The hall is much more luxurious than the simple layout outside, the trees are connected with each other with bright ribbons, it looks beautiful, although there are no neon lights, it can be matched with the brightly dressed crowd and the camphor wood placed in the surrounding fire, when the color and taste are blended with each other, coupled with the smell of meat and wine in the air, Jonas and Jung suddenly glanced at each other, and had a little sense of being reincarnated. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sir, do you need a glass of wine?"

Jonas and Jung are still visiting, this reception is a banquet for everyone to relax according to the meaning of Count Il, so at the door of the banquet, there is no etiquette officer, when Jonas and Jung come in, no one announced their names loudly, which also saves them a lot of negotiation effort, so that they can enjoy watching this rather innovative banquet venue, at this time, there is a beautiful girl next to him with a tray and a wine glass walked in front of the two, smiled and asked them to take the wine, Jonas and Jung were naturally not polite, they picked up the wine glasses with a smile。

Since the start of the war, although the two of them are father and son, they do not live far away, but Jung, as the commander of the army all the way on the battlefield, cannot often stay in the barracks, so their father and son are also the kind of people who rarely meet, and even if Jung comes back, they also need to deal with a lot of well-intentioned or malicious touting, need to socialize, socialize, and the time for two people to get along is naturally more scarce。

"Jonas, has there been any news from your territory lately?"

The two found an inaccessible place to sit down, Jonas held a wine glass in his hand, Jung's hand held a variety of food, and after sitting down, he put the food on the ground, and the two of them chatted while eating, and the topic was nothing more than those political, military and other things, and in the end, Jung changed his words and extended the topic to the territory, and Jonas was stunned when he heard it, knowing that Jung must have something to say, so he didn't say much, and asked directly: "Father, is there anything wrong?"

"I heard that you built a smelter in your own territory and started your own weapons sales, didn't you?" Jonas doesn't chew words, Jung is naturally not a person who likes to beat around the bush, and when he heard Jonas take the initiative to ask, he naturally stopped talking about anything, and directly asked what he wanted to say.

"Yes, there is a smelter, isn't there no money? Grandpa still owes a lot of money to others before he died, if I don't build such a factory, when will I have to go?" Hearing Jung mention the smelter, he was not surprised, the smelter, after all, Jung was the first buyer to buy the goods produced by the smelter, and Jung naturally knew the quality of the weapons produced by the smelter.

But he was a little puzzled by Jung's sudden mention of the smelter, was it wrong for him to do this? But he hadn't heard that nobles were not allowed to build weapons privately these days, looking at Jung, Jonas waited for him to give him an answer.

"Well, I know this, and I didn't say that your smelter is not well repaired, Jonas, don't doubt me so much, can I still harm you if I am your father?" Seeing Jonas looking at himself like a wolf, Jung couldn't help but feel that his majesty as a father had been damaged, glared at Jonas, and then looked around to make sure that no one could eavesdrop, so he whispered:

"I just want to tell you that what you make in that smelter is very good, even better than that made in many workshops in dukedoms, and I think you must have a special smelting skill, well, you don't have to tell me this, you just know it yourself.

Now I'm going to tell you, you'd better make your smelter a little more unremarkable sooner, and destroy the technology you've designed yourself, or you'll not be able to make that much money if someone else finds out, you know?"

"Why? Hearing Jung say such sensational words, Jonas suddenly had a sigh in his heart, the most lucrative income in his current territory is this smelter, it can be said that this smelter has really turned the mountain into a treasure trove, and its current monthly output, even to pay for the expenses of his army, is enough, that is to say, the grain grown from the ground every year, Jonas no longer has to sell it to those profiteers at a low price, but can be put up and sold again when the disaster is famine, and the benefits are simply innumerable, so as soon as he heard that his smelter was going to suffer, Jonas's heart naturally rebelled, two burning eyes looked at Jung, waiting for his answer.

"Jonas, don't overthink it. No one said that they want to take your smelter for themselves, it's still yours, but in recent times, it's best not to make any big splashes, now the entire army consumes a lot of iron, and your smelter should also be making money every day, it's time to take a break. “

Jung didn't answer Jonas's question directly, but after hearing Jung say this, Jonas couldn't understand that this was someone who was jealous of his family's making too much, and these people were likely to be Jung's own people, because only these people's opinions, Jung would care.

Jonaston was furious, and the hand holding the wine glass couldn't control the use of a little more force, almost broke the glass, and whispered to Jung: "Didn't those of your allies say to you, hmph, the smelter is a lot of money, and the available iron ore is all their territory, I made money, but I didn't earn it alone, they also made a lot of money, and it was really ridiculous to want to take away the smelter in the name of Earl of Il." “

As soon as Jonas said this, he understood the meaning of Jung's words, it seems that Jung, the owner of this smelter, has really heard a lot of internal information, and it is really possible that it will be confiscated, so he came to tell him, let him quickly dismantle the key technology in it, and when the time comes to hand it over, it will be a smelter that is only slightly better than an ordinary smelter, although there is nothing to say in terms of quality, but there is a lot of gap between it and the current weapon.

