I Was Reincarnated as a Poor Farmer in a Different World, so I Decided to Make Bricks to Build a Cas

Chapter 92 - Gran's Proposal

 

"Ars-dono, why don't we build a castle here, desu?"

"A castle? Here?"

"Yes, that it is. We built a castle near the river to the south, but now we are mostly here in Barca. Then why don't you build a castle here as well?"

　Seeing that I had built a refrigerated warehouse, Gran started to feel the urge to build and said something like that.

　It is true that the castle north of the river was built on the border of the city of Fontana, but the significance of its existence has been diminished by the ceasefire agreement with Carlos-sama.

　That's because Carlos didn't want me to have the castle in the first place.

　However, I didn't want to give it to them because I didn't want the castle I had built to be taken away immediately.

　As a result of negotiations, I was allowed to own the castle but was restricted to keeping the number of soldiers stationed there to a minimum.

　As a result, the castle has become almost like a gateway and inn between the city and Barca Village.

"But isn't it true that in the end Gran-san just wants to feel the joy of building a castle?"

"That's not true, not at all, desu! Building a castle has various meanings, that it does. One of them is to show power, desu!"

"Power? Won't they think I'm getting carried away if I go out of my way to show such a thing?"

"That is not true, desu. It is absolutely necessary, that it is. Everyone who was on that battlefield knows how strong Lord Ars is, desu. But on the contrary, they don't know anything else, desu. Some of them will not want to pay taxes to Ars-dono, who is still a child."

"...... I see. In other words, in order to collect taxes without delay, I should to create a symbol of power that can be recognized visually."

"That's how it works, desu. So here in Barca, we should not only think about the defensive power like the castle in the north of the river, but we should also pay attention to the décor."

　Hmm.

　I guess you have a point.

　However, I still think that Gran's desire to build a castle is a big part of it.

　There are many people who would not want to pay the tax now that they have a four-kilometer wall of land and have directly fought and won against the Fontana Army.

　It's not as if building a castle is an urgent matter.

　But that doesn't mean I can just leave it at that.

　Now that my other work was settled, I began to think that I should make some changes to the land.

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　First, let's check the current situation.

　The village where I was originally born, Barca Village.

　To the north of this village, there was a vast forest.

　I cultivated the forest and surrounded the land with a wall.

　The area was as large as 4km square on each side.

　However, not only the cultivated area, but also the area to the northeast of the cultivated area has been set aside as a forest management area for the lumberjacks.

　Well, to put it simply, the area north of the village has been under my control even before it became the territory of the Barca Knights.

　If you go straight south from Barca village, you will find the city of Fontana, and halfway between there and the city, there is a river, and I built the castle north of the river.

　Then, the neighboring village where Vargas and his friends were located exists in the southwest from Barca Village.

　If you look at the road that was laid out to connect these three from the sky, it looks like an isosceles triangle, doesn't it?

　This is the land that I am currently ruling, called the Barca Knight's Domain.

　However, if you think about it, the biggest building in Barca Knight's Domain is probably the castle north of the river.

　Even though I have a long wall on my land, it would not be surprising if people thought that a completed castle would have more impact.

　Perhaps the merchants and others who came from other places would think that the lord who ruled the land was in the castle.

　In that sense, it might be a good idea to build a new castle to show that the head of the Barca Knight's Domain is centered here.

　But if that's the case, why not go one step further?

　Let's build the center of the Barca Knight's Domain.

　I am concerned about the fact that there is currently no central location for the Barca Knight's Domain.

　This may have something to do with the fact that merchants have not yet gathered there even though we have taken the trouble to open a free market.

　That's right.

　There is a possibility that the Fontana family will call me up at any time and send me to the battlefield as a meat shield and if I just take care of the land seriously, the probability of my death will only increase every second.

　In order to increase my war potential, it would be better to attract people from other countries to settle in my land.

　Then, let's build a city that people will want to come to on their own.

　Thus, I decided to redevelop the land

CadmarLegend Well, the world-building is getting a bit better. It feels refreshing that we are getting a bit of a description of Ars' land. I just wish that the manga for this was translated past chapter 1, so that we could get a visual reference of Ars' land.