Black Iron Crown

After rescuing Earl Redmara, he hurriedly left here with his men, and Elleiner also found property worth about ten gold coins from the robbers' cave.

Regardless of the value of only ten gold coins, you must know that ten gold coins is the number of half-year expenses of the Moland family in the city of possibility. It is not easy for this group of robbers to have such wealth after several years of robbery.

And what made Reiner even more happy was that he had obtained seventy-five meritorious service in this battle, which meant that if he wanted to, he could redeem three Scarlet Griffin Knights from the system again.

However, Reiner still prefers to store his meritorious deeds for emergencies.

For the next time, Leiner focused all his energy on controlling the territory and things in the territory.

He was so happy with the decadent life of feudal aristocrats that he completely betrayed his own class and forgot the excellent education he received under the red flag.

The sun hung high and shone in the room from the window. Two handsome maids were waiting in the room with wooden basins for washing and soft and finely woven linen towels, waiting for the master to wake up.

"Hmm..." Reiner snorted unconsciously, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the two maids standing beside him, and slowly sat up.

Seeing this, the two maids hurried forward to serve, one took a wet towel taken out of the warm water, and gently wiped Reiner's face, while the other held the clothes that Reiner needed to wear and waited for help. He wears.

"What a decadent life!" Reiner sighed in his heart after enjoying the maid's service.

The maid holding the towel backed away, and another maid holding the clothes went up to Reiner to put on. When he completely lifted his quilt, the physical condition caused by the early morning inevitably appeared in front of the little maid.

But even so, the two still served Reiner meticulously, although their blushing cheeks already said everything.

Looking at the two handsome young girls in front of him, he couldn't help but feel agitated. As a good young man in the new century, he certainly doesn't have any intimate and beautiful intimate relationship with the opposite sex.

Although he desires, but his own conditions are completely unfulfilled, but in this world, he is also a member of the aristocratic lords. As a big landlord under the feudal system, what is it to have two maids?

Of course, he had found an opportunity to take these two lovely little maids into the room. After taking a bite on their faces, he walked out of the room refreshed.

It was early autumn at this time, and the weather had begun to turn slightly colder, especially in the area of ​​Fort Morland in the northern border, which was getting colder and colder.

The seeds sown in spring were already ripe at this time, and the golden yellow wheat waves rustled under the blowing of the autumn wind. Serfs and a few free men were harvesting their own grain in the farmland.

A serf is different from a freeman. The serf is the property of the lord, that is, Leiner's property, and the taxes that need to be paid account for as much as 70% to 80%.

The free people are different, they only need to pay 20% to 30% of their income, and the good living conditions also make them physically stronger. For example, the army under Reiner's command is mostly free people.

Walking into the restaurant, the cooked broth and white bread with acceptable taste were placed on the table. Besides, there were some fruits, which made the table more beautiful.

This white bread is not that white bread. It is different from the soft, sour and sweet bread filled with the fragrance of wheat in Reiner's impression. It is not so much bread as it is a kind of bread baked with unfermented flour. cake.

Not only does it not have a soft and sweet taste, but it is rather dry and hard, and the chewing taste is somewhat similar to the dough cakes Leiner ate in the countryside in his previous life.

Just like this, it is still a rare luxury and delicacy in this era. Ordinary free people still eat black bread,

As for serfs, it was difficult to eat even low-quality black bread mixed with sawdust or sand.

Most of them use cheap and extremely bad-tasting wild oats, mixed with bitter weeds to cook a pot of oatmeal porridge with a strange taste to satisfy their hunger.

This is also the chief culprit of the short stature of the subjects under Leiner's rule. Leiner really wants to improve this situation. After becoming a lord, not to mention gaining the support of the subjects, he can have a group of tall and strong people. The source of soldiers is also very worthwhile.

However, this is not a one-day achievement after all, and it will take years or even decades to truly improve.

Besides Reiner at the table, there was also Reiner's uncle, Sir Codd, and his eldest son, a senior apprentice knight, and Reiner's cousin, Lumbare.

Reiner's brother, Wen De, and Reiner's younger sister, Fianna, and Reiner's nominal mother, Mrs. Moreland.

Two guards in burqas and leather chain mail, holding short spears and wearing long swords stood guard at the door, and the cook and two cooks in the castle stood by the table.

Basel, the clerk in the castle, stood respectfully next to the wooden chair on the long wooden table. This was Reiner's exclusive seat, and it used to be his father's exclusive seat.

Several maids also stood by the dining table, respectfully serving the family.

The two guards saluted Reiner respectfully. He walked through the gate and sat on his seat at the dining table. Since this was just an ordinary family meal, everyone didn't stand up and salute. Just a hello.

During the meal, Reiner casually asked Sir Corder: "Dear uncle, has anything happened in the territory recently?"

Reiner has not traveled for a long time, has not yet established a complete and firm rule over the territory, and is not very well informed about the news. He has not yet cultivated his own intelligence organization.

He has to obtain the status of the territory from various aspects, but in the future, he will also vigorously cultivate forces that are completely loyal to himself, and he always has an inexplicable sense of distrust of the forces left by his father in this body.

"Nothing happened, everything in the territory is very peaceful!" Sir Corder said.

On the same day, Reiner began to take stock of the state of the territory in his study. According to the statistics so far, there are more than 2,100 serfs and freemen in the Fort Moreland area. Of course, this does not include Fugitive slaves to avoid paying taxes.

The cultivated land belonging to the Moreland family is about 15,000 acres. In fact, the entire Fort Moreland has only about 25,000 acres of land, and the other 5,000 acres are allocated to the knights. It is owned by the fief village. As the nobles of the royal family who have been entrusted here for nearly a hundred years, the territory of the Merland family is relatively concentrated.

In addition, there are 120 sheep, 10 cattle, 15 horses, 7 mills, 20 draft horses, and 5 war horses. They consume more food every day than the army under Leiner's command. Many, but because their output is also huge, it is quite cost-effective. After taking stock of these, Reiner finally has a clear understanding of his property.

And the days are passing day by day, and winter is gradually coming.