"Hmm, I wonder what's going on..."
"What's the matter, Arus?
"No, I was just thinking, Paine."
"Thinking? If it is something you can tell me, I will ask you. If you're worried, it'll be easier just to talk."
I see. That said, it's a little different from the trouble. About Fontana territory. "
"Is there a problem with Fontana Territory? For now, I think we have momentum because we are expanding our territory."
"There it is. I hope the territory is expanding rapidly, but I think it's going to be more and more difficult to stabilize it. No matter how many fights you win, there will eventually be a shortage of people who can rule it."
"... that's true. Most of the talent is gathered by Ars, but it will be difficult to govern by personal qualities alone. And as the territory expands, the line of defense will grow, and it may be harder to maintain."
Fontana territory that can be seen as sailing smoothly and continuously expanding the territory for now.
But there was a big structural problem.
This is due to the fact that the territory is overspreading.
The current system is basically feudal.
Instead of the fallen royalty, the aristocracy reigns over the territory, granting land to the knights under their command.
So, to put it simply, I can only tell the knight who took advantage of the battle to say, "From now on, you will control this land."
That knight can build and rule his own legions.
In that case, the knight's "house" will be responsible for the management of the land.
The aristocracy grants permission to the knight to receive "inheritance rituals" from the church to guarantee his identity and the house is governed responsibly from generation to generation.
In other words, each knight's house has the know-how to govern.
But the Fontana family has few know-how.
There is a reason for this.
One of the reasons for this is that during the Carlos era he took down a knighthood of the Raymond sect who defied Carlos.
Although it was necessary to concentrate the powers of the Fontana family called Carlos, it was not without impact.
Otherwise, there may have been significant changes in the system of governance in recent years.
The way of governance has also begun to change dramatically with significant improvements in information transmission and processing speed, such as Kyle's [precautionary story].
Existing know-how of the old knights may not be able to cope with them.
It's like a place to work for people who suddenly introduced computers but say they don't like machines.
Even the people who said that they would squeeze taxes from the residents and the knights would focus on taking advantage of the battle without paying attention to the details.
I can't say it's a complete mistake, but I'm in trouble.
I would like tax revenues to be raised by firmly managing and developing my territory.
In addition, it is difficult for people like those who work behind the scenes to be empowered to do such a lot of management.
At the very least, we want to ensure a certain quality of governance.
"I see. Then why don't we build a new school here in Fontana?
"School? School already exists in this city of Fontana?
"Is it only for the common people and the poor? Instead, why don't we build a school where people with a higher status can go to?
"A school where people with higher status go to?
"That's right. After all, this city of Fontana is home to a family of knights. There are also successors and brothers of the Territorial Knights, or the next generation of young people who work alongside them. In other words, there are people in the same city who will govern the territory anyway, so why don't we open a school to teach them about territorial governance?"
"... I see. Until now, schools have only taught us how to read, write, and calculate letters. But the children of the Knights have already taught the basics in each house. In other words, is it okay to study more advanced territorial management from the beginning?"
"That's right. Besides, the way I ruled here in Fontana and Barca was often confusing even from me in Urk. If you study it here as school education, you may have it as a common perception for each knighthood. Well, it doesn't work right away."
"No, it was helpful. Surely, we should have thought not only of schools for ordinary people, but also of children of knights. Thank you, Paine."
"No, it's no big deal, Ars."
Don't be modest, Paine.
The opinion is well worth it.
Perhaps under the name of "School to teach how to govern," as Paine says, the family of knights in the city of Fontana will send their successors there.
Anyway, it involves more important elements than governance.
The most powerful political force in the world, whether a knight with territory or not, is the connection with the most powerful.
Political voice changes dramatically depending on how connected you are with other leading players.
Then you will have to go to the school at all costs.
Because there are successors of knights with other territories.
Whether or not you go to the school makes a big difference to whether or not you have connections.
And of course, the school does not teach only how to govern.
Instead of doing whatever the knights like on their own, let's teach them exactly how to do Fontana, no, how to do the Balkan way.
So I decided to plan a new knighthood school in the city of Fontana.