"I didn't think my father, who was just a peasant, would be able to use that Fontana family's [ice elite summons], Ars"
"Brother Hector's available now, so we're practically all in charge here, Dad."
"I can't believe it. But are you sure? If you're going to give the Fontana Army the magic of Barca, isn't that what Ars should name it? Are you sure your father or Hector could have named you?
"Fine. That was one of the objectives of that military reform."
He's a father who has gained the power known as the main class, but he still seems to be a good peasant at heart and can't believe that he has gained such power.
But it will also become naturally acceptable in a while.
And my father's worries are nothing but worries.
The Fontana army was to be reformed, and 10,000 engineers were named for the soldiers who belonged to it.
As initially planned, let them do the naming, like a pyramid that gradually piles up from a small squad leader, or a tree-shaped diagram.
And by giving Barca magic to the battalion captain, the entire Corps of Engineers was able to use Barca magic.
At this time, I'm not naming myself.
It was Dad, Brother Hector, and the old man who gave Barca magic against multiple battalion captains.
Actually, this was the secret aim.
If I were to take a soldier from the army as a knight, I would have to give him a name as Barca's knight.
but not this time.
It's not just an act to take as a knight, that is to say, thanks to the creation of Jianmae, where soldiers don't need to swear allegiance to me, they have a name other than mine.
Though he is inherently a Barca knight, his father, brother Hector, and old man do not have a territory, and therefore there can be no such thing as his own ministerial corps.
I mean, I can't increase my subordination and suck up magic from below.
but it was possible for the fathers to make a name for themselves in the name of giving Barca magic to the soldiers of the Fontana army.
As a result, he succeeded in moving from one of the knights who had no territory to a magic holder who was suddenly the main class.
"Was Ars thinking about it from the beginning?
"No, it's not, Dad. Only the first aim was to strengthen the Fontana army. But if you're going to do it anyway, you better let it mean more than one thing in one act. I decided that the name to the army was not a subordinate relationship between nobility and knighthood."
"Right. Ars is great. Dad can't think and act like that."
"That's not true. I depend on my father. Well, I know I have a lot to ask of you, but it's nice to meet you, Dad."
"Oh, okay, Ars. My father is ready for more than this. Your mother's in the middle of raising your brother, too. We have to work hard until she's older."
"Ha. If it's about my brother, you can always talk to me, Dad."
Well, in fact, there are other aims for this military reform.
It was about land development.
I had been in the business of [soil improvement] of agricultural land already there for a long time to give you the harvest, but I decided to leave these entirely to the Fontana army.
Because there's a reason for this.
That was caused by what happened last year.
Something big happened last year.
It is a historic event that Fontana was reborn into the kingdom by taking off her aristocratic territory.
And in doing so, the Doren royal family issued a royal decree against it, and a coalition of nobles for the Fontana crusade was to be offered.
When I said what I had done to rally the Fontana army against an overwhelmingly large number of coalition troops, I built a wall where it was supposed to be a border.
The Carmus defensive wall took months to build just before the Allied forces approached.
It was in critical time thanks to a waste of time once the coalition rallied in the Wang capital before heading to Fontana.
but that was only in time for the completion of the defensive wall, and most of those who could practically use Barca's magic were busy killing months with that wall building.
Within the Kingdom of Fontana, Barca had undertaken tasks such as agricultural land improvement.
Which agricultural land will be [soil improved] or [road laid] at what time, receiving gold from the knights with territory?
I used to schedule on an annual basis.
But that schedule could not be achieved.
Because those who can use Barca's magic in dealing with the coalition have paid for it.
For once, there is room for discretion due to the fact that it was an accident.
More importantly, he had established a discourse against knights whose requests for work could not be accomplished with less money so as not to develop into contention in vain.
but I can't predict what will happen in the future.
I don't even know when or what time the schedule collapse is coming.
Besides, it was also a matter of concern that the national territory of the Kingdom of Fontana was extended.
What if the Burmese and Xyrian families who have been transferred outside the defensive walls of Carmus, the old border line, say they want the Great Wall to be built on their territory as well?
It was clear that the Barca knights present were not enough to build such a Great Wall.
but it's also early to say no so easily.
The problem is also about national defence, so if you say no too unanimously, you may say that I, the Prime Minister and General, am not thinking about protecting the country, etc.
That's why I really wanted to increase the number of heads that could use magic and, if possible, take a step away from the development of land too far away as the Barca family.
That's why we decided to increase the number of humans who could use Barca's magic as engineers.
If this is the case, you can let them consider an annual schedule for land development around the council and use the military.
And no one will complain if they put together in advance a contract that their army won't get around to land development when things go wrong.
If you complain, you can also accuse me of thinking only of myself.
In addition, at the same time, the problem of the sale of salt to be wholesaled to the church can be solved.
In fact, the amount of salt that was being wholesaled to Archbishop Paul was overwhelmingly scarce.
Well, that could be it.
Salt is greedy by all.
It is not only within the Kingdom of Fontana, but also outside noble territory.
As a church, there is demand in all noble territories, and we have demanded many times that Barca produce more salt because we do not have enough salt for it.
but last year I was busier building walls than making salt.
I couldn't reach that far.
But now the Fontana army has more people who can create salt.
I would be able to sell some more salt to the church.
And so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, there was meaning in that military reform as a means to solve them.
That is why there is also the aspect that some action out of previous common sense of inflicting magic on the military has been admitted to the people around us.
As a Barca, there are aspects of losing part of his job, but he hasn't lost that much because it's also about earning a steady income through the military.
Thus, Fontana came to have further land development before the end of winter and spring.