Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki

I got to Erin rocked by a carriage for a few days.

It's going to speed up the carriage on Erin's side, and it's going to take longer than usual.

Even though I gave Erin a special carriage, it takes time because the horse to pull is a regular horse. AC will be active from now on, and maybe I can give you a demon-modified horse.

This time, I didn't have to wait in order to get into the city.

There was an entrance for the guest of honor that I could use. Asur has told me that I can use this place in the future when I come here just because of Elsier's face.

Plain but very helpful.

Entering Erin's town is as vibrant as ever.

People and things abound, and people's expressions have smiles.

"This is a nice city."

"Yeah, it's my proud city. Lots of problems, though. I made it so big, I can't give it to my stupid brothers."

Asur laughs as she raises her blue hair.

The voice had a mixture of pride and tired sounds.

"You're in a lot of trouble over there."

"Sort of. I'm not as hunted down as Elsier, but my troubles are endless."

"Sure, if you're doing the length, it's a continuum of choices. Sometimes we are forced to make decisions before we have all the judgment material."

When I'm at the top of a big organization, I can't really get the information in.

Sometimes they are purely away from the scene, and their employees start hiding information that is not convenient.

In most cases, judgment is required in situations where less than 40% of the required information does not come in. If we wait until we have all the information, it's all too late.

"Sometimes I get scared. I wonder if I made the right choice."

"I'm with you, too. In the end, we'll just have to make an effort to get it right later. Less, we Elsier won't let you make a bad deal for Asur or Erin."

"That's comforting. Because you take particular risks in your dealings with Elsier."

I laugh.

This time, Asur is taking an unlikely risk in order to recognize Elsier as a country.

I'm not talking about losing my current position, so strange that she's alive.

"First, I want you to look at the consulate we've got for you. We've got it in the Commercial District, as you wish."

Even after entering the city, the carriage runs sick.

It is possible because there are streets that have been fixed in Acer's eyes. Consider the flow of distribution, a common structure in a planned built city, difficult to get lost and rarely go far.

The carriage runs smoothly thanks to a wide and straight path. If you're a normal city, you're going to take a winding narrow road, one way or the other, you're going to unload your stuff from the carriage and be the feather that people carry.

"Thank you for giving the consulate priority."

"There is only three days for you to stay. I need you to do all the other errands before I focus on teaching you iron making techniques and explaining the drawings of the workshop you wrote.... I don't think you'll sleep properly for the last three days."

Asur quickly distorted his mouth.

"Three days or so would be fine. Concentrate."

"I'm relieved to hear that. Even if I say no, I need your help."

I'm going to say unscrupulous.

But you're well paid, so I'm not going to defy you.

"Prepare yourself because I'm going to ruin your blacksmith's pride."

"You're welcome. It's time for them to know there's a top up there."

The blacksmith's arms are also quite high, as far as Erin's technical standards are concerned, from this township and the goods lined up. I'm worthy of teaching, too.

"All right, I'll thoroughly remind you of your ignorance and incompetence, and I'll break your heart enough never to have a hammer again"

"... I knew I'd need a little help."

In response to my joke, Asur said with a terribly serious face.

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"This is our consulate."

It was in the middle of the commercial district, in what could be described as the best location, that I was guided by Asur.

Surprisingly, the carriage cabin was adjacent and I was able to pack up two carriages.

The building also seems to have plenty of space and a wide entrance, which is designed on the assumption of opening the store in advance.

Brick construction and no problem with strength.

It has two floors and can be used twice as an office or a residential area.

"Often, you could have prepared something like this. Isn't that great?"

I give an exclamation. I can't hope for anything more.

It was three ranks higher than I imagined.

Thousands of gold coins are crap if you try to buy Erin a building like this in this location, and you're lucky you can get it just by paying for gold coins. That's about the building.

"Well, it was supposed to be a branch of a big merchant."

"How did that merchant let go?

"The man, he was an imperial merchant, but he was imprisoned for espionage charges in the empire because he was doing business in various countries, and all his property was confiscated. I got a land bill and a letter of entitlement for business, plus an advance for construction, but in the end, I couldn't afford to pay it after it was done, and Erin confiscated it and kept it."

"... the Empire is such a mess"

"Yeah, it sounds amazing now. Not just that guy, but he's squeezing money out of civilians with money. Rumor has it that the merchants of the sensible empire are fleeing simultaneously. Most of them grabbed it before they escaped."

"Is the Empire an idiot?

Merchants who make a lot of money are eligible to be taxed stably even if left alone.

