Helping with Adventurer Party Management

Episode 660: The visit of a farmer woman

From the next day the breakfast turned into white bread and bean soup.

It's the result of a compromise between Sarah, who is satisfied if only she had white bread, and me, who wants beans.

I was actually better with rye bread, but I was in a minority like that.

"So Kenji powders the rye?

If you say so, I have to back off.

On the other hand, for flour, Kilik takes on the role of stretching his body and turning the stone molar.

In all worlds, the opinions of humans who move their hands directly are easy to come by.

"I hope you can get a little cheaper vegetable oil."

As long as the oil is cheaper, the range of dishes also widens.

"I'm an egg!

"Right. It would be delicious if you baked eggs, put them on bread and ate them."

"I am, you are still meat. Pigs, fish, whatever, but it's still meat."

"If the chickens come, we can crush them and get some meat. That's a little more patience."

With the exception of the clergyman Paperino, he still has something to say about eating in the territory.

Both hunting and fishing rights are in the deputies' hands, so if there are hunters and fishermen, they are also entitled to receive some as taxes, but so far they are not in the process of being executed considering the sentiments of the inhabitants.

"Either way, after you've made the lives of the inhabitants a little better. I'll give it first. I'll take it from there."

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Sarah came to let me know that she had a visitor after breakfast.

She is a farmer who planted the example beans.

No heart or pale complexion, but on the other hand, strong light can be felt in the eyes of the color.

When I was younger, I must have been a beauty with a strong mind.

"Please have a seat first"

There are only a few coarse wooden chairs without a couch in the office, a large blackboard on the wall and the contents of yesterday's argument have been brutally written and beaten.

"There are a few things I'd like to ask you. Uh, according to the dossier, is your name, Ida?"

In response to the question, the old farmer nodded silently.

There are some suspicious points in the dossier on the territory written from the Birth Register, but it seems to me that it was relatively accurately recorded for residents born before the previous deputy came.

"As I said the other day, this mansion was in a very short time, and I was wondering if you could help me with chores, cleaning, etc. in the mansion, if you don't mind. Of course, I pay my wages. It's going to be tough every day, though, so every other day, until the sun rises and it's noon, what do you say?

I didn't get an answer from the farmer woman, but for now, I give an explanation to the end.

"I think there are a few more questions to ask about the situation in this village. To do anything, we're newcomers, we don't know much about this village, and we might do the wrong thing. It would help a lot if you could just tell me the frankness."

I meant to be as brief as possible, but would it have been difficult to understand?

"... so can you wait for the tax on that punishment"

Now it was my turn to be surprised.

"Punishment? Tax? What are you talking about?

The farmer raised her face and opened her mouth like it was reopened.

"So it's about catching fish and planting beans! I'll make sure you pay! So please just wait to take up the field!

Unexpectedly looking around, Sarah and Paperino are reacting the same way.

"No, I won't get an extra tax. I haven't explained the policy of this territory yet, so you can't be guilty, can you?

To that extent, it seemed that the farmer was finally willing to believe these words.

"So is it true to help?

"It's true. Anyway, although I should have gone on duty as a lord, there are only four of us here now. I don't have enough hands."

I smiled unexpectedly. In the first place, what are we going to do about taking up the land of the farmers?

I'm just a deputy and I'm not the owner of the territory, and I don't have time without just the labor to plow.

I have some interest in beans, but all I have to do is buy them in copper coins.

You can plant it in the garden of the valet mansion.

In the first place, what did you come to this village for?

So far, it is clear from the villagers that it is seen as the same kind of the previous deputy.

We need to move ahead with plans to distribute beans as soon as possible and bridge the differences in our perceptions of each other.