Urban Sims

Chapter 74
East Mirror of Iron Castle Kingdom.

A group of invaders from the north entered the kingdom and attacked the city with impunity.

Facing the all-out attack of the invaders, which was swift as the wind, thunderous and powerful, castles fell one after another, field battles were defeated one after another, and the situation was deteriorating day by day.

In just three months, 20 of the 14 earldoms of Prince Laurence's [-] earldoms in the Kingdom of Iron Castle fell.

In addition, the southern border has fallen into the two earldoms of the Copper Mountain Kingdom. Prince Lawrence looked around and was shocked to find that only the capital Iron Castle and the surrounding four earldoms were left in his hands, which had not yet completely fallen, but As the invaders in the north continued to accelerate their attack, the four earldoms, except for a few lonely castles, were still resisting. All the villages, towns, population, land, and mines were in the hands of the invaders.

"What to do? What to do? The group of devils in the north, how can we drive those devils away!"

In Iron Castle City, Lawrence, who heard bad news almost every day, walked back and forth in the court, like a drowning man, grabbed the hand of the palace minister beside him, and he, who had suffered repeated blows, never There is no noble pride of the former king, only despair and pessimism about the future of the kingdom.

"It's not good! Your Majesty the King is not good. Warley Castle was breached by the army from the north, and Earl Wintington died in battle!"

"What? How is it possible?!" Lawrence hurriedly stood up from the Iron Throne, with an expression of disbelief. The entire body of Vallei Castle is made of iron ingots, and the walls are higher than the city of Iron Castle. How could it have fallen so quickly?
"It's not good, Your Majesty the King! Ironforge has also fallen, and Earl Hart of Ironforge is dead!"

"What?!" Lawrence was dizzy and almost fell to the ground. Ironforge is the largest iron ore smelting base in the kingdom. 40% of the iron ingots in the kingdom are produced here. Ironforge can be said to be the lifeblood of the kingdom. , actually also fell?
……

Not long after, a large legion arrived outside the Iron Castle, set up camp, and surrounded the Iron Castle.

"By the way, why do you guys like to cast iron ingots so much? Isn't it good to use stone?"

Zhou Ming, who was riding on a horse, couldn't help laughing at the brown-yellow 50-meter-high giant steel city in front of him that was cast entirely from iron ingots.

Indeed, this kind of castle made of steel cannot be blown apart by ordinary black gunpowder, but the metal is afraid of acid. A dye workshop in the Granling Workshop area happens to have a kind of strong acid dye, which is evaporated and concentrated. Finally, a strong acid is produced, which has a strong corrosive effect on metals. An iron ingot with a thickness of more than ten centimeters will be corroded for you in a few days. , so-called "never fall" steel fortresses fell like this.

"Boom~!"

There was a loud noise, and after the siege lasted for more than a month, the thick iron gate of Iron Castle was blasted open. After a fierce battle for the gate, amidst cheers, tens of thousands of troops poured into this almost never-before-seen In the city that had been through the war, after all the resistance was wiped out, the soldiers in charge of the search caught Lawrence, who was dressed in civilian clothes, but because he carried too much treasure, he showed his feet, took a glass of poisoned wine, and sent him on the road.

So far, in less than half a year, the 20 earldoms of Dongjing of the Iron Castle Kingdom and the capital Iron Castle City, except for the 2 earldoms occupied by the Tongshan Kingdom, and the remaining 18 earldoms are all controlled by Zhou Ming and participated in the Southern Invasion together. In the hands of the seven earls.

"The Copper Mountain Kingdom is currently the largest trading partner of the Merchant Alliance and the largest source of slave population. Will it have any impact on trade if the Copper Mountain Kingdom's army is defeated?"

Zhou Ming thought for a while, anyway, sooner or later, the Tongshan Kingdom will be a big fat in his mouth, so why not send an army to mess with him hard and make him suffer!

Therefore, Zhou Ming gave the thief Jie Luo a mercenary regiment of more than 3000 people who were thieves, and asked him to go to the two earl territories occupied by the Copper Mountain Kingdom, whether it was to fight sap, dig traps, or play ambushes and guerrillas. In short, the army of the Copper Mountain Kingdom cannot be allowed to stay comfortably in these two territories. Otherwise, the Copper Mountain Kingdom, which has both copper and iron, may grow into a monarch with a bit of strategy. The new No. 2 middle power.

After the thief Jie Luo took the order to set off, he did not disappoint Zhou Ming. He led his "thief group" and only tossed about in the two territories for half a year. Taking the iron ingots that he didn't get, he fled back to the country privately. Zhou Ming took advantage of the situation and sent troops to take over the two territories.

the other side.

In the western region of the Iron Castle Kingdom, several neighboring kingdoms that invaded, faced the desperate resistance of the Duke of Milton, not only did not take advantage of it, but instead lost their troops and broke their generals, their teeth were bloodied.

For example, King Helian of the Kingdom of Voris, he led a knight order of more than 2000, plus the leader (the leader system has been adopted by many lords because of its ease of operation), a total of 2 people, and he was full of vigor. The plan is to swallow up at least 6 earldoms in the Kingdom of Iron Castle, and wait until these territories are digested, and then march northward to eradicate all rebels who do not follow orders in the country!
The king, who was in his prime, was already imagining the scene of the seven Yankees kneeling side by side in front of him, and finally being pushed out and beheaded by him.

However, these fantasies of his, when he and his army had conquered two earldoms and continued to go south, on the way to take another territory, in a swampy valley that was sticky and muddy with black bubbles , was burned to pieces by a sky-high fire that suddenly burst out from around the swamp.

