“…… If you accept, the oath of allegiance is hereby established! ”

Looking at the Count standing in front of him with gray temples and a serious expression, Leo smiled, he knew that most people, except for a very few, would make a wise choice in the face of visible interests. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After taking the silk scarf and carefully wiping his hands, he took the initiative to put his hand on the shoulders of the Earl of Barr, and replied in a sincere tone, "I accept your vows, dear friend, and will spare no effort to support your rights." ”

Of course, Leo would not be so idiotic as to be truly fooled by an oath, and these nobles must have been so sincere in their allegiance and oath in front of the late Duke of Orlando.

Again, it is the safest way to use an oath as a constraint and then tie the two sides together completely with interests, and at the same time to ensure the absolute suppression of military force, otherwise it is extremely dangerous to have no wealth without a sword to protect it.

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After Count Baal Hohenzollern took the lead in setting an example, the other nobles were not reserved and took an oath of allegiance to Leo in the name of their family......

Slowly sipping the wine in the delicate silver glass, Leo did not lose himself in the drunkenness, looking at the well-dressed nobles below, who had recovered their usual arrogance after allegiance and kept talking loudly about interesting topics, he knew that this was just the beginning, and there was still a long way to go.

Picking up a spoon in his hand, he gently and continuously tapped the cup, and after the crisp "ding" sound attracted the attention of everyone at the banquet to him again, Leo smiled and spoke

"Gentlemen, in view of the fact that you have since become close family and allies, I have two things to declare here: first, I have decided to give up my right to the high ransom that you should have paid, in the light of the present situation!"

"Bang bang bang ......" Leo's words made the nobles below applaud vigorously, although they had already thought about this before, but they were still a little apprehensive before the lord confirmed it himself, after all, there was an extremely greedy Duke of Orlando as an example before.

After the applause subsided slightly, and he raised his wine glass to signal from afar, Leo continued, "The second news is something that everyone is eager to know...... picking up the spice jar in front of him, he blinked a little narrowly downward.

"Hehe~" The nobles were a little embarrassed when they heard this, but everyone pricked up their ears and waited carefully for the words behind, no one wanted to miss a word at this time, you must know that in their opinion, this is some spice, which is clearly countless gold coins.

After satisfying his appetite, Leo stopped selling guanzi and rubbed the powder sticking to his hands, "In my territory, in all the villages near Stormwind City, I will arrange for some farmers to grow these spices by classification, of course, there are some other high-yield foods that will also be cultivated together, and in view of the climate and other reasons in our northern territory, we can probably harvest 4-5 of them." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Viscount Leicester on the left, "And the output of all these spices, I will keep forty percent of them, and of the remaining sixty percent, two percent belong to His Excellency Viscount Lester Crest, who fought side by side with me first, and Lord Tron Veran, and the remaining forty percent will be distributed according to your titles and subsequent contributions." ”

After Leo finished speaking, the nobles below fell into deep thought, although they were jealous that the two lucky guys could occupy two percent of the share alone, but they didn't have any ideas, who made the family resolutely stand on the right side at the beginning.

What they thought about the most was how much they could occupy in this division of interests, and after silently calculating for a while, Viscount Sebastian asked

"My lord, may I ask how much of your spices can be produced per season, and I mean all the ones that are included together."

Thinking about it silently, although Leo knew that the amount of spices he brought in his system was large enough to supply the entire empire for several years, but he couldn't do this, and after a little consideration, he stretched out a finger, "One ton, the output of each season should not be able to exceed this amount......"

According to the system, this is also the number of units, and at this stage, he doesn't want to provide too much, lest greed make these nobles have other ideas

Moreover, after the exemption from agricultural taxes, Leo is indeed ready to let the farmers of the territory try to grow these and other high-yielding crops

When the territory can grow its own spices, it can also help him reduce his dependence on the system, knowing that no matter how large the reserve is, it will eventually run out one day.

Sure enough, some people among the nobles had a question, "God, honorable lord, this number is too small!" ”

It was an inconspicuous baron who spoke, and if he had followed the distribution method that Leo had said, he might have only been able to get a share of a few tens of kilograms or even less per quarter.

