Chapter 44. To thend of frozennd (4) First of all, practical work.


    “You must have already known because I notified you. I want you to properly ept the residents I brought.”


    Most of the ves I brought were divided into viges and relocated.


    They are mainly families of ves.


    There are too many to bring them all to the castle.


    Families live in viges and educated guys work here.


    that''s the intention


    For your information, I have already conditionally pardoned the status of a ve.


    It was because they were concerned that their loyalty would be shaken if they were discriminated against or treated badly in the vige.


    And they wanted to live here as residents, not ves.


    Otherwise, true allegiance cannot be obtained.


    can''t even develop.


    “Ha ha ha...


    But the vige chiefs'' expressions weren''t very refreshing.


    From the point of view of the residents of this ce, they are foreigners, and they are from very.


    It won''t be easy to ept.


    The wall of identity is really hard and jingling.


    “The question is more about receiving…whether others will agree.”


    One of the vige chiefs carefully conveyed his opinion to me.


    There seems to be quite a bit of dissatisfaction.


    No, in fact, there must have been quite a voice of dissatisfaction among the residents.


    “don''t worry. I''m not asking you to just ept it. Every time I receive a viger, I will show that much sincerity.”


    I smiled and continued.


    “You already know that you have received my sincerity, right?”


    The vige chiefs twitched their shoulders.


    They had already relocated ves to the vige and sent money in the name of settlement money.


    With that money, no one will starve to death for the next three years or so.


    But if you don''t do it ording to my will, there is no grace.


    this is my warning


    “I''ll try my best.”


    Knowing this, the vige chiefs meekly bowed their heads.


    The most important thing is to let people know that if they follow me, they can eat warm meals.


    They have no choice but to stand on my side more than anyone else and cooperate in spreading my will.


    I hold the stomachs of the residents.


    Because you know that fact better than anyone.


    * * *


    After the face-to-face with Arel, the 12 vige chiefs were escorted out of the lord''s castle by the servants.


    “...Are lords like that in the first ce?”


    The youngest vige chief asks in a low voice.


    “I haven''t even arrived in the vige yet, but carelessly...


    The oldest who received the question clicked his tongue and said in a low voice that he would like to hear someone.


    “Compared to past lords, I might have to say it’s unusual.”


    Usually, most of the lords assigned to Pahilia do not have much interest in the territory itself.


    Because this ce is practically and of exile for them.


    Most of them were lords who spent their free time with their remaining wealth.


    Of course, there were cases where he tried to do something like the former lord.


    However, the vige chiefs do not have good feelings for the former lord.


    It''s because he only gave unreasonable instructions.


    As a result, many residents starved and many were injured while following his orders.


    Because of that, a new lord came after falling to the ground in distrust.


    Surprisingly, he is still a young boy.


    I hear you just went through aing of age ceremony.


    Just before convening the vige chiefs, the manager came to the vige and repeatedly asked them not to be rude.


    Everyone was surprised to hear that he was the youngest prince in the royal family.


    How long can life be twisted... No, what circumstances did the princee to be the lord of this ce?


    In fact, they didn''t expect much.


    I just hoped that he wasn''t an idiot like the previous lord.


    “I’m sure it’s not for the average person.”


    The eldest vige chief muttered so.


    The impression of the new lord he met for the first time could be said to be unexpected.


    His behavior is yful like a boy in his prime, but there is something definite in his true heart that can be seen in his eyes.


    It is the appearance of a person with a clear goal.


    “…Are you really okay?”


    The young vige chief seems worried.


    Although Arel expressed his intention to make sure that all the vigers would not starve. In fact, it provides considerable support in the name of settlement funds for new residents.


    Undoubtedly, his behavior is different from those of previous lords.


    However, there is a possibility that it was a nobleman''s whim.


    If that''s the case, aren''t they the ones who are being swayed, after all?


    It seems that he is still inexperienced.


    “That''s... you''ll know when the timees.”


    To the anxious young vige chief, the eldest man said just that.


    “Trust Him now.”


    * * *


    Nextes the ves... no, now I''d say the servants who work in our castle.


    They have been thoroughly trained during the preparation period of the past year.


    And since I''ve been trained, of course I have to pamper them.


    It was mainly made so that you could read the text and do simple calctions.


    “From now on, your job is to take care of the paperwork here.”


    It''s the same thing I ordered thedies-in-waiting to do in the pce before.


    I leave the documents that they can handle to a certain extent to them, and I have no choice but to take care of the important ones.


    Like this, I try to y somehow during office hours even here.


    “Especially the budget and rted paperwork must be handled meticulously.”


    I will not tolerate a single gap in the water.


    Money neverpromises.


    That''s my secret to sucking honey.


    “I will keep that in mind.”


    To my request, the servants responded a little nervously.


    After all, they will do their job faithfully.


