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

For that reason he planned to start with one village first, watch the progress there and then popularize it to all villages if it seemed to turn out well

He also had plans in case the reclamation failed Until now Bolnis paid half of its tax revenue to the royal capital, but the tax that can be used in Bolnis thanks to that duty having disappeared will become twice that of what had been usable until now, even considering it just in simple terms Even if he couldn't harvest any crops at all, Souma reformed it based on an overly opti the villages from the taxes and furthermore support them

“How's the usability of the new tools? Are there any kind of problems with the the scene of the prisoners, ere soldiers of Holmea, and the faruidance of the dwarves who are strong at engineering works Thereupon the dwarf snorted grandly with a “Hu “There's no way for that to pose a problem”

The tools held by the soldiers and farmers had all been created by the dwarves upon Sou tools such as hoes and spades, which were owned by the farmers of this era, were ite Knowing that, Souma had the city's residents collect the weapons after the battle over Bolnis and reat nu the iron

However, at firstdown the weapons they obtained at great pains to change them into farm tools

That's because iron was precious in this era where they still couldn't procure a great a as currency just like gold, silver and copper coins, you can probably understand that it was recognized as having a value that followed the other precious old, silver and copper

It's only natural for everyone to oppose the destruction of weaponsfor the next battle with Hol people with his next words

“This recla in battle In other words, this is a battle Are you tellinginto battle anything but wood and stone?”

Because he was told by Marchronis, a former soldier of the Holmean army, his conjecture that it will likely take from a half year to a year for the Holmean army to simply recover from the serious blow it suffered in the battle over Bolnis, Souht that noould be the best time to invest iron into reclarasp on the value of iron farards oes as far as knowing that iron- than wooden ones However, according to some studies, iron farm tools raise the work efficiency by oes without saying that the introduction of iron farreat support for the recla iron into the production of farm tools, Souma made an effort to reproduce the tools he had seen inbirth to many new tools

One of them is the one-wheeled handcart

If you left the main roads of the co but ani of the new land he's about to reclaih the plains, which doesn't even have these trails

But, if one tries to pass through such an area with fully loaded wooden wagons, which don't have any powerful source of motion power nor a sturdy construction like modern automobiles, they will simply have there wheels stuck in ons lose their usability when their axles break Due to the overwhel number of such accidents and breakdowns, theloads with huons was a lot faster

Souma, who became aware of those circumstances, came up with the idea to use hand-pushed wheelbarrows to transport oods to the reclaimed areas, just like what happened in the fa were used in order to transport provisions through the rugged paths for the Shu ardoms

However, the proble used at construction sites, but never inspected theh shape

To actually being able to build the real thing fro achieve as I kno they will be used, it's plenty with a rough outline of its shape”

Dvalin boasted while looking at the picture drawn by Souue memories

If he was allowed to comment on it, he would call the shape of the tool drawn by Souma weird, but once he pondered about the function of the tool, its shape appeared to make a lot of sense to him For a dho clai parts in Sou principle

And, exactly because they bragged so much, the skills of dwarven artisans were reliable The advanced tools of modern japan within Souma's memory were built one after the other by dwarven hands

But, it's said that even those excellent dwarven artisans screae that felt just like a flood

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“Whoaa! That's a, Shyemul!”

Souma yelled in ad herded by zoan warriors into a prepared, enclosed pasture next to the reclai somewhat fed up due to Souet too close to the pasture since you will agitate the cows”

Even after being told that, Souma can't control his curiosity

He had seen them several times until now, but he didn't have any opportunity to observe the cows this thoroughly because he was busy with attacking the city and driving away the punitive force

And once he looked at them, it became obvious that the cows of this world are different from the cows Sounu, but long bison-like fur is growing fro heads, their eyes are small and cute

However, one cohich noticed Souainst the stake of the thick, surrounding fence in agitation Being surprised by that, Sou very deeply and saying “I told you so,” Shye hiathering so many cows in one place?”

“Raise the thattheir excrement as necessary fertilizer for the Norfolk four-course system, but also to employ the wheat into flour and to plow the fields

But then again, the biggest reason is to use theu that he'd like me to use cows as a rental fee for the land, if possible”

Now that he mentioned it, the zoan staple food is u to de the cows is fine and all, but what are you going to do about the fodder?”

