Black Iron Crown

Rainer first wrote such an idea to the Earl of Princeton.

Although the trend of such a joint factory is to be carried out to every lord, in the final analysis, it is still necessary to separate out a relative.

It is the same as what Farrant said at the time, no one will cherish things that are easily obtained.

If Reiner rushed to cooperate with these lords, it would be as if he was begging others, and the initiative would be lost.

Therefore, Reiner should do the same, first of all, let these lords see the benefits of cooperating with him, so that he can promote it later and tie them to his chariot.

Fort Creek sent a lot of things to Leiner. Although the population loss was heavy this time because the northern border was still in winter, there were only a mere hundred or so people left, but there were a lot of other things.

In particular, there are more than 20,000 bolts of linen among them. Although linen is no longer valuable in the northern border, it is still quite valuable in Fort Creek.

If the 20,000 bolts of linen were converted into currency, that would be a full two hundred gold coins. In addition to these linen, Baron Creekburg, Reiner's father-in-law sent him more than 800 gold coins instead.

There are not many other things, and there are not many special products in the northern border.

Reiner is most concerned about the population. Unfortunately, there were more than 500 people at the beginning, but now only a mere 100 people are left after the wear and tear along the way.

Reiner arbitrarily divided them into villages one by one, which is considered to be the end of the resettlement.

Although this is a bit far from his original idea, there is no way. After all, not everyone can bear the winter in the northern border.

Although Earl Creek sent them to the north, obviously he would not spend money to equip them with cotton clothes.

Reiner can even feel the tragedy they had before. It was nothing more than shivering in the cold wind of the northern border due to lack of food and clothing, and then they were thrown into the thick snow like popsicles.

Reiner couldn't help feeling sorry for this, no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, not to mention that 500 people is not a small number, it's not a small amount of productivity, not to mention it would add up, without these small Where does the individual come from the group.

"Reiner..." When sleeping at night, Reiner felt that something was wrong with Frante. She kept looking at herself hesitantly, and finally called out to herself when she was about to fall asleep. .

"What's the matter?" Reiner got up from the bed and looked at Frante and asked.

Frante also sat up, pulled his hair behind his ears, and said softly: "I have talked to Sir Wilson before, and he said that there are many lords who are eyeing Fort Creek now... ..."

"They... still want to get benefits from Fort Creek, or even divide it up directly..." Frant hesitated for a moment, looked at Reiner's face quietly, and said, "You... can you... ..."

Reiner stroked Frante's hair helplessly, and said, "Has it really reached a dangerous point?"

"Yes, it is already very dangerous! Sir Wilson said that Baron Lindauer has led his army to station at the border, just to prevent those people from attacking Fort Creek!"

"Is that so..." Lena was a little embarrassed.

Such a fact at this time made it a little difficult for him to do.

He thought that the rebels in the south would retreat a lot after they were defeated, but he didn't expect that under the deterrence of himself and the entire imperial party, they would dare to be so arrogant.

"Could it be..." Suddenly, a guess flashed in Reiner's mind.

"Could it be that they already know the news of the break between the royal lord and the upstarts?"

"That's right, it's quite normal. In a place as big as the imperial capital, it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes. It is normal to be infiltrated. It would be strange if there were no spies."

Seeing Rainer's moody expression, Frant didn't dare to approach him and continued to urge him. She pursed her lips and looked at him expectantly. She was afraid that she would annoy Rainer and make him give up Fort Creek completely.

After all, she is no longer the general on the battlefield. She is just a woman, just a wife. She has no ability to reverse Reiner's decision.

At this time, it is important for Reiner to say that it is important, but it is not so important to say that it is not important.

If Rainer sent some reinforcements to support Fort Creek, then his local garrison and military strength would inevitably be weakened, and the deterrent effect on the imperial capital would inevitably be smaller.

Although Leiner felt that the upstarts in the imperial capital would not take advantage of this moment to take advantage of the world's dissatisfaction to attack him, but the last time he had said his words, he became the target of those people, so be careful no matter what Always right.

This is also the reason why Reiner has paid great attention to his own safety recently.

"Don't worry..." Reiner softened his heart when he saw Frante's appearance, thinking that Fort Creek would occupy a very important position in his next plan, so he said, "Don't worry, I I will send troops to help your father and the others resist enemies from outside!"

"At least, at least I will not allow Fort Creek to fall. If they really do that, it means they have violated the original contract. At that time, all of us don't mind another counter-insurgency war!"

Reiner said swearingly, his tone full of confidence.

"Okay..." Frante nodded slightly, and did not continue speaking.

Early the next morning, Logan found Reiner and said that he had something to report.

"That's right, my lord duke, I have already investigated the situation of the Kingdom of Bazalan that you asked me to investigate!"

"Their new king is the younger brother of the previous king. The previous king died in a hunting accident. As a king, he has no heirs. His eldest son died of a cold in children!"

"The king's line is extinct. According to the tradition of the Kingdom of Bazalan, the younger brother of the old king, Earl Emalu, the current King Emalu will inherit the throne!"

"And those supporters of the old king were dissatisfied with King Emalu's succession, thinking that he was the real culprit who killed the old king. They have always expressed dissatisfaction with Emalu and at the same time contradicted his policies."

"I personally think that they are preparing for war by secretly buying iron farm tools from us. There is a high possibility that a throne war will break out in the Kingdom of Bazaran, but both sides are still restrained..."

After listening to Logan's report, Reiner nodded and said, "You mean, the Kingdom of Bazaran is actually going to have a civil war before it buys steel on such a large scale?"

"This is just my personal speculation, Lord Duke, please don't let my opinion affect your decision!" Logan said hastily, he was afraid that his subjective judgment would affect Reiner's decision-making.

In that case, he would be the one to die.