Urban Sims

The east mirror of the Iron Castle Kingdom.

A group of invaders from the north entered the kingdom and attacked the city and territory with impunity.

Faced with the invaders' all-out attack, which was as fast as the wind, as powerful as thunder, and as powerful as a rainbow, castles fell one after another, field battles continued to be defeated, and the situation worsened day by day.

In just three months, 14 of Prince Lawrence's 20 earldoms in the East Mirror of the Iron Castle Kingdom fell.

In addition to the two counties in the south that had fallen into the Kingdom of Tongshan, Prince Lawrence looked around and was shocked to find that in his hands, only the royal capital Ironcastle City and the surrounding four counties were left. They had not yet been completely occupied, but With the invaders from the north still accelerating their attack pace, these four counties, except for a few lonely castles, are still resisting. All villages, towns, population, land, and mines are in the hands of those invaders.

"What to do? What to do? Those devils in the north, how can we drive those devils away!"

In Iron Castle City, Lawrence, who heard bad news almost every day, walked back and forth in the palace, like a drowning man, grabbing the hand of the palace minister beside him. After suffering repeated blows, he could no longer There is no noble pride of the past kings, only despair and pessimism about the future of the kingdom.

"It's not good! It's not good, Your Majesty the King. Warley Castle was attacked by the northern army, and Earl Wentington was killed in the battle!"

"What? How is it possible?!" Lawrence stood up from the Iron Throne with a look of disbelief on his face. The entire body of Warai Castle was made of iron ingots, and the walls were higher than Iron Castle City. How could it fall so quickly?

"Oh no, Your Majesty the King! Ironforge has also fallen, and Earl Hart of Ironforge has been killed!"

"What?!" Lawrence was stunned and almost fell to the ground. Ironforge is the largest iron ore smelting base in the kingdom. 40% of the kingdom's iron ingots are produced here. Ironforge can be said to be the fundamental lifeblood of the kingdom. , also fell?

…

Not long after, a huge legion arrived outside Iron Castle City, set up camp, and surrounded Iron Castle City.

"By the way, why do you like to use iron ingots to build cities so much? Isn't it better to use stones?"

Looking at the fifty-meter-high giant steel city in front of him that was all brown and made entirely of iron ingots, Zhou Ming, who was riding a horse, couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, this kind of castle made of steel cannot be exploded by ordinary black gunpowder, but metal is afraid of acid. A dye shop in the Glenling Workshop District happened to have a highly acidic dye that was concentrated by evaporation. Finally, a strong acid is made that has a strong corrosive effect on metal. An iron ingot more than ten centimeters thick will be eroded in a few days. Then, put enough gunpowder in the large hole created by the corrosion, and there will be a loud bang. , the steel castles known as "never fall" fell in this way.

"Boom~!"

There was a loud noise, and after more than a month of continuous siege, the thick iron city gate of Iron Castle City was blown open. After a fierce battle for the city gate, and with a burst of cheers, tens of thousands of troops poured into this almost never-experienced city. After passing through the war-torn city and eliminating all resistance, the soldiers in charge of the search caught Lawrence, who had changed into civilian clothes, but because he carried too much treasure, his flaws were exposed. He gave him a glass of poisoned wine and sent him on his way.

So far, in only half a year, the 20 earldoms of Dongjing of the Iron Castle Kingdom and the royal capital of Iron Castle City, except for the 2 earldoms occupied by the Tongshan Kingdom, the remaining 18 were all under the control of Zhou Ming, who participated in the southern invasion together. In the hands of seven earls.

"The Tongshan Kingdom is currently the Merchant Alliance's largest trading partner and the largest source of slave population. If we attack the Tongshan Kingdom's army, will it have any impact on trade?"

Zhou Ming thought for a while, anyway, the Tongshan Kingdom would be a big fat piece of meat in his mouth sooner or later, so why not send an army to beat him hard and make him suffer a little!

Therefore, Zhou Ming gave the thief Jero a mercenary group of 3,000 people who were mostly thieves, and asked him to go to the two earl territories occupied by the Tongshan Kingdom to fight sap, dig traps, ambush, and fight guerrillas. , in short, the troops of the Tongshan Kingdom cannot be allowed to stay comfortably in these two territories, otherwise the Tongshan Kingdom, which has both copper and iron, may grow into a monarch with a little strategy. The new No. 1 middle power.

After the great thief Jero took the order and set off, he did not disappoint Zhou Ming. With his "thieves group", they only struggled in two territories for half a year. The invading army of the Tongshan Kingdom, which had a mental breakdown, ignored the strict orders of its king and Taking the few iron ingots he had obtained, he fled back to the country privately. Zhou Ming took advantage of the situation and sent troops to take over the two territories.

the other side.

In the western border of the Iron Castle Kingdom, several surrounding kingdoms invaded. Facing the desperate resistance of Duke Milton, not only did they not gain any advantage, but they lost their troops and suffered bloody losses.

For example, King Helian of the Kingdom of Voris led a team of more than 2,000 knights, plus collars (the collar system has been adopted by many lords for its ease of operation), a total of 20,000 people, and he was in high spirits. The plan is to swallow up at least 6 counties in the Iron Castle Kingdom. After these territories are digested, they will then send their troops northward to eradicate all the rebellious people in the country who do not obey orders!

The king, who was in his prime, was already imagining the scene of the seven Yankees kneeling side by side in front of him, and finally being pushed out and beheaded by him.

However, these fantasies of his, when he and his army had captured two earls and continued southward, preparing to capture another territory, they were in a swamp valley with sticky mud and black bubbles. , was burned to pieces by a sky-high fire that suddenly burst out from around the swamp.

A total of 20,000 troops were burned to death and two-thirds were injured, and less than a quarter were chased and killed by the ambushes who rushed out from all around.

