Black Iron Crown

Seeing Earl Redmara's expressionless face, Reiner raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Count Redmara is really refreshing! If that's the case, then I won't be polite!"

"Because of the spies you sent, the vassals under my command were separated from me. In addition, I paid a piece of territory as a price to calm this matter. These losses should be borne by you. Do you have any objections? ?”

"Yes, I have no objection..." Earl Redmara thought for a while, then nodded and said.

"Very well. Apart from this, you should also apologize to me for this matter. Is it not a problem for me to collect some benefits from you?"

Earl Redmara was stunned for a moment, looking at Reiner with strange eyes.

I have only heard of people who take the initiative to apologize, but I have never seen anyone take the initiative to ask for the benefits of an apology.

"Do you have any different opinions?" Reiner looked at the expression of Earl Redmara, stroked the heraldry ring on his finger, and said with a smile.

Earl Redmara looked deeply at Reiner, and said in a low voice: "I have no objection, I can agree to your request, let's not go around the bush, just say what you want!"

"Very good! Earl Redmara! I appreciate your straightforwardness very much. There are not many people who are as neat and tidy as you are!" Reiner applauded Earl Redmara with a smile on his face.

However, this kind of praise was indistinguishable from humiliation in his ears, and he said with a livid face: "Please state your request!"

The corner of Reiner's mouth curled slightly, it seemed that the other party was really angry, and even his tone and address to him changed.

However, Reiner didn't care about this, and said directly: "The first point, withdraw all your spies and intelligence personnel in the northern border, otherwise we will carry out the purge ourselves. As long as such spies are caught, I must mention them." Let the army raise the division and ask the crime!"

"Yes, please continue!" Earl Redmara nodded.

"Secondly, 50,000 gold coins and 300 bolts of velvet were sent to my castle within two months. This is my compensation for offending me!"

"No problem...you can!" Earl Redmara closed his eyes, took a deep breath and said, the price is too high.

"The third point, I want 150,000 people, all of them will be sent to my territory within three months, is there a problem?"

After hearing this condition, Earl Redmara was relieved, because the population is really nothing to him. The royal family has a population of more than 5 million, so what is it to give away 150,000?

"The fourth condition is to close the tariffs on the Grand Duchy of the North. From now on, all businessmen in the Grand Duchy of the North should enjoy tax-free treatment!"

"These four conditions are indispensable, can you accept them?"

"Yes, Grand Duke Rainer, I have accepted these conditions. Are you willing to stop pursuing this matter?" Earl Redmara said cleanly.

Seeing that he was so straightforward, Reiner couldn't help being stunned for a moment. He was already ready to bargain with Earl Redmara, and was planning to have a serious argument with the other party, but he agreed completely, without even bargaining!

This can't help but make Reiner feel like hitting the cotton with all his strength, and all the preparations are useless.

Reiner subconsciously felt that his conditions were less.

But in his view,

This is already the lion's mouth wide open. Even if he adds up all his income, his annual income is only nearly 30,000 gold coins, and besides that, there are 300 horses of velvet.

The value of these three hundred pieces of velvet in the market can reach more than 30,000 gold coins, and the condition of adding up to 80,000 gold coins was actually agreed by Earl Redmara without even thinking about it. This kind of rich and powerful feeling made Reiner Very envious.

"Damn it...don't be a bumpkin in his heart..." Reiner looked at Earl Redmara with a very complicated expression...

And Earl Redmara looked at Reiner with a very complicated expression, "He won't think I'm a fool... If I don't agree, I'm afraid there will be a fight..."

For a moment, the two looked at each other, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

Reiner was a little bit remorseful, he felt that he should ask for a higher price, but now that he had spoken, as the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory, he couldn't go back on his word, so he had no choice but to accept such compensation.

But in the final analysis, Leiner is quite satisfied with this kind of compensation. With a huge amount of 50,000 gold coins, even a behemoth like the Empire would have to hurt his muscles and bones. Not to mention, a population of 150,000 is very important to him. That is an extremely huge income.

Once the population of 150,000 is obtained, Reiner's population will reach a full 500,000. 500,000 means that he can support more troops, have higher productivity and a larger market.

Reiner didn't worry about whether the 150,000 people would truly support him. At that time, he only needed to give them land, that's all, and they would be loyal to him.

In other areas of the empire, these serfs did not have their own land and property, and their only role was to help the noble lords farm the land. After a busy year, they got 10% of the harvest and barely starved to death.

When they arrive in the north and have private property and land, they will naturally support Reiner from the bottom of their hearts.

What's more, the 50,000 gold coins, these 50,000 gold coins are not a small number for any country, even for the Kingdom of Bookern, it is quite difficult to get them out in a short time.

Annual income and annual savings are two concepts. Reiner's annual income can indeed reach 20,000 gold coins, but what he can save every year is only 3,000 gold coins.

The construction of infrastructure in various places, the salaries of the army, and various other Chinese expenses are not small expenses. All of a sudden, 50,000 gold coins came out, which is equivalent to the amount of savings that Leiner has saved for more than ten years.

Even for the empire, spending 50,000 gold coins is estimated to be painful. After all, they have formed a new army of 10,000 people, and the cost is higher than before.

After reaching an agreement with Earl Redmara, Reiner also warmly invited him to Mecaron City to watch the execution of spies.

At this time, although more than a month has passed, these vassals still have not left the city of Mecaron.

When they received that Earl Redmara was coming to Mecaron City, their interest became even greater.

Many people here are old acquaintances of Earl Redmara. When he was in the imperial capital, the royal lords often confronted him.

Now that they belong to two countries and the other side is subdued, how can they give up such a good opportunity to humiliate him?

Earl Redmara followed Leiner to the city of Mecaron, on the square in front of the main castle, all the vassals of Leiner and Earl Redmara stood together.

In front of this, there are gallows and execution platforms one by one.

In front of the gallows, there were captured spies one by one, and they were tremblingly looking at the instruments of torture in front of them.

:. :