Black Iron Crown

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Reiner put on his clothes with the help of the retinue, put on a layer of leather armor, and came out lazily out of the tent. At this time, the soldiers had already got up. The fire is ready and cooking.

Those earthenware pots were hung on the fire, grabbed a handful of snow, put it in and boiled it was a pot of hot water. The soldiers threw the husked oats into the pot, and then put some dried bacon for a meal. This is how the breakfast is finished.

This is already a very good meal. Meat like meat is quite precious. Now all they eat are hunting archers in the forest in autumn and summer, as well as the meat of the old and dying sheep. They couldn't eat these until they were given improved food.

Reiner was also given a meal like this. How do you say it tasted, not particularly good, but fortunately the taste is not difficult to swallow, and the slightly salty dried meat is quite strong in your mouth. He has never been a picky person, so he eats these foods quickly.

　　 After breakfast, the soldiers rallied under Reiner's order and set off on the journey home again.

　　 The remaining distance is not far. In the afternoon, Rainer led the army back to Fort Merland. It is strange that after only three days away, Lai An feels like a world away.

　　 When the fortress of Morandburg, which is not a towering but strong castle, appeared on the white horizon, the soldiers cheered involuntarily.

　　In Goerburg, Reiner left ten soldiers stationed there, where he controlled, his strength was already stretched, but there was no way, maintaining dozens of regular troops was already the limit of Fort Merland.

Taking one out of ten adult males to join the army is already very dangerous for a territory, and it is almost on the verge of collapse. The residents that Reiner can directly control now only have more than 1,500 people, and it is already very difficult to maintain such a large standing army. Not bad, although I got Goerborg and the residents here, it is not easy to turn them into an army.

　　 The armed army requires money. For the lords of this era, as long as they maintain a small-scale regular army to ensure that they will not be attacked and immediately fail, the rest can summon serfs and freedmen to fight.

However, this kind of sneak attack is not common. Not to mention that private fights have been banned within the empire for 20 years. The army posed for a wave of battle.

But Reiner doesn’t like this mode. Just imagine, when you are playing slashing, you bring a group of Swadia recruits, and the other party also brings a group of Swadia recruits. The two sides have a chaotic agreement. Fighting is simply unbearable for Rainer.

　　 I don't know what tactics other people use to play riding and slashing, anyway, he still tends to ride flat push and go wild.

　　 At the same time, he also understands that instead of consuming precious production population in the battle, it is better to let them continue to produce in place, and then arm a group of well-equipped and well-trained professional regular army to fight.

In their way, there are many countries and lords who always win battles but are getting poorer and poorer. This is not difficult to understand. The domestic labor force of middle-aged people has been transferred to fight. No one is farming and no one is working. Do you get poorer as you fight.

　　 Just in order to save that little money and pick up a lot of his own labor force, Reiner felt that it was not worth it. Forming his own elite regular army, this issue must be put on the agenda.

However, the top priority now is to redeem a team from the system. Reiner is not worried about whether he can afford the military salary. The iron material produced by the extra iron ore in Goerborg can completely organize a caravan and sell it to the empire. Internally, iron materials are even processed into chain armor for sale, and each piece can even be sold at a high price of ten gold coins.

　　 He only hopes that he can have a powerful army in his hand to defend his territory.

　　 The soldiers received their own rewards and returned home after a big meal in the barracks. They will have three days of vacation, and after three days they must return to the barracks.

　　Because Rainer was determined to improve his army thoroughly, he exchanged the junior infantry training points and threw them to the army for training. Although there were some results, they were not very significant.

　　Rainer plans to personally grasp the training of the army this time. This incident gave him a warning that he needs a stronger army, not to mention that the main tasks issued by the system have to be completed. Without a strong army, he will use what to complete the task.

　　Ten thousand steps back, if you want to ensure your own safety in this turbulent situation, a strong army is a must.

　　 Wend is very happy about Lena's return, he went out to travel in his youth, and after returning, he won three consecutive victories, which made the young boy's admiration for Lena to the extreme.

　　 "That's so handsome brother! Those clades were beaten up by you!" Wend waved his fist, almost jumping from the ground, the facial features on his little face said to Lena with joy.

　　 Lena patted his shoulder with a smile, and said, "Sooner or later, you will also take your own long sword~www.wuxiahere.com~ and appear on the battlefield wearing your own armor! Cherish your comfortable time now!"

　　 "That's great brother, I should be on the battlefield now! I will go to the battlefield with you when I have the next opportunity!" Wende said with a smile while holding a long sword in his hand.

　　 Rainer:...

　　Well, this kid was waiting for himself here, when did he become so cunning.

　　 Just between the two brothers Leiner and Wend talking and laughing, the banquet tonight is ready, after the victory of the war, there must be a celebration banquet to celebrate the victory of the war.

The servants seem to be very busy. The cooks are also working hard in the kitchen to cook today’s dishes. The cooks lay hands beside them. Jars of honey were taken out of the warehouse by the servants, and piles of dried meat were placed. Above the dining table.

　　 Precious spices were put into the cooking broth. For this banquet, Lena slaughtered five sheep. The whole hall was filled with mellow wine, as if just one sip could make people intoxicated.

　　 The knights all took their family members from their beloved to participate in this banquet. At the same time, they also looked forward to the highlight of the banquet, which was the reward for their merits.

Some apprentice knights are looking forward to rewarding themselves. Unlike before, even if they have made credit in the battle against the Clades in previous years, they can only get some money from them because there is no extra territory to divide. Reward.

But this time is different. Goerborg was acquired by the Moreland family, and the villages under it will definitely be banned as part of the knights' benefice. Then they will be the knights who really own the benefice, not all day long. An ordinary knight who wants to be supported by the Morand family.