Chapter 68
Town chapter 68: Village and potatoes 2
"Good, lets dissolve . I will talk to chief Jiharu, so everyone should take a rest for today"
When we returned to the town, we stopped the vehicle in front of the [D-type warehouse] and I let the escort dissolve . Then, the children of the wolf tribe who were in the vicinity, said "Fujiwara-sama!", "Fujiwara-sama!", and came running here when they were playing on the roadside and saw the car . I was wondering why the talk was over .
"Fujiwara! 『Konichiwa』!"
"『Konichiwa』!"
"『Konichiwa』!"
The children spoke the word "hello" in Japanese . Do they want to give up, or do they want to use the words they just learned? The children greeted me in Japanese as they are proud of the results of their studies and were anticipating to surprise me .
"Yes, 『Konichiwa』 . Look, I'll give you a 【Confetti】"
I call "Town data" by quick operation and [Purchase] [Confetti] and distribute it one by one to the children .
"Fujiwara, 『Arigatou』!"
A child who received [Confetti] thank me in Japanese this time . I stroke the head lightly . I feel very comfortable with the ears on the head . Every time I stroke their heads, they children narrow their eyes . Again the child is narrowing its eyes .
"Fujiwara,『Sayōnara』!"
"『Sayōnara』!"
"『Sayōnara』!"
"Yes, goodbye"
After saying goodbye in Japanese, the children returned to play again . They're doing well . The stone is fast for children to swallow . They are learning Japanese with a sense of playing .
"You can’t lose . "
I told so by my escort, who were watching the series of exchanges on the spot . Mira mutters, "Uh . . . . . . " and the others frown . They are motivated but not good at studying . But I think this can’t be helped . Adults and children have different years of using words . If you learn something theoretically, it is better for adults, but for things that you have to learn to feel like language, a child is better .
"Well, even if you are not good at it, I hope you can remember it at your own pace . "
To my words, Mira and the others were apparently relieved . In the first place, I don't expect much Japanese language skills from Mira and the other guards . The job of the escort is to protect me .
Those who are not good at language learning will be asked to engage in non-technical tasks such as farming . This idea is by no means a downside, it’s just the right man for the position .
Besides, agriculture is an important task . If there is no one who does it, it is a difficult task . I have no respect for my occupation . Residents complement each other and move the body of town . Those who are excellent should get more evaluations, but that's why we want to manage the town without trying to keep up with those who do their best .
However, I think it is quite difficult . The mind of a person is difficult, and if there is superiority or inferiority, the superior will be proud and the inferior will be in conflict . After that, the superior may attack the inferior to fulfill his self-esteem . It is only a desk theory that everyone can get along well .
But I don't know if I don’t try . At least I am in a position to challenge . There is no way to give up before they do . Anyway, that's one of the future tasks .
The escorts go to my house and I go to the lecture hall . In the auditorium, Chief Jiharu took the print I left behind and taught, and after waiting for a break, I told him that I returned safely . I dismissed the guards, then returned home and played with Catherine for the first time in a few days .
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The days of going back and forth between the village and the town continued until the potato harvest . At the same time, I connected a rubber-coated copper wire, a telephone line, between the village chief's mansion and the town . All are manual . A large cylindrical drum of copper wire was tied to the truck bed, and the drum was turned to draw a copper wire, and the copper wire was buried in the ground to make it invisible . It was very difficult because the distance was large .
. . . . . . The Wolf tribe . They are just being instructed, so it's not too hard .
By the way, if you have [Ability to make a town] about this telephone line, you may think that it is not only to install by the ability in a town . [The ability to create a town] is the ability only in the town that is the [Home base] . In order to activate abilities outside of the [Home base], I must be nearby . For example, the prison built south of the old town . That should remain as it is . In order to sell that prison, I have to go near it .
This also relates to the condition of a population of 10,000, which is also a condition for the growth of [period setting] . Even if people were brought into the village in the area and the population became 10,000, it didn't mean that the conditions were met . Because [The ability to create a town] recognizes it as a [home base] because it is a town where I and the wolf tribe live, and the village within the territory is not included in it .
Then, the question arises that it would not make sense to collect 10,000 people in the village . But it makes sense . By connecting the "home base" and a man-made structure such as a road, the village will become part of the "home base" .
So, if I reach 10,000 people in the area and ¥ 1 trillion in funds, I intend to connect the town which is the “home base” with the village in the area by a road . There is nothing to fear when [Period setting] becomes [Now], and there is no need to hide the town . Even if there is anything, it can be screwed down with force .
By the way, it doesn't make sense to connect the road to a village not under my control . Why this is, is awkward . [The ability to create a town] doesn't even recognize trying to connect a village under the control of another person with a road . [The ability to make a town] is certainly my ability, but I feel that I can't use it as I thought and I am being shaken .
Well, I have no choice but to give up on that ability . Anyway, when it became easy to connect the town and the village by connecting the telephone, I would be more likely to stay in the village as a human .
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About three months have passed since we planted potatoes in the village . As Autumn deepened and the wind blew colder, the potato blossoms opened and finally phased out with the harvest . Under my direction, the villagers use the tools and dig up the potatoes from the soil . As a result, the potato harvest is about five times the starved seed meal . When I read a book on agriculture, it seems to be a disappointing figure for professional farmers, but let's say it is good . Given the environment and the time of planting, it is a reasonable yield .