    They will give you a decent sry as well.


    Above all, he has a family living in the vige, so he will work for his wife and children.


    Even here, our workces aim at ckpanies disguised as white.


    I''ll give you the money, but I''ll pamper you thoroughly.


    Above all, if I hadn''t reaped it, I would have been a ve for the rest of my life.


    They are deeply grateful to me.


    good night.


    Work for me with that mindset.


    I''ll go and take a nap by the firece.


    Don''t worry.


    I''ll be sure to take care of you when you need it.


    Ha ha ha ha ha ha!


    ? ? ?


    “Hmm? Is that so too?”


    I was rolling around on the bed in my room checking the papers the servants had arranged.


    Seina is looking down at me with a warm smile while holding me as ap pillow.


    It''s an attitude that seems familiar to me.


    It''s because I''ve been fooling around like this while escorting the female knights.


    I don''t want to work, but when the timees, it''s my own trick to try to motivate them while enjoying their touch.


    In addition, Asha is strict, but Seina, if I insist on it, will make her fool around to a certain extent below the line.


    My age is still a risky period where I am not rejected even if I stick to it like this.


    Let''s cherish this moment.


    “Is this the document that the servants handled a while ago?”


    “huh. I need to see you for a while.”


    If it''s tolerable, I''d just stamp it in moderation, but now I need to look at things while thinking about them a little.


    “Is there not such a big change in the poption?”


    He ordered servants to instruct vige chiefs to survey and report the exact vige poption.


    In the documents at the time of the first takeover, it was written that there were about 10,000 people, but when I actually investigated it, there were exactly 9 651 people.


    If you include the vigers I brought, you can think of it as about 9,800 people.


    “When I think about when I was there, it definitely decreased.”


    “Certainly, considering the nk period between the former lord and me, the poption actually decreased.”


    It is also slowly declining.


    Not just a census, but also the number of people born in the past few years, but the results are disastrous.


    “Come to think of it, Seina worked here when she was the former lord, right?”


    “It is. To be precise, I worked at the border, not at the castle.”


    “What kind of guy was he?”


    “I haven''t seen you that often either...


    but can I say this? He seemed to hesitate for a moment, so I urged him to say it was okay.


    “He was an aristocrat who was only ahead of his words.


    Thanks to that, not only the residents but also the soldiers had a hard time waking up.”


    It must have been a really ipetent lord.


    Seina smiles bitterly as she speaks, but for some reason there is annoyance in her voice.


    “The biggest problem with declining poptions is probably because they are poor.”


    If we can''t eat and live, there''s no way the poption will grow.


    It would be too much for them to stick in their mouths now.


    You have to be able to make a living so you can naturally get married and have children.


    Well, most of the lords don''t even understand such a simple reason.


    “With this amount of people, it is possible to maintain it right away.”


    Currently, out of the money I''ve earned from trading, the assets I can roll my way are about 450,000 gold.


    Anyway, this ce is basically tax free, and if you want to maintain the current status purely, wouldn''t it be possible to hold out for about 50 years?


    ‘Did he send me with that in mind?''


    I can''t see through the nobles'' inner thoughts exactly, one by one, but I can understand the public intentions.


    You genuinely intended to let me rot here for almost half my life.


    If you have to struggle, you must be drowning in the mud-like economic situation and die.


    With the financial situation of an ordinary aristocrat, just maintaining this ce would make your head explode.


    So the question now is, how do I roll this ce?


    “Are you going to do farming?”


    “It is impossible.”


    came to a conclusion at once.


    Seina agreed without hesitation.


    In the first ce, just looking out the window now is a snowstorm.


    Common sense makes farming in this kind of weather.


    No sane person would encourage them to farm.


    “The former lord encouraged farming, but it failed....


    That means he is insane.


    At least the weather right now is pretty good in winter.


    It''s warm in the room now, so I don''t care much, but it''s a harsh climate for ordinary people.


    Upon investigation, the ground melted at best in the summer.


    Full-scale farming is difficult.


    ‘No matter how much I think about it, self-sufficiency is the limit.'' If you use crops that are quite strong against the cold and house farming methods properly, at least self-sufficient farming will be possible here.


    However, it is difficult to generate full-fledged revenue.


    Agriculture is almost abandoned.


    After that, there is fur, but this one passes. However, the quality of fur here seems to be recognized, but if you want to feed here only with fur, you will have to dry the seeds of this local wildlife.


    “In the end, is it trade using special products?”


    I need to make something that will sell.


    me too? You say difficult things really simply.


    If someone heard me talking to myself, they might call me crazy.


    “Specialties... Specialties... Specialties...


    Fortunately, there are suitable ideas.


    All that remains is to create the basis for execution.


    how?


    Isn''t there such a saying in an old saying(?).


    Local development is the truth!


    So, do you invest innd with confidence?


    ....is not it?