Chapter 228 The First Viscount of the Northern Province

The troops set out in a mighty force, heading from the capital to the northern province, and it would take two or three months to reach the Eagle Territory.

Thor didn't know about the great gift from his pharmacist at the moment, as all his thoughts were on territory construction and the expansion of the Eagle Territory.

A month later, he was the first to receive the Assad troops brought by Lajos.

In the study.

Listening to Lajos Assad's report.

Thor couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and his right hand was gently tapping the table.

"Dong Dong Dong!"

A crisp sound rang out in the room, and Lajos Assad was a little nervous.

He couldn't be sure whether Thor would agree to his father's request.

To be honest, he was actually very happy to see that the family and the lord could reach a deeper level of cooperation, which would be of great benefit to his family and the lord.

But this was all he could do.

In the end, it was Thor who made the decision.

"Yes!"

"You can go back and tell the housekeeper Deli that I agree to this request."

"The Eagle Chamber of Commerce will separate the slave trade and let our two companies run it together. The shares will be as Count Assad said, 30%."

While Lajos was nervous, Thor couldn't help but laugh, then nodded and agreed directly.

He could roughly guess what Count Assad was thinking.

To be honest, his first reaction was to refuse. After all, even if it was just a division of the slave trade, it meant that he and the Assad family were tied together, which was not very beneficial for subsequent development.

After all, if it was not tied together, but just taken over, he could kick the Assad family away when he developed to a certain extent and really get involved in the slave trade.

However, this idea was only considered for a while, and then he ruled it out.

Even with his current development progress, it is still unknown how long it will take to really get involved in the slave trade.

At present, the only ones who can engage in slave trade in the entire kingdom are the Tulip Chamber of Commerce and the three duke families, and even most of these three duke families rely on the Tulip Chamber of Commerce.

There is not much hope in the short term.

And even if it really reaches that step, it will not have much impact whether or not to cooperate with the Assad family.

Could it be that the Assad family can still dominate him at that time?

This kind of promise is not bad for him, but it is good.

After all, the Assad family's involvement in the slave trade means that there is one less middleman.

If he follows his previous plan, not only the Karenina family is the middleman, but the Assad family is also the middleman. Now that only the Karenina family is left, the cost will undoubtedly drop a lot.

More importantly, the Assad family joining can increase the number of slaves.

As for the distribution of some benefits, it is nothing.

After all, Thor's goal of intervening in the slave trade is not just because of his huge profits, but more importantly, population is the key to the next step of the Northern Province.

"Yes!"

"Sir, I'll do it immediately!"

Hearing Thor's words, Lajos's expression was delighted and he nodded quickly.

"Go!"

"Deal with it as soon as possible. I believe it won't be long before other noble chambers of commerce will arrive in the northern province. It will be much more difficult to develop at that time."

Thor nodded, and then gave Lajos instructions.

"Understood!"

Lajos nodded, his expression solemn.

He then cautiously left the room.

Watching Lajos leave, Thor cast his eyes on some events on the desk in front of him again.

Time passed slowly.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

With Thor's consent, Lajos and the Assad family quickly finalized it.

A new trade was established.

This trade was independent of the Eagle Chamber of Commerce and engaged in slave trading.

The Assad family will provide an indefinite amount of slaves to the Chamber of Commerce every three months, and the price is calculated at cost. After the slaves are sold, 70% will belong to the Eagle Territory and 30% will belong to the Assad family.

Assad will build a slave farm in Eagle City for the sale and trading of slaves.

The price will be shared by the two families and included in the cost.

After the negotiation, they started to act.

Thor ignored this and handed it all over to Lajos.

Even though Lajos is a descendant of the Assad family, he has gained Thor's trust over this period of time and there will be no problems.

While Thor was dealing with things, the Assad family and the Eagle Territory were building a slave trading site.

New news finally came from the North.

In the study.

Looking at Steve who returned and listening to his words, Thor couldn't help but smile.

"Huh, finally verified, I thought I still need to wait for a while."

"It seems that the North has stabilized."

Thor couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, sir, at present in the North, it is said that the power of the three kingdoms has stopped expanding, and there is no intention to continue to spread. The merit points have been counted a few days ago."

"Your merit points, as well as those of the noble sons during that period, were completed seven or eight days ago."

Steve nodded and explained to Thor softly.

"I understand!"

"How many merit points did I get this time?"

Thor nodded, not too surprised.

Even if the Behemoth King was exiled, or even a seventh-level Behemoth was killed, it did not mean that humans could swallow up the entire Orc tribe in one bite.

In fact, they could only swallow less than one-tenth.

Because beyond that, that is where the Holy Mountain is, where the Titan God fell, and it is also the Holy Mountain of the Behemoth. If you really want to take it, let alone whether you can do it, even if you can, the loss will be unimaginable.

The three kingdoms naturally understand what they can do.

"Sir, your merit points should be 2,700 points!"

"You don't know that when your merit points appeared in Loren City, the whole city of Loren was in an uproar."

"That's 2,700 merit points. Sir, you can apply for promotion to Viscount, and you can even get half more merit points."

After hearing Thor's words, Steve's face flushed and he spoke with excitement.

"2,700 points?"

But compared to Steve's excitement, Thor frowned.

You know, he killed quite a few third-level orcs, but he didn't expect that even so, his merit points did not exceed 3,000 points.

