A light breeze blew past his face, causing his long hair to flutter.
Riding on the path, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he looked ahead.
The path ahead was faintly discernible, and the scene was quite familiar.
It was exactly the same as in Chen Heng's memories, and there were not many changes.
However, as he walked ahead, Chen Heng found that there were some changes.
The most obvious change was that the paths around him had become much smoother. Some of the difficult paths had been filled up, making it much easier to walk.
It seemed that Baron Kaisen had been carrying out the suggestions that Chen Heng had sent back.
As he walked ahead, some figures started to appear.
They were all familiar figures, and Chen Heng was familiar with most of them. The person at the front made Chen Heng feel quite surprised.
It was a somewhat skinny middle-aged man wearing casual clothes. He was currently riding on a horse, silently looking in Chen Heng's direction.
"Father."
Looking at the middle-aged man, a look of delight appeared on Chen Heng's face, and he hurriedly rode over to the man.
This middle-aged man was Chen Heng's father, the ruler of this region, Baron Kaisen.
Looking at Chen Heng, Baron Kaisen could not help but smile.
Sitting on his horse, he looked at Chen Heng seriously.
Compared to half a year ago, Chen Heng had changed greatly.
Compared to half a year ago, because he had been cultivating the Knights Breathing Technique, he looked even more valiant and valiant. His body was tall and big, and even though he was not very muscular, he still stood tall and straight. At a glance, he looked like a powerful Knight, incredibly powerful and resolute.
He had matured quite a bit, and even just standing there, he gave off a unique aura that was hard to forget.
Looking at Chen Heng, Baron Kaisen could not help but smile.
"Good, good …"
He could not help but smile as he got off his horse and patted Chen Heng's shoulder.
"It's been a year …"
He patted Chen Heng's shoulder and looked at his face as he sighed, "You're finally back."
"That's right."
Chen Heng smiled and sighed, "We're finally back."
"When I was outside, I thought of you every second of every day, father …"
"But now, I'm finally back."
"I thought that the Kutu Royal City was too prosperous, so you didn't want to come back."
Hearing Chen Heng's words, Baron Kaisen could not help but laugh.
"Even though the Kutu Royal City is quite prosperous, it's not a place I should stay."
Chen Heng smiled, "The place where I should stay is still here."
"Well said."
Baron Kaisen nodded in satisfaction before looking behind Chen Heng and saying, "Alright."
"It's rare for you to come back. Don't just stand here."
"Let's go back."
He patted Chen Heng's shoulder as he lightly smiled.
"Alright."
Chen Heng smiled as he spoke.
Then, they stepped on the road back.
"Where is elder brother?"
Looking at Carlson, Chen Heng asked.
Baron Kaisen's welcoming party was quite large, and there were many familiar faces among them.
However, this body's big brother, Ormando, was not among them.
"He …"
When mentioning Ormando, Baron Kaisen's expression became cold, as if he did not want to talk about him.
Chen Heng could not help but feel quite confused. Only after asking did he understand some things.
It turned out that a few days ago, Ormando had led his guards to attack a merchant group, causing the nearby rulers to interfere, making Baron Kaisen feel quite troubled.
Even though this matter was already in the past, Baron Kaisen was quite annoyed with Ormando, so he sent him somewhere else to avoid making him feel annoyed.
As such, Ormando's big brother was not among the group that had come to welcome Chen Heng.
Even if he was still here, he might not come to welcome Chen Heng.
After all, back then, Chen Heng's relationship with this big brother had not been very good.
After hearing about what Ormando had done over the past year, Chen Heng could not help but shake his head.
As expected, some people were not worth treating as opponents at all.
Over at the Kutu Royal City, Chen Heng had been carefully managing his own forces, and they had made some progress.
On Baron Kaisen's side, not only had Ormando not made any progress, but he had instead caused so much trouble.
This was truly not enough to accomplish anything, but more than enough to ruin things.
However, this was good.
With Ormando's performance compared to Chen Heng's, no matter how much of an advantage he had as the eldest son, Baron Kaisen would most likely be able to make up his mind.
This would save Chen Heng some trouble.
Even though a mere Baron title was not much to Chen Heng, it was still a form of power.
However, this was still a form of power, and being able to inherit a Baron's territory was much better than having to fight for it himself.
Thinking to there, Chen Heng inwardly smiled and continued onwards.
"Come to think of it …"
As they walked, Baron Kaisen said, "I've looked at your proposal, and I feel that it is quite good.
Many of the rulers in the surroundings also want to join.
Now that you've come back, many people want to meet you. What do you think? "
"Of course."
Chen Heng smiled, "I want to meet them so that we can slowly talk."
Apart from coming to see Baron Kaisen, he had also come to pave the way for his trade route.
Right now, north-south trade had been proven to be a very profitable thing.
Relying on his geographical advantage, Chen Heng and the family behind Krudo had gathered most of the northern rulers' goods.
The family behind Krudo had Sly, an old Knight, and was one of the top families in the north. Even though they were quite poor, they had great prestige among the northern rulers.
With this prestige and status, Chen Heng and the other northern rulers had temporarily formed a merchant alliance and bought all of the northern rulers' goods.
According to the agreement, the family behind Krudo, which was Chen Heng, would be in charge of selling the goods that the northern rulers had plundered.
The northern rulers promised to give most of their goods to Chen Heng, and they would not sell them before the time was up.
Of course, there were many problems with this agreement, but due to many conditions, the northern rulers did not have much choice. Adding on Chen Heng's past performance, he had won their trust.
As such, there would not be many problems with this agreement in the short term.
As such, this agreement was a test of Chen Heng's ability to sell goods.
If they weren't able to quickly sell off the goods that were piling up and bring tangible benefits to the Northern Lords, then this agreement would become invalid sooner or later.
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