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　The Kingdom of Fontana must be strong.

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　It has won its independence by showing its strength against the old power, the royal house of Doren, which was in direct conflict with it.

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　But that is not the end of the story.

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　The Kingdom of Fontana must continue to show its power to maintain its independence.

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　But this does not mean that it will always be fighting against outside opponents.

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　Rather, the opposite is true.

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　We must build up strength within the kingdom so that we can withstand even if our borders are blocked.

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　It means that we must conduct internal affairs and make our country rich.

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　First of all, the most important thing is to increase food self-sufficiency.

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　The quickest way to do this is to use the magic of Barca.

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　However, since we cannot afford to have Barca's people only for this purpose, we have decided to give Barca's magic to three battalions of engineers in Fontana's army.

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　We are going to use these engineers to "clear the land" and "improve the soil".

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　I have seen a number of lands, all of which had poor agricultural technology.

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　Rather than expanding the farmland by cultivating new areas, it is certain that simply improving the soil of the existing farmland will greatly increase the yield of the harvest.

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　Besides, it is a good opportunity for Fontana's army to conduct land inspection.

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　I will make sure to confirm the size of the farmland.

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　At the same time, we will build a network of roads and railroads throughout the region.

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　This is also a surprisingly effective way.

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　Even though a magical bag is now available, it is still a very expensive item that only a few people can own.

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　Normally, they have to be moved by loading them on a cart or something.

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　In such a case, the speed of movement will drastically change depending on whether or not there is a solid road or not.

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　However, I personally think that the development of the road network is even more significant in that it makes it possible to move around with a transfer stone.

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　Somehow, if the lands are connected by roads, it is possible to jump from one transfer stone to another by placing a transfer stone.

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　Therefore, we need to connect roads to Lubitsch, Hermes, or Boutica outside of the Carmathian defenses.

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　But I personally had more important domestic work to do.

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　That is disaster management.

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　Disasters are very troublesome.

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　They are like an act of force majeure beyond human control, and the suddenness of such an event can cause great damage to the territory.

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　What is the most important disaster to be prepared for?

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　A few years ago there was a great earthquake.

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　However, countermeasures against earthquakes are not considered very important.

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　The main reason is that we have not had many earthquakes in the past.

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　There are disasters that occur a little more frequently and cause more damage to the territory.

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　It was a flood.

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　A flood is a phenomenon in which a river overflows due to a temporary and sudden rise in the water level caused by heavy rains.

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　I have heard that in past lives, a flooding river was described as a "rampaging dragon" and that the characters for dragon and snake were used in the names of lands.

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　It is a nightmarish event that people, things, and land are swept away in the blink of an eye due to the weather.

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　But even so, one cannot leave the river.

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　When the water recedes, the fertile soil from the upper reaches of the river becomes a fertilizer for growing crops.

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　Therefore, no matter how many times the river floods, people return to the land by the river to start their lives again.

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　However, it is time to get out of this situation.

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　Now we have the means to nourish our farmlands without relying on the soil coming from the upper reaches of the river.

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　It is better to have a stable harvest instead of causing damage unnecessarily.

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　So, I have decided to take measures to prevent river flooding so that the Kingdom of Fontana can grow more stably.

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"It's been a while since I've been here. How's the Kyle Dam doing?"

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　Measures against river flooding.

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　However, we are not trying to do anything completely new.

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　We are simply going to do what we have been doing until now throughout the Kingdom of Fontana.

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　In order to prevent flooding, the most important thing is to change the flow of the river itself.

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　Naturally formed rivers are sometimes winding, but that is not good.

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　No matter how many levees are built at the curves, the risk of flooding will increase if the rainfall is heavy enough to raise the water level.

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　Therefore, it would be necessary to change the flow of the river itself.

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　However, it is necessary to conduct a careful survey in advance.

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　We decided to conduct an aerial survey using airships and binoculars.

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　We will send a member of the Reed family up into the sky to look down on the land from above and make a "telecopy" of it.

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　While I was gathering information, I decided to look into the dam.

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　A dam may sound like a big deal, but the one I built before was a large reservoir-like dam.

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　I named it the Kyle Dam.

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　The Kyle Dam can be used as an agricultural irrigation channel that can hold water in the summer and channel it to farmland when necessary.

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　I would like to build something similar to this in Fontana.

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　But before that, I needed to reexamine the situation.

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　Because dams are sometimes buried by soil and sand carried by the river currents.

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　According to what I have heard, a reservoir dam can be buried even in a few years or so.

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　So, I came here to see how this Kyle Dam, which was built a few years ago, is doing.

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　This Kyle Dam is taking some measures against sediment accumulation.

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　It was to release slime into the dam.

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　Slime is a viscous creature that lives in Lake Palamere, the former site of Fort Palamere in the former Arbalest territory, and was also the defender of the impregnable fortress.

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　A fearsome bioweapon that was once used as a means of brutally melting down the Uruk army.

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"But ecosystems are strange things. It's like slime and fish coexist. And there's no sediment accumulation. The Kyle Dam seems to be working well."

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　But this Kyle Dam seemed to be functioning without any particular problems.

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　By studying Lake Palamere and recreating a suitable environment for slime to live in the dam, the slime has been able to coexist without wiping out all the fish.

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　Moreover, thankfully, the slime has also prevented the accumulation of sediment at the bottom of the dam.

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　According to the person who was in charge of the management of the dam, the Kyle Dam has been in good condition for several years without any maintenance.

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　I think it is safe to say that this dam is practical and sustainable.

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　That is what I judged after the inspection of the Kyle Dam.

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　Thus, the Kingdom of Fontana started the construction of dams all over the country.

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　This, like the construction of the royal tombs, will lead to the creation of jobs.

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　Not only the engineers of the Fontana army, but also the refugees who came in search of work will be provided with a place to work through public works projects.

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　Of course, the wages for the work are paid in Balkan silver coins.

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　As a result, the Barca silver coin became one of the widely used coins in Fontana, not only a local currency in Barca.

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