Episode 243: I’m going to start a new business. (1)
The savages who had gathered to negotiate using food as bait were all in favor. There was some opposition, but they all gave in to the persuasion of the eloquent Waroka.
Because his tribe was the strongest, there was no point in rebelling.
At the next round of negotiations a few days later, Waroka spoke confidently.
“All the allied tribes have agreed. We will stop the attacks and raids against the Kingdom of Rutania for five years. I will take responsibility for the raids by the minority tribes that are not allied with us.”
“You’ll have to control it well. If you don’t want to see my face here again, that is. Send the horse to the Northern Fortress every year.”
Woroka licked his lips at the arrogant words of Giselle. He wanted to chop off the head of that arrogant bastard with an axe right now, but he was reluctant to fight.
No, honestly, I didn’t even want to think about the names Ferdium and Fenris.
‘The day will come when I will be afraid of the name Ferdium.’
I never dreamed that such a day would come in my life. Far from being scared, I had no interest in Perdium at all, and was only concerned with unifying the tribes.
I never thought I’d end up bowing my head to guys I didn’t even know existed.
Of course, I never intended for it to end like this.
‘Let’s just wait and see. If I can just unify this North… … I will not leave alone not only Ferdium, but also the Kingdom of Rutania. I will never forget today’s humiliation.’
Jiselle snickered at the sight of Woroka’s face, which was filled with discomfort. It was obvious what he was thinking.
‘Tsk tsk, you won’t get that chance.’
Running a tribe is completely different from running a country. In fact, in his previous life, Woroka had established a unified country, but he was completely unable to deal with the accidents that were occurring everywhere.
The country was not able to function properly because it lacked not only food but also infrastructure.
Perhaps, if Giselle had not started the war, Woroca would not have been able to hold out any longer and would have attacked the Kingdom of Rutania.
‘Then the Duke of Delphine would have had his head blown off.’
At that time, the Kingdom of Rutania, which had suppressed all nobles and wielded absolute monarchy, was a powerful nation that was both fearsomely quick to make decisions and had the power to carry them out.
Only someone as powerful as Jisel on the 7th continent could fight the kingdom. With Woroka’s abilities, he would never have survived.
‘If I had more time, I would have just dried up the seeds. It’s a bit of a shame.’
It would take months to wipe out all the tribes, including those allied with the Waroka.
Because of Harold, we couldn’t afford to waste time here any longer, so we had to wrap things up properly and go back. As for Giselle, she couldn’t help but feel regretful.
‘Well… … Now isn’t the only chance.’
Once the civil war is over, Waroka will have to make a definite decision.
Will everyone surrender, or will everyone die?
Anyway, the negotiation ended well. Zwalter was glad that the fighting with the barbarians, which had been difficult for him, had stopped, and Giselle was glad that she had obtained a large number of necessary horses and gained stability in the rear.
And Claude was sad that Wendy didn’t pick him up.
Jiselle returned to her territory leading over 10,000 horses, including those she had acquired as spoils of war.
Heeeeeeeeeing!
As the horses lined up and entered the castle, the people of the castle opened their eyes wide. They had never seen so many horses in their lives.
“Wow! This is amazing!”
“That’s a lot of words? Does that make sense?”
“Wow! The real lord is amazing!”
Because the price per horse was so high, there were few estates that had this many horses.
The land was instantly immersed in a festive atmosphere. Even though the roads were paved, there were not enough horses to transport them properly.
But now there is an abundance of horses. Even if some are set aside for military use, there are still thousands of horses left for transportation.
Jiselle gathered her followers together and boasted about her achievements so far.
“Hey, look! I came here to enforce some discipline, but now the talking has increased tremendously!”
The one who was the happiest was Belinda. She was more excited about beating the savages than about getting the horse.
“As expected of our master! I wanted to go and beat him up too!”
As the estate developed, Belinda found it difficult to find time for herself, as she had to manage an ever-increasing number of servants.
So, Giselle also planned to have Belinda participate only in very important battles.
The other vassals nodded their heads as if this result was expected.
