King

The unhappy banquet deepened the gap between the northern Xinjiang nobles who went south and the local nobles.

Early the next morning, the Governor's Mansion sent someone to deliver the contract documents, even skipping the registration formalities.

No one showed any intention to stay, not even the polite courtesy. It was as if they were sending off the plague god, wishing they would disappear from sight immediately.

From beginning to end, Count Pierce never showed up. The aristocratic bureaucrat who is good at observing words and emotions completely understood the boss's intention.

In addition to sending soldiers to lead the way, they ignored the nobles of Northern Xinjiang and even gave them a map to introduce the most basic situation of the territory.

There is no specific resource distribution in the territory, crops suitable for planting, or economic development suggestions. They don't even tell who their neighbors are.

Typical non-blocking, non-cooperative and irresponsible.

Even so, it still surprised all the northern Xinjiang nobles. The handover went so smoothly, and the imagined difficulties didn't happen at all. It was too strict.

As for vigorous cooperation, no one has such illusions. How is it possible to go to someone else's territory to grab food and ask for their cooperation?

The fertile fief was about to be acquired, and the Sith Baron became more interested. The moment he opened the map, he was dumbfounded.

A good piece of barony was directly divided into four large pieces, directly spanning the two counties of Wright and Wyton.

At this moment, he desperately wanted to greet Governor Pierce's ancestors.

Although they obtained the richest city of Dadir, all the land outside the city belonged to other people, and their own territory was still hundreds of miles away.

I guess the disposal of urban garbage requires the approval of neighbors first. Thinking of this terrible scene, Sith wanted to ask the Governor's Mansion for an explanation.

But in the end he endured it. Similar operations were not initiated by Earl Pierce, but were done by the five major families in Northern Xinjiang to eliminate dissidents.

The pot cooked by my ancestors can only be swallowed by knocking out my front teeth. Although it is completely against the rules, once a quarrel breaks out, these old scores will be brought out again.

Rather than letting the family lose a person in the aristocratic circle and trigger a political turmoil, it is better to suffer this embarrassing loss.

After all, they were mentally prepared to face difficulties before setting off, and Sith's adaptability was quite strong.

Similar concerns were shared by all the northern Xinjiang nobles. Even if he is not a child of the five major families, he is still a vassal of the five major families. If he slaps his own lord in the face, how can the family behind him live a good life?

It’s just an enclave, but it’s not like there’s no way to solve it. The worst case scenario would be to trade land with the neighbors, and get into a fight if they don't agree.

If one plane doesn't work, you can use two planes; if two planes don't work, you can use three or four planes...

Based on their past experience in the Northland, as long as they work harder, there is nothing they can't accomplish.

If so, the fight must have been lost.

With a depressed mood, a group of northern Xinjiang nobles set foot on their respective territories.

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In the Salam mining area, Hudson was rejoicing over the success of his first blast furnace ironmaking. Suddenly he received a notice from the Governor's Mansion that a good neighbor from northern Xinjiang would arrive in Wright County in the near future, asking him to be prepared to "receive" him.

This is not the most important thing. The key is that the previous bureaucracy in Wright County has been completely wiped out and needs to be reorganized. Someone suggested that he can participate in the competition for county governor.

Aristocratic self-governance is popular in the Alpha Kingdom. As the chief executive of a place, the county governor has a good job.

As long as there is no rebellion or major unrest in the county, basically nothing will happen.

Even taxes were collected by tax collectors sent by the king. Of course, most of the time the king was not so bored as to send tax collectors to each region.

Except for a few areas, most areas of the kingdom implemented a tax farming system. Generally, local officials are responsible for tax collection.

If you collect too much, you will be responsible for it. If you cannot complete the collection task, you will have to pay to make up for it.

There is only one difference between a proper big fat one. If it is managed well, tens of thousands of gold coins can be easily earned every year. In the kingdom, the county guard also has a special title "viscount".

Of course, it was just a false title, not as good as the real Viscount of the land, but it was still above all the barons.

You don't need to think about it to know that being able to collect taxes from a group of nobles with soldiers is impossible without some strength.

The nobles who usually serve as county guards are also the most powerful nobles in the county, occupying the largest city and the most fertile land in the county.

Even if one's own strength is not the strongest, coupled with the strength of allies, the overall strength is still the strongest.

Are you the most powerful nobleman in Wright County?

No one can give an accurate answer to this question.

After all, noble games not only depend on one's own strength, but also consider the investment of the family behind them.

But what is certain is that even if Hudson is not the strongest nobleman in Wright County, he is still one of the top ones.

The name "Knight of the Divine Bow" is still very intimidating among the small and medium-sized nobles. Those six hundred veterans were among the top ranks among the fiefdom nobles.

The two are superimposed together, and the lethality that can be unleashed is even stronger.

If a team fight broke out, Hudson would hide behind the army and play sneak attacks, completely massacring ordinary soldiers.

If he gets the full support of the Koslow family, he can really participate in this county governor competition.

After hesitating for a while, Hudson finally resisted the temptation. He admitted that Earl Pierce was indeed generous enough, and he could gain the support of the Dalton family retainers with just a nod.

Coupled with the Koslow family's connections and Hudson's own management, more than half of the feudal lords in Wright County will support him.

It's a pity that he really didn't dare to end the game before he could figure out the position of the Northland giants.

It would be okay if he reaches out tentatively, but if he is determined to establish a foothold in Wright and Wyton counties, the Dalton family may not be able to stop him, let alone a pawn like him.

As for the grievances between the ancestors of the Koslow family and the Northland wealthy families, it is not worth mentioning in the face of survival.

Even if the Northland nobles become big in Wright County, they must abide by the rules of the game and cannot be as unscrupulous as they are in the Northland.

Looking at the newly baked pig iron, Hudson smiled slightly and thought to himself: "Let's make a fuss, let's make a fuss! If the world is peaceful, who will sell these things to?"

Although the overall quality of the pig iron in front of me is still not very good, some of it reaches an average level.

If it is forged a few more times, it can already be used to forge weapons. If charcoal fire tempering is added later, it may be forged into steel.

This is enough. The noble lord looks down on this type of iron weapon, but it is still very useful to equip his troops.

There is no other reason than that it is cheap. The cost of this kind of iron weapon is only one-third of that of steel weapons.

In the northern army, it has already been equipped on a large scale. Due to lack of coal, the southeastern province does not produce weapons. In addition, the climate is humid and iron weapons are easy to rust, so relatively few are used.

Thinking of this, Hudson immediately wrote to a group of relatives and friends to borrow people. Blacksmithing is also a technical job. Whether it is forging pots and pans, or making agricultural tools and weapons, it requires a professional blacksmith.

Although there were a few blacksmiths in Hudson's territory, they were not enough for large-scale production.

Once the conflict between the parties escalates, tens of thousands of weapons will be needed, and the few blacksmiths in his hands cannot forge many in a day.

If you add in the forging of pots, pans, pans, and farm tools, the blacksmith's gap will be even greater. You can't just sell iron directly to others like the previous lord, right?

Although selling iron directly can make money, the profits therein are not as good as selling finished products.

The profit from selling iron is half and half; selling it into farm tools, pots and pans, the profit is 70 to 80%; selling it into weapons, you would be embarrassed to say that you are an arms dealer unless you make two or three times.

In special times, it is not impossible to make profits ten to eight times.

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