When I came to the central square in front of the main castle, no one would come here when nothing happened, so it seemed very quiet.

The carriage stopped here, and Mrs. Moreland looked at Lena questioningly, wanting to get an answer from him.

Rainer licked his lips and did not speak immediately. Instead, he walked to the side of the carriage and opened the door, and whispered to the inside of the carriage: "Come out...you have to see my mother and them!"

"Your mother?" There were some waves on Frank's face, and he pursed his lips and nodded: "Okay, I must meet my future mother!"

With that, she grabbed the door frame of the carriage and wanted to get up.

Rainer grabbed her hand: "You have my baby now, so be careful about everything!"

With that, he took Frank's hand and got out of the carriage.

"Mother...this is my wife, the daughter of Earl Crick, Frank!" Rainer brought Frank to Mrs. Moreland, and said hesitatingly.

"What?" Mrs. Moreland did not react for a while: "You mean, she is your wife?"

"Yes mother..."

"When did it happen?" Mrs. Moreland looked incredulous.

The son went out to fight for seven months and brought back a woman who said it was his wife. How could this not surprise her.

"Just... not long ago... more than three months ago to be precise!" Rainer grinned reluctantly.

"In other words, you got married on the battlefield?" Mrs. Moreland was shocked by Rainer's rashness.

Regardless of how Flante was, the sloppyness of Rainer made her feel a little dissatisfied.

"Mother...I'm Leiner's wife Frank..." At this time, she seemed to be insane and very clumsy.

"Are you Lena's wife?" Madame Moreland looked up and down with a little scrutiny in her eyes.

Seeing his mother's face getting more ugly, Rainer said hurriedly: "A lot of things have happened in this, and I can't explain it for a while. You said it wasn't Wend!"

Rainer really couldn't help it. In order to prevent his mother from breaking out on the spot, he could only divert his attention quickly.

"Huh?" Wend did not react after being called by Lenner, but he immediately understood the color of his brother. He stepped forward and grabbed Mrs. Moreland's sleeve and said: "Yes, mother, this fact is It's too complicated. Why don't we have something to eat first, and we'll talk about it after the meal. You know that there is really nothing good to eat when I'm marching down the road. I'm hungry and thin!"

"Oh, how did I forget about this!" Mrs. Moreland suddenly stroked Wend's head distressedly, and said: "Mother, let people prepare food, but you have to wait a while. There will be a grand dinner to celebrate your safe return!"

Wend's eyes were about to turn to the sky, looking at Lena with despair, with an expression of death for you without giving himself some compensation.

Looking at Mrs. Moreland's attitude, Frank couldn't help feeling a little lost, frowning and wondering what she was thinking.

After finally dealing with his dear mother, Reiner called Logan and Ezehi to get to know the current situation of the territory during this period of time after placing Frant in his own room.

"There are no accidents in our territory, but it is worth mentioning that a large number of Western Bazaran Kingdom merchants have entered our territory. They are buying all kinds of goods in the territory, from handmade items to animal skins. , And even a small amount of food, they are all coming, and there is one point that caught my attention!"

"Among these commodities, the most popular commodity is the iron farm tools in the hands of the residents. The residents buy farm tools from us and the subway craftsmen, and then resell them to these merchants. In addition, they also get the iron farm tools from the subway craftsmen. I buy a small amount of steel in the country, but according to my statistics, these steels are definitely not a minority!"

With that, Logan handed the file in his hand to Rainer.

Lena looked at the data and description above, his eyes narrowed slightly, he subconsciously but felt that this matter was not that simple.

Iron and steel are extremely important resources for any country and territory. If it weren't for the huge and numerous iron ore in the north, he would not sell steel to the outside world either.

Even if he sells steel to the outside world, it is only aimed at the royal family and other lords, and there will never be any outflow.

Perhaps it was the Bazaran Kingdom who inquired about this news, so it focused on the iron farm tools.

After all, although there is not much steel on farm tools, it can still be used as high-quality steel to create weapons and armors after it has melted.

But what makes Reiner even more puzzled is that the empire does not produce any steel except the northern border, but in other countries outside the empire, even if there is not much steel, at least it will not reach the point of extreme scarcity.

Traveling thousands of miles across the territories of the western lords to the north to buy steel, the high transportation costs will definitely make them unbearable. What drives them to do this?

There were more and more questions in Lena's heart, and the empire was now in troubled times, so he should not be allowed to be cautious.

"Okay, I see, pay close attention to these people's next moves..."

After thinking about it, Rainer said again: "Is there a leader among these businessmen? Or is it the richest and most powerful person?"

Logan thought for a while and said, "Some duke! One-third of these merchants belong to a chamber of commerce, and a person named Agasha is their vice president!"

"Do you want to see him? Lord Duke?" Logan's eyes flashed a little, and he asked in a gloomy manner.

"No, you don't need to take action on this matter, you just need to see and monitor their behavior and report to me at all times!"

After speaking, Reiner turned his eyes to Ezehi and said: "Ezehi, you are responsible for the business in the domain. You should have dealt with this Baron Agasha, right?"

"Yes...Yes, Lord Duke..." Ezexi replied with a dodgy look.

Rainer squinted his eyes and stared at him, and said solemnly: "Did you take their bribes behind my back?"

"No...how could it be!" Ezexi denied hurriedly.

"Ahem..." Logan coughed from the side.

Azerxi's complexion froze, her face collapsed, and she spread her hands and said: Okay, Lord Duke, I'll confess! "

"I collected 20 gold coins from them up and down..."

"Ahem..."

"Okay, okay~lightnovelpub.net~30..." Ezehi was almost crying, and he wailed and said the real amount.

Rainer raised his eyebrows and looked at Logan, who was speechless when he saw that Logan was looking at the ceiling as if he hadn't seen it.

"It seems that an all-pervasive intelligence organization is still very useful!" Reiner thought in his heart: "At least anti-corruption is an absolute weapon."

Thinking of this, Rainer couldn't help but said angrily: "Ezehi, I told you that bribery is forbidden, do you take my words as deaf ears?"

Listening to Reiner's reprimand, Ezehi was scared, he was worried that his master would really deal with him.

"My lord, Lord Duke, I know I was wrong. I will hand in all the money! Hand in all! Please don't hang me!"

Reiner enacted the law at the beginning, and anyone who embezzled more than one silver coin was hanged.

Looking at Ezehi, who was crying and robbing the earth, Lena's eyes narrowed and said, "Okay, turn in the corrupted money, and then go get eighty whips and beat them in eight days, and I want you to beat the horse. Brother Ajiasha brought it in front of me!"