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

Chapter 98 - Transportation Network

 

"Kyle, what's going on?"

"Ars-nii, look. It's snowing!"

"Oh, yeah, that's right. It's going to be winter soon."

　Kyle and I looked out the window and watched as the snow continued to fall.

　I hadn't expected to be able to spend time like this.

　After all, this year we had a brawl with the Fontanas.

　The first time I laid a hand on a soldier, I thought I would never be able to stay in this village again.

　I had no idea that I would become a knight who would rule this land.

　After all, Carlos didn't ask me to do anything crazy this year.

　No, I had been called upon several times.

　It was because some of the forces in the Fontana territory had rebelled against Carlos, the leader.

　Carlos had people out all over the place, and if the rebels showed any signs of suspicion, he would immediately summon us knights to go and confront them.

　Naturally, I was called upon to go out and do the same.

　But most of the time, it didn't lead to direct fighting, because we, the Barcas, did a lot of the work.

　We rushed to the lands where Raymond's group and other rebel forces were located, and made our way to them.

　In addition, we set up a position that would be the key to the opposition's land, and in a short time, we formed a 10-meter high wall around the position.

　The soldiers gathered one after another, and the position grew larger every day.

　Not many people were foolish enough to try to rebel after being shown such a thing.

　Well, there were some exceptions.

　However, Carlos was in charge of dispersing them.

　It was a little inconvenient to be called out every time something happened, but it was not all bad.

　This is because the flow of things has become much better thanks to the construction of roads in the Fontana territory.

　Or rather, it wasn't too bad until now.

　The roads are all poorly maintained.

　Except for the roads connecting the larger towns, they were all very difficult to navigate.

　Thanks to this improvement, the distribution speed in the Fontana territory has increased.

　In the end, I was able to make a profit by selling bricks, glass, magic mushrooms, and paper in the territory.

　However, it was difficult for merchants to gather in the Barca Knights' Domain, which existed in the farthest north.

　No matter how many free markets we held, as the old man had said at the beginning, the travel time and the tolls at the customs barriers made it difficult to make a large profit.

　However, in the areas where there were rebels, they promised to waive the tolls as a condition of following Carlos.

　Or rather, I asked Carlos to do so.

　Since the meeting point of the roads in each area would be in the city of Fontana, Carlos' base would definitely be profitable, so I asked him to let me keep this condition.

　Carlos was skeptical that it would really work, but as a result, Fontana City is now more vibrant than ever.

　The only thing we've been forced to do is work on the roads, and we haven't suffered any damage.

　That won't happen again this winter.

　It snows here in the winter, and food is hard to come by.

　It is common for people to stockpile food to survive the winter and spend their time as if they were hibernating.

　Military action is out of the question.

"I want to take a bath. I want to relax in a hot spring."

"Bath? Hot spring? What's that, brother Ars?"

"Oh, you don't know Kyle? You don't need to take a bath if you use [Wash]. I just want to put my body in warm water to feel refreshed."

"Hmm, you want to do something different."

　Relax.

　Maybe it's because I have memories of my previous life, but sometimes I just want to take a bath.

　Well, it's not necessary, and I've been so desperate to survive that I've never even thought of taking a bath.

　But now that I'm running my own domain, I'm feeling a bit tired.

　I want to take a bath, which is said to be the ultimate relaxation.

"Queue."

"Hmm? What's up, Valkyrie?"

"Queue, queue!"

　And then Valkyrie suddenly started to act strangely, intervening while Kyle and I were talking, and then suddenly pulling my clothes with her mouth while squealing.

　What the hell was going on?

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" (Ars)

"What's wrong?" (Kyle)

　When I asked Valkyrie, she shook her head happily, bent her legs, and lowered her posture.

　I'm not sure if this means I should get on her.

　With that thought in mind, I patted the Valkyrie's body and quickly climbed on her back and straddled her.

"Hmm, did you want to go for a run in this cold weather, Valkyrie?"

"Cue."

　When Valkyrie confirmed that I was on her back, she happily got up and started to move.

　I'm not sure where the hell she's going.

　It was snowing, and Valkyrie was taking me for a joyride.

CadmarLegend The title (Transportation Network) refers to the middle part of the chapter, where Ars was talking about the distribution of goods in the Fontana territory because of the roads. But, ah, this chapter was so lax~ It felt a bit refreshing reading it. After all, the previous 10-ish chapters were full of constant reformations.