Otherworld Nation Founding Chronicles

Land reclamation.

It's easy in words, but it's terribly painful.

First, we cut trees, cut grass, and dig up hard soils with a lot of roots.

This is the first time a field is born.

But plants need more than just fields. The important thing is water.

In other words, water must be drawn from some river.

Well, I don't want to do that, so I'm going to work on land near the river.

Is it an amateur idea, but if you have a year, can you make something reasonable?

In other words, I need to be able to do it.

I'm going to do my best for hunting, but hunting for 30 people would be tough.

On the contrary, only agriculture is severe.

There is a need to do both.

So, to get into the main topic, the first is where to reclaim.

I do not know what land is suitable for agriculture. Or rather, you have to ask Griffon if you can cut the trees in this forest.

If you are told no, you need to look for another place.

"What about that?"

"I don't mind. My territory is deep in the woods. If you don't want to mess around it, you'd like to let go of fire but cut trees."

Unexpectedly, permission was given easily. It's not timeless.

"You really like scratching the soil. I can't do that much trouble. Oh, so ..."

"Speaking of that?"

"Sure, thirty years ago, humans had created villages in this forest, and they seemed to have abandoned them due to the plague, and they were saying my curse. I'm totally out of my mind. "

Griffon begins to complain.

But what matters to me is not the reason the village was destroyed.

"If there is such a convenient place, please say first! Where is it?"

"Um ... I'm not sure because I'm a long time ago, because I'm not interested in it. I can get on it. I can see it from the sky. If you don't know, give up."

Griffon was showing me back.

No, get on ...

If you fall, you die.

"hurry up"

"We understand"

However, I don't know when it will change. And it takes thirty lives. I have no choice but to ride.

I climb on Griffon's back. When you climb this way, you can see the size of this guy again.

If I looked delicious, I guess I was eating with a drink ...

"let's go"

"Hie"

A strange voice came out of my mouth.

The area around the lower belly is fluffy.

I'm not good at roller coasters ...

The griffon guy keeps climbing altitude without regard to me.

I suddenly looked down.

"Wow ah ah !!!"

"Hey, don't make noise, don't strangle!"

I inadvertently tighten Griffon.

Too scary to fly in the sky without a lifeline.

The teeth ticking naturally.

"... What if I leak?"

"Push down"

Griffon suddenly stops during such an exchange.

"It was around here ...

I look down fearfully.

After all the internal organs are fluffy.

But it was worth the scary thoughts.

Certainly, there were unnaturally few trees and remnants of a house.

"Get off"

"Cheap, fast! Fast!"

I screamed.

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"Hmmm. Some are still swallowed up by the forest ... but isn't it better than making it from scratch?"

"I agree"

The site of the village was much better than I had expected.

A river runs through the center of the village, making it easy to get fresh water.

Pit dwellings are mostly broken, but some can be used if they are repaired.

As expected, the field is covered with weeds, but there is no problem if dug up. At least it's easier than building from scratch.

The problem is the fundamental question of whether farming can be done with the help of children alone, but I think I can probably do it.

According to the Japanese law, the Kokubunta was given to men and women aged six and over. Certainly there are around 20 ares and the memory written in the textbook.

Certainly, one stone (the amount of rice an adult man eats a year) was one (around 10 ares).

If an ancient six-year-old Japanese plowed 20 ares, we could do it.

Well, my parents would have actually plowed ...

Still, maybe about one third of them were plowed by themselves. No two parents can plow all of the children's mouths.

Here are some iron farming tools that ancient farmers would not have.

I'll buy a cow or a horse and plow it later.

Maybe you can.

If not, ask Griffon to help. If it's this guy, it would be enough to dig up the field.

"Thank you very much. I had to make a field from scratch."

"I didn't cultivate it separately."

"Is it because of you that these guys came out?"

Mr. Griffon. Nothing started without him. Well, it's natural to cooperate because he asked me.

"Can I ask one by the way?"

"What?"

"A famine happened? Did you know the cause?"

I was always wondering.

From the words of Tetra-chan, I knew only that a famine had occurred, but there are many other types of famine.

Crops disease, damage caused by locusts, direct damage from storms, and poor harvest due to climate.

If you start agriculture without knowing the reason, you will have to dance.

Listening to the children is a bit insensitive, so ask Griffon.

"Probably crop disease from children's conversation."

"What crop disease?"

"All"

"What?"

Disease that all crops die? What's that too invincible?

"What is it all?-Everything from wheat to fruit?"

"That's right."

What is that?

We still know if relatives such as wheat and barley get the same disease, but do other people like wheat and grapes get the same disease?

Isn't it like a human being sick with fish?

"I also wondered and thought. Do you hear?"

"Please"

"I think it's a curse"

I heard and lost ...

"What is that face? The curse is real."

"What is the evidence?"

"I'm talking to you."

I have no choice but to be silent.

Well, if there is another world reincarnation or blessing, one or two curses may not be funny.

But who curses?

