Chapter 37 (1/2)

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Sven-san's party arrived.

I thought they would have sold the wagon, but to think that they would load it with all their belongings and came here pulling on foot……

Well, it's not a big deal if you think of how the Earl’s completely equipped army made a trip round trip to and from the capital…..

I immediately met with William-san and gave him the list of the first 36 conscripted soldiers. I'm leaving the rest in his hands.

To be honest, I think villagers will be able to win against bandits just by training a bit.

Well, if you throw 200 villagers against a few dozen bandits, you'll be able to defeat the enemy, but so even if a few dozen people get taken out on their side as well, their village will collapse.

I know. Guns are all you need to prevent that from happening.

But if I'm not around anymore then the guns won’t have any ammo nor maintenance and would quickly become useless. That's pointless.

However, just in case, I'll teach select people how to shoot submachine guns and use magazines. Of course, I'll only hand out guns in an emergency, and they usually wouldn't have access to them. The emergency weapons and ammunition among other things are being stored in a borrowed room within Wolf Fang’s base. Ready to be teleported. If there's enough time, I might be able to hire them again too. I guess I’ll talk to the captain to prepare in case something like that happens…

Oh, what about crossbows. Can we make a prototype here if it has a simple shape? Arrgh, I need a good blacksmith. I like to make all the farm tools, ship’s fittings and hand tools in my town. They seem to be directly linked to the development of everything……(自力での発展に直結しそうなのに……。)

What about refining iron? For the time being I can bring steel from j.a.pan. It's not a big deal. I want to make steel in the future, but I don't want to destroy the landscape. Should we go with high quality but small volume? Tamahagane steel? Tatara furnace? Did you need a lot of timber?

(tl note: it's always high quality but small volume with Mitsuha)

t.i.tanium… No, no, that would be too hard to process over here.

Colette-chan arrived!

No, I went to pick her up of course.

There's no way I'll let Colette-chan move alone without any escorts while wolves or thieves could show up again at any time. Me and William-san went to pick her up.

Sven-san and the others were in the middle of giving special training to the first cla.s.s of villager soldiers.

“Wow, Mitsuha, you really became a viscount!”

Hey hey, you didn’t believe me, Colette-chan?!

Anyway, with this, the guard/training instructors, apprentice soldiers, and healing personnel have been prepared.

After this, would be time for territorial reforms with cheap development as the goal.

Three-field system? Crop rotation? Norfolk four-course system?

Is the three-field system the one with a period without harvest? Should we jump straight to the Norfolk four-course system?