Episode 325

After that, I ordered an additional survey of cereals and vegetation that are the staple food in Kuwait.

In particular, he said, "Look for endemic diseases in the Mejire River basin and how to treat them."

The diplomats received the expected report.

The following letter has arrived.

"Deputy Minister, I will report. Kwal has endemic disease called Holy River Disease, and it is widely recognized in the Mejire River basin. ''

"When I asked a local doctor, Holy River disease was common among farmers and caused an early rash on her face. Later, the stomach becomes sick, nauseous, and the mouth becomes rough. He said that when it gets worse, he loses his sanity and can even die. '

Almost definitely.

Pellagra.

Niacin deficiency.

I explained the meaning of this report while eating freshly baked bread with Her Majesty the Majesty.

"Crops that are often harvested also cause malnutrition, which can lead to illness."

For example, corn causes niacin deficiency. I heard that it would be okay to use an alkali treatment with slaked lime or charcoal, but I don't know any details.

Niacin deficiency appears to be widespread in Kuwait, probably because of different crops or not being treated alkaline.

There were even more interesting reports.

"Doctors in watershed cities recommend traditional relocation therapy for the treatment of Holy River disease. It seems that he will recover by going away from the river and bathing in the sea water. "

I will tell you about this as well.

"The disease is only partially lacking in the nutrients needed by the body and should be cured by eating sea fish. I've heard it before."

Tuna, skipjack, mackerel, yellowtail and sardines. Tarako is also fine.

Oh, I'm hungry.

Then Ilia mutters.

"Cheering with a meal does not have to be a relocation therapy, does it?"

"That's it, but let's keep it quiet."

And if you want niacin inland, you can use a liver, but it's difficult for farmers to eat enough meat. Isn't chicken that can be obtained in a stable manner?

Noblemen and nomads eat meat well, so few people become pellagra.

In any case, it turned out that farmers in the basin were coming to the coast for relocation therapy. The fish along the coast of Kuhwar are also important for the basin lords.

If the coastal princes and the basin lords were in complete conflict, the basin lords would have a large number of pellagra patients.

I communicated this to the coastal princes through diplomats with some information hidden.

This is to shake the basin lords saying, "If you have a civil war, you and this resident will be full of sick people."

Make the mood you don't want to fight, and get negotiated as much as possible.

Of course, this doesn't seem to help anymore, and it's hard to say if the basin lords say, "Until we rule the coast!"

I have to find other negotiating material.

However, we leave it to the people across the sea, so we can hardly find good negotiation material.

According to information collected by diplomats from around the country, the lords of the Mejiré River basin do not support King Kwal separately.

The interaction between the coastal lords and the basin lords is almost like this.

"No, we don't really like the king, too. We put a shit on the sugar factory, and flood control works on us."

"Then we'll complain to the king with the coastal princes!"

"I still want to do that, but I can't do anything rude to the traditional Royal Khul royal family ...

"Well ... that's right."

"I'll take care of the King, so will you give me a little more time? If the tax is imposed on the harbor, you'll just notice that the King will only notice his own neck."

"Are you aware? Then we're collecting mercenaries, but let's tell because we don't really want to fight each other."

"Leave it OK"

Well, she seems to be playing under the water like this.

Originally, they have the same culture, the same language, and the same religion. There is a history of protecting farmland together from the nomads who come and go from outside the country.

And there is a more realistic calculation.

"The sugar factory and the port are both inseparable assets."

Grandpa Lozzo Petore smiles with a bitter smile.

"Sugar cane harvested from the Mejiré River basin is immediately processed into sugar at a local sugar factory. Well, if you eat it yourself, you can't make a profit. Take it to the port and sell it to Miradia, etc."

Sugar is in high demand, easy to pack and lasts a long time. Perfect for trading goods.

"Even if there are only ships and ports, there is no profit even if there is no logistics. Even if it is a coastal lord, it will lose money because it carries goods. So we do not want to hurt each other's property."

Actually, it seems that there is such a situation that a civil war is likely to occur and a civil war does not easily occur.

Relying on both resources and infrastructure will make you hurt if you hit someone.

I think this is a good way to prevent war, so let's incorporate it into the Rolmund policy.

Well, I thought it was okay, so I concentrated on domestic affairs for a while.

Milardia is a fast growing country. City development for law making and technical development for human resource development. There is a lot to do.

