Black Iron Crown

Hearing Earl Jollal's words, Reiner became interested instead.

It has to be said that although he was one year older than himself when he inherited the title, his situation was far worse than his own.

Although the Fort Moreland at that time was also troubled internally and externally, at least everything was still under his control.

The knights all maintained their loyalty, and Baron Corder spared no effort to support him at that time, hoping that he could grasp the entire Fort Moreland as soon as possible.

Although Earl Zhebo was watching from the outside at that time, after all, there was no problem inside.

As the saying goes, to fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside. Once there is an internal problem, it is definitely more difficult than the external enemy.

Reminiscent of how long it took to take control of a barony with no single-mindedness in mind, Reiner instantly understood the predicament that the Earl of Princeton was facing.

Nodding his head and saying nothing, Leiner continued to ride his horse.

The residents on the street retreated to both sides of the road when they saw Leiner coming in, looking at the well-dressed and well-armored Leiner and the knights behind him with awe.

The Scarlet Griffin Knights, as Reiner's personal guards, followed him slowly.

The plate and chain armor on their bodies were painted with blood red griffin coat of arms, which looked very mighty and domineering.

The red feathers on his head fluttered gently with the breeze, and the lance in his hand gleamed and pointed straight at the sky.

The surrounding residents took off their hats and looked at the Scarlet Griffin Knights with envy and fear.

The armor of the Scarlet Griffin Knights is a piece of iron armor on the chest. It is a relatively early type of plate armor. It is equipped with full-body chain armor, so it seems that the cost is even more expensive than the armor worn by some lords.

And the thirty knights were all riding tall horses and wearing such mighty armor, which also showed Leiner's financial resources from the side.

Such a unified and consistent armor is obviously not the equipment that the knights prepare themselves, and Reiner's wealth is self-evident.

"Look! The armor on these knights looks so expensive! It may buy hundreds of cows!"

"Yeah, I don't know where this master came from, but he can prepare such luxurious armor for his knights! Just a piece of their leg armor may cost people like us a lifetime of savings!"

"Who knows, but what is certain is that the master who owns such a mighty knight is definitely not an unknown person. Perhaps some duke has arrived! There are so many masters around him!"

The citizens talked a lot, but Reiner was equally amazed by this majestic city.

Although this is not the first time he has come to the imperial capital, the prosperity and huge population here still make him salivate.

Although due to the limitations of the times and productivity, this city cannot be compared with later generations or even the cities of the 19th century, but at the same time in this world, there has never been any city that can compare with it.

After all, it was the capital of the empire built after amassing countless wealth with the power of great victory. The size of this city alone has already reached twice that of Mecaron, the largest city in the north.

The length of the city wall alone has reached an astonishing 30 kilometers, and the height of the city wall has reached 12 meters.

From these two data alone, this imperial capital has surpassed the famous Constantinople in Leiner's previous life, surpassed the nightmare castle of the almost invincible cold weapon army.

The circumference is 30 kilometers, what kind of concept is this, that is to say, even if you ride a fast horse and run wildly on the city wall, it will take more than 40 minutes and nearly an hour to complete a week.

If you want to defend completely, you need at least 6,000 people on the city wall to do it.

And the residents in the city have reached an astonishing 70,000 people, and they are sitting in various industries in the city to support their families.

Or engage in handicrafts, or engage in some manual labor, taverns and other service industries also need waiters and maids, and even some illegal organizations can find enough people to fill their forces.

In short, the entire imperial capital is full of vitality, and even the frontline battles have not had any impact on the place. The residents' trust in the royal family is extraordinary, and no one thinks that the rebels can attack the imperial capital.

Reiner looked at such a prosperous city and was about to salivate. It would be great if such a large city with such a large population could be in his own hands.

Unfortunately, this is all just fantasy.

Entering the Tesca Palace, the place is still as grand as ever.

The rooms arranged to be flown to Reiner and his party are spacious, well-ventilated and well-lit, obviously showing extraordinary importance.

After entering the room, Reiner, who had been walking for two months, finally relaxed.

He asked the maid at the door to bring him a basin of bath water, took a comfortable bath, and then fell down on the soft velvet bed in a linen nightgown.

I have to say that Tesca Palace is indeed worthy of being a royal palace. In terms of comfort, it is much more comfortable than the main castle of Mecaron City.

Although Mecaron is a city, the main castle is after all a fortification to protect the safety of Leiner's family and his basic political team, so the comfort level will be greatly reduced.

The inside of the main castle is cold and damp. Even if the bedding is often taken out and exposed to the sun, or the room is smoked with a fireplace, it is still not as good as the Tesca Palace with its large wooden beds.

After resting here for a whole day, Leiner got out of bed early the next morning and went to the conference hall to accept the queen's collective summons to the vassals.

Facing the metal mirror in front of him, he trimmed his beard. Two maids helped Reiner put on a luxurious robe of lavender with a few orange patterns. After looking at it carefully, he walked into the meeting hall following the guidance of the waiter. .

At this time, the meeting hall was already very noisy, there were more than sixty barons and nine earls, ten earls if Leiner was counted.

This is a lot less people than before. Except for a small number of barons who went to the south to fight and never returned, there were six earls and more than forty barons who went to the west to resist the western rebels.

At the time when the empire was at its peak, there were three dukes, twenty-eight uncles, and seven hundred and fifty-five barons. Unfortunately, because of the rebellion in various places, the purge of the northern border, the loss of the southern battlefield, and the escape of the southern lords, so that The royal family lost a large number of troops.

In its heyday, the empire was able to mobilize 100,000 regular troops to fight in the north and south, but now a huge royal family can only mobilize more than 10,000 people to judge, including the troops of Reiner and Earl Jollal. Only 20,000 people.

The queen was on the magnificent emperor's throne full of luxurious decorations, holding the seven-year-old little emperor in her arms.

Although the little emperor no longer needed the queen to be in her arms at this age, she didn't care about it. Only the little emperor who didn't understand anything and could only lie in her arms was the most beneficial to her.

Reiner sat on a chair and quietly observed the surroundings. Sure enough, the atmosphere here seemed more dignified and weird.

There seemed to be a smell of gunpowder even in the air, and the eyes of the new nobles and royals almost burst into lightning.

Although the tension is not enough, a kind of breathless depression arises spontaneously. ...

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