"Hmm, I wonder what's going on..."
"What's wrong, Master Ars?
"No, I was just thinking, Payne,"
"Is that a thought? If it's something you can tell me, I'll ask. If it's troubling, it's easier to just talk."
"Right. Even so, it's a little different from what bothers me. It's about Fontana territory."
"Is there something wrong with Fontana territory? So far, I think we can say that we have momentum because we are expanding our territory."
"Right there. It's good that the territory is expanding rapidly, but I think it's going to be harder and harder to stabilize it. No matter how many fights you win, there's a shortage of people who can govern it."
"... that's certainly true. We gather talent almost exclusively by Master Ars, but it will be difficult to govern only by personal qualities. And if the territory spreads, the line of defense will grow, and it may be harder to maintain it."
Fontana territory that so far continues to expand its territory and looks smooth and full of sails.
But he had major structural problems there.
That is due to the fact that the territory has been overstretched.
The current system is basically feudal.
Instead of the decaying royal family, the aristocracy controls the territory and gives land to the knights of its own subdivision.
So in brief, I can also say that I would just order a knight who was handled in battle to "From now on, you will manage this land".
Because all that knight has to do is create and govern a ministerial corps on his own.
And in that case, the knight's "house" will be responsible for managing the land.
The nobility guarantees its identity by granting permission to the knight to receive a "rite of inheritance" from the Church, which the house governs responsibly from generation to generation.
In other words, it is the unit of each knight's house that has the know-how to govern.
But there are few Fontana families with that know-how.
There is a reason for this.
One of the reasons would be that he was crushing a rebellious Raymond clan of knights against Carlos during the Carlos era.
Though it was a necessary procedure to focus authority on the Fontana family owner named Carlos, it doesn't mean it has no effect.
In addition to that, there will have been significant changes in the system of governance in recent years.
The way Kyle governs is also beginning to change dramatically due to significant improvements in information transmission and processing speed, starting with Kyle's [mindset].
Sometimes the existing know-how of each of the old knights can't handle them.
It's like a workplace full of people saying they don't like machines although they suddenly introduced computers.
Without worrying about the details, it's the end of what even people are saying about squeezing taxes out of residents and knights focusing on getting their hands on things in battle, etc.
I can't even say that's a complete mistake, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm in trouble.
I want the territory well managed and developed to raise tax revenues.
What's more, it's hard for people like Back Office to be empowered where they manage so much.
At the very least, we want to ensure a certain quality of governance.
"I see. Then why don't we build a new school here in Fontana?
"School? If it's a school, it's already in this city of Fontana, right?
"Isn't that just for the common people and the poor? Wouldn't that be the case, and why don't we even try to make it at a school where something with a higher identity goes?
"A school attended by someone with an upper status?
"That's right. What's more, this city of Fontana is home to families of every knight who migrate. There are also successors and brothers of knights with territory, or the next generation of young people who work with them. In other words, there are people in the same city who will eventually govern territories everywhere, so why don't you open a school to teach about territorial governance?"
"... well. Until now, schools have taught only about reading, writing and calculating letters. But the children of the Knights have already taught that kind of foundation in each house. So you're saying it's okay to study more advanced territorial management from the start"
"That's right. Besides, the way we governed here in Fontana and Barca was often confusing even from me from Urk. If you are learning that as a school education here, then maybe that is what each knight can have as a common perception as well. Well, it's not an immediate story."
"No, it was helpful. Surely we should have thought not only of schools for ordinary people, but also of those aimed at knights' children. Thank you, Paine."
"No, it's no big deal, Master Ars"
Don't be modest, Payne.
The opinion is well worth it.
Perhaps in the name of "schools to teach how to govern," as Payne puts it, the families of knights in the city of Fontana will let their own successors go through there.
Anyway, it involves more important elements than governance.
The most powerful political force in this world, both for knights with territory and those who do not, is connecting with the powerful.
Political speech, etc. changes gallantly depending on how connected you are with other leading players.
Then I'll have to go to that school at all costs.
Because the successors of knights with other territories are there too.
Going to that school or not makes a huge difference in the availability of connections.
And of course, that school doesn't just teach you how to govern.
I'm not going to let the knights do whatever they want independently, as they have done before, but let's teach them exactly how to do Fontana, no, Barca style.
So I decided to come up with a new plan to build a cavalry school in the city of Fontana.