I'd like to do this in the future, but if I'm not careful, conflicts and conflicts will occur immediately, so I have to take action. The present cannot be neglected.

busy.

In this state, traveling to Kwor would not be possible ...

But the political situation in Kuwait has become increasingly unstable.

"The diplomats dispatched seem frightened and want to return home."

I read the report I just received while having an afternoon teatime with Her Majesty the King.

My bride, I'm great because I'm not angry when I read the work documents during tea time.

Fortunately, when I tried to arrange documents on the table, I was warned with a gentle smile.

"I need rest for a good job?"

"Oh, yes"

Sorry to get rid of the condition.

"I guess the people of Kuwait are feeling anxious."

"Yes, if it were a civil war, it would be the same for coastal people as their king would attack the city."

The coastal princes have little army and are trying to rally mercenaries.

However, the mercenary's job is to protect the cargo from pirates, so he cannot fight in a row on land.

I can't help you.

Ilia knows that I'm a reincarnation, so she often asks me questions.

"What happened in your previous life?"

"It seems like there was always something close. I'm a generation that doesn't know war, so it's a hearsay."

"What do you think will happen after this?"

I've heard something difficult, Demon King.

I put my arms in my thoughts, and tell Ilia.

"Somewhere King Khul has to soften his attitude and work to improve his relationship with the coastal princes, but otherwise he will make a mistake someday."

It seems that mercenaries and lords are crowded, so it can be said that it is a quick start.

Eventually the civil war will start with accidental trouble.

"If a civil war develops, no one will be in mediation, because the king is in charge. If prolonged, Quoru will decline significantly, no matter who wins."

Both coastal and basin lords have plenty of gold. If it were a total war, it would not end so easily.

It would be nice to finish it off, but it's fatal if it gets muddy.

"If the civil war continues for many years, the skills and equipment that have been created will be lost. The nobility often do not understand, but the sailors and farmers are also engineers. It's a house. "

However, they have no one to protect them in the event of a war, so they will flap and shuffle around.

"If we completely lose the sugar cane cultivation process, then process it into sugar and export it, Kuwal will not be able to recover for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, the surrounding powers will build up."

Both Rolmund and Wa are near modernization. Of course Mirardia is in a hurry.

Once modernization is achieved, the imperialism begins.

I don't know what the political system of the country is, but I can't do anything after I'm gone.

"Kwor is rich in land thanks to the river Mezile. There is also a coastal area suitable for the port. There is also a specialty of sugar. It's the best environment to rule as a colony."

"A colony ...?"

"Oh, it's a way of sacrificing Khuls and not very wise in the long run, but it's very lucrative in the short run."

There is no word for mercy or justice in the world of diplomacy.

To be precise, they do exist, but they are generally used as wrapping paper to wrap up the smelly purpose in the supreme "national interests".

It's a bit of a killing story, but if you have a diplomat who ignores your national interests with mercy or justice, you'll be a little in trouble.

I give a rough explanation of the imperialism of the past, and then succumb.

"But the colonies will eventually evolve and eventually become independent, beyond the sea."

A lot of blood will flow before and after independence, and it will not be easy to become a conflict zone with grudges.

After all, this world has already developed a brave strategic weapon called the brave. If that kind of gutston gutton is across the sea, the Miraladians are scared and can't sleep. In any case, one or two of the ancient hero maker's machines will be rolling on Kwor.

"Taking into account the national interests a hundred or two hundred years from now, I want to avoid Kuwar from declining here in civil war. It's not just sympathy."

Iria gazes at me and smiles suddenly.

"But are you sympathetic?"

"that's right"

I, who is tied to the werewolf's body, can easily be swallowed by the fighting instinct if she is careless.

That's why I am sympathetic at these times, just as when I was a civilian in my previous life.

Of course, I still have a position, so I can't reach out with sympathy alone. We need a way to match our interests.

"I have wrinkles in my eyebrows again."

"again?"

When Iria points out, I rub my forehead and smile involuntarily.

"I need a little break, as you say."

"Yes. Today's snack is fried bread with sugar from Kuwait."

He's a teacher.

It looks simple, but it's surprisingly luxury in this world. This is a noble snack.

Neither sugar nor oil is cheap.

I wish everyone could eat it as fast as fried bread covered with sugar.

Then Ilia smiles.

"You see, there's a wrinkle in your eyebrows again?"

"troubled……"

I didn't know how to take a break.