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"Okay. With this much money, we will have no problem running the army. On the contrary, we can use it to invest in other things.

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"Perhaps the merchants who paid the money also had that in mind when they paid the money."

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"What do you mean with that in mind, old man?"

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"Think about what you've done so far. In Barca, you've made a lot of money by making a lot of things. He must be thinking that now he will do it in the whole Fontana territory. And he wants to be involved in the products of that business before the rest of us. That's why they put their money into the Barca bank notes."

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"I see. Come to think of it, many merchants who have been rejected by the credit rating checks have been offering their money.

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"Yeah. The moment the monk became the acting head of the Fontana family, the low-ranked merchants were blue in the face. I wonder if from now on the ratings will be applied to the city of Fontana and the territories directly under Fontana."

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"That might be a good idea. But investment or ....... I'd be willing to lend the collected money to the knights of the estate for further loans, but I'd also like to put some of it into education. Shall we build schools in reasonably large towns and villages under the direct jurisdiction of the Fontana family?"

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"Wait a minute. Invest in education?　More schools?　Are you going to pour money into something that won't pay for itself again?"

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"Investing in education is definitely a worthwhile use of money, old man, except that it takes time. I mean, if you're going to do it, you've got to do it soon, and it takes time for it to be effective, so I think now is the best time to do it, when the money is available."

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"You say that, but the monk is also paying Payne a lot of money. Moreover, the number of such people is increasing in addition to Payne. There's a limit to how much money you can make. It will become unprofitable.

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"...... No, Payne and the others have joined as aspiring knights. That is, I am naming them. But we really need more people who can do office work. In that sense, it makes sense to create a school. If we give them Kyle's last name, Reed, they'll be ready to go."

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"Certainly the amount of work you can do will increase by half if you are given the name Reed, but ....... But, would you expand the school to the entire territory under the direct control of the Fontana family?　The same schools that are in Vulcania?"

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"Yes. ....... No, the increase could be a bit more simplified. We don't need a vocational training school, so we could make it only for children under the age of conscription, and teach them only the bare minimum of reading, writing, and math."

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"What's the point of building a school if it's not worth it?　If they don't get to the stage where they can do the work, it's going to be a total disaster."

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"Not really. Let's call the new school an elementary school to distinguish it from the one in Vulcania. The purpose of the elementary school should be to find motivated and intelligent people. We should teach the children who come to the elementary school because of the free lunch, and if they are good enough, we should move them to a school in Vulcania. And in Vulcania they teach a little bit more advanced things, and those who are judged to be useful there are given the surname Reed. In short, it's a talent search.

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"I see. If we keep the number of subjects we teach to a minimum, we can reduce the number of teachers. That way, it will cost less money than I thought.

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"That's what I mean. Once we have given them the surname Reed, they will learn the job and will eventually be placed in the Fontana territory. Then Fontana will be more developed.

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　The biggest problem I have in governing Fontana is the lack of human resources.

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　One of the things I did to compensate for the lack of human resources was to pay Payne a high salary.

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　Payne, who worked for me and as a result was recognized as a knight and paid well.

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　Seeing this, all kinds of people came to serve me.

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　They came from all walks of life, but they all had one thing in common.

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　They all had the same thing in common: a glint in their eyes that said, "I'm going to make it.

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　Surely, they would put in the work with the reward.

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　I expect that some of them will achieve results that I have not expected.

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　But most of them still want the offensive magic.

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　When I asked him if he would take the surname Reed and work as the brains, he did not want the name Reed, which has no offensive magic.

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　He seemed to have a "I want to leave my name as a man" kind of thought in his mind.

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　But of course, I know how good Kyle's magic is.

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　Magic such as [speed reading], [automatic operation], and [telecopying] alone were unbelievably useful.

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　But Kyle has created a magic called [telepathy] that transcends even these.

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　Telepathy is a magic that allows people with the last name of the lead to communicate with each other.

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　Normally, Kyle can send his thoughts and words to anyone, not just those with the last name of Reed.

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　However, [telepathy] is limited to those with the surname of Reed.

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　Kyle said that this is so that his voice can be heard even by people who are far away from each other.

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　The reason why they can hear each other's voice even at very long distances is because they use the connection of magical paths by naming each other.

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　Naming is a relationship in which one can give magic and receive part of the magic power by naming another person.

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　In other words, they are always magically connected to each other, and they can send thoughts to each other even if they cannot see the other person directly by using this connection.

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　Kyle once explained to me such a thing.

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　In other words, those who have the surname "Reed" can use the spell of "telepathy" to talk to distant people, but in other words, if they do not have the surname "Reed", they cannot send their voice to the other person.

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　This means that it is impossible for someone far away from me to talk to me directly.

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　Therefore, I wanted to have more people with the surname "Reed" in various places if possible.

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　This is why we need to build elementary schools.

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　And those who are recognized for their abilities in schools are not limited to men.

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　My guess is that women will probably study harder.

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　In most cases, the eldest son of a farm family will take over the family, and the father will decide who to marry.

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　However, this world is not kind to those who want to make a living on their own.

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　But in Barca, there is an exception.

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　Eira, the wife of Hector's brother, was given the family name of Reed and put in charge of a plot of land in Vulcania.

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　Many women followed in her footsteps and studied hard to become a Reed.

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　If this is known, there will be many women who will study hard in the elementary schools that have been built in various places.

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　If this is realized, the shortage of human resources will be fully compensated.

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　Thus, with the new financial resources, I built elementary schools all over the Fontana territory.

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