Keane Rhein was able to serve as the commander of the Iron Lun for 30 years, and his true temperament was naturally not as rough and fierce as it seemed. No matter how attractive Leon's conditions were, he had to consider the key gains and losses.

After all, being a formal official of the kingdom and a knight who serves the lord are completely different.

‘His Excellency Keen, you don’t have to rush to return friends,’ Leon smiled and said, ‘I welcome you to join at any time and become a member of the New Thrall!’ []

He was promoted from a baron to an earl, completing a leap that others would never reach in their lifetime, and even had a vast territory that was commensurate with the title, and his strength was expanded so quickly that it was shocking.

But Leon knew very well that owning a territory and mastering one territory were two different thoughts. The Ironforge area is not the city of Sar in the mountains. It has a large population and the forces of all parties are mixed. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hot potato.

For him, the only important thing is talents from all aspects to help him rule over the new territory. This old lion knight is undoubtedly an excellent candidate, so Leon is willing to offer a sky-high salary of 100,000 gold coins.

But the old Keen was not immediately knocked down by money, which made Leon more and more admire him. Si Shi did not want to force him, otherwise it would be a rebellious mentality that would be backfired.

'Okay!" The old knight nodded. After all, he could not ignore the 100,000 gold coins of the lure of the temptation.

The handover of the Iron Fort is very good. In fact, this work began half a month ago, but it only took Leon to arrive in person to complete the final work.

All three thousand U-garrison troops evacuated Iron Fortress, Concordia and Rose led five hundred Thunder Beast Warriors to take over this small fortress on the edge of the southwestern province, and from then on it will officially disappear from the kingdom's military sequence.

On the tallest building in the center of the fortress, the flag rising in the wind was replaced by the Thunder Beast War Flag. Its erecting marks the beginning of Leon's rule over this new territory.

The real freezing test for Leon has just begun.

At night, the former garrison command of the Iron Fortress.

The tallest and best building in the fortress has now become the residence of the Count Reon, the Lord of the Thales, although it is already very deep, the study room on the fifth floor is still lit.

‘After the current preliminary statistics, our new territory has eleven small towns and hundreds of villages with farmland and cultivated land of more than 100,000 hectares, but the output is not high, so the taxes that can be collected every year are very low.”

In the study, Corinna sat behind the oak desk and introduced to Leon: ‘The population of the territory is about 100,000, of which nearly 30,000 are mostly workers of the workshop and their families.”

‘The trouble is that we cannot collect commercial tax from the Iron Fortress, and we have to invest at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins every year. In addition, according to the agreement with the Kingdom, we need to pay an additional mine tax of 500,000 gold coins every year, and we must also ensure the supply of weapons and equipment to the Kingdom. This is another big expense!”

Corinna rubbed her brows, looking like a headache.

After following Leon back to Thrall, the fox girl from a famous family was appointed by Leon as the chief financial officer of the new Thrall, and took charge of the financial power of the territory.

She is not only a powerful magician, but also a shrewd businessman, who is fully qualified for this position.

However, even with considerable experience, Corinna felt a headache about the current situation Thalling was facing.

‘Brother Leon is the lord, why can’t he collect taxes from the Iron Fortress?” asked Qiangwei on the side.

Tonight, Leon convened his confidants to convene a secret meeting to discuss the construction design of the new territory.

Those who participated in the meeting were Concordia, Rose, Akran and Xueer who had just arrived from Thrall.

'The situation here is very complicated. Although Leon is the lord, he cannot force tax the workshop. "Corina smiled bitterly and said, 'Unless we offend all the forces here."

Ironforge has a history of more than two hundred years. Its predecessor was an adventurer town. Later, due to the discovery of abundant minerals in nearby mountains, and the threat of dark places gradually developed into the current fortress city.

The Kingdom, Senate, the military, mercenary union, and the Tormondhau little kingdom Shang Nian all have their own industrial workshops in the Iron Fort, smelting high-quality ore excavated from the mountains, or forging weapons or selling them directly to the human countries in the south.

Due to complex reasons, the workshops in Ironforge do not need to pay taxes, and they also have their own spheres of influence in the mining areas. The kingdom dispatched garrison troops to protect the safety of these mining areas, and invested a lot of money every year.

For the Kingdom, the area of ​​Ironforge is a burden, so I would be happy to classify it as the territory of Leon.

They divided the richest areas in the east, threw away bones and left meat, and could also collect a large amount of taxes from the territory of Leon every year.

