I guess we'll start with military reform...
　Is there anything you'd like to change?

　Julia asked.

　'Well, I wouldn't change much. I'm going to have two things in common: a recruitment system and a conscription system. The recruiting system is one thousand. Four hundred is heavy infantry, four hundred is cavalry, and two hundred is archers, I guess.　A standing army costs money, but you need it, right?

　Cavalry, in particular, can't be gathered by conscription.
　You have to keep training them constantly.

　Besides, it's more convenient to have a standing army that can work at my command.
　I'm going to have a standing army led by Ron, Rosward and Gram.

　The rest of the army will be recruited through conscription. We can't make the entire army a standing army, and we won't be able to gather enough of them.

　Warfare is about numbers.
　Quality is important, of course, but once you have a certain amount of quality, then numbers matter.

　"All we need now are blacksmiths from King Domorgal's lands. I'll put them to work making iron.

　By the way, tatara steel is the mainstream.

　Iron is turned into weapons first.
　Once all weapons are made of iron, the next step is to turn them into agricultural tools.

　But the conversion to iron weapons is almost complete.
　Why?

　This is because the Domorgal army gave them to us as a gift.
　Thanks to the fact that they threw out their weapons and ran away when they were defeated, the iron weapons are now available to the entire army.


　Well, that's enough about the army.
　Changing too much will cause confusion.

　'The first thing I have to do at this stage is...'
　Building a palace.





　I've gathered the royal family, especially Raimondo, to start with.
　As my son-in-law, I have to play politics while building them up.

　Well, I'm inexperienced and I'm actually happy to help, so I'm not complaining.


　"I would like to move the capital to a new location. What do you think?
　I asked monotonously.
　The Rosaises buzzed for a moment, and then Raimondo stepped forward and said

　'And for what reason, sir?　Is there a shortage in the current palace?
　There are a couple of problems,

　I said and then pointed out the problems with the current capital city.

　'First of all, it's adjacent to the Romano Forest. Until now, it was thought that no enemy would come through the forest, so the forest allowed us to protect our rear. But there was the example of King Ferrum, and I used the forest in a big way in the last war. If they march through the forest, they won't be able to see the enemy. That's a problem, isn't it?

　It's half my fault. I don't regret it.

　'Next problem. It's not surfacing right now, but it could surface in the future.

　First of all, the city walls are decrepit.
　The current capital was built in the time of your father's grandfather - the great-grandfather of King Rosais, Yulia, three years before me.

　Its purpose was to draw the line of battle against King Domorgal to the front.
　We can launch an attack in the event of an invasion and the king's orders will reach us quickly. Those are the advantages.

　Here's one question that arises. Why didn't they move the capital when King Ferrum appeared?
　The distance from the capital of King Ferrum (the mansion of the As territory) to the capital is almost none. Moreover, his predecessor was too ill to give instructions as far as he could.

　This place should be lowered. In terms of military strategy.
　But politics are involved.

　If the capital city was moved, it would look like they were running away and they might lose the centripetal force of the great families.
　Besides, there was not that much money to spare financially.

　That's why the current capital is here.


　Let's get back to the second problem.
　Second problem. It's size.

　This capital city is not very large. No, it's a standard class by Adelunian standards, but for me it's not very spacious.

　The creation of a bureaucracy and a standing army for centralization. And you know we need to centralize key industries like paper and iron, right?
　'Yes, sir. Yes, I understand that, and we will do everything we can to support it. But what does this have to do with the relocation of the capital?
　'The standing army is a thousand. Assuming one wife and four children, that would be six thousand people gathered in the capital. Likewise, you can see that the families of bureaucrats, papermakers, and blacksmiths will gather in the capital, right?　If the capital city accumulates wealth, more and more people will gather to take advantage of that wealth. And they will give birth to more children, and those children will give birth to more children, and so on and so forth, and it's only a matter of time before people start flooding in.

　My prediction is that in about 30 years the capital will run out of land.
　Crowding will cause traffic jams, which will affect the economy.

