Warlord: King of All Clans

Sitting on the throne in Lord Abros's Palace, Leo immediately asked the Pegasus Knight to go back to Isenbol to deliver a letter, asking his godfather Rigolav to come and take charge.

The square-flag knight Rigolav has been managing Isenbol for a long time and has become more adept at dealing with traditional nobles.

Leo doesn't have the time or energy to argue with Piri Yangqiu, a nobleman from the city of Abros.

The obedient ones will be tamed slowly by Rigolav, and the disobedient ones will be captured and made examples, which will serve as a warning to the local natives.

Abros was only three hundred miles away from Isenbor, and with Pegasus as his courier, Rigolav arrived quickly.

Riding on Pegasus for the first time, Rigolav looked a little unhappy, but he could not hide his excitement.

Leo couldn't help but complain, "Godfather, why did you come here on Pegasus? It won't take much time to take a boat. I have captured Abros, so there is no need to rush for the next two days."

Rigolav smiled and said, "I have long wanted to try the Pegasus of the River Bend. Now the weather is perfect, it is a good time to ride Pegasus for sightseeing. Besides, your knight took good care of me, so I didn't get tired on the road."

The female Pegasus knight who escorted him over hurriedly lowered her head and said, "My lord, we flew low along the river on the way, and we didn't rush."

Rigolav is the lord's adoptive father and the acting lord of Isenbol. He is a first-class noble figure in the river bay. The Pegasus knight, who was born a wild girl, has great respect for him.

If he flew according to the Pegasus Knight's usual training method and galloped wildly in the cold and high sky, Rigolav, who was old and not yet a transcendent, would probably vomit.

Leo then smiled and said, "It's better to arrive earlier. Abros City is not smaller than Isenbol. Godfather, you have to continue to worry about it."

Rigolav was also a person who wanted to be in power. He was very happy. "Don't worry. Abros will definitely be more obedient in my hands than in yours."

The local nobles of Arbroath were extremely wary of Leo, fearing that this young and energetic earl would suddenly turn against them and burn, kill and loot Arbroath.

But when the square-flag knight Rigolav arrived, they felt relieved. He was a traditional knight from a noble family, and many people in Arbroath knew him. They knew that he was an old nobleman who knew the rules.

Since you understand the rules and are willing to abide by the noble game, you still have a chance!

But they soon discovered that Rigolav was not so easy to talk to. The family territory of the square and corner flag that followed Godwin was directly assigned to the River Bay Territory by Rigolav, and not a single acre of land was distributed to the locals.

This is a violation of the rules. No matter who becomes the great lord, the local nobles are still local nobles. If you don't give them some territory and appease them, do you still want to maintain your rule?

This is the inherent thinking of the feudal era. The sparsely populated northern border has a huge cost of ruling and is in great need of the assistance of local clan forces. No matter who occupies the city, the land outside the city still needs to be used to enfeoff knights and win over the class.

There is an old saying in the North: those inside the city belong to the earl, and those outside the city belong to the knight.

Even though Hewan was centralized, it did not directly implement the county system, but instead wrapped the county system with a layer of "United Knights Territory".

Not only that, when Rigolav's team went down the river and settled in Arbroath, they immediately began to investigate the land, population and industry, and crack down on crime.

At the execution ground on the dock of Arbroath City, there was an endless stream of nobles and criminals being hanged.

Leo took the River Bend Legion and stationed them in Arbroath, keeping his troops on standby to support Rigolav's drastic reforms.

While Rigolav was using big sticks, he would also give some sweet rewards. He held lords' dinners every now and then, inviting nobles, priests, and wealthy businessmen from Arbroath to participate in the banquets. He gave many speeches to appease people's hearts and won over most of them.

The seemingly united nobles of Abros were held in the hands of Rigolav, who unraveled the situation and even bit a big hole in them.

The serious and old-fashioned Rigolav had the courage to strike hard and the accurate judgment to grasp the bottom line of the nobles. He also had the unconditional support of a full-strength legion behind him, and he quickly established his own prestige.

With such a capable CEO working for him, Leo suddenly felt extremely relaxed. He only had to show up when Rigolav needed him and bite or lick people according to his needs.

It took a full month for Abros, which had peacefully changed its ownership, to finally calm down a little.

The Musketeers of the Riverbend Legion, under the leadership of their respective Knight Captains, began to form security patrols to march throughout the territory and began to provide armed protection for the countryside of Arbroath.

The entire territory of the city of Abros is slightly larger than that of the city of Isenbol, covering an area of ​​nearly 20,000 square kilometers, and the level of development is slightly higher, so the population is larger than that of Isenbol, with a total population of nearly 200,000.

The current population of Isenpol, including urban residents, refugees, and savages, is only about 150,000 people.

The terrain here is similar to that of the suburbs of Isenbol, except that the city is built on the north bank, and to the south are the mountains of the Buck Mountains, which almost directly extend into the Anzeno River.

Therefore, there are only some small fishing villages in the valleys on the south coast, and almost no qualified knight's territory.

On the north bank of the Anzeno River is an endless plain, filled with a large number of pastures and cultivated land, divided into seventy or eighty corner flag counties.

Sitting on the high platform of the lord's castle with Rigolav, we can overlook the port and the Anzeno River, and see the mountains on the opposite bank in the distance.

Rigolav held a form and said to Leo who was teasing Seven, "The political environment in Arbroath is more complicated than I thought. The nobles who cling to their lands are the majority, and almost no one is willing to give up their lands."

"I have integrated the lands of the three major banners that followed Knight Godwin, as well as some vassal corner banners, into the River Bay United Knight Territory. You only need to arrange for the knights under your command to name it."

"In the rest of the territories, I have also acquired some corner flag collars through confiscation, exchange, and purchase, but the results were not significant in a short period of time."

Leo teased Rigolav's silly follower, the little dog-headed man Seven, and he was very happy watching him do all kinds of stupid things. "Why didn't I think you were so stupid when I was in the big house?"

Seven felt the long-lost fatherly love and didn't care what Leo said. He just kept shaking his butt wildly, "Woof woof woof! Leo, Seven is smart, Seven is strong, and Seven can count to fifty with his own paws!"

Rigolav immediately put down the form and began to defend Seven, "Maybe your Riverbend House as a whole isn't very smart?"

Leo found that his adoptive father was right. Every time the werewolf Akohan came to the Riverbend House to report on his work, he was often worried because he would not fit in with this group of idiots, and he would ask the only normal person, Vic, for advice on how to integrate into the family.

The clever, cunning, cold-blooded and serious werewolf leader became worried when he saw the group of evil spirits in the River Bend House.

Vicci said that there was no need to fit in, just stay normal. There were too many weird people in Hewan, and normal people like them were rare and valuable.

After playing for a while, Leo began to miss home and couldn't help asking, "Now that my godfather is here, who will take over the business of Isenbol? Will it be a mess?"

Olivia is in charge of the River Bay, so whether the situation will be chaotic or not depends on whether she can control Frasa. But without Rigolav in charge of Isenbol, Leo is really worried.

Rigolav laughed, "I gave it to Nairn."

"Oh, that's all right."

(There is a war plot later, but I haven’t thought of the details yet, so I’ll just give two chapters here.)