Black Iron Crown

But unfortunately, Leiner doesn't have so many manpower in his hands now. Counting the newly acquired territory, he is now a great baron in command of five regular baronies.

However, the population under his rule is only more than 7,000 people, and the area under his rule has reached more than 8,000 flat kilometers, more than 40 kilometers from the southernmost to the northernmost, and from the west to the east. The distance of more than 20 kilometers is the size of three or four counties in the Celestial Dynasty.

In the Celestial Dynasty, such a huge territory can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, but here, there are only 7,000 people living here, which shows how rare the population is.

Of course, this is also caused by the special geographical environment of the northern border. The cold weather makes the crops grow slowly and the yield is not high. In addition, the Klade people have autumn winds every year, so the number of people in the northern border can be increased. It's weird.

The total population of the entire Northern Territory is estimated to be around 500,000, which is no more than one million. Putting it in the Celestial Dynasty, it would be the population of a large county.

The northern territory occupies a large area, occupying one-eighth of the empire as a whole, but the contribution of the population is very small, and only one-tenth of the population lives on one-eighth of the land. Among the eight million empires, there are only less than half a million people in the northern border, how small it is.

Of course, a population of 8 million is not too much in Reiner's eyes. Compared with many first-tier cities in the Celestial Dynasty, it is insignificant at all, but the population of 8 million is already quite large at the same time. , at least on this continent, there has never been any country larger than the Ridka Empire.

Now the territories in Leiner's hands all have a unified name, that is the Moreland region, and other regions can be subdivided down, but they all have a unified name, that is the Moreland region or the Moland region. Rand County, they are ruled by the Moreland family, and they also want to be named after this family.

The entire Fort Moreland area is undergoing large-scale reclamation, and Leiner has borrowed all the cattle, horses, and iron farm tools in Fort Moreland, and the same is true for the new territory.

However, compared to the huge amount of engineering, the convenience provided by Leiner is still a drop in the bucket, but Leiner does not require them to reclaim arable land that doubles.

After all, they still have other jobs now, not to mention that the spring plowing season has passed, and even if new land is reclaimed, they cannot be plowed immediately.

What's more, they have other jobs to do. Although spring plowing has ended for a few, they still have to weed the plowed land from time to time, so as to prevent the weeds and crops that grow from robbing the few nutrients in the land.

Relatively speaking, more land is reclaimed in winter. Although the extreme cold in winter will freeze the land tightly, making it very difficult to reclaim, and the cold weather will also quickly consume heat, but winter It is the most leisure time for the residents.

They can spend the whole day clearing the land without doing anything else.

In this way, the entire Moreland area... The cultivated land area of ​​Moreland County is growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. According to the complete statistics of Rainer, the cultivated land area of ​​Moreland County has reached 120,000 mu , There are also 60,000 mu of cultivated land this year. It is conceivable that this year will definitely be a bumper harvest year.

Standing on the towering arrow tower of Fort Moreland, Lena looked at this land full of hope. The wheat planted in the early spring had sprouted verdant shoots, growing in the northern part of the country. In the already fertile land, coupled with the irrigation of manure, the growth is very gratifying, and it looks lush. It rustles under the gentle spring breeze, as if it is performing a symphony full of vitality.

For this kind of scene, Reiner actually appreciated a different kind of beauty, and he, who was originally indifferent to these things, also began to understand what kind of scene it was.

Although these growing plants can be considered beautiful, they have absolutely nothing to do with the beauty.

As the saying goes, the ass determines the head, and Lehner, who has been in the position of ruler for half a year, will see some changes.

He used to like landscapes and gardens, but now there are only a few things he likes most.

The endless wheat fields, the black army formation, the countless gold coins, the granaries filled to the brim, the assortment of goods, the bustling crowds, these things are all things that Reiner desperately hopes to be able to see in his own territory.

Of course, these things still have a long way to go for the current Reiner, and it is not so easy to achieve them in a short time.

After blowing the cool wind at high altitude for a while, Leiner walked down the arrow tower refreshed and entered the castle.

And just when he wanted to go back to the room to tease himself with two pretty and lovely little maids, a servant blocked Reiner's way.

"I'm sorry to disturb you, my lord baron, Madam wants you to go to her immediately, it seems that there is something very important!" The servant bowed and said to Reiner.

Of course, this lady will not be Rainer's wife. As an unmarried boy with a physical age of only seventeen years old, he does not have such a strange creature as a wife. Only Reiner's mother, Mrs. Moreland, was dubbed Mrs.

"Very important thing?" Leiner frowned. Now that the territory is developing steadily, how could there be something urgent?"

"I'll go right away!" Reiner nodded, without even entering his room, and went directly to Madam Moreland's room.

"What happened mother?" Reiner frowned and walked into the room.

"You finally came to my Reiner!" Mrs. Moreland saw a smile on Reiner's face. For some reason, Reiner always had a strange feeling when he saw the smile on his mother's face. , let his hair stand on end.

"Uh..." Reiner licked his lips and asked, "What's wrong?"

"This is a very, very...very important thing!"

Madam Moreland said to Reiner solemnly: "Reiner, my son, you are seventeen years old this year!"

"But you are not married yet, not even a fiancée. Your father was only sixteen when he married me, and you are seventeen now. I think you are old enough to get married!"

Madam Moreland said to Reiner with a smile on her face, he finally knew where the uneasiness in his heart came from, it turned out that the old lady wanted to urge the marriage.

But to be honest, this was his first experience of being urged to marry. In his previous life, as an orphan, he had no relatives and no reason. Who would have the leisure to worry about his marriage? Mrs. Moreland's reminder gave him a strange feeling.

"But..." Reiner certainly wouldn't give in like this.

"Listen to me!" Mrs. Moreland glared at Reiner, and then continued, "It's too late for you to be married for a long time. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your family, right? Moreland The family needs an heir!"