"Are you a tribe who loves to kill each other among the same species? Is it funny that some flock attempts to weaken the power of the other flock?"

"Well, that's right when you say that."

If the curse of a hostile nation can be reduced by just cursing from a distance, there is nothing more than happy. A useful tool if it exists.

"It's such a wide curse.

"What if you're impressed? If it's done again, wouldn't it make sense to do our farm work?"

"Hmm? I'll be fine. Humans are timid. I don't think I'll curse my territory and the forests near that territory. And the curse isn't such a one-shot barrage."

Is that kind of thing ...

This guy is more familiar with the world than I am.

If he says okay, he's OK. Perhaps.

"Then, do you want to bring the children here?"

"Um. But it's better to move tomorrow. If you do it now, the sun will go down."

Griffon said, looking at the sun.

Currently, the sun is slightly tilted from directly above.

A place like 2 PM.

This is quite south of the cave.

Anyway, it's a young child's foot. The sun goes down.

It's a quick ride on the griffon, but this guy would not like that hard work.

And kids won't be shy.

"Let's get on your back."

"Well ... I have to get on it ..."

I went home with a scream.

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"So this is our new home"

"Oh!"

The children cheered.

"And the leader. What do you do first?"

Ron said.

"leader?"

"No, I didn't completely admit you. I'm just a little. I'm just a little!"

"Ron-kun, don't be more honest."

Ron and Soyeon fight in front of me.

That's funny. I haven't done anything yet. Have you just exchanged iron swords for iron farming tools?

When I thought so, Tetra-chan heard me.

"This group was ugly until you came. If you got any opinion, you would be crushed in dissent, and there was no alternative for those who disagreed. , Ron and Rosward have a quarrel, which has brought me to this state right now. "

"I feel like I was worse before I was good."

I smiled. I think it's something that anyone can do.

But what anyone can do is adult standards. Children cannot.

From my point of view, the idea of replacing the iron sword with something seems normal, but it seems like a strange idea for Ron.

"I'm over-buying. It's thanks to Griffon, too."

I muttered.

"So what do you grow?"

Rosward looked at me glaring. Why is this child so high pressure ...

What is a child like?

"I want to do agriculture"

"Rinse? Is it delicious?"

No, maybe not.

"Roughly speaking, we grow barley (spring sowing) clover wheat (autumn sowing) turnip in the order of four years.”

Unfortunately, wheat is coming next year, as the children say it is now the harvesting season for wheat.

Considering the current season, it is likely to grow from turnips.

"Why do you do such annoying things?"

"Do you know that crops grow poorly if you use them for a long time? Clovers have the effect of empowering the fields, so they can grow crops all year round."

I don't know the details, either.

The details may be inferior to children, as they have only learned in history and geography.

Agriculture is the same as a home garden in an orphanage.

Rosward is still twisting her neck. It is a look that I do not understand at all. But I don't have the confidence to explain it in detail, so I have to have a real experience.

"Huh, what else do you grow?"

"Grapes and olives. I hope this is possible."

I answer Gram's question.

To summarize the children's story, the climate here seems to belong to the Mediterranean climate.

Therefore, it is not very compatible with wheel-cutting agriculture. Fortunately, this village is possible because of the good location near the river.

Grapes and olives really go well together. However, grapes and olives take time to grow, and there is doubt as to whether they can fill the stomach of thirty people.

By the way, grapes and olives are suitable for cultivation on well-drained slopes. This village is flat.

I think that there is nothing that can not be done even on flat ground, so I want to grow it eventually.

"Then, the policy was decided right now ..."

The eyes of the children turn to me all at once.

"Let's repair the house first"

I pointed to the tattered pit dwellings.

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True Episode 6 Livestock

Livestock is important in wheel-cutting farming.

The advantage of the wheel-cutting ceremony is that livestock can be raised even in winter.

In addition, clover alone is not enough to restore ground strength. Feces become fertilizer by releasing livestock on the land where the clover is growing. That is important.

"So I'm going to bring livestock."

I said that in front of the children.

The children have a funny look. Maybe hardly understand.

"But the exchange of livestock is tough after the famine, right?"

"I negotiate with the king of the east Rosais. There's no ironware there. If you bring about ten, you can get one or two cows."

Tilling is much easier with cows.

At least one cow is needed to overcome the situation where the labor force is only for children.

"Can you exchange important food?"

"If I was the village chief, I would exchange the cows and irons and give the irons to the country to get a tax exemption."

The number of humans that can be fed after crushing one or two cows is limited.

If you use ironware to fight for food, you will get hungry. Many people should judge that.

"Just one problem"

"What is it?"

"I don't know how to handle cows."

The kids were sick.

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"Um ... I can handle it a little, because my parents raised livestock."

"Hey, I'll ask you,"

It's a bit mysterious why livestock were expensive and kept low, but probably there were many. Don't ask deeply.

"I want one more person."

"Then I'll go."

Ron has run for candidacy.

As you can imagine. Ron and Soyeon are always one set.

"Let's go. Tetra-chan!"

