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Chapter 236 - Territory Management Policies

 

"Hey, Ars. Are you sure about this?"

 

"What do you mean by ‘if I'm sure about this’?"

 

"This territory for the Balt knights. It's a lot bigger than the original Barca Knight's Territory. I'm just asking if it's okay for me to take such a large piece of land."

 

"I think it's too big for me, too, to tell you the truth. But, well, as I said at the beginning, you took the land by yourself, so it's OK. Feel free to keep it, Nii-san."

 

"I guess. But I've never managed a territory before. Can I do it right?"

 

"You're being unusually timid. Well... for now, just make sure you do the minimum you have to do. I think you can manage this place safely if you don't think about making money by creating various goods like I do."

 

"What's the minimum I should do?"

 

"All right, take a look at this. This is the letter I sent to the knights. It says that 'if you surrender here and join Barca's forces, you will be forgiven.' I've also laid out the terms in this letter."

 

　Until now, my brother has been doing nothing but leading armies.

 

　But now that he had suddenly been put in charge of a large territory, he was indeed worried.

 

　I suppose that's fair. 

 

　Anyone would be anxious about something they have never done before.

 

　So, I started explaining the situation to Baito-nii

 

　I began to talk about the points he needed to keep in mind when managing the territory, based on what was written in the letter.

 

　In fact, the job I wanted him to do was not so complicated.

 

　Basically, it is to make the people of the territory plow the fields and pay taxes on the harvest.

 

　The basic idea is to deal with all sorts of troubles to make sure this is observed.

 

　But when the knights who were originally in the lands surrender to Barca, Baito-nii is to take over those knights' territories as they are.

 

　For such places, the knight would have the inhabitants of his region pay wheat as tax, which would be paid over to the Balt family.

 

　Then, the tax collected by Baito-nii is paid again to the Barca family, where I live.

 

　This was the flow of the management of the territory.

 

　However, the knightly domains that surrendered were asked to accept not only that but also several other conditions.

 

　For example, the elimination of the toll tax, which is also in effect in some Fontana's lands.

 

　Normally, the entry and exit of people into and out of their territories would be controlled by a customs gate, and if necessary, a toll tax would be collected.

 

　However, this has the disadvantage that even a small distance traveled is taxed, resulting in higher prices for goods.

 

　The Balt Knights' Territory is thinking of eventually improving its road network to improve the flow of people, but they don't want to be in such a situation.

 

　That's why I had already told them to abolish such toll taxes.

 

　Thus, there are several conditions that I have issued to the native knights who were there originally, and it is also necessary to make them abide by them.

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　Perhaps, for a while at first, they may try to ignore our orders and do things the same way they have always done.

 

　But we must strictly instruct them to do so.

 

　And in order to make them obey so, the Balt knight family needed power.

 

　That is why I ordered my brother to carve out the Uruk Territory without my participation.

 

"But is that really how it's going to be? You make a lot of money by making all kinds of products, don't you? Shouldn't I do the same? Still, I don't know if I can do it."

 

"If you can do it, you should do it, but only as much as you can. Anyway, it is important to expand the farmland and increase the yield at first. To put it bluntly, if you use Barca's spells to improve the farmland, you should be able to manage the territory just by doing that."

 

"Agricultural land improvement, huh? I'll take care of it, Ars. I've been sent to areas in Fontana before as dispatchments. I'm used to it."

 

"Yes, that's right. Take care of the people who did the brain work for you on those temporary jobs. Smart people are valuable. They are indispensable for the management of the territory."

 

"I agree. But then maybe we can get Kyle to come over here."

 

"No. That's just no good, nii-san. I need Kyle, too, you know. I can't help it. I'll send a Reed family guy who was trained by Kyle in Barcania later. Put him to good use."

 

"I thought you'd agree, but I guess not. If Kyle was there, I could believe in everything 100%. Well, with a named Reed family member, I guess I can make it work. But you know, Ars, it's not enough just to improve the farmland. I want to make something that's worth money."

 

"... If you insist, I'd like to see you try your hand at raising goats. There are a lot of them in the mountains of the old Uruk Territory. There are plenty of goats in the mountains of the old Uruk Territory, enough to feed Uruk's Familiars. I think it would be a good idea to keep goats to make yarn as well. It's pretty cold around here, too, and there's never enough fabric to go around."

 

"I see...I remember Barca had goats. Again, though, are you sure, Ars? If the Balt family makes a lot of money, you might not be able to make a profit."

 

"Haha, if that happens, I'll counter with quality, not quantity. I'll make the finest fabrics that have passed Lilina's screening and sell them as luxury goods, so I hope that won't be a problem."

 

"I guess we can do the farmland improvement and get the hair from the goats anyway, right, Ars? If it works and we make some money, the Balt territory will try something else."

 

"Yes, that's the spirit, Baito-nii! Good luck."

 

"...... hmm? Wait a minute, Ars. What is this? You also put this specific condition on my people?"

 

"What a rush. Just when I thought we were getting the story straight... Let's see, here it is. Yeah. The knights who surrendered were made to accept this particular term. But it also applies to the territories that you attacked and took... so the entirety of the Balt Knight Territory."

 

"You're going to do this to the entire territory? Are you serious?"

 

"Of course. Oh, and of course, I won't allow you to object to this. This is an absolute condition for entrusting the territory to you, so please follow the rules."

 

　One of the conditions for managing the territory that Baito-nii noticed after he thought he had reached an end to his conversation with me.

 

　He was indeed surprised to see the contents.

 

　But if he had missed it, I would not have entrusted the management of the territory to him.

 

　The contents of the letter clearly stated the obligations to be imposed on the residents of Balt territory.

 

　It was an obligation that would be imposed on boys of a certain age only for a few years.

 

　It was compulsory participation in the Barcan army.

 

　Thus, Barca is to indirectly use about one-third of the old Uruk Territory and drag the young boys living there into our military service.

 

　The Barca army was thus to begin anew as a conscripted territorial army.

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