"No, gentlemen, there are quite a few, don't forget that these spices provided by the adults are completely processed, extremely fine finished products, in terms of color and quality, they are much stronger than the rough fruits we have seen before, and even I think that even if you get the imperial capital, these spices are enough to enter the royal family as a top tribute." Without waiting for Leo to explain, Sebastian directly retorted back.

The nobleman who knew he was thinking about it was also a little embarrassed, but he still muttered, "How good is it that the lord can let all the farmers grow these spices?" ”

"Idiot!" This time, without waiting for the viscount to speak, the nobles in the surrounding circle all looked at this man with disdain, and some even left a few steps, and finally Leo, who couldn't stand it, relieved him

"Dear friend, have you ever thought that the reason why spices are more expensive than gold is because of their scarce production so that only a few people are qualified to use them, such as these noble gentlemen here, if we let all the farmers of the entire northern territory grow these, you can imagine that in a few years, I am afraid that you will not be able to exchange such a large bag of spices for a gold coin" Leo gestured with his hands in a large circle.

"Haha, hahaha!" The right amount of humor makes for a burst of laughter from below, and that's the good thing about the superiors, there's always someone cheering on at all times.

Eventually, with Léo's support, it was agreed that the elder, Count Bar, and the learned Viscount Sebastian, would distribute the 17 noble spices, and they had sworn to be fair in their distribution.

After instructing the nobles to arrange their cronies to come to Stormwind City to receive their own season's finished spices, the somewhat depressing atmosphere of the banquet returned to normal.

Even a drunken nobleman complained indignantly, complaining that he had used almost all of his family property to exchange a small half bag of spices from the caravan, which provoked ridicule from everyone.

Lester, who knew Leo's thoughts, deliberately got closer to these nobles, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that when that merchant comes to your territory and sees a complete range of incomparably exquisite spices in your hands, he will definitely beg you to sell them to him, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that if you ask him to hang him with his own hands, he will do it as soon as possible, haha!" ”

The warm banquet lasted until the second half of the night, during which several plans were adopted at the suggestion of Leo, first of all, the nobles of the northern territory recruited soldiers according to a certain size according to their titles and the size of the territory, and exempted the soldiers from labor and paid a certain salary, so that although the number of troops was smaller, the combat effectiveness was increased compared with the past.

Under the spice profiteering, most of the nobles agreed to this request, and some extremely stingy people only considered going back to recruit only a small number of soldiers, anyway, no matter what, no one in the northern territory could surpass the army of Stormwind, as long as they could prevent the bandits from rebelling.

Another point is that although Leo has not yet gone to the imperial capital to receive certification, since he has accepted the allegiance of the remaining nobles of the northern realm, then everyone should be a whole

He proposed that all nobles should not fight each other in private, and that if there was a conflict, he or other nobles could only mediate, and if there was a brazen attack on other nobles, the army of Stormwind would sanction them.

The last one, also related to the army, Leo believes that the windfall profits of spices will inevitably attract the prying eyes of many well-intentioned people, in order to ensure that everyone's interests are not violated, when any nobles are threatened and attacked, the rest, including Stormwind, must give the greatest support.

Similarly, for Stormwind, the right to attack on its own initiative is retained, and the nobles must also cooperate.

These, after Leo offered to return some soldiers and all the knights of the family to the nobles, they were all approved, especially some nobles with low territorial titles were greatly approved.

Seeing that it was indeed too late, Leo left the banquet hall under the pretext that he needed to rest, leaving only the spirited nobles to continue the revelry, and after refusing the request of Finn and Keith to accompany him, he asked the servant to bring cold water to wash his face, and he went back to the bedroom and opened his notebook......

Under the dim oil lamp, the quill pen in Leo's hand skillfully brushed and wrote on the paper, he wanted to take advantage of the time to let the memory fade, record and summarize all the shortcomings and shortcomings of this war, in this world, Leo knows, if you don't sum up the experience and lessons, don't learn and adapt, one day luck will no longer envelop you!

"I'm just an ordinary person after all, how can that kind of thing that reads books and TV and will go to war right away......