"So why me ..."

"Did you know Tetra-chan? I might be deceived, so come with me."

By the way, Ron and Soyong seem to be from a village where they exchanged iron and agricultural tools before. I didn't go because it was awkward.

Conversely, Rosward is from the village he is heading for now.

I don't know where Tetra-chan came from.

Because he doesn't tell me. The only thing I know is that I know quite a bit.

"Yeah ... so, just cows?"

"Honest cows are all you need. Go buy goats to make up for them."

Goats have a bad taste for meat and milk, but they can live with poor food. I would like to buy male and female sets if possible.

"What iron sword to bring?"

"Fifteen with enough room. Will this be something you can do?"

It seems that ten can be exchanged enough, but be careful. It is troublesome to go back and forth.

"Let's go"

When I said that, Tetra-chan laughed weakly. I hate that much.

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"So why not replace it?"

"Well, there's no food ..."

A reluctant village chief. That's right.

I keep smiling.

"What about tax exemption instead of giving an iron sword to the country? Do you think that the great people of the country want iron weapons and can't stand it?"

The kingdom of Rossais has no wrought iron technology.

That is why they import iron by trading with northern countries. Iron is an essential resource for both war and agriculture. Naturally, it must be sprayed, and there must be restrictions on the kingdom of Rosais to prevent it from becoming a strong nation.

Another option is to exchange food with war nations.

Each of these iron swords was brought by a brave man who wanted to defeat Griffon. Good quality iron is used. That's enough to exchange both hands in peacetime.

"Hmm ... that might be good ..."

The village chief begins to worry while shaking his head many times vertically and horizontally. It's long. hurry up.

"If you can't, don't worry, you just hit another village."

When I said that and showed me how to get up, the village chief was in a hurry.

"I've decided! I'll exchange. What do you want?"

"I want a cow. Five goats. What about?"

Ask a little bullish. Goats can be three or four honest. I'm worried if I can grow up to five heads.

"Five goats ... a little harsh ... how about two goats?"

"Then we'll add two iron swords, so use four goats instead."

The village chief nods deeply. He seemed convinced.

You now have labor and nutritious milk.

I was relieved.

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"Okay, is this okay?"

I look at the goat and cow on the fence.

The fence is not so strong because I made it properly. There is a need to reinforce it later.

If you run away, it's not good enough, so I asked Griffon to threaten you. I'll kill you if you escape.

The griffon's guy was pretty lame, saying he couldn't threaten innocent animals.

Well not edible.

Cows and goats also have free food. There will be no complaints.

e! ? Every grass growing in the natural world is free? No, that's that. The risk of being eaten by wolves and carnivores is low, right? maybe.

"Is there a need to keep goats in such a hurry?

Tetra-chan said so.

Well I know how I feel. Goats aren't so necessary, aside from working cows. Now you have to plant barley, but you have to do the tedious work of caring for goats.

But I had a reason to hurry.

"The goat's milk is tasty but nutritious."

"..."

Tetra-chan looks suspicious.

"Griffon guys bring only nuts and meat? There is no calcium. Without calcium, bone becomes brittle. I think that is fatal in this world. I got a goat. "

"Hmm"

"Did you understand?"

"The only thing you think about us"

Tetra-chan laughed.

That's the first time I see Tetra-chan's smile.

"Hey what's your name?"

Ron stroked the goat and said, He seems to like it quite a bit.

"Goats are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. Goats are numbered 1 from the right."

"Eh ... it's too simple!

So Young protested with a sharp mouth.

"I'm sorry ... they're livestock. They're not friends, family, or pets. Perhaps it's time to eat them. If you name them, they're pets, not livestock. It just makes it spicy. "

In Japan, hitting dogs and other pets can lead to animal abuse.

But slaughtering pigs and cattle is not a crime.

Of course, pets and livestock are different.

Livestock are human tools. Don't change your mind.

If you give it a name, it will be a pet instead of a livestock.

It may not be possible to take care of the children, but you should at least avoid naming them.

"I see ... you might eat it ..."

Children look at goats and cows with sad faces.

It has become like a funeral atmosphere.

It's not decided to eat separately ...

"Well goat meat doesn't taste good, so I won't eat it unless I have a good deal. Cows are an important workforce.

I shouted out to change the mood of the kids.

"I'd like to manage the weeds that grow in the fields that seem to have been in the field, but it's faster to have them goats and cows than to cut them. Let's move them to the fields."

We guide goats and cows to the fields.

Is Griffon's threat working, or is Soyon-chan's guidance good, or just want to eat grass? Either way, cows and goats entered the field calmly.

The fields are not very large.

Originally, this village is a small village with about 100 villagers, inferred from the number of pit dwellings.

After finishing eating the grass to some extent, I plan to plow the field immediately.

I think that it is relatively soft because it is a former field, but the power of children.

I got a pickaxe, but can I do it properly ...

Well, for the last six months, I have no hope of harvesting.

Griffon will definitely feed you for one year.

Don't be impatient.