Black Iron Crown

In fact, if the original King Emalu was in a hurry and wanted to get a lot of steel in an instant.

It is not necessary to raise the price to instantly unbalance the entire steel market and arouse the vigilance of those opposition lords.

If he bought steel quietly in private and made a fortune silently, why would he send a secret caravan to the northern border of the Ridka Empire to buy steel now?

However, now that his actions have been known to those lords, there is no need for him to do it secretly any more. He simply pays a high price to buy steel, which may attract some smugglers to steal some steel to buy himself Woolen cloth.

It has to be said that King Emalu is quite proficient in this aspect of the ability to make up for it after a dead sheep, and it has indeed played a good effect.

In addition to the secret caravan he sent, there were also many Bazalan merchants who went to the northern border with local goods, planning to buy some steel there and return to make money.

King Emalu felt extremely hated in his heart.

He didn't know what kind of thinking was behind the brother who was eight years older than himself, so he confiscated a huge amount of iron mines that were related to the fate of a country.

Originally, the Kingdom of Bazalan was not a country where iron ore was scarce. Although it would not be everywhere, at least it was possible to forge a small amount of iron armor for soldiers.

However, when his elder brother, the former king, took back the territory, he actually distributed the iron mines one by one, and all of them were in the hands of the generals who followed him.

As a result, the current King Emalu does not have an iron mine in his hands, and now he has fallen to the point where he needs to buy steel from foreign countries.

King Emalu said with a livid face: "Go and send someone to communicate with the ruler of the northern border, and say that I hope to get a large amount of steel from him, and I can pay a high price for this." !"

Since the northern border is too far away from the Kingdom of Bazalan, the news that Reiner has been canonized as Grand Duke has not yet spread, so when he mentioned Reiner, his tone inevitably had some condescending meaning.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrange it right away!" The subordinate immediately replied humbly, and then said, "Do you have anything else? If not, I will immediately carry out your order!"

"It's all right, you can go!" King Emalu closed his eyes and stopped talking.

After the subordinates leave,

He suddenly slammed a silver wine jug beside him to the ground, panting heavily from his mouth and nose, and looked very angry.

"Oh my god...it's really terrible..." Aaron walked out of the palace, and he was the confidant who reported things to King Emalu just now.

Although he is one of the few and most trusted confidantes of King Emalu, there is still a chilling feeling when facing him.

That sullen face, with sharp pupils like a goshawk, stared at Ren Dan as if he had been cut by a knife.

But the most creepy thing was King Emalu's moody temper.

When Arron was an earl, King Elmaru saw with his own eyes that he ordered one of his favorites to be skinned, and then threw the bloody favorite into the sand.

At that time, Aaron only felt chills all over his body, looking at his colleague who was bloody and bloody in the sand and twitching like a long worm because of the pain, as if he had also suffered such treatment.

What Aaron will never forget is that the look in Elmaru's eyes at that time seemed to contain incomparable madness. When he looked at the phrase "bloody but body", he actually showed a look of excitement.

Although being strict is good, Aaron is very sure that he was absolutely right at the time, that is the expression of excitement!

After that, Aaron was always cautious around King Emalu, for fear that something he did not do well would offend him and make himself look miserable.

Fort Creek

In February, Fort Creek has gradually warmed up. After all, this is a mild south. Even in winter, the temperature rarely reaches below zero at night, and this year there is no snow.

Such a temperature is very suitable for labor. The miserable southern people... No, it should be that the miserable southern serfs have to work for a whole year without a day off, either farming or weeding, or providing labor for their lords.

Perhaps it can also be called a rest time, that is, every Sunday morning from nine o'clock to eleven o'clock, they have two hours of worship time, and they will continue to work after the worship.

These serfs are different from the owner farmers and the bourgeoisie. They are collectively called free people, while serfs are the private property of the lord.

Their labor enthusiasm is very low, and they must be supervised by someone with a whip to dry goods. In addition, they are timid, cowardly, weak, and their labor efficiency is quite low.

In the northern border, although the residents there are serfs in name, but in the final analysis, their lifestyle is like a self-cultivating farmer, or everyone is a self-cultivating farmer.

In addition to paying taxes, they keep all their income for themselves, so the efficiency of labor is very high. Even if Rainer only collects taxes, what they get is far more than the exploited serfs with the same number.

The serfs at this time were loosening the fields, for all lands in Fort Crick belonged to the Earl of Crick, except the land of the yeoman and the fiefs of the knights, and the domains of his vassals.

In order to have a good harvest in the second year, these serfs must start loosening the soil from February, and it takes until May to start planting.

Because of their low status, all the lords, including Rainer's father-in-law, Earl Creek, were unwilling to hand over iron farm tools and livestock that cost money to them.

In other words, in the eyes of those lords, these serfs were no different from cattle and horses.

There is still a difference. These serfs are not as powerful as oxen and horses, and they are not as valuable as oxen and horses.

"Oh my God, this is impossible, go back and tell your master that this is absolutely impossible! The Woodlands of Toss is my territory, and it is absolutely impossible to hand it over to anyone!" Earl Creek looked at the arrogant man in front of him. The messenger said loudly.

"Tell your master! I won't give in!" Earl Creek said in a hoarse voice. Ever since Frante married Rainer in order to protect the family, Earl Creek has been hurt because of the blow. slumped.

"Please remember what you said today, respected Earl Creek, I'm asking you if you confirm what you said just now?" the messenger said, looking at Earl Creek maliciously.

"Of course! I won't change my mind!"

"That's good, I hope that when my master arrives at Fort Creek with the army, you won't regret the decision you made today!"