Hakai No Miko Volume 2 Chapter 211 (1/2)

If you were told that someone had hijacked the culture of this world, would you believe that?

In distantly ancient tie advanced by leaps and bounds

Yes It was an era when technology, which was supposedly at its beginning, improved rapidly in Bolnis which was situated in the continent's west We are calling that period “Great Technological Revolution”

Technology and knowledge are things our ancestors acquired by piling up inforh the process of trial and error If you exay, which is deelance, you can actually see that it's a change in how one understands existing knowledge and technology, or is an extension of already present discoveries

However, as for this “Great Technological Revolution,” one can see an obvious gap in the knowledge that existed before the revolution and what ca link

Many researchers believe that this was due to contact between multiple different societies

And indeed, there arein contact with each other triggered a suddenly accelerated growth in technology and culture

For example the contact between the dwarven and human society in ancient times In order to learn how to make ale out of corn from the humans, the dwarves whom had simply lived in therapidly It's likely that the anecdote ”the sin of ale” is describing this

If you consider that, the city of Bolnis, where all seven races coexisted, was so like a witch' kettle where seven different societies clashed and ht have come out from that hot pot of races, it wouldn't have been odd for it to happen

But, then I wonder, why didn't the same development occur in other areas on the continent?

Even if the other races were one-sidedly exploited by the humans, there should have at least been a point of contact between the humans and the other races And yet, even if you take a close look at the continent back then, you won't be able to find a change equivalent to the “Great Technological Revolution” that took place in Bolnis

The more I study the documents from that time, the more certain questions take shape within my hty, different society that the races' societies were no y of this world destroyed and hijacked by those who came from that society?

– Extract froist Martin S Ackerson

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Sou Bararak leave, immediately returned to the feudal lord's residence and su with Marchronis and Dvalin

“Mrs Michena, bring out the thing I requested”

Souathered in his office In response, flustered, Michena spreads a huge cloth on the desk

“This is aat the cloth, it was athe entirety of the Solbiant Plains The locations of the pioneer villages and infores ritten down on the map, too

“As I was told by his Lordshi+p, I also added the 『Alabian Nuular numbers”

“They are called Arabic nu Michena, Souma turns around to Shyemul

“Hey, Shyemul Can I have you draw the territories of each clan on this?”

After a single nod, Shyemul takes the charcoal held out to her by Michena, thinks for a moment and then draws five crooked circles on the map

“This smallest one here is the Eye Clan's territory Over here's the Mane Clan, and over there the Claw Clan The territory closest to this city is that of the Tail Clan And, here you can see the Fang Clan's territory”

Listening carefully to Shye several times, Souma first pointed at the Tail Clan's territory after Shye

“I was able to rent this land – the forather the pioneer villages that are currently scattered across the plains here”

Next he pointed his finger at the Mane Clan's territory

“First ill preferentially es located in this territory relocate After that, it will be the villages situated in the Fang Clan's territory”

At that point Souma stares at Shyemul

“Can I have you ask Gara until the end of the wheat harvest in this area?”

Shye him to leave it to her

“I will rely on you, Shye on Zurgu's reply”

After saying that he paused to peek at the reactions of everyone for a shortthat there's no different opinions or questions, Souma continues,

“Please request zoan warriors with quick feet to deliverthat, Marchronis raised his hand and asked “Can I say so?”

“Until now the zoan were the natural eneer unnecessary quarrels if zoan warriors suddenly turn up there Can you let me handle this part?”

Marchronis' point appeared to be reasonable But Souht away as he had already asked Marchronis to take care of another important task

“What will you do about the transfer of the prisoners I requested from you?”

