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"Okay, then, we've settled on the terms of the blood wedge. Now let's get the people into this new Barca town."

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　Conditioning for civilians and conditioning for soldiers.

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　These conditions, which had been approved by Sura, were discussed again with the others and fine-tuned.

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　However, there is no end to the number of opinions that can be expressed.

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　Basically, the decision was made that the newly created town would be able to operate properly to some extent while preventing information leakage as much as possible.

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　Whether it will actually work or not will remain to be seen.

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　However, we agreed that it would be better to have a blood wedge than to have no blood wedge.

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"As for acceptance, it seems that some of them have already made an offer to us. They have heard that the village of Barca is going to be transformed from a village to a city, and they want to move here.

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You're a quick ear.

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"I've submitted plans to Mr. Banagher. And there is also the influence of a mercenary named Zen who is spreading the word in the Orient.

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"Great. Worst case scenario, I was thinking of bringing in people from the favelas like the orphans, but I'd rather have people who want to come on their own. But let's start with those who have money.

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"Rich, sir?"

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"Yes. The new Barca Street will keep the facilities related to the magic circle within its inner walls. And the hospital is placed on the land between the inner and outer walls. Let's sell the land around the hospital to the merchants who have money. If we tell them that it's a good deal now, some of them will buy it.

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"Is there a ......?"

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"Yes, I am. Or, perhaps, we should be more proactive. When I cured an incurable disease in the Orient, I got to know people with money. Let's let the conversation spread from there.

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　The new city we are building is not yet complete.

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　But work will continue through the winter, as the ice-absorbing stone statues in the churches will have their effect over a certain area.

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　So, it is time to start bringing in people.

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　But we have decided to choose the first inhabitants of the land.

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　The criteria for this would be whether or not they had money.

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　When I mentioned this, Elvis and others looked a little surprised.

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　Maybe they were planning to take in mercenaries and train them right away.

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　However, there is also the fact that they are spending a little too much money on this construction project.

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　Even if bricks can be magically produced, it is not possible to build a town with only bricks.

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　There are certain things that are necessary, and the city was built while buying and collecting materials.

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　For this reason, a considerable amount of money had already left the finances of Barca village.

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　It was necessary to make up for it.

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　So, they decided to offer the land for sale.

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　From now on, the new Barca town will be crowded with people.

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　But for now, no one lives there.

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　The idea was to sell the land to the rich people, offering them that they could buy the land now, which was cheaper than the land in the city-state of Orient, but had potential.

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　I already have the contacts for that.

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　The people I cured in the Orient are the same.

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　Many of the victims of the incurable curse were relatively wealthy women.

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　They often cured such people and some of them were merchants.

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　It was my and Kristina's idea to ask the merchants to purchase land and to open a branch of the Chamber of Commerce in the Orient, if possible.

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　Not everyone we approached would be interested, but I believe that some of the more discerning ones would actually pay for the land.

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　We would be happy to receive even a small amount of money.

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"So, we will sell the prime land around the hospital for a high price. But what about mercenaries?

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"Of course we will recruit. But it depends on the number of them. Maybe more people will want to settle here than we want.

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"...... How much will you do?"

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"I don't know. I mean, the guys in the favelas will probably raise their hands anyway. Hopefully they can get jobs and a place to live."

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　We will of course gather mercenaries while negotiating with merchants and others to sell their land and open branches.

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　However, I am not so sure about this one.

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　How many of them will be willing to join the Barka Mercenaries?

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　There may be a surprisingly large number, or there may be a surprisingly small number.

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　We will never know until we try.

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　However, we are preparing to accept them.

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　We are building a new barracks for this purpose, so there may be some who come for that purpose.

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　I don't mean that this is wrong, but I don't want too many people from the poor areas to come.

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　Because those people are basically skinny and weak, and they are accustomed to bad security.

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　We are planning to hold a blood wedge, but we still don't want people who are likely to commit crimes to come.

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"Maybe we can set a test date for the recruitment of mercenaries. We will have them gather on a date we set and test them. And if they pass the test, they will be accepted as mercenaries to live in the new Barca town, how about that?

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"Hmm. I think that's a good idea. It's not like we can accept an unlimited number of people, and I think it's better than having people come in one after the other.

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"Okay, let's set up a trial date in a month or so. Let's send out a notice to the Orient too. In the meantime, we need to negotiate with the merchants. And we'll continue to work on the unfinished projects. Yeah, it's going to be busy.

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　The city is rapidly being built for next year.

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　Soon after this discussion, the sale of the land took place.

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　This went better than expected.

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　Apparently, the merchants were interested in the development of the town, because they raised their hands one after another when the offer to sell their land came up.

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　When they were offered land for sale, they put in their hands one after another. The condition of opening stores as much as possible, as well as the high purchase price, were the criteria to determine the number of people to be brought into the town.

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　A short time later, an examination was to be held for those who wished to become mercenaries.

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