"Happy New Year, Master Carlos"
"Oh, this one's coming for you, Ars. Your brothers are apparently a family member who is good at producing magic. We're gonna get you to work hard."
"Yes, my brother Bite's [armed reinforcement] is pretty powerful. It will always be a force to keep the peace in Fontana."
"To protect, huh? Apparently, you're not aggressive. The perimeter force map will change dramatically this year, starting with my Fontana. You can't keep up with that move like that, can you?
"To be honest, the Knights of Barca want to do solid internal affairs and accumulate power."
"Hmm. Don't you dare build up your strength without moving, huh? Let's make it worse, too. However, the movement around you may not allow it. Just be ready to move whenever you want."
"I understand, Master Carlos. But when will the war be over? I fight every year......"
"... don't you know who inspired the battle that's been going on every year in Fontana for the past few years?
"Come on, you don't know me. Oh, more than that, Master Carlos, that meal looks great on you. You were quickly tailored with a new fabric made from Barca. with great taste clothes. This Ars, I am thrilled, yes"
"... well, good. This is a good quality fabric. That's just what Lilina admitted."
"You will, you will. As a result of the rigorous sorting of goat hair to suit Lilina's glasses, only the finest soft ones left were made into the fabric. Otherwise, Barca fabrics are quite valuable because they are not only paid and sold to Barca soldiers."
"Well, I see. Are you picking out on strict standards and adding more rare value by handling just that? Are we going to get all the numbers?
"Limited for a small number of productions. How much can we accommodate if Master Carlos so desires?
"Right. I also think this is a fabric that can also be used as a courtesy for nobility. I would be delighted as a gift if I ever negotiated with other nobles. It would be nice to have some fabrics."
"I see. Then we'll have it ready as soon as possible. Because if nobles use it more, that's all the Barca fabric will be worth."
While the snow was falling, I even had a ghost exorcism with my part-time brother in the woods.
As a result of a long battle in the midst of the thought of freezing to death, Brother Byte finally came to master the proprietary magic of the memorial.
And by that time, I'd no longer see ghosts moving in the woods.
Seeing that, I decided that the risk of encountering ghosts caused by the reduction of forests due to exploitation was considerably reduced, and ended the ghost exorcism.
Then, before long, the winter deepened and turned into a new year.
In doing so, there was the annual New Year's greeting to the Lord.
Now living in the city of Fontana, I went to Carlos' castle that morning to say hello.
I talked to Carlos a little longer than I did when I greeted him for New Year's Eve in the years before that.
I see Carlos dressed in it.
Apparently, he was using Barca fabric, a new product from our Knights of Barca territory, to tailor clothing for this day.
I am greeted by the knights in Fontana territory in those clothes.
This is good publicity.
Let's actively appeal to this fabric when we move between feasts and then talk to other knights.
That's how my 12-year-old year began.
"Lord Ars, you look fine. Above all."
"This is Lord Peacha, Happy New Year. You look good there, too. Most importantly. What about the state of the Urk territory since then?
"Oh, Pessi, who was seen as the next Lord, is dead. Seems confused. However, you seem to be quite alert to this move. I'm sure they won't attack you."
"Really, that's good"
"Um, it's due to Barca's work last year. Thanks to your work, I was also able to cut off the Urk territory. Let me thank you."
"Because you worked hard on your last fight. I'm glad it helped Lord Peacha."
"I really appreciate it. So, I need to talk to you about something, okay?
"What's the matter, change it?
"Um, actually, last year's wheat harvest was more than this one expected. That's fine, but there's too much. It takes too long to remove grain..."
"Oh, I see. Speaking of which, did you do the grain removal work manually? I forgot we were starting to do it more efficiently in Barca."
"Yes, you're right, Lord Ars. Isn't there a way to get rid of grain and flour in Barca without more hassle? Would you definitely not be able to introduce that even in Einrad?
"Um, you just have to make tools to take the grain off, but you're going to make windmills for the powder, but can I build a building?
"Oh, you can have it built if you need it"
"Okay. Let's think about it.... is there anything else troubling you, Lord Peacha? Again this year in Barca, I'm thinking about sending people to each Knight Territory, but it would be helpful to have ideas on how to make money by finally resolving the problems ahead of me."
"Don't ask me so badly, you are. Normally, troubles don't make you want to tell other knights about it. Sometimes, however, I think the trouble may be a little shaded."
"Oh, what is that, Lord Peacha"
"Money."
"... what?
"It's gold, Lord Ars. I don't have any money, no knight's land."
"... it's a knighthood, isn't it? You have territory, don't you? Is there anything you don't have money for?
"Yes. Ordinary knights are making the people pay for wheat and other harvested crops to run their territory. And I sell that wheat for cash, except for what I need. To be honest, not many knights would have that much cash"
"Oh, is that happening"
"It happens a lot, actually. Besides, there have always been wars and mobilization in recent years. Now I am also consulted by the knights of intimacy. I want to make Barca's farmland development my territory, but I can't pay for it outside of cash."
"Um, I don't care if they say that or if they pay for it with wheat or something, we're in trouble. Then we'll be talking about selling wheat, cashing it in, and then asking for it."
"Right. Nothing. I'm not asking you to send someone to reward me with wheat. but I just wanted you to know that there is actually a current situation where things with low cash income are hard to ask for a job. I'm sorry."
"No, I didn't even think about it until I heard about Lord Peacha. Thanks for the info."
I see.
I heard a good story.
Again, it would be important that we actually meet face to face like this to discuss it.
It was hard for me to believe, but apparently there is a real problem of lack of cash income in those cavalier territories.
Depending on the location, there seems to be proceeds from the sale of specialty products, but basically wheat and other items to be harvested that year will be the income of knights.
I wonder what you're going to do if you're not working.
Or maybe that's the fight if it's not a masterpiece.
Think about taking other lands, or letting the war dead out and slacking their mouths.
It's just that, well, my actions may also be related to other chivalry issues.
After all, I'm the one who made you repeal the toll tax, one of the pillars of your income stream.
but this information just seemed like a new money-making story rolling in for me.
Quickly, I got into thinking about how to make money in the future.