Black Iron Crown

The hall of Mecaron Castle Lord Castle is brighter than that of Murland Castle, but this still doesn't change the fact that it is dark as a whole.

The oil lamp flickered slightly, and Reiner couldn't help frowning after hearing Sir Horne's words.

Baron Corder and others also heard it. They looked at each other and saw a hint of worry in the eyes of others.

Sir Vaxey reacted the most violently, and the wine glass in front of him was even touched.

"I'm sorry, I'm just a little..."

Waxey stood up in embarrassment and apologized again and again, while wiping the dining table with towels.

The maid serving on the side hurriedly took a towel and wiped off the wine on the table.

Reiner took a deep look at Sir Vaksi, and then said to Sir Horn without changing his face: "Then, do you think the royal family can suppress these rebellions in a short period of time?"

In order to prevent Sir Horn from misunderstanding, Reiner explained: "But don't get me wrong, I just hope that the royal family can put down the rebellion as soon as possible. A peaceful empire is in the interest of all of us!"

Baron Ryland took a meaningful look at Sir Vaxey, and gently touched Baron Wallas next to him with his hand, signaling with his eyes.

Baron Valas shook his head, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, he picked up the wine glass and drank it down, and finally picked up the wine jug and poured himself another glass, completely ignoring these things.

"Hey..." Sir Horn sighed, took a sip from his wine glass and said with a frown, "I feel... a bit difficult..."

"There are a lot of people rebelling this time. Before we even have time to extinguish these flames of betrayal, other fires will burn. If I hadn't been in charge of contacting you, I'm afraid I would have to lead the team to the battlefield!"

"So serious?" Reiner's brows were furrowed even more.

Although he has unified the northern border, his strength is still too weak compared to other great lords, not to mention that those rebellious lords will inevitably choose like-minded people to unite in order to increase the success rate.

Although his own territory is large, the population is not large enough, and the productivity is not enough. Cobblers, blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, these craftsmen and some other skilled jobs are all insufficient.

Being a blood relative of the royal family is the biggest advantage and the biggest disadvantage.

When the royal family is strong, he can pretend to be a tiger.

But once something changes in the future and the royal family becomes weak or even perishes, then their own liquidation will definitely come.

Reiner asked worriedly: "But I don't think there will be a large-scale rebellion within three years, right? The royal family still has an absolute advantage!"

"It's a pity that the Southerners have a very strong economy because they do business with many countries. Although the royal family and their supporters have also benefited from this, in the final analysis, they are still not as profitable as the Southerners.

"They are so rich that they can buy enough resources from anywhere to support the army."

Sir Horn looked at Reiner's face and said, "You have to be prepared, Her Majesty the Queen, the Grand Duke of Mabula, Earl Wesley, and Earl Redmara. I need your help too!"

Reiner's heart tightened when he heard the words, thinking that the current situation has become so difficult...

The royal family, which was originally extremely powerful and absolutely suppressed other lords in Reiner's heart, will also face such a predicament.

He now knows almost nothing about some disputes within the empire. The northern border is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the mainland and the territory controlled by the royal family. It is very difficult to convey information at such a distance.

In addition, there is no way for Logan to lay the intelligence network so far, so his current understanding of the empire can only come from Sir Horn.

Reiner looked at Sir Vaxey, and saw that he was frowning, holding a wine glass but not drinking, with a preoccupied look.

Reiner narrowed his eyes slightly, retracted his eyes and picked up the wine glass, but thought to himself: "It's because I heard Earl Redmara again... It seems that his words should not be false... Maybe I should really be on guard." Hit him..."

Thinking in his heart, but there was no clue on the surface, Reiner and Sir Horn chatted and laughed happily, and they changed the topic from the situation of the empire to the business this time.

"So, how much steel and armor do you need now? I might be able to buy you enough goods this time!"

Reiner put down his wine glass and looked at Sir Horn.

"I brought a total of 8,000 gold coins this time!" Sir Horn also put down the knife and fork in his hand, wiped his mouth casually with his sleeve and said with a smile.

"It's really a big deal!" Reiner said in admiration, "You should have known the news of the reunification of the Northern Territory a long time ago!"

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have brought so much money!"

Sir Horne laughed loudly: "Do you know? When they knew you were going to have a decisive battle with Earl Zhebo, those lords were really chattering and quarreling endlessly. Everyone thought it was a wrong decision to support you. You can't beat Count Zhebo..."

"Only Earl Redmara thought you could win. At that time, I thought... I might lose you as a dear friend, but God bless you, you defeated the mighty Earl Zhebo and won great victory." victory!"

"My friend!" Sir Horn patted Reiner's shoulder: "I'm proud of you..."

"Haha..." Reiner smiled awkwardly, for the sake of bargaining, this guy can really talk...

"So, how much steel do you want to buy? Besides steel, I have a lot of armor here, 600 sets of full-body chain armor, 800 long swords, how about it?"

"Woohoo!" Sir Horn raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "This time you are much happier than last time! The people who unified the northern border are different!"

"What about the old price?" said Sir Horne.

"Yes, am I the kind of person who takes advantage of others' danger?"

"One hundred tons of steel and six hundred suits of armor..." Sir Horne said.

"Can!"

"The long sword is a gift. It's a small gift from me to my relatives. The money spent on the long sword can be used to buy other things!" Lena waved his hand generously.

The market price of these long swords is about five silver coins, and the eight hundred pieces are only four hundred gold coins...

Well, Reiner still feels distressed about the four hundred gold coins, but in order to show his support for the royal family, he still chose to give them away for free...

What's more, those long swords are themselves spoils of war, and they are sold without money, which is not very distressing.

"In other words, when will we deliver the 6,700 gold coins?" Reiner couldn't wait to get the money. In the system, gold coins can be exchanged for merit points one by one, and even some Things can be purchased directly with gold coins...

Such as... population... such as roads...