Black Iron Crown

The city of Gererdo is located more than 300 kilometers north of the imperial capital, and there are not many troops seen on weekdays.

In more than ten years, the last time Earl Redmara mobilized his army to attack the northern border passed through the city of Gererdo.

Except for that one time, what they saw most were the town guards and garrisons in the city.

Although those garrisons were all known as elite divisions, and in their eyes, those military masters were indeed brave and good at fighting, but they were not as tough as the military masters in front of them.

Even if they didn't see their fronts, they could be seen from their backs, how strong and muscular they were under the whole body of iron armor, and the iron armor on their bulging faces stretched out a little shape.

What opened their eyes even more was the iron armor worn by these soldiers.

As a prosperous commercial city in the city of Gererdo, these petty bourgeoisie naturally have a lot more knowledge than the serfs who are working hard in the countryside.

Everyone knows how expensive steel is. In the past few years, it was not so exaggerated. Although a set of iron armor is several times more expensive than before, it can still be bought with ten gold coins.

But now, anyway, in the area of ​​Gererdo City, even buying a poor-quality large iron pot made of pig iron requires several silver coins.

It needs to be made of high-quality steel, and it is conceivable how expensive the iron armor that consumes countless iron materials will be.

"Hey, a piece of iron armor worn by these military masters is not worth thirty gold coins? Tsk tsk tsk, His Majesty the Grand Duke is really rich and powerful!"

A middle-aged citizen dragged a lame leg and looked out quietly through the crack of the door.

"It's really that expensive?" His son was lying under him, leaning against the crack of the door, and he couldn't help being amazed at his father's words.

Speaking of which, this citizen is quite active. In his early years, he was also a somewhat capable mercenary. When he was a teenager, he joined the mercenary regiment with a bad knife on his back and started the business of licking blood on the knife edge.

Of course, it is said that mercenaries are actually no different from caravan guards. At that time, the empire was unified, and the nobles were suppressed by the old emperor and dared not move. Even private wars were impossible. There is a place for it to be used.

Traveling north and south with countless caravans for more than ten years, he was shot in the knee by a hunting crossbow while escorting goods on a remote road, and became lame.

Fortunately, he had saved two gold coins over the years, spent the money to set up some family business in the city, married a wife and had children, and finally ended his barely legendary career.

After traveling all over the world for so many years, he has a lot of knowledge, and he knows how expensive and sophisticated this equipment is.

In the eyes of others, maybe this is just a group of military masters wearing heavy armor, but he can understand that if he is with the original mercenary team of more than ten people, he is not even an opponent of three soldiers...

He could see, he could understand, these soldiers were the elite honed on the battlefield after all, and that kind of contempt for life could not be pretended.

At the same time, he looked at the long sword hanging on the wall at home and couldn't help but sigh.

The price of steel has become so expensive that even if he sells his not-so-sophisticated long sword, it probably won't be able to buy it without two or three gold coins.

Now within the confines of the empire,

The price of steel has become monstrously expensive. You know, 20 gold coins can buy a territory the size of a barony in the northern border!

Even in other richer areas, a baronie only costs 30 to 40 gold coins. Now, a baronie can be exchanged for a set of iron armor?

The residents of Gererdo didn't care what they thought of the army under their command, Lena, he was escorted by the soldiers to the city hall, where Mayor Jobara handled government affairs.

After briefly looking through the basic data of the city, he asked Mayor Yubara to announce that the city had changed owners, and asked his soldiers to go door-to-door to notify them.

These soldiers knocked on the doors of the residents with Lena's order in groups of three and four.

Facing the five big and three rough and heavily armed soldiers, the citizens who were knocked on the door were very panicked.

They all thought that the money they raised at the beginning didn't work, and the Grand Duke from the northern border still wanted to burn, kill and loot for more money.

In order to collect the 6,000 gold coins, these townspeople and big merchants also had to sacrifice a lot of blood.

Those big businessmen have strong capital, but no matter how strong the capital is, they are just a group of businessmen in the final analysis. They are already one of the largest group of businessmen in this country, but their total net worth is only six or seven hundred gold coins.

In order to save their lives, each of them handed over one-third of their property to Rainer, even the residents of the city.

Just when they were about to kneel down and beg for mercy, begging these soldiers to save their lives after taking away their last bit of wealth, it was beyond everyone's expectations.

Although they knocked on the door, they did nothing wrong with the people inside. They left after saying "Now you are the Grand Duke of the North, the subjects of the future Emperor Reiner".

This made many people confused, and they were all ready to be robbed, and it ended like this?

However, it is always good for these people not to grab their own things, and they gradually let go of their vigilance.

Even some courageous businessmen reopened their businesses on the same day.

The established citizens were also surprised to find that the security of today's Gererdo is so good that there is not even a petty thief.

Reiner was doing some repairs in the city of Gererdo. The continuous rapid march of the group caused a great loss of physical strength. Resting and resting to recharge your batteries and relax is the kingly way.

At this time, the little emperor in the imperial capital couldn't hold back the uneasiness and fear in his heart, and began to ask for a way to save himself.

He no longer intends to seek the opinions of his courtiers, because the news that he is not from the Merland ethnic group has already caused many people to alienate him, and the little emperor feels insecure.

For this, he racked his brains and tried everything.

In the end, he went to the doctor in a hurry to find his imprisoned mother and asked her to prove in front of everyone that he was the only biological son of Emperor Kafeit.

The queen who has no rights can only be at the mercy of the little emperor. Under such coercion, the last bit of affection between mother and child is about to fade away.

"This won't work! They won't believe it! So what if they believe it? Can Lena bring the army back?" The queen is still awake, but the little emperor is almost crazy .

In order to save the last sliver of the situation, he has almost lost his mind, trying to grab the last illusory straw to save his life.

After the queen endured humiliation and mocking gazes in front of everyone and proved the little emperor's lineage, the news spread quickly with his help.

However, this doesn't seem to be working.

On the contrary, the queen felt endless humiliation that day. The adultery was placed in front of everyone, and she had to explain it herself, how this made her not ashamed and angry.

The rest of the people had their own ideas after hearing the explanation, and Sir Dallore couldn't help sighing in pain: "Your Majesty has made another foolish move!"

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