Town chapter 84: From town to country, from match to electrical appliances 1 (with map)
――Busy. But I think later that this business was evidence of peace.
The Garden Party was over and I came back from the capital city to the Fujiwara territory. For the time being, I returned to my town to take a break for about two days and when I received a report from Chief Jiharu that there was no abnormality, I spent the rest of the time with Catherine.
Catherine and I play with a soccer ball in the [D-type Warehouse], installing a large [TV] and watch a movie together and at night, we sleep together with Catherine sleeping next to my bed. A calm and peaceful time. I wanted to do this forever. But I can"t just be slow. There is a lot to do.
Three days after returning to the town. After checking the electrical system so that there was nothing wrong with the facilities that set up Catherine"s environment, I left the town again, mourning about the parting with Catherine.
By the way, I check this electrical system. There is a little trick. That is to confirm the [Sale Price] and determine whether there is an abnormality based on the level. Needless to say, if there is an extremely low [Sale Price], it means that there is an abnormality. In that case, I must immediately take measures to replace it or repair it.
Now, after leaving the home town, I headed to the human village with the lord"s mansion. I must stay in the lord"s mansion for the time being so that each territory amba.s.sador can come to pick up the potatoes.
In less than a few days, a person came from the territory adjacent to the south――the Ernander family. The Ernander family is a family of Teddy Ernander, a n.o.ble who I met at the Garden Party. The figure of Teddy who was panting with tears and drinking wine from his nose is still clearly baked in my mind.
Due to the arrangements made in advance, the delivery of potatoes to the Ernander family ended quickly without any particular problems. The amount of potatoes offered is equivalent to one carriage for each country and lord. Two carriages for the royal palace. In compensation, it is a way to get money from outside the royal palace.
Of course, I give a thorough explanation of how to handle potatoes and I also hand out a paper with the explanation. It"s a common practice for greedy people to put in a lot of demands. After that, when people came from each territory one after another, the distribution of potatoes finally ended over the summer.
Also during this summer, I told Reina that Polo Company shall investigate the Wa.s.sali territory of Youju Empire. The Wa.s.sali territory is the place written in j.a.panese on a cloth that Yamadsan talked about.
It is a definite matter that there are j.a.panese people. However, I didn"t want them to know that I was involved, so the wording of the investigation request was 「It seems that the Youju Empire"s Wa.s.sali territory has developed quite a bit. Could you find out how much?」.
According to Reina, the Wa.s.sarl territory was originally famous among merchants for the development of plant paper and the invention of letterpress. As a result of the investigation, it was confirmed that the Wa.s.sali territory clearly developed different from others. Not only paper and printing, but also a device that glows without using magic――a light bulb and a battery that illuminates the light bulb have been developed. In addition, the town is clean, has a bathhouse and the hygiene of people living in the Wa.s.sali territory seems to be slightly different from those on the continent.
This led me to one conclusion. They can certainly develop new technologies. However, if you change the values of the people that existed before, that will not be the case. There is always a person who has instilled new values with power from the above standpoint. In other words, in the Wa.s.sali territory, among those who stand above, there are j.a.panese people. Well, is that the expectation changed to belief?
――And the survey report ends here. I am worried about how many people from my country have gathered in the Wa.s.sali territory, but I can"t even ask, 「Is there a person like me?」. Other than that, I was worried about the development of military technology, but there seemed to be nothing strange. Are they developing weapons or is it confidential?
If there"s any concern, it"s that they might be looking into me, just like I"m looking into Wa.s.sari. If so, why don"t they contact me? Is there any plan? A suspicion similar to such anxiety struck me. I want to think that there is no hostile hostility, but there are times when the circ.u.mstances surrounding each other do not allow it. At that time, I will have to decide.
Since then, many things have happened during three years. First of all, I make a family register for the beastmen who live in the forest in the north. As long as the base and the road are connected, the personal name, address, family structure and tribe to which they belong are recorded as closely as possible so that they can be added to the population of 「The ability to create towns]. If I´m lazy and my ability doesn"t respond, it"s a problem. The family register is also organized for the human village.
