Black Iron Crown

Reiner raised his wine glass with a smile, and drank it down in front of everyone's admiring eyes.

"My vassals, the Grand Duke's crown on my head is also due to your contribution. I regard your hard work to win this title for me. You are my heroes!"

"As your lord, I must reward those who have made merit!"

The vassals put down their wine glasses and sat on the chairs, looking at Reiner expectantly.

And the rest of the people in the arena were also looking forward to watching Reiner, to see what kind of reward he would give these people.

"First of all, it's Baron Ryland who led the army to stand on the frontal battlefield!" Reiner stood up from his chair.

Baron Ryland also quickly walked up to Reiner and knelt down on one knee.

"You commanded my army to stand on the front and bought time for my raid, so I decided to canonize you as Earl of Moxica County, and handed over two castles, seven manors, and one hundred and fifty-three villages there to You rule!"

"You will have the right to conscript, collect taxes, and enforce the law. Except for my Basic Law, the rest of the laws and tax rates are up to you to adjust!"

"In contrast, you still have to give me your loyalty. My enemy is your enemy. Are you willing to be loyal to me?"

"Yes, Lord Duke, I will always be loyal to you. What your long sword points to is the goal of my lifelong struggle!"

Leyland stroked his left chest, meaning to dedicate his heart to Reiner.

"Very good!" Leiner handed a map to Leyland, then tapped his shoulder three times with his long sword, and said, "Now, you are the master of that land, you You can call yourself the Earl of Leyland!"

"Ouch! Earl Leyland!" Everyone cheered loudly, and Reiner mobilized everyone's emotions with the generous rewards, and they all wanted to know what kind of rewards they could get.

In the end, those who were canonized as earls were Baron Valas, Baron Corder, Baron Leyland, Baron Azak, and Baron Samuza.

Rainer confiscated a total of six castles, more than 500 villages, and more than 40,000 residents were confiscated in this way.

A total of more than 50,000 square kilometers of territory was thus divided among their vassals.

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Reiner also successively granted some territories to other barons whose titles had not been promoted.

In total, a total of more than 70,000 square kilometers of land was allocated in this way.

But Reiner didn't care, because his territory was too big, even if 70,000 square kilometers were allocated, there would still be 600,000 square kilometers in his hands.

There are still 160,000 people under his rule. He doesn't care about the land. What he cares about now is the population. He expects this vast land to be filled with people.

There are only 160,000 people in a land of 600,000 square kilometers, which is an extremely rare population density.

In the future generations of the Celestial Dynasty, if there is not a population of hundreds of millions on such a large land, what's the deal? Now there are only 160,000 people, a gap of thousands of times.

Even if there are five million people on such a large piece of land, there will be no overcrowding and insufficient arable land.

Fortunately, Reiner's two refugee stations have been established, and each refugee station has a population increase of 7,200 people every year. Otherwise, Reiner would definitely be reluctant to divide so many people.

So much land was divided, but some people still didn't get it, because their credit could not reach the point of dividing the land.

So Rainer gave them other compensation.

From gold coins, to food, to wine, to animal skin honey and so on.

Reiner was not stingy with these things at all, and distributed a lot to the vassals with a wave of his hand.

Although they were a little disappointed, they also knew that their contributions on the battlefield were not great, and it would be great if the Earl could reward themselves, so the whole scene was a joyous one.

It is worth mentioning that the recent winemaking industry has become very developed in the territory. Due to the large-scale reclamation of cultivated land, the entire northern border has so much food that it is almost impossible to eat.

Thus, Aizexi started small-scale brewing, and after reporting to Reiner, there was a wave of brewing in the entire northern region.

There is no way, there is too much food in the northern border.

Especially in Reiner's warehouse, the grain has piled up like a mountain.

Even if the 100,000 tons of grain harvested last year were sold to Earl Jollal, and supplied to the army, officials at all levels, blacksmiths, and Rainer’s castle, there are still more than 60,000 tons left.

And this year's autumn harvest has just ended, and another 140,000 tons of grain have entered Leiner's granary. The reclamation is still going on, and the output of the two rooms is still increasing.

But Leiner doesn't plan to sell grain on a large scale, this thing is too important for a territory.

In the past, even winemaking had to be restricted by Reiner, just to avoid wasting food and causing famine.

But now, there is a lot of food that is about to flood, and Reiner doesn't plan to sell it to the outside world, so wine making has become the best way to consume food.

Almost all of last year's old grain has been brewed into malt wine, and now countless barrels of wine are placed in the warehouse where the grain was once stored.

These grains are still stored in place in another form.

After a banquet, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

After Reiner announced the reward, everyone fell into a carnival.

The symphony orchestra raised by Reiner played melodious and cheerful music, and the bard sang the lyrics compiled temporarily to praise Reiner.

"Oh, great Lord of the North!"

"You are so strong and so kind!"

"You are the closest servant of the Holy Father!"

"You are the emperor's vassal!"

"The enemy trembles under your banner!"

"No one, no one dares to disobey your order!"

"Kill, corpse, this is your punishment for the rebels!"

"Blood, sword, the enemy fears your authority!"

"After the war, corpses are everywhere!"

"Under the ground, it's full of bones!"

"Above the sky, vultures are hovering!"

"What they eat is the bones of rebels, the flesh of enemies!"

"What will always fly on the city wall is your red-backed lion flag that never falls!"

Listening to the so-called epic poem like doggerel, Reiner was in a very good mood.

Although he lost a lot on the battlefield, he also got a certain number of merit points. Leiner had already thought about the use of these merit points.

Put into operation a sugar workshop again, and then build a refugee station.

This artifact of population increase is really important to the northern border.

Between the toasts and cups, the banquet went on late into the night unknowingly.

Venus stood in front of Reiner's eyes, and the sky and the earth seemed to be spinning in front of him.

Accidentally knocked over a wine glass in front of him, Reiner felt that he could not continue to drink, so he walked out of the hall and asked a servant to help him back to his room.

"Hmm...you're back?" Frank was awakened by the sound, rubbing his sleepy eyes and said to Reiner in a daze.