Price of Management

“The problem with the high tax rates of the Baden River is that of all the neighboring countries. Everything the Horn Empire imports goes through the Baden River, as well as exports from the Orient Kingdom. All three countries are experiencing difficulties because of post-school education. ”

I laughed and spoke.

“Then, wouldn't it be okay for the Orients and the Horn Empire to pressure them at the negotiating table? ”

“I see! The three countries have the same opposition to post-school education.... ”

Unexpectedly, Eric's eyes light up as he finds a way to ward off the landscape.

Honestly, I wanted to help this young king.

It was because he knew the future that ruined the Kingdom of Leaden after Jehovah.

He was a talented young monarch.

I wanted to see the future where he could use ten minutes of his abilities.

Eric jumps up and approaches me. I think you're holding my hand.

“Won't you work for Jim? Today, you have pinpointed the problems that Jim has always been concerned about, and have also offered to do what Jim should do. Jim needs talent like you. ”

I stood up and bowed my head.

“Your words are truly glorious, but I am only a merchant, and politics is not my domain. ”

That's all I have to do. I am neither great nor high nor outstanding.

My weapon is year-round, and it is a memory of my past life.

Except for that, he's an old man who doesn't have half the power of King Erik.

“You never know until you try it. Jim needs more talent for one person. ”

“Sorry, I want to be satisfied as a moneymaker. ”

Finally, I refused. Why are you getting immersed in a political storm?

Erik sighs.

“But if you change your mind, don't hesitate to come to me. ”

“I will, Your Majesty. ”

We don't really know what happens next.

“Hah. Then you should finish drinking... No?! ”

Erik is appalled at the mere remaining Thrón Blue. I was surprised, too.

Randall and Earl Graham duck a slight glance. You drank while I was talking hard.

A nineteen-year-old merchant who gets his hands on the rest of Queens Blood. The rowdy drinks resumed again.

After the wine is empty, Eric says with a sad face.

“Tsk, I just want to have a drink with you for a few days if I think about it, but it's not enough. Now I have to finish paying for the wheat. ”

Eric pulls out two of the documents from his arms.

One is the deed to appoint me to the baron.

The other was a certificate that gave the old Baron of Vatan to my territory.

“Congratulations, Baron Carroc Kunt. ”

“Is this the end? ”

Don't you have an oath or a conscience?

“I'll skip the annoying ceremonies. But we poured a drink together. Isn't that enough? ”

“I see.”

I laughed bloody.

When he left the palace after all his business was done, Eric was greatly disappointed.

I didn't give up on my feelings for you. But I got out fast because I didn't want to get involved in politics.

As I left the palace, I had a lot of complicated thoughts.

I gave him as much advice as I could, but I don't know how much more Eric Leaden can do.

I am concerned about whether I should just watch the kingdom fall and see the future of the country get caught up in the phone.

But I did not have much loyalty to the country, nor did I have any obligations or obligations to face the harsh streams of history on political stages such as the Thornfield Road.

That's all I can do for you.

History goes round and round.

I've always been excited and devastated.

It is the law of nature as natural as a rabbit being eaten by a wolf. You don't have to spend the rest of your life fighting it.

There is no reason to go back to living a comfortable life and suffer for it.

“Yes. It's his. ”

After clearing the way of the conflict, I walked the streets quietly.

By the way, I never dreamed of becoming lord in my past life.

The territory of Bhutan is thought to be a small region in the forest to the south of the Duke of Kunt.

Now, it was just a bad countryside, but as time went by, I didn't know what would change.

I heard that the royal administration is now in control.

Maintenance will continue until I go and acquire it.

For now, I was just going to let it go.

Politics is hard.

Huhuhuhuhuh.Anyway, territory!

It was a small territory, but it seemed quite useful.

If you retire later, you can spend the rest of your life there, or if you want money, you can sell it to other lords.

How good is this?

* * *

“They say they have friends forever, but never forever. That's a good thing to say. ”

“Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Earl Graham agreed.

Eric opens his mouth as the bear chews at Caroc's words.

“Earl Spain. Select people with deep medical expertise to find out the probability of an epidemic. ”

“Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Randall rises to his feet and takes his orders.

* * *

While Caroc was acquainted with the king in the capital, the writer Kunt was also welcoming guests.

In fact, Arthur was in charge of the territory, as well as Basque, who had no interest in practicing swordsmanship.

