"Water... If you ask me, yes."
It was when winter came to an end and spring began.
I was facing a new problem.
Or perhaps it is better to say that it is likely to be a problem in the future.
It came from my brother, Brother Hector.
My part-time brother was dispatched with Leon around Eindrad, but there were actually other dispatch members.
That was Brother Hector's contingent.
Hector's brother had the temperament of being satisfied if he plowed the fields and lived there, and he was of a different type than Ella's sister, who was a wife with a slightly rising orientation even though she was close.
However, no matter how much Brother Hector wants to do only farming work, he won't wholesale it.
After all, he's my brother.
It is not convenient for me that my brother Hector, who became the master of the territory of the Knights of Barca, only cultivates the fields of his original home.
If that happens, I may be perceived as bad and mean to Hector's brother.
If that happens, it will be thought that even if I get the territory, I am trying to monopolize the profits myself.
If such rumors spread, they would be unable to gather a small number of people who are trying to gather talent from other lands but do not want to reward them.
For this reason, I must use Hector's position and reward, even if he doesn't want it.
So I decided to have Brother Hector do the same job as my part-time brother, who always acts side by side with me on the battlefield.
However, Brother Hector will only send us to lands near the Barca Knight Regiment where there is little chance of fighting.
Unlike the part-time brothers who went out in response to Peeta's request, they mainly went to the land that Carlos had requested, [leveling] and [soil improvement] to improve the farmland, so Hector's brother, a man who loved agricultural work, also understood.
I have the experience of growing crops on soil-enhanced land next to mine, so I will be able to give accurate advice to farmers on the land.
Brother Hector's contingent was circling some land, but it seemed to have gained considerable popularity.
This is the information from Hector's brother, who looks at the farmland very closely.
It was because I grew a lot of crops in places where my magic had improved the land, but I wondered if it consumed a lot of water.
"Actually, what do you think? Kyle, can you compare last year's Vulcan Knight Regiment harvest with the expected yield this year?
"Alright, brother Ars.... hmm, I can't say anything. Harvest volumes tend to increase as territory increases. I don't know if Brother Ars' magic is related to the amount of water on the ground."
I see. But it's not unlikely in the long run. If Brother Hector is actually looking at the state of the soil, he can't ignore it. "
"But has it ever been a problem for Mr. Ars to use this magic before? I wonder if it's gonna be okay.
"I don't know. It may or may not be okay. While the land is small, I will often water it."
However, Hatsuka and others can be harvested in a few days on land that uses [soil improvement].
Of course, they suck a lot from the ground to grow.
Soil nutrients are magical phenomena, so perhaps they are adequately replenished with [soil improvement].
However, I had never realized what the moisture content of the land was.
Perhaps the moisture content from the earth decreases as we continue to produce crops.
"What should I do? Do I have to do magic to make moisture rich soil?
"But when you think about land nutrition, don't you end up using [soil improvement], Mr. Ars?
I see. Does that mean you don't know what you're doing? Hmm, I can't help it. Do you want to build a dam? "
"Dam? Is that what you're talking about, Mr. Ars?
"Well, to put it simply, it's an artificial pond that stores water. Shall I keep agricultural water out of the pond? Just because there's a river in the Knights of Barca, you can use it."
"I see, if there is a pond that stores water, we can deal with it when we need to. But what if it's land other than Barca? Are you going to build a dam there?
"No, Hector's report says that [soil improvement] can be used many times to harvest water more frequently. Outside Barca, I think it's okay to send them to the land about once a year."
Talking to Kyle, I was thinking about the dam.
Even if I say dam, I think I can make enough primitive stuff.
It's not like we're building anything on a scale that sinks a village in a mountain to the bottom of a dam.
It is true that the history of the dam has existed for a long time, but that is why even the ancients were able to make it.
In other words, a reservoir pond might be better than a dam.
If I dig the ground with magic, it will be enough.
The rest is a place, but let's make a bigger pond downstream than where the hot springs are gushing out.
Wouldn't it be better to draw the waterway from there to each village and build a small reservoir near the village?
So, I just started exploring where to build the dam.