Chapter 75 (2/2)

There were no knights of the Rakan family who didn’t antagonize the Imperial family.

The Baroque family was the one who had imprisoned the Warrior Rakan and his family to that small Viscount.

Even though Baroque was weak, everyone just bowed to them. However, no one looked up to them.

“But what about the other cities and towns of the Count? As of now, with our governing forces, managing Lamer itself is going to be troublesome.”

They were going to take control of the Count’s region, and that was not going to be easy.

The Rakan territory was much smaller than Count Monarch’s.

In addition, the Count’s region was the second largest area in the South, which was several times larger than Rakan.

Still, it was questionable if the officials of the Viscounts could manage such a large territory, especially when civil constructions were happening.

“There are two solutions for that.”

“Two you say?”

“Yes, one is to sell off the land to the neighboring Lords. Let’s sell as much as we can.”

At those words from Luke, Rogers shook his head.

“And then take that money? With such a situation, it usually ends up in a mess.”

“Then wouldn’t they just take away the land without permission. If the lords around the place did that, the emperor would be more than happy to allow a war to happen.”

Except for Marquis Mayers, the nobles around Monarch were very silent.

They would try to fight Rakan, who had just recently improved their Gigants by winning the war.

“If we sell it to them cheap, they are more likely to accept it.”

“Then what about the second option?”

“I’m going to apply a law to Lamer later on. I’d like to lend the rights to the merchants and let them freely run their business.”

Rogers was surprised at Luke’s words.

“Will you make Lamer a free city?”

“As a commercial city, its foundation had been firmly established. Look at these papers, the merchants have already asked a few times before. The Count was so greedy that he didn’t allow it.”

There were several free cities on the continent. They were mostly the port cities developed by trade.

The merchants were rich enough to buy the land from the Lords, and their own power was so strong that it could be compared to a Count or Marquis.

“The problem is that the relationship gap between us would increase. Much more lands will be merged, or there are chances for the city to be divided into smaller cities.”

“There is no need to worry about that. We will raise the stake in the free city.”

The free city management was often undertaken by a single trade union but often accompanied by the number of stake-owned traders.

‘And in the latter case, the largest stake has the loudest voice.’

So, if Luke made Lamer a free city, he wanted to present the first rank to Princess Reina Kirillov.

Of course, for that to happen, there would be a need to make funds arrangements.

“Though it is a pity. Even if we sell the land or entrust it to someone, the land we have gotten is the best…”

“It is better to take care of things that we can and not mess up the management. What matters to us was never the expansion but substantiality.”

“Yes, that is right…”

When the two of them had made their decisions.

They heard urgent footsteps outside.

It was so urgent that the entire residence of Lamer was shaking.

“Something bad happened, young Lord!”

It was Philip. He almost smashed the door when he entered the room.

Rogers shook his head and frowned.

“What is it? Is there a rebellion outside?”

When a new ruler came in, there was always a revolt.

It was usually led by people who didn’t want to lose their positions, their homes or their lands.

Luke wondered if the Count’s men were outside.

“Huhu! No, it isn’t a rebellion. Not a rebellion but…”

Philip tried to calm his breath.

Luke, who listened to what he had said, jumped out of his seat.

“Princess Reina was kidnapped!”