Black Iron Crown

"Your method worked?"

At night, Farrant asked softly while lying in Reiner's arms.

"Yes, you gave me great advice and a huge inspiration for me!"

Reiner turned around and turned his face to Frante, saying: "They will come to confess to me tomorrow, this is the price they pay for fighting against me!"

"By the way..." Frante said: "My father has already sent me a letter. He said that all our original agreements can be fulfilled, and the agreed things will be sent to the north as soon as possible."

Although the relationship between the two has eased a lot during this period, Reiner has gradually celebrated certain emotions in himself.

But Frante is not a person who pushes every inch and knows what is good or bad. She understands that for herself now, getting her husband's love and trust is far more important than those materials.

Only when the husband values ​​himself can he protect his family as best he can. If he relies on the favor that has not been fully stabilized to ask Reiner to lower his requirements, not to mention whether he will agree, he will first lower his favor and respect for his husband. position in mind.

Therefore, she did not take advantage of this opportunity to bargain with Reiner again.

"Well...that's good. The most important thing is the population. You have seen it on the way here. Although most of the villages in the northern border have become rich due to the large-scale reclamation of farmland and the prosperity of animal power, But there was no one in sight for several kilometers.

"The population here is really too small, and you don't want our son to take over a sparsely populated northern territory in the future, right?"

"So, I am now recruiting people on a large scale. The war in the south has caused a large number of residents to be homeless. I can only ask traffickers to bring those people to the north with high prices!"

Frante nodded slightly after listening to Reiner's explanation, and felt a lot more comfortable.

She knew that her husband wanted to dispel her worries, after all, she would not be willing to suck blood from her natal family like this and put it on anyone.

"When we let the child be born, he will be the heir of this vast land. He will bring the blood of the two of us to take what we can give and take from this land. He will become the most honorable person in the world!"

Reiner looked at Farrant solemnly and said.

The next day, it was almost noon,

Reiner just woke up from the bed in a daze, this kind of day and night life has almost become his normal state.

Not only him, most of the nobles in the empire rarely get up before eight o'clock.

After washing up under the service of the two maids, Reiner changed into a comfortable but unrecognizable ordinary clothes, and sat down on the chair in the study leisurely.

There weren't many things that he had to deal with today, basically they were things that happened a day or two ago, and were only put on his desk today.

After giving advice on how to deal with it, he took a knight novel and read it.

In order to alleviate his boredom, Reiner even launched his own intelligence organization to search for more readable novels to enrich his spare time.

Otherwise, the singing of bards and the performances of clowns would be too boring, and he didn't want to go hunting in such a cold winter, so he could only pass the time with novels.

After reading the novel for a while, there was a knock on the door of the study.

Aizexi's voice came from outside the door again, and then a middle-aged man and an old man walked into the study.

Reiner didn't make any movements, just sat on the chair and looked at the two people in front of him with great interest.

"My lord, I have already brought these two people. If there is nothing else, please allow me to retire temporarily!" Ai Zexi was full of fear towards Reiner.

Because basically every time he took corruption and accepted bribes, it happened to hit Lena's hands. With so many handles in hand, how could he not be afraid.

Reiner didn't speak, but nodded slightly to indicate that he could leave.

He planned to give these two people a blow first.

"Hi, dear Grand Duke Reiner, I am Battelle, the branch president of the "King's Wardrobe" in the North, and this is member Roselle!"

Reiner still just nodded expressionlessly, and didn't even say anything to tell the two to sit down.

"Uh... please forgive me, my lord, kind and majestic duke, we did something wrong before and tried to obstruct your plan in vain, now we come before you to make up for your loss, and I long for your forgiveness!"

Reiner raised his eyebrows, looked at the two of them, and tapped the table lightly.

Every time they knocked, it was as if they were knocking on the hearts of these two people. Their breathing gradually became short of breath, and fine beads of sweat soon appeared on their faces.

When Reiner felt that the pressure was almost enough, he said, "Sit down first!"

Reiner's words instantly made the two of them relax a lot.

Now that there are seats available, it means that there is still a turning point in this matter.

The two hurriedly found two chairs, put half of their buttocks on the chairs and looked at Reiner tremblingly.

After letting the two sit down, Reiner still didn't speak, but picked up the knight novel on the table and continued to read.

However, even so, Battelle and Russell didn't dare to have the slightest complaint, and they still sat there tremblingly.

After waiting for a full half an hour, Reiner put down the book and stretched.

The two of them were sitting in danger again in an instant, looking at Reiner with anticipation in their eyes.

"It's not that I can't forgive you..." Reiner said ambiguously.

"Ah, that's great, Lord Duke, we are willing to pay any price in exchange for your understanding!" Battelle immediately stood up from his chair and said excitedly.

Reiner didn't answer immediately after hearing the words, but said with a half-smile: "Oh? Then what price are you willing to pay in exchange for my understanding?"

"Uh... five hundred, no, one thousand gold coins! We are willing to pay one thousand gold coins as a gift to you, Lord Duke. We only hope that you can forgive us for what we did before!"

Gritting his teeth, Battelle abruptly doubled the price offered.

"Oh?" Reiner was amazed for a moment, and then said, "It's really a big deal. My annual income is almost only this figure. It seems that you have saved a lot in the past!"

Listening to Reiner's words, Battelle didn't know what to say, he could only smile at Reiner with an embarrassed expression.

"Very well, then send the thousand gold coins here as soon as possible, and I will forgive you after I accept it with a smile!" Leiner waved his hand and continued: "If you have nothing to do, go and prepare your gold coins! "

"What... this..." Reiner's words made the two of them helpless, and the development of the matter really did not go according to their expectations.

"What's the matter? Do you have anything else to do?" Reiner looked at the two with a meaningful expression and asked.

"Yes...it's like this..." The two of them struggled for a while before planning to reveal their real purpose.