「Can we make stuffs from the olives?」
「Of course. We will teach you how to do it and we will help you start.」
「Processing it into oil is……」
「First of all, you just need to give me the raw materials in wholesale……if you can think of a better way of processing them here, we will also pay you for that as an idea fee.」
Through his business dealings with the merchant guild “Golden Road” through Mia, Riito has a good amount of currency.
The deposit from the deal, combined with the support of Rito, would guarantee the village’s livelihood for the foreseeable future.
「Now, all we need is some sugar and we’ll have doughnuts supply.」
Mia drools from the word “doughnut”.
Mia loves to eat doughnuts with Mama after an all nighter regardless of the taste.
「This means I’ll have a monopoly on oil nyaa! And it’s great that we can sell our favor to them nyaa, nyafufufu!」
The catkin, who was calculating the value of a tanuki even though it hasn’t caught it yet, made a wry smile.
「I brought a deposit, it’s mithril coin nyaa!」
Mia took a leather back from her backpack and placed it down.
It was the highest currency that could be used in both the Romancia Empire and guild autonomous region of Gartland.
Freedom is irreplaceable but there are some freedoms that can be bought with money.
That is the reason why he asked Mia, the ace of the merchant guild “Golden Road”, to come with him.
-0-
-Scene Change-
-0-
When Julian Craig, the frontier count, arrived, the Funikuri Village he saw was not quite what was described in the reports he saw.
「What’s with all those trees……」
He found trees with a lot of green fruits.
When they picked one up and tasted it, they found that they were bitter and not sweet at all.
「Ugh」
Julian’s entourage spit out a mouthful of berries.
He is sure that he ordered his territory to produce wheat and yet what’s growing there are unknown trees.
「Are these the work of illegal immigrants? I will not allow them to destroy my territory—I will capture them and bring them to justice at the center of this land. This will be an offering to her highness Adelia who loves justice.」
Julien chuckled.
Funikuri Village is completely under the lord’s control due to repeated non-payment of taxes.
Once this happens, there is no way to escape the strong control of the lord.
As long as taxes are paid, freedom is guaranteed within the territory.
However, if they are unable to pay taxes—the Craig Territory is allowed to do as it pleases in accordance with the empire’s rule.
There are volcanoes rich in magic power that have mines that produce coals, precious ores, and metals.
Leave a Reply