Black Iron Crown

Putting on a luxurious and cumbersome robe, Leiner walked around casually a few times. He is used to the inconvenience caused by this kind of robe. Isn’t there a saying that if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. It was a feeling in advance.

The sky had already darkened, and the scene of Wanjia's lights did not appear in Morland County. They would go to bed early to recharge their energy and prepare for the next day's work. Of course, the main reason was to save precious lamp oil.

However, this kind of trouble will not happen in Fort Morland. Although he is just a little baron in the countryside and lacks various supplies due to lack of productivity, there is still no shortage of lamp oil.

Oil lamps were already burning in the corridors of the entire Moland Castle, dispelling the darkness under the dim light of the fire, not to mention the hall of the main castle, which was brightly lit as a place for banquets.

A series of food, wine, and honey were all arranged neatly. Since this was a self-service banquet, there was not a single servant in the hall, and all the guests attending the banquet.

Reiner's knights also came here one by one. Although they were alienated for a while because of their opposition to Reiner's tax items, they are always indispensable to a territory.

In addition, before Sir Codd sent the goods to the imperial capital, he also used his reputation to convey to them that Reiner hoped that everyone would follow his orders and would give them more benefits, so they told Reiner again He obeyed, and even some knights who blatantly expressed their dissatisfaction with Reiner before were as docile as little sheep.

Although the conflict between the monarch of Leiner and the knights still exists due to centralized thinking, at least it will not erupt in a short period of time, and even until Leiner and them die of old age, the conflict may not intensify to that point.

What's more, the initial development of business also gave them a taste of the sweetness. Although those tax items were abolished, the income was more than before, so they reflected on their behavior and expressed remorse to Reiner.

Of course, Reiner accepted their confession. After all, they are also an important part of the force in the territory. They may express dissatisfaction with the lord, but they just hope that Reiner can take back his life, but they will never have the idea of ​​rebellion, even if there is It is also an extremely small number, after all, chivalry makes them attach great importance to the oath they made.

What's more, they are not without feelings for the Moreland family. At least half of the knights in Fort Moreland, the history of the family is basically the history of loyalty to the Moreland family, and they will not be willing to deny the history and existence of their family meaning of.

Now, apart from the five Scarlet Griffin knights, there are 21 knights loyal to Leiner. The five territories they received also accepted the loyalty of some knights, and some fiefdoms were distributed.

Fifty-four of the seventy-five villages in Moreland County belong to the direct administration of Leiner. Since the previous conflict between monarchs and ministers ended with the confession of the knights, they did not pay the price. They were handed over to Leiner every year. The annuity is no longer a fixed number, it exists more as a courtesy, but now it has transformed into an existence similar to a tax system, and it has been raised to one-sixth of the annual income to be handed over to Reiner.

With the deterrence of Leiner's powerful military power, coupled with the vows they made at the beginning and the shackles of family history, it was the price for making mistakes. They had no choice but to accept Leiner's request.

The new knights loyal to Leiner had to accept Leiner's request because the situation was stronger than others.

If they don't accept Rainer's request, they will lose their original fief, and even if they go to other nobles' territories, they will be unaccepted because there is no extra space for them as fiefs, or even worse. Not necessarily the wandering knight.

The wandering knights in the north are different from the wandering knights in the mainland. Due to the lack of supplies and the cold weather in the north,

There is no place to engage in robbery or make a living with the usual methods of other inland wandering knights, so instead of losing the fief, it is better to choose to pay one-sixth of the income in exchange for retaining the fief.

When Reiner entered the arena, countless people saluted him, especially the knights of Reiner, who were much more respectful to him than before. Seeing the group of friendly knights, Reiner nodded in response.

After she, the main character, arrived, the banquet finally started. Mrs. Moreland had a good chat with the parents of those noble girls, as if her in-laws had met.

However, the eyes of those noble girls looking at Reiner are much more complicated. The news that he and Mekasha were alone until late at night yesterday has already spread throughout the castle. What kind of role does Lumbare play in this? The role of Reiner does not know.

"Brother! Is that Ms. Mekasha my future sister-in-law?" Little Wind, who was following Lumbare, tugged at Reiner's arm and asked.

Reiner turned his head and glared at Lumbare. It didn't take much for him to know that this guy told Wende, but Wende is not young anymore. At the age of thirteen, he is considered half an adult in this era, so there is no way fool him.

Reiner could only say helplessly: "Forget it, she is very likely to be your future sister-in-law!"

"Wow..." Little Wende also groaned strangely, looking at Reiner with weird eyes.

Knocked on his head, ignored the brat, and after the banquet started, Reiner looked for Mekasha directly.

At this time, Mekasha was also watching Reiner silently.

The eyes of the two met, and both of them smiled at each other in unison.

Reiner walked slowly in front of Mekasha, saluted and said with a smile: "Beautiful Miss Mekasha, I am so intoxicated by your charm, would you like to go out with me and have a private chat?

Mekasha covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a chuckle, "I would like to chat with you, respected Baron Reiner!"

Of course, the handkerchief in her hand has already been changed, and the previous handkerchief has long been crumpled under her ravages.

Just like that, under the envious eyes of the other noble girls, Mekasha walked out of the hall door together with Reiner.

Mrs. Moreland also saw this scene, and she couldn't help showing a dignified smile on her face.

Hurrying out of the hall door, Reiner couldn't wait to grab Mekasha's hand. Compared with before, his movements this time seemed much more natural.

After a symbolic slight struggle to no avail, Mekasha had no choice but to let Reiner hold her hand and walk forward.

Today their destination is still the training ground. In fact, as a military castle, Fort Moreland does not have any gardens or other places for trysts. The open space is the best choice.

Arriving in the open space with Mekasha, who was slightly out of breath, Reiner slowed down a lot, walked to the front of the bench and sat down slowly, but this time, the distance between the two was much closer.