"No way..." Kerim gave a wry smile, and then said: "What's more, aren't we still promoted? Now we are both team captains!"

Hearing what he said, the sad atmosphere in the barracks where there were only five people was reduced a lot, but one after another nodded.

All five of them were promoted to squad leader, which is the reason why they were very brave in the battle before.

And the consequence of this is...their team only has five people left.

"Klim, I heard that you obtained 250 acres of arable land at one time during the last war, is that right?" A soldier suddenly came back to his senses and asked.

They all just returned to the camp, and they were scattered in various areas before, so they didn't know their rewards.

"Ah... Lord Earl replaced the land for me, saying that if I settle in another area, I can add an additional 100 acres of arable land to my original land besides the rewarded land. I just agreed... …"

Kerim scratched his head and spoke very modestly, but the triumphant and joyful expressions on his face could not conceal anything.

"I agreed to this proposal, so Lord Earl divided 650 acres of cultivated land for me in the village of Culikuta under Fort Falien...In addition, there are five silver coins..."

"so much!"

The other soldiers exclaimed one after another. Such rewards were too rich. Although they had made a lot of money in the previous war, they couldn't compare with Klim's gains anyway.

Kerim smiled when he heard the words: "Do you guys know that my family originally had 200 acres of arable land, and Master Earl rewarded me 200 acres. I chose to settle in another area with another 100 acres. Everyone The 50 acres of arable land that you have a share, don't these add up to 650 acres!"

After listening to his explanation, the other squad captains who had not taken up their posts were balanced. Indeed, there was a lot of cultivated land in his family.

The land he got was a little less than him, and it wasn't a big deal.

Moreover, the land replacement proposed by Reiner also won the support of all the soldiers.

Almost all of them chose to get 100 acres of arable land and set up their homes in other areas.

This is a way for Rainer to strengthen his rule.

These soldiers serve in their own army and are naturally extremely loyal to them.

Because these benefits were bestowed by Lena to them, if they want to keep these estates then they must support Lena's rule.

By dispersing them in various regions, you can avoid future conflicts between these retired veterans and Lena, and you can also use their influence to control various regions.

After all, with hundreds of acres of arable land, they could not cultivate by themselves, so tenant households must be needed, and how could tenant households not obey their own landlords?

In this way, Rainer's goal of controlling the territory was achieved.

After chatting for a while, these soldiers wore armors with their own weapons, and rushed to the military camp outside the city in groups, preparing for the first training of their future soldiers.

At this time, Rainer was sitting in his study looking at the documents Logan had submitted to him.

His current territory is too large, and he needs to ride a fast horse for five or six days from south to north. As a result, the transmission of information will be a bit slow, so now Logan's intelligence organization mainly relies on homing pigeons...

Just like now, Rainer learned from Logan that Sir Horn had once again led the team across Twarinburg and was heading towards the city of Mekaron.

Although the royal family no longer has any control and influence in the northern territory, a certain amount of intelligence still exists. How could the emperor not know that Rainer has controlled the city of Mekalong for nearly three months?

Sure enough, on May 28th, 23rd of the Empire, Sir Horn brought a team of hundreds of people to the outside of Makalong City.

As an "old friend" who had been in contact for many times, Rainer enthusiastically led a group of courtiers to the gate of the city to greet the spokesperson of the royal family.

"Oh! My old friend, we haven't seen each other for four months?" Rainer hugged Sir Horn, then let go and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Haha, yes, but I did not expect that you defeated Earl Jeppa in just four months and became the true Lord of the North!" Sir Horn also had a smile on his face. , Replied with some admiration to Rainer.

"This is not a place to talk. I held a banquet for you in the hall, just for you!" Rainer raised his eyebrows and smiled at Sir Horn: "There are several ladies who always want to see you. See the brave and fighting Sir Horn!"

"Really? That's great!" Sir Horn nodded intently, showing a meaningful smile.

The group of people passed through the bustling market, and Sir Horn was amazed along the way, but he was not shocked either.

In fact, Mekalong City is the largest and only commercial city in the north. Although it is prosperous, it is still far from the prosperous business that gathers 4 million square kilometers of properties in Imperial Capital.

He just felt that there was such a city in the northern border of this poor country, which was a little surprised.

Entering the banquet hall, the maids and servants have already put the food on the table. Mecalon City itself is rich in goods, and there are a lot of stocks in the warehouse, so the food on the table looks very rich.

The crowd sat around the long table in batches, and the one sitting on the left hand side of Rainer was Sir Horn.

Rainer used a fork to put a whole Ulun bird's egg in his mouth and chewed carefully for a while, then swallowed it and said to Sir Horn next to him: "If I'm not mistaken~lightnovelpub.net ~You should be here again for steel and armor, right?"

Rainer is quite satisfied with the steel and armor business of both parties. Last time, he earned more than 2,200 gold coins in the world. Now there are nearly 3,000 gold coins piled in the warehouse.

Although it was enough in a short period of time, but now his territory is bigger, there are more places to spend, and due to the war, the tax can't be collected now, so he is now in a state of sitting and eating, just waiting. Selling trophies and other things can make a fortune.

Sir Horn wiped his mouth with his hand, put down the fork in his hand, and said: "Indeed, the situation of the royal family is getting more and more difficult now. The Southerners and the group of barbarians in the west have begun to blatantly oppose the royal family! "

"Now the royal family is sending troops to suppress some lords who are not too far away, so more armor and steel are needed. This time I hope to get more steel back. In the past two months, whether it is weapons or armor, it consumes The speed is too fast!"

Sir Horn habitually stroked the light red beard on his chin, and whispered close to Rainer's ear: "I guess... A larger war might be coming!"