“Bird of Kunt, please. My farmers are dying because there's no food. ”

“Bird of Kunt seems to be overflowing with food. Please lend me some. ”

A fat middle-aged man and a skinny, neurotic old man begged.

The two were the birthdays of Petram and Mals, rulers of neighboring lands.

Up until last year, the two lords ridiculed the baron, the Kunt family, who ruled a small territory.

However, they were promoted to writers during the Spring Civil War and changed their attitudes when they did not see the damage despite the current Great Plague.

Juan Mucci.

Those were the exact words that matched.

“What do you think?”

Basque looked at Arthur. Arthur shakes his head, making an oval.

“The food we have right now is enormous to preserve our territory. I can't help anyone. ”

“That's right.”

The old and thin Mals is furious.

“Don't lie! I've never seen a land without people starving to death before! ”

Petram confronts Bird.

“That's right! Everyone knows that your Trident, Caroc, bought 40,000 sacks of wheat last year. ”

Arthur said.

“Then you should know that they sold all the wheat to the royal court, leaving a little bit of it. Our food supply is too busy to feed the colonists. ”

“You can't even ask me to do this? ”

“I'm sorry."

Arthur politely expressed his intentions to Zack Petram.

“Isn't that too much? ”

Basque and Arthur's expression changed in the shouting of the bird.

“Now it looks like we're just gonna wait until we're doomed and then continue to absorb the territory." ”

“That's not moral, is it?! How can we do this to the Kunt family after all this time? ”

The two lords made trouble for the slums that were entering the Kunt Dynasty.

“I can't take it anymore! ”

The Basque I was listening to woke up furious.

“You'll have to look elsewhere for food problems and take care of the area if the slums come this way." And wasn't it amazing? I've never received an invitation from either of your families in my life. How can you be so proud of our Kunt family now?! ”

Upon his rise, a skilled officer of Excellency Expert, provokes anger, and the two lords retreat, overwhelmed by his power.

“Bon voyage! ”

As the blessed spirit falls, the two lords whip their heads back, calling out with a blushing face.

After the departure of Birch Petram and Birch of Mals, Arthur said with a worried face.

“Father.”

“Was I a little harsh? ”

Arthur shakes his head as Basque later asked.

“No. It was like they were after us in the first place. ”

“What do you mean, they're after us? ”

“The largest food reserves in the Kingdom of Leaden are the Sixth and Royal Empires. But it's unnatural to come to us first without going that way. ”

Arthur sighed and said.

“As two people, I think they invaded our territory rather than repaying us, even if they lent us food. ”

At that point, Basque became cool.

“I see. Well, they're not gods enough to pay back what they borrowed. So you came here to create an invasion. ”

This was the political process.

“Yes, I guess so. ”

“Hmph, I'm not afraid of any of them. If the two of them come together, they'll be a little bit outnumbered, but will they lose to a bunch of misfits? ”

“I will repair the walls and reorganize the army in case of an invasion. We have your father and Carroc, so we shouldn't have any trouble protecting them. ”

“Yes. I'll leave that to you. Let me know when Caroc returns. ”

“Yes.”

* * *

“The plan seems to have failed. You do realize our intentions, don't you? ”

Fat Petram mourns his appetite. Old and skinny, Bird of Mold snorts.

“Hmph! Basque, what did that ignorant man notice? It's just my fucking temper. ”

According to Arthur's conjecture, they plot separately.

The two lords who were in trouble because of the Great Catastrophe coveted the Kunt order that did not suffer from food shortages.

The territory of the two people was followed by starving territories, and the trend was to flee to the Kunt Order to live.

Despite releasing the troops and detaining them thoroughly, they have not ceased to move to escape the escaping territory.

Then the two lords came up with a good idea.

It was to borrow food from the writer Kunt and use it as a weapon to invade the Kunt palace.

“It's been so hard for us in the Great Plague, and we're so frustrated that the Kunt scum is growing old! ”

“They have plenty of food, and a kid named Carroc makes a lot of money selling wheat. If we take the Kunt Order, they're all ours. ”

“What should I do if I don't have the strength to go to war? ”

Baron Mals laughs.

“You can borrow some food from Jehovah. If you agree to play the royal writer Kunt, he will accept you after school and give you food. ”

“I see! Umm... But I heard that Baron Basque Kunt has a lot of swordsmanship. ”