Chapter 166: 168

Translated by Cadmar

Chapter 168 - Agricultural water

"Water, err ....... It's true if you ask me."

　It was a time when winter was gradually coming to an end and spring was beginning to set in.

　I was faced with a new problem.

　Or rather, I could say that it was about to become a problem.

　It was brought to me by my elder brother Hector.

　Baito-nii had been dispatched to the Einrad area with Leon, but there were actually other dispatched members.

　The aforementioned others were Hector-nii's dispatch team.

　Hector-nii was a man who was content to live off the land, and he was a different type of person than his wife, Eira, who was a good friend but had some upward mobility.

　However, no matter how much Hector-nii wanted to do only farm work, that was not the case.

　After all, he is my brother.

　It's not good for me that my brother, with me being the head of the Barca Knight's Domain, is only farming the fields of his parents' house, where he was originally born.

　If word got out that he was doing this, it might be perceived as if I was being mean to him because I didn't get along with him.

　If that were the case, people would think that I was trying to monopolize the profits of the territory I had acquired

　If such a rumor were to spread, I would not be able to attract people from other lands, because they would think that I was a narrow-minded person who did not want to give them rewards, even though my goal is to try and gather many varieties of persons from different lands on a large scale.

　Therefore, even if Hector-nii himself didn't want to, I would have to use him by offering him a suitable position and reward.

　So, I decided to ask him to do the same job as Baito-nii, who is always working side by side with me on the battlefield.

　However, Hector-nii would only be dispatched to a place near the Barca Knight territory where there was little chance of a battle.

　Unlike Baito-nii, who went out in response to Peter-dono's request, Hector, who loves farm work, agreed to go to the land that Carlos had requested so that we could improve the farmland by doing [Leveling] and [Soil Improvement].

　To be honest, his experience in growing crops on soil-improved land was second only to mine, so he would be able to give accurate advice to the farmers there.

　Brother Hector's dispatch team had been to a number of places, and they seemed to be well received.

　He, who was watching the farmland very closely, gave me a piece of information.

　He said that crops grew abundantly in the areas where I had improved the land with my magic, but that they consumed a lot of water, as well.

"I wonder if that's totally true. Kyle, can you compare last year's harvest data of the Barca Knights' territory with this year's expected harvest?"

"Alright, Ars-nii. ...... Hmm, it's hard to say. The harvest is on the rise because of the increase in our land. However, it is difficult to discern from the numbers whether or not your magic has anything to do with the amount of water used."

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"I see. But it's not impossible in the long run. If Hector-nii, who is looking at the condition of the soil closely, says so, we can't ignore it."

"But you have never had a problem using the magic before, right? So it's not a problem, is it?"

"I don't know. I really don't know. It's important so I said it twice. It may be okay, it may not be okay. While the land is small, we've been watering it quite frequently."

　However, Hatsuka and others can be harvested in a few days on land which [Soil Improvement] has been cast on.

　Of course, the plants must be absorbing a lot of things out of the ground in order to grow.

　The nutrients in the soil may be replenished sufficiently with the spell because of the mysterious phenomenon of magic.

　However, I had never been aware of the moisture content of the land.

　Perhaps it is possible that the more crops we produce, the more the water content of the earth decreases.

"I wonder, what should we do? Do I need to create some kind of magic to make the soil more moist?"

"But if we think about the nutrition of the land, aren't we going to end up just using [Soil Improvement] for that, Ars-nii?"

"Yes, that's right. If that's the case, I don't know what I'm doing. ...... Hmmm, it can't be helped. Let's build a dam."

"Dam? Nii-san, what's that?"

"Well, to put it simply, it's a man-made pond that stores water. We can use the pond to store water for agriculture. There is a river in the Barca Knights' Domain, so we can use it."

"I see, if we have a pond to store water, we can deal with emergencies. But what if it's not in Barca's territory? Are we going to build dams there too?"

"No. Hector-nii has reported to me that the more times we use [Soil Improvement] and the more frequently we harvest, the more likely we are to run out of water. Outside of Barca, even if we dispatch them to that land, it's probably only once a year that we might harvest, so I think we'll be fine."

　As I spoke to Kyle, I was thinking about dams.

　I think even the current people can build a dam if it's a primitive one.

　It's not like we're going to build a large-scale dam that will submerge a village in the mountains.

　As I recall, dams have been around for a long time, but that also means that even ancient people were able to build them.

　It might be better to call it a reservoir rather than a dam.

　If I dig a huge pit into the ground with magic, it will be enough.

　As for the location, I'll find a suitable place downstream from where the hot spring gushes and make a large pond.

　From there, we could create a waterway leading to each village, and make a small reservoir near the village as well.

　In this way, I immediately began to consider where to build the dam.

 

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