‘Now it’s become a total robbery.’
‘I’ve become a person who takes everything I need.’
‘But since the opponents are barbarians, there is no one to say anything.’
If they needed iron ore, they would take the mine. If they needed horses, they would take the horses. It was scary to think about what they would come up with next.
But since there were plausible reasons and justifications for all of that, I couldn’t stop it.
He was a lord who did everything he really wanted to do and got scolded less(?).
“Okay, now that we have the words, shall we start a transportation revolution?”
Although Giselle spoke confidently, Claude stepped in and ruined the mood.
“There is a problem.”
“… … .”
“There is a problem.”
“… … Are you possessed by some kind of trouble spirit? Why are you always in trouble? Where did you get cursed?”
‘It’s because of you! You! You! You! It’s because of you that things are always rushed!’
No matter how many times he said it, it didn’t work, so Claude just answered, hiding his annoyed feelings.
“… … Anyway, there is a problem.”
“Okay, what’s the problem?”
“I didn’t really oppose this expedition since the more horses you have, the better… … . There are more horses than I expected.”
“Isn’t more the better?”
“It would be good if there were a moderate amount of them. Right now, we can’t afford to have that many horses. There’s a serious shortage of stables and people to manage them.”
Claude had a point. It would be absurd to just leave horses alone after bringing them here. It would take a lot of money to maintain over 10,000 horses on a regular basis.
But Jiselle replied that it wasn’t a problem to that extent.
“Build a lot of stables and hire a lot of people. That should do it.”
“… … How can you get that kind of money by digging the ground? Even now, a huge amount of money is being spent on land development and military reinforcement projects. We need more money to maintain that level of power.”
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Although he was making a ton of money selling food and cosmetics, there was a limit to how much he could make. He was spending just as much money on purchasing resources as he was making.
Additionally, the problem was that the amount of food and cosmetics that could be sold was limited.
In particular, food was used to pay the laborers, but it was also used to feed the people of the two territories of Fenris and Ferdium, so the consumption was not small.
In short, it meant that additional money was needed. So Claude made a new proposal.
“How about selling half of the horses we just acquired? Even half will be enough to transport materials and train cavalry. Since horses can be sold for a high price, we can also secure financial resources.”
“no.”
Claude thought about Giselle’s firm rejection.
‘… … I knew it. You don’t listen to people!’
Still, Claude didn’t have a fit. The lord didn’t like spending money unnecessarily. He was planning to target that part.
“We can still maintain it if we try to force it. After all, we can sell more food to raise funds. But it won’t be of any use to us right now.”
“why?”
“Because there is a shortage of people to ride horses. What good is building roads and acquiring a lot of horses? There is a serious shortage of people who can actually operate them.”
“Hmm… … .”
“There’s just too much work on our land. Right now, not only are supplies being delivered, but even the transport of food and meat is getting delayed. In the end, the remaining horses will just be sitting in the stables, eating and sleeping? Damn it! I’m jealous!”
It’s not enough to just talk. You need someone to handle it. However, among the poor people of Yeongji, there weren’t many who knew how to ride horses.
The soldiers are all infantry, so they are not of much help.
Until now, transporting materials was done by scraping together people who knew how to pull a carriage or ride a horse.
In times of emergency, even knights were deployed to transport materials.
“Because of these two problems, we can’t afford to buy that many horses right now. It’s just a waste of money. We have to sell what we can’t use right now and increase it later.”
Claude smiled confidently, thinking that this time even the lord would have no choice.
It’s not always a good idea to do a lot or do something big. You have to do everything according to the situation.
If you increase the scale without being able to use it right away, you will end up suffering more losses. That was an obvious truth.
But who is Giselle? He is a man who will twist the situation by force if necessary.
You can’t use all the words you’ve learned? Then just create a situation where you have to use them.
“We just need to build stables, hire more caretakers, and train horse riders.”
“No, so when are you going to raise it?”
To ride a horse well, you need to learn professional horsemanship. This is because you need to be able to move quickly and freely, not just ride and move.
