Otherworld Nation Founding Chronicles

Episode 40: Territorial Management

"Iaal, were you really not gonna leave?"

"Yes. I decided to give you a lifetime benefit."

Iar smiled with a smile.

All former Ferm territories have become As territories.

And the village where I was originally is my territory.

It is inevitable to crush the land that has been cultivated over the years.

However, I can not manage the territory alone.

So we asked all the villagers if they would stay with me.

Most of the villagers-the children I helped and the slaves ... now the ex-slaves came with me.

By the way, they were given land and set aside.

Most of the refugees from a year ago wanted to stay in the village.

I really wanted to go home, but ...

It seems easier to live there.

However, there is a village where hundred and thirty people lived.

It is inevitable that only thirty people live.

We will send additional people from our territory.

"Well, did you have all the members?"

Here are Tetra, Soyeon, Lulu, Ron, Rosward, Gram, Iar, plus Boros and Bartolo.

"Well, I just feel out of place."

"I heard that Bartolo has a territory. Please take your opinion for reference."

I'm new to territorial management.

I don't know anything.

So it is natural to invite seniors.

"Well, first of all ... I don't know what the lord should do, but please tell me."

"I won't do much. The basics are security, spell defense, territorial defense, tribute to King Rossais, and trial. The costs are taxes.

Isn't that great at all?

"No, I don't think it's easy, but it's not as difficult as you might imagine. First, a tribute to King Rossais, but your territory should be exempted for two years as a special case."

Oh, I know that.

Now we are trying to recover.

"The tax will be collected by the heads and landlords of each village. You only need to set the tax rate. Well, landlords in your territory have been executed all over the place, so I think it would be quite difficult, but ..."

The landowners were cooperating with King Ferm.

That's why I can't stop being fooled by King Ferm.

All were executed, and their relatives were dropped by slaves.

I think it's a pity, but it's my own business.

"It's up to the magician to leave the magic defense. You seem to have a number of good magicians, but keep those who can put your soul on."

In other words, Tetra, Soyoung, and Lulu have to participate in building the barrier.

You may be able to do it in a small area, but it is impossible to cover all of our territory.

And about 10 years ago, I don't know which country is behind the scenes, but there are countries that do magic attacks.

"Speaking of that, a junior sorcerer who was used by King Ferm. I was in prison, but can I put it out at my discretion?"

"Well, the trial is your job, and I guess King Rosais left it for that."

So that's it. As expected, King Rossais. it's fantastic.

"I will do security and territorial defense for a while."

"Are you good?"

"It has been ordered by King Rosais. Indeed King Rosais is not stupid enough to leave the border of kingdom of Domorgar to anyone who had only run the village until yesterday."

Ah……

Speaking of which, I'm in contact with the kingdom of Domorgar.

"It's OK. King Demorgar is basically busy with the war with King Gilvet and King Faldham. I can't afford to look south."

Is that true?

I will attack you if you are careless.

"Ask me about the trial. Under what law should I judge?"

"Basically at your discretion. Well, murder and virgin rape are death penalties; robbery and rape are amputations of one right arm; trivial theft is hit with a whip or club. The market is around here."

In short, customary law?

As long as there is no proper character, it would be inevitable to show the law by letter.

"Then the court will listen to the village chiefs and use that as a basis."

I knew something to do.

This seems to me pretty much.

"I'm going to start with a census."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"I want to put all the gender, age, and property of the entire territory on paper."

Few people are fluent in Christian.

There is no such thing as a family register.

So the village chief who knows the village best collects the tax and reigns over the lord.

It becomes such a format.

But this is all you can do with tax evasion.

There will be a lot of tax churn.

I want to do it somehow.

"But it's impossible to write the Greek language freely with the leader and Tetra ... I don't think there are ten, right? I don't think it's possible ..."

"Relieve it. Make a table in advance. You just need to write the numbers there."

It's easier to calculate there.

"Is the table handwritten? I think it's very troublesome."

"I have an idea about it. It's not so difficult, so it's okay."

Large quantities can be prepared in the manner of prints.

Woodcut printing.

"Don't you think about good things?

"It's okay ... but I'll pay you, and the paper price."

"Our territory has a population of between 6,000 and 7,000 ... how much paper do you need?"

"That's right. If you write the name of twenty people on one piece, you can sell three hundred to three hundred and fifty-five pieces. One piece sells for ten bronze coins ... three thousand five hundred bronze coins."

When I answer, Bartolo holds his head.

