I Was Reincarnated as a Poor Farmer in a Different World, so I Decided to Make Bricks to Build a Castle

"... the shaking seems to have calmed down. Kyle, hurry up and use the [chatter]. Tell the knights in Fontana to gather in the castle immediately, and those everywhere to report the impact of the earthquake there."

"Yes, I understand, Mr. Ars."

"Ah, it was quite a big earthquake, so there might be an aftershock. There may be multiple earthquakes of the same magnitude or smaller in the next few days, so call attention."

I'm sorry to give instructions to Kyle, who still has a slightly blue face due to earthquake fear.

Physically, I don't think it's such a big earthquake, but I'm not sure how much it affects me.

But Kyle's [memoirs] are very helpful at times like this.

Because we can immediately communicate with the Reed surnames who are at a distance.

But we can't just use the Reed family as a network.

Though convenient, it is still not properly located in all of Fontana territory.

I immediately ordered someone else to run and send letters to the tracking birds to fly everywhere.

"So you had nothing to do with this?

"That's true. I had nothing to do with the earthquake, Lord Peeta."

"... I see. If you had known in advance the variation between the stars, the moon and the sun, you would have known that the earth would shake this time, but it seems to have been evil."

"Yeah, I'd like to do it if I could predict an earthquake. Perhaps a complete prediction is impossible."

I see. No, I'm also very surprised by the sudden events. I think we all do. It was beneficial to be able to gather and share information in this way with your immediate actions. "

"That's right. Please be careful for a while, as earthquakes are likely to occur due to crustal fluctuations."

Sometimes it's still snowy, and the city of Fontana has many knights.

Incidentally, there are two kinds of people here when the knights are divided widely.

Ordinary knights with no territory named as knights by the Fontana family, and knights with territory with their own territory everywhere.

This territorial knight will be in the city of Fontana during the winter due to the New Year's greetings.

But that doesn't mean that not all the people in each territory are in this city.

For example, the Eindrad family ruling the Eindrad Knight's Landing, while the city is home to Peeta, Peeta's servants remain in the Eindrad Landing.

It means that not all parts of the world are fallen apart.

Many knights, not just the Eindrad family, interact with their own ministers in their own territory using the Reed family's [stories].

Looking at this, I wonder if any of you don't realize the usefulness of House Reed.

Some people still want one of their own ministers to be named Reed.

As we gathered information on earthquakes from all over Fontana's castle in this way, we realized that the impact of the earthquake was wider than expected.

Although the Arbarest area is apparently not so swaying, the Fontana and Ulk districts are swaying widely, with the southern part more likely to experience a high rate of physical sway and collapse.

Could it have swayed further south than Fontana territory?

"All right, please give me [preface]. The Arbarest area seemed to have been slightly shaken, but there must have been a landfill where the water had originally been. The liquefaction phenomenon may affect the building. Tell him to be careful."

"Brother Ars, what's the liquefaction?

"Well, to put it very simply, in places like landfills, the ground is loose, so the earthquake shakes and the ground is very depressed. If that happens in a building, it's like a building built on sand, and it's unstable and dangerous."

"Hmm, just be careful because the ground is loose. Okay, I'll tell him."

"Thank you, Kyle. Ask if there are any avalanches in the snowy mountains of the Urk district. Others have to restore the affected people, buildings, and land. Do you know how to recover from a disaster like this, Lord Peeta?

"How to recover? Now, I think we can only do enough to evacuate ourselves and fix the building...."

"What do you mean, individually?

"Of course, it means exactly what I said. If the house is broken, we have to fix it ourselves."

"No, it's about a knight with money, right? What about the commoners? We need shelter, food. It's still cold, but there's nothing we can do about it.

"I'm not sure what you want to say. It's only natural to do what you do, isn't it? I wonder if someone kind would show up and fix someone else's building that broke down on its own. Because winter snow falls on everyone equally, I think it's strange to be sweet to others."

Are you serious?

It may be natural for you to do it yourself, but this is an earthquake.

Self-help efforts alone can't help it.

But all the knights in this room nodded in what Peeta said.

Is that what everyone feels like?

At best, there seems to be a perception that tax collection is not more stringent than usual.

Because Peeta herself is a peasant, it may not be perceived by her high ranking identity as a knight.

Until now, I have often felt a difference in common sense because I have memories of my previous life.

There are many things that have been done with "this is obvious here."

But I feel a little different this time.

A lot of lives will be saved if we take immediate measures.

Conversely, the more lives you die, the weaker your power as a Fontana territory will be.

That's what I thought. I decided to implement disaster preparedness in a hurry.