When the Rhine family threw this territory to Leon, Si Yang also had a secret ill-intention. Corinna did not have enough understanding of the disc territory in advance.

But Leon would never be dissatisfied with this. If there was no problem, how could such a large area of ​​territory fall into his hands? ‘Also, we must quickly establish a new army, otherwise once a beast disaster breaks out, we will not have enough power to eliminate monsters and dark elves from the ground.” Concordia said in a deep voice.

'The mission of expanding the territory army is to you," Leon said flatly: 'You can also recruit from mercenary adventurers. We will give you higher salary than the regular army of the Kingdom, but there must be strict standards, and it is better to have nothing than to be too much!"

Concordia nodded. This wolf knight, who originally belonged to the Corinthvo family, is now the strongest knight under Leon and one of the most central vassals.

'As for the Iron Fortress, I have other plans to ask the soldiers to increase patrols to avoid any bad situations. "Leon said: 'Concordia, Aklan, you go back and rest first!"

After Concordia and Akran left, three women, Corinna, Rose and Xueer, were left in the room.

In fact, there was another woman lurking in the corner of the corner of the room. This black elf rarely appeared in front of people, guarding Leon's residence like a ghost.

The atmosphere in the study is like this, because the three of them and Leon are inseparable from each other.

'Do you want to tell me about it' Corinna smiled.

Among the three, she is the oldest and smartest. Of course, she can see that Leon has something to communicate with them in private.

'I want to marry you three after the summer festival clothes!" Leon said seriously.

His voice was not loud, but it exploded in the ears of the three women like Si Jinglei, and they were all stunned for a moment.

Although it is Corinna, Rose or Xueer, both Serion is deeply in love, it is definitely true that Leon is not true.

But no one expected that Leon would be so direct, and he would marry three at a time!

The Bemon Beast tribe fought many years ago, with more women and fewer men in the population. In order to reproduce the race, the kingdom encouraged more children. It is common for a husband to count wives, especially the nobles often have several wives and concubines.

With Leon's current Earl, there is no problem with having three wifes, but Si Shi is very few to marry three.

However, this is also Leon's style. He thought that no matter which one he married first, it might make the other two sad. Moreover, holding three weddings is even more costly and money-losing, and it is most appropriate to solve it in one go.

The most important thing is that in the situation where the strong enemy is surrounded and the long way to go, Leon did not want to focus too much energy on the love between men and women, so he adopted this method of cutting the mess with a quick knife.

'I know this may not be romantic enough, but I am sincere to each of you."

Leon took out a small box from his arms and walked to Corinna.

He knelt on one knee, opened the box and stared at the other party and asked, 'Colina, are you willing to marry me?"

In the brocade box, a beautiful diamond ring flashed with a dazzling light.

Crystal tears immediately surged into Corina's eyes, and she stretched out her trembling hand and took the ring: 'I do it!"

There is no shame or reserve, because similar scenes have appeared many times in her dreams. Although Leon's sudden proposal seemed too domineering and lacked romance, her heart had long fallen for the other party and could not speak any words of rejection.

Leon smiled slightly, got up and hugged her in his arms and kissed her deeply.

After the kiss, he hugged Corina and walked to Qiangwei, took out another brocade box, and knelt down on one knee.

‘Rose, are you willing to marry me?”

Corinna couldn't help but burst into laughter, but Rose's pretty face was so red that it was almost bleeding.

Although she and Leon had the closest relationship, the leopard girl was still quite pure in her mind.

However, under the encouraging look of Corina, Qiangwei took the ring and said in a thin voice as thin as a mosquito: 'I do."

The last one is Xueer.

Among the three girls, Xueer's temperament is the most gentle. Although Si Yang blushed, she agreed to Leon's proposal without any hesitation.

This rare marriage proposal process ended. Leon opened his arms and hugged the three of them, and said with a smile: 'Okay, from today on, you three are good sisters, who will accompany me tonight?"

It was okay before, but the last sentence made the three girls Si Shi blush. Qiangwei broke free from his arms, took Xueer's hand and ran away: 'This matter is left to Sister Corinna!"

Leon smiled and put Corinna who wanted to escape in his arms: 'That's you!"

'I think beautifully!" Corinna said coquettishly: 'I will sort out the territory accounts tonight, so you can sleep alone!'

The warmth flows silently in the room, making people fascinated.
Chapter completed!