The area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Beijing is very large. The total area has reached more than 1.4 million square kilometers, of which 670,000 square kilometers are directly in the hands of Reiner.

　　Rainer has more and more vassals, and now it can basically be divided into four factions.

　　 One is the knights who originally became allegiance to Lena from Morandburg, and now all of them have become barons, with a total of 21 people, ranking third in strength under Lena's hands.

　　 In addition to this faction, there are independent aristocrats who formed a coalition with Leiner against the Earl of Zeppel, and later joined Leiner to become his vassals. Their number is 25, ranking second in strength.

　　 is a faction of Molande who made meritorious service and was promoted to a nobleman by Lena, that is, a faction formed by the lords who have the same heavenly grandfather (fifth ancestor) as Lena. It can be called the blood relatives faction.

　　 The blood relatives have a total of eight people. They are the weakest among these factions, but they have the best and the closest relationship with the local faction of Morandburg.

　　 After all, they were all old acquaintances at the beginning, and those old-school nobles also served the background Molande family for many years, and the natural relationship became closer.

　　 And the strongest one needless to say, that is the royal lords who have invested in Rainer. Their strength is the strongest, their territory is also extremely large, and they are the first faction under Rainer.

　　 But in fact, these are just four factions on the surface, but there are simply too many factions.

　　Factions like this are mostly gathered together based on interests. Many people who seem to be a faction may in fact have conflicts of interest.

　　 In addition, Rainer rarely gathers vassals in his castle, so they don't have a fierce struggle for power.

　　The only thing they need to compete is how much they can gain in the war and whether they can win Rainer’s favor.

　　 This means that they don't have any deep hatred, at least they won't stab each other.

　　 As for the benign competition such as tearing down each other or monitoring each other, Reiner is happy to see it happen. As long as they don't start a private battle with real swords and guns, there are no taboos.

　　 It took more than a month for Rainer's vassals to gather in Micalon City one after another.

　　 Although the winter in the northern border has had a slight impact on local commerce, the commerce here is still very developed.

　　 Even in winter, dogs can see dark hurried working people in the streets and alleys of Makalong City. They or the service workers in taverns and hotels, pour and sell alcohol for alcoholic guests.

　　 Or a porter who sells his strength, Mecalon City is now the commercial center of the entire northern region. Every day, many merchants come to this city with a large amount of goods.

　　 Obviously, people in the caravan cannot completely carry so many commodities and goods from the carriage, so the citizens living in the local area have become the best candidates for them to hire.

In addition, there are other occupations, including road maintenance workers, dung pickers, and street performers, and many people have opened various shops in the city, even barber shops. Several companies have appeared, and the most surprising thing is that their business is actually pretty good.

　　 Citizens and businessmen are busy seeking more wealth, and everyone is completely free from the state of being in a muddle-headed state and having nothing to do in their free time.

　　 With the commercial prosperity of Mikalong City, including the entire northern border, there are too many attractive things, and they have to work hard to make money to get what they want.

　　 These lords came to Mekalong City to be the best opportunity for the merchants.

　　 Even if the lords who hugged and hugged them didn't like the gadgets they sold, the people around the lords always wanted to see it.

　　 Knights, retinues, trainee knights and entourage, these people can become their potential consumers.

　　 Count Cholar was the first royal lord to reach Mekalong City. His territory is only a mere 100 kilometers from Mekalong, and it only takes four or five days to arrive.

　　 The lords who arrived in Mecalon City were surprised by the speed of development here. They did not know that Mecalon was gradually prospering, but the speed of development was really shocking.

Not only Mecalon City, but the entire northern border is developing at a high speed. The construction team formed by Leiner did not build the market town under Leiner’s order, but after the commercial development of a certain area has reached a certain level. Only then will people go to trim a commercial market town.

　　 Actually, these market towns don’t have much to build. Wooden and stone houses with a certain ability to set fire are used as shops, and simple fences are used as fortifications, nothing more.

Now there are seven newly built market towns in Reiner, and each market town’s annual transaction volume can reach an astonishing one thousand gold coins. According to this trend, it is estimated that the number of market towns will double within two years. Times.

　　Mekalong City’s conference hall, where the banquet was held.

　　 A huge amount of miscellaneous incense slowly burned in the banquet hall, the scent exuding was either rich or light, in short, mixed together and mixed into a strange scent.

　　Rainer didn't like the taste very much, but he had to do it, because it showed that he valued the vassals.

The value of burning spices in the hall alone has reached more than one hundred gold coins...Not counting the precious decorations here, the fine stalls woven from cashmere~lightnovelpub.net~The outlines are complicated and complicated. And brightly colored patterns.

　　Especially the tablecloth on the table, this kind of tablecloth is not commonly used red, but purple...

　　As a dye that was almost difficult to extract before the chemical age, purple was the most expensive, so a few tablecloths cost Reiner nearly a hundred gold coins.

　　 In addition, there are a variety of delicacies and tableware. Fortunately, the wines are brewed by Reiner himself, and the cost is not big.

　　 After the entire banquet, Rainer spent more than 500 gold coins to organize this luxurious banquet.

　　 Five hundred gold coins don't seem to be a lot. Compared to Reiner's annual income of 20,000 gold coins, it is really nothing...but it depends on the specific comparison.

　　 When Reiner was the Earl of Morandburg, these five hundred gold coins would have been collected for fifty years without eating or drinking.

　　 Moreover, Leiner's income is mostly provided by sugar and wool cloth and part of the commercial tax. If there is no sugar, wool cloth and fast-developing business, Leiner's annual income can have two thousand gold coins which are all burnt.

　　 From this, we can see how luxurious this banquet alcohol is.

　　 The banquet soon began. Dishes cooked with a variety of rare ingredients and a lot of spices were put on the table, and many kinds of drinks were placed on the table.

　　 Even white sugar has become an indispensable darling at the banquet. The atmosphere between the nobles is very harmonious, and in the end many people actually sang loudly.

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