Ohanabatake no Maousama

"Let's go back, what should we do to improve this soil?" Put your hands on the hard, pebbly soil, and crawl your fingers as if you were breaking your aching shoulder. Kuders asked Adelia such a question. If you listen to what you've learned so far, you'll know the answer you're looking for.

"Plow the field to soften the soil, mix the bitter soil to neutralize the sourness ...?" "That's not all, but that's right." Got up slowly.

The slightly tepid afternoon breeze shakes the long bangs that hide most of the eyes. Where did this man find such knowledge? Adelia looks into his eyes to find the secret, but cannot be seen beyond the white-shining lens.

"However, cultivating the field requires a lot of effort, and the bitter white lime ... something called lime needs to come from somewhere at the expense of lime." It does not produce. Things that are not here, exist only in distant places, and are necessary are inevitably expensive.

"But that's the direction you want to avoid," Adelia nodded in Kudels's words.

In the first place, the scheme costs a lot of money to buy a lot of slaves as labor and to provide enough food for villagers. To be clear, this is a much more luxurious way than the lord supports. In other words, spoiling such people is useless.

... But the economic conditions were too good, and for Adelia it was very creepy from the beginning. It's a mystery where the funding source comes from, but I'd definitely like to refrain from spending extra money if I keep it. Surely there are some major pitfalls in this overkill story, and you will eventually have to pay some money.

With or without knowing such anxiety, Kuders impresses her hands with unusual bright red hemp seeds.

"Hemp is there. Hemp stretches very fine roots and softens the ground, as does plowing the soil. And if you burn the hemp that you cut and make ash, this ash is It has the effect of neutralizing the sourness of the rice. "By doing so, the environment of the field is brought closer to the neutral soil for growing wheat, and the remaining nutrients are returned to the ground. This lean approach was exactly the result of the farmers' empirical rules.

"I'm sure I can just listen to that, but are there any pitfalls?" "I don't say there isn't anything at all. For example, the varieties I prepared have very few narcotic components. But that's not all. In addition, if there is a lot of hemp in the vicinity, heaps of heaps will grow from the seeds that have grown after receiving the pollen. "

Indeed, it is horrible. Birds eat the hemp seeds that grow in the wild and drop their droppings into a field, which is a mass production of dangerous goods.

"But there's more to it than it can. I can't tell you here." Kuders gently spoke to Adelia, who was scared.

"For example, now we can improve our soil and plant wheat and beans again with double cropping, so that the villagers can secure enough food by winter, albeit barely." If that works, the plan will require significantly less food. That was a huge benefit.

Still, Adelia's face is lost. His eyes moved left and right without hesitation, repeating memories and thoughts to find the answer. Kuders smiles and watches over.

"... Are you scared? But there's no way there's no risk or demerit to do anything." "In other words, do you tell me how to deal with risk and demerit? However, in response to that question, Kuders did not move his head, but glanced through his glasses and bangs, looking straight into Adelia's eyes with green eyes reminiscent of a deep forest.

"I won't force you. You have your own way." Is that more efficient than this? And where do you come to terms with your ideals?

The meaning of Kudels's word is to decide it now.

But that demand pushed Adelia down into the valley of distress. Kudels's leadership as a political ruler is surprising.

"Please give me a little time." She was still young, and she was limited to answering it.