In the lobby of the Lord's Mansion in the Norn Territory, Count Norn had a sad look on his face. The Heero Province was plagued by ogres and blocked his route to the north.
The largest horse-producing area in the Eastern Barren is naturally the Eastern Barren Prairie, which is the Huangluo Province. If you want to go to the Huangluo Province, you must pass through the Heiluo Province.
Of course, you can also take a detour from the Dolan Province, but not to mention the distance is several times longer. The bear tribe in the Dolan Province is not easy to deal with. The most troublesome thing is that a batch of war horses will be withheld by the family.
Norn followed the path of small profits but quick turnover, purchasing war horses at low prices and selling them at fair prices. The profit was less than 20%. Excluding various expenses, only 10% was left in hand.
Because the war horses are sold at a reasonable price, Norn has a good reputation and has a considerable sales volume. The income from reselling the war horses in a year exceeds 100,000 gold coins. Even the family is jealous of this income.
Every year, Norn always finds various reasons to deduct a large amount of gold coins and war horses from the territory. Norn has long been dissatisfied with this. He has always wanted to set up his own business, and even concealed his advancement into a gold-level extraordinary knight.
All the money Norn earned over the years was invested in cultivating people close to his clan, but due to issues with his background, the results were not very good.
After throwing down a large amount of gold coins, they could only cultivate twenty-eight bronze-level extraordinary knights, among which there were only two silver-level extraordinary knights.
In desperation, Norn had to find another way and spend a lot of money to win over the earl lords and viscount lords in Beiyuan County. The effect was quite good, and two earl lords had already been roped in to his camp.
Not long ago, a baron of his own clan in the Huanglin Valley actually wanted to purchase thousands of war horses from him, which attracted Norn's attention at that time.
Norn sent his men to investigate, but they came back and told him that a city taller than the Golden City blocked the exit of the Windless Corridor, making it impossible to investigate.
Norn still knew a little about the clan in the Wild Forest Valley. They were quite ambitious. They had a small baronial territory, and they dared to separate from their master's family, and they seemed to be developing well.
Norn originally planned to wait for Taylor to advance to the extraordinary and recruit him to join his camp, but what happened happened. Before he could win over him, Taylor had already achieved success. Looking at the rhythm, he must have dominated the Wild Forest Valley.
Thousands of war horses are really a big deal. The Earldom does not dare to expand its army like this. However, it would be understandable if it really unified the Huanglin River Valley.
Norn planned to complete this transaction and had already agreed on the transaction method. However, the ogre made a mistake and disrupted all the plans.
"Where have the ogres hit now?" Norn asked Jordan, the captain of the guard who was standing beside him. Norn led one of the two silver-level knights.
"The entire Sifang County has been captured. Now the troops are divided into three groups and are attacking Shengbao County, Jiuyuan County, and Changfeng County." Qiao Dun said in a solemn tone.
After hearing this, Nuo En frowned deeply.
If Shengbao County, Jiuyuan County, and Changfeng County were defeated, then half of Heiluo Province would be captured. Heiluo Province did not have any particularly powerful lords, and the eight counties in the province had eight marquis lords.
Their comprehensive strength can only be ranked in the middle and lower reaches, and they are not united with each other. It is impossible to withstand the attack of the ogres. If those royal families do not respond, I am afraid that the entire Heiluo Province will be attacked by this group of ogres.
Capture.
It is easy to invite gods, but it is difficult to send them away. Once the ogres take root in the Heiluo Province, and their tribe has holy-level masters, it will become a fact that the ogres will occupy the Heiluo Province.
This is a group of ferocious races that are more difficult to get along with than the Ursines. Surrounded by powerful enemies, the situation in Valan Province is not optimistic.
The Bear Clan is rising strongly in the east, the Ogres are causing chaos in the north, and in the south is the Golden Lion Clan, one of the two most powerful royal families in the Eastern Wasteland.
In fact, in recent years, the Dauser family has also been on the rise. Norn himself awakened the golden kobold bloodline and jumped from purple-level talent to epic-level talent.
The other two Silver-level extraordinarys in the territory have also awakened the golden kobold bloodline. Qiao Dun has been upgraded from a blue-level talent to a gold-level talent, and Matthew, who is responsible for leading the troops, has also been upgraded from a purple-level talent to an epic level talent.
Unfortunately, there is not much time left for the Dauser family.
"Sir, do you want to ask the family for instructions and seek help from the Lion King Clan?" Jotun said hesitantly.
"Haha, those old guys who only know how to fight for power and profit are probably discussing how to make profits from it. They hope that the Heiluo Province will become more chaotic!" Norn laughed with disdain.
"Then what should we do? The territory's monthly expenses are huge. If we can't open the road, I'm afraid it won't be long before the territory will fall into financial crisis." Qiao Dun also said with a sad face.
"If you still think about the war horses, let's pray that the ogres will take over the Heiluo Province and not continue to advance eastward or invade southward." Norn shook his head.
No one will have an easy life with this kind of disaster. Naturally, it cannot be treated by normal standards. This kind of thing is easy to understand. The key depends on when the ogre's disaster will end.
Noen was thinking when a guard knocked on the door and came in.
"Lord, there is a lord of the same race who claims to be from the Wild Forest Valley asking for an audience." The guard walked into the hall and reported to Norn.
"Oh? It's Taylor, right? Please invite him over quickly." Noen put aside his troubles and quickly asked the guards to invite Taylor over.
Norn knew that Taylor must have come here for the war horses. Norn could still afford to deliver thousands of war horses, but Norn needed to have a good talk with Taylor.
The Huanglin River Valley is too close to Sifang County, so there is great danger. A large number of war horses are purchased at this time. If the ogres divide their forces and panic in the valley, the strength of the Huanglin River Valley will not be able to resist it.
Taylor was brought into the lobby of the Lord's Mansion by the guards. When he saw Norn and Jordan, he immediately stepped forward to salute.
"I have met Earl Norn, and I have met Viscount Jordan." Taylor cupped his fists and bowed to both of them to show respect.
"Hey, Baron Taylor, have you advanced to the level of extraordinary knight?" Norn said with some surprise. He could see at a glance that Taylor's extraordinary aura had not yet dissipated.
"I was lucky enough to get a breakthrough," Taylor said modestly.
Taylor advanced to extraordinary level, and the Emerald Territory was promoted to the Viscount Territory, although the Emerald Territory no longer exists.
Thinking of this, Taylor secretly regretted it. If he could have advanced to extraordinary earlier, captured the black dragon, and with the help of the black dragon's extraordinary crystal core, he might have advanced to a silver-level extraordinary knight and achieved the title of earl.
"Congratulations! Congratulations! The rise of the Emerald Territory is in sight!" Norn congratulated Taylor repeatedly, and he meant it from the bottom of his heart.
Taylor is strong, and Norn is very happy, because in Norn's view, Taylor can definitely be drawn into his camp. A baron dares to separate from his master's family, and Taylor's ambition will not be weaker than his own.
Not to mention, even though I am a gold-level knight, I have not dared to leave the family and establish my own business.
