After reading the contract carefully and thinking about it for a while, Charlotte signed her name on the contract.

On the surface, there are only two contents in this contract, one is to provide Luo Ming with food, and the other is to provide Luo Ming with manpower - to go to Luo Ming to work, and then Luo Ming can earn more money to buy food.

In other words, it's all about making up for the food shortage.

But Charlotte read more information from it, and combined with what Luo Ming said before, she could deduce that Luo Ming was unlikely to expand in the near future.

There are many unruly mountain people under his command who do not know how to farm, and there is a considerable shortage of food, these two major problems are like two chains tied to iron balls, tied to his ankles.

Even if you are a good runner, it is difficult to run with two iron balls in tow.

Upon her return to the royal capital, Brandon, Charlotte informed Princess Victoria of this inference, much to her relief.

No matter what kind of genius you are, if you are entangled in such a thorny problem, if you waste a few years, you will miss the opportunity.

The princess knew that after Luo Ming solved these two problems, he would definitely be able to continue to develop, but the speed would definitely slow down, and even if it did, it would not disrupt the balance.

Maintaining balance is one of the priorities of a ruler. Although the principality strengthened the centralization of power, the local aristocracy was still quite powerful, but they kept each other in check and maintained a relatively stable situation. However, once someone upsets the balance, there can be a chain reaction.

After listening to Charlotte's report, the princess wrote down the relevant information in the memo, and then moved on to the next problem - no matter how strong Luo Ming is, he is only a viscount now, even if he can become an earl in a few years thanks to the gods, but there are hundreds of earls in the whole principality, and she doesn't need to invest too much energy to care.

At this time, since Luo Ming had already sent Charlotte away, he stopped pretending and put all the work back on track.

On September 12, smoke rose again in the mountains of Carlo.

Luo Ming took only a few cronies and came to the source of smoke.

Some of the sturdy men were wielding hammers, some were adding wood to the fire, and some were holding a piece of red-hot iron with iron tongs, dipping it in some viscous liquid, and suddenly making a crackling sound.

They were so engaged in their work that there was a vague air of frenzy that not many people looked up to take a closer look even when Luo Ming was there.

And Luo Ming is not the kind of leader who likes vanity, seeing the scene of this pair of extremely devoted work, he smiled and watched quietly.

After two minutes, a strong man with his upper body exposed put aside the quenched iron bar, saw Luo Ming's figure, and showed an excited expression.

He is the blacksmith hired by Luo Ming last year to settle down in Schönbrunn Ling, and now he is one of the people in charge here.

Under his leadership, Luo Ming and his party quickly arrived at the sword test place on the side, and the strong man held a bundle of linen cloth and placed it in front of Luo Ming.

When the sackcloth was opened, some metal artifacts were revealed.

Two sword strips, three spearheads, and a palm-sized piece of armor, slightly curvatured.

To be honest, without post-polishing and polishing, these are quite ugly.

But for a true martial artist, appearance is just an addition, and sturdiness and sharpness are the top priorities.

Luo Ming didn't underestimate these unsightly products, he picked up the sword strip, flicked it with his fingers a few times, and the corners of his mouth curled.