But even so, Jonas's heart is still very unpleasant, this smelter is one of the few political achievements in his territory, just like his own children, he built it with his own hands, and now these old men are like robbing him of things, and it is still conveyed through Jung's mouth, although Jonas is forced by the situation and has to obey, but this mouth really can't spare them.

"Does Count Il really agree?" After the last bad word, Jonas still asked again unwillingly, and naturally got Jung's sympathetic eyes, and he also knew that it would be difficult for Jonas to throw this cornucopia out, but Jung also knew that if he didn't hand it over, he would really be unable to move an inch in the entire feudal system of Earl of Il in the future.

War is logistics, the logistics of ancient wars are not like modern wars, the need for transportation, weapons, missiles, ships, etc., the most important thing is only three things, namely soldiers, weapons and food, all of which are indispensable, and now the iron produced in Jonas's smelter is the best iron in the entire territory, and the things it forges are also the most durable, and the price is not expensive, it can be said that it is a cost-effective product, which is naturally favored by the army.

This is naturally a fortune for Jonas, but for Earl of Il, it is undoubtedly a huge threat, the war must be in the hands of the superiors, and how to take the war in their own hands, it is necessary to control the logistics in their own hands, only in this way, can the entire army become an extension of their own body, and the command does not dare to disobey, in order to achieve this purpose, Jonas's smelter must also be handed over, which is determined by the status and not decided by Jonas and Jung。

And Il did this, and also curried favor with the nobles who were jealous of the Luger family, in the eyes of those people, the reason why Jonas and Jung were able to obtain their current status was completely due to the shadow of their ancestors, in terms of strength, with them, if they were more confident, they would even think that the millennium family was just a gimmick, and these latecomers were able to step on the corpse of the former and climb up, such people were not absent among the nobles, and even to a large extent, among the nobles were such a group of weak and hard-hearted guys, Il's order naturally made many people rejoice, and these people also forced Jonas and Jung at the same time, had to hand over this smelter.

Whether it is the reason between the monarch and the courtiers, or the relationship between the nobles, all of them no longer warn Jung, what he will face after he chooses not to, of course, the most important thing is that in Jung's view, the Count of Il is indeed a generation of promising heroes, under his leadership, the entire Susa region will also be peaceful and prosperous, and will never be invaded by foreign enemies again.

What's more, a smelter in exchange for a county, Jung did not feel that there was anything to be owed, he was richly reported, and got the most noble field in the entire Earl of Il's vassals, becoming one of the two commanders, this is such a status, for Jung, who started with martial arts, it is indeed a good treatment, so in the face of Jonas's problem, Jung's resistance has become very hard, at this time, Jung is obviously not on Jonas's side.

"Jonas, Earl of Il must do this, and will do this, and we, the Ruger family, must also hand over this smelter in order to ensure the safety of our family, Jonas, do you want to see that your vassal's family is richer than yours?

The current Earl of Il is strong enough, he will not allow the local forces to be stronger than himself, and we can no longer treat him as a clay statue like he has done for hundreds of years, Jonas, the status of the earl is not obtained out of thin air, military merit alone is not enough, a smelter in exchange for a knighthood, I think, this can't be said to be a bad deal at the very least, right?"

Jung's words were very thorough, and Jonas could understand them, but he just felt aggrieved and accepted them intellectually, but emotionally, Jonas really couldn't accept it in a short time, in his opinion, whether the earl's position could be obtained was not certain, and he had to give a smelter now, this kind of thing of giving money first and then getting the goods, Jonas was very unhappy, which also made him although he didn't refute what Jung said, but he didn't agree, just drank wine, ate the roast duck on the ground, and feasted happily, as if he was eating those insatiable nobles, and like eating the ruthless and unrighteous Il, Count Armic.

Seeing this, Jung was also very helpless, but he still had to say what he should say, after all, the current Earl of Il is in full swing, and Jung really has no rebellious heart, so he said: "Jonas, I know, let you hand over a smelter for no reason, this is indeed whether emotionally or logically, they do not have an advantage, you are right, you are his forger, no one can deprive others of their property privately, this is a rule written in the Bible that cannot be shaken."

But, my child, sometimes there are some unruly rules in this world, and it is impossible to acquire anything without paying any price, and he is our lord, and those people will be our partners in the future, and among them, you and your brothers and sisters will marry or take their daughters as wives. Husband, this is an inevitable thing, and only in this way can we be more connected to this land, and at this point, the Bible will become an ordinary book, and only interests will become laws, binding you and me.

The Earl of Il still has a long life, and with his talent, I think you should also know that the Duke is not the culmination that he can reach, and that we can become Earls now, and who knows if we will be able to become Dukes in the future? And now that an opportunity is in front of us, you only need to take the lead in giving the smelter to Earl Earl before Earl makes a request, so that we will not be criticized again for a while, which is undoubtedly the best way for the Ruger family.

Jonas, I think you can understand the trade-off. “