A total of 2 troops were burned to death and two-thirds were injured, and less than a quarter were chased and killed by the ambushes who were killed all around.

It turns out that a lot of land in the west of the Iron Castle Kingdom is this kind of black swamp with gurgling bubbles. There is a large amount of shallow oil buried in the bottom of this swamp. After the oil seeps out of the surface, the natural gas bubbles that emerge and Toxic asphalt is an extremely flammable substance, and Helian's lack of knowledge led to a fiasco.

Withdrew the troops and returned to the country in embarrassment. Not long after, they suddenly heard that the [-] troops of the Free Trade Union had captured all the territory of the Iron Fort Kingdom Dongjing. He issued seven or eight orders for the king's summoning and withdrawal of troops, but no one ignored him.

"You bloody traitors and traitors, you all wait for me, and I will definitely make you pay the price!"

Helian, who was holding a breath in his chest, didn't have the slightest desire to expand the territory at this time. He just wanted to train another powerful army, sweep the northern border, and kill all the traitors!
……

After taking down the 20 counties of the Iron Castle Kingdom and occupying the capital Iron Castle City, due to insufficient troops, Zhou Ming and the others did not formulate the next expansion plan, but sat together to discuss the 21 territories. distribution problem.

profit distribution.

This is a key issue that must be faced in any field, any organization, or any team!
The cake has been distributed, hello, hello, hello everyone, if the cake is not divided, even the closest brothers may draw their knives and cut each other.

As for how to distribute these 21 territories, the seven earls have their own ideas.

Some earls proposed three yuan per person, and seven earls, which happened to be divided, and no one would suffer.

But this proposal was immediately rejected, because among the seven earls, the amount of effort is different, some send more soldiers, some pay more money, some suffer heavy casualties, and some capture a lot... If you combine these Taking all factors into consideration, I am afraid that no matter how the distribution is made, some people will be dissatisfied and some people will slam the table.

Therefore, things like distributing benefits are simply more difficult than winning a battle.

"I have a proposal, and I don't know if you are willing to listen to the earls?"

When the quarrel became more and more intense, Zhou Ming got up and said something.

"What suggestion, Edward, tell me." The old earl sitting at the top said kindly, Edward has always had a lot of ideas, maybe he has some good suggestions.

All eyes were also on him.

Zhou Ming looked around and said, "I think the land of these 21 territories is still too small to be divided among everyone. It would be more interesting to divide these kingdoms one by one after conquering several kingdoms." , and better points, don’t you think so?”

"S~"

Hearing this, everyone took a breath, their hearts twitched violently, and then started beating violently.

Next to him was an earl who was just blushing from the fight. After receiving this terrifying information, he was dumbfounded and murmured: One person, one kingdom?How can it be?

But after thinking about it carefully, the earls found that this is not impossible. If it was a few years ago, it would be very difficult for them to gather an elite army, not to mention 2, even 2000 people. How many years has it been?They can easily pull out an army of 2 people.

Looking at Zhou Ming again, everyone thinks this kid is a monster. With a small baronial land alone, he has pulled out 2 horses, which is as elite as the troops they brought. If all the lands are like Granville If so, then the result...

"As for the 21 territories at hand, I suggest the establishment of a 'Iron Fort United States', temporarily under the trusteeship of the Free Trade Union, elect a chairman to manage, and set up a council of elders and seven elders to participate in the management of the United States. In various affairs of the United States, they have the right to supervise and vote. Moreover, each elder has the right to a certain share of the income generated by the United States every year..."

Zhou Ming said another idea of ​​his.

After hearing this idea, everyone's eyes brightened.

The "United States" system proposed by Zhou Ming, under the circumstances of mutual checks and balances and mutual supervision, not only protects everyone's interests, but also can concentrate on major tasks, reducing many constraints. If this system operates well, save money. Don't worry about it, a lot of income is recorded every year.

Just like the free business alliance founded by Zhou Ming, the seven earls actually don't know much about the detailed rules for the operation of the business alliance. Under such a worrying situation, lying in the castle, hundreds of thousands of gold coins are credited to the account every year.

Therefore, regarding the candidate for the chairman of the "Iron Castle United States", all the earls unanimously decided to let Zhou Ming be the chairman of the United States, because apart from him, there might be no one present who could make the "United States" thing come out.

However, Zhou Ming, who should have been secretly happy at this time, suddenly made a decision and said, "I can serve as the chairman, but I have a small condition."

condition?

"On what terms?" asked the count.

"I want to become the Earl of the County of Rhodes. Count Lausitz has always wanted to put me to death... Moreover, I also need a territory close to the United States of Iron Castle to facilitate the management of the United States."

Not long after Zhou Ming led troops into the Kingdom of Iron Castle, Earl Lausitz, who had been looking for an opportunity to avenge his three sons all these years, seized this opportunity. Last month, he led thousands of troops and besieged Granville. He thought that before he died of old age, even if he couldn't kill Zhou Ming, his sworn enemy, he would kill a few of his close relatives, so that he could taste that pain.

"can!"

The earls thought for a while and nodded. In fact, with Zhou Ming's achievements, not to mention the earl, a duke is enough. However, these earls do not have the authority to confer titles that only the king has. Now Zhou Ming He said that he wanted to be the Earl of the Earl of Lodz, but he actually wanted the territory of the Earl of Lausitz.

As for the title of earl, they can admit it privately, but to be publicly recognized by everyone, they have to be awarded by the king or the church.

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