract.
If the Cisse family agrees, short-term peace will be restored.
If the Cisse family does not agree, they will continue to fight the wine war until one party completely fails and withdraws from the wine market.
In the three-month drinking war, both sides suffered heavy losses.
But the Cisse family is in even greater trouble. They have lost their casino profits and are fighting a drinking war with the Haaland family, constantly filling holes.
In several battles with professionals from the Haaland family, the Cisse family's losses were often more severe.
The professionals died in the battle seven times, while the Harland family only lost three in the battle.
There are only 67 professionals in the Viscounty of Cisse, and the number of professionals in the Harland Territory now exceeds 200.
If it continues to be consumed, it will definitely be the Viscounty of Cisse that will fail.
Seeing that Richard's attitude was so fierce that even people from the royal capital could not suppress him, Viscount Cisse suddenly regretted and felt that he should not rashly get involved in other people's interests.
While the two parties were negotiating, two mysterious men attacked Luo Ning's mansion.
Luo Ning is the fourth son of Viscount Cisse, and it was he who advocated Viscount Cisse to get involved in the wine industry.
Two super fireballs attacked Luo Ning's mansion. Luo Ning's family, including guards and servants, all died in the super fireball attack.
According to the priest's confirmation, these two fireballs are powerful fireballs released by magicians, which are somewhat more powerful than the nine-ring magic.
Using a powerful fireball to kill Luo Ning's family shows Richard's hatred for this person.
Facing such a huge reaction from the Harland family, not only Viscount Cisse, but also many members of the Cisse family felt regretful.
I feel that I should not rush into a grudge with the Haaland family. Now I have not only lost the casino profits, but it is difficult to earn back 8,000 gold coins to make up for the lost casino profits just by selling liquor in one province.
Although Luo Ning died, not many people in the Xisai family were willing to avenge him. Many people even felt resentful towards Luo Ning, thinking that he had provoked a powerful enemy into the Xisai family.
During the negotiations, Richard was still ruthless, and his ruthlessness was completely displayed in the eyes of the royal capital's mediation team.
Looking at his crazy eyes, Jerram was secretly surprised.
Richard almost publicly killed the son of Viscount Cisse, and issued an ultimatum at the mediation meeting, either to sign a three-year peace contract or to continue the trade war.
In desperation, Viscount Cisse swallowed his breath and decided to relax for three years to see if there was any chance to get rid of Richard, his enemy.
When signing the short-term contract, Richard specifically asked the Cisse family to send back the salesperson who leaked the liquor process.
After obtaining the liquor craft, this person is naturally of no use to the Cisse family.
Seeing that Richard refused to hand over the person or sign the contract, Viscount Cisse had no choice but to hand over the person.
Richard hated this traitor deeply. Not only did he send his entire family to the mine, he also subjected this man to the most severe torture.
He sent the traitor to various castles and factories, asking everyone to cut the traitor with a knife, intimidating the workers in the factories and the citizens of the castle.
Because there are treatments and blood transfusions, whenever the traitor can no longer hold on, he will be treated, blood transfused, and his life suspended.
This torture lasted for more than ten days, and a total of more than 20,000 cuts were made before the traitor's life was finally ended.
The real purpose of Richard's actions was to educate the people.
In particular, some workers and bureaucrats involved in secrets showed this person's miserable situation to prevent the craftsmanship from being leaked further.
Today, the development of the territory is inseparable from various new products.
The process of producing new goods is the top priority for the Haaland Territory to maintain its monopoly.
Now that the liquor technology was leaked, the Haaland territory lost a provincial market, and the loss was already very serious.
After signing the contract, Richard immediately sold the liquor craft to Baron Harden for three thousand gold coins.
Then he found powerful nobles such as Baron Raphael, Viscount Romen, Viscount Nelson, Earl Roger, Duke Jonathan, Duke Edward, and Duke Fox to promote the craft of brewing liquor.
Although he can make a lot of profits from the sales of liquor every year, he can control the liquor technology in his hands. Several business leaders in the duchy agreed to Richard's quotation.
Richard sold the liquor brewing technology to eight nobles in total. His remaining markets now are only the Harland Territory and Heihe County.
However, eight noble families were sold at once, and Richard recovered 24,000 gold coins.
With so many gold coins, it is useless if you don’t spend them.
Richard took out 6,000 gold coins from the treasury, collected 30,000 gold coins, and went to the Grand Duchy of Stanik again to buy 6,000 slaves.
Adding these 6,000 slaves, the population of Harland territory will exceed 63,000.