It turns out that a lot of land in the western border of the Iron Castle Kingdom is covered with this kind of black swamp with gurgling bubbles. There is a large amount of shallow oil buried underground in this swamp. After the oil seeps out of the surface, the natural gas bubbles that emerge are mixed with the Toxic asphalt is an extremely flammable substance, and Helian's lack of knowledge led to a fiasco.

He withdrew his troops and returned home in embarrassment. Not long after, he was suddenly shocked to hear that the 40,000-strong army of the Free Merchant Alliance had taken over the entire territory of Dongjing of the Iron Castle Kingdom. Helian, who was in the palace of Wards City, was so depressed that he almost vomited blood and continued to issue He issued seven or eight orders for the king's summoning and withdrawal of troops, but no one ignored him.

"You bloody traitors and traitors, you all wait for me, and I will definitely make you pay the price!"

Helian, whose chest was filled with a sigh of relief, had no desire to expand the territory at this time. He just wanted to train a powerful army to sweep across the northern border and kill all the traitors!

…

After capturing 20 counties in the Iron Castle Kingdom and occupying the royal capital, Iron Castle City, Zhou Ming and the others did not formulate the next expansion plan due to lack of troops. Instead, they sat together to discuss the development of these 21 territories. Allocation problem.

profit distribution.

This is a key issue that must be faced in any field, any organization, or any team!

The cake has been distributed, hello, hello, hello everyone, if the cake is not divided, even the closest brothers may draw their knives and cut each other.

As for how to distribute these 21 territories, the seven earls have their own ideas.

Some earls proposed three yuan per person, and seven earls, which happened to be divided, and no one would suffer.

But this proposal was immediately rejected, because among the seven counts, the amount of effort was different. Some sent more soldiers, some paid more money, some suffered heavy casualties, and some captured a lot... If these were combined Taking all factors into consideration, I am afraid that no matter how the distribution is made, some people will be dissatisfied and some people will slam the table.

Therefore, things like distributing benefits are simply more difficult than winning a battle.

"I have a proposal, and I don't know if you are willing to listen to the earls?"

When the quarrel became more and more intense, Zhou Ming got up and said something.

"What's your proposal, tell me Edward." The old earl sitting at the top said kindly. Edward is always full of ideas, maybe he has some good suggestions.

All eyes were also on him.

Zhou Ming looked around and said: "I think the land in these 21 territories is still too small, and it is not enough for everyone to share. It would be more interesting to wait until we have conquered several kingdoms, and then divide these kingdoms one by one. This way, it will be more interesting." , and it’s easier to divide, do you think so?”

"Si~"

After hearing this, everyone took a deep breath, their hearts twitched violently, and then began to beat violently.

There was also an earl next to him who had just become red-faced. After receiving the terrifying information about this situation, he was dumbfounded and murmured: One person, one kingdom? How can it be?

But thinking about it carefully, the earls found that it was not impossible. If this was a few years ago, it would be very difficult for them to assemble an elite army, not to mention 20,000, or even 2,000 people. How many years ago? They can easily pull out an army of 20,000 people.

Looking at Zhou Ming again, everyone thought that this guy was a monster. A small barony alone could pull out 20,000 troops. The elite level was as good as the troops they brought. If all the territories were like Glen If you do that, then the result...

"As for the 21 territories on hand, I suggest the establishment of an 'United States of Iron Fortress', which will be temporarily hosted by the Free Business Alliance. A chairman will be elected to manage it, and an Elders Council and seven elders will be set up to participate in the management of the United States. They have the right to supervise and vote on various affairs of the United States. Moreover, every elder has a certain share of the income generated by the United States every year..."

Zhou Ming said another idea of ​​his.

After hearing this idea, everyone's eyes brightened.

The "United States" system proposed by Zhou Ming, under the condition of mutual checks and balances and mutual supervision, not only protects everyone's interests, but also can concentrate efforts to do major things, reducing many constraints. If this system operates well, it will save the country. Not to mention the peace of mind, a large amount of income is recorded every year.

Just like the Free Trade Alliance founded by Zhou Ming, the seven earls actually don't know much about the detailed rules for the operation of the trade alliance. However, it is undeniable that it is because of the existence of the trade alliance that the seven earls can operate without With so much worry, hundreds of thousands of gold coins come into the account every year while lying in the castle.

Therefore, regarding the candidate for the chairman of the "United States of Iron Fortress", the earls surprisingly unanimously decided to let Zhou Ming be the chairman of the United States, because except for him, there may be no one present who can make the "United States" thing come true.

However, Zhou Ming, who should have been secretly happy at this time, suddenly became cautious and said: "I can serve as this chairman, but I have a small condition."

condition?

"On what terms?" asked the count.

"I want to become the Earl of the County of Rhodes. Count Lausitz has always wanted to put me to death... Moreover, I also need a territory close to the United States of Iron Castle to facilitate the management of the United States."

Not long after Zhou Ming led troops into the Kingdom of Iron Castle, Earl Lausitz, who had been looking for an opportunity to avenge his three sons all these years, seized this opportunity. Last month, he led thousands of troops and besieged Granville. Leader, he wanted to kill a few of his close relatives before he died of old age, even if he couldn't kill Zhou Ming, his sworn enemy, so that he could taste the pain.

"Can!"

The earls thought for a while and nodded. In fact, with Zhou Ming's achievements, not to mention the earl, a duke is enough. However, these earls do not have the authority to confer titles that only the king has. Now Zhou Ming He said he wanted to become the earl of the earldom of Lodz, but in fact he only wanted the territory of earl Lauzitz.

As for the title of earl, they can admit it privately, but to be publicly recognized by everyone, they must be conferred by the king or the church.

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