Black Iron Crown

The room was pitch-black, and the candle was flickered by the slight air current, and the figure was constantly deformed under the flickering light, looking weird and terrifying.

After struggling in his heart for a while, Prince Samuza seemed to be drained of all the strength in his body, and said in a distraught voice: "If you can really help me, I am willing to accept this deal!"

After a pause, Prince Samuza seemed to have thought of something, stared at Lena, and asked, "What price do you want me to pay?"

After hearing what the translator conveyed, Reiner laughed and said: "You are very smart, I thought you would ask me to help you regardless after hearing that I was willing to help you!"

"Then tell you, I need you to be like my group of vassals, serve me as the master, and give your loyalty! Swear never to betray me, provide me with troops when I need it, take Give me a tenth of the cattle and sheep you have!"

After Reiner's words were conveyed to Prince Samuza, he was speechless for a while.

Such a condition was too harsh no matter what, he never thought that he would have to pay such a price.

But from the bottom of his heart, now that he has turned that corner, he still longs for Reiner's help.

With Reiner's help, at least he can guarantee his dominance in the tribe, but if he refuses the help of the other party, then even if the other party does not execute him, he will probably be a prisoner for the rest of his life.

What's more, if I am not in the tribe for a long time, the tribe will definitely join the eldest brother in order to survive.

In this way, Prince Samuza was finally forced to accept this.

He opened his mouth and said, "I... I am willing to serve you as Lord!"

It was extremely difficult to say these words. In any case, he used to be a one-size-fits-all figure in the tribe. Once he swore allegiance to Reiner, he would no longer be an absolute authority figure.

"Very good!" Lena stood up from the chair with a smile, walked to Prince Samuza and patted him on the shoulder in various ways, and said, "You made a very wise choice! Believe me, you I will never regret what I did today!"

"On the contrary, in the days to come, you will be thankful that you made the right choice today!"

Prince Samuza could only smile wryly when he heard Reiner's words, I hope so.

He has no choice now,

Even drinking poison to quench thirst must be tried.

"Then! Come with me to a banquet in a while! Show your loyalty to me in front of everyone at that banquet!"

Returning to the banquet venue with Prince Samuza, all the vassals expressed doubts about him coming together.

Reiner walked to the main seat where he was sitting before, even if he left the stage, no one would dare to sit in this position.

He pressed his hands down to signal the vassals to keep quiet.

After it became quiet, he opened his mouth and said, "My vassals!"

"I have something to inform you!"

Saying that, Reiner let Prince Samuza come to his side.

"He, the leader of the grassland people, was captured by us in the previous battle!"

"He came to our territory to plunder, but it was actually a helpless act. As the new king of their tribe, he was betrayed by his brother and colluded with foreign enemies to expel their main tribe, in order to survive in this rare heavy snow , he had no choice but to make such a decision!"

"Of course!" Reiner waved his hand and said, "I'm not trying to excuse him, he has to pay for the loss he caused to us! He will use one-fifth of the cattle and sheep to compensate us!"

"And I will give half of it to you as compensation, and there are also some war horses, what do you think?"

Although Reiner's words were just ordinary inquiries, there was an irresistible aura when they came out of his mouth.

Yes, this is not a consultation, but Reiner is announcing his decision.

After hearing this, the vassals were silent for a while, and then agreed.

They themselves did not suffer too much loss. The biggest loss was only a few vassals closer to the east. Although they were robbed of a lot of things, they had already paid their taxes.

All that was robbed were the food and property of the residents. According to them, this was a disguised form of plundering the residents' rations.

Seeing that no vassal objected, Leiner continued: "You know, the empire is now in chaos, we must have enough strength in the possible rebellion, and he is a force that we can unite!"

"So, he will become one of my vassals, and I will help him destroy the traitor who betrayed him!"

When Reiner said this, he found that the vassals were not interested and did not show enough interest in this matter.

Thinking about it carefully, this is normal, after all, they can't get much benefit from this matter.

gold? No!

"Land? None!"

For these feudal lords, there are only these two things that can interest them, but none of these can be obtained from this matter.

In the end, it doesn't matter what you want to do, but don't let me do it for nothing if there is no benefit.

It has nothing to do with loyalty or whether the authority of the emperor is enough. Isn't it the same for the emperor of the previous Celestial Dynasty of Lena?

Reiner sighed and said helplessly: "Think about my vassals, the ambitions of these prairie people are endless! They don't even let go of their own announcements. If given the chance, would they give up on invading us? ?

"If we don't keep this new king, then his elder brother will bring more people to invade us, and your territory will never be peaceful!" Leiner watched these vassals express their interests.

"What's more, you can also get horses from him in a steady stream, and it may not even be possible to form a team of all cavalry! We can get delicious food and avoid danger. Why don't we do this?"

Reiner looked at the vassals with piercing eyes, and they finally succumbed to his fierce gaze.

They all expressed that they would contribute to possible wars.

In fact, Leiner did not hesitate to fight several battles not only to get some troops, but after Prince Samuza's allegiance, he could use the ample living environment in his territory to attract these people to the northern border settle down.

Not only can it increase the population, but it can also absorb the cattle and sheep of the Pakuten tribe for its own use.

Reiner is now training soldiers to consume too much meat, and he can hardly bear the expense, so he wants to get a large amount of cattle and sheep through the Pakuten Department to develop his own animal husbandry.

The more than one hundred sheep before were just a small fight, and the large pasture in the north of Leiner was still idle.

After the development of animal husbandry, the physique of the people will inevitably improve, the quality of the soldiers will be better, and the population growth will be all-round.