Episode 260
“All the knights who arrived have begun participating in the training of the Royal Knights. And the distribution of artifacts has also been completed.”
“What’s the reaction?”
“There was a message from Instructor Heinkel Danani that morale had soared to the sky.”
“Yeah. As expected.”
Logan smiled in satisfaction at Dwayne’s report and looked around.
Reliable faces such as the swordsmith and his father, Eileen Clayton, Heinkel, and Victor Damian came into view. Except for Philip in the Empire and Hamar in Taren, all of Logan’s close associates that he could confide in were looking at him.
Now that Logan’s idea to implement a corps system by combining all the kingdom’s troops is becoming visible, everyone has gathered to discuss a more specific plan.
There was one new person who joined there.
“I am truly proud that my acting was so helpful, Your Majesty.”
The Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Roberts Floyd, bowed his head towards Logan with a smile on his face.
The previous opposition to Logan’s opinion in the Great War was actually a play discussed in advance to encourage opposition from nobles, including Jacques Juan.
As it was an event where all the important figures of the royal family gathered, Roberts reminded them by breaking his little ball.
“It starts now, Prime Minister.”
“Of course, I am well aware of that. However, since it is something that His Majesty personally leads, I believe that it will go well.”
He even flattered himself excessively.
Eileen, who was standing nearby, frowned slightly and pulled on Roberts’ arm, but he just stared at her daughter blankly, as if asking why.
Eilen let out a small sigh, and Logan, seeing the father and daughter like that, chuckled.
Eilen, who had been enduring the embarrassment alone, opened her mouth as if to change the subject.
“You’ve gathered all the knights, but what are you going to do with the soldiers?”
“We need to bring in soldiers as well. There can’t be only knights in the corps.”
“Then what about the security of each territory…”
Heinkel expressed doubt as if he had been waiting, but Logan was not shaken at all.
“Anyway, the troops will be redeployed as soon as the integrated training is over. Of course, it will be in the form of sending a small number of people, and that will also be possible only after the basic training is completed and the formation of the corps is completed.”
“What are you going to do in the meantime? Accidents could occur simultaneously throughout the kingdom.”
Heinkel’s question was natural, but it was also exactly what Logan had thought about in advance.
“Of course, we need to create replacement troops before that.”
“If you say replacement troops…?”
“The harvest season will end soon, so the people will be able to receive training during the winter, which is the farming season.”
“Training?”
“Like in McLane’s territory, we need to create a vigilante group in each village. Focused on repeating crossbows.”
Logan said the plan he had in mind.
There were limits to fighting the empire with regular troops alone, so the organization of a vigilante group was considered essential.
Those close to him also nodded.
“Giving a commoner a weapon that can kill a knight is something worth worrying about, but it’s surprising that you’re not that worried.”
The term civil unrest was unfamiliar to everyone here.
A fully armed force user, or knight, had the power to easily handle hundreds of untrained civilians. Even if tens of thousands of commoners band together and start a rebellion, once the knights sweep in, it will be over.
But what if they get a weapon that can kill a knight in their hands?
Moreover, if the knights of each territory were concentrated in the center like now, soldiers alone would never be able to stop them.
But Logan wasn’t worried.
“All of the truly greedy and malicious nobles who could become targets of civil unrest have already died by my hand. Even if there are still cowardly villains who did not come forward, that should be accepted as natural retribution. The royal family has no intention of getting involved. Moreover…”
“Right now, the praise for Your Majesty is sky-high. I think it’s safe to say that that’s why we’re not worried at all.”
Roberts Floyd chimed in again with flattery, but this time no one raised an eyebrow.
Because that was true.
Logan also smiled as he looked at the Count, who had uttered a self-praise that he would have been somewhat embarrassed to say himself.
“Well, that’s right. So you don’t have to worry about that. As soon as the vigilante training is completed in the winter, we will also summon the soldiers of the territory. And in the spring, we will completely change the kingdom’s troop system to a corps system.”
“If everything goes according to your Majesty’s plan, there will be five legions and hundreds of thousands of vigilantes.”
Everyone held their breath as the swordsman cleared things up.
Just by imagining, it was an incredibly large army.
“That’s right. And the goal is to make each corps have a fighting power comparable to that of the past 1st and 2nd prince faction armies. So, until then, everyone, please give us a little more strength.”
“yes!”
A pleasant smile spread across everyone, but Dwayne timidly raised his hand.
“By the way, Your Majesty, how about the cost of training vigilantes and supplying repeating crossbows…? All nobles must be in a bad situation, right?”
“Didn’t all of the nobles’ territories that were purged this time become direct territory of the royal family? If that’s the case, we can handle it all. Since we make repeating crossbows, we can make them at the cost price.”
“…but it must be hundreds of thousands, right?”
“That’s right. It’s quite possible.”
ah.
‘okay. As for the cost, it is quite possible based on calculations…’
It seemed like he could hear the screams of a dwarf in Taren, but Dwayne cheerfully ignored the tragedy predicted for his old colleague out of a sense of duty as a financial officer.
However, Damian’s voice that followed had no choice but to pray for his colleague’s peace.
“And there are three more wastelands that can be developed through the dam construction that your Majesty mentioned. First, I think it would be better to deploy a ‘professional construction team’ as soon as possible.”
“Three places…”
‘Lord Hamar. ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t stop you.’
The expression on the face of Clayton, the mage, was a bit disgusting, but Dwayne’s voice of conscience was nothing more than an empty flame that could never come out of his mouth.