After that, it is important to make the villagers become familiar with potatoes . Therefore, today we will hold a potato tasting party . I have to teach the villagers how to eat potatoes .
We arranged the desks brought from each house outdoors and place the dishes on them . On the ground, I piled up stones in a circle to make an instant bowl, put a large pot with salt water on it and burned the bowl . However, under the village head, the villagers' facial expressions are not good . Seeing the potato, they have faces that disbelieves that you can eat such things . The only ones who were having an exciting look at this unusual event were the children .
I explain to the villagers that potatoes needs to be peeled and that there is poison in the skin that has been planted on the shoots and the sun . The reaction of the villagers are various, such as those who hear poison and roll their eyes and those who frown . They must have been surprised when they heard that the potatoes they usually eat are poisoned . However, it is too old to remember .
When the potatoes were peeled off, they were placed in a jar and dipped in the large pot that began to boil . After a while―― .
"Is it okay now?"
I take a potato from the jar, place it on a plate and prick the fork . The fork was stabbed with resistance and the potato broke in two from there . It is in a good state .
"Good, for a while . Pull up all the potatoes!"
The villagers pulled up the sunk jar with the sound of water draining with their hands . Under the fine weather, potatoes that were golden lined up on the desk . They are steaming like a hot spring and the smell is unbearable . My guards from the wolf tribe are also catching the smell with their noses . They expect it to be good, even if they have never eaten potatoes, because I have never given them something untasty .
And it can be said that the thinking of the wolf tribe is not wrong . Let's say clearly . I like potatoes . Potatoes are the best and the fried potatoes are exceptional . I love potato salad, potato tempura and even potato chips . Not to mention alone, it goes well with various dishes . Curry, stew, croquettes, meat etc . Oh, but I didn't really like only miso soup . But some people like it, so potatoes are still great . I guess there are no people who dislike potatoes .
"First of all, I will eat . If I eat it, everyone will start eating it . "
After the declaration, as everyone stared, I put the fork into the potato split that was split in half earlier and took a bite . While enjoying the warmth in my mouth, I enjoy the soft crunchiness and the slight sweetness peculiar to potatoes and exquisite saltiness . The feeling of melting on the tongue . My mouth was full of saliva and I swallowed the slice .
"Delicious! Potatoes are the best!"
Although it is my real intention, I behave in a very deliberate way . It is usually something you don't want to say . But this time there is a reason . I am a noble . Of course, I don't think about the ups and downs in human values, but this continent's values are not . There is an isolated upper and lower difference between a mere villager and me, who is a noble . If I, who is such a high-ranking person, eats potatoes and shows that it is delicious, it can be said that it is above all advertising .
"He, hey"
"Ah, ah, shall we eat? Because the lord eats just so well"
As I thought, some of the villagers who had been half-trusting felt something from me eating something delicious . Each one took a plate lined up on a desk .
“――!!? This is good!"
"It, It's true! Good!"
One ate, two ate and eventually everyone became silent and ate the potatoes . Eating is one of the greatest pleasures . But what is the food of a poor village? Bread made with wheat, milk and cheese, etc . Their repertoire is small and it is inevitable that they will get bored with their daily meals . Therefore, the villagers were intoxicated with the new taste and the new texture .
“Feudal lord-sama”
As everyone enjoys eating, there are those who feel apologetic to me . It is village chief, Peter, who starts to speak .
"I'm feeling shameful from being suspicious of you, not knowing that potatoes are so delicious"
"You only saw its appearance . Don't worry"
"Thank you for saying so, but what about this potato?"
"As I said before, potatoes are very strong against cold, that's why they grow well on thin lands . I think they are crops that fit the area well . But there is also a problem . It cannot grow continuously in the same land . "
Continuous crop failure . The pathogens and pests that favor planted crops are propagated by continuous cropping, causing diseases to the crops . In particular, potatoes are vulnerable to continuous cropping, and once planted at a place they can't plant potatoes again there for two years . In addition, if the acidity is inclined to acidity, it will become a disease, and if it inclines to alkalinity, it will also become a disease . However, you can expect the harvest to surpasses such a demerit . I continued to speak to the village chief .
"If the amount of harvest is unobvious, even if you have the number of seeds, potatoes will outperform wheat . Preservation is inferior to wheat, but if you are careful, it will last for half a year . I will use this potato to attract people and develop the village as a major production area for potatoes"
It is not a dream . Considering the situation in the country, it is possible enough . There is so much poverty in this country . On the other hand, the village chief was stunned by my words . It is a story without surprise . Knowing the value of a potato, my words may not be realistic . However, when I realized, the village chief was in tears slightly .
Why is that? I have been listening to various things while I was in the village . Young people aim for the south . They feel disgusted with the village life that never improves and dream of living in a city .
However, the bitterness of urban life was obvious when I heard from the merchant . There is no communication from those who left for the royal capital . Some can read and write and some not, but generally they wont come very far . When there is no contact in general, it is only that they are too poor or dead to get in touch .
This continent is a developing world where even family register management is ambiguous . It is different from the world I came from . So I understood the meaning of the village chief's tears well .
"There is no time to cry . We'll have some vacancies left by the next spring . And we're going to build a new village near here"
Thus, my territory plan turned a gear again .
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