The merit points are more difficult than he imagined.

Of course, Thor also understood that the main reason was that he relied on defense points to block the orcs.

If he simply relied on his own strength to block, then his merit points might be able to double or even more than now.

It would be more difficult to do it.

At that time, even with his strength, he could not hold on.

This was because he relied on defense points. If he did not rely on them, even he would be in trouble now.

After all, the huge orc tribe made people feel numb even when they thought about it at this moment.

"Yes, sir, let me ask you, are you going to exchange the merits for the title of Viscount, or are you going to keep it!"

Steve did not notice Thor's expression, and his words rang again.

"Confer the title of Viscount!"

"You will go to Loren City with me in a few days."

After a slight hesitation, Thor spoke softly.

With more than 2,000 merit points, Thor's first reaction was to confer the title of Viscount.

As for the exchange.

It is undeniable that there are many things on the exchange list of the Tulip Kingdom that make him excited, and more than 2,000 merit points are enough to exchange for many things.

But in comparison, the title is the most important thing at the moment.

There is only more than a year left before the Kingdom War. Only by improving the title as much as possible can we have greater autonomy in the Kingdom War. Although the baron has some autonomy, it is only a little. In comparison, the viscount is undoubtedly better.

And being promoted to a viscount will make it more convenient to act in the Northern Province.

After all, there are many barons in the entire Northern Province, and there is not even a viscount at present.

In this moment, in a world with complete order, the status of the nobles still plays a big role.

"Understood!"

Steve nodded excitedly.

In the next few days, Thor dealt with some things in the Eagle Territory and took the Knights to Loren City.

Baron and Viscount are low-level nobles.

It is not necessary to go to the capital to confer the title, it is enough to confer the title in Loren City.

The ceremony is also similar to the conferment of the baron.

After staying in Loren City for seven days.

The ceremony of conferring the nobles began again.

This moment was just like before, and the whole Loren City was shocked.

Viscount, this is the first time in the entire Northland Province that a Viscount has been born in the past 20 years.

The impact on the entire Northland Province, or rather, the impact on the entire Northland Province nobles is undoubtedly unprecedentedly huge.

For a time, countless people could not help but gather in Loren City.

The number of people was even greater than when Thor was canonized as a baron.

After all, the number of barons born in the entire Northland Province exceeded fifty, and three more was not too surprising.

But at this moment, he was a viscount above the baron, and the attraction was naturally unprecedented.

The night gradually passed.

When the sun shone at dawn.

Thor rode a white horse and slowly walked towards the municipal center as he did when he was first canonized as a baron.

The square in front of the municipal center was already crowded with people.

A large number of free people and pioneering lords gathered here.

Under the sun, the statue of the goddess of life exuded a faint and soft light.

From under its feet, a huge red carpet spread to the distance.

Canonizing a noble, this is undoubtedly the most solemn event.

Compared with the ceremony of conferring a baron, the ceremony of conferring a viscount is more intense.

Flowers covered the entire ground.

The band played exciting music.

One magic crystal cannon after another accompanied Thor's arrival, ringing in the sky, and thousands of white doves were released.

Thor stepped onto the red carpet, and there was no need to dismount. Instead, he rode on the white horse, gradually moving forward, welcoming one gaze after another.

The three court earls in the distance have been replaced by five. At this moment, not only Marquis Lehman is there, but also two other marquises who have rushed back from the north. At this moment, the eight figures can't help but look at Thor with smiles. .

When Thor came to the center of the red carpet, Thor stretched out his left hand, made a fist and placed it on his heart.

One of the five court earls opened the sacred book in his hand.

"Young knight, under the witness of the goddess of life, you have perfectly complied with the Eight Virtues and the Nine Codes of Knights."

"Your brilliance is so dazzling under the sun."

"Your virtue will be praised even by the goddess of life. The kingdom is grateful for your efforts and will officially make you a viscount."

"Are you willing to accept canonization?"

A gentle voice sounded.

The whole surrounding suddenly became quiet.

The air also became solemn.

"I do!"

"I will continue to practice my virtue with the knight sword in my hand. I will let the glory of the kingdom shine on every land. I will let my people enjoy the glory of the goddess of life!"

In the solemnity, Thor pulled out the knight's sword and sounded slowly with a low and strong voice.

Under the brilliance, at this moment he seemed to be covered with a layer of divine brilliance.

At this moment, countless people looked at the figure riding a white horse on the red carpet, and their hearts couldn't help but feel a little surging.

Viscount, that's a viscount. Their Northland Province finally gave birth to its first viscount.

So does this mean that they also have the opportunity to become viscounts?

And in the midst of their inner turmoil.

Marquis Lehman stepped forward and handed the nobleman's medal to Thor.

The ceremony of canonizing the Viscount also came to an end immediately.

From today on, Tordressrosa is a viscount.

His status as a noble in the Tulip Kingdom has once again reached a new level.

Of course, there are not too many qualitative changes compared to before.

Baron is a leap, but Baron Viscount is not. After all, Viscount can only be regarded as a low-level noble.

However, having the status of Viscount also represents a big step, and it is still very useful in the kingdom's war.

(This one was intended to be written as two, but it was too watery, so I combined the two into one, but it will be a little dry. Please forgive me, tomorrow is the beginning of Kingdom War, entering a new chapter.)