It's better to let them earn money in the long run and keep squeezing it little by little rather than rubbing off the proper sins and confiscating their property.

Besides, if there were such rumors, the merchants wouldn't come by in the future, the distribution would be disrupted, and the economy would be stuck.

"Perhaps the Empire needs funding now. In the long run, I want cash that's ready to use, even if it's a loss. Why, wouldn't you imagine?

"There's only one reason I have money. War."

"I agree. But you don't know. I just won it that far, though it shouldn't make sense."

Fiscal depleted by repeated war costs, war would not be possible under the present circumstances.

That's why we secure the forced funding of the future by cutting and selling.

There are as many examples in history of taking such means. But if they win, they'll compensate for the loss and instantly reap a lot of profit.

Where you have destroyed Elsier, you will only gain the Demon Stone, and that Demon Stone will not soon be gold either. Even if we make use of the Demon Stone of Fire to make iron, it falls into the long-term interest. It can't be a special effect to rebuild the economy.

You think it's okay for the Empire to collapse?

The words I unleashed at random got strangely tight.

You may collapse. Rather, it is beyond that that that there may be a real purpose.

"Asur, by the way, is that about the whole empire?

When it comes to empires, it's actually a big country with five cities stopping by.

The four Grand Dukes are ruling the cities on all sides independently, and there is an imperial capital inhabited by emperors to be protected by four cities in the centre.

"No, two of the four big cities. Besides, it's got something to do with you."

Right, that guy...

"Good information. Thank you."

Reconnaissance of the Empire. More temperamental.

No longer a reconnaissance to confirm the will to fight, but a reconnaissance to find weakness was changing its meaning.

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"Loreau, that ornament is a little more to the right"

"Connaught, fur processed products are placed out of the sun"

"Lela, I'll leave the syrup and liquor placement to your taste"

I got two hours in preparation time, so I started selling the product.

The general layout is in the drawings for once, but I want to do as much as I can while I look at it.

Fortunately, it was well cleaned and had a whole range of shelves, desks, etc., so it was only a brief rearrangement change and it was huge that they started displaying it.

In this store, I mainly ask Lela to work for me.

Lela is the only one who can do the math well and keep the books.

Loreu had me come today, but I usually intend to send another Iraqsa member.

Exactly, I can't reside the leader of Iraqsa here.

"Um, Master Cyril, is there anything you can do for me?

A blue-haired woman in her late teens smiling at me.

"Nothing in particular. Just give me a break."

"But I have been told by Asur to help Cyril"

"... what did you say your name was?

It's Natasha.

The blue-haired girl lowers her head with a stick. The gratitude was disgusting.

"Shall I sweeten you to the word, then? Natasha, ask for instructions from a woman named Lela over there."

"Copy that!

A blue-haired woman rushes over to Lela, smiling and colluding.

She is a housekeeper from Asur.

I can tell you that she is responsible for the cleanliness of this store.

Asur's story is that he can calculate, he's familiar with the city's taxes and accounting, and he's got a good face when purchasing in Erin, and if he's going to do business in earnest, he definitely wants the talent.

"What do you say, good boy?

"He's a very good boy. It's different from the average person from the way you walk, you're pretty well trained. Nor is that the way you work out as a soldier. Intelligence or assassination training."

"That's not what I said."

"He'll be watching."

I won't deny it.

Exactly, it doesn't look like you can totally do whatever you want with Erin.

She's a pawn prepared by Asur to keep an eye on our trends. It's not out of line with the standard, but it's definitely quite powerful.

Well, naturally. Be sure to keep an eye on me even if I'm in the same position.

"What are you going to sell?

"First Elsier wine and maple syrup. Plus the fur processed products made by the elves and a lot of preserved food, I guess. Sausages and stuff could get popular."

Iraqsa members are hunting for their prey as part of their training, but they can't take it too far to handle the meat in Elsier. For once, restrictions are being placed so that ecosystems don't go crazy, but it's still okay because there were originally too many sea lions without natural enemies.

I also thought about flushing it to Bel Elsier, but decided that was too much. Whatever you do, it's the price of hemp. Otherwise they are too dependent on Elsier.

"I wonder if sausage means the crisp meat contrived in Elsier?

"Yes, I am."

"Fine. Why don't we buy it for dinner and go home?"

"Make sure you buy it. Customer number one. And then I'm thinking about putting out a stall at the entrance to the store and selling it in crepes."

"I'm sure this shop will be popular."

"It's an important earning base, so I'm in trouble if you don't succeed"

"It's a waste of a week's worth of sales in a month. I wish I could do it every day."

