Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 17 Overview of the Principality of Ryan
Just like that, Sean calmed down and read a book in the library of the Magic Guild. Soon, two hours passed.

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When the time came to 11:30 in the morning, Sean put down the map in his hand and gently rubbed his dry eyes.

If you want to quickly understand a country, the best way is of course to look at the map of the country, which is more convenient, specific and intuitive to understand.

So in these two hours, Sean rummaged through many books with maps of the Principality of Ryan.

Through the analysis and comparison of different versions of maps (these maps are not exactly the same, but they are all similar), it can be regarded as a preliminary understanding of the Principality of Ryan and surrounding countries.

The area of ​​the Principality of Ryan is about 17 square kilometers (the unit of measurement for the locals is not meters, Sean calculated this data by visually measuring the width of the streets of Jorn), which is approximately equal to 1.6 Jiangsu.

The climate of the Principality of Ryan is similar to that of Jiangsu, and the farmers mainly make a living by growing wheat.

But in terms of geographical location, the Principality of Lane is more like the Dali Kingdom during the Song Dynasty in its previous life.

Like Dali Kingdom, the Principality of Ryan is a large plateau in the northwest, a dense forest in the southwest, the sea in the southeast, and a powerful human country in the northeast.

The plateau to the northwest of the principality is called the Dwarf Plateau, and there is a powerful dwarf kingdom on the plateau.

The geology of the dwarf kingdom is very barren, but they have good relations with the human world and often exchange food, clothing and other daily necessities with humans through forged weapons and armor;
In the southwest of the Principality is the Forest of Elves. There is an Elven Kingdom in the forest. A long time ago, the Elven Kingdom often used magic equipment to exchange supplies with humans, but after a major event 200 years ago, the transaction between the two countries was interrupted;

To the northeast of the Principality is the only human kingdom bordering on it, and it is also the suzerain of the Principality of Ryan - the Kingdom of Anjou.

Since he couldn't find a map of the Kingdom of Anjou, Sean didn't know how big the Kingdom of Anjou was, but according to the description in the book, the Kingdom of Anjou was about three or four times the size of the Principality of Ryan.

This is the external environment of the Principality of Ryan.

As for the interior of the Principality of Ryan, it is composed of large and small territories, the most important of which are the five major cities of the Principality of Ryan.

Among them, the number one place is Palomia, the capital of the kingdom located in the middle of the Principality, which is the political and economic center of the Principality of Ryan;

Ranked second is the large city of Wellness in the northwest, which is also the only way to trade with the dwarf kingdom, and is controlled by the Hill family;

Ranked third is Port Kapoor on the southeast coast, which has become the wealthiest city in the country through trade with overseas;
Ranked fourth is the Fortress of Delphi on the northeast border of the Principality. 80% of the Principality's army is stationed here, always on guard against possible invasions by the Kingdom of Anjou in the east;
Ranked fifth is Jorn City, which is located in the southwest of the principality where Sean is located. Because of the severance of the trade route with the elf kingdom, it mainly focuses on agriculture.

Through reading the book, Sean's experience points also began to increase slowly. Up to now, Sean's experience points have reached level 10, 37/100. In these two hours, he has gained a total of 20 experience points.

Although the speed of gaining experience points from communicating with Bishop Benjamin is much slower, the growth rate of experience is similar to that of communicating with the dwarf uncle, and Sean is still very satisfied.

At this speed, I might be able to rise to level 11 today.

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After studying the map of the Principality of Ryan, Sean continued to look for other books on the bookshelf to read.

Just when Sean found a copy of "The General History of Ryan" and was about to read it, a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old in a magic robe came to him.

"Hi, Your Highness Sean!"

The girl's voice was very crisp, and after walking to Xiao En's side, she gave him a magic gift.

"Hello! What's the matter?" Sean looked at the girl.

"It's like this. I'm the librarian here. A steward named Henry came to the gate of the guild. He said he wanted to see you." The girl replied.

"It turns out that Henry is here, so let him in." Sean said casually and wanted to continue reading.

"Your Highness, this is not acceptable. According to regulations, only magicians and nobles can enter the library."

"So that's it...Okay then, I'll meet him at the door."

Sean stood up and was about to leave, but when he got up, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said to the girl in front of him, "Can I borrow this book?"

While talking, Sean raised the "General History of Ryan" in his hand.

The girl carefully looked at the book in Xiao En's hand, and said, "This is not a precious book. According to the regulations, it can be borrowed, but if you borrow it, you need to pay a deposit of two gold coins."

"That's no problem, I'll ask my butler to pay for it later." After Xiao En finished speaking, he left the Magic Guild with the book in his hand.

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A few minutes later, Sean sat in the carriage to the residence.

"Henry, how is the matter I told you going?"

As soon as Sean sat in the carriage, he looked at the butler Henry in front of him.

"Your Highness Xiao En, except for the list, everything else has been completed." Henry said seriously.

"It's all done? Tell me how it's going?" Sean cheered up. He didn't expect the butler in front of him to be quite efficient.

The housekeeper, Henry, took out a small notebook with notes, read it and said to Sean:

"The first thing you told me is to go to the Earl of the River's castle to receive gold coins in the afternoon, and it's not time yet;
The second thing is to contact 'Lucky Matthew', the adventurer I contacted, who promised to have lunch with you.

Now he has arrived at the residence, and the servants of the residence have prepared meals, waiting for you to go back. "

"Well, it's done well." Sean nodded in satisfaction.

It is really nice to have a butler by my side, and I have done a lot of things for myself.

"The third thing you told me was to contact the mercenary groups stationed in the territory, so I just summoned the heads of the four major mercenary groups. (200 words omitted in the middle) Except for the head of the Silver Hourglass Mercenary Group who did not agree, The other three mercenary captains are very happy to accept our commission.

This is the statistics of their respective quotations and the number of mercenaries that can be dispatched. "

Henry pulled out a piece of parchment from the notebook and handed it to Sean.

Sean picked up the parchment and looked at it roughly, then folded the parchment a few times and put it in his pocket: "The matter of the mercenary group is very important, we will study it slowly later, you can continue to talk about it. "

"The last job is to visit the refugees in River Beach Town in the afternoon. The supplies have been purchased, and we can start after you have lunch."

"Good job!" Sean patted Henry on the shoulder with satisfaction: "We will visit the refugees after eating, and then we will go to the Earl's Castle to receive gold coins. You have to hurry up and do the list of supplies. I'll do it when I'm done." Give you a gold coin reward!"

"Thank you, Your Highness." Henry said happily, "But regarding the list, there are still many things that need to be confirmed by His Highness before I can continue writing."

"What matter?" Sean asked curiously.

"For example, in the territory, do you want to implement the law of 'lord's rights'?
We could save a great deal of money by enforcing this law. said Henry.

(End of this chapter)