"That's fast, you're counting on three hundred fifty bronze coins. How much is that in terms of wheat? I don't know because I've never used bronze coins."

"Because I have never bought wheat with bronze coins, but ... converted to salt, it is 22,000 didal (350 kilograms)"

Bartolo frowned.

"It's expensive. Please make it cheaper."

"It's hard for us too. Well, we have a relationship, so we'll give you two discounts."

First of all, we decided to trade wheat and paper.

This will secure the immediate food.

"Now the problem is the tax rate ... until the reign of King Ferm, the territory of As has been devastated, so I will try to reduce the tax."

At the same time, there is a popular aspect.

Anyway, I'm a newcomer.

"But if the tax is too cheap, we lose our income. We need to adjust it. So what is the tax rate?"

"Hmm, there are various patterns. If you have only a storeroom, 60% is basic. But instead of making the storehouse 30%, there is also a way to rush to labor."

According to Bartolo, there are cases where wheat is delivered to the store, and sometimes fabric or special products are delivered.

For example, blacksmiths give swords and spears.

"Then let's go with goods only. The tax rate is ... 40%? Wheat is the basis."

"What is that heart?"

Tetra asks.

"We need to restore the desolate farmland, so we can't afford to get out of the way. Let them engage in agriculture as much as possible, because King Ferm seems to have fortified the borders with King Domorgar. I don't have any particular plans to do it. ''

"What are the defenses in the capital that burned in this war with paper manufacturing?"

"We're going to hire people. Let's pay cereals for salary."

If there is a reasonable extra income, there will be people who participate.

Widow who lost husband and son in war in particular.

Ask them to produce paper.

Paper production doesn't use as much power as farming.

It would be more convenient for them to make sure they can make money than to make a big farm.

And I'm going to spread the thousand teeth.

If papermaking becomes a widow's job, it will have little effect even if the handling of a thousand teeth spreads.

"Okay, that's good for domestic affairs. What's important later is wheel-cut farming. We need to spread this."

Well, the wheel ceremony will be fine this time. Neither can it be changed immediately.

"Well, how do you collect tax?"

"The village head gathers and we collect it. Anyone who works illegally or embezzles taxes can be fired with lordship."

"It's a good idea."

Dispatched bureaucrats and soldiers to the village. Communicate my intentions. The mayor leads the villagers accordingly.

Taxes are collected by bureaucrats and soldiers.

You can trust your friends. It is unlikely that it will be acquired.

Isn't it possible to centralize and make two birds with one stone?

Indeed tetra. A genius.

Now, the military.

"What do you do with soldiers ... what do you do?"

Ron: Don't use unfamiliar honorifics.

Or rather lonely.

"No, because the leader is already a royal family. I think it's important to be serious. I can't stand being licked from around because we didn't use honorifics."

"... you're going to think about that ..."

People grow up ...

I'm a little impressed.

Well, what Ron says is reasonable.

Our relationship doesn't change suddenly when we get honorifics.

"And the answer to that question?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was a little moved. Well, I'm a soldier. Let's check the number of soldiers."

First of all, 30 people in the village. All possess iron weapons. Very high morale.

Next, Boros leads Tetra Love Corps, forty people. All are bronze ware. The skill is fair, the morale is very high.

This is my current strength, 70 people.

And one hundred Bartolo's private soldiers. About ten people are ironware, and the rest are bronzeware. I don't know the skill or morale. I can only expect that he is a Bartolo soldier who has defeated King Ferm's army from the front.

They fight with us for a while.

And a hundred from King Rosais. All are bronze ware. The skill and morale are not high. But not low.

The cost is owned by Rossais.

That is, if King Demorgar invades, there are 270 soldiers who can immediately come to intercept.

What is this?

"What is the total strength of King Demorgar?"

"It's about 10,000. I don't have much time when I don't crack with the kings of Gilbed and King Faldham. My kingdom of Rossais can move 5,000 if all the tribes cooperate. But it's not. To 3,000, but don't worry. King Demorgarh is always hostile to King Gilbed and King Fardham, so it is unlikely that 10,000 will come to our country, up to 3,000. "

I see. In other words, are you fully intercepted?

If we could earn time.

It's like we'll meet three thousand and two hundred and seventy ...

"I want at least 500. Then do you need another 230? ..."

"After all, recruitment?"

Answer Tetra's question.

"Hmm, I hate recruitment."

Conscription is inefficient.

Even if you forcibly pull those who you don't want to fight and have weapons.

