Regarding the iron armor, Aya directly gave the data she saw in some historical materials.

The three kingdoms similar to the Duchy of Lothar have the number of iron armor recorded by the royal family as 3,600, 8,300, and 5,100 respectively.

Of course, whether it is the people or the nobles, there must still be a large number of iron armor.

But the royal family itself can use this is basically the batch.

If Luo Ming really makes even the lowest coal-steel complex, it can definitely be compared with a small country, and this is the power of industry.

It has nothing to do with technology, magic, magic or anything, but being able to formulate standards, summarize laws, and mass standardized production, no matter what drives it, represents an undoubted power.

The Han Empire is simply a powerful existence that has attracted the attention of all dynasties throughout the ages, it has not fallen into a weak culture, and the militaristic system still exists, so there are more than 100,000 crossbows hidden in the Luoyang arsenal, and 10 million crossbow arrows are hidden in the terrible reserves.

Even in the face of a veritable army of one million, each enemy can be divided into ten arrows, and if you are not careful, you will become a hedgehog - that is only the big arsenal of Luoyang, and there are some small arsenals in various places.

But any industrial country, even a semi-industrial country, is far above this – for example, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a pitiful lack of industry, but in Port Arthur, for example, there were also multiple arsenals, each with tens of millions of bullets and tens of thousands of shells.

All in all, Luo Ming is not short of the means to turn stone into gold now, but he lacks stones that can be used.

He is eager to raise his hands and feet to express his approval of this win-win situation, even if it seems that he has suffered a little bit.

If Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria can always create this kind of opportunity for him, what if he plays the role of a loyal minister for a few years?

However, no one will believe him when he says such things now...... It's a good thing, no one will think about how much potential he has, so naturally he won't meet a guy who is bored and wants to stifle future competitors.

When he has achieved results in farming, there will be no one to threaten him.

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With nearly a month to go before the snow melts, Luo Ming ushered in a rare guest.

It can even be said that this is the most distinguished guest he has ever entertained to this day.

His Excellency Viscount O. Henry Dvorkuran of Pierce.

Just look at his last name: Dvokulan, that's the national surname.

This viscount is not the kind of court nobleman with only a few poor small estates, but a serious field nobleman, who has a large territory in the neighboring county, and the county guard over there has to respect him for three points - otherwise if this guy runs to the court to sue the royal court with that little blood relationship, it will be disgusting even if he can't win.

Although he is not a direct descendant of the founder of the duchy, Archduke Albert, but a descendant of the legendary man's uncle, he is always a little related to the royal family, and is relatively more trusted, so he is more respected than ordinary viscounts.

This viscount is sixty years old, but he has put a lot of effort into his appearance, except for his white hair, he looks like a handsome middle-aged man of forty years old, and he looks very dashing - it seems that he was romantic when he was young, and he still often has affairs and scandals today.

However, compared with Luo Ming, a genuine young man, it is definitely not as good as that.

"It is a great honour for Your Excellency to be here, and it has added a bit of splendor to my humble house. ”

Don't want money to flatter, Luo Ming doesn't mind saying a few words.

And he can probably guess the other party's intentions, and it doesn't matter what the attitude is compared to the actual benefits that can be obtained.

The handsome old man smiled and waved his hand, it seemed that he was indeed a casual and chic person, as rumored.

"Young man, don't talk so much. It is rumored that you are not only brave, but also very wise, you should be able to guess what I mean, right?"

He sat directly on the sofa, grabbed the dim sum on the table and took a bite, and then tasted the milk tea, smacked his lips, and showed a satisfied smile: "The recipe for this dim sum and milk tea, add up, I will pay forty gold coins to buy it." ”

"If it's negotiated, then the recipe will be given to you for free. Luo Ming also smiled.

Of course, the old man did not come to the door suddenly, but handed over the invitation two days in advance, and Luo Ming also made corresponding preparations - he had already investigated this old man, and now it is easier to deal with it.

"There is a disadvantage to an ancient family like mine, which you have not experienced at all as a young man—the dispersion of territory. ”

The old man was eating and drinking, and he was talking eloquently.

How many generations of marriages, and the land that has been sealed...... As a result, many ancient noble families will face the situation of territorial dispersion.

It is not uncommon to have an enclave in another county, or even in another country, and at the same time, the land where the family is based is sometimes divided into a lot and becomes so thin that it cannot be connected. It's a nightmare for managers.

Therefore, every once in a while, when a wise and powerful enough head of the family appears, even if he sacrifices a little profit and suffers a little loss, he will exchange land with others, and try to concentrate the territory together.

However, that's just "as much as possible".

This old gentleman, for example, has an enclave in Vanshee...... It's right on the edge of Miana.

It was too far from his family roots, so he usually sent only a nephew to take charge of it, and it was the locals who were actually in charge of it.

Naturally, with the passage of time, corruption, interception, and concealment will breed. As a result, the income from the land is actually decreasing.

However, a piece of land is better than nothing, so it has been kept - partly because they have not found anyone willing to change the land for the time being.

But now, it's different—the old man will definitely not send soldiers who were originally used to protect the territory here to protect this enclave, so it will be easily attacked by monsters.

As a result of the decree issued by the princess, a piece of land that the nobles did not fulfill their duty to protect, if others helped to regain it, they could take one-third as payment, and another third was confiscated to the royal family as punishment, and only one-third was finally returned to the family.

And even if the remaining third is taken back, it will definitely be full of devastation, and after being ravaged by monsters, it may not be able to generate profits for several years, and it will have to be rebuilt.

Then, it is better to realize the value of it before it is lost.

It just so happens that Luo Ming is a generous master.