Dwayne closed his eyes for a moment and quickly brought up another topic to forget his guilt.
“The Healer’s Guild said that they have completed preparations to establish branches throughout the kingdom. We have received a request that we need permission from the royal family and each lord.”
“Oh really? Permission is easy. How about requesting a grant?”
“Fortunately, I asked for a small amount of money, about 3 million gold. Guild leader Gilbert was a very upright and honest person.”
By Dwayne’s standards, anyone who asked for less money was a good person. Even a person who demanded only 3 million gold to establish guild branches in over 80 territories throughout the royal family was a top-class fanatic, or even an angel.
“Publish an official letter to encourage those who are sick to receive treatment at the healer’s guild. Few commoners will be able to afford to visit the temple anyway.”
“We will implement it accordingly.”
Healer’s Guild expanded throughout the kingdom.
In his previous life, this happened about 10 years after the kingdom became part of the Empire’s Grandia territory, so even as Logan, he couldn’t help but feel new.
I definitely got the feeling that something was being accomplished step by step.
In addition, what Gilbert said when they parted ways after dealing with the plague came to mind again.
– It’s not just the plague. The data we have collected shows that simply improving hygiene can significantly reduce the incidence of all diseases.
Those words spurred Logan on to do what he was going to do anyway.
“What happened to the sewer repair work?”
“Work is almost complete in the Royal Territory and Esperanza Domain. As the farming season approaches, there will be more workers to mobilize, so it will be able to be applied quickly in each domain as well.”
Even if sewage facilities that drain domestic sewage into the fields are fully equipped, the sanitary conditions in castles and cities will be greatly improved.
‘A lot of the bad smells that linger every time you enter the city and the dirt on the streets will disappear.’
The environmental improvement work to increase productivity has an additional purpose of preventing disease outbreaks. And perhaps he didn’t know it, but this system created by the empire in his past life probably also included that purpose.
‘We learn from the empire and stop them.’
It was a method I chose myself, but the irony made me laugh again.
But the results would be clear. And the most anticipated of them all was something that the Empire discovered by accident a dozen years after conquering Grandia.
“What is the progress of the magic essence farming method?”
It was an unexpected gift given to the Empire by the Grandia Liberation Front.
“After Wizard Victoria confirmed the ratio of magic stones, the work speed has become much faster than at first. Probably by next spring at the latest, all the land in the kingdom will be transformed into fertile soil that will guarantee a good harvest for 10 years.”
At Dwayne’s words, the faces of everyone in the room widened.
“It’s a really unbelievable secret. Really…”
Even the swordsman let out an exclamation with a rare bright expression.
Logan added with a chuckle.
“Hasn’t it already been proven in Esperanza?”
“Oh, that’s right. That makes it even more unbelievable. It’s nothing short of a miracle.”
“It also requires a high price.”
“Compared to the results, it’s a small amount of money, isn’t it?”
Everyone in the room nodded at those words.
In fact, the cost of the magic water farming method was enormous. However, the majority of people here thought that it was worth changing the world to that extent.
– There is no need for a rapid-fire crossbow or Liberation artifacts. If this becomes known to the world, it could create a paradise.
It was truly an amazing possibility.
The root of war engraved in human history is greed, and that greed arises because resources are limited. If there was enough food for all of humanity, most wars would lose their meaning.
of course.
‘Then the price of magicite will rise even more crazily, and those few mines will be monopolized by those in power.’
Everyone also knew that it was a meaningless idealism.
“Once all the preparations are completed and the kingdom is organized as has been said so far, a powerful nation that can withstand even the threats from the empire that I have been talking about over and over again will be completed. And…” As long as
that young king exists, at least in the Kingdom of Grandia. Something close to that ideal could become a reality.
At least Dwayne thought so.
“…Perhaps the Empire, fearful of our power, will even stop planning to start a war.”
The words the young king spoke with his red eyes shining might have been nothing more than wishful thinking.
“Of course, it’s a wild idea. But I’m so proud that I can even see that possibility. And at this moment, when I can smile and talk like this…”
However, he is not bound by common sense and has always produced results that go beyond common sense. If it’s my lord.
“…I know very well that it was possible because of all of you who supported my reckless actions and thoughts.”
Couldn’t it be achieved somehow?
“There was a lot I wanted to say, but this is the only thing I can think of right now.”
As Dwayne looked at the king with such vague anticipation, Logan, who had made eye contact with everyone in the room, suddenly lowered his head.
“thank you.”
There was silence for a moment.
The eyes of the subjects, who were momentarily taken aback by the sight of the king suddenly lowering his head, sparkled with the same meaning for a moment.
‘okay.’
A young man who can stand at the top of the kingdom and bow his head like this.
“I don’t know what will happen in the future. But I will promise you one thing.”
You can do anything.
“I will do my best to the end to protect you and this kingdom.”
The confidence in those red eyes was engraved in his heart at some point.
Maybe that’s why.
Dwayne looked at the young lord with his head bowed and suddenly shouted.
“Me too!”
There was no time to be embarrassed by the shout that came out without realizing it. Similar angry voices began to be heard one after another from around him.
“Loyalty!” I will do my best!”
“For the kingdom!”
“Glory to McLane!”
“Let’s go to the end!”
People who finally tasted a piece of hope after going through a long period of hardship.
The pieces they swallowed became a piece of hope and filled the room. .