That is why it was inevitable that it would take a long time to train skilled cavalrymen. That is why the plan to train cavalrymen was established long ago, and the other vassals also know about it.
But to carry out that plan, only half of the words I had now obtained were sufficient. Even if I had more, it would have been useless.
But Giselle cut Claude off and started saying what she wanted to say.
“This kind of problem is nothing. I have a plan for everything. I can solve it all.”
“What are your plans?”
“First, we will start a new business using the road.”
“Road… … . New business?”
Claude and his retainers looked at Giselle with anxious eyes. Neither the problem-solving methods nor the business methods that came out of his mouth were normal.
Jiselle ignored the gaze and continued speaking.
“Are the roads within the territory almost finished?”
“Yes, except for small towns and remote areas, most cities, castles, and villages are connected. Not just our territory, but all the way to Perdium.”
“Now expand and connect it to the capital, the princely faction, and the neutral lords’ fiefdoms. Excluding the duke-faction nobles and suspicious guys.”
It was a huge undertaking. It was something that only emperors in history would do. No matter how much money and laborers there were, it was not something that could be attempted rashly.
“… … It may take years to connect all the royalist nobles’ estates to the capital by road.”
“That’s not necessarily true. Road construction is a simple task. Simple tasks are easier to solve than you think.”
“How?”
“If you put money and people in, it’s over quickly. You all know that because you’ve tried it, right?”
“… … .”
The vassals had nothing to say. In reality, the Fenris territory was developing at an incredible rate by pouring in real money and people.
But the problem lies elsewhere.
“Even if the period is like that, do you think the lords would allow it? That we could build a road as we please?”
“If you pave the road for me, why do you refuse? And what are you going to do if you don’t?”
“Yes? What are you doing?”
“What would they do if the royal family and the Marquis of Branford told them to do it?”
That was also true. There was no way the Marquis of Branford would refuse if Giselle asked him to do so. If the road was well paved, it could be used for military purposes as well.
There were some lords who did not build roads for fear that someone would invade. However, if all the prince’s territories were connected, it would be easier to call in reinforcements, so everyone would have no choice but to agree.
Claude’s head started spinning when he heard of Giselle’s grand plan. How much money would it cost to connect all those estates?
“Money! Where do we get the money and people? Even if we have an abundance of money and people, we can’t handle such a large-scale project!”
“That’s because other lords, in addition to our laborers, have to support laborers from their respective territories. Of course, we provide the money, and in return, we receive a toll fee. We receive the right to collect road tolls through the royal family. Can you imagine how much money we can make?”
Gulp
.
Claude swallowed without realizing it.
It is rare to find a place with properly paved roads, so transportation and movement inevitably take time.
What if we built roads that could move really fast and charged a toll to use them?
The logistics and people moving on the road will soon become money and enter Penrith.
If you think about it in terms of concept, it is truly a groundbreaking business. If it is realistically possible, that is.
“… … Let’s say we procure manpower from each territory. But do we have that much money?”
Then, Jiselle answered with a confident smile, as if it was nothing.
“We can use our own money and have Miss Rosalind and Sister Mary invest in the way of dividing the shares. I heard there’s an investment meeting going on there these days? We can just bring in all the nobles’ money. The Joana Church will also help. You know that the construction will be finished faster if there are priests, right?”
Forisko will have to send out a large number of priests to rejuvenate the tired workers, unless they want to be burned at the stake as heretics.
“… … .”
He spoke very freely. It might have been impossible for others, but it seemed possible for a lord with a strong network of connections.
As everyone else stood there dumbfounded at the absurdly grand plan, Giselle continued speaking with a serious expression.
“Okay, and secondly. The road concession business isn’t the end. Once the roads are paved, we’ll start a delivery business using the horses that will be overflowing.”
“… … Delivery business?”
“Yeah, I already decided on a name.”
“What is that…? What is that?”
Everyone looked at Giselle with a mixture of anticipation and worry. Giselle smiled and said, seeming to like that atmosphere.
“Fenris Arrow Delivery. How is it?”
Everyone frowned at the blatant and vulgar name.
