75 Episode 74 Time and Money (2/2)

”...... I had a feeling you'd say that, but we're going to need more ships. Are you okay with that?

We have enough money, of course, and this Leviathan we've just taken down is so long that if we chop it into pieces, we can build ten ships of the same level as before. What else do you need?

We'll need six new ships and about six new distillation units if they're as good as the current ones. Six ships?

Six ships, that's a lot.

I don't think we'll need the same number of distillation units.

Why do we need so many ships?

Why do we need so many ships?” ”If we increase the number tenfold, the distance to the island we'll farm will increase. Also, the magic-powered ships can't travel back and forth between here and the island as often as they should because of the magical equipment they carry. On the other hand, non-magic powered ships are useless near demon territory.

So each ship has to go back and forth between here and the island.

Seems inefficient to me.

Why don't we just find a nice island and accumulate the goods there and then take a big ship?

”...... That's a good idea!　That would certainly be efficient!

You look as if you've never heard of this method before.

You look as if you've never heard of this method before. ”No one has thought of it before?　What did the other ship-using merchants do?

I think our business is the first to use ships to continuously send large amounts of goods to the area around the demon territory.

If you think about it, it's definitely something you've never heard of.

Am I too far ahead of my time?

Is that so?

Yes, we are.

...... Well, I'll leave you the materials and money later, so if you think it's better to transport it that way, so be it. I'll probably be on the next job by the time I finish the first one.

”Okay, sir. What about the distillation unit?　It would be difficult to transport it to the island without Kaede, but if we were to gather it now, ......”.

It's true that one of these machines could build a house.

I don't think there's any place that keeps six of them in storage.

”I'll try to scrounge some up. ”I'll try to scrounge some up, and if I don't have enough, just use what I can scrounge up.

All right.

Is there anything else?

No, sir.

All right, well, I'll go out and recruit.

Okay, I'm going to go post a job.

A job offer.

It might be easier to attract people if you write that it's a homey place to work.

Apparently, the benefits are pretty good, but the work involves interacting with plants on a nature-rich island and endless weeding called .......

There's no problem in terms of cost, but it might be time to mechanize some of the work.

With that in mind, I'm going to make the island explode.

I used to do this slowly and thoughtfully, but now it's just a process.

It's a simple job of casting explosion spells on the islands you see, and finally throwing in one of the many anchors you brought with you.

There are so many islands to deal with that you'll lose track of them if you don't do this.

We repeated the process a dozen times.

By a rough estimate, we have created a potential zunana farm site that is about nine times the size of our existing farmland, so we are done.

I wanted to start a sugar cane farm, which was the original reason why I started picking zunana grass, but I'll put that off for now.

I would have liked to take a break, but that's not going to happen.

I had to finish collecting the distillation equipment before I left.

Therefore, as soon as I finished cultivating the land, I had to go to the blacksmith shop in Herrera at the speed of sound.

Excuse me!　Please sell me a distillation device!

”Oh, you're the rich kid from last time!　I've got one just like it. I'll give you 5.3 million.

I'll buy that too!　But I need six of them. Can you get me five more?

I don't have that many. ......

Do you have any other locations?

I'm the only one in town that makes them, no one else does. When do you need it?

From what I hear, it's about six days from today until the ship arrives.

Considering the travel time, ......

I'd say five days. I don't mind paying a little more.

I can't do it in five days, I can't even make two ...... If it costs about ten million a piece, I can get another blacksmith to make them, but that's impossible, right?

Double it.

That's about 5 million per unit, for a total of about 25 million.

To be honest, it's not worth it to make them for a daily income of 500,000 ter.

But ......

No, I'll take that. I'll pay you in advance.

He takes out 5 white gold coins and 53 large gold coins.

This is not just a money-making scheme, but also a form of front-line support.

Since he was going to make a lot of money anyway, it wouldn't be wrong if he gave some of it back to the market.

”Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!　I don't like the idea of charging more for the same product. ...... Well, okay. I can make two of them myself, so you can pay me 50 million for all six.

Thank you very much.

The day came when the ship arrived in no time.

I was busy, but I managed to finish all the work I needed to do.

I've got the magic freeze ready.

Now I can concentrate on my ”simple task” of guarding the ship from the absent Sublong.