The King

  Chapter 79 Resisting Temptation

  The unhappily broken-up banquet further 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, saving even the registration procedures.

  No one expressed any intention of staying, not even polite manners, as if sending off the plague god, wishing they would disappear from sight immediately.

  From beginning to end, Earl Pierce never showed up. The aristocratic bureaucrat who is good at observing words and expressions fully understands the boss's intentions.

  In addition to sending soldiers to lead the way, they ignored all the nobles in northern Xinjiang, and even the most basic introduction to the territory was sent with a map.

   There is no specific distribution of territorial resources, crops suitable for planting, or economic development suggestions, and no one is even informed of the neighbors.

  Typical non-blocking, non-cooperative, and irresponsible.

   Even so, it still surprised all the nobles in northern Xinjiang. The handover was too smooth, and the imaginary difficulties did not happen at all, it was too well-mannered.

   As for vigorous cooperation, no one would have such illusions. How is it possible to go to other people's territory to grab food and ask them to actively cooperate?

  The fertile fief is about to be acquired, Baron Sith's interest has been raised, but the moment he opened the map, he was dumbfounded.

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

  At this moment, he extremely wanted to greet the ancestors of Governor Pierce.

  Although he got the richest Dadir City, all the land outside the city belongs to other people, and his own territory is still hundreds of miles away.

   It is reckoned that the neighbors have to nod first to deal with urban garbage. Thinking of this terrible scene, Sith wanted to ask the governor's mansion for an explanation.

   Only in the end he held back. The similar operation was not the initiative of Earl Pierce, but was done by the five major families in northern Xinjiang to eliminate dissidents.

  The pot of my ancestors, I can only knock down the front teeth and swallow it in the stomach. Although it is completely against the rules, once there is a disturbance, these old accounts will be brought out again.

  Compared to letting the family lose one person in the aristocratic circle and causing a round of political turmoil, it is better to suffer this boring loss.

   After all, Sith is quite adaptable because he was mentally prepared to be difficult before he set off.

   Similar concerns were shared by all the northern Xinjiang nobles. Even if they are not the children of the five major families, they are still the vassals of the five major families. If they slap their own prince in the face, how can the families behind them have a good life?

   It's just an enclave, and it's not impossible to solve it. The big deal is to exchange land with the neighbors, and fight if they don't agree.

  If one is not enough, two can be used; if two are not enough, only three or four...

  According to their past experience in the Northland, as long as they do a lot of fighting, there is nothing that cannot be done.

   If there is, the fight must be lost.

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

  …

  In the Salam mining area, Hudson, who was rejoicing at the success of the first blast furnace ironmaking, suddenly received a notice from the Governor's Office that his good neighbor in the northern border would arrive in Wright County in the near future, so he was ready to "welcome".

  This is not the most important thing. The key is that the previous bureaucracy in Wright County needs to be reorganized. Someone suggested that he can participate in the county guard competition.

  Aristocratic self-government is popular in the Alpha Kingdom. As the chief executive of a place, the sheriff is a good job.

  As long as there are no rebellions or major disturbances in the county, basically nothing will happen.

  Even taxes are collected by tax officials sent by the king. Of course, most of the time the king is not so boring and can send tax collectors to each district.

   Except for a few areas, most areas of the kingdom implement a tax package system. Generally, local officials are contracted to collect taxes.

  If you collect more than you want, you can pay for it yourself.

   There is only one big fat difference. If the management is good, it will be easy to get tens of thousands of gold coins into the account every year. In the kingdom, the sheriff also has a special title "Viscount".

  Of course it is only a false title, not as good as the real fiefdom viscount, but it is also above all the barons.

  You don’t need to think about it, but you can collect taxes from a group of nobles with soldiers, and you don’t have any 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, combined with the strength of allies, the overall strength is the strongest.

  Is he the most powerful nobleman in Wright County?

  No one can give an accurate answer to this question.

   After all, the game of nobles not only depends on their own strength, but also considers 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 among the top few.

  The title of "Shen Bow Knight" is still very intimidating among the small and medium nobles. Those six hundred veterans were among the top ranks among the feudal nobles.

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

   If a team battle breaks out, Hudson will hide behind the army and play a sneak attack, which will completely kill ordinary soldiers.

  If you get the full support of the Koslow family, you can really participate in this sheriff competition.

  After hesitating for a while, Hudson finally resisted the temptation. He admitted that Earl Pierce was indeed generous enough to win the support of the Dalton family's retainers as long as he nodded.

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

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

  It’s fine if you reach out tentatively. If someone is determined to establish a foothold in Wright and Wyton counties, the Dalton family may not be able to stop it, let alone him, a pawn.

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

  Even if the nobles of the Northland grow big in Wright County, they must abide by the rules of the game, and it is impossible to be as unscrupulous as they are in the Northland.

  Looking at the newly baked pig iron, Hudson smiled slightly and thought to himself: "Come on, but 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 us is still not very good, some of them have reached the middle level.

  If it is forged several times, it can already be used to forge weapons. If charcoal quenching is added later, it may be forged into steel.

   This is enough. The noble lord despises this kind of iron weapon, but it is still very fragrant to equip it for his army.

   There is no other reason, but because it is cheap. The cost of this 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 the lack of coal, the southeastern provinces do not produce weapons themselves, and iron weapons are prone to rust due to the humid climate, so relatively few are used.

  Thinking of this, Hudson immediately wrote to a group of relatives and friends to borrow people. Forging iron is also a technical job. Whether it is forging pots and pans, or making agricultural tools and weapons, professional blacksmiths are required to complete it.

  Although there are several blacksmiths in Hudson's territory, it is not enough for mass production.

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

  If forging pots and pans and farm tools are added, the gap for blacksmiths will be even greater. You can't sell iron directly to outsiders like the previous lord, right?

  Although it is as profitable as selling iron directly, the profit here is not as good as selling finished products.

  The profit from selling iron is halved; the profit is 70% to 80% when it is made into farm tools, pots and pans; the profit is 70% to 80% when it is made into weapons;

   It is not impossible to catch up with the special period and make ten times or eight times the profit.

   Readers, vote for me!

   Next week in Sanjiang, if there is no accident, it will be on the shelves next Friday. An old author who has been around for almost five years, Haiyue hasn't been on the monthly ticket list for new books yet, woo woo woo... How about sending me to experience it this time, thank you!

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