A Mid-level (Middle-aged) Office Worker’s Laid-Back Industrial Revolution in Another World

"Well, you've figured out quite a bit about Takeo.

"Right. In the meantime, you've got a new breeze in the Elvis family.

A lot of them are good in our realm, but it's hard to come up with as effective a plan as Mr. Takeo, right?

"... you'd be right to say you don't know how to develop.

Everyone wants to develop in the realm, but they don't know how to be rich.

What is more, as things stand, there are verses which are satisfactory to the whole of the Azpar country.

Both the Wang capital and the local governments.

"Right. That's why you don't come up with an effective development proposal.

If you want to take risks, you can keep it that way.

The Counts of Godwin nod and discuss.

"By the way, isn't there a famine?

Takeo asks indescribably.

"Hunger or... is that unusual weather?

Count Godwin listens back.

"It's weather disorder and war.

"... right.

There have been no weather irregularities over the last 20 years or so along with my territory, the territory of Count Elvis and the territory of Count Temple.

Don't think there hasn't been a famine in about 30 years either.

Even if there is human damage in the war, there is no harm in agriculture.

"You're stable.

"Oh, it's easy to do what you know about your annual harvest.

"I get anxious though.

"Takeo, why not?

"For a long time... more people are going to think 'this year will be the same' when the climate continues with two or three generations.

Doing so could prevent farmers from making trials and errors.

Because in the event of a disaster in that, the period of confusion and rebuilding is likely to grow.

"I see.

Grandpa Elvis and Frederick nod.

"That said, being overgrown crops can lead to a fall in cereal prices if there are no consumers.

I think it would be desirable for our territory to change as it is now.

"Right there.

"Hmm? What is it?

"Elements needed to increase grain production... that's securing a place to consume.

That means if you want to talk about big books, if you want to increase the population, you can increase it.

"Sure, but... we're not really expecting population growth, are we?

The population in our territory continues to be almost horizontal.

How is your father?

"Hmm, we're pretty much flat too.

Two counts nod.

"In my opinion, it's an image of a lot of children in rural areas?

"I have a lot of kids... but there's a lot of farmland..."

"I see... is it commensurate with the population?

Promotion measures in the meantime... if successful, it could also lead to population growth... "

Takeo says as he thinks.

"Um, more people come and go, more shops, more consumption.

Temporarily, the price of crops may rise, but if we do not increase our produce, we will not be able to catch up, and if prices do not fall, we can expect the expansion of agricultural land.

"We need to make more kids to expand and maintain our farmland.

... don't come up with the need to anticipate your child as a workforce. In the further future, those children will expand their farmland.

Don't see that kind of flow if you only look at the good circulation.

However, if there is irregular weather conditions, it will be dissolved.

"... it would be better to keep some hands on the way to population growth and agricultural land expansion within the present.

Because the result would be 20 or 30 years away.

"Uhm."

"Right.

Two counts nod.

"By the way, were you doing anything at Mr. Takeo's place?

Alice asks.

"Is that my place?

That's right... there were a lot of places where celebratory money was paid by the public authorities when a child was born.

"Really? How much is it?

"Sure... two or three gold coins.

"Heh, that's surprisingly a lot.

That sounds like a lot of territorial strain.

"Still, it was more important for the population to grow, and some of the villages where neglect progressed were offering festivities and grants up to the age of 10.

"Up to the age of 10!?

Was there that much extra money there?

"You don't.

Everywhere was cuttlefish, right?

Still, you wanted me to have kids.

"The rulers at Takeo's seem to have had a tough time.

"You had a hard time growing the population and worried about it.

Takeo laughs bitterly.

"What was the population of Mr. Takeo's place?

There are more or less 2 million people in this country.

Jesse asks.

"As a country, you were 120 million.

"" "" "" "Ha!?

Everyone but Takeo is surprised.

"What's up?

"That's a lot of population. Was the country huge?

"It must have been small compared to other countries, for sure.

It was roughly 380,000 square meters, but there were many mountains.

... The density on the 1km square should have been about 320 people.

This city is 5 km square and 50,000, so it's 1 km square and has a density of 2,000 people.

"We're a metropolitan city.

The country covers roughly 250,000 square kilometers.

"As a country, you have a density of 8 people on 1 km square.

That's a small population to think of.

"By the way, potatoes..."

"What is it?

"Lords of regions like ours... what was the population of the local cities?

"... I think the life base itself is too different..."

"I'd still like to hear it.

"I don't know the size of Elvis territory in specific figures, though?

"50 km north, 50 km south, 50 km east, 25 km west.

"That's big.

Hmm... I don't know the details, but to put it bluntly, the local cities were between 1 million and 7 million.

"Really... it's less than 10% of the lowest local population in Takeo.

Grandpa Elvis sighs.

"No... why are you comparing??

Life is different, so it's natural to have a different population, right?

On the contrary, the area is still around 64,000 people, so there's a lot to stretch out, right?

It will suddenly be difficult to make the population of the territory a million, so wouldn't it be a good idea to start with a closer goal of 100,000 or 150,000 people?

"Um, for that reason, expanding agricultural land and developing rural areas is a challenge.

Grandpa Elvis and Takeo snorted.