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"Okay, I'm off. I'll take care of the rest.

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Have a good trip. Be careful."

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　One day more time passed since then.

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　My father, the mainstay of our family, left home to work alone.

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　Why would my father, a farmer with a farm, leave home?

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　It was because he was sent to the war.

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　It seems that there was a rather large scale conflict, and many people from the village were sent out to fight.

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　Everyone from the old men who had relatives in the village to villagers whom I did not talk to very much were leaving the village in droves.

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　Some of them are quite young boys.

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　Ever since I was born in this world, I have wondered if the development of agricultural technology has been lagging behind, but it seems that this war is the cause of it.

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　It seems that this war is also the cause of the slow development of agricultural technology.

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　The farmers are busy when sowing and harvesting, but otherwise they are free.

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　And they are repeating the war during the time when they have free time.

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　In the years when there is no war, the main work is to cultivate the land and increase the area.

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　The land itself is in surplus and can be yours if you work hard.

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　However, it is not possible to cultivate the land only by oneself.

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　It seems that they are expanding the area of their fields little by little, cooperating with each other in the village to some extent.

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　Considering this, I can say that my magic is very good.

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　After all, it is possible to establish a new field by individual power alone.

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　Furthermore, the tax is basically proportional to the area of the land.

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　A field plowed by magic yields more and grows faster than usual, which is a great advantage.

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　However, there is one thing to be concerned about.

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　However, there is one thing that concerns me: the equipment of the villagers who went to the war was very poor.

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　Apparently, peasants are required to take their own weapons with them when they are called upon.

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　No wonder we had weapons in our house.

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　I even saw some villagers who went out with farming tools instead of weapons.

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　I wonder if they can fight with such things.

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　I will have to grow up and stand on my own.

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　I know that as a farmer, the risk of having to eat will be small thanks to magic.

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　But if there is a war, I have no idea what the future holds.

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　I could be injured by being used as a foot soldier, or our village could become a battlefield, or we could get caught up in it and lose our place of residence.

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　I have been thinking about it ever since my father left.

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　But I don't think there are enough options to worry about.

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　We would need to be able to fight to some extent.

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　At the very least, we would need weapons and armor.

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　As a person who has memories of a previous life, I have no desire to kill each other, but I must be prepared.

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　And what do we need for that?

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　Money.

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　We need money.

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　There will never be enough of it.

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　But I'm broke.

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　This is partly because I am a child, of course, but there is a fundamental problem.

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　Because life in the village is basically based on barter.

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　We exchange our produce with each other and eat each other's food.

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　I have recently started to grow vegetables other than hatzkah, but they are not worth money.

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　So what do we do?

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　We have to make use of peddlers.

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　Even in this village, where the barter system has been established, there is no lack of money flow.

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　One of them is the peddlers who move from town to village and from village to town.

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　Although the merchants are bought at a much lower price than they sell in town for a profit, it is still a valuable means of earning cash.

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　Let's get to work on the money.

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　The following is a list of the most important items that are available for sale in the market.

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"Right. Then I'll have some sandals made."

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"Sandals?"

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"Yes. You can make footwear from bundles of hatuka stems, and they will buy them back."

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　This was the answer I got when I asked my mom about it later that day.

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　Hutka is said to be an agricultural crop for the poor, but in fact, it was not only for eating.

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　It is said that by drying the stalks and twisting them into a bundle, one can make all sorts of things with them.

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　The most common types of hatsuka are sandals and ankle-length shoes, and some are boots.

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　They are not comfortable, but they are not too ridiculous either.

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　There is no such thing as sneakers in this world.

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　Footwear can make a big difference in the speed of movement, and can also prevent foot injuries.

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　In winter, when it snows, the demand for boot-type footwear sometimes exceeds the supply.

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　It is probably not an efficient way to make money.

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　But it is neither a loss nor a failure.

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　It is also the case that there are no peddlers now.

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　I learned how to knit footwear and continued to make goods every day.

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