The Economics of Prophecy

"Long time no see, my envoy."

When I walked into the small reception room, a fat man told me. He is an Imperial nobleman because of his clothes. Don't lick my memory as a merchant in the kingdom out of your outfit.

"... indeed,... you were Count Viral"

I managed to pull out my name. I saw it in the royal palace after Kurtheit's dragon crusade, it should have been an empire envoy. He then fled back to the Empire with Lisbeth in his arms. That's not a very good cause. If I say that, both Dagobird and Mayteel will.

"No, you're a former Count."

Viral had a dry laugh. He himself said that in the sidestream of the Count's main house, he had gained the position of an ambassador by strength. But someone told me that I lost my job because of everything I did... What does it look like to me? No way retaliation.

"Lord Viral's main house is the custodian of the land north of the imperial capital. That's where Lord Ricardo's products come from…"

Rezabelt explained to me, who retreated reflexively. I wonder what the product I asked for, the north one.

I heard you asked for this.

Viral placed a tightly sealed pot on the table. When the seal is unsealed, the fragrant aroma rises.

"That, this scent..."

I saw the black object in the kettle and snapped my neck. An unmistakable distinctive fragrance is cocoa. Was it Kacowus in the Empire? I wondered why there was cacao in an empire in the north, but even further north by virtue of it. What's going on with this cocoa over here?

"Hmm, looks like you know that this wouldn't grow unless it was a warm land"

Shit, they're reading.

Viral explains. There is a land north of the Imperial capital where hot water boils, and they make it there. Warm water is naturally also used to produce wheat. Production appears to be quite limited.

"Well, I don't mind giving this to your special envoy, but I'd like to know why you're interested."

Viral words are for gifts. Then I'm in trouble.

"No, beyond me personally more... uh, wait a minute"

Clamp the paperwork. There it is, the current value and forecast of the filling demand for the kingdom that Meer made for me. Because that's about the demand for fillings right now......

I wrote the expected demand for fillings on paper. Looking at the numbers, Viral's face was distorted. No, no, this is a pre-calculation number.

"Right, eventually these three times. I'd like ten times more if I could."

Ten times less, given the potential demand for chocolate.

"Ha, you can't. I don't think we're talking about selling seedlings."

Viral said in a somewhat lower voice. If the negotiator says "impossible" from the first voice, that's really impossible.

"Terrible. We're not going to grow up in the kingdom."

"Then stop producing wheat and plant all the cocaurus"

Oh, that's good. Face with a bundle of bills to make the monoculture economy of the commodity crop "Cacao". Later, they lower the price of that commodity more and more, threatening it with the supply of essential staple foods.

... Oh, my God. Of course I'm not thinking about it. That doesn't increase the size of the economy.

"I just figured, wouldn't it be possible to increase production if we could use hot water efficiently? Specifically, use the heat of hot water in stages."

I'm like a merchant... I said as a merchant.

"... when they say?

"You put the hot water through the pipe and bury that pipe in the field. Make a small hole in the tube. The water itself shall be in a minimum amount for the cultivation of the cocaurus. If humidity is necessary, does it feel like filling the tube in half? Thus, water is sent out to the wheat field after passing through the field of Cacaurus. Isn't the temperature of the water you need for wheat okay even after you've warmed up the fields of Cocowus?

Cascade use of so-called heat. That's the agricultural version.

"Perhaps we should also do an analysis of the magic power in the region where the warm water boils."

Probably, but there's no magma in this world. Instead, a source of magic exists beneath the ground. I imagine that Earth has a source of magic that hits the core, and Earth is surrounded by something that is hard to pass the magic that hits the mantle. Where we're making mountain ranges.

Air Mountain

Surface - - - - -

Mantle

In other words, it sinks deep into the mantle, not only up but down by weight. Assuming there are substances in the mountain range that are easy to pass through magic, the nearer to the core will be the mountain. That's my hypothesis that's who the demon pulse is.

Magic power barely interacts with ordinary matter. In other words, it barely produces heat. However, depending on the wavelength, it interacts slightly. Or maybe there's quite a difference in the amount of matter that interacts with magic in the land.

For example, if the object that hits the mantle has been stripped, it is possible that the magic absorbed there has been converted into heat.

"It's a dream story, expanding the production of Cocaulus while maintaining wheat production. I just don't know how to make that tube..."

"It's magic gold, isn't it? No rust, no negative effects on the soil, free to change the size and spacing of holes. Once installed, maintenance costs will be minimal."

I went. Viral distorts his face.

