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

"Minister of State Stein, Minister of Commerce and Minister of Transport and Shipping Nelson, General Thunder and Chief Military Commander. I don't know how much manpower I have... but I'm a light man."

"You got it? Minister of State Stein, if you work hard here, the Prime Minister is not a dream."

"I see. It's a pioneer interest."

"Gori taught the newcomer all sorts of things."

Baron Stein responded to the withdrawal, so I was a little short of talent.

Mr. Gori, I'll leave it to him to rule the town and make a deal with the desert elves.

Actually, there was an imminent problem.

Now in front of us, the Garcia Chamber of Commerce owner, Mr. Taranto, asked me to pick him up because of an urgent matter, and I brought him here in "Base Move."

"So there was an emergency?

"Did the Royal Army advance faster?

"No, it's a fleet carrying a large army, and merchant ships are forcibly recruiting, so it's moving slower. I'll be fine in two months."

General Thunder's concerns were immediately denied by Mr. Taranto.

Well, it's a large convoy of tens of thousands, not all Royal Army ships.

Sometimes things get late, but the opposite is impossible.

"Actually... the Shipland oasis is dead. And at the same time, the oasis of the trest."

Here, what Marilyn and Urilin were saying would come true.

In other words, at this moment, the value of Shipland as a relay trading port and the value of Trest as a refuge has disappeared.

At the same time, the Bert kingdom's Shipland occupation operation has become meaningless.

It is the same as the water city the other day.

Even if we can occupy it, we can't maintain it because we don't have water.

"I'm sorry about this."

"Running to Old Town?

There are other small oases, but considering the population of Shipland, it's an Old Town choice.

"No, it is impossible to relocate all the residents of Shipland there. That's why I need permission to move to Gori Town."

"Really?

The Princess of Shipland, who dominates Shipland, is a nobleman of the Kingdom of Bart, but the reality is equal to the Lord of Small States.

When they abandon Shipland and move to Golitown, it means that they are essentially under the control of the Southwestern Tribal Union from the Lord of one country.

It's not like moving.

"I understand that. So we're going to become citizens of the Southwestern Tribal Union and pay taxes. It doesn't matter. Otherwise, we will die in the desert."

Mr Taranto has been told that he is a relative of the Viscount of Shipland.

But I'm a merchant, so you don't have that many feelings?

"What about the Vicomte de Shipland?

"Oh, I forgot to mention, but there's actually no Viscount Shipland."

"" "" Yes?

The Viscount of Shipland, who is supposed to rule Shipland, does not actually exist.

Baron Stein, Count Nelson, and General Thunder shouted at Mr. Tarant's confession.

"I actually served as Vicomte de Shipland. In other words, I am also Count Shipland."

"Why were you hiding that fact?

"Neither I nor my clan is optimistic enough to think that Shipland will be safe forever."

Although it is a relay trade area, it may be attacked by the Kingdom of Burt at any time, and at the same time, Oasis has the characteristics of dying.

"If you run away, if there's a pride of nobility, you might miss it."

So the people of the Viscount of Shipland also served as merchants, and if anything happened to them in Shipland, they sacrificed their lives to the Viscount of Shipland so that they could escape as a Garcia Chamber of Commerce.

"It's ancestral wisdom. In reality, Oasis is dead."

The greatest cause of this is the resurgence of the Far South Sea.

Significant changes in groundwater vein movement may have caused Shipland and Torrest oasis to wither away.

"Just mourning here is more like counting the age of a dead child. It is a straight line to doom. So the Viscount of Shipland dies, and the Garcia Chamber of Commerce runs away with everything it can to the Grand Chief of Katu."

Realistic.

"Because it is a Garcia Chamber of Commerce to not lose its sense of reality. However, some people will instead martyr to the aesthetics of nobility."

"Baron Trest...."

"Yeah, I guess you hated living in the weather. I have no spare time to prepare for the defense."

He was active in Shipland defense as a nobleman, and after the war, he was aiming to triumph over the Torrest with his combat skills.

I don't know what the value of a dead oasis is, but I think there is a sense of ancestral land to protect.

"It's 'hard work'."

"Is this the word of the homeland of the great chief of Katu? I see. I understand."

Mr Taranto doesn't seem to be in Shipland, where Oasis has withered.

"Does Baron Trest and his family know that Shipland's oasis is dead and ready for defense?

"They're not completely stupid either. In other words, a conditional struggle against the Royal Bart Army."

Getting ready for battle and letting the Royal Bart Army take down Shipland with their power tricks makes them think it's reckless to sacrifice too much.

Negotiating here, the Baron of Trest seems to be willing to offer Shipland instead of becoming a full Burt kingdom nobleman.

"Can you negotiate like that over the head of the Vicomte de Shipland?