In order to fulfill my promise, I went to Sandra Kingdom several times to buy and sell pepper. However, Sandra Kingdom side is treated as a smattering for the first time because of the lack of money and I receive the payment after the second time. Elsa, who I met for the first time in a long time, looked very healthy.
"Hey wait Fujiwarsan, it"s terrible to hide the potatoes!"
As usual, she seems to be full of business. I was also asked for the lotion I gave when I parted last time. When I asked if she was going to sell it, I received surprising words.
"That"s what a woman wants to be more beautiful than anyone else. If I dont sell it, only I will be beautiful. I"m a woman before I"m a merchant"
I was a little amazed by that greedy spirit. But I don"t hate Elsa"s obedience to this unrequited desire. It"s rather desirable.
Anyway, the sale of pepper with Sandra Kingdom is going well. Using the money I got and the signboard of potatoes, I brought more people into my territory.
If the number of people increases, the number of houses needed will increase. Many carpenters come from all over the country and the population has further increased. Of course, those who do business will not be left alone and new shops will be built. In particular, the sale of pepper as a branch of the Polo Company is basically done within the territory and many merchants from the western countries came to buy pepper.
Although there was a concern about the deterioration of security due to population growth, a guard team was organized mainly by the former villagers and Polo Company, fighting crimes every day. Also, let me say that the court judge was the most difficult job for a lord.
A village that was once lonely. But now no longer. On the contrary, houses and shops are lined up and are beginning to take on the appearance of a town. There were many new villages around it, like a satellite.
The territory flourished. The population has already exceeded 5,000, and the total number of beastmen from the northern forest is 6,000. As the territory developed, there were various demands from the royal palace, but I worked well with Reina.
The population of 10,000 is already in front of me. Moreover, my funds have already reached 1 trillion yen. Immediately there was the 『Era Setting』【Modern】.
――And about three years and seven months have pa.s.sed since I came here. In other words, it was the year I became 31 years old, when a incident happened that winter. When I was spending my time at my home, I suddenly got a phone call from the lord"s mansion.
"The Kingdom of Initia has invaded a small country group"
Reina reports that to the wolfmen who are staying in the lord"s mansion. It was that a great war broke out just south of this country, a small country group.
Rashia calendar year 1238 winter. The Initia kingdom invaded the Kema kingdom, a small country.
Of course, they didn"t attack without any reason. A few years ago, it was fresh in memory that the River tribe group Vikings destroyed the land of Initia Kingdom and even caused great damage to the regular army of Initia Kingdom. Initia kingdom"s cause of this invasion was that the Kema kingdom was involved behind that case.
Of course, the Kema Kingdom refused to be involved with the Vikings, but Initia Kingdom proceeded troops with no effort. Only one person knows which case is right. That has nothing to do with the act of war where many people fight and many people lose their lives. The winner makes history. That was the only pure truth in war that never changed.
In this battle, Initia Kingdoms´d king did not partic.i.p.ate because of his old age, but instead it was Reanis Rafaelo en Blum who took over all of Initia kingdom. One day, he who is the younger brother of the present Rashia Pope disappeared from the church and whose movement was unknown.
Reanis, who became the Supreme Commander of Initia Kingdom, introduced the five thousand man strong Holy Knight squadron directly under the three generals――the three generals of the Kingdom, the strongest generals in the kingdom――Front General Roberto Frelken, Right General Risa Koolhaas and Left General Yoshiki Komatsuna. In addition, there were actually 50,000 general soldiers, which indicated that this war was not the end of a single country.
By the way, those people who knew the situation of the church were rumored to have been a.s.sa.s.sinated by the present Pope of Rashia after the power struggle. However, it is surprising that Reanis is alive and has power in Initia Kingdom. This fact amazed those who lived on the continent.
"What are you going to do now?"
"Although the power of the current Pope is already very firm"
The intellectuals of the world who heard the name of Reanis meet each other. What does Reanis, who once disappeared from the front stage and revived like a dead, think about?
However, all of them spoke questions, but they understood the purpose of Reanis in their hearts. An older brother who took the throne of the Pope and a younger brother who didn"t. It can be said that the true purpose of the war is obvious and doesnt need to be said anymore. Thus, the Initia army and the Kema kingdom exchanged wartime fire.