"How much do you think it will cost?"

"So this is the number of this demand. Kacowus is a luxury product. If the kingdom creates this amount of demand, it will be worth investing in."

I pointed to ten times the number. Viral drank Tsubagami. I was in total denial earlier, and now I'm lost.

"Is that really all there is to demand?

Definitely. But that's just not convincing. They sure ate like hot chocolate in the empire. Then should I show him how to eat in contrast?

"If you get a chance, chocolate...... let me introduce you to ice confectionery made with cocaurus. I was wondering if you could understand that if you ate that, the range of application of Cocowus would be extremely wide."

"I'm looking forward to that. Later...... What are the advantages of providing this kind of knowledge?

The look on Viral's face is changing. Maybe it was this way when I saw it in the royal palace.

"Of course we want Cocowus itself, but in order to expand the deal between kingdom and empire, we need many attractive products besides Demonic Crystals and Demonic Gold. Because the more products we bring to and from both countries, the more profitable our cities will be."

"Yes, you did."

Lisaberto hit the match.

"The increased volume of transactions between the imperial capital and the kingdom, nearest the northernmost part of the empire, leads to a bottom up in the entire transaction. Economically, this is the advantage."

"I see. And politically..."

Viral saw Lisaberto.

"Are you feeding the forces that are wary of expanding deals with the kingdom, present in and around the Empire City?"

Viral went even though he would be one of them. Of course the Empire's power to control the Empire will be holding an elite force against the Warcraft. But the other is the ability to produce food. If the deal with the kingdom expands, even if food insecurity disappears for the whole empire, the dominance of the imperial capital will be shaded.

"It's a domestic problem there... Well, it's all about leaving disaster, isn't it? If you're going to recover a huge investment, as I was saying, a stable long-term business relationship is essential."

Lisaberto and Viral's gaze crossed my words.

"I hear you worked at Flying Dragon Mountain. Is the realm where the Empire could not reach even next door like its own garden for His Holiness the Envoy?"

"Hell no, I was just trembling behind a magician or knight. It's like being back safely thanks to His Royal Highness Dagobad and His Royal Highness Maitir."

Byral took his seat as he shrugged his shoulder. "I was expecting ice cream earlier," he said, leaving the room. Drop it off to the entrance to the room. My fat back disappears into the corner of the hallway.

Lisaberto looks at me. Well, what was next?

"... yes, a negative demon crystal."

"What will you do with the ice candy story earlier? Will we have all the ingredients in Maldoras?"

Lisaberto said as he twitched a little. Oh, that? You got anyone you don't need to fish for?

"... right. There seems to be ice. Because I bring sugar. Later if you have milk, cream and eggs......"

"Let's see."

When Leezaberto pulled me to the kitchen, the samurai came in with a candle in her hand. Sure, was it Anne near Lisaberto's side?

"Dear Lisaberto, It's a messenger meal in the kingdom, but I got something a little rare... Ah"

Ann somehow made a troubled face when she found me.

"What is a rare thing? Oh, I see. This is for His Highness the Special Envoy..."

Lisbeth laughed and took her clothes off and showed them to me. There was an object like a brown cardboard. It's an unmistakable hive. It would be a natural product that is not beekeeping because of its shape. By the way, it's not honey that's stuck...

"Do you eat bee children in the kingdom..."

"Uh, I..."

I clouded my words. I know. They also eat in mountainous areas in previous life. It's like shrimp in a way. They say crabs are so close to spiders.

I saw a horrible bee larvae in my nest. I'm nagging. If you look closely, the larvae are getting bigger and bigger, but they line up nicely in the nest.

Pupae next to round fat larvae. And that color gets darker and darker. It's a live specimen of the insect development phase.

I tried to turn away, something caught me. Wait, this is... Yes, he is...

"Totally perverted!

I screamed unexpectedly.

"Suddenly what!? Is eating a bee child so strange in the kingdom?"

Lisa Belt gets a puzzling look. Ann turns a hard eye on me.... They thought they called my husband a pervert.

Of course, being a safekeeper, there's no way I'm going to be rude like that. I've come up with the possibility that I'm not even close to that demon worm.

Stick around and watch the bee larvae. No, wait, that demon worm had proper legs. Such splendid feet for bees, flies, fully-perverted insect larvae like butterflies and moths......

No, it could be. I thought it looked like something, but that demon worm looked like a larvae from a tentoe worm. Tento bugs are beetles, beetles are also completely perverted insects.

"Excuse me, can I borrow this?"

I said. We have to hurry and test our current hypothesis.