Charlemagne frowned and thought, this is indeed a very important question, high-quality grassland fried steel is only available in the Kingdom of Lorik, and other countries and regions have never appeared at all, how to repair this kind of armor also makes Charlemagne a little troubled.

Although it can be easily repaired with ordinary iron, after all, the quality is definitely not as good as before, and now they still have hidden enemies, how can the troops with incomplete combat effectiveness ensure his safety? ”

Therefore, he sent messengers to the kingdom of Lorik, hoping to get some reinforcements, and second, hoping to get a large amount of steel for the grasslands.

Finally, a little more than a month later, the messenger reached Denlenburg, the capital of the Kingdom of Lorik.

The gold-edged iron cross with a white background carried by the messenger allowed him to enter Denlenburg without the slightest hindrance along the way, and the news reached William's ears.

William soon met him in his study, and asked, "Are you Charlemagne's messenger?" How is he in Cerrienburg now? ”

The messenger replied truthfully, "The three vassals of the Earl have rebelled at the same time, and they have betrayed the oath they swore to the Earl, and they want to unite against the Earl!" ”

"Although the Earl's strength is not superior, the Earl is very wise, he took the initiative to defeat one vassal first, and then defeated the other two with stratagem, so that the territory can be restored to his control!"

Although the messenger did not have much embellishment, he explained the situation in concise language, and William nodded and said, "That's good, it's really my son!" ”

"So, is there something Charlemagne sent you in?" William asked again.

"That's the case, Your Majesty, you know that the armor worn by the royal infantry is made of the best iron made by the Lorik Kingdom, and the quality of the iron of the Lorik Kingdom is ahead of the entire continent, and everyone knows it!"

"Lord Earl sent me here to get some iron to repair the armor, and to hope that I can bring back some reinforcements, because Lord Count still has enemies!"

William listened to the messenger's words and nodded, the armor of the royal infantry and the Iron Cross Knights could not be repaired with other iron materials.

So William said, "I see, I agree to your request, you can take with you a column of one hundred and twenty royal infantry again, and as much iron as you want!" ”

"Thank you! Dear Your Majesty! ”

William smiled and said, "No thanks, your earl is my son, how could I treat him badly?" ”

After the messenger left, William suddenly had an idea in his study.

Charlemagne offered him the idea.

Once this plan is realized, it will definitely make a lot of money, because it comes from the monopoly of technology.

That is the sale of weapons and armor, grassland iron is a kind of material monopoly, plus Jia Yu brought him blast furnace frying steel, this is a kind of technical monopoly.

Whether it is steppe iron or fried steel, it is not available to anyone else, and forging this steel into armor will far exceed the quality of other armor.

You know, after seeing the armor produced by William's men again, there are many people who want to buy a lot of high-quality armor.

However, William was not as short of money as he is now, and in order to maintain the absolute superiority of his army in equipment, he refused all requests.

But this time, he was really short of money, so he had to choose to sell armor.

Anyway, no one can obtain grassland iron, even if the grassland iron is stolen, the steel frying method is not something that the country's science and technology in this era can eat.

If it weren't for the science and technology institute established by William, I'm afraid it would have been a long time for him to build a steel blast furnace.

William doesn't plan to do a one-shot deal, although it is very profitable to buy armor, William still has the intention of doing after-sales service.

For example, repairing armor and repairing weapons, although this business method may not have too much income at one time, it is better in the long run.

William should be able to sell a set of armor for about five or six hundred silver coins, and ordinary iron armor is about two hundred silver coins, in fact, with the armor sold by William, it can even be sold for a thousand silver coins.

But William still needs to be competitive after all, and if the price is too high, it is likely that buyers will retreat to ordinary armor.

The sale of armor should probably be more profitable than William's vodka and honey, after all, the only real profiteering is luxury goods and arms.

Vodka and honey are also very profitable, but they are not as profitable as armor and weapons.

At that time, William will rely on the insight of his previous life, and then withdraw from some activities, and there will be discounts for what to buy armor to maintain after reaching a certain amount.

Or the first maintenance free discount, these are good sales tools, and it will definitely be very profitable when the time comes.

The nobles and knights were definitely more hungry for armor than liquor and honey, after all, their home was still on the battlefield, and a good life-saving armor was of course popular.

William also planned to withdraw several types of armor of different prices and qualities, for soldiers, knights, nobles, or ornamental, ornate armor, all of which William intended to include in the scope of his business.

Who would have thought that William, a dignified king, or the king of the number one country on the road, would be thinking about ways to sell goods here.

There is no way, William is really poor, even if he has obtained a large amount of silver coins in the war before, but it will take two or three years to build the kingdom before there is real income, and the funds for construction during this period are not completely sufficient.

What's more, if something unexpected happens, if there is a war, it will definitely be a huge expense, so William has always been worried about money.

And just when William was thinking about how to do business, Jia Yu knocked on the door of the study outside.

Then he walked in and said to William with a happy face: "Your Majesty, our people have found two iron mines two hundred kilometers north of the royal capital!" ”

"The quality of iron ore is very good, although it is not as good as the large number of high-quality iron ore abundant in the two counties of the grassland, but it is very good compared to other iron ores!"

Jia Yu continued: "And the scale of iron ore there is very large, although it is not as good as the iron ore that can be found almost everywhere in the two counties of the grassland, but it is enough for us to mine for hundreds of years!" ”

Jia Yu is very happy, the current financial situation of the kingdom is very unfavorable, he knows very well, the discovery of two new iron mines means new financial revenue, with these two iron mines will definitely ease the economic pressure of the kingdom.

William clapped his hands, he really lacked something, of course he didn't want such high-quality armor to leak out, if there was a slightly inferior but stronger armor than other armor, it would be better, after all, he was not sure when to return to which customer to conflict.