People expect the outcome of the war: The Initia Kingdom will soon return to a country.
In the long history, there have been many times when a country in a small group of countries was attacked from an outside country. However, each time, the small countries which usually fight each other became one rock and defeated the foreign enemy. A small country changes into a large country at once. Knowing their enemies and knowing themselves. Because their country was small and weak, they knew that the nations of small countries would cooperate with each other because they knew that the enemy country was strong and not satisfied with one country.
And today this day. The fight was unilateral, contrary to people"s expectations. Naturally, the small country group seemed to resist the formation of a rock against the Initia army that attacked the Kema kingdom. However, one country in the small country group has already been arranged and turned over to the Initia kingdom. As a result, the small nations were punctured on the inside and the trend quickly turned towards Initia kingdom.
Only one failure. It easily turned one rock into rubble.
Two months after the battle began. The main force of Initia Kingdom stayed at Edelweiss Castle in the Dura Kingdom, a small country that had just been captured. The Initia kingdom controls 80% of the small country group, and the rest is 20%. Edelweiss Castle was the front base where you can see the battlefield in the future.
"――Many people have died"
Reanis, supreme commander of Initia Kingdom, whispered while watching the night sky on the balcony of Edelweiss Castle. His voice was sad and the eyes staring at the infinite stars were sad.
"Yes, both enemies and allies"
Only Komatsuna, who was next to Reanis, says so. However, Reanis shook his head slightly.
"That statement is wrong, Komatsuna. No enemy, no"
"......I"m sorry, for my verbal slip"
Sometimes referred to as enemy forces for convenience. But the existing battle is for those living on the continent. There are no enemies there. To save hundreds of millions of people in the future, they are simply sacrificed hundreds, thousands or millions of people now.
"What are the different tribes doing?"
Those who are not humans fled to the dead land. Reanis was looking for them and letting them taking part in this battle. If they fight, they will be given the same rights as humans. That was the pretext.
"They´re calm now. They were grateful when I told them about the punishment"
They fought well. However, they were intoxicated by blood and the grudge against humans went out of control and they slaughtered people who were not involved in the battle. It was unforgivable and Reanis was unquestioned by the punishment of the extent to which the chiefs of each tribe were whipped several times though the voice which worried about the violence was heard from the ally.
"I wonder if I"m too naive"
"If you think of the outrage that humans have done to them before, it"s not something we don"t know. Its fine if you´re just saying there"s no next time"
"I see"
Both had a face that swallowed bitter things. That"s how hard it is to judge. You can see the feelings of both the heterogeneous side and the human side. That"s because Reanis and Komatsuna have values that are never guessed by the inhabitants of this continent.
"This land will be settled soon"
"Next is the north?"
"Yes, I heard that the power of the king has fallen and is no longer a sh.e.l.l. I also have heard that the lords were easy to soften"
If the small country group is conquered completely, there are two countries in contact. In the north is the Dryad Kingdom and in the east is the Youju Empire. The Dryad kingdom is a weak country and the Youju Empire is a powerful country with excellent military and economic benefits. It was clear from which point to attack.
"But is the Youju Empire all right?"
Again, the Youju Empire is powerful. If they are attacked in the back while attacking the Dryad Kingdom in the north, they will be in danger at once.
"Don"t worry, I have some tricks in my hands"
As the words suggest, Reanis replied in a relaxed manner. There was absolute confidence and Komatsuna switched to another concern.
"So what about the other countries in the east? Knowing our momentum, Rashia´s Pope is rushing to call on each country. A direct edict from the Pope. Each country will gather troops and work together to try to attack us. We need to be fast"
"Yes, while attacking the Dryad Kingdom, it"s hard if we are attacked from the east. For this reason, speed is required to control the Dryad Kingdom. However, all of the historic castles are st.u.r.dy and its troublesome to conquer a castle. ......I will use that"
"You mean that?"
That is a new weapon. It is a product developed by stealing various manufacturing methods from a certain place.
"We can"t be afraid. After half a month, we will step on the Dryad Kingdom and from there we will do everything"
As Reanis said, one week later, all the small nations were conquered by Initia Kingdom´s army. After a brief rest, Initia kingdom´s army directs its swords to the Dryad kingdom.