It was co on the Seldeas Continent of this epoch to rely on grazing The cattle wasn't fed by the hands of people, but instead was released onto the pastures to allow theathered was a corass eaten by those cows, it's enor until surows quickly, but once it becomes winter, it will likely be insufficient, even if the cows coht down to the roots

He has planned to cultivate turnip as fodder for the cattle, but until the Norfolk four-course syste short Besides, because Sous in the saht novel, he h fodder to allow the cows to survive

What popped up in Sou what he should do, was the sight of a farm in Hokkaido What he associates with the naot an idea from the memory in his mind

“True A silo! Let'sin the shape of a tower for the sake of preserving fodder and grain, often seen in the grain-producing areas of Europe and A of those, Soue as if to strike while the iron is hot

“Dvalin, I'd like you to build a silo”

That was the first thing he said as he arrived at Dvalin's location, who had constructed a new furnace in Bolnis' outskirts

Dvalin, as drenched in sweat as he was in a huge furnace and crucible that he had created alongside the dwarven artisans he had carefully chosen, looks as if saying “Again?”

“What is it this time? What's that sairo or whatever it's called?”

Sou to store the et it Why do you need so like that? Won't a normal shed work?”

“If I remember correctly it was because of lactic ferrass is preserved well, it will apparently becoladly eat it”

Sou a TV shohere he saw a TV star helping with the work in the household of a dairy farmer in Hokkaido

“Grass will become delicious? What's that? I don't follow Please tell me the details asand draws a picture on the ground with a scratching sound

“U is on top and the harvested grass will be crammed into it fro it down”

“It will be co trampled down from above, you say? Then it needs sturdy side walls”

If you coht, it should very likely create a big pressure from the inside towards the outside If you don't er of it bursting out of the tower

“Wouldn't it be rather better to dig a pit than building a tower in that case…?”

Dvalin started to i his ar up the soil will be a ht be better to create it in the shape of a semibaseth being underground”

Dvalin racked his brain on how to design the silo whileby himself, but once he lifted his face, he suddenly looked into Sou eyes

“How about it? Does it look as if you can make it?”

If it's about the dwarves Souendary weapons and treasured tools according to folklore and legends Also, in ht novels they are depicted as a race who possesses outstanding production techniques, surpassing those of the humans by far, and who buildson this Seldeas Continent are a race excelling in production as if closely reseination of Souma

Hence Souma was unconsciously under the i!” Once he's intently stared at by Sou! Dwarves can ht!?”, he can't say that it's iards himself a dwarven artisan with confidence in his own skills

“H-Hmm…Well, I think that I will probably be able to somehow build it, but…”

“Really!? I look forward to it then!”

Sourabbed both of Dvalin's hands and repeatedly praised hi them up and down While Dvalin was confused by that behavior, Souht stride

Dvalin, who had Souma leave on him without even the tily by himself And, in contrast to Souma, he returned to his workshop with a heavy stride, called his artisans together and infor told to build a silo by Souathered artisans all at once criticize him loudly, just as he had expected

“That's pathetic, Sir Dvalin!”

“No e debt to hi us to h we have to finish the furnaces and crucibles as soon as possible, we are coo to talk directly to hi so, the dwarven artisans headed to Sou their shoulders

However, the dwarven artisans return with their shoulders dropped within alh he was already able to guess the gist of it, Dvalin asked the criticized before

Upon his question, the other dwarves averted their eyes while looking aard and several of theentle others”

“But, this is unbearable”

Michena arrives at the location, where the dwarves talk with each other with grave expressions, with a haggard face while staggering

“Ah, Mr Dvalin, good that I ather 20 people at the storehouse later?”

Dvalin, as troubled as he's already under normal circumstances short on people, asks with a sharp tone “Why?” But, seely unable to ponder about it too deeply, Michena answered absentmindedly,

“Since I was just now ordered by Lord Soive the liquor stored in the storehouse to all of the dwarven artisans, I'd like to borrow help to transport the barrels”

Once Michena left whileunder her breath, “Gah, what unexpected expenses,” the dwarven artisans huddled together

“Sir Soenius at unconsciously exploiting others”

“But, this is unbearable”

What they are saying is no different from before, but the faces of the dwarves had beco Michena, Sou up to the able to drink booze, are unifor called windmill next With this it will become possible to mill flour even at places with no river And it will also be possible to water the crops by drawing underground water from wells —So, about the construction…”

“S-Sir Soma As expected, any more is…”

Dvalin tried to refuse hi eyes that are full of anticipation, the denial doesn't cross his lips

“…Anyway, I will at least listen to your explanation”

A chorus of deep sighs was audible fro:

“There was no period as difficult as that time His Majesty told us to build this and that It was at a level that all my fellow brethren complained in unison, 『If it's like this, slavery was so much easier!』

But at the same time there was no period as enjoyable as that tiy we had fostered until then and created new things as told by His Majesty All of thes we had never heard about or seen before As a dwarven artisan, there was never another tiht”