Black Iron Crown

Reiner conferred these meritorious commanders as nobles with titles, which was beyond many people's expectations.

In the past, it was extremely difficult for commoners to become nobles. Even if they were lucky enough to become lords, they would be despised by other nobles because of their low bloodlines.

Without four or five generations of family inheritance, it is difficult for the emerging nobles to be looked down upon. This is one of the conflict points between the upstarts and the royal lords.

In the entire empire, the last large-scale canonization of civilians as nobles was when the empire was just established, and Emperor Caffett conferred the titles of nobles on the officers under his command who had some illustrious military exploits.

Although many of the current upstarts have been corrupted, or the heirs of those people have replaced their fathers' titles, this cannot change the great credit they once had.

And this is also the capital that the upstarts were able to fight against the royal lords in the first place.

Leiner divided up all the territories, and scattered 15,000 gold coins, leaving only 5,000 gold coins for himself.

His actions were very effective, and the vassals and soldiers under his command were all satisfied. Reiner's rule in the northern border was already impregnable.

After returning to the territory, the lords of the royal family didn't have to be idle, and sent people to the imperial capital to investigate the movement of the army of the Kingdom of Bukeden quietly.

After confirming that the enemy army did not come to the north, everyone began to digest the benefits they had received with peace of mind.

The royal lords were busy swearing their right to rule in the newly acquired territory, and arranged their relatives, friends, and distant relatives to various villages to help him establish his rule, and at the same time eat and drink spicy food.

And the 50,000 residents from the central part of the empire in Leiner's hands are also living in a difficult life at this time, either living in the castle town of Mecaron City, or living in the tents that Leiner built for them .

They didn't have enough food for the winter when they came from afar, but how could Reiner watch them starve?

He now regards the population under his rule as more precious than gold, no matter what, it is impossible for them to lose their lives in the cold winter.

What's more, there was so much old grain in Leiner's granary that it was about to rot, so Leiner simply moved all the grain out and threw it to the newcomers.

At the same time, let them, like the residents in the territory, randomly go to the forest to pick up some dry sticks for heating,

Except for the pregnant beasts, all the prey caught can be kept for themselves.

And three years ago, Reiner also drew the halo of the country of ice and snow in the system, which can increase everyone's ability to resist cold and snow mobility by 30%.

Therefore, these residents did not cause any casualties. Although the cold weather was still very difficult, it was not life-threatening.

Lehner is very satisfied with having so many new people in his territory, which means that his population growth rate will also increase a lot.

However, although he got 50,000 people, Reiner was still not satisfied, and there were still many traffickers who were continuously transporting people from the south to the north.

But in the final analysis, their efficiency is still too low, and they are not even comparable to the two refugee stations on Lena's territory.

The output of more than 7,000 new people per year has completely exploded the work efficiency of human traffickers.

However, no matter how small a fly is, it is still meat, and he will not give up this source of population, although it will cost him some money.

The life in the northern border is as leisurely as ever. The residents from the south look forward to the future after seeing the living conditions of the residents in the northern border. Even the severe cold can't stop their hope for life.

The entire territory was operating step by step, and the Klad people who were regularly raided worked as slave miners in various mines in the northern border, mining regardless of cold and heat day and night.

The Klade miners have reached 15,000 people, and they have to work at least 14 hours a day, so many die every month. Great improvement.

Besides, there are more and more iron and steel smelting personnel under Leiner's deliberate training. Steel ingots are neatly stacked in several warehouses, and hundreds of junior blacksmiths are beating and forging in Leiner's military factory. Sharp swords and spears and sturdy armor.

Reiner has now saved more than 40,000 merit points, and he plans to build a resident of the Scarlet Griffon Knights with two nights of merit points, as well as a refugee station, and a mid-level official academy, which add up to a total of 35,000 It takes a lot of meritorious service to build it well.

The Scarlet Griffon Knights base can produce 30 Scarlet Griffin Knights and 120 Scarlet Griffin followers every year. In addition, there are all supporting facilities that allow Reiner to accumulate in a short period of time. Extremely powerful force.

In just two years, Reiner can have 90 Scarlet Griffon Knights and 360 Scarlet Griffin Retinues. This is undoubtedly a powerful and unparalleled force.

Although the price of the Scarlet Griffin Knights' resident is a bit high, it is still a bargain in the final analysis, not to mention that the Scarlet Griffin Knights' resident is not the highest source of soldiers for the Knights.

On top of it is the headquarters of the Scarlet Griffon Knights. The output is five times that of this station, but the price is also five times that of it. It is simply not within the reach of the current Lena.

After these facilities were installed, the output began soon.

The huge northern border needs to be managed. Although there is already a junior official academy, it is still a drop in the bucket after all, and the shortage of officials is too great.

Although the production of junior officials is fast, they are only suitable to be village officials, and there are nearly 2,000 villages under Leiner's command, and less than one-fifth of the villages have real village officials.

After the establishment of this middle-level official academy, the production rate of officials can be doubled immediately. In about four or five years, every village in the northern border can be equipped with village officials.

Of course, the population growth rate of the refugee station is not included in it for the time being.

Now after a period of production, the Morland sergeants under Leiner's command have also reached the gratifying number of five hundred. In time, there will be more and more soldiers under Leiner's command, and their strength will become stronger and stronger.

However, Reiner also felt the pressure.

With the increase of soldiers, the financial expenditure is getting bigger and bigger. Although there are two wealth-generating tools, white sugar and woolen cloth, there is still a lot of surplus.

But according to the current situation of the empire, business has begun to shrink, and due to the war, the sales of woolen cloth and sugar have not been greatly improved.

With the expansion of the army, Rainer's finances will sooner or later be unsustainable.

As for the taxes collected from the residents, that is even more of a drop in the bucket.

The huge northern territory can only bring him an income of around 2,000 gold coins a year under the circumstances of vigorously developing commerce.

This is almost the limit of the northern border. Where is the population limit? The military-to-civilian ratio has almost reached a dangerous level. I am afraid that this situation will not be improved until the 50,000 immigrants can bring a lot of tax revenue to themselves in two or three years. .

All of this cannot be achieved in a short period of time, so Reiner lived a short and leisurely life.