In addition, since the labor force is soldiers, tax revenue also drops.

And the term is over by the time you finally train to be usable.

Return to rough land.

If you hold a gun and pull the trigger, you can kill people, and the idea of ethnic self-determination will permeate and all the people will think seriously about national defense. What.

Heavy Infantry requires rigorous training.

The Ath family will be willing to accept any lord if the tax is cheap.

After all there is no recruitment.

In an emergency, you don't need much soldiers in normal times.

"If you're a recruit, there's too much difference in skill and morale with us. It's going to be the worst thing you can do. We're going to stop, right? We need quality, not numbers."

"Oh, you know quite a bit about your amateur habit."

I was praised by Bartolo.

What a pity, I'm not happy at all.

"Okay, I decided! I'll take the money but let's recruit."

"Well, should I call for tax collection?

"Oh, please do that."

I can't help standing up with letters.

No one can read.

"Hey, Mr. Alums. Did you forget something important?"

"What's important?"

"A bowman. A bowman. A defense battle is absolutely necessary."

Gram stressed.

No, I don't forget ...

"The bow is expensive. It requires advanced technology.

It's the heavy infantry that determines the outcome of the war on the Adernia Peninsula.

"Cavalry! Cavalry. Cavalry is necessary. Brother."

"The horses are expensive, and Koushi and Ma are the first."

I ca n’t get numbers. Cavalry with ten people. Is it useful?

I need at least a hundred.

It's like saying, "Let's get 100 mini cars like a Japanese."

"And black powder must be mass-produced."

Because it cannot be easily made.

There is no way to make it after things happen.

"That's great. Tell me how to make it."

"... It's a problem with how the recipes leak out. I can't tell you that. It's not a number that can be prepared and ... it doesn't always work."

When used in defense, it was nice that the opponents were dense. And there were few.

When you defeat King Ferm, it's like you won when you surprised yourself from behind.

It is effective at first glance, but measures will be taken soon.

It is not good to rely too much.

Materials for black powder are in large quantities.

Sulfur can be obtained from volcanoes and charcoal can be mass-produced.

There is also a reliable mass production method for nitrite.

However, spears with "fire" magic cannot be made that much.

That requires a good material called magic stone.

A magic stone is a magic stone that is suitable for magic.

Naming tetra.

This magic stone is inexpensive, but few.

Nobody wants to dig because it's garbage.

So if you collect a lot, you will get a special fee and it will be higher for some reason.

It's an extraordinary thing that costs more money to collect than the magic stone itself.

Black powder has no meaning unless it can be detonated.

What if I ignite with a fuse? You may be amazed, but it definitely won't explode.

"Is that so? Good. Tell me if I can mass produce someday."

Bartolo pulled out easily.

"Teach me how to make paper instead."

"I'll teach it to King Rossais. Don't worry."

As expected, keep secret even after becoming a subordinate ...

"Well, next is magic. You have to set a barrier."

It's a curse-induced famine that has killed me and everyone, and Tetra's parents have died.

When you think about it, you can see clearly that you need to focus on it.

"Is it true that the great powers in the north are cursing?"

"Yes, it's the Roselle kingdom, a country that controls the entire northern part of Adernia."

King Roselle ...

Alright, remember.

"King Ferm didn't care much about the barrier, so a famine happened, isn't he? The nine high-ranking sorcerers he had weren't all involved in building the barrier ... Prison spells Isn't it enough to release the teacher and use them to build the barrier? "

"I'm not enough. But this country has a national defense barrier overlaid by Julia. So it's okay if there is at least one high-ranking sorcerer."

At least one person ...

Tetra, Soyeon or Lulu. Who is good ...

"I hear that young sorcerers are good at putting their soul on because their souls are fine. Those three should be better preserved."

But you do n’t?

High magician.

"Dr. Almus. I have one heart."

Boros, who had been silent since a while ago, spoke.

What?

"The sorcerer who applied the sacred character to Tetra-sama ... The old woman seems to have been a sorcerer who was able to put her soul in the past. How about the age regardless of the barrier. Why don't I leave that old woman?"

"It's a good idea."

Yeah, let's do it.

It's a bit bad to work the elderly.

"Um ... that means we're free?"

So Young raises his hand.

"No, you have a lot to do."

First, train other sorcerers.

And the creation of the spear of the explosion.

Tetra is my assistant, so Soyon and Lulu have to make up for it.

"That's the same as before."

Lulu says.

That's right.