Santairiku Eiyuuki

'I... want to be a hero only to those who admire and honor me'

- Elquille Julianos...

The Lemurian Empire has a varied climate depending on the region, as the land stretches from east to west to north, and agriculture is adapted to that climate.

but there are farming methods that are uniformly mainstream.

That is what Japan calls Mediterranean-style agriculture. (Naturally, the Mediterranean does not exist in this world, so it would be a completely different name)

The coastal areas of the Lemurian Empire are dry in summer and rainy in winter.

It is therefore common to divide arable land into two parts, growing winter wheat in one agricultural land and grazing sheep as fallow land in the other.

In addition to that, it is predominantly the Lemurian Empire that makes money by growing commodity crops such as drie-resistant olives, grapes and corkgashi in the hills.

Grapes in particular are highly lucrative because of their high demand as wine.

Farmers who succeed in growing grapes and other varieties live quite wealthy lives.

On the other hand, farm managers who cannot grow grapes and other things, and who can only grow wheat, will not be able to pay land taxes and will fall to the smallholders.

And, since it is common for people who are poorly run to fail and fall into business, and vice versa, some people succeed and become so, Elquille doesn't particularly care, and it's not a problem.

So why did you pretend to be like this...

"Olive prices threaten to decline sharply in the near future.... is what I fear, but you know what I'm trying to say? Antonio."

"Yes, Your Majesty.... you mean the expansion of soybean oil and cotton butter production?

Elquille nodded contentedly at Antonio's answer.

It's easy and good to work when you have good people who will take care of this one.

"Exactly. Well, still, the olives will continue to secure a certain position as a luxury oil... but the price will definitely fall. Then the olive farmers could perish."

People can't cope with rapid change.

Especially the more successful people are, the more they tend to see their success experience.

Myself, my parents and my ancestors grew up growing olives...

Things like that won't be able to cope with that change any time soon, even if the price of olives drops.

In that case it is visible that they will fall.

It was a major project directly linked to the devastation of agricultural land, increased social insecurity and lower tax revenues.

Olives are an important industry in the Lemurian Empire.

"That's why this is the key to solving that problem"

Elquille rang her fingers with her pussy.

Then the servants brought a certain crop and its seeds, even before Antonio and Elquille.

"... What's this?

"It's something I bought from Farth. No, I had a hard time smuggling it."

The one from King Farth, he's a jerk with one fruit...

and Elquille tongues, then takes the crop cut into easy-to-eat sizes and carries it to his mouth.

"Ho, sooo sooo... I knew this guy wasn't something to eat as he was.... Eat you too"

"Ha ha..."

If you look at Elquille's face, you can tell that the food is clearly unsavory.

but more than my lord ordered me to eat...... I don't have the option of not eating if I don't feel like it.

Antonio carried that yellow food into his mouth.

"Ugh... what is it? This."

"It's a lemon. … well, it's usually something to hang on the dish, not something to eat directly"

Lemons are also regularly on Elquille's table.

but it depends on the gift of Elquille's financial strength, which allows fresh fruit to be imported directly from the kingdom of Fars, and the breadth of the chef's sight and hearing…

At least it is not grown in the Lemurian Empire and will not be the first to go up to the table in the general household.

"But... this acidity is quite different from vinegar. There's going to be more food repertoires... and there's going to be demand."

"Don't you? … Well, now the orange one"

Elquille took the orange food and carried it to her mouth.

Now I get a delicious look.

"A little sour... is it because of after the lemon? I feel sweet. What do you say? Antonio."

"This... is a unique sweetness. Yummy...... what kind of fruit is this?

"Orange. Make it juice and drink it delicious... Now, these two fruits, you know what I fed you for, right?

Guess in context, huh?

And Erkühr says...

"So grow it instead of olives...... right?

"That's the thing. Both lemons and oranges are resistant to dryness. It would replace the olives. That's why I'm giving you an extra budget, so go ahead and encourage me to grow lemons and oranges."

Citrus fruits are relatively resistant to rot due to their thick skins.

Transport by sea can also be exported to neighbouring countries.

"And... that's what I think. If supply increases and prices fall in the first place, if we increase demand, then the opposite will happen? and"

"... does that mean?

"I'm looking to build a state-owned soap factory"

Soap uses oil for raw materials.

So if you consume a lot of oil, the price will go up for it.

Humans are creatures who cannot abandon the luxury they once acquired.

Once you start using the soap, you start buying the soap continuously.

Although there is no indication at all of the production of soda by the Solvay method…

Within low production, demand will be met sufficiently with seaweed ash.

