We have a level system in place for mankind.

After the ministers returned to the makeshift capital, we got a drone with cameras.We brought it into the food area to investigate the detailed topography near the Stone Circle.

There is a large river to the southwest of the Stone Circle.We named this river the "Kusari River".The Jiuri River was a large serpentine river, and there was a part depicting a large "co".

The inside of the "co" is large enough to allow Jesus city to enter, and we noticed here.I thought about building a town here.One of the factors that made this choice was that only armored pigs were home to strange beasts.

"Where do I start?"

Misaki looked around the planned construction site of the town and said.The woods are spreading to us now.It seems that there are many trees similar to cypress and oak.

"First, I think we need to cut down the trees that grow in the town's construction sites."

"Yes, but you have to dry it, so you can't use it for about a year."

"Yes, but it will take some time before we can finish the ground and build the house."

The river leaned its neck.

"But what about the houses of the construction workers?"

"Just make it out of straw and dirt.You can bring the minimum lumber from Jesus City. "

"Don't joke, it's not three pigs.There will be no straw and no soil. "

Misaki laughed.

"I'm not kidding. There was a house in Saikyo made of straw, earth, and minimal lumber. It's called Strawbail House."

"Really?"

Kawai looked me in the eye.

"Seriously, Japan is a country of earthquakes, so we needed to reinforce it with lumber, but the food area doesn't look like an earthquake.We can build as little lumber as possible. "

I've never felt an earthquake since we started coming to the food area.I think there are very few earthquakes in the food area.

The river was not convinced.

If you don't have enough lumber, why don't you bring it from Jesus City?

"I'll bring it in, but there's not so much lumber left in Jesus City."

Well then, let's try building a house of straw and earth.I'll get Sakuma-san to help me. "

We named the planned construction site of the town "Palm".

I picked a good place in the forest near the river and felled the trees.I cut down the tree using the Shadow Blade of Manipulation Darkness for a moment.

I cut down trees about 3,000 tsubos of land.Cut the branches into logs and stack them.The stump is excavated and eliminated by the "manipulation" of the river well.

Bring heavy equipment from the city of Jesus and prepare the ground.I got help from a citizen who worked for a civil engineering company.A lot of citizens have come to the food area and agreed to our plan to build a town here.

The development of new farmland in Jesus City was stuck.It doesn't mean you can't take any crops at all.There is a harvest, but the crop is not growing as well as I thought.

I can't expect a harvest this year either.There was a sense of despair among the citizens.There, the story of building a town in the food area we planned spread, and we found hope.

When I was talking to Sakuma at nursery school, the farmer Yoshino came.

"Yoshino-san, what's wrong?"

"I heard the cozillos are building a town in the food area, and I'm thinking about moving to the food area."

"Why is Yoshino-san's paddy fields and fields here?"

Yoshino had a dark expression.

"As I thought, crops don't grow.I'm a little worried.And the food area is growing fast. "

"Yes, the Japanese government tried planting vegetable seeds and fruit seedlings.I hear you've grown quite well. "

I heard from the minister when he told Minister Yashida that we were going to build a town in the food area.

Yoshino seems to have heard a little from Kawai.

"Why do you think growing crops doesn't work?"

"I don't know. I thought the poison in the air had something to do with it, but I hear it only works on humans."

That's right. It is said that the poison emitted by a foreign beast is poison that only works on humans.If poison was effective against any organism, insects and the like would have died and the ecosystem would have been devastated.

"I don't suppose it affects crops, too."

"I don't know that either.But I feel something's wrong. "

Is it connected to the destruction of the Earthlings, as Levius, who was in the castle of the Trial, said?For us, it is welcome that an agricultural expert will come to the town of the food area.

Sakuma turned to me.

"What are we gonna do about the shift?"

"The control stones of the territory adjacent to Higashigami and Higashishitamachi will be destroyed."

"Do I have to?"

I don't think Sakuma needs it.

"If a powerful Weird Territory shifts around the fort, can we protect it?"

"Well, that's impossible. When will you destroy the control stone?"

"Since the shift day is approaching.I want to be safe for a little longer. "

Yoshino asked about the situation in the food area.

"We've just finished some of the food areas and secured a place where we can build a house.I'm going to build a house there and use it as a base. "

"Is there any land nearby where we can grow our crops?"

"Are you ready to start farming in the food area?"

"I think it would be better if it were sooner."

Yoshino seems to be feeling a sense of crisis like a hunch.

Sakuma asked Misaki a question.

It's a town building, but is Higashigami the only place to do it?

"No, I'm going to do it with the help of everyone in Jesus."

"Shouldn't we leave it to the prefecture or the Japanese government?"

"We will also advise prefectures and the Japanese government to develop food areas.However, I think the city of Jesus must also make every effort to develop the food area. "

"Why?"

"If the prefecture and the Japanese government are the only ones pursuing development, of course, I think the family of government officials and politicians will take precedence.I don't know when the citizens of Jesus will move to the food area. "

As in the past, the media and the public are not watching the government.There is no newspaper, television, or internet, so even if the government is developing a food area, there is no media to announce.There is no way to inform all citizens.

The precinct of treating people equally has become scarce.

"You don't trust the government?"

"I'm not stupid enough to trust you."

Sakuma nodded convincingly.

Well then, let's build about five straw bail houses and build something like an experimental farm.

If I make a suggestion, everyone agrees.

Straw is collected from grasslands in the food area and packed in boxes for use.The soil had found clay soil nearby, so I decided to use it.

With the help of Ryuzaki and the others, we built five straw bail houses and experimental farms in the food area.Strawbail House is big enough for eight people to live in, and we decided to use one of the five houses.

We have often stayed in the food area and engaged in development.

At the same time, the construction of the Red Thunderstone Research and Development Center and the construction of an electric propulsion ship dock will begin in Jesus City.The Japanese government kept its promise.

It seems that research on the Red Thunderstone is progressing.The design of a compact power generation device that supplies 50 amperes of current for about a month has been completed, and the prototype phase is said to have progressed.

The Japanese government wanted to know how much red thunderbolt we had, but we don't know.Is there a way to check the reserves?Can an expert look into it?

We demanded five small power generators to power the straw bail house built in the food area.I dug up the red thunderbolt and gave it to him.It seems that this device can be used even if Red Thunderstone is consumed and refilled.

If the reserves of red thunderbolts were huge, the Japanese people would no longer have access to electricity.

However, we still do not know the reserves.It appears that the government intends to proceed with research and development with caution.

Experimental wheat cultivation began on the experimental farm, mainly in Yoshino.

"Yoshino-san, how about wheat?"

When I asked, Yoshino pointed to the wheat field.

"I grew up much better than Jesus City. I look forward to the harvest."

I haven't seen Yoshino's happy face in a long time.

Is it possible to grow rice here?

"I think it's okay to draw water from the river."

According to Yoshino, using half of the palm trees as farmland would feed about half a million people.It was enough land to trust in the future.