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"Hmmm, there's not much I want. ......"

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　As Carlos had told me, I was checking to see if there was anything to buy from the knight's estate in Fontana.

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　But it may be harder than I thought.

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　For example, even if I decided to buy something like an obscure artifact, I would not buy it in large quantities, nor would I buy it continuously, since I would not need it.

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　But if we want money to circulate in the Fontana, as Carlos said, we need more money to move every year.

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　What shall we do?

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　Should I talk to Lilina and Clarice about buying some more furnishings?

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　Certainly, it would be nice to have some more furnishings for the newly built mansion in the city of Fontana.

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　But there is a limit to the number of such items.

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　What should we do?

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"What's wrong, Ars?　Why is your face so dark?"

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"Oh, you're my brother Byte. I've been thinking about something. I was wondering if you could help me.

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"Yeah, sure. What's going on? You wondering who you're gonna fight next?

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"Don't talk nonsense, brother Bite. It's not like that, Carlos told me. He wants me to buy more things from the other knights' estates. But I can't think of anything to buy."

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"Oh, no, that's not it. It's so easy."

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"...... What, did you come up with something?　My part-time brother?"

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"Hey, you got a problem with me coming up with something?"

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"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean it like that, but it was a little unexpected. So, let me ask you, what would you buy if you were my part-time brother?　I'm telling you, it has to be a product that you can continue to buy in reasonable quantities and on an ongoing basis."

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"What? It's so easy after all. It's the food, Ars. Buy what you can eat."

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"...... You know, Bite-brother. We Barka are going to go to the other knights' territories to improve their farms. We'll have enough wheat to buy them, but we can grow wheat in Barka too. We'll buy some of it for brewing, but we're looking for other products.

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What are you talking about? Why don't you buy more than just wheat? I've been to many of the knights' estates and I've found foods that are only made there. Why don't you buy some of that?

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"Anything but wheat?　Do you have enough to sell?"

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"I don't know, but with [soil amendment], the fields will yield more than ever before. If we can produce more, can't we at least have enough to sell?"

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　...... I see.

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　My part-time brother has a point.

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　I mean, it would normally be a good idea to buy food first, rather than crafts.

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　Why didn't I think of that?

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　Maybe it is because I had been thinking of various products to sell, and I thought that food is enough to fill my stomach.

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　Basically, other knightly domains and Barka knightly domains let the peasants living in their territories grow wheat and pay for it.

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　Therefore, the standard for food is the amount of wheat harvested.

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　But in the actual fields, I myself was growing something other than wheat.

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　But it was to feed my family's hunger, not to pay taxes or as a commodity.

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　And even with the development of the road network, the basic principle is local production for local consumption, so we don't get much information about what people eat in other places.

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　However, perhaps there are more variations in agricultural products than we think.

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　If so, it might be possible to find and buy foods that are eaten only in that area, just as my brother Byte said.

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　If it is something that can be harvested from the fields, it may be possible to produce a large amount of it on the land with [improved] soil.

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　Good, Byte's idea makes me think.

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　That's right.

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　We don't have to grow only wheat in other places.

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　On the contrary, if we let them grow a variety of things, they will be able to cope with bad weather and other crop failures.

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　And it is not only wheat and vegetables that can be harvested from the fields.

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　We can also grow flowers.

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　Up to now, in Barka, besides wheat, they have been growing only short-lived crops such as hutka, in order to fill their bellies.

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　But in other knight's lands it might be a good idea to have them grow flowers.

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　Some flowers have nectar.

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　And if there is nectar, there will be insects to collect it.

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　Yes, honey.

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　We may be able to secure a sweet taste that we have never had a chance to taste before.

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　And the use of flowers is not limited to collecting nectar.

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　Oil.

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　Flowers like Brassica oleracea can be squeezed to extract oil.

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　In fact, oil is a precious commodity in its own right.

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　The amount of oil that can be squeezed out is not very large, so it is always in short supply and expensive.

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　However, oil can be used.

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　It can be used not only for cooking but also in a siege.

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　It can be used to intercept attackers by dropping hot oil from the top of the walls.

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　Oil is somehow recognized as a strategic commodity.

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　Okay, these are the main items that we will buy from the other knighthoods.

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　If you want, we may actively encourage the production of oil.

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　If they promise to produce oil in the fields they develop, they might be willing to do so if we offer them lower interest rates on the loan money than usual.

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　It is not necessary that all of the knight's territory should be used for oil production.

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　A plot of land can be set aside as a space for oil production, where oilseed rape can be grown.

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　Then Barka buys the oil.

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　It would be a win-win situation.

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"All right, Bite-brother. Tell me all about where you've been and what you've been eating. If there is any food that can only be found there, I will ask the knight about the possibility of increasing the production and selling it.

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　Thus, each knightly territory in the Fontana began to increase its production of crops for sale that were hard to find elsewhere.

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　In particular, the discovery of items that were not known as precious items to be offered to the nobility, such as Carlos, but were eaten in secret by the common people, began to increase the repertoire of dishes on my table.

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