Black Iron Crown

"Ha, aha, of course I will not become a tyrant, please rest assured my uncle!" Reiner said with a dry laugh, glanced at the surrounding knights.

He sighed, and then said: "That's how it is! Bury Mrs. Gwen. Although she committed suicide and cannot be buried as a saint, we should still treat her like a nobleman!"

"Yes, my lord, may you be merciful!" said Sir Corder with a salute.

Reiner walked out of the room. At this time, the castle was in chaos, seductive moans and heart-piercing screams sounded from all over the place, and the soldiers under Reiner were sitting as usual.

It has to be said that although he knew that this kind of thing would happen before, when this scene actually happened before his eyes, he still felt a little uncomfortable. Maybe his way of doing things had changed unconsciously, and he felt deeply in his heart. Thoughts will not change much.

Reiner frowned, looking at the soldier in front of him who was violently beating a maid who looked young, he saw that he was moving crazily and kept moving, while the maid under him was He had already stopped resisting, and his limbs were limp like a dead dog lying on the ground, letting the opponent do whatever he wanted.

Her body was bruised and her neck was red and swollen, and it looked like their exchange was jarring and violent.

"Isn't it inappropriate for us to let the soldiers do this?" Reiner said, frowning and looking at everything in front of him.

"What's wrong with this? We are the victors, so it's reasonable for the soldiers to enjoy the fruits of victory, isn't it?" Sir Lumbare said frivolously beside him. He is only sixteen years old this year, but although his grade It's not big, but he has already tasted the taste of a woman. He doesn't care about this kind of thing, but thinks it's only natural.

Reiner just nodded and didn't say much, but he made up his mind to change this situation, and military discipline must be strictly enforced.

"Tell the soldiers, let them finish as soon as possible within two hours, there are still many things in this castle that need to be moved!"

Reiner said to Sir Wallas.

Reiner took advantage of this time to go to the study of Baron Lobean, he was not interested in those maids, let alone he was somewhat unable to deal with this kind of behavior.

Well, this is a bit hypocritical. It is good for him to look down on these maids now. He didn't realize this when he pushed the two personal maids before.

At this time, there was only Reiner in the study, and the other knights were sent by Reiner to search for the loot in the castle. He wanted to see the books in the study of Baron Roberian, after all, he only came from Fort Morland. There is not much knowledge gained from those few books.

The technology of papermaking has not yet spread in this world, so the cost of books is very expensive. Even if the Moreland family has an income from a territory, there are only a dozen books in Reiner's study.

In addition, the family tree of the Merland family and the illustrated book of coats of arms of the northern lord and the great lord's family in the kingdom should be removed. What remains are mostly history books with stories and some biographical novels.

It is difficult for Reiner to have a full understanding of the whole world through these books, so he hopes to obtain some knowledge through the collection of books in Gorburg. After all, paper and printing are not popular in this world, except for the Holy Father of the Church of Colin. In addition to the large-scale copying and dissemination of the words by the monks, most of the books can only be disseminated in a small area due to the constraints of productivity and price, and many of them are even orphaned.

So if Reiner wants to have a deeper understanding of the world, then he must collect these books as much as possible.

Baron Lobean was just a small lord with a small territory and low income, so his collection of books was not the same as that of the Moreland family, and it was not even as large as that of the Moreland family.

He casually picked up a book and flipped it in his hand, only to see that the color of the parchment book was slightly yellowed, and it seemed to be quite old, at least it wasn't written within fifty years.

"The Wealth of Nations?" Reiner frowned looking at the font on the cover of this book. The name sounded familiar, and he seemed to have heard it somewhere.

Suddenly, his heart was shaken, and his heart was filled with shocking emotions. He remembered the origin of this name, and this book was very popular in his previous life.

Adam Smith, a famous British economist, wrote a famous book in the 18th century that influenced the entire world structure, that is, The Wealth of Nations.

At the time when capitalism was in the early stages of development, this book timely summed up the experience of capitalist development in various countries in the early modern period, critically absorbed important economic theories at that time, and put forward a set of systematic and comprehensive economic theories.

From labor as the basis of national wealth, to the division of labor that increases labor productivity, to the exchange brought about by the division of labor, the medium brought about by the exchange—money, and then to the price of commodities, and the basic elements that make up prices—wages, land rent, and profits , are described in detail in the text.

The book opposes government interference in business and free markets, advocates lower tariffs and free trade, and lays the theoretical foundation for a capitalist free economy. Even in the 21st century where Reiner lives, this book has a great influence in the field of economics. high status.

But how could such an epoch-making thing exist here? With such a book in existence, how could it be possible that Baron Lobean was still a small, impoverished Lord of the North? He should have governed the territory to be extremely prosperous and expanded the territory on a large scale.

When he impatiently opened the cover and saw the words inside, his excitement dissipated immediately, and he finally knew why Baron Lobean couldn't increase his strength despite having such a divine book.

A lot of the content in this book has been torn out, and it is very irregular, it is impossible to read smoothly, and there are a lot of uncommon words in it. Baron Bean, even if he got it from a famous scholar in the empire, it would be difficult to understand. This is almost a code book.

Frustrated, Reiner looked helplessly at the book in his hand. He couldn't understand the contents at all, but because the name of the book was too strong, he still planned to put the book away.

But at this moment, the sound of the system suddenly sounded, which gave him a huge surprise.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for discovering the prop "The Wealth of Nations Incomplete Edition" (1/7). The same accumulation, up to a 35% increase in territorial development speed, and a 70% increase in business development speed!"

This information made Reiner ecstatic, and it completely offset the frustration of not being able to understand the content of The Wealth of Nations. Even if he understood The Wealth of Nations, so what, could there be such a strong positive buff?

In his previous life, as a salty fish who played games and read novels, he also knew some low-level economic knowledge that the economic base determines the superstructure. Even if you read The Wealth of Nations, you may not be able to understand it. On the contrary, it is such a positive The buff is more effective for him.

Such a powerful increase effect is terrifying. Let's just say that this comprehensive development speed includes many things, such as agricultural productivity, steel production, and even the number of sheep litters will increase by 5% compared to before, and the commercial buff will Even worse, more businessmen will flock to his territory to do business.

Of course, the premise is that there will be fewer wars in his territory, there will be no invasion of the Klades, the population will increase and there will be many specialties, so that this commercial buff can play its biggest role.