“Increased Food Production is important. While we can supply it, it’s obvious that if it’s given away for free, there will eventually be rulers who think of foolish things.”
“You and your earlier assertion… well, never mind. True, if food is scarce, the country will be in turmoil. Relying on foreign aid for that is incredibly unhealthy.”
Asidanthera-Ayame Zero, forcibly changing the subject, interfered with the projection display and changed the displayed materials.
“Therefore, we will provide enough food to get by for the time being, but at the same time, we will introduce equipment for Increased Food Production in the form of trade. Specifically, Farming Equipment and fertilizer.”
“…Fertilizer, along with its raw materials, how to make it, and its effects. I don’t think the transmission of knowledge will be very effective…”
“Ah, don’t worry about that. It’s fine if only those who understand it understand it; we can’t take care of basic education. The goal is to spread information and render the monopoly of the privileged class meaningless.”
Amadio Silverhead answers Alban Blayais’s question.
Naturally, these policies have already been shared between ＜Ayame Zero＞ and Amadio.
This is an explanation to Grand Admiral Alban Blayais, who will be moving a lot of supplies and acting as escort from now on.
“For the time being, our country’s dispatched troops will maintain public order, but eventually we have to create an organization locally. It would be disastrous if uneducated people or those with too much ambition gained power. It will be necessary to continue patrolling for a long time.”
“That’s beyond our jurisdiction… Ah. The navy will be responsible for transporting personnel?”
“That’s right. You’re perceptive. They’re overseas dispatch units, so if the term isn’t short, dissatisfaction will grow. Well, half a year is probably the longest. If possible, I’d like to rotate them every three months or so.”
By the way, ＜Paraiso＞ is basically in charge of detailed local work. However, this is information that we don’t intend to actively disclose.
In particular, Communicator Dolls are good at winning people’s hearts. Unless it’s a closed community, they’ll be much more popular than lords who may or may not be around. That also applies more so than the Repuytari Kingdom’s troops, who only come occasionally.
By the way, the Repuytari Kingdom’s dispatched troops are supposed to go around asserting legitimacy.
For politicians, it would be a devilish act.
Their own stock continues to fall, while the evaluation of other countries continues to rise.
“The food that can be distributed will only be long-term storage items such as wheat and Dried Meat. After various considerations, nothing else is feasible.”
Asidanthera went on to complain about the food provided. Due to political considerations, she was unable to select too many types of preserved food.
If ＜The Tree＞ were to provide preserved food, there was a risk that the distributed food would be more luxurious than the meals in the Repuytari Kingdom’s mainland.
It’s a shame for Asidanthera, but taste is secondary.
In the first place, if you distribute things that are too high quality, it’s easy for problems such as embezzlement to develop. Therefore, we selected items that can be procured from within the Repuytari Kingdom or other countries.
By the way, wheat and Dried Meat can be stored for a considerable period of time if they are properly dried. In that sense, shipping food is not suitable. Humidity is the enemy.
“I understand the policy for now. What I’m concerned about is the profitability of this project itself… I’m sorry, but my head just can’t imagine where the profit will come from. Could you explain that?”
“Hmm… Well. I think we could make a direct profit if we wanted to.”
Amadio nodded, put his right hand on his chin, and pondered.
“Simply put, we can treat the aid supplies as loans and collect them in the future. Well, that’s assuming that country eventually comes together. Or, if the civil war continues, we can send troops and secure resources. Well, that’s a bit tricky because of the backlash from neighboring countries.”
“I… I thought about that too, but not to the point where it would be very profitable.”
As a nation, maximize your own interests.
Based on that premise, it’s certainly difficult to understand the current approach.
“Well, the main purpose is to create a barrier against the Warrior Monks of the Prawa Theocracy. It costs our country less to have them deal with it locally than to send troops. The other thing is to sell favors to neighboring countries. The northern countries are also regions with many mines. We can send our companies to secure rights and develop them.”
And.
Amadio was rattling off plausible things, but his purpose, of course, was to conceal ＜The Tree’s＞ complete domination of the Prawa Theocracy.
No matter how much the other party is the top of the navy and an old acquaintance, there’s no way he can say such a purpose out loud.
“Well, I’m not entirely convinced, but I understand. It’s good to know that our country isn’t just unilaterally taking things out.”
“I really wish you could do these things on your own without me having to go through them, though?”
“Hah hah hah… I’m sorry, but it will be several years before we have enough decent people. The Legendary Senate and the army were completely rotten.”
Alban shrugged and complained. It was the price of the navy being absorbed in foreign expeditions and neglecting domestic control.
Within the Repuytari Kingdom, a major purge had depleted various personnel.
And Duke Amadio Silverhead is carrying out the replenishment alone.
If you can master the Argument Brain Construct, steering a country is easy. Moreover, an intelligence network of bots is spread throughout major cities.
Most of the information was concentrated in the control enclosure, and a mechanism was in place to automatically generate appropriate instructions.
“Ideally, it would be great if it could be out of my hands in five or ten years. You’ll be retired by then, right? If you want to spend your old age in peace, you have to work hard.”
“I understand. Like you, my modest dream is to retire to a rural territory and spend the rest of my life there.”
“Is that modest…? Well, it’s a much better situation than it used to be… Even now, at this moment, it was a bit of a tightrope walk.”
Perhaps remembering various things that had happened, Amadio sighed.
Alban leaned forward with a “oh?” expression on his face.
“From what you’re saying, was there some problem that I don’t know about…?”
“…………”
When asked that, Amadio stared into space as if thinking for a while.
To onlookers, it looks like he’s hesitating about something, but in reality, he’s exchanging a huge amount of data with ＜The Tree＞ via the AB Construct.
He’s discussing with the Transcendent Intelligence ＜Ringo＞ what and how much to disclose.
“Well, you’re okay. Our proud navy could have been destroyed if we had made one wrong move.”
“…What did you say?”
Amadio shrugged and looked at Asidanthera, who was silently putting sweets in her mouth in the same seat.
“You guys were going to dispatch a fleet to Telek Port City, right? It seems that ＜Paraiso＞ came right before the dispatch and turned everything upside down.”
“That’s… yes. That’s right…”
Is it okay to talk about that in front of ＜Paraiso＞? Alban’s expression seemed to say that, but Amadio dispelled his anxiety by nodding.
“If the Paraiso Fleet’s actions had been delayed by just one month, there was a possibility that they would have run into them in Telek Port City. Fortunately, that future was avoided. We can laugh about it now, right?”
“Wha… what. No, if you say that, the timing is certainly…”
“The situation where we would clash was avoided. That’s the end of this story, Lord Alban. It was a very meaningful result for both sides. That’s for sure, right?”
Alban nodded silently to Drei=Ringo’s supplement.
Right now, he’s probably making predictions about what would have happened if the Paraiso Fleet and the Repuytari Navy had clashed in his head.
Alban knows ＜Paraiso’s＞ technological capabilities well. The result of that prediction must be disastrous.
“…It was truly a tightrope walk…”
“Yeah. Well, thanks to that, nothing happened. There’s no need to think about boring past things.”
Now, there was a mention of a slightly different history.
What would have happened if the response to the Repuytari Kingdom had been delayed by just one month?
★Promotion for Volume 3
Hmm, I’m curious. Is there a story somewhere with a different history…? Ah! Isn’t this “Harapeko Fortress Wants to Build a Great Battleship in Another World Worlt of Sandbox” published by KADOKAWA! Moreover, Volume 3 was released on September 30, 2024! Perhaps you can read a story with a different history from the WEB version! I have to buy it right away!