Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0

"Ah, yes, there's too many Black Guys lately, and it seems like they're in the Southern Wilderness, so be careful."

The story of the Dong people and the mine has broken down, and Zorg, a little while later, is about to say that after watching the Dong people's back as they make their way along the road.

"Too many...?"

When did that happen...? "

When I tilted my neck, Zorg returned a dazed mixed emotional voice with half-eyes.

"In the meantime, nothing... you're the reason, Diaz."

Thanks to you, or because of you... Every time you came to hunt dragons, the number of Black Guys didn't drop any more than usual.

Looks like you guys were hunting quite a few Black Guys, but they're still cute compared to dragons. "

"A dragon...?"

I did hunt a few of them last year... but does hunting dragons affect the number of Black Guys? "

"That's right, it's just a chunk of meat to be a dragon. It's a good bait."

It's not always every year, but it still comes once or twice a year, and it's dragons that devour beasts all over the place... how many Black Guys can be killed anyway? "

"Hmm...?"

Even if such a dangerous dragon came to this meadow... what happens to that dragon then?

If someone doesn't defeat me, I'll continue to eat Black Gee, and one day I'll destroy Black Gee. "

"Even Black Guy can't just be eaten, but he can resist with his horns and get hit."

If you hit one or two heads, it might not be a big deal, but if it turns out to be 10, 20, or 100, even the Rock Dragon will do a lot of damage.

That's it, isn't the kingdom taking care of the Crusaders? Or maybe they just eat it and get full and go back to the nest.

Basically, when the dragon comes, we use cover-up magic to hide and move the village while hiding, so that we don't get involved with the dragon as much as possible...

So I came back to see that the meadow was quiet... and the dragon had disappeared...

... I don't even know what eventually happened to the dragon that came.

Depending on the situation, we may fight... but no matter how we fight, we will suffer some serious damage, and that will be our last resort. "

"Hmm... I see?"

That's why there are too many Black Guys and they're going to the wilderness. "

"Oh, I bet they know there's rock salt going south."

Besides, you picked up the poison knife over there... so I didn't have time to play with Black Guy.

I wonder if the rock salt deposits that are about to become a business will ever get dirty with their manure?

So, look around, build a fence... it's terrible to eat all the salt, so maybe it's not bad to throw poor-quality rock salt all over the place and direct it away from the deposits. "

"Oh, that might be good."

If it doesn't seem to sell, I'll put it in a place where Black Gee can get close to me, and I'll set up a fence afterwards.

If it was black gee, I might break the fence... but if there was any other salt, it wouldn't be here anymore. "

Well, that's it.

What a conversation, Zorg's horse returns with a light footstep, I wonder if he has had enough rest.

When he came back, he asked Zorg to lower his head and stroke the bridge of his nose... Zorg, who stroked the horse until he was satisfied, returned to the village of the demonic race.

If I see it off, I'll also go back to the village of Irk... It seems difficult to help with construction, so I asked if I could help with some work in the village, and when I looked around, the dogs and people who were walking around the village raised their ears and looked in the distance, and heard something that they seemed to be hearing from you... and then smiled, and then began to make a fuss... One of them noticed me and called out.

"Ellie and the others are back!" Everyone is safe! We'll be in the village in a few moments! ”

"Oh, I see, I'm glad you're safe."

... even so, everyone seems so happy. "

When I return that to the Dog Man, the Dog Man says, "Yes! That's what you say, and you nod, and then you explain why.

"It's rock salt! It's rock salt sales!" I'm glad you're doing your job! ”

"Oh, that's right, that's the main thing this time."

I hope it's a good sales. "

After returning that explanation, I headed to the eastern end of the village of Irk with the happy Dogmen.

Waiting for a moment, I could also see Saki, Saki, Aoi and the dogs and humans who were bouncing around cheerfully with Ellie and the carriage...... approaching me with a wave of their hands.

"Welcome back, I'm glad you're all safe."

When I greeted them and said so, Ellie and the others returned their greetings... and when they finished, Seki, Saku, and Aoi rushed into the village.

Then I ran to my own yurt... and started carrying my luggage to the yurt where my brothers and sisters lived together.

Ellie, who was looking at it with a bitter smile, took out a bundle of paper titled "Transaction Record" after coughing it up... and read it out.

All the rock salt I took was sold, and the sales were about this high.

I also sold some of the maer cloths I brought with me, which are still very popular.

And, when I finished reading it like that, I turned my gaze to this place and continued to say more words.

"--- Well, sales of rock salt were good like this."

It was sold not only to merchants from neighboring territories, but also to merchants who came from other territories... It was very popular for its flavor and quality.

I don't have that much production capacity, but I also advertised that I could ship it regularly.

At the same time, I've spread the news that we've made a large area of land, including a rock salt deposit, and reported it to the Imperial Castle... I wonder if this will eliminate the shortage of salt in various places in the near future. "

"You're not selling a quantity that affects all places, are you?"

When I returned it, Ellie smiled and then returned her words.

"The amount itself is not that much, but if the quality rock salt comes out more and more and more, it will affect the market."

I've been selling some rock salt to the guild until now, but this time, unlike that, I sold a lot of it for advertising... and then the impact will be different.

The prospectus of the merchants who were collecting salt and storing it in the warehouse and selling it at a high price is going to go bankrupt, so if they don't spit out the stored salt an hour earlier, it could turn into a deficit.

In the first place, the high demand for salt was triggered by the level of abundant fishing once every several decades, and the amount of salt used in daily life is sufficiently covered in the domestic production areas.

Who buys salt that has fallen into the warehouse in such a state...?

Some people suspected that it was a lie to spit out the accumulated salt, but in any case, the banner waving for securing the rock salt this time was the father of the duke... If a report letter had been sent to the royal castle, it was not a case of suspicion anymore.

The map of the wilderness should have arrived at the Royal Castle soon, and the rumors began to spread from the vicinity of the Royal Capital.

When that happens, the fish from the abundance of fish will gradually be salted, and it will rise to the tables of various places... and in time, it may even arrive here.

Salt herring and salt cod... they don't eat much around here, so I wonder if everyone would be happy with it. "

"Ah, salted herring... you've eaten enough even in the battlefield."

I didn't really get to eat the salted cod... but I'm looking forward to seeing how delicious the soup and steamed roast were. "

After Ellie explains it to me, when I give her a short reply like that, Ellie comes halfway through... no, yeah, it's not like I don't understand.

I understand most of it... but I'm just curious that you haven't eaten fish lately.

... and when I think about the fish like that, my stomach crows... I wonder if the sales are bothering me, and the dog people who watched us around are so surprised that the fish... is so delicious that I'm going to crow my stomach, and now I'm looking forward to it, and it's starting to boost with such a conversation.