Isekai Taneuma

The group of Feng who entered Bohemia met Grandpa Popol, a junkie, in the village they first visited.

The grandfather, who wanted to smoke opium all day, asked Feng to accompany him on the grounds that he wanted the opium from the neighboring village to be divided, but he accepted his words that he had to go to Fort Bohemia and turned his destination into a fortress. Grandpa said that there was a terrific grassland near the fort, and he wanted to go there while getting opium divided in the villages along the way.

Young Dan from the village said that his body was about the same, but his head was solid, so he was okay to guide him along the way. That's why Feng decided to add him to his group, but of course Guillaume hated him.

"Hey, Feng. I won't complain about adding one or two more junkies now. But what are you going to do with this dumb old man? If we keep up with this pace, the sun will go down. Forgot the lizard merchant's advice?

"But you're pathetic. My grandfather can walk almost anyway, and if he changed his guide every time he arrived in another village, he might be stuck somewhere with a rejection. My grandfather said he'd show me to the end, and I'll take him when it's time."

"You can't do that, can you? I don't care how much you call him, he's got about 40 kilometers. You're supposed to make a noise."

Indeed Guillaume was right, and I had to say that Feng's perception was sweet. However, such a problem was solved quickly. Dan brought a pony for the grandfather while Feng and the others rubbed without admitting his company. Dan talked to his grandfather about something bossy.

"Now, be careful and take Grandpa to Canaan."

"Canaan....?

"Didn't you hear?

Canaan is said to be the name of the owner of the amazing Kesi field, as Popol says. I wonder if Grandpa Sasha said Moses would take a pony ride to the promised land (Canaan) in search of the finest opium yet to be seen.

"If you say such a thing, one day a fanatic will kill you."

I heard Guillaume's blurry voice, but he wouldn't object any further if he didn't complain to the conductor to follow the horse. They bid farewell to the village chief and Dan, and then to the lizard merchant who guided them here, and travelled to the next village. Feng left in a hurry because he was smoking opium at his grandfather's house.

As Grandpa Popol said before he left, everyone in this neighborhood seems to be growing kettles. The history is old, and I don't know when it has been growing up. At least by the time my grandfather arrived in the village, it was said that cassia cultivation was already normal in any house.

Settlements around here were settled by former Empire serfs, but were they natural because the climate around here is suitable for cattle cultivation? However, I don't think Keshi was weak and natural, so it looks like someone brought him here a long time ago.

Opium, the liquid juice that comes from the fruit of such pomegranates, has long been used as a stimulant for the sacrifice by Sherman. These drinks, such as the Greek mythical spiritual liquor nectar and the Hindu psychic soma, whose identity is unclear but only described, were probably opiates.

Considering this, it appears to have spread from India to Central Asia at least in B.C. Unfortunately, the original species has not been found, so it remains unclear where it originated. In terms of climatic conditions, it is said that Europe is a place of origin.

Keshi prefers cool, dry climates, and tropical rainforests are not suitable. Because of the pulsatile variety improvement that has been taking place since B.C., it has now become an economic plant that humans have to care for and grow like chicks.

Even in Japan, it is noisy to find remnants that were cultivated before the war or that occasionally grow on the roadside as weeds, but it is basically a weak variety. Originally it didn't exist in Asia because of its European origins… It was not to mention that the opium war was the cause of its spread.

Once upon a time, the British Empire, the world leader, founded the East Indian Company and triumphed over the Spanish-Portuguese Union, successfully colonizing India. After entering the Bengal region of eastern India, they stretched their tentacles further east and finally reached the Qing Dynasty in mainland China.

At this time, it is uncertain whether they had the intention of invading Qing from the beginning. I don't think that happened at this time. But they met. The synonym for the British gentleman (Brikas) is "black tea", to which 100 out of 100 people would reply.

The British who arrived in Qing Dynasty quickly fell prey to Chinese tea. Modern people are used to taking caffeine on a daily basis, but caffeine is originally a stimulant. If you still consume too much caffeine in an energy drink today, you will feel that it is quite effective, so will you know how it works? Until then, I had never had caffeine, and the impact that the British had on tea at that time seemed immeasurable.

But even if they wanted tea, they didn't have any materials to exchange. At that time, the main industry in England was Indian cotton fabrics, which were not uncommon in Qing Dynasty. As a result, the British Empire decided to lose sight of the enormous amount of silver that it had managed to obtain through triangular trade, which had spilled out into Qing Dynasty.

If you want a stimulant, you can sell it... even if you know opium corrodes your body, so don't worry about it because it's a distant exotic thing. Moreover, they started producing opium in the mountainous areas of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, close to the European climate, just to procure it locally because it would be costly to transport it from Europe. This was the beginning of the Golden Triangle, a golden triangle known as the world's largest drug manufacturing base, that lasted until the twenty-first century.

Thus, the gentlemen, who were so brilliant, were able to get most of their tea for free. However, surprised by the rapid spread of opium contamination, the Beijing government soon imposed an opium embargo, confiscating opium from British merchants, and a war broke out against the British Empire. You know the rest.

That's why the opium ingredient, Keshi, was originally a plateau plant. No matter how much Feng searched the forest, he couldn't find it. However, because of the climatic suitability of Bohemia, there are no farmers who do not grow up around here today.

In that case, this is a major opium production base called the Golden Triangle, but Feng wondered why such a paradise was not conveyed to his own ears by the Empire and the brave realm...

Popol then gently wiped the pipe over the pony.

"That's because people here only make what they use."

"Why? If we make more and sell it, we might have a better life.

"A good life?

"I wonder... do you eat a lot of delicious food, live in a big house, wear beautiful clothes, play and live every day...?

