I Was Reincarnated as a Poor Farmer in a Different World, so I Decided to Make Bricks to Build a Castle - Chapter 389

"I didn't think my father, who was just a peasant, would be able to use that Fontana's Ice Spirit Summon Monster, Ars."

"My brother Hector can use it now, so we're practically all in the top class, Dad."

"I can't believe it. But are you sure? If you're going to give the Fontana army the magic of Barca, shouldn't Ars name it? Are you sure Dad and Hector can name it?

"Fine. That was one of the aims of the military reform."

My father, who acquired the power called the current class, still seems to be a good peasant, and I can't believe he acquired that power.

However, it will become naturally acceptable after a while.

And my father's worries are nothing but worries.

We reformed the Fontana army and named 10,000 engineers for the troops that belonged to it.

As originally planned, they are named like pyramids or tree diagrams that gradually pile up from a small squad leader.

And by giving the Battalion Captain Barca's magic, the entire engineering unit was able to use Barca's magic.

At this time, I didn't name it myself.

It was Dad, Hector's brother, and the old man who gave Balka magic to multiple battalion captains.

Actually, this was a secret goal.

If I were to take a soldier from my army as a knight, I would have to give him a name as a Balkan knight.

But not this time.

It wasn't just an act to take me as a knight, which meant that the soldiers didn't have to swear loyalty to me, so I could make a name for myself.

Even if he were a Balkan knight, his father, Hector's brother, and the old man do not have territory, and therefore cannot have his own clan of ministers.

In other words, you can't increase your power and suck up the magic from below.

But it is now possible for Fathers to name the Fontana army after giving them the magic of Barca.

Therefore, from one of the knights with no territory, he suddenly succeeded in becoming a Magic Holder of the current class.

"Did Ars think about it from the beginning?

"No, it's not, Dad. The first aim was only to strengthen the Fontana army. But if you're going to do it anyway, it's better to have more than one meaning in one act. I just decided that naming the army is not about subordination between nobles and knights."

I see. Ars is great. It's impossible for Dad to think and act like that. "

"That's not true. I'm counting on you. Well, I think I have a lot to ask you in the future, but thank you, Dad."

"Oh, okay, Ars. Even after this, my father is ready. Your mother is also raising your brother. We have to work hard until she grows up."

"Ha ha ha. If you have anything to say about my brother, you can always talk to me, Dad."

Well, actually, there are other goals for this military reform.

It was about the development of land.

We have been working on projects to increase yields by [soil improvement] already existing agricultural land, but we have decided to leave these to the Fontana army completely.

Because there's a reason for this.

That was due to last year's events.

There was a big event last year.

This is a historic event in which Fontana was reborn into a kingdom after taking off her nobility.

At that time, the Doren royal family issued a royal decree against it, and an aristocratic coalition for the Fontana crusade was set aside.

When I gathered the Fontana army to confront the overwhelming coalition, I built a wall where it should be a border.

The defensive wall of Carmus took months to build just before the Allies approached.

Thanks to the time wasted by the Allies on meeting in King's Landing before heading to Fontana, we were on time.

However, it was only in time to complete the defensive wall, and practically most of those who could use Balka's magic were busy building it for months.

Within the kingdom of Fontana, Barca was engaged in work such as improving agricultural land.

When do you receive money from knights with territory to [improve soil] or [lay roads] agricultural land?

I had a yearly schedule.

However, the schedule could not be achieved.

Because someone who can use Barca's magic to deal with the Allies has paid off.

There is scope for circumstance and extenuating circumstances because of the incident.

Above all, he used less money to conclude talks with knights whose job requests could not be fulfilled so that they did not develop into arguments in vain.

But I can't predict what will happen in the future.

I don't know when or when the schedule will collapse.

I was also concerned about the spread of the kingdom of Fontana.

What if the Burmese and the Chilean families, who had turned the seal outside the defensive wall of Carmus, the old border, told them to build the Great Wall in their own territory?

It was clear that the number of Balkan knights currently in place was not enough to build such a Great Wall.

But it's also a long way off to say no so easily.

The problem is only a matter of national defense, so if I refuse too much, I may be told that the Prime Minister and General is not thinking of protecting my country.

That's why I wanted to increase the number of magical heads and, hopefully, take a step away from the development of very distant lands for the Balkans.

That's why I decided to increase the number of people who can use Balka's magic as engineers.

In that case, we can have the council review the annual schedule of land development and use the army.

And no one will complain if they put together a contract in advance that the army will not be able to turn to land development when something happens.

If you complain, you can blame yourself for thinking only of yourself.

In addition, at the same time, we can solve the problem of selling salt wholesale to the church.

In fact, the amount of salt wholesale to Archbishop Paul was overwhelmingly insufficient.

Well, that might be true.

Everyone wants salt.

The same is true not only in the Kingdom of Fontana, but also in the aristocracy outside it.

As a church, there was demand in all the aristocracy, and because there was not enough salt for it, he had repeatedly demanded that Balka produce more salt.

Last year, I was busier building walls than making salt.

I couldn't get around that much.

But now the Fontana army has more people who can make salt.

We could sell salt to the church a little more.

Sometimes, various issues were included, and there was meaning in the military reform as a means to solve them.

That is why, from the previous common sense of imparting magic to the army, there is also the aspect that actions that are out of line with the surrounding people were recognized to some extent.

Barca lost part of her job, but she didn't lose much because she earned a steady income through the army.

Fontana thus gained further land development power before the end of winter and spring.