Santairiku Eiyuuki

"Well, don't be so angry. You see, Luna?"

"... incredible. I can't believe you kissed me in that place."

"That kind of thing, you seemed happy from the second half, didn't you?

"... just drunk by the atmosphere"

Erkühl and Renalier were on horseback and headed towards Elstadt, capital of the Kingdom of Hayastan.

One legion of infantry and three battalions of cavalry, three battalions of archers, and the captives they captured are also with them.

Originally, a person in as good a position as Erkühl should get on a carriage...

Erkühr said, "This is a battlefield. Besides, the soldiers are walking, but it's not sneaky to ride the carriage alone," he refused to do so, choosing to ride the horse.

Renalier was also going side by side with a horse to suit such an elkür.

"... In the first place, what is Luna (...)?

"AKA"

"... I don't remember allowing you to call me by that nickname"

"Oh, I'm surprised. Did I need permission to be the emperor?"

Then Renalier distorted his expression, looking like a bad bat.

The man in front of you won't stop telling me to stop, rather the more you tell me not to.

Having learned from previous experience that, Lunarier stopped poking around about the nickname 'Luna' and sighed instead.

"By the way, does Luna have anything in particular to think about that young long-eared (elf) man?

"I liked you, I loved you"

And Renalier said with no expression...

"And should I say it?

"No, that's not what I'm saying. Well, don't be so tuned up. He's my personal interest."

Renalier answered Erkühl's answer with a sigh before…

"I knew him at an early age rather than just being a childhood tamer... just. If you're such a person, there are mountains in the kingdom of Hayastan. Nothing in particular I think."

"I see, so you say we can die?

"... I hate people who adopt actions that are detrimental to the Kingdom of Hayastan. If that's not a thought, don't worry about it."

To Renalier's answer, Elquille flaunted her shoulders.

All for the whole of the kingdom of Hayastan.

Lunarier's thoughts are always consistent.

It is the Kingdom of Hayastan and its entire people that a man named Lunarier loves.

In other words, I have no particular affection with regard to the people of the Kingdom of Hayastan, each and every one of them.

With the life of every Hayatan, if the Hayatans were to save 10,000, Renalieh would gladly kill that one Hayatan.

That is, maximum number of maximum happiness.

That's why.

I can use my life as a pawn and throw it away.

In that sense, Elquille and Renalier still have very similar thoughts.

They're both rationalists and realists.

If you're going to make a difference...

A person named Erkühl basically never disposes of a person close to him or herself, and compared to the fact that the highest priority is happiness in and around herself.

Even if a human being named Lunarier abandons himself, it would mean that the interests, safety and well-being of the entire kingdom of Hayastan are paramount.

"By the way, does Luna have a preferred man?

"Who is in the interest of the Kingdom of Hayastan. Who will protect the kingdom of Hayastan"

"So what's the type you don't like?

"Someone to the detriment of the Kingdom of Hayastan. You just won't protect the kingdom of Hayastan, who disparages the kingdom of Hayastan into crisis"

That's not what I wanted to hear...

And, Elquille scratches her head and then asks again.

"So what about me?

"As long as you protect me, I love it. I love you."

"Are you willing to like an individual named Elquille, not Emperor Lemuria?

"... Yada"

Erkühr said nothing and clapped his shoulders.

Well, romance is one of the things I'm looking forward to seeing how to corrupt someone.

What I can fall in love with from the start, it's not funny.

That was Elquille's idea.

Even now, Erkühr preferred Renalier as a woman.

The encounter is not a very good one, but Erkühr is not much of a grudge drag type. (aside from abusing that to a story)

I like the look and appearance, and the way I think about it. Besides, I favored that high sense of patriotism.

And above all, the slightly defiant was Elquille's preference.

Specifically, you don't want to use reverence even if it's intentional?

"Your Majesty!! We have a report!!

"Either way, you can go down the horse. Say it quickly."

"Ha!! This is a report from the reconnaissance unit! The river bridge ahead is damaged and is unlikely to cross!!

"... I see, what's the water level in the river?

"Depending on the report from the reconnaissance unit..."

Upon hearing a report from the reconnaissance unit, Erqueur sighed.

Very, very unlikely to cross.

Looks like we're gonna need a detour.

... but there was one thing that bothered me as Elquille.

"... it is true that it did rain in the Kingdom of Hayastan three days ago. But it shouldn't have been so heavy rain.... is it that easy to flush?

Or harassment of the Lemurian army...

"That crazy? If it rains, the bridge will flow."

"No, I don't think it usually breaks that easily..."

And so, a little concerned, Elquille asks Renalier.

"Could the embankment break? How much did you decide to break last year?

"Uh..."

Listening to Renalier's answer, Erqueur unwittingly covers his face with his hands.

"I see...... well understood. That said, the kingdom of Hayastan was a feudal country."

The kingdom of Fars is a feudal state.

The kingdom of Hayastan, which belonged to it, had also adopted a feudal system in line with the kingdom of Fars.

Nevertheless, even when it comes to feudalism, it varies.

