Warlord: King of All Clans

At night, Ulyaan and Rigolav sat down in the reception room of the big house, and Olivia, Leo, Roman and other young people were there to serve them.

Knight Solovy returned to the hot spring villa to entertain the guests who continued to soak in the hot springs.

The warehouse on the right side of the big house was converted into a luxurious small reception room.

Unlike the rough-shaped fire pit hall, this reception room was decorated by senior craftsmen of the Petukhov family in the style of reception rooms of northern nobles and is full of bourgeois sentiment.

In addition to the warm and comfortable large fireplace, there are also soft fur sofas, quaint solid wood tables and chairs, and a wine cabinet, which even has exquisite porcelain and glass wine utensils on it.

Only the swords and animal head specimens hanging on the walls still demonstrate the bravery of the northerners.

After the princess plot, Uliyan was seriously injured, his foot disease broke out, and he was almost paralyzed.

Since then, he has been working here and receiving guests.

Olivia was able to handle most of the internal affairs, but those diplomatic affairs and major decisions still required him, the Lord of River Bay, to step in.

As for Leo?

Idle! Slovenly! Not doing your job!

When the dogs in the river bend see him, they all bark and say that they are not good enough!

Before the wedding, merchants who were qualified to enter the lord's house to negotiate also attempted to sell Isenbol's oil paintings of ladies to Ulyan.

But as soon as he quoted the price, he was almost hanged by Ulyaan's order.

Fortunately, a quick-witted businessman immediately offered to give an oil painting to the powerful Lord of the River Bay free of charge, and thus the trade was managed to be maintained.

These oil paintings of ladies from remote areas are no different from colored erotic paintings.

Uliyan felt that hanging it in the living room was inappropriate and unsightly, so he hung it in his bedroom.

Drinking the tea brought by the maid, Ulyan and Rigolav chatted for a while and then got down to business.

The two of them were silent for a long time. Uliyan struggled for a while and said to Leo, "Come here."

Leo came over happily.

Uliyan pointed at Rigolav and said to Leo, "Kneel down and call me daddy."

Leo was stunned for a moment, but he understood immediately and said angrily, "You are so good, Wu Laoden. You don't want to sell your daughter, so you sell me?"

He had the logical thinking of a modern person, and now he had learned a lot of rules of the northern nobles, so he immediately understood Urian's operation.

Ulian was able to become an imperial soldier in the heavy-armored elite infantry corps of the Wind God Fortress. He was not a brainless country bumpkin. He would not be so foolish as to take his people and migrate thousands of miles to the road of death without any confidence.

He brought a group of refugees and traveled thousands of miles to Hewan to open up the land, but they had no money and no food.

His only confidence came from his familiarity with the southern part of the Wolf-Driving Plain and his close relationship with Rigolav.

But the reason why the Wolf-Kulang Wilderness has remained a wilderness for hundreds of years is because it is difficult to develop.

If it weren't for the iron mine in the Gnoll Valley, the River Bend development team might not have lasted a month, and Ulian would have had to go to Rigolav for help.

But even if there is iron ore, it may not be sold. If a civilian village has a large amount of iron ore, it will only attract the covetousness of major forces.

With the 300 old and weak men in the River Bend pioneering caravan, any lord's army or bandit group could easily defeat them and Fraser's ogre tribe and take the iron mine for themselves.

Ulyan had no choice but to sell all the iron ore to Rigolav and exchange it for food, tools and other development materials through his caravan channels.

Even so, it was difficult for the River Reach Territory to gain a foothold in the wilderness, and it would need a lot of assistance from the Petukhov family in the early stages.

These aids cannot be obtained by simply having good relations. Even if Rigolav agrees, his people will not agree.

In the North, the only way to gain the aid of the nobles is through marriage and secret loyalty.

Because of Leo's existence and Olivia's fierce opposition, Uliyan was unable to marry his daughter into a wealthy family in exchange for the survival of his people.

So he had a secret talk with Rigolav all night, and finally sold Leo out in exchange for the help of the Petukhov family.

Ulyan promised Rigorov that in return, the Lord of the Reach would secretly pledge allegiance to the Petukhov family.

There is no need to say much about his loyalty, he will take sides without hesitation.

As for the next heir to the River Bend, Ulyan promised that once his son-in-law married into the family, he would take Rigolav as his godfather.

In imperial culture, adopted sons and foster sons are subject to the same moral constraints as biological sons.

Adopted sons and foster sons who betray their adoptive fathers or foster fathers also have to bear the shame of betraying their family.

Therefore, after Leo Bairigolaf became his adoptive father, the River Reach Territory and the Solovy Knight Territory would both secretly pledge allegiance to the Petukhov family.

If the day ever comes when Count Freilov's family attacks the Petukhov family, it would be hard to say which side these Corner Flag Knights, who swear allegiance to the Count in public but are actually relatives of Petukhov in private, will choose to support.

Of course, this is an extremely low probability event, and the Earl's family would not be so stupid as to seek trouble.

But what about the other banners that are at odds with the Petukhov family? If a war breaks out, the Reach will be a reliable and powerful ally!

This is also one of the class struggles in the North.

Not only will the subjects band together to fight against the direct lords in exchange for living space, but the knight families, who are part of the small landlord class, will also band together to fight against their superior lords or neighbors in exchange for their living space.

Seeing that Leo was angry, Uliyan felt a little embarrassed, but he still controlled his temper and chose words to persuade the other party.

He had not discussed the matter with Leo because he was afraid that this unruly boy would directly refuse.

Unexpectedly, Leo complained, then knelt down on one knee smoothly, bowed his head and bowed to Rigolav, "Lio has been wandering for half his life, and I only regret that I have never met a wise master. If you don't abandon me, I am willing to be your adoptive father!"

He only kneeled on one knee because of the original owner's arrogant temper, and he knelt smoothly because the time traveler knew the current situation.

Regardless of Rigolav's timely help, Leo had no choice but to bow his head for the sake of his father-in-law Ulyaan.

Which one should you choose: selling your childhood sweetheart Olivia or selling yourself?

Leo felt nothing but gratitude for Uriyan's decision.

Rigolav had never thought that Leo, who looked wild and unruly, was actually so sensible. He was immediately pleased and nodded, saying, "Okay, okay! Since you call me foster father, you will be my closest relative from now on. The River Bay Territory and the Petukhov family must help each other and stand together in the future!"

Leo pounded his chest and repeated, "We help each other and stand together through thick and thin!"

The performances of Rigolav, Solovy, even the second Petukhov who didn't even have a name and had always been a quiet handsome man, and Roman, all confirmed their chivalrous ideals.

Rather than being loyal to Count Frylov, whose son had made military achievements in driving out refugees and whose true nature was unknown and who was far away, Leo would rather form an alliance with these people.

Seeing Leo worship his father as his godfather, Roman on the side also smiled and stepped forward to support Leo, "Second brother, get up quickly!"

Just then, a wolf howl was heard outside the River Bay Peninsula.