Black Iron Crown

The area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Beijing is quite large, with a total area of ​​more than 1.4 million square kilometers, of which 670,000 square kilometers are directly in Leiner's hands.

There are more and more vassals under Leiner, and now they can basically be divided into four factions.

One is the knights who originally became loyal to Leiner from Fort Moreland, and now all of them have become barons. There are 21 of them in total, ranking third in strength under Leiner's hands.

In addition to this faction, there are also independent nobles who formed the coalition army against Earl Zhebo with Leiner, and later joined Leiner's command to become his vassals. There are twenty-five of them, and their strength ranks second.

One is the background Merlande, who has made great achievements and was promoted to noble by Reiner, that is, a faction composed of lords who have the same grandfather (fifth ancestor) as Reiner, which can be called the blood relative faction.

There are a total of eight members in the blood relative faction, which is the weakest of these factions, but they have the best and closest relationship with the local faction in Fort Murland.

After all, they were old acquaintances at the beginning, and those old-school nobles had also served the background Merland family for many years, so the relationship was naturally closer.

Needless to say, the most powerful ones are the royal lords who have joined Leiner's command. Their strength is the strongest, and their territory is also extremely large. They are the well-deserved number one faction under Leiner's subordinates.

But in fact, these are only four factions on the surface, and there are simply too many factions to count.

Most of these factions are bound together by interests, and many people who seem to belong to one faction may actually have conflicts of interest.

In addition, Reiner basically didn't gather his vassals in his castle, so they didn't have a very fierce struggle in terms of rights.

The only thing they need to compete is how much benefit they can gain in the war and whether they can win Leiner's favor.

This means that they don't have any deep hatred, at least they won't stab each other.

As for the benign competition of dismantling each other or monitoring each other, Reiner is happy to see it succeed. As long as they don't start a private war with real swords and guns, then there is no taboo.

After more than a month, the vassals of Leiner gathered in the city of Mecaron one after another.

Although the winter in the northern region had a slight impact on the local business, the business here still seemed extremely developed.

Even in winter, you can see dark-colored and hurried working people in the streets and alleys of Mecaron City. They are service workers in taverns and hotels, pouring and selling alcohol for drinkers.

Or porters who sell their strength. Mecaron City is now the commercial center of the entire north. Every day, many merchants come to this city with a large amount of goods.

With so many commodities, it is obvious that only the people in the caravan cannot completely move them down from the carriage, so the citizens living in the local area have become the best candidates for them to hire.

In addition, there are other occupations, including road maintenance personnel, excrement pickers, and some street performers. Many people have opened various shops in the city, and even barbershops. Several companies have appeared, and the most surprising thing is that their business is not bad.

Citizens and businessmen are busy seeking more wealth, and everyone has completely broken away from the state of being idle when it comes to leisure time.

With the commercial prosperity of Mecaron City including the entire northern border,

There are too many attractive things, and they have to work hard to make money to get what they want.

The coming of these lords to Mecaron City is the best opportunity for merchants.

Even if the lords who are cheering and embracing don't like the things they sell, the people around the lord will always want to see it.

Knights, retinues, trainee knights and entourages, these people can all become their potential customers.

Earl Jolar was the first royal lord to reach Mecaron City. His territory is only a mere 100 kilometers away from Mecaron, and it only takes four or five days to get there.

The lords of Mecaron City were surprised by the speed of development here. It's not that they don't know that Mecaron is gradually prospering, but this speed of development is really shocking.

Not only Mecaron City, but the entire northern border is developing at a high speed. The construction team formed by Leiner is not to build a market town under the order of Leiner, but after the commercial development in a certain area reaches a certain level, Leiner Only then will people go to trim a commercial market town.

In fact, there is not much to be built in these market towns. Houses with wooden and stone structures with a certain ability to set fire are used as shops, and simple fences are used as fortifications, that's all.

Now there are seven new market towns built by Lena, and the annual transaction volume of each market town can reach an astonishing 1,000 gold coins. According to this trend, it is estimated that the number of market towns can be doubled within two years. times.

In the meeting hall of Mecaron City, the banquet is held here.

A huge amount of miscellaneous incense was slowly burning in the banquet hall, and the smells emitted were either strong or light, in short, they were mixed together to form a strange fragrance.

Leiner doesn't like this taste very much, but he has to do it because it can show his importance to these vassals.

The value of burning spices in the hall alone has already reached more than a hundred gold coins... Not counting the precious decorations here, the finely woven cashmere stalls are drawn with complex and colorful patterns.

Especially the tablecloth on the table, this kind of tablecloth is not the commonly used red, but purple...

As a dye that was almost difficult to refine before the chemical age, purple was the most expensive. These few tablecloths cost Reiner nearly a hundred gold coins.

In addition, there are all kinds of delicacies and tableware. Fortunately, the wine is brewed by Reiner himself, and the cost is not big.

After the whole banquet, Reiner spent more than 500 gold coins to organize this luxurious banquet.

Five hundred gold coins doesn't seem like a lot, compared to Leiner's annual income of 20,000 gold coins, it's really nothing... But it depends on the specific comparison.

When Reiner was the Earl of Fort Murland, it would take fifty years of accumulation without food or drink to collect these five hundred gold coins.

What's more, most of Reiner's income is provided by sugar and woolen cloth and part of the commercial tax. If there is no sugar and woolen cloth and the rapid development of business, Reiner's annual income of two thousand gold coins is a high-spirited incense.

It can be seen from this how luxurious the alcohol of this banquet is.

The banquet began soon. Dishes cooked with various rare ingredients and a lot of spices were served on the table, and many kinds of wine were placed on the table.

Even white sugar became an indispensable darling at the banquet. The atmosphere among the nobles was very harmonious, and in the end, many people actually sang loudly.

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