Let's Manage The Tower

(1) Events over the past four years

Christoph was relieved to finish his scheduled day of work.

Christoph, who is still the prince of the king, is basically able to spare time because so much work has not been allocated.

Instead, it is free time to study and learn martial arts.

Nevertheless, a deal that began working with my father King about four years ago is now largely left to Christoph.

That is, in fact, the trade in Frier grass, which is very important to Smith countries.

Frier grass is a medicinal herb used to treat a disease that occurs in the southern continent, where the Smit Nation exists.

The disease itself has existed for a long time, and there are even special drugs, but due to one problem, it became very troublesome until four years ago.

The problem is that Frier grass, which is used for special effects drugs, can only be taken in Christoph's country, Smith.

Smith is only one small country in the southern continent.

Nevertheless, the presence of Friesian grass had considerable influence within the continent.

Normally, it is not strange for powerful countries to take away the region where Frier grass can be taken, but there was no state that only Frier grass could be used as a coercive means.

The reason is simple: in the past, a small country that had been able to harvest Frier grass in the same way as the Smith country was unable to harvest grass as soon as it was invaded by a powerful country.

If that were only once, the powerful countries would not have given up, but when they were invaded, the story would change.

The reason why Frier grass can't be removed is speculative, but I still don't understand it very well.

There are various factors such as the disappearance of a country that has been attacked and destroyed by a powerful country, or poachers taking root where the amount collected is small in the first place.

Still, until about a hundred years ago, samples were barely collected in several countries.

The remaining countries were each surrounded by powerful countries, protected for their own sake and left without being invaded by other countries.

Nonetheless, Frier grass could not be harvested one after the other, and the last remaining was Smit Country.

For some reason, Smith countries alone are able to collect almost without reducing the amount collected.

That said, not all patients on the continent can be drugged with boulders.

It was only natural that there should be a political rush with other countries.

Furthermore, because each of the countries surrounding the Smit countries was a powerful country and was aware of the importance of Frier grass, there was nothing going on in the Smit countries while they controlled each other.

It can be said that the existence of those countries was a distant cause of the survival of the Smit nation.

The Smit Nation has managed to make use of it, but there are still limitations.

I managed to increase the amount of sampling, but it didn't work.

I used a variety of means to search around for other continents and win a sweepstakes, but nothing improved at all.

It was four years ago that light was shining in such a situation.

Rumor has it that a crown based in the tower found Frier grass in the tower.

Soon Smith sent a civilian.

Because similar reports had been made many times, the top management had little expectation at this time.

However, when the civilian who went to the investigation returned home in a hurry, he reported in a trembling voice that he was "authentic", which caused the upper echelons of the country to panic greatly.

Immediately a response team was created.

Of course it was King Assal who stood at the top.

Until then, Frier grass is an important product for Smith countries.

After the frier grass presented by the crown was definitely confirmed to be authentic, the conversation quickly came together.

At that time, there was no country in the Central continent, so the counterparty was still a Crown organization.

Later, an administrative office was created, and the administrative office became the subject of negotiations, but the contents of the agreement with the Crown were taken over.

As a Smith country, we do not intend to monopolize medicines made from Frier grass.

In the southern continent, the presence of the drug is too influential, so I wanted to disperse the power if I could.

From past examples, there was also a prospect that there would be no state domination by force, which could lead to the disappearance of the Frier grass region.

There is no foolish country in the South that thinks it is a disease that occurs in the South, but that the medicinal herb that is the source of the medicine cannot be taken at all.

Even if it were, it would fall to the neighboring countries to crush it together.

That's why I tried to bring in a story that I could sell as much as I wanted in Smit Country, but on the contrary, the Crown declined.

The apparent reason was because there was no sales channel, so I wanted to leave it to Smith countries.

But the real reason was that I didn't want to trade as an organization because the other party was a state.

Christoph heard it with a bitter smile from Assar, his father's king.

For its part, the Crown has made Smit a shield from the rest of the Southern Continent.

As far as the Smith side is concerned, if it can be monopolized, that is not a problem.

Even though it was not pleasant, I drank the condition that I deal only with Smith countries that the Crown has offered me.

Even if it was a condition, I would simply designate the smith country as the counterparty, so I would refuse even if another country asked me to do business.

Others are no different from ordinary commerce.

The countermeasures team ended the negotiations more quickly than expected and returned to the country.

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The basic relationship did not change after the creation of a state called Lazeqamamia in the Central continent.

While it was the role of the state to determine transaction volumes, the Crown was solely responsible for distribution.

Precisely in the form of Razek Amamiya asking the Crown for transportation.

Since the beginning of trading, Lazequa Mamiya has been increasing its trading volume little by little, but it is still not large enough to allow the boulders to travel across the southern continent.

Things got a lot worse than before we started the deal.

What changed dramatically in the course of the deal over the years was the shift in responsibility on the Smith side from King Assad to Christoph.

Since Christoph is the next king, King Assal thought he wanted to entrust his relationship with Razek Amamiya, who would continue trading in the future.

Nevertheless, it was only because of the circumstances on the part of the Smith Nation, and it was possible that the transfer of the Razek Amamiya Nation from the King to the Crown Prince did not seem important.

However, the concerns of the Smith side ended in frustration, and the change of responsibility to Christoph was quickly allowed.

As a result, Christoph has become the chief executive in dealing with Razek Amamiya.

Almost as far away from my father's king as he could say, he was handed over the authorisation.

Christoph has almost the same authority as the King, only when dealing with Razek Amamia.

Much more has happened since Christoph was transferred from the King.

On continents other than Central, the world's first Crown branch will be established in the capital of Smith.

After being interviewed secretly by the Crown, it was verified from a variety of angles, both in astonishment and in Smith.

Naturally, various problems arose, but it was a problem that could be dealt with individually.

It was only last month that the branch was finally formalized while continuing the discussions with the Crown side with patience and making compromise points in each.

At that time, it was largely announced in Japan, and it was a welcome mood.

Of course, it was rooted out, but the people who knew the crown was carrying Frier grass had a basis to accept.

The same was true of ordinary civilians, but the nobles who held various interests in the Frier grass also welcomed the establishment of the Crown branch.