　And there will be poor sanitation. It's obvious that we won't be able to keep up with the disposal of feces and urine. We can't keep up with fecal matter, and we can't keep up with drinking water. If the population grows, the river will dry up. And if the houses get too crowded together, we'll be hit hard in the event of a fire.
　Well that's a fair point. Then where do you want the capital?

　I spread the map out in front of them.
　Then I pointed to the place where the three rivers intersected.
　One river flows from the Romano Forest, the other from the old As territory, and the other from the old Dibel territory.

　Building materials are transported by water transportation from the Romano Forest and the old Dibel territory.
　The food consumed in the city is also brought in from the old As territory and the old Dibel territory.

　Drinking water can also be obtained from the river, and water for daily life can be discharged into the river.

　This would be the best place to put the capital.

　''King!　This place is.....
　Flooding, right?

　I silenced Raimondo's words.
　Raimondo nodded.

　Yes, the place I specified has always been a place that has been badly damaged by floods.

　As far as I can tell, the river in King Lossies' country is not well controlled.
　Therefore, the water begins to overflow at once when it rains, and it is not unusual for the flow of the river to change several tens of meters when it rains heavily.

　In winter, it rains, and in spring, the melt water from the mountains floods this place every time.
　It's a place where water flows in from three rivers.

　Therefore......

　I think we'll start with flood control.
　Wha... Flood control?　That kind of expense........is there.

　Yes, there is.
　First, the rock salt mines.

　There are three rock salt mines in King Rosais' country.
　One is a mine privately owned by Raimondo.
　The other mine is near the present palace.
　And lastly, the mine found in Ass territory.

　That means I have two mines. And the mine in the Ass territory is much bigger than the other two.

　Next is paper.
　When I became king, the production of paper began on a national scale.
　Right now, I'm not gathering people gathered on a temporary basis, but rather artisans and continuing production while training them.

　And the last war - the city of blouses with the proceeds from the war, which is nowadays known around the world as the One Week War.

　Funds from looting, funds from reparations.
　And the huge revenue from boxwood (garnet).

　There is enough money to do the flood control.

　Until now, King Loseys himself was sick and could not do the flood control on a large scale due to lack of funds.
　They've been doing a little bit of work on a small scale, though.

　We are going to flood the entire area around the proposed capital. We're going to ask the wealthy and powerful families to work for us. Naturally, we'll pay for all their food. I'm sure they won't complain about that.

　What I'm saying is, I don't want your money. Send me someone.


　"King Loseys. I have nothing against flood control. The people will be relieved if there are fewer floods, and the irrigation system will increase the harvest several times over. But who is capable of designing such a large scale construction project?　We know that King Rosais has hired a Cilician architect in his employ. But flood control is not the same as building. Can the Cilician do it?
　No problem. I've hired another Cilician. He is familiar with astronomy and geology. This scholar and the architect can work in tandem, no problem.

　I said confidently.

　'Then what about the other line of defense?　As you know, the current capital city is a thing that was designed to be King Domorgal's country. As the territory has increased and the borders have been raised to the north, shouldn't the capital be raised to the north?　This position has gone backwards and down to the south.
　'And so it is. But I don't think King Domorgar's country is much of a threat now. What we need to fear now is that the neighboring countries will set a siege on us. Then it is better to have the capital in the middle of the country as much as possible. And I'm going to build the paved roads right up to the border. Along with flood control. That will be enough to handle it.

　Also, we need a station.
　We'll use fast horses to speed up the transfer of information.

　If we succeed, we'll be able to respond more quickly than we do now.

　''Well then it's not a problem.
　Raimondo withdrew easily.

　Thus the flood control work was decided.



　'What do you think?　Ismail. How does it feel to have your own master as king?
　''Well it's like if you warmed up a chicken egg, the dragon was laid?''
　That's a hard analogy to understand, isn't it?

　Qingming interrupted from the side.

　''Oh no, but it was a wonderful subdue. I have seen and heard of various internal conflicts in my travels, but only King Rosais has been able to subdue them so vividly. May I make a book out of it?
　Go ahead. Go ahead. Don't exaggerate too much.

　Old history books are so appropriate.
　One too many zeros, right?　And that's all I'm saying.

　Witness A [It was an amazingly large army!
　Recorder A [I see.......so I'll make it a million then.

