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"How's it going, Kristina? How is the rice purchase going?"
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"Yes, no problem, Mr. Alphonse. But are you sure about that? There is a chance of a storm, of course, but is it enough to cause a crop failure?"
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"...... honestly, I don't know. But I'll take your word for it. Well, it won't be that much of a loss if I'm wrong. Rice can be preserved."
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Advice by Ai.
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It is to buy rice from the surrounding farmers as much as possible now.
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As soon as I heard this advice, I told Kristina about it and started to buy rice.
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Kristina was skeptical about what I said.
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Apparently, most of the predictions for this year were that there would be a good harvest.
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Originally, many farmers are not so optimistic because of the flooding of the rivers, but it is said that there is still a good chance to harvest a sufficient amount of rice.
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Under such circumstances, it is natural to question whether it is necessary to start buying up rice now.
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So, in order to convince Kristina of this, I came up with a plan.
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How can we avoid losing as much money as possible?
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And the answer I came up with was an exchange of goods instead of money.
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Buy rice now that will be harvested in the future.
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I decided to pay for it with something other than money.
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It is a magical tool.
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Useful magical tools such as earthenware pots and heating cookers that the Barka mercenaries can make.
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They decided to use them to pay for the rice.
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All of the tools made by the Barka Mercenaries are made like works of art by a master craftsman named Garius, and are mass-produced using [rehearsal].
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And all of these magical tools were sold wholesale to Banagher.
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Therefore, all of them were treated as high-class items, and were not easily accessible to ordinary people.
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They offered such high-class magical tools at a low price in exchange for rice, which might be in surplus this year due to a good harvest.
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Luxury goods are really expensive.
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Even if there is a large amount of rice, it is called a high-class product because it is not so easy to get it under normal circumstances.
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Suppose that such a high-class item, a magical tool, can be purchased at a discount using rice in the future, when it is likely to be less expensive.
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In other words, the farmer pays for the purchase of the magical tools in addition to giving me the rice.
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Therefore, there is currently no payment from my pocket.
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At first glance, this may seem to be a strange and incomprehensible deal.
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However, when I proposed this deal to the farmers, quite a few of them raised their hands.
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Apparently, many of them were interested in using the magical tools that had been rumored in town.
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Ostensibly, Banagher, who is a councilor, is selling it, so the farmers in the village have no means to obtain it, and they had to give it up.
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He was willing to exchange any amount of rice for it if he could buy it at a lower price.
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Normally, such an offer would have put us at a considerable disadvantage.
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In fact, the merchants and others who heard about this story were puzzled as to what was going on.
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But I have no problem with it.
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The cost of magic tools itself is low for such a high class product, as long as you have clay, magic stones, etc., and knowledge of magic circle.
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It means that you have nothing to lose.
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"But still, a storm. When it rains heavily before the rice harvest, the ears of rice that felled by the wind will be ruined if they get soaked in water. Does Mr. Ai mean he is worried about that?
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"Maybe. But besides that, I think there's river flooding. If we have a big storm that is comparable to the heavy rains we have had in the past few years, the damage from flooding will be extensive. If that happens, the newly improved rice paddies will be ruined, too."
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"That's scary. I mean, if that happens, we're not talking about rice anymore, Mr. Alphonse. It could damage our house.
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"Yes, it is. I see. ...... Then we should make sure that the mercenaries in the other villages are safe. It might be better to have buildings made of bricks for evacuation in case of emergency.
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Making money is important, but I am also worried about the mercenaries being harmed.
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Maybe we should do something about it now.
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Fundamentally, it might be better to build levees or dams to prevent the river from flooding when a storm comes.
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The Kyle Dam near the Barca line should be connected to an agricultural canal.
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But it is the right time of the year.
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I don't know when the storm is coming, but there is no way they can do such a big construction now.
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I mean, that's the job of the Orient, not the mercenaries.
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If that is the case, it would be more realistic to check the high ground where we can evacuate to when the river floods, and instruct them to build some kind of buildings that can withstand heavy rain.
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I told the mercenaries to take some precautionary measures, though I myself was still half-convinced that a storm was really coming.
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