Black Iron Crown

Chapter 451: Iron fist

The northern border in March is as cold as ever, more than three months before the arrival of spring, but this year the northern border is much more active than in the past.

Countless merchants walked the streets and alleys to buy wool cloth from the homes of ordinary people. With the rise of the first batch of wool cloth merchants, the northern wool cloth factory no longer accepts small-scale orders.

The smallest order they accept is two thousand woolen cloths. Even so, the factory still needs three shifts of production, which cannot meet the needs of the merchants.

The rest of the small local factories are similar. Most of the factories only accept large-scale orders, and they simply don't look up to small-scale businesses.

As a result, small businessmen who are not well-capitalized can only walk on the vast land of the northern border and buy from the homes of ordinary people.

And this precisely promoted the prosperity of commerce in the northern border. Under such a circulation environment, some witty villagers borrowed money to open taverns or inns in the village, relying on these merchants to also earn a lot of wealth.

The service industry in the northern territory began to flourish with wool cloth, hotels and taverns also created a large number of jobs, and wealth circulated among the people.

At the same time, the Earl of Puxton also understood what Leiner meant, and in cooperation with Leiner, he also opened a woolen cloth factory on his territory, which allowed him to make a lot of money in just one month.

The rest of the royal lords were also quite impatient. After seeing the Earl of Puston and the Earl of Jolar follow Renner to make a fortune, the two letters were immediately delivered to Renner's hands.

Rainer knew the content of the letter without reading it, but he didn't intend to let these people get what they wanted easily. How could he cherish this hard-won opportunity without paying a price?

Taking the opportunity to extort a little bit, they probably wouldn't mind.

While Rainer was dealing with these things, Frank was also doing his own thing.

As the relationship between the two eased, she began to take over the internal affairs of the main castle of Mecalon instead of Mrs. Moreland.

This should be the responsibility of the lord's wife, and it is also the source of the rights of a lord's wife.

With a big belly, Frank summoned everyone into the discussion hall. It was useless for the time being, and Frank was naturally without taboos to use it.

More than two hundred maids and more than one hundred male servants, butlers, clerks, and cooks and cooks all gathered here, and even some rebels who hadn't fully served Leiner's allegiance bowed their heads awaiting instruction.

It is the task of the lord's wife to teach the children's etiquette and other courses of the knight's family, and now she has picked up her rights and duties.

"In the past period of time, I did not spare time to manage you. This is my dereliction of duty. Now I have to make up for my past responsibilities!"

Frank sat on the chair where Lenner had originally been, and looked at everyone present condescendingly. Her two entourage stood respectfully behind the chair.

As the lord's wife, the Grand Duchess of the North, she has a distinguished status, and she is qualified to sit on this chair when Rainer is away.

In charge of the main fort affairs of Mekalong City, she passed the anger with Rainer in advance, and only started to take action after getting Rainer's permission.

Therefore, Logan, the spy leader, was also present on the platform for Frank.

"From now on, I will be the one who is in charge of managing your absence! In addition to your Duke's orders, the tasks I entrusted to you must be carried out as soon as possible, do you understand?"

Frank's face was cold, as if he was on the battlefield, leading the army, and an unresistible aura instantly spread.

"Yes, I will follow your orders, madam!" The housekeeper at the front agreed first.

He is one of the four stewards in the main castle, and is responsible for controlling the stables in the castle.

The stables in the castle were only ridden by Rainer and others. There were twenty-five war horses and fifty horses in it, in addition to fifteen horsemen.

But don't underestimate this job. For the feudal lord, the position of the groom was even higher than that of the servant, because they were serving military supplies.

In the past, when Rainer was only commanding Morandburg, the old butler followed him and managed the horses in the castle.

Reiner was not rich at the time, so his status was also very important.

However, now that Rainer is the Grand Duke, there are not many opportunities for him to go to the battlefield personally, so his status has become embarrassing.

This time, the wife personally taught and made it clear that she would take over the rights that originally belonged to Madame Moreland. He naturally had to seize this opportunity to gain the lost position from the wife.

Hearing these words of loyalty, Frank nodded in satisfaction, looked at the others and said, "You guys, can you do it?"

"Follow your orders!" The group of people showed their loyalty, but it was not clear what they thought in their hearts.

Looking at the small group of people who spoke wrongly, Frank smiled and said nothing.

"Now that I have taken over the castle, I have to know every weaving in the castle, and send me the ledgers of each of your departments. I want to check it!"

After hearing what Frank said, some people began to hesitate.

A middle-aged housekeeper said: "But...I'll be honest, Madam, our former heads were always sent to the old lady to check. Now it is sent to you. Isn't it in compliance?"

It was the butler who was in charge of the bank. He was responsible for the management of the castle's expenditures and various expenses. Rainer would allocate funds to maintain the life of the castle, not like other lords hiding all the money in the castle.

It’s worth mentioning that this housekeeper is a cousin of Madame Moreland~lightnovelpub.net~ that is Lena’s uncle, named Rachel. Mrs. Moreland recommended as the steward in charge of the property.

However, due to fear that there would be any mistakes at the time, Rainer put all the money elsewhere, separating the castle treasury from the territory treasury.

Just like the national treasury and the inner treasury, but the difference is that these two warehouses are still owned by Reiner, except that one of the guards is a steward and the other is an official.

"You may not understand what I mean. I am giving you an order rather than asking for your opinion!" Frank's eyes gradually became cold, and said: "Remember, now Makalong City and the entire North The hostess of the realm is me, and you should obey my orders!"

"Yes, madam! I'm going to bring the ledger to you now!" The butler in charge of the stables spoke at the right time, and immediately rushed out of the hall before the rest of the people expressed their views, preparing to bring the stables' ledger to Fran. Special view.

"Are you...are you sure you plan not to execute my order?" Frank narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the obsessed butler Rachel in front of him. The momentum on the battlefield suddenly appeared. Rachel only felt that he was at this moment. As if facing a thousand horses, dense beads of sweat could not help appearing on his forehead.