"I can't produce enough Elsier wine and maple syrup to sell every day. I'm squeezing the number to serve at a time, so that's the limit. So we're going to shift to a stable supply of fertilizers."

I didn't put it in my mouth, but I'm also going to sell the cokes I made from processing coal. Always become a popular product.

By the time I get back to Elsier, Yukino will be making quite a few cokes. You will be.

"I, as an individual, would like you to sell a weapon called a crossbow or a grenade that defeated the Empire in Bel Elsier."

Asur seems to be getting information on the grenades from Erin's intelligence lurking in Bel Elsier.

That, too, would be fascinating from an exchanger.

Huge and powerful handguns are quite effective for defense.

"You don't sell crossbows and hand ammunition here. I think it scares Erin as well as us if anyone gets it. Dozens of people get killed and injured, especially if you use grenades all over the city."

"You do have that. I'm not asking you to sell it here."

They convinced me. I guess I'll be signing up as Erin to my Elsier opponent in the future.

"And it belongs to the promise. I just unloaded it, and I'll give it here."

I'll take one crossbow out of my luggage.

"It would have been a promise to give Elsier instead of having him recognized as a country. You should do your best to study it."

"You're gonna love this."

Crossbows, if only they had an example, would make it up.

But that's a long way off. At first glance the crossbow looks like a simple configuration but the firing mechanism is a chunk of precision parts. It takes years before we can have the perfect one. In the meantime, we have to create a unit that won't bitter the crossbow.

At the end of the day, the development of weapons is always a mess.

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Then I leave the other members from Elsier and I follow Asur to the planned construction site of the steel mill.

Beyond being a blast furnace fuelled with coal, there is really smoke, ash and other pollution. There are limits to the mechanisms used to reduce pollution wherever possible.

So he had instructed us to prepare the land for the position on the edge of the unpopular Erin.

"Well, this is where we're supposed to be. Is it big enough?"

"Don't complain here. So, where's the blacksmith at heart?

"Follow me."

There was an interesting tree building called Rapid Buildings to follow behind Asur and see.

"It's called lodging. We'll have them stay here when construction starts. It's a long way from the neighborhood, so it's ridiculous to let them through. Are you ready for this? I'll open the door."

Asur opens the door.

Then, forty or so muscle-like men turn this way simultaneously.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the Blacksmith Federation. This is Cyril. I'll have you coached for three days. Probably the best blacksmith in the world. Like you learn well."

The most hostile thing in the world, the moment you hear that word, you become more hostile to me.

"Mr. Cyril, those of you who are here, in each of Erin's workshops, stood second and third, gathering as many young men as possible."

Young, powerful, dream-filled people who aspire to their castle.

That is, greedy for new knowledge, … the most competitive time of year.

From them, there's no way it's funny that the worldly elves that are drawn to the woods are introduced to you as the best blacksmiths in the world.

You won't even be able to talk to Loc like this.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Elsier... Cyril from Elf and Firefox Country. As introduced to Asur, Erin's head, I will teach you a lot of skill over the next three days. That being said, you will be questioning my strength."

Everyone kept their mouths shut, but those eyes affirmed my words.

"So let's introduce ourselves. In a way that you know who I am."

I'll give the blacksmiths in the front row two knives and a crossbow that I carry as a protective weapon, and the drawings I've prepared for today.

The blacksmiths don't need words.

How much can be made. Show me that and you'll see what your strength is.

The blacksmiths look at them from various angles as if they were to devour them handed in, touch them, and leak their breath of admiration.

The more skilled you are, the more you will know what they are worth.

Thirty minutes later, they still don't try to let go of the tools I made.

"I'm sorry that I'm obsessed, but it won't be over forever. What do you say? Are you going to take my guidance?"

When asked so, the blacksmiths look at each other, and the big man, who releases an international presence in it, slowly opens his mouth.

"You're definitely the best blacksmith on the field. Just three days, but let me call you Parent."

"I don't mind. Nice to meet you."

"" "Nice to meet you. Parent!!" "

And my three days of mentoring began.

Actually, I have a hidden goal for Asur.

That's a blacksmith's draw.

You don't have to do anything particularly dirty. Show me your overwhelming prowess, and if you feel you have a lot to gain if you follow me, I'll follow you on my own. The Asurs will hold back, but it's impossible to tie Erin to anything more than wandering a free city.

There is an absolute shortage of blacksmiths in Elsier. I've also thought about coaching, but teaching amateurs from one to ten takes too long.

But if they bring me the blacksmith I trained here, I'll let him educate me.

I began to whip with such ambition in my chest.