Black Iron Crown

No one knows what Mekasha is thinking in her heart. The lord of Bazaran Kingdom and Elmaru have been working hard to digest the territory they got from the empire.

The development of the Northern Territory was as smooth as ever. Under Leiner's supervision, the vinegar was finally successfully produced after more than a year.

At this time, it was July of the Thirty Years of the Empire.

The twenty-seven-year-old Reiner has been in this world for eleven years, and after a lot of hard work, he finally has his current status.

Now the northern border has become more and more prosperous, and the cold is no longer an obstacle to people's production. Towns and cities have sprung up, and merchants are running around to seek their own interests.

The population under his control is also increasing. The population produced by the refugees, the population from various places who went to the northern border to make a living due to the war, and the population sold by slave traders to Leiner from various places. In addition When Reiner signed the treaty with the empire, the remaining 50,000 people were also brought into his hands through diplomatic means.

Coupled with the natural growth of the local population, the population of the northern border has now reached 350,000.

However, Rainer did not expand the army again. Our Grand Duke has been training these veterans after filling up the current army establishment. He does not want to burden the residents too much.

It is a better choice to set aside more population for production. He is only 27 years old now, and he will have a long time to come. Only by laying a solid foundation can he have stronger strength.

What's more, Reiner himself is not idle, it is enough to gather men of the right age together and conduct some militia training during the slack season, so that they can initially have the ability to fight.

When a large number of soldiers are really needed, Leiner will naturally draw from these militias, and it will take less than a year for them to become qualified soldiers.

The half-children at the time have basically grown up now, and they are the group of people who are most enthusiastic about joining the army.

Young teenagers always want to use their long swords to seek meritorious service on the battlefield and become a glorious knight. Even if they can't, becoming a heroic warrior is also a very good choice.

The salary and high benefits of the army make joining the army a popular choice for everyone.

Reiner knows very well that a country that doesn't value the military cannot guarantee its own safety. If its soldiers don't have a sense of honor but are ashamed of this profession, then don't expect to have any combat effectiveness at all.

Reiner will never let his soldiers become a group of thieves that everyone despises, and it is necessary to give them high benefits, high salaries and high status.

What's more, in such a chaotic era, people with force have a detached status, which needless to say.

Even a group of robbers, in the eyes of some lords, their status is even higher than their own subjects, because they have force.

In other regions, even if the salaries of the soldiers are not high, the benefits are not good, but as long as they serve the lord, then they can extort, blackmail, swindle and abduct, and even if they are robbed, no one will dare to resist.

Rainer's income is getting higher and higher, so much income is not used to expand the army, but to build towns and road planning, which makes his lords very puzzled, even the Earl of Princeton can't understand this .

This is especially true for Earl Jorral, who is now in the city of Mecaron, and he has recently discovered that the soldiers under his command have become more and more corrupt.

Unlike other lords, when they have nothing to do, they can bring the army to pay fees to maintain their combat effectiveness. Because his territory is close to the northern border, Leiner often sends troops to sweep the deep mountains and old forests. Now even bandits and bandits are hairy. All gone.

After three years of peace, he is now wondering whether these fat soldiers will be able to hold a long sword when the war breaks out.

So he planned to go to Mecaron City to learn from Reiner and see how to maintain the combat effectiveness and fighting spirit of the army.

"Okay, don't babble in front of me. You can go to my barracks and have a look. I'll give you a permission document. Go now!"

Reiner was annoyed by Earl Jollal, rubbing his hair and said in annoyance.

Earl Jollal didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a playful smile like a hob meat: "Don't be angry, I'm just curious, why your army has been able to maintain its combat effectiveness after three years of no war."

"What's so curious about this? I don't think I've ever banned you from visiting my barracks, have I?" Reiner gave Earl Jollal a strange look.

"It's training. From morning till night, they don't stop for a moment. This is the secret of not losing their combat effectiveness. Do you have any questions?" Reiner sat on the chair, picked up a knight novel and was helpless. Said to Earl Jollal.

"That's the case..." Earl Jollal said eagerly: "That's really expensive. According to your training, you must have at least two meals of meat a day, which is too expensive..."

Reiner didn't expect Earl Jollal to hold back such an excuse for a long time, and he really couldn't accept it.

He slapped the book on the table angrily, pointed at Earl Jollal's nose and shouted: "Then get out, you don't want to spend money but you want to fight, what is the difference between you and wanting to live if you are too tired to breathe?"

Reiner was really pissed off by Earl Jollal. He said so much money to guarantee the combat effectiveness of the army. Come and tell me now, is there any way to maintain combat effectiveness without spending money?

If there is a return, can you tell me? I can't use it myself?

Earl Jollal could only leave Reiner's study in a desperate state, grabbed a guard and asked him to take him to the barracks in Mecaron City.

In the barracks outside the city, the shouts of the soldiers shook the heavens and the earth. 2,400 soldiers and 800 Moreland sergeants were training in this barracks.

The enthusiastic atmosphere made Earl Jollal's blood boil for a while. These soldiers were all wearing the double-layer armor they usually fight in, and that's not all, they even carried a small backpack on their backs.

Judging from its full appearance, the backpack weighs at least ten kilograms.

Now they are undergoing assassination training with heavy guns, and their burdens add up to at least 40 kilograms, but they are still tirelessly carrying out non-human exercises.

Judging from the drops of sweat dripping on the ground, it was not easy for these soldiers to face such training, but none of them could not persist, not even anyone who negotiated and complained.

Their idea is very simple. Now that they are undergoing more painful training, it will be less likely to die on the battlefield in the future, and it will be easier to gain glory and meritorious service.

What's more, being a soldier and eating food is a matter of course. The kind and generous Grand Duke gave himself and others such a high salary and such a good treatment.

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