Europe, China and the same feudal system are completely separate, and their internal circumstances vary greatly between countries and times in the first place.

It is abusive or forceful to speak of them all as' feudal '.

Thus Erkühr had divided the feudal state into two categories.

It is of the Edo Shogun type and the Muromachi Shogun type.

If there exists a leader, or a king, with a mighty military power that has slipped out compared to the rest of the ranks, who has seized most of the country's territory, like the shogun of Edo, held down important lands, held down mines, also had the right to issue currency, and even subjugated religious forces…

That 'feudalism' would be very robust and a stable thing.

Conversely, as in the Muromachi Shogun, if the leader, or the king's power, is less than that of the other lords… in some cases less than that of the lords…

That 'feudalism' would be a very brittle, unstable thing.

And the kingdom of Fars is undoubtedly the 'feudal' state of the Edo shogun type.

Therefore, as a powerful military power, the Kingdom of Fars has the power to overwhelm Remria, a centralised state.

So what about the Kingdom of Hayastan...

Undisputed, it was a 'feudal' state of the Muromachi shogunate type.

This kind of Muromachi shogun type feudal system has various shortcomings.

For example, the Hordes started a war on their own, or they could not unite their foreign enemies against each other...

and various, but well this is not so much about the kingdom of Hayastan, where arming was forbidden. (Well, I can't even say that in relation to having to defend myself from now on)

Then when it comes to stories that have to do with...

For example, it is water cure.

The 'jiji' of politics is the 'jiji' of cured water, the country is also 'ruled', and water is also 'ruled'.

It is no exaggeration to say that a country was born to cure water.

There can be no mistake in saying that a powerful state was born in the Yellow River Basin, the Nile River Basin and the Mesopotamian region to cure water.

Because curing water cannot be done without considerable power to the implementer.

First and foremost, without financial resources, we cannot muster a commensurate workforce.

In half-way cures, it will be visible that the river will soon be decimated.

Secondly, we must have as much power, leadership as we can persuade those involved.

Because water remediation includes major civil works that alter or divide river flows, which in some cases have a significant impact on the local economy.

Because there is no way that 10,000 people can be convinced...

At the end of the day, we have to make up our minds and make up our minds with state power.

Otherwise, effective water treatment will not be possible.

Other than that, weak central power hinders various utilities.

and a reasonably quick story......

The House of Alshark in the Kingdom of Hayastan has no power but to make 'water cure' decent.

"But you don't have enough money. If only I had the money, I could have broken off the water treatment with my back shield..."

Returning to Elstadt, the capital of the Kingdom of Hayastan, Elkhur had read the Alshark family's administrative dossier in the library of Elstadt Castle and was sighing.

There are too few lands under the control of the House of Alsharks in the Kingdom of Hayatan.

"If they say so, there's nothing there."

"That's why I can't leave you alone.... Renalier, do you have any materials on taxation?

"Yes."

Ordered by Elquille, Renalier immediately brings administrative dossiers.

A detailed dossier on the tax system in the Kingdom of Hayastan, which was very well compiled.

"That's easy to read. Whoever made this material is brilliant."

"Not so much."

"... I gathered it, is it you"

Elquille sees the proudly chested Lunarier as worthy.

(... maybe I can leave that to this guy)

I am well aware that Renalier is highly negotiating and information-processing in his previous relationships.

I wonder how trustworthy I can be later.

(Well, now is good)

Erqueur drives the Renalier thing to the corner of his head and loads the material.

"Ha... I hear this has to be a big reform in earnest"

Elquille scratched her head.

It would be more convenient to have a centralised system than a feudal system if we were to allow the Kingdom of Hayastan to exercise some degree of self-defence.

That's better, I can manage Elquille as well.

Besides, it's easier to understand that the tax system is the same as Lemuria's.

...... but it is visible that it takes a lot of time and effort to do it, and Erkühl is full of hands in the internal affairs of the Lemurian Empire, so he didn't have time to do that.

"As far as internal reform is concerned, do we have to let the pro-Lemrian Hayastanis take the time to do it? Well, I made a ten-year inviolability pact with Farth, and I'll keep whatever it takes for five years."

Historically, there have been few cases where an inviolability treaty has been observed to the end...

Still maintain a certain function in the beginning.

All we have to do by then is change the national system of the Kingdom of Hayastan and let the Standing Army organize itself.

And that's what it is......

"I dare you, I lend you money. So get the water cured and the bridge repaired. Let's send a technician from Lemuria."

"... are you sure?

"Every time it rains, the bridge will be flushed and destroyed by the river. Instead, I demand that King Hayastan reform as soon as possible."

The money should be returned in twenty years' time as a guide.

And, as Elquille said, Renalier held onto Elquille.

"That's right, Your Majesty. Unlike Farth, who only thinks about squeezing contribution payments. I love you, I love you."

"Thank God for that."

"I'll love it more if you say 'I'll give' instead of 'lend' at last"

"That's no good"

"Bye, I hate you"

Renalier releases his body from Elquille.

Erkühr clapped his shoulders silently.