There's no way that they can allow the prisoners of Holmea, who are locked up outside Bolnis at the moment, to live idly for an indefinite time On the other hand, since it's not like they can be released just like that, Souma planned to use them as a labor force for the reclamation

However, because he couldn't leave it to Gara prisoners to begin with, he entrustedthe prisoners to Marchronis

“If it's that, there's no problem”

Marchronis calls a hu outside the office, and introduces him to Souma and the others

“He is Setius He was my subordinate in Hol eain”

Upon Marchronis' introduction, Setius bowed his head lightly See placed under Souma's command, he dons an indescribably complicated expression

“It's fine to entrust the transfer of the prisoners to Setius I will vouch for his ability”

Human soldiers, itched sides to Souned to Marchronis But, as the soldiers, itched sides, had been huetting enough food in the first place, it's not out of question that they will someday switch back to Holmea as it doesn'tas they are fed

Marchronis, anted to have a subordinate whoht-handthe prisoners

Even though Sous beco help for Souma, too

“Understood —Then I will leave the prisoner transfer to Mr Setius and ask you, Mr Marchronis, to notify the pioneer villages”

Marchronis bowed his head slightly while filled with gratitude for having his reco How es?”

That was an iht to display ers showed disapproval towards the relocation of their villages Souma shakes his head at that

“The cooperation of the farmers is indispensable, thus we don't want to incur their enmity Please handle it as peacefully as possible”

“What should I do if they hesitate to relocate their village then?”

Sou about it for a short while

“Please offer them a tax reduction at that time Tell them that they will have to pay less if they obey us”

I' methods used so far Until that starts to take root, the harvest will likely be lower than before Since I will have to cut the taxes either way once that happens, it will be a good bargain if the tax reduction becoes

Next Souma addresses Dvalin

“Dvalin, will you be able to finish what I asked of you?”

“I prepared all the things as you told me, Sir Soma I can say with confidence that I will be able to create everything to your satisfaction”

So content

“Alright! —With this we assembled the people, the land and the tools All that's left is to actually do it…”

Hearing his htly to the side while looking curious and asks Sou to accomplish?”

That was a question commonly shared by everyone present in this place

While feeling the curious and expectant gazes of everyone focus on himself, Souma says,

“The Norfolk four-course system”

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The Norfolk four-course system

That name, which suddenly beca land of the 18th century Contrary to the three-field agriculture used until then that used a rotation of splitting the agricultural land into three fields of su fallow, the Norfolk four-course systericultural land into the four fields of winter grain, clover, su fallow disappear and productivity go up coriculture, but in addition, turnip could be used as fodder for cattle in winter, htered due to a fodder shortage That connected to an increase in the nu the fields' fertility recover with clover and the manure of the increased cattle caused a rapid iriculture's productivity

For Sou the plains to increase the food production right after the decisive battle over Bolnis – a long time before this time's clan conference – the introduction of the Norfolk four-course system was already a done deal Especially after he learned that swidden agriculture is theby questioning the far to their explanations, his conviction becariculture, if swidden agriculture is still commonplace in this world, the Norfolk four-course syste supported by that strong belief, Souricultural land for the Norfolk four-course system

First, because the peasants farmed as they pleased until then, he had the dwarves ed all of theles

And then, once he decided on the place to be used as agricultural land, he irown vegetation, he had the soil plowed, but the ground was too hard for human hands Since it was quite i up the ground using pickaxes And then, while breaking the dug-up ground into lumps of earth with spades and hoes, they temporarily carried the soil outside the field After that, theyit into

Afterwards, they mixed ash, charcoal, lime, powder from crushed baked shells, powdered bone and soht from a mountain, into the sieved, divided soil and put it back on the field

“If the soil is too hard, the crops won't be able to properly take root If they properly take root, it will be difficult for them to be uprooted by wind and such They should reach the point where they are capable of taking in a lot of nutrition…I think”

It's a point Souma can't declare assertively

After all, Sou specialist At randfather how to keep a sether as a hobby But he doesn't possess any knowledge going beyond the level of what he researched on the Internet due to having more of an interest in the doa

Even the ash and lime scattered in order to i even more alkaline, if this plot of land had alkaline soil Rather, he didn't even knohether it