Garudeina Oukoku Koukoku Ki

"So the next deal is in 90 days, so that's good, right?

"I don't mind. That said, there will be some errors, just like last time."

"I am aware of that. Not to mention this time."

"... honestly, I'm sorry."

Two days after visiting Rasheed's guarded Fort Sagrassi, Georg was visiting Lyudmila for the final meeting of his next deal. I didn't originally plan on visiting Lyudmila to confirm it, but that's why I stopped coming.

"Nevertheless... the nobles, hey"

"... I couldn't contain it. It's this one's fall. Naturally, I'm not going to say that I want more items to be traded, etc."

A situation where Georg and Lyudmila hold their heads in alignment. That was caused by the nobility of the Empire.

It is already well known to Georg that Lyudmila is making an Imperial aristocracy chop, and that they will accompany this deal with half the time, but there was no problem. But those aristocrats have gathered all the sub-men from their own territory, and they have put them up for a deal with Gardina. That number, roughly 2000.

It doesn't seem like a good thing to hear that, but in Gardina, Lyudmila was currently preparing accordingly because of Lyudmila's words that there would be approximately 5,000 people. If that number were to increase suddenly, we would naturally have to show it to the various departments and take action.

"This time, there's one Marquis, one Borderline Uncle, and three Counts. Especially troublesome is the Marquis...... Leonid Torstaya Iliichi. A nobleman ruling the eastern part of the empire, beside the Imperial chamber. The Emperor's sister is married three generations ago, my great-grandmother's sister. It was originally a borderline uncle, but since the discovery of a large silver mine in the east, we've literally gained momentum in dropping flying birds. He is now one of the leading financiers in the Empire, and many have taken a breath away from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce..."

Silver is a valuable resource, also known as chronic scarcity alongside gold. If it is to be a mine capable of mining large quantities, it is also possible to snort that the aristocratic authority that has it will expand. When it comes to Gardina, it's too special an environment to say anything about it. I don't even know if this world is as short of gold and silver as the world it was in.

"But this time, we… Gardina, of course, feel that the abundant presence of gold, jewellery and other ore resources has bonded with Lyudmila, threatening its superiority"

"That sort of thing. In fact, so far in the Empire, silver was produced in the territory of Leonid. Of course, it's not just where silver comes from, it's not entirely monopolistic."

"That said, it's not funny to be stopped from exporting outside the territory for any reason."

"In short, yes. That's why, if you're going to ban exports, Leonid will still buy them up and wholesale them for a higher price, for God's sake, just keep" that "on track."

"That said, I don't want to increase imports from other countries, nor do I want to imitate them that would adversely affect the domestic economy," he said.

"That sort of thing. When it comes to gold, there will also be aristocrats who have to rely on Gardina more than almost zero output in the Empire, but even silver will doubt this one's superiority. And if Leonid makes such aristocracy convenient..."

"He's gaining momentum."

What a hassle, but this is normal in this day and age. No matter how centralised we try, we must indeed give certain powers to the lords there in areas far from the centre, beyond the limited means of information transmission. And it will inevitably be a land that is also difficult to reach the central eye, and "easy to do" for the aristocracy.

"It's just been a good thing so far, I've been having a headache lately... the aristocratic softness, the Leonid thing, the response to the diner... well, I guess there's nothing compared to you"

"This one's just a story with a small total population, no nobility, but therefore no such thing has happened. Lyudmila, who brings together so much land and so many nobles, only admires her wholeheartedly."

"I'm glad you kept it in compliment. Well, something that even I have the will and pride of being emperor. It's not easy to make weak noises."

"That's what it is. So, what do you say, diner?"

When Georg asked him that, Lyudmila gave him a look like he had chewed up a bitter bug.

"Dinant and I... it's probably going to be a fight. I don't care what they think, they just think it's meant to be. The real purpose of this messenger is probably just to buy time."

"Well... so, how does that work?

"We are currently preparing to send reinforcements to the border with Dinanto. In addition to the 3,000 that were on border security from the beginning, we will gather 2,000 private soldiers from the Imperial Capital, from the Southern nobility, and we will send them roughly 2,000, or 1,500, from Rasheed's later. The border with Dinanto has a Sankzi castle fortress, and with 8,000, it won't be that easy to pull out."

Sankzi Castle Fortress, its castle fortress, meaning "sanction" in the old language of the North, was a castle fortress built during the Great War and was guarded by Rasheed. It is a robust construction surrounded by double walls and moats, and Rasheed performs his own renovations of what was formerly a single piece.

On the stone walls, which will be as high as 10 m, the hollow, which will be as deep as 4 m and as wide as 6 m, the fortress of the Castle of Sankzi, which boasts the protection of an iron wall built as a new second barrier, has outnumbered the offensive of the Kingdom of Dinanto by an oligarchy, five degrees during the Great War. Later, Rasheed, who was launching into the offensive at the same time as the reinforcements arrived, savors the humiliation that the kingdom of Dinanto would be handicapped, interrupting its invasion of the empire and initiating its retreat, but that Rasheed, who skilfully pursued this, would, on the contrary, allow the border to be partly southbound.

Since then, this castle fortress has been regarded as a top strategic goal for Dinanto, but it is still being built, renovated and unable to reach the castle fortress, which adds to its robustness day by day.

"Does the appointment mean you're not going to send it yet?"

"Yeah, if this is what we're sending soldiers to first, that could be an excuse to start a war. So far, the only thing we're actually sending is reinforcements from Imperial City."

"I see, the abdominal cumulation that uses the convoy to Gardina exactly as it is"

"Your answer. This one already has a name, and more importantly, there's a lot more room in the distance to send from Fort Sagrassi than from the Imperial City. As soon as the deal is over, Rasheed will lead the soldiers straight to the Sankzi fortress."

"Hmm... it's a little inconvenient to be without Rasheed, but it's not something this one should talk about more than being an Empire General. Has it already been decided on a successor during Rasheed's absence?

"That's right... one of the counts I'm with stays on the ground this time, and I'm supposed to be negotiating with you."

"............... you screwed me?

"... I can't help it. Until now, it has been more unusual for Rasheed, a soldier, to always negotiate externally. It is their argument that the military and politics must be separated, that neither side must have excessive power, and it is me, and the emperors of generations, who show the guiding principles."

"... I know what to say, let's also understand. But speaking of greed, it is desirable to be at least one of Lyudmila's children."

"Yeah, I'm considering that. A nobleman who is not a sub-exclusivist, a prestigious clan who has served from generation to generation, then, the Count who, although not as Rasheed, professes... Nikolai Maximilianovich Leiftenberkski. That's the name of the Count who will remain at Fort Sagrassi this time."

I'm not sure if Georg thought that if he did, and a long name, he probably wouldn't remember.