Fantasy Lords: Starting with the Pioneer Knight.

Chapter 225 Cooperation with the Assad family and involvement in the slave trade (page 12)

The Northland Province, as a new province, does not need anything else, but it has two things that are completely indispensable. One is weapons. Without weapons, it is difficult to cope with the complex situation of the Northland Province.

The second is naturally the population.

The entire Northland Province is a wild scene. If you want to open up, you will need a large population.

Even the importance of population is more important than weapons.

This is also the main reason why Marquis Lehman does not ban weapons very much, but strictly controls the slave trade.

Even if it is just the slave trade, the gold coins brought to the Habsburg Chamber of Commerce every year exceed one hundred thousand gold coins. It is the main source of gold coins for the entire Habsburg Chamber of Commerce. It is also the reason why Marquis Lehman’s income far exceeds that of ordinary marquises, and even some powerful marquises. The root cause is incomparable.

Thor has always had thoughts about this slave trade.

It's a pity that there was no way before, neither the restrictions of Marquis Lehman nor his own strength were enough.

Northland Province, as the fiefdom of Marquis Lehman, within ten years, it is no surprise that it will be completely controlled by Marquis Lehman, and even other powerful nobles will not be able to interfere.

For this reason, Marquis Lehman must also serve as a vanguard to resist the orcs' border.

Let alone him, not even the Dressrosa family or even the powerful Marquis family can interfere.

Second, it is one’s own strength.

He was not strong enough before and it was almost impossible to participate.

After all, there are many people who want to participate in the slave trade. However, there are currently only four companies that can truly control the slave trade, not counting those who are involved.

That’s right, there are only four.

They are the Tulip Chamber of Commerce controlled by the Tulip Royal Family, and the Chamber of Commerce controlled by the three Dukes.

And even if indirect involvement is included, the number of involvements is only nine.

The other five families are the three top nobles, Marquis Lehman, and the Assad family.

The three top nobles are involved with the three dukes.

Marquis Lehmann and the Assad family.

The former relies on the Tulip Chamber of Commerce, and the latter relies on the Karenina family.

The strength of these nine families, even the weakest Assad family, far exceeds that of the generally powerful count families, and is not inferior to some marquis families.

Needless to say about other families.

If Thor wants to step in, let alone his previous strength, even his current strength is almost difficult.

But the road can be walked step by step, and the rice can be eaten bite by bite.

It is now difficult for him to intervene like Marquis Lehman and the Assad family, but he can rely on the two to intervene.

Almost impossible from Marquis Lehman.

But that doesn't mean you can't get it from the Assad family.

Although this can be regarded as a price difference for a middleman, the benefits of slave trading are more than a hundred times. Even if a middleman makes a price difference, it is enough to meet his needs.

As for whether the Assad family will agree.

Thor wasn't much worried.

At this moment, with the expansion of the northern border and the retreat of the orcs, Marquis Lehman's task of guarding naturally no longer exists, so his privileges will also be deprived.

The huge Northland province is full of endless opportunities.

The three great dukes may not have much interest in the power of the royal family.

But the three top marquis families, the powerful marquis families, and some families with chambers of commerce will definitely be extremely interested.

After all, let’s not talk about anything else.

The nau of the Danube River alone is enough for them to spread their tentacles over.

In this case, if Thor gives the Assad family a chance, the Assad family will definitely be happy to cooperate.

Especially Thor also showed his sufficient strength this time.

If nothing unexpected happens, Thor's Eagle Territory will inevitably become the true uncrowned king of the entire Northland Province, and it will be even more impossible to miss it.

In the study room.

Thor tapped the table gently, and thoughts were flowing in his mind. He was constructing the next development plan for the entire Eagle Territory, and even the entire Eagle Chamber of Commerce.

Then his crisis was indeed resolved.

But competition is coming.

Although there is still a certain amount of time, preparations need to be made in advance.

And while Thor was thinking slightly.

Lajos Assad has returned to Frostmoon Province with the mission entrusted to him by Thor.

Assad family territory.

Compared to the Dressrosa territory, the Assad family's territory is located in the east, occupying almost more than one-fifth of Frost Moon Province.

In the entire Frost Moon Province, the Assad family was only slightly inferior to the Pat family before this. This was because the Pat family had a sky knight, otherwise the Assad family might be stronger than the Pat family.

Therefore, in the Sahara mine, the Assad family holds more than 25% of the shares, second only to the Pat family's 30%.

Before that, the Assad family far surpassed the Dressrosa family.

Its inheritance has exceeded nearly seven hundred years. There are currently five known earth knights in the Assad family. In fact, the number exceeds ten. There are at least three earth knights at the peak of their existence.

Such a family may not be comparable to the Pat family.

However, the outbreak of Count Engel also shocked the Assad family.

In the study room at this moment.

Look at the details sent by your subordinates.

A blond man still couldn't calm down, even though more than half a month had passed.

But the impact of this news on him was still too great.

"He actually made a breakthrough!"

Muttering to himself, the blond man couldn't help but think of the purple grass purchased by the heir of the Dressrosa family last time.

Obviously, if nothing unexpected happened, Count Engel should have made use of that purple golden grass to break through.

What seemed almost impossible to him seemed to come true at this moment.

This has made it difficult for him to calm down recently.

Their family has been pursuing the Sky Knight for two hundred years. Since the death of that Sky Knight ancestor, the Assad family has not been able to give birth to a Sky Knight for two hundred years.

The Assad family also fell from a powerful marquis family to a count family.

But at this moment, the Dressrosa family has completed a leap.

This made him feel extremely complicated, and he didn't even know how to describe it.

And in his complexity.

There was a gentle knock on the door.

"Dong dong!"

"Come in!"

The blond man took a deep breath to let his emotions gradually calm down before he spoke softly.

"Crench!"

The door was opened and a figure walked in.

"Master, Master Lajos wants to see you."

The figure spoke respectfully.

"Lajos, why is he back?"