"... what a so-so. So did you make the magic to make this rock salt? As always, you seem to be good at making magic, but didn't you make magic in quite a hurry this time, Ars?
"... Yes. Right, Archbishop Paul. With insomnia, I've been crushing spells all along, constantly replenishing my magic with magic restorative drugs and demon stones. We have succeeded in the culture of curse at the highest speed ever."
"Aren't you asleep? This may be the first time you've ever seen a bear even on Ars' face that always looks healthy. So, the story of creating this kind of salt is true."
"Yeah, it's true. The Doren royal family and I will completely cut our hands off."
"Are you okay? For you, the Doren royal family may be the recognition of a house that specializes in salt, but it is even more special in character than the aristocracy. You're going to be hostile with that, aren't you?
"Well, I hope there's nothing wrong with that, but it's many times better than following the royal Doren's orders down the path of doom."
"Really? Well, it would be wild for me to say anything more to you guys if you meant to cement your resolve. So what can I do for you today? I'm guessing you're not just here to show me this salt, are you?
"Of course it is. Actually, I was wondering if Barca could entrust the sale of salt to the church."
"... what did you just say? Church sells salt?
"Yes."
"Why is that? Do you need to give it to the Church when you say that you have created your own magic to make precious salt because of it?
"That's because salt is too precious. We needed to be able to do the same as the Doren royal family to set the Fontana family up in the royal family. but it's not the Fontana family that can actually produce salt, it's the Barca family. In other words, others are anxious to be on the enemy's side. I was wondering if Barca would only use salt for their convenience."
"In fact, it would be worth as much as it could be in salt, wouldn't it? But that's right. No matter how attentive Barca was to his surroundings and sold salt, that anxiety would not be wiped away. So we're going to use the church to get rid of it?"
"I can't believe it's a use. I want the church to be like a guarantor. Only against the church will Barca actually sell salt. And I would ask the Church to sell salt to other knights, or to nobles and knights outside the kingdom of Fontana."
"Hmm. By its very nature, the Church is built in every noble territory. Naturally, even in the territories ruled by the great nobles, such as Rheinzatz and Memento territories. So we're shielding the church, right? So we're going to use the church as a seller so the great noblemen won't ask Barca to give us more salt for cheaper"
"But isn't it also of great benefit to the Church? The church should not have chewed on the exclusive salt of the Doren royal until now. You can make money just by running the salt out of Barca."
"... It is certainly a story of great advantages on the part of the Church. but that's why I don't even think you bring that story unconditionally. Isn't avoiding rubbing the only reason? What demands are you going to make on the church subject to the consignment sale of salt, Ars?
"That's right, you talk fast, Archbishop Paul. I want the church to be the back shield of the Fontana royal family. Specifically, I would like to ask Lord Garrod to perform the crowning ritual he once performed against the first king of the Doren family."
"Is it a coronation ritual?... You do have a record that the Church performed rituals when the First King built the country. And that continues to this day. Only the Church performs rituals when a new king emerges from the royal family. Are you selling salt to ask for it"
"Exactly. You can't call yourself the throne that Master Garrod holds. I would ask the Church to officially perform the ritual. And that's why I want Archbishop Paul to move."
"Hmm. I think it's an interesting idea. but that's a question of how the upper management thinks. I'd like another push, if possible."
"It's not enough for an exclusive sale of salt," he said?
"Because that's a right. Of course, that in itself would be welcome. but in order to persuade your surroundings, you may also need something immediate. It's easier to persuade people around you to bring in stories with Don and expensive things on hand than just being told that you'll make money in the future and negotiated. Well, general theory."
"... you finally want cash?
"If you're going to root, you've never been over it."
"Okay. We will give up to the Church, Archbishop Paul. Instead, thank you for the coronation."
"Oh, you mustn't, Ars. Rejoicing is not something you would do for something like that. It's just something spontaneous. Well, let's put that aside and go from me to the top about the crowning ritual."
"Please"
If he wanted to shoot the general, he would shoot the horse first, and Lion and others seemed to think he was going after the other great nobles.
That's not bad either.
but there were more people to target.
That's the church.
The Church is an organization deeply rooted in the land.
Instead of having any attack magic or anything, they build churches on every land, where they name their inhabitants.
The influence of this church is amazing, especially since the named ones get the convenient magic of life magic.
I wouldn't have the option of not getting there.
I offered to sell salt to such a church.
The reason is, as Archbishop Paul said, it makes sense to avoid rubbing.
We may be able to rub the sales volume and price of salt even within the Kingdom of Fontana, but we do not know what problems will occur in other aristocratic territories more than that.
So entrust the sale to the church.
It will be necessary to negotiate prices later, but we shall leave it to the church to wholesale salt in bulk and then sell prices, etc.
The Barca side will not aim to make a lot of money, just to ensure a stable selling destination.
Anyway, magic is all you need.
And Archbishop Paul also guessed that he had a purpose other than to avoid that rubbing.
It's about getting Garrod to take on the process when he comes to the throne.
It is enough to name the royal family on its own and to set up a local government, but it is preferable that there be legitimacy if possible.
but the only royal family there is today, the Doren royal family, will never admit that the Fontana family will be a new royal family.
Then make the Church recognize its legitimacy.
The ceremony of the crown is a ritual that is continued from the first king, and it would be sufficient if we could carry it out to Garod.
Because the Fontana family is also an aristocrat with a long history, it seems that the royal family used to give them princesses and enter into marital relationships along the way.
If you say so, it means that you are also related to the Doren royal family, and even if you name the throne, it is a reasonably critical and forgiving family.
However, the church again demanded money for the setting of the ceremony for its crowning.
Besides, it's unprecedented amounts of money, but how many stakeholders do we need to spread out and persuade?
... I'm not sure, but isn't this an amount that even the great nobles can't pay that much?
Well, I'll pay.
But if I just paid for the Fontana family purse, it's going to tease me, so I'm also going to pay from Barca's purse.
Or, since I was going to be out of money again, I issued additional Barca bank vouchers to raise money.
Thus, he managed to start taking the first steps towards the founding of the kingdom while laying new debts.