More than a month had passed since he took control of Goer Castle and summoned the Morland Soldiers. That meant winter had already lasted for over three months, and the cold was about to pass. The increasingly bright sun in the sky foretold this as well.
In a little over a month, the two Junior Blacksmiths at Goer Castle had crafted a total of five suits of chainmail. By then, Reiner's finances were nearly depleted. Once this month's and next month's wages were paid, he would not have a single coin left.
For a lord, being unable to pay his soldiers and officials was an extremely devastating blow to his dignity, prestige, and authority.
Reiner did not want such a thing to happen, so he immediately sent people carrying the five suits of chainmail to the empire's interior to sell them.
If nothing went wrong, judging by the price of military supplies within the empire, the five suits of chainmail could be sold for twenty-five silver coins.
Besides that, Reiner also hoped to find other sources of income to ease his financial pressure. The seventy-two gold coins in annual wages, along with his other expenses, amounted to seven years of income for Morland Castle.
Lumbard and his father, Sir Cord, had accepted the dangerous assignment. Reiner sent them with the five suits of full-body chainmail, as well as the animal hides they had stored up and the spoils they had taken from battles against the Krad People and Baron Lobean.
He hoped this sale would bring him enormous profits and allow him to support these armies.
However, he also knew that he could not keep producing equipment in his territory and selling it elsewhere. That was simply not a proper solution.
He had to think of a way to make