Viscount Wayne rode on a war horse, and was covered in chain mail carefully crafted by high-ranking blacksmiths, including the monolithic neck armor arm armor and leg armor hammered out of iron sheets, which could be described as all-encompassing in defense.

There is no way, as the supreme lord of the Northern County Lord, he needs such protection, and he can afford it.

Behind him were 300 knights.

None of the equipment is bad.

On the pennant at the top of the spear, there is a family coat of arms belonging to Viscount Wayne.

A red-eyed one, clutching a sword and shield, surrounded by flowery swallows.

This means that he has real power, a fief, and an army, the sword and shield represent all this, and the three flower bones that are faintly visible among the flowers represent the three hundred years of his family inheritance.

It's just that the swallow is not a pattern to be proud of, but it is still a little ironic in the eyes of Viscount Wayne.

The swallow represents the commoner.

It proves that his family became nobles from commoners.

And the red eye is an eagle-like red eye, which means that his family has been married to the royal family, belongs to one of the nobles most valued by the royal family, and is the most important aristocratic ally of the royal family.

The eagle and the lion are often the symbols of the royal family.

The symbol of the Principality of Lion is the lion.

The eagle, then, is a branch bloodline closely related to the royal family, and also represents those top nobles.

Anyway, the nobles are all marriages and in-laws, and the bloodlines have already penetrated each other, even if it is said that the same blood flows, it doesn't matter, because this is the case, relying on marriage in exchange for mutual support.

It's just that Viscount Wayne wants to go further, and it would be better if he could replace the swallow with an eagle!

"Now here's your chance."

He muttered to himself.

Turning his head, just behind him and his personal knight, a pile of mercenaries in different clothes, but all armed with weapons, formed a long serpent, closely following him, walking briskly, all with fanaticism and excitement on their faces.

The desire for wealth, and the desire to change one's own class, has evolved into desire.

The same goes for Viscount Wayne.

"Right there."

He looked ahead, and in the distance, a mountain range appeared in front of him.

Sweeping far away, from the end of the horizon on the left to the end of the horizon on the right, it seems to be boundless, and it is precisely this almost magnificent mountain range that blocks the invasion of the vast desert from the further north.

This is the best backing of the Sanwaya Mountains, the Principality of Lion.

It used to be.

Now, too!

Especially when the salt mines were discovered in the Naren Desert, it also brought economic backing.

Almost in a short period of time, the Lion Principality got rid of its original economic structure, and did not need to exchange crops and handicrafts for various materials, and only earned a lot of money by collecting caravan tolls and commissions.

It's all because of that salt mine, the one that isn't currently under the control of the Duchy of Lion!

The nobles were agitated and began to act.

He, Viscount Wayne, was one of the most direct leaders.

That's right.

Viscount Wayne, Lord of the North, is this rising bird.

He is also willing to be a bird, willing to be used by the high-ranking nobles of the Southern County Territory, and even complacent about it, finally having the opportunity to contact those forces that are truly at the top of the power of the Lion Principality.

If you don't even have the value of being a human being, it means that this guy has no value.

That's no different from a dead man.

Opposite.

If you can indirectly use the use of others.

It's a win-win, and Viscount Wayne loves it, and he's willing to be the first bird to do so.

Don't look at the fact that he commands the entire Northern County Territory, but this vast land is so barren and dangerous, and the annual output of all the farms under his jurisdiction is not even comparable to the few farms near the river in the Southern County Territory.

Even fur products from the Sanwaya Mountains, the most profitable, are not as profitable as those from doing business on the river.

The most critical.

Viscount Wayne, his title is just Viscount.

In the South Commander and the East Commander, they are only middle and high-level nobles, so you can also see what the status of the North Commander is.

In the Lion Principality, it is often rumored that the nobles of the Northern County Leader are a group of beggars with noble titles, and even those honorary nobles in the court are unwilling to go to the Northern County Territory to take office, obviously looking down on this barren land.

How could he, Viscount Wayne, be willing to sink like this forever and be looked down upon by the mainstream aristocratic circle?

That's right.

Even he didn't actually join the circle of the nobility.

The nobles of the southern county are the real nobles, and they can be counted as the eastern county leaders before, as for the nobles of the northern county territory, they are no different from ordinary hillbillies at all, in fact, the commoners of the southern county are comparable to the knights of the northern county territory.

This is undoubtedly a shame in the real aristocratic circles, and it is to tarnish the glory of the nobility.

Now it's different.

As long as he captures the solid stone pass, then he has a stepping stone to the high-ranking aristocratic circle.

And having occupied the salt mines of the Narun Desert, even if he has to share the spoils with the other nobles of the Lion Principality, even if he has the smallest contribution, he can't get the lion's share, and Viscount Wayne also knows that he will completely become a high-level nobleman.

This is an opportunity for his Wayne family to completely usher in qualitative changes.

He doesn't need to be too greedy.

Just take it steady.

It took 220 years for the Wayne family to become the supreme lord of the North County Territory.

That is, his grandfather, who made great meritorious deeds, obtained the status of the supreme lord of the northern county leader, and passed it on to his father a few years later, and then his father passed it on to him before he died.

Converted, three generations in exchange for the status of the supreme lord of the North County Lord, which is now 80 years old.

And he.

The new generation of Viscounts of the Wayne family.

Finally, in the 16th year of inheriting this title and territory, a new change can be made.

As long as the title of lord of the northern county is not lost, and those high-ranking nobles of the southern county are married and entangled, then the Wayne family can completely grow into a real high-level nobleman by taking advantage of the geographical advantage.

The entanglement of interests and the marriage of reality are the most reliable means of alliance for the aristocracy.

You have me, I have you.

Viscount Wayne can wait.

It's a big deal, by the time of his grandson's generation, he will become a high-ranking nobleman.

Even at that time, the Wayne family is no longer a viscount, even if it is an earl, it is possible, and even the bloodline has been entangled with the royal bloodline, even if it is the Grand Duke, he has his bloodline.

It's not impossible, just think about it, Viscount Wayne felt himself trembling all over, and the excitement was beyond the fold.

"Pass the order!"

He shouted.

Turning to the herald behind him, he shouted an order, "Tell those lovely boys, work hard, that I need to reach a place thirty miles beyond the Solid Stone Pass by evening, and then I will find a village for everyone to rest!" ”

"Yes!" The herald nodded, and immediately rode down to deliver the order.