"Yes, I can. I've already told them that the Vicomte de Sippland intends to abandon Sippland as a Garcia Chamber of Commerce."

"Still, Oasis is a dead Shipland....."

Is it worth protecting, or is it worth making a negotiating ingredient?

General Thunder seems to think so.

"It's a misleading place."

"Certainly...."

Shipland is at the midpoint between the north and south-east, which are effectively controlled by the Kingdom of Bart, and the south, which is not effectively controlled.

In the meantime, it is an important strategic hub because it mediates the trade between the two by obscuring possession rights and the like, but in this world, even if the place is good, there is not much point if there is no water.

This is because there is no such thing as carrying water from other places to maintain the city.

"From now on, Old Town will be a relay trade destination. But it also leads to Old Town being the next target. In the meantime, the extreme South China Sea and the southwest will be completely suppressed by the" Southwestern Tribal Union ". That way, you'll be able to compete well against the bart kingdom, which continues to expand without content. And the Garcia Chamber of Commerce helps him to keep his family safe. I don't feel the need to stand up."

"I see. Now let's appoint Count Nelson as Minister of Commerce."

On the spot, I appointed Ms. Taranto Minister of Commerce.

"Oh, is Count Nelson okay?

"I don't like it because I'm tired of working together. Baron Stein's minister of state is hard to come by. It's convenient for me. I'm busy testing and popularizing the new floating ship that I'm prototyping with Miu."

Is that all right with you?

"Oh, and more. Sorting migrants from Shipland, huh? Do inconvenient people put Baron Trest on his side?

"If the Great Khatu had understood that much, we'd have to do the job. It's a big move, so I'm busy."

We can't accept all the residents of Shipland.

This is not a question of capacity, but some residents have difficulty getting away from Shipland, people who think it is better to belong to the Kingdom of Bart in the shadow of a tree, and desert elves.

It was Taranto's job to get them to the Baron of Trest and move the rest to Golitown.

"The Oasis is a dead Shipland and a Trest, but will the Kingdom of Bart survive the attack?

"I think I will."

That's how I answered Baron Stein's question.

"But in terms of cost....."

"Indeed, Shipland, where Oasis is dead, has to bring water from other sources. But if we bring it in, we can keep it."

"It'll cost you money."

"But we have a track record of defeating Shipland. The people will support it, and the great nobles who did not send their soldiers will lose their strength. On the contrary, if you give up, the king will be in a position to be blamed for his failure."

Then we have no choice but to maintain a large deficit.

Tax hikes, ships from merchants, and magic boxes will continue.

"There will be dissatisfaction in the country."

"Even if life is a little inconvenient, there are still a few people who are boiling in the occupation of Shipland after Water City."

But I'm sure the king understands that support won't last long.

Then the next step will be to cut the rudder to the Old Town strategy.

"I don't have any sharpness...."

"That's right. I don't have any kills. But we won't be able to give up Water City anymore, and Shipland must definitely be dropped."

The king will almost certainly perish in the future.

The kingdom of Burt became rattled, and the "Confederation of Southwestern Tribes" stabilized without war.

The more time we have, the better our preparedness for the Kingdom of Bart will be.

I want to live faster and slower with the labels.

Because I am a normal old man who has never had any ties to politicians before.

"I see. Is this the Transformer?"

Lord Tarant, the King of the Kingdom of Bart is a fool.

"That's right. Don't look at people too hard. Summon it yourself and throw it away without realizing its value."

"Poor brother."

"" "Mr. Label!

While the old men were talking to each other, the label and Mu appeared there.

As she was a former princess, Baron Stein lowered his head naturally.

"Baron Stein, are you sure?

"Man is a creature vulnerable to change, and so am I, but Lord Tallow... Whoa, the Great Khatu is a 'transformer'."

"That's true. I also met Lord Tallow and abandoned myself as a princess, but instead I was happy."

"Then we can only accept this as destiny. So does Lord Taranto.

"I totally agree. So, what are La Label's plans to do now?

I see. General Thunder, Count Nelson, Baron Stein, and Lord Tarant came to me, and my feet solidified. My brother's maneuver is like a "well in a picture," but Taro says, "biting a poor rat and cat." I'm going to go on a mission to deplete the Royal Bart Army with a handful of elites. "

"Whose plan is that?

"It's Lord Tallow. They say it's a plan to bleed and deplete the Royal Bart Army, which is advancing well, without sacrificing as much as possible."

It was on the label, but they left Golitown to them, and we decided to do a special operation on our own.

People don't kill, but in the world where they live, money doesn't go around and it's not as horrible as being taken away.

I will teach that to the king who loves military operations.

It will be the best revenge against him for threatening my peaceful life.