Black Iron Crown

However, Reiner also knew in his heart that it was unrealistic for him to fight against this era by himself. The low-productivity residents of the empire still worshiped the nobles as gods. There is no way to compete.

The nobles will unite to deal with him, a traitor who has affected the interests of all the nobles, and the situation will not be in his control.

It is unrealistic to completely ban the aristocratic class, but he still will not give up. At least he must be prepared first. At worst, he will use productivity to promote the development of ideas like the Europeans in his previous life, and then let these nobles bow down to the kingship. .

Even if he knows that this process may take hundreds or even hundreds of years, he doesn't care. This can be done by his sons, grandsons, great-grandchildren, and has little to do with him. The only thing he has to do now is to integrate his hands as much as possible. With the power of Li, complete the main task as soon as possible to recover the lost lifespan, as long as you can ensure that more than 60% of the land after the establishment of the empire is in your own hands.

After taking over Fort Kahn, Leiner quickly approached the territory of Baron Ruenf and Barry. In his opinion, Fort Kahn was important, but it was just a springboard.

There is no iron ore, and there is not much arable land. Fort Carn, which has just been devastated by the Kladers and its population has decreased a lot, is not that important. The territories of Baron Ruenf and Barry, which have iron ore and a large population, are even more important. A place worthy of Lena's attention.

In fact, among the three territories owned by Leiner now, Fort Moreland still has the most and the best resources. Although it is close to the northern frigid forest, they can get a lot of prey and fur from there every spring. And a river flowing in the territory that originates from the cold zone forest also makes the annual catch very rich.

After entering the territories of Baron Barry and Baron Ruenf, Leiner ordered the army to split up and clear out the remaining forces in these two territories. In just three days, he took these two territories under his command and lost the authority of his master. The two territories did not organize resistance at all. The squires and the remaining forces gathered some troops, but they were not the opponents of the Moreland sergeants at all.

Leading the recruits in threes, fives, and twos, they eliminated all the opponents. After eliminating all the factors that were not conducive to Leiner's rule, these two territories became his territory logically.

But to be honest, Leiner was still a little worried, and stationed some recruits in the castle to maintain his rule, but he still felt that there were not enough officials to rule here.

The thoughts of the Celestial Dynasty people are still deeply engraved in his bones and integrated into his blood. Even if he can't change the status quo of the world, he still wants to train a group of officials to help him manage the residents and the territory.

But there is no way, there are too few literate people in this era, not even one out of 10,000 people can read, and even some nobles can't read a single character.

Those who can write their own names are already great cultural people among ordinary people. This is also one of the reasons for the rise of the aristocratic enfeoffment system. The big aristocrats simply don’t have so many officials to help them manage their territories. It is inevitable that there will be chaos or even rebellion in the place where the management is intensified, so it is also a way to entrust the nobles to manage it.

But Reiner is different, he has endless possibilities with the back of the system, even he is not without the official class that many big nobles can't get, then he can expand the scope of his direct territory as much as possible, and the nobles will not dare to rebel against him.

It is true that he has no source of official talents now, because the official academy that trains officials is too expensive, even the lowest junior official academy, it takes 6,000 merit points to exchange for it.

Relatively speaking, it is relatively simple to include the eight baronies in the notification. He already has five baronies and will soon complete the task of the eight baronies.

At that time, there will be a junior officer academy as a reward for the task.

The days of crossing over have been very comfortable. The newly included territory has greatly expanded the scope of his rule. His current territory is a long and narrow stick-shaped terrain. He plans to recuperate this year and wait until the grain is harvested. Second wave of offensive.

At least he has to wait until the sugar is produced and has a huge income to support enough system soldiers before he can continue to expand his territory. His current military strength is simply not enough to control more territories. His current situation is Even if all the new recruits are sent out, and only the Moreland sergeants are stationed at Fort Moreland, the strength of the troops seems a bit stretched, let alone other things.

"Sir Cord, we must expand our forces! Now my soldiers are no longer enough to complete the task of guarding our territory, not to mention our journey is far from over, I want greater rights, more Land, more subjects!" Reiner sat in the dark study room, the oil lamp on the table was flickering on and off, mottled the night shadows in the room.

"But... our current situation does not seem to be suitable for recruiting more soldiers. You know that our food reserves are running out. If we recruit more soldiers, it may be difficult to last until this autumn harvest!" Sir Codd said in distress. .

Reiner frowned when he heard the words. What he said was indeed the current fact. The grain harvested every year was not very much. Last year, it was sold to other places in exchange for some gold coins. Every year, there was only enough grain left in Fort Murland. There is enough food for myself and the soldiers.

But now Reiner already has a large group of Sergeants Moreland, not to mention 50 new recruits have been recruited again, so the food is indeed a bit stretched.

After thinking for a while, Reiner said helplessly: "Okay, then let's conduct temporary training for the residents, so that they can also have the ability to defend themselves, but I will not sell any more after the autumn harvest this year." Food, I have to expand my army!"

"Follow your order!" Sir Corder said respectfully.

At the same time, Earl Zhebo's envoys were also running around in the castles of several barons.

"You mean, as long as we can unite to eliminate Baron Reiner and Baron Kahn, then their territories can be owned by us?" A middle nobleman asked while rubbing his unshaven chin.

"Yes, my dear baron, the earl said that he can fully support you. They will resist the royal family's accountability and let you carve up the territory of the Merland family in the Northland! You must know that he owns two baronies, and You will also make a lot of money!" said the messenger.

"Okay, Baron Sirin and Baron Kemai also agree?" the baron asked cautiously.

"Of course, they trust the Earl very much and have agreed to this plan. Now the only thing left is you, Mr. Pan Bo!" The messenger said: "I believe you will agree to it?"

Baron Pan Bo thought for a moment, then smiled: "Of course, I trust the Earl no less than the two of them. Of course I will follow the Earl's plan!"

"That's really great, Lord Baron. I'll go back and report to Lord Earl about your trust in him!" The messenger walked out of Baron Pan Bo's room with a smile on his lips.

Two days later, the messenger said to the person in front of him with the same smile: "Yes, Lord Baron, Baron Pan Bo also accepted the plan of Lord Baron, and of course Baron Kemai also agreed, so you don't have to worry at all!"

After thinking for a while, Baron Sirien nodded and said, "If that's the case, then I will also participate in the Earl's plan. How can I live up to the Earl's trust in me?"

"That's really great, I will definitely bring your heart to the Earl, then please allow me to say goodbye!"

"Oh, of course, you can leave at any time!" Baron Sirien said.

After leaving the room, the smile on the emissary's face became even more obvious. He was very proud that a small emissary played with three big men in his palm.