　And I'm sure it's a feeling you'd like to see.


　"By the way, who called me up?
　''Well, to put it bluntly, I'm going to build the city and I want you to design it. Qingming, I'm counting on your knowledge too.

　I don't have time to go to another country to tour the capital now. I'm relying on these two.
　Especially Qingming has come to see the capitals of the Scarlet Empire and the Persis Empire.

　''Really?!　Give me the city!
　Ismea leans back.
　'Well, that would be the highest honor for an architect, wouldn't it?

　'You're not the only one, you know?　In the meantime, I'm going to call in some other Cilician. Whether or not your design is adopted depends on your ability to get it adopted.

　But I'm fully aware of Ismea's abilities.　
　There aren't many architects who can do it better than her.

　"But the site I'm planning to build on has always been flooded badly.

　I hand Ismaila a map and point to the planned location.

　''Wow this is ... this is an amazing place to see.
　Ismaila frowned.

　'So before we can build the city, we must flood control it. 'Can you do that?　Around here.
　Ismaila's face clouded over at my words.

　It's possible to do it on a small scale. But if it gets this big, the flooding will be even worse if it's not done well. You'll need specialized knowledge. And a sorcerer.
　'I see. Which means we'll need a geologist.

　I hope the sorcerer has a tetra.
　Oh, boy is there any geologists out there looking for a job.

　Sire, Lord Ainz is requesting a meeting.
　The guards told me that.
　'What is it?'　I'm sure you've paid your debts.

　Ains?　Let me through.

　As I said this, Ains entered the room.
　Ains sat back down once and bowed deeply before addressing us again.
　And then he spoke.

　'Actually, you see, there's a geologist here!　
　What do you mean?　Do you have some kind of precognition?
　I don't have one. I was going to introduce the geologist to you, but it's just as well, because you've all been talking about it.

　You're the Ains. Your Chamber of Commerce deals in geologists too?
　Good timing.

　He's my brother.
　

　That's a horrible human being.

　No, sir!　He's not a slave. I'm a decent person. He's a freak, though. Will you please meet him?
　'Hmmm, yes. Let's meet up then.




　After a while, Ains brought a man with him.
　The man introduced himself as Nikolaos.

　What is it, I feel a great eccentric vibe.

　'My name is Nikolaos, I'm a Cilician scholar. My specialty is astronomy, but I can do anything, math, geology, physics.
　'Oh!　Weirdo from Alt!　Nikolaos, the number one ranked academic annoyance!

　Ismaila pointed at Nikolaos.

　'Hey!　Who are these freaks!
　Your brother said you're a freak, too.

　But you're number one on the annoying list?　I mean, there's a ranking like that.

　'This guy is so annoying. He calls out "the earth is circling, the earth is circling. He's the first to go around in the morning as a greeting, and he's the first to go around at conferences. As far as I'm concerned, he never produces any evidence. And on top of that, I was persecuted and paranoid. Are you pretending to be a tragic scientist?　It's not what you think you're being persecuted for, it's what you are. You're annoying. My friends often complained about it, too.
　'So I'm telling you that my calculations are more accurate this way!
　'You're missing some numbers.　Then show me how you discovered the annual parallax!
　'Then you explain to me the retrograde motion of the stars!

　That's why I'm in the presence of the King, right?
　Well, it's okay. I'm in good spirits.

　But still, it's starting to look like an internet wrestling match. Is this what Cilician people are all about?

　Apparently we're having a battle between the celestial and geocentric theories.
　Which one is it?

　At any rate, we're pretty sure the planet is round. You can tell that from the ship.
　But I can't tell if it goes around the sun or if the sun goes around it.

　There are magic, fairies, blessings and gryphons in this world, so it's no surprise that the sun revolves around it.
　I don't know anything about astronomy.

　I don't care if it is, but can you cure the water?
　Yes, I can do it. I can do it. I have a certain amount of confidence in my ability to move the river.

　Well that's good.

　"Then Ismea, Qingming, Nikolaos, and Tetra. I'm ordering you four to control the water. Well, that's after the meeting. Do your homework.

　Ha!