Along with securing the cavalry, what I was doing at the same time was governing the newly acquired territory.

　This land is a little different from the previous land.　
　It was the land ruled by the Roselle Kingdom, that is, the Gauls.

　The population of this land is made up of 90% Adelnians and 10% Gauls.
　The Adelnians are half slave serfs and the Gauls are the large landowners who use them.

　The main thing grown is wheat for tribute.
　And barley is the staple food of the Adelnians.

　Barley is the staple food of the Adelnians.

　Adelnians do not like to eat barley.
　The Adelnians do not like barley because it is grown mainly to feed horses.

　Barley is horse food. It is not for human consumption.
　Of course, if there is a famine, they will eat barley, but they can't afford to say that.

　But in the northern part of the country under the rule of the Roselle Kingdom, it seems to be different.

　The food culture is different, but the language is also different.
　

　In the north, on the other hand, the Gaulish accent, or Gaulish influence, is stronger.

　The grammar is the same in the south and the north, and the basic words are the same...
　Some of the words mean the same thing but are completely different.

　Well, it's still the same language, so it's understandable...

　


　And that's why I don't think it's possible to govern in the same way because it's very different from what we've been doing.
　So......

　Let me know what you think the plan is.

　I call Ial and Raimondo into a room in the royal castle.
　First, Ial opens his mouth.

　''As I recall, this place will be a place to advertise to the Adelnians under the control of the Roselle Kingdom, right?　
　Well.

　In principle, our country has kept the ruling class of the lands we invaded.
　The ruling class of the Cilician cities has been preserved in its entirety, and the Adelian countries are almost untouched by the great families and landowners who surrendered without resistance.

　Well, to begin with, it's not like they 'surrendered without resistance' this time around, so we can't just preserve them.

　The best thing to do here is to confiscate the land from the Gallic landowners and distribute it to the Adelnians.
　'Well, I've been thinking about that too...'

　I nodded at Raimondo's suggestion.

　Our country's heavily armed infantry is supported by our own farmers.
　The number of home-grown farmers is directly related to our military strength.

　That's why we need to convert those Adelnians who have become serfs into self-made farmers.

　"As for the land tax...well, no tax for a while, is it safe?　Would it be best to get them to set up their lives in three years and then have them respond to military service from then on?

　As a general rule, weapons are self-supplied in our country.
　But it takes some money to buy expensive iron weapons.

　During the three years of no taxes, we can ask them to accumulate money and provide us with iron weapons.

　I don't know how much the Adelnians, who have never fought before, will be useful in the war, though.

　They might shy away from it, or they might be happy to fight against the hated Gauls, which is unexpected.

　'The problem is the Gauls, ten percent of them.
　Well, it's a pain in the ass but I'm not going to kill him.
　It's bad for diplomacy.

　Free the Adelnians.
　The construction of this project requires that the land be taken from the Gallic landowners and distributed to the Adelnians.

　This is an absolute.
　It is essential in order to reduce the power of the rebel Gauls and make the Adelnians bosom themselves to the Kingdom of Romalia.

　But.........
　The question is how much land will be taken?

　What will the Gauls, other than the landowners, do?
　That's what I mean.

　Not all Gauls are wealthy.
　Some Gauls may be employed as peasants, some may live as home-farmers, some may be hunters, some may be traders, and some may be craftsmen.

　What to do with them?　
　That is the question.

　'I think driving them all out is the best way to reduce the risk of rebellion, don't you think?

　Raimondo suggests.
　It's the quickest, easiest, most straightforward way to do it.

　But .....

　'If we do that, we're going to get a lot of backlash from the Gauls in the future... if we can't help it from the landlord class...'
　Well, how about this?　Your Majesty.

　Ial suddenly struck a hand as if he had an idea.

　'What?'
　'First, define a landowner as 'one who owns more than a certain amount of land' and then forcefully buy land from them until it is below a certain price. If we do it this way, we might be able to curb some of the backlash.
　I see...

　Even if it is bought at a low price, I will resist until I die if I can get a reasonable sum of money.　
　Will there be no more such a thing?
　And if you have a little bit of land left, you can live on it.

　And I don't want to touch anything other than the land. That way, our own farmers, merchants and artisans would have no strong grievances against our country.
　Well, if the local economy collapses, that's a problem.

　Merchants are a pain in the ass when it comes to making enemies.
　They have a network of information.

　And in the event of a rebellion, they are the only ones who can gather weapons and food in secret.

　''Finally, as for the sorcerers, artisans, and soldiers, the sorcerers are to be banished. The sorcerers in the Kingdom of Roselle are very loyal. They will pretend to obey, but their loyalty will not change. The same is true for the soldiers. The problem is the artisans, but I recommend that they be taken to the capital. They would be too good for banishment or execution. And the Roselle Kingdom's skills in blacksmithing and woolen weaving are better than our own.

　Well, if we bring them to the capital, they can't do anything about it...

　Japan's iron manufacturing technology is improving as a result of the introduction of Cilicia's technology.
　However, the technology was still low and the number of blacksmiths was still insufficient.

　Bringing the blacksmiths of the Roselle Kingdom to the capital will increase their production capacity.

　''Alright, let's go with that. ........This land is a large unknown territory. Let's do it carefully.''
　"Yes!





　We were welcomed by the local Adelnians with great joy as we distributed our land to them.　
　The Adelnians, who had been serfs, were given land and the freedom of movement and property ownership.

　They were also no longer beaten unreasonably by the Gallic landowners.

　Most importantly, the three years of tax free status was welcomed by many.
　For the Adelnians, who had been subjected to severe exploitation, three years of tax-free life and their own land was a welcome relief because they had risen from hell to heaven.

　This must have been like going up to heaven from hell.



　On the other hand, many of the Gallic landowners who had their land confiscated seem to have moved to the Roselle Kingdom territory with the little money they had gained.
　My reading is that they were probably afraid of retaliation until now.

　In a manner of speaking, whether you're Gallic or Adelnian, you're equal under the law.
　Murder and robbery will not be tolerated.
　But that doesn't mean I'm going to be able to watch them.

　Well, I suppose it's only fair.

　I'm sure you have relatives in the Roselle Kingdom territory, you know.

　On the other hand, I'm a Gallic self-made farmer who doesn't have enough money to emigrate, but.