"Is that something you can't do without money? For example, practice cooking, build your own house, sew."

"No, you can do it with ingenuity, but if you have money, you don't have to buy that hard work to get out, right?

"Hmm... money makes it easier... I see."

When I was told that, Feng lost confidence. Grandpa inhaled opium silently without giving Feng a glance.

"If you want a good life, you don't live here."

"Well, that's right...."

"Hey, you. Let's have a little experiment. There's a little candy and a big chocolate in front of you right now."

"Why are you swinging from a stick to a stick...?

As usual, the old man kept staring at us, blurring his gaze into the air.

"For many people, chocolate is worth more than candy. I suppose that's what you think. By the way, if you had someone who said they'd give you candy if you did an attractive and fun job, or chocolate if you did a boring and troublesome job, which would you choose?

"Eh...? That's right... well, I guess I'd better have some fun and get some candy."

"Okay, now let's do this. Now let's say we have a gift certificate that can be converted into candy or chocolate. Let's say you need 6 gift certificates and 10 chocolates to get candy. At this time, what would you do if someone said you would give me 6 gift certificates if you did an attractive and fun job and 10 if you did a boring and troublesome job? It's just one job."

"Uhh... hmm... that's right. If that's the case, even if it's a troublesome job, you might choose."

Feng replied confidently. That said, he already knew what his grandfather wanted to say. Knowing that, he was trying to choose an answer that ran counter to his will.

"I think you've already noticed, but they're just asking the same thing because they've changed the way they say it. Either the first question or the second question will have the same result. And yet you were supposed to have chosen a simple job with little trouble at first, but in the second question you got a lot lost and chose the latter. You wanted chocolate if you could, but I didn't want you to struggle with it. [M] However, the preference collapsed when the cushion called a gift certificate just sandwiched between them.

Needless to say, this voucher is about money. Human beings are supposed to have a purpose and start a job, but if money intervenes there, money becomes a purpose without knowing it. That won't help. Because my preferences are invisible, but money is easy to understand and quantifies power. It is decided that it is better to have more.

But don't take the essence by mistake. You should have wanted to have fun getting chocolate. [M] If that doesn't work, I think candy is enough. Money was the only way to do it.

I make as much crop as I need, trade it for as much meat as I need, and breathe opium and live with it in the extra time. I don't think life is much better now. It's certainly inconvenient here, but I think there's something like a lot of idleness and fun that isn't in the city. "

Feng Hahhhhh... he roared. Somehow, I remembered the Wall Street joke. After all, all humans need is clothing, shelter, and decent work. I feel that pursuing it further is almost meaningless, offset by the freedom and suffering lost as a result.

"Eat, sleep, play... Sure, there's no better life than that. If I think about it, I don't have the ambition to fly a flag in the city, or maybe I have a better life here. When this job is over, I'll stay here forever....."

"Whoa, please don't!? What's going to happen to our party if you let me out now?"

"I know. I have a promise to help Mary raise her level. I'm just saying."

Feng finished talking like that, but he was still thinking about the future in his head.

Eventually, the party will be disbanded someday. Guillaume said he wanted to run a ranch in the future. Jeanne might as well be an officer somewhere than with Feng forever. I think Lucy should seriously train as Leonardo's successor, and I don't know what will happen to Mary, but given her lifespan, she will definitely break up in the distant future.

You might want to think a little bit better about the future so that you don't rot back then. Feng thought about it as he smelled Popol's opium.

The journey from village to village went smoothly. Grandpa Popol was certainly a big luggage, but the Pony we brought with us was a very hard worker, and as Dan said, his head was solid, so in the negotiations in the village, he relied more heavily on Ningro Feng and the others.

In other words, the villages around here are scattered over a very wide area, but in the end, the population density is only small, and everywhere is the same as before. So, wherever they went, Feng was initially thought to be a stranger and warned, but when they found out that there was Popol there, they were beaten and welcomed.

I should say it's more a tribute than the back of a tortoise. My grandfather knew everyone in every settlement, and even though he didn't say anything, he even ran off with the opium he had just harvested this year.

In this way, the Feng family left the village in the morning and arrived in the next village by evening, where they rented beds like an abattoir and continued to smoke spa and opium at night. In this area, the famous grandfather, even if he was silent, someone would bring him opium, so while he kept it with his partner, Feng was completely a junkie.

"Ah... it feels so good then..."

If you don't stop, I'll really destroy you.

Everyone watched Feng in amazement... but when Feng and Grandpa Popol were in the cage in Akagu, Mary began to come along sometime.

While walking from village to village, the opium season was over. The villagers plowed the fields for the autumn, but Mary's fireball was helpful in baking the fields.

Fireballs didn't make much sense to shoot at the ground, but they still had enough firepower to burn the fields. The fire burned the fields so well that someday she would be valued by the villagers.

Originally, she was shooting fireballs as she was asked, but of course, if she kept doing that forever, it wouldn't be enough to have an MP. So I started to come to Akaguchi, but if I told her, it would actually help her recover her MP faster.

She didn't try to smoke opium directly because she had a trauma that had been overdosed with mushrooms before, but she said it was quite effective just to smell it. The Magic Tool Store owner said it was a hypothesis, but apparently it was true.

However, if marijuana is an MP potion or opium is a high potion, what is actually this MP? I'm not sure how the magic of this world is being used, but it seems certain that something is happening in my head.

With that in mind, the journey went smoothly thanks to Grandpa Popol and we finally reached the last village where we can see Fort Bohemia tomorrow. That's the village where Dan said a man named Canaan lived before he left....

In front of the white as far as the eye could see, Feng exhaled. The day my grandfather first let me smoke opium, the prairie that he said was really there.