The unhappy banquet deepened the estrangement between the northern nobles and the local nobles who went south.

Early the next morning, the Governor's Office sent someone to deliver the contract documents, and even the formalities of filing and registration were saved.

No one expressed any intention of retaining, not even polite politeness, as if they were sending off the plague gods, and I wanted them to disappear from sight immediately.

From beginning to end, Earl Pierce never showed up. The aristocratic bureaucrats, who are good at observing words and feelings, fully comprehend the boss's intentions.

In addition to sending soldiers to lead the way, they ignored a group of northern Xinjiang nobles, and even the most basic territorial information was sent away with a map.

There are no specific territorial resource distributions, suitable crops, and economic development suggestions, and even the neighbors are not informed.

Typical non-obstruction, non-cooperation, and non-responsibility.

Even so, it still surprised a group of northern Xinjiang nobles. The handover was too smooth, and the imaginary difficulties did not happen at all, which was too much about the rules.

As for vigorous cooperation, no one has such illusions. How is it possible to run to other people's territory to grab food, and ask others to take the initiative to cooperate?

The fertile fiefdom was about to be acquired, and Baron Sith's interest was raised, but the moment he opened the map, he was dumbfounded.

A good piece of barony was directly divided into four major pieces, directly across the two counties of Wright and Wyton.

At this moment, he wanted to greet Governor Pierce's ancestors.

Although he got the richest city of Dadir, all the land outside the city belonged to someone else's family, and his own territory was still a hundred miles away.

It is estimated that when it comes to dealing with municipal garbage, you have to ask your neighbors to nod first. Thinking of this terrible scene, the Sith wanted to go to the Doge's palace to ask for an explanation.

Only in the end he held back. This kind of operation was not the initiative of Earl Pierce, but was carried out by the five families of Northern Xinjiang in order to eliminate dissidents.

The pot of his ancestors can only knock out the front teeth and swallow it in the stomach. Although it is completely out of order, once there is a disturbance, these old accounts will be turned out again.

Compared with letting the family lose people in the aristocratic circle once and causing a round of political turmoil, it is better to suffer this sullen loss.

After all, before setting off, he was mentally prepared to be troubled, and the Sith's adaptability was still quite strong.

Similar concerns were shared by all the nobles of Northern Xinjiang. Even if he is not a child of the five major families, he is also a vassal of the five major families, if he slaps his own feudal monarch in the face, how can the family behind him have a good life?

It's just an enclave, and it's not like there's no way to solve it. It's a big deal to exchange land with neighbors, and if you don't agree, you will get into a fight.

One is not good, but two can be used; If two doesn't work, just three, four......

According to their previous experience in the Northland, as long as they do a lot of work, there is nothing they can't do.

If there is, it must be a fight lost.

With a depressed mood, a group of northern Xinjiang nobles set foot on their respective territories.

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Hudson, who was rejoicing at the success of the first blast furnace in the Salaam mining area, suddenly received a notice from the Governor's Office that his good neighbor from the north would soon arrive in Leyte County, and asked him to prepare for "greeting".

This is not the most important thing, the point is that the previous bureaucracy of Wright County needs to be reorganized, and there is a signal that he can participate in the county warden competition.

The Alpha Kingdom is popular for aristocratic autonomy, and as the governor of a place, the county guard can be a good job.

As long as there is no rebellion or major unrest in the county, there is basically nothing.

Even the taxes were collected by the king with tax collectors. Of course, most of the time the king was not so bored and was able to send tax collectors to each region.

With the exception of a few regions, most of the kingdom has a tax package system. In general, local officials are responsible for tax collection.

If you can't complete the collection task, you will pay to make up for it.

If the business is good, it will be easy to earn tens of thousands of gold coins every year. In the kingdom, the county warden also has a special title "viscount".

Of course, it's just a fictitious title, not as good as a real fiefdom viscount, but that's also above a group of barons.

You don't have to think about it to know that you can't collect taxes from a group of soldiers and nobles, and you can't do it without a little strength.

The nobles who usually serve as county guards are also the most powerful nobles in the county, occupying the largest city and the most fertile land in the county.

Even if your own strength is not the strongest, plus the strength of your allies, your overall strength is the strongest.

Are you the strongest nobleman in Leyteshire?

No one can give an exact answer to this question.

After all, the aristocratic game not only depends on their own strength, but also considers the investment of the family behind them.

But what is certain is that Hudson, if not the strongest nobleman in Wrightshire, is still in the top few existences.

The name of "Divine Bow Knight" is still very intimidating among the small and medium-sized nobles. The six hundred veterans are also in the forefront among the fiefdom nobles.

When the two are superimposed, the lethality that can burst out is even stronger.

If a team battle broke out, Hudson would hide behind the army and play a sneak attack, which would be a complete massacre of ordinary soldiers.

If you have the full support of the Coslow family, you can really participate in this county guard competition.

After a moment of hesitation, Hudson finally resisted the temptation, admitting that Earl Pierce was indeed generous enough to win the support of the Dalton family with a nod of his head.

Coupled with the connections of the Coslow family and Hudson's own business, more than half of the fiefdom lords in Wright County will support him.

It's a pity that he really didn't dare to end up until he couldn't figure out the position of the Northland giants.

If it is tentatively extended, it is fine, but if people are determined to gain a foothold in Wright and Wyton counties, the Dalton family may not be able to stop it, let alone his little pawn.

As for the grievances between the ancestors of the Coslow family and the wealthy families in the Northland, it is not worth mentioning at all in the face of survival.

Even if the Northland nobles become big in Leyteshire, they must abide by the rules of the game, and they can't be as unscrupulous as they are in the Northland.

Looking at the newly baked pig iron, Hudson smiled slightly, and secretly thought to himself: "Let's make trouble, it's hard to make trouble!" If the world is peaceful, who will these things be sold to? ”

Although the overall quality of the pig iron is still not very good, some of it is of medium standard.

If you forge it a few more times, it can already be used to forge weapons. If it is added to charcoal quenching in the later stage, it may be able to be forged into steel.

That's enough. The noble lord doesn't look down on this kind of iron weapon, but the equipment is still very fragrant for his army.

For no other reason than because it's cheap. The cost of this iron weapon is only one-third of that of a steel weapon.

In the northern army, it has long been massively equipped. Due to the lack of coal, the southeastern provinces do not produce weapons themselves, and the climate is humid, and iron weapons are easy to rust, so they are used relatively rarely.

Thinking of this, Hudson immediately wrote a letter to borrow money from a group of relatives and friends. Striking iron is also a technical work, whether it is forging pots and pans, or making agricultural tools and weapons, it needs to be completed by professional blacksmiths.

Although Hudson's territory had a few blacksmiths, it was not enough to produce it on a large scale.

Once the conflict between the parties escalates next, the weapons needed are tens of thousands, and these blacksmiths in his hands can't forge much in a day.

If you add forged pots and pans, and farm tools, the blacksmith's gap is even greater. You can't just be like the previous lord and sell iron directly, right?

Although it is as profitable as selling iron directly, the profit in this is not comparable to selling finished products.

The profit from selling iron is split in half; made into farm tools, pots and pans for sale, the profit is 780%; If you sell weapons and make two or three times as much money, you are embarrassed to say that you are an arms dealer.

It is not impossible to catch up with the special period, ten times and eight times the profit.