Black Iron Crown

"Earl Weasley said that now that the royal family does not have enough control over remote areas like the North, Earl Jeppel's most powerful lord in the North is likely to want to unify the North. Let us be careful!" Sir Cod He squinted his eyes and said, "He also said that if we can integrate the entire Northern Territory, the royal family might give you the title of Grand Duke!"

"My Lord Baron, you are a person protected by the Holy Father. The Holy Father's messenger who descended from the sky is the best proof. I believe you can become a person who unites the northern territory, but at least, we have to guard against Earl Zhebo now!" Religion Faith is still very important to people in this era. Whether it is an emperor, a commoner, or these lords, they have no doubts about the existence of the Holy Father.

　　 He also believed in the tricks of the Holy Father’s messenger by Lenner. In this way, both Sir Cod and the people who saw this scene thought Lenner was really the chosen son of heaven.

　　 "Okay...I see...!" Rainer nodded and slowly said, lowering his head to look at his palm prints: "Earl Zhebo..."

　　 "In other words, it is possible that the unidentified person next to Baron Lobian was from Count Jeppe? It was Count Jeppe who made Baron Lobian to attack Morandburg?" Rainer thought in his heart.

"This is very likely to be the case. Otherwise, Baron Lobéan will definitely be under martial law on the territory. He will never go to Fort Merland at the risk of a small group of Klads on this snowy day. Fight."

　　 "Is it true that Earl Zhebo is ready to integrate the northern border?" Rainer gently tapped the desktop while thinking about the problem. "

There is a lot of steel in the north, and 70% of the steel in the entire empire is produced in the north. This is a rare source of strong military forces. With the iron ore here, he can rely on the ore to build a large number of chain armor. Armored troops, this has a huge advantage for other noble armies that cannot be armored due to price reasons.

Thinking more deeply, the iron materials of the royal family are basically from the North, and most of the armor of the royal army comes from the steel of the North. If he integrates the North, then it means the lifeline of the royal family’s steel. It's all in his hands.

　　 He can use this to coerce the royal family to obtain more benefits, and it is not impossible even for a Northland Grand Duke who commanded the Northern Territory.

If his ambitions were greater, to directly use force to seize the royal family’s iron ore, cut off the supply of steel to the royal family, and force the royal family to send troops to the north, then other high lords would most likely be directed against the imperial family’s mighty forces. The royal army launched an offensive.

　　 This is a dilemma. As long as he can unify the northern border, he will be very disadvantaged to the royal family no matter what.

　　 What about the royal family, Lena doesn't care, he is not an original product, not to mention that the relationship between the Northland Merland and the capital Merland is far away, not to mention that the eight poles can't be hit, at least five poles can't be hit.

　　 He has no idea about the demise or prosperity of the royal family. If it is prosperous, he might even climb relatives for a better life, but if the royal family is unlucky, he will inevitably get rid of the relationship.

　　 What he really cares about is that Earl Zhebo may have the idea of ​​unifying the northern territory. Even if he is lucky enough to not be killed or reclaim his territory, the difficulty of the main task will definitely increase exponentially.

Since he has accepted the task, he must do it. Otherwise, he can't bear the 30-year life span reduction. Before he could be lazy and deceive himself, but if the Northern Territory is really unified by others, then he will be true. There is no chance.

　　 Frowning his brows tightly, Rainer knew that his expansion plan must be on the agenda.

　　Sir Cod and Rainer discussed it, but they didn't discuss any useful plans. The two chatted for a while and he left.

　　 At this time, the snow in the north has almost melted. Although the weather is still slightly cooler, the spring plowing season has arrived.

After a whole winter of reclamation, the amount of arable land that Reiner can directly control has reached nearly 40,000 mu, which has almost doubled. This means that the amount of arable land that can be cultivated this year has reached 30,000 mu, which is only 10,000 mu. The land needs to be fallow for planting clover.

This means that this year’s food production can at least triple. In this era, having food means having an army and money. In fact, if Leiner hadn’t exchanged the system arms and had to spend money to pay for the army, then The original soldiers only needed food to be used as military pay.

　　 After all, this is a desolate and remote northern land. What people need is nothing more than clothing, food, housing and transportation. There are simply not so many fancy things and commodities that they need to spend money to buy.

　　The cold zone wheat seeds were originally obtained by Lenner from the system's novice package. The cold zone wheat seeds are improved varieties that survive in the cold zone. The yield is not only higher than that of ordinary wheat, but also can be planted in cold weather.

　　 However, the number is small, only two thousand acres. You can only plant cold zone wheat until next year after the harvest.

　　 And what makes Rainer the most important thing is undoubtedly the 500 acres of ice sugar cane seeds ~ www.wuxiahere.com ~ This is the source of his most anticipated financial resources.

　　 You must know that in the entire Redka Empire and the surrounding countries, people can only taste sweetness through honey or fruit, or fruit juice. They are even unheard of.

It can be seen from this that Lai'an will make a huge profit after extracting sugar. It is not impossible to have hundreds or even hundreds of gold coins per kilogram of sugar. Wouldn't he be able to fight with crazy soldiers by then? Up.

Of course, he knew that to support an army is not something a single industry can do. The royal family's annual support of the more than 8,000 directly under the army would cost 40,000 to 50,000 gold coins to convert the resources and currency spent, not to mention. Saying that one's own system requires a higher military salary to maintain it, and even if no one buys the sugar he produces, it won't help.

　　 One winter, the three blacksmiths who were sent by Rainer to make agricultural machinery had very rich results. The production of agricultural tools was very simple, far easier than long swords, spear heads, and armors.

　　 After three months of overtime work, the three people got one or two iron farm tools for everyone. With the help of these iron farm tools, the serfs can work much faster.

　　 Otherwise, Rainer really worried that these people would be able to sow all the seeds before the end of spring ploughing.

At this time, there was something hot in Fort Merland. They rolled up their sleeves and barefoot and shook off their arms in the fields, looking for hay in the winter, and a lot of fragile sheep were also the shepherd in Reiner. Under the driving force, he walked to the forest in the northern part of the territory, looking for the tender grass that emerged from the land early to fill his stomach.

　　 Under the prayers and blessings of the monks of the Colin Religious Church, the state religion of the empire, the spring ploughing, which symbolizes the lifeblood of a territory, has officially begun.