"For once, will most knights have accepted farmland improvements"
After the New Year's greeting, I snapped myself up with a pompous slap on my shoulder that wasn't tough on my child's body.
Well, I don't think that's something we can do either.
I've been discussing it with a lot of knights for a long time, so I guess that's natural too.
Of all the work I did on behalf of the Fontana family, it was the most important and influential.
That was because it was a tax reform.
The size of the land in each location and the area of the field there shall be calculated, and the harvest for the following year shall be expected and calculated.
And based on those data, he announced a tax to be taken from the knights who rule all over the place.
Its tax denomination was completely different from that of last year.
Anyone would complain if they saw the amount of taxes that swelled up more than they expected.
However, this figure is only for this year and is not likely to change further from next year.
So much so that I even thought that some of the knights that I can't accept could beat me up in front of them.
However, it is also true that it is set quite sweet in the calculations.
So much so that my magical [finishing ground] and [soil improvement] will increase the yield.
I'm not a ghost, either.
In some negotiations, reductions in tax payments were granted.
No matter how good Barca's magic is, it's because he can't improve the land all over Fontana at once.
First of all, after a thorough improvement of the direct jurisdiction of the Fontana family, it will be extended to other Cavalier territories, etc.
It was only one way to negotiate, to show big numbers first, and to explore compromises from there on both sides.
Moreover, we must also consider a mechanism whereby taxes can be paid outside of wheat.
No matter how much the harvest grows for the moment, it doesn't mean there's too much trouble.
If the wheat can be harvested far more than before, sooner or later the wheat market will fall.
Because it could also mean that making a lot of wheat didn't end up being more money than you thought.
In fact, I have some thoughts on this point as well.
That was the condition of harmony with the Memento family.
The Memento family has exchanged promises to sell cheap wheat over the next few years.
This also served as a condition for me to withdraw the Memento troops I fought for.
Continuing to sell cheap wheat with the perception that wheat is a tax had the aim of preserving the face of the Memento army.
Because I can take the decency that they poked this condition at Fontana's side and made him admit it.
Considering just that, Fontana, who picked up two of the main classes who were in the Memento Army, doesn't even look like she ate a pretty good portion.
but the priority given to smoothly turning back the other army and the wheat market were also in the corner of my head.
In order to stabilize the market for more wheat on Fontana territory, it was initially intended to recommend liquor brewing.
I am looking to stabilize the price of the wheat market by using some of the wheat harvested in large quantities as an ingredient for distilled liquor.
But this idea was only when Carlos was alive.
At the stage where Carlos was, he was not willing to redevelop that much of Fontana territory so rapidly.
It was only a slow pace of dispatching farmland improvements, spreading the brewery about the wheat market, while waiting for market principles to work and stabilize.
but it was more dangerous to watch the market fluctuate for longer than it could have been in a state of sight from the other great nobles.
So the knights everywhere forced me to pay the wheat as a tax, and by selling it directly to the Memento family, it meant that I aimed at stabilizing the market price of the wheat.
Over the next few years, we will be selling wheat to the Memento family, during which we will gather more data.
In that way, you should also move to another vegetable or oil that can be removed in addition to the wheat, such as Abrana.
And then, if there is a way to make more money, is it okay?
"And that's why I want to sell this guy... You can sell it, right?
"Well, of course you can sell it. Or I think this is why we need to adjust the price because it comes with too many buyers, kid."
"Right. That's what the old man thinks. It's faster and more user-friendly than magic recovery pills."
When I got a paragraph of thought about the wheat market, I started talking to the old man about something else this time.
It was about selling demon stones.
As a matter of fact, I finally completed the spell [Demon Stone Generation] the other day.
It's magic that can create a passing stone of its name.
The blue crystal-like Demon Stone darkens blue enough to contain magic.
If the magic enclosed in the Demon Stone is gone, the color will diminish, but if [Magic Infusion] is carried out again, the color will darken and the magic will be compensated.
And if you use magic with that magic stone in your hand, you can also replace the amount of magic you needed for that magic with your shoulder from the magic stone.
The magic restorative medicine I've been using in Barca was like tea with magic mushrooms.
Leave the powdered product in hot water and then drink it up.
As such, after a while, it was that magic would recover.
In other words, the effect is slow and the Demon Stone has a more immediate effect.
It was a common perception of all knights that it was the Demon Stone that was more convenient to think about.
I created a spell that created this demonic stone.
And this demon stone is worth as much as it can sell.
There is no mistake in selling it.
The old man's right, he won't have any trouble with the buyer.
But I feel like I have a better use for it.
"... selling demon stones is limited to the Rheinzatz family, what do you say, old man?
"Limited to the Rheinzatz family? Um, sure, you'd have the money the grand aristocrats deserve over there, but why the Rheinzatz?
"You don't remember? I sell cheap wheat to the Memento family because I was wary of trade problems. If you're going from Fontana through the east side to the Wang Metropolitan Area, it's because of the influence of the Memento family. On the other hand, the west side is heavily influenced by the Rheinzatz family. Can we aim to maintain an economic connection by confining ourselves to the Rheinzatz family, not to other aristocrats?
"I see. That might be a good idea. If you are transporting demonic stones from the west to Rhinezatz territory, you can also use river transport. Maybe we could increase jobs in the Arborest district with fewer residents, or two birds a stone?
"Okay, then it's settled. In the future, Demon Stone Sales will create a specialized agency from which they will only be sold to the Rheinzatz family. Arrange for me to send a messenger to the Rheinzatz family to wrap up the story."
"Okay. Shall I be ready soon?"
I talked to my old man and made an immediate decision.
But there's more to this than trade issues.
The three aristocratic families that were united as the Trinity Alliance are becoming like each other.
If you are dealing only with the Memento family, it would be difficult for Fontana to be automatically judged to be a member of the Memento faction if the three noblemen contended with each other.
As for this one, I want to have an even-handed relationship with everywhere.
That is why we shall confine the sale of demonic stones to the Rheinzatz family.
If the story is put together well, can we also do it in a very good relationship with the Rheinzatz family in the future?
I went out of my territory to perform my duties with my eyes open, worrying about my relationship with the knights of my own faction in Fontana territory.