In a World Filled with Deserts, an Old Man with Electronic Money

"Not as powerful as I can be... when Your Majesty's expedition is over, I'm useless too..."

At last, His Majesty has officially ordered a Shipland offensive.

The plan is to send tens of thousands of troops to Shipland and capture them with lightning and stone fire.

However, it will take two months lightly for this army to leave King's Landing and reach Shipland.

I have a headache when I think about the food and water I consume.

Desert movements can be challenging unless they are sandstorms, and if the Royal Army monopolizes the number of ships carrying tens of thousands of troops, there is no civilian trade.

Before that, the Royal Army didn't have enough ships.

Your Majesty was instructing us to increase the production of our ships today, but they won't be able to be used after the Beast has attacked, wreaked distress, or their useful life has passed.

The number of ships did not increase as much as His Majesty thought.

His Majesty's face when he heard this report was distorted, but he quickly launched a new course of action.

If we don't want any more ships, the merchant wants to give us a magic box.

Certainly, if you carry food and water in many magic boxes, the amount of the ship will be small.

We can save a lot on the number of ships we use to supply.

But then, the merchant will be in more trouble.

From the next day, how do we get the necessary amount of cargo across the Kingdom?

His Majesty finished by saying, 'We can carry it on a big boat.'

In the Great Dessert, where there is a chronic shortage of wood, you can't expect so many large ships, so even small ships use magic boxes to carry a lot of cargo.

I received a petition from the merchants, who appealed to His Majesty that the Shipland offensive was premature.

The answer is that I don't want you to do it prematurely, but if you talk about it, you may be strangled.

This was the limit of the irresistible Baron of Fortune.

And I have touched Your Majesty's scales and been suspended.

He didn't suddenly lose his neck because he thought it was ominous before he left the army.

"(Now, what's going on...)"

Inspired by Count Nelson, I thought it was out of the question to block civilian distribution and traffic in order to send troops out.

If we want to wage war, we must implement a policy of assembling ships so that no harm is done to civilians at all....

I didn't understand the reasoning of His Majesty.

Only until we attack Shipland.

He probably doesn't think at all of his chances of failing.

Shipland has a profit and money to hire a good hunter as a mercenary.

Because there is no guarantee that we will win because the number of soldiers is advantageous.

"(What's going on...)"

The great nobles who were defying His Majesty did not send troops in response to this enlistment.

The reason for the appearance is the same as mine.

We need to send valuable soldiers to wars that have no chance of success.

In fact, there were some circumstances behind it, and they had been luxuriously scattered lately, and there was no such money.

His Majesty admitted their non-participation by offering them a reward and a military exemption.

In addition to not sending troops, only the Royal Army and the nobles who obey His Majesty will be able to accomplish the Shipland offensive.

I would have thought that it would be more convenient in the future.

After all, even if we increase the number of troops too much, there are some cases where we can't reach Shipland due to lack of supplies.

"(Problem is, after the Shipland attack failed.)"

If you fail, Your Majesty's prestige will diminish, and the great nobles who did not send their troops will gain momentum.

The power struggle between the two should be intense.

Can I survive being neutral?

If you think about it...

"You, the customer."

My wife told me about her visitors.

Who the hell am I being discreet about?

"You don't know Count Nelson and the other one. I can't see my face in my robe."

"Count Nelson, what are you doing with such a suspicious man?

No, I may not seem suspicious at first glance because I'm a guest of the Count Nelson.

But he's not really suspicious.

I welcomed them into the mansion.

"Hey, it's been a while, Baron Stein. I've heard rumors that you're being prudent with your Majesty."

"Count Nelson, are you kidding me?

"I'm not going to do that. I'm still busy with this. At last, Your Majesty would have ordered an army? That's why I can't tell you the long story. My neighbor will be busy, so I need your help."

"Help? What?

"The kingdom of Burt is going to be tough, and it could be the worst. That's why I want to propose a new agent to Baron Stein."

"Agent?

You don't think Count Nelson wants me to serve in a foreign country?

But I...

"Sometimes Baron Stein. Do you know what it means to be a pioneer?

"Are you talking business?

In business, those who first acquire and sell something unusual and new benefit the most.

And what does that have to do with the new secretary?

"The new country is called the 'South West Tribal Union'. The future is extraordinary, but there is a shortage of people anyway. I therefore hope that Baron Stein will embrace this officer, taking into account his pioneering interests. If you sweat now, I think your offspring will be safe for a long time."

Was Count Nelson in charge of another country after he resigned from the post of Director of Ship Management and said he would start trading in a side business?

Besides, it's a country I've never heard of.

"Where is the country?

"Baron Stein has this level of information-gathering power… Your Majesty has often decided to send troops to Shipland." The Confederation of Southwestern Tribes is a Shipland alliance that helps. "

"I've never heard that before!

You think he's an ally?

Then the rationale that the Royal Bart Army is advantageous in terms of number of troops will disappear.

"However, other countries cannot send reinforcements to Shipland geographically....."

It should be difficult for other countries to send reinforcements because of the proximity to the center of Bart's kingdom, though it may be self-proclaimed.

That's because it's more like holding a bomb with supplies than the Royal Bart Army.

Baron Stein, what about the southwestern part of the Kingdom of Bart?

"Isn't there nothing but the little oasis lords and the dead sea and poles long ago?"

"What if a new country was born there?

"You can't send reinforcements to Shipland in a country like that, a small country."

Did Count Nelson serve in such a weak country?

Why is he so sensitive to such a weak country?

"A weak country... now it is, but that country has potential. The ocean in the far south is revived, the world trees are planted everywhere, and the desert continues to shrink. Soon the earth will be rich. And it was this great Khatu chief who made it."

"Grand Chief Katu? I think I've heard of it... no way!

"I don't think so. Baron Stein, Grand Chief Katu trusts your abilities and personality. That's why I came directly to get you. Oh, ex-Major Thunder. He already serves as a general. You're not gonna turn me down, are you?

"... it's been a long time."

The man who took off his robe and became Grand Chief of Katu was, as I imagined, Lord Tallow Katou.

I didn't know you were alive.

And I didn't know that I had started a country in a short period of time.

"The 'Transformer'...."

Well, it's halfway there.

"... Your Majesty, you can't be a king. Because you're too blind to see people fatally. I see. I will serve as Chief of the Great Khatu, too. We need to get ready to move."

Life may be interesting because you don't know what it is.

His Majesty's thoughts are exhausted, and even if he remains discreet, he may be executed later with difficulty.

Then let's bet on the new heavens and earth.