"If it's an efficient way to make soap, I'm letting the Hupatias study it. Talk to them and keep the plan in place. Oh... you don't have to think about profitability at first, do you? The important thing is to expand the use. Anyway, I'll pay you back when I start making it in the private sector."

All you have to do is collect your profits in taxes.

Erkühl was aware that the role of the state was to take the initiative of doing business that the private sector could not make profits from and could not do.

"Okay. … ultimately make more than one soap union (guild) and compete with each other…?

"Oh, that's okay. I'll leave the details to you."

Leaving it to one union (guild) results in a loss of quality.

Erkühr believes that it is best to create three or four or so unions (guilds) to protect industry while allowing it to compete moderately.

"One more thing... um, I guess not"

……

Erkühr said something and shut his mouth.

Humanity is what bothers me when I'm put that way... but when I'm forced to pursue it, it hits me disrespectfully, so Antonio managed to shut his mouth while I was very concerned.

"Well, that's all the directives from me. And then... what's going on with the silk and sheep breed improvement thing?

"It's..."

The talks between Elquille and Antonio continued until late that night.

"Hmm, that tastes bad for you whenever you eat it. I like it though."

"... I love this"

That night, Elquille and Carolina, Renalier, were drinking wine and eating 'a dish'.

What is that dish...

"It's delicious to eat late at night. Well, you look fat."

It is a dish that fries chicken, fish, etc. in oil, "fried food".

What the three of them are eating is fried chicken and tara.

In fact, the very method of cooking 'fried' has existed for a long time.

but less pervasive to the common people than the length of its history.

Because it is a very luxurious dish that uses large quantities of oil.

As a result, it was food for the wealthy.

But...

"If oil production goes up, it will spread to the common people. It's easy to cook."

The dish called fried food is basically completed simply by adding the appropriate ingredients to the heated oil.

It is a dish that is harder to make than it is to taste.

It is a famous story that tempura was treated as fast food during the Edo period.

Well, aftertreatment of oil is troublesome...

If you reuse it for kerosene, etc., it will be fine.

If there's only one problem...

"I hope there aren't too many fires."

"That's the problem. Nova Lemuria has a lot of fires."

Large cities are more prone to nature and fire.

Elquille's biggest concern was the outbreak of a major fire in the capital.

Once in the old city of Lemuria there was a massive fire called the Great Fire of Lemuria...

There was a case of Mesians being executed in large numbers as arsonists.

Nova Lemuria is aware of the fire and the building is spaced apart but…

From Elquille's point of view, it's still not enough.

"Well, at the same time as the construction of the new city, park and Arc de Triomphe, we plan to do the capital's road expansion, so you don't have to worry about that much."

The problem is there could be a fire before the construction...

Even if you care about that, you won't have a choice.

"Hey, Your Majesty"

"What is it, Luna?"

"Hayastan wants some kind of industry too"

"If they want it, they can't get it out."

"I want"

"No, so..."

"Please"

"I don't care if you look at me like that..."

Renalier holds herself to Elquille.

Elquille scratched her head like she was in trouble.

"... can't it be wine or wheat? There are no customs duties in either country, and once the port is in place, it can be imported directly into Nova Remulia."

"They were both made in Lemuria in the first place."

Because industry is the same......

You can never beat Lemuria, who is superior in population and land size.

Regardless, Nova Lemuria is a large consumer, so it makes money to make money.

"You are now King Hayastan. Then we are also obliged to consider the national interests of the Kingdom of Hayastan?

"Before that I am Emperor Lemuria... then say something appropriately Hayastan specialties"

"… grapes, wheat"

"You said that earlier."

Naturally it is also grown in Lemuria.

Rather than, it is even a mystery as to whether it is too common and 'specialty'.

What's good about the countryside? That's the same thing that doesn't appeal to me at all when they say it's quiet and the water and air are beautiful.

"Hayastan Dove"

"Oh, that's delicious.... Hate, I don't know much about pigeons."

In Elquille's previous life knowledge, when it comes to pigeons, there are scripture pigeons...

There is no efficient way to grow edible pigeons.

Hayastan pigeons are wild animals in the first place.

"Hayastan, do you have honey?

"What the hell?"

It is the first ear.

When Elquille asks Renalier in detail...

"There is a bee called Hayastan Bee. When it has a beauty effect, it is famous"

"... are they delicious?

"Eat and you'll see."

Elquille thinks a little before...

Answered.

"... next time you go to Hayastan, let me have it ready"

"Okay."