Black Iron Crown

Baron Azak was the first to say this, and the other lords nodded and said yes, now that Reiner's power is dominant, not only the army under his command is strong but also has a large number, and those who support him among the vassals alone are not At least, even if there are so few dissatisfied with him, they can't make any waves.

Seeing the cooperation of the vassals, Leiner couldn't help but nodded approvingly, and said with a smile: "In this case, I will start granting you new territories now!"

Leiner's little follower, Salang, immediately cooperated and took out a piece of parchment from his arms and handed it to Leiner. This was a plan that had been drawn up before.

Seeing that his son was so trusted by Reiner and always with him at all times, Baron Azak was even more happy in his heart, and at the same time his loyalty to Reiner was further strengthened.

Reiner slowly opened the file and began to read it slowly.

The lords who returned to their side from Earl Zhebo had no credit, so Leiner didn't plan to give them land, just a place that was almost the same as their previous territory.

As for the remaining vassals who had contributed to the war before, Leiner selected territories for each of them based on their merits.

But even so, the gap between the rewards of all of them is not very big.

The one who received the most rewards was Baron Azak. He changed from a territory of 17 villages under one castle to 43 villages with two castles, and became the most powerful vassal under Rainer's command.

And everyone else also got a new barony, and the number of villages under their command has changed from a dozen or twenty to more than thirty.

In this era when most of the productivity is in the countryside and a small part is in the city, villages and villagers are the foundation of wealth, so Reiner made such a decision.

All of them were canonized to the south of the east, because it would be colder if they were closer to the north. In order to compensate them, Reiner thought it was really painstaking.

Another half an hour passed after this set of procedures, and after Reiner finished reading the name of the last person, there was an instant of silence in the hall where even a needle could be heard falling to the ground.

However, this silence lasted only a dozen seconds before it ended.

The vassals began to discuss in a hurry, and Leiner could see from their expressions that they were still very satisfied with their rewards, so they couldn't help but smiled and nodded, and quietly left the hall, leaving it to the them.

Although Moland Fort is his core territory,

But no matter what, it can't change the fact that it is a military castle, and its location is a bit remote, unable to control the overall situation in the center.

Therefore, Reiner finally decided to abandon Fort Moreland and make Mecaron City his political center and capital.

The preparations for the relocation were very cumbersome, but they were quickly completed under the handling of the servants and soldiers. In fact, there were not many things to be moved, only some important documents here were transferred.

As for the sugar press, it was left here. At the same time, the iron smelting house was not moved, and it was still left here.

So far, the area of ​​Leiner's directly governed territory is 670,000 square kilometers, including one city, seventy-four castles, and 1,357 villages, totaling more than 177,000 people.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to these harvests, Reiner also obtained a large amount of iron ore that can be mined.

The northern border is rich in steel. After unifying the northern border, the amount of iron ore in Leiner's hands is terrifying. Even if the private iron mines of some vassals are removed, Leiner estimates that the iron mines in his hands will be exploited with all his strength. It can supply the iron and steel needs of this entire continent.

But it's a pity that Leiner doesn't have that kind of mining capacity now. With so many residents suddenly added, the first thing Leiner has to consider is how to feed them. The business that he has always wanted to develop before can be put aside.

It is pure nonsense to want to develop business without a strong enough agriculture, which is no different from drinking poison to quench thirst.

All the members of the Moreland family, as well as the maids and servants, were transferred to Mecaron City, and the entire main castle had been cleaned spotlessly. It will become weaker and weaker with the passage of time.

On the side of Fort Moreland, Leiner also left some soldiers to be stationed. At the same time, what gave him a headache was that so many castles were really difficult to handle.

He couldn't have troops in every castle, he wouldn't have enough soldiers.

But if there is no garrison, Leiner is also worried that these castles will become hotbeds for robbers and separatists, which will damage his authority and control.

In the end, he could only make up his mind to demolish some castles that were not particularly useful, as long as he could keep the nearby villages under control.

After all, the northern border was divided into extremely dense baronies, and sometimes the distance between two castles was only five or six kilometers. These areas, as the territories directly under the jurisdiction of Leiner, did not need such dense fortresses at all.

But he had no choice but to deal with it slowly.

And at this time, on April 20th, the twenty-third year of the empire, Reiner finally had time to meet Mekasha...

Walking into her room, seeing the other party, Reiner felt a twinge of pain in his heart.

At this time, Mekasha's face was not to mention haggard, at least her face was haggard. She no longer had the smooth, jade-like, fat-like skin, and her complexion was very poor.

Frowning and looking at Mekasha, he stepped forward and wanted to touch her cheek, but after thinking about it, he put down his hand and said softly, "How did it happen?"

Unexpectedly, Mekasha did not answer his words, but showed a mocking smile on her face, and said coldly: "My brother is dead too?"

Reiner also had nothing to say when he heard the words, he really couldn't express this bit of news directly.

Even though he told himself before coming here to talk like a man, he still has some scruples here.

Looking at the eyebrows and eyes of the other party, Reiner reluctantly nodded and did not speak.

"Heh..." Mekasha laughed mockingly, and then said, "You still want to marry me now, don't you?"

Lena nodded hurriedly.

"Then, I have two conditions that you must agree to!"

"First, after we get married, the second child must be named Zhebo!"

"Second, and take Mecaron City as his fief after he becomes an adult!"

"Can you promise?"

Mekasha slowly stated two conditions and asked.

Reiner pursed his lips, hesitated to speak, and finally shook his head and said, "I really can't agree to this! You know everything about it!"

Mekasha squinted her eyes when she heard the words, and said: "In this case, then I cannot marry you, please let me out of here!"

Seeing that Reiner didn't answer for a long time, she said again: "Don't tell me that the invincible Count Reiner will worry about letting me go, a weak woman!"

"But...but I really want to marry you!"

Reiner frowned, he felt that breathing was bursting with pain, and said with a frown.

Mekasha just smiled, and then said indifferently: "This is impossible, you killed my father and brother! You wiped out my family! Do you think this is still possible? We are finished! It is impossible now!"

Mekasha's words were extremely firm, and a sentence was like a knife piercing into Reiner's heart, it was heartbreaking!

However, what Reiner didn't notice was that Mekasha's eye circles were also slightly red when she said these words...