Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0

Heading to the guest house, the figures of dogs and people guarding their surroundings with their tails pinned and looking around.

The art items on the shelves have been returned to the warehouse in Irku Village and my yurt. Some of them are about furniture, but the security guards are there because they are all good.

On the east side... the streets stretching from the neighboring territory are approaching, the neighboring people working to build the streets are coming to this area, and it is important to show that they are well guarded, even though I didn't think the people who sent Eldan would be able to commit such crimes.

I can appeal to the fact that the guesthouse is a territory that shows what kind of territory it is, and that it is a territory that is trying to prevent crime beforehand by keeping it well guarded... There are quite a few people in the guards, and they are continuously changing between days and nights with about twenty people.

And all 20 of them are young people who have just reached adulthood for the Dog Man Clan... that is, new adults or newcomers... It seems that this is the first job entrusted to young people who have just become draftsmen.

It is a place for new recruits to try out whether they can carry out jobs that seem to be futile with a sense of responsibility, whether they can do hard work that will take a long time, and whether they can work closely with their peers to deepen their bond and build a sense of belonging.

Well, if you're a Dog Clan, you don't have any problem with your sense of responsibility or bonding, and you don't have to try it out... maybe you'll get a Dog Clan that isn't, or maybe a newcomer of another race will become a territorial soldier, and it's probably not a bad idea to prepare for that from now on.

As you approach the guarded reception hall, the guard dogs immediately notice and show you their willingness to welcome you by shaking their tails violently.

Even so, he hasn't left the guesthouse, and he hasn't failed to be vigilant about his surroundings... yes, he's doing a really good job.

Good job, are there any problems?

The guard dogs returned an energetic voice as they approached, knelt down on their knees, gazed at each other, and then called out.

“No problem!”

"No one came!"

"Thank you for your work!!"

Yeah, I wish I hadn't had a problem. I'll take care of a lot of things from now on, so thank you very much.

When I gave it back, the Dogman Clan, who gave me the most energetic voice at the end, raised its voice even more energetically.

"Yes! I will do my best to have a child next time!"

"I see. Congratulations, I hope you have a healthy child."

... by the way, I heard that you guys have just grown up, but are you married already? "

Half of the surprise... or something like that... If you return the words you didn't expect, the young man will return the words while tilting his neck.

"It's something that you get married when you grow up, and it's something that you can have children with when you get married."

”Hmph... is that the kind of adult for the Dog Man Clan?”

"Yes! I try not to make children when the herd is too big and there is no food, but now it is not!"

The more I work, the more I can eat, so everyone wants to get married, and they want children! "

I see, then I'll have to do my best to do so in the future

With that said, smiling at the Dogmen... I think about the Dogmen again.

Growing up fast, getting married, having kids... and one day running out of food.

Senai and Aihan are building a field, and they're doing their best in the woods, and there are more geese... but it's hard to say from here.

There are limits to how many fields we can increase and how many livestock we can increase in this meadow... I can't expect that much in a forest that's not that big.

After that, it was the southern wilderness that had become a territory for a while... but there was no food there either.

Hubert wants not only the area reserved for the rock salt, but also the area to the south... He wants to add something to the territory to the south, to the south of the wilderness.

If it's an entirely deserted land, it's going to win as fast as the wilderness... If I can afford it, I'd like to prepare it to get there.

I don't know how long it's going to take to get across the wilderness, but I need water to get there, and I need grass to get there... and I need to dig a well to do that.

If you dig a well and get water, you can use it to improve the soil in the wilderness so that the grass can grow... so that the horse can pass through.

However, there are rock salt deposits in the wilderness, I don't know if fresh water will come out if I dig a well, and I don't know what the status quo is in the south of the wilderness... If there is a hostile country in the south of the wilderness, it may invade us because we have prepared the way there... In the first place, it takes a lot of time and effort to maintain it.

Instead of getting something that takes time and hassle, you may lose something... it seems like a terrible act, but on the contrary, you may get something bigger than the time and hassle.

If grass grows in the wilderness, we may be able to make fields from it, and we may be able to make food in the wilderness.

Even if the wilderness is impossible, Hubert may be able to make something south of it... Hubert thinks that maybe there is a sea south of the wilderness.

The sea is a treasure trove of food, you can catch fish and shellfish, and if you salt it with rock salt in the wilderness, the pantry will fill up quickly.

Hubert said that if it were shaped like a coast where a harbor could be built, more food would be available for trading on a ship... then it would feed 10 to 20 times as many people as it is now.

We need a trade partner, but Hubert says we don't have to worry about that... the king can take care of it if there's a port.

It is only my opinion as an interior affairs officer, but Your Majesty is an excellent person with sufficient knowledge, foresight and decisiveness.

I can't say much about diplomacy or military affairs, but when it comes to internal affairs, there is no doubt that Date was not the one who continued the war for 20 years.

If your Majesty had seen the map, he would surely have realized its potential, and if he heard that you had started building the harbor, he would have made the necessary arrangements as soon as possible. ”

Remembering Hubert's words one day, I stroke the heads of the dogs who all leaned their necks in the same direction, wondering if I was silent.

It takes time and effort, and there is no guarantee of success... But I thought it might not be a bad idea for me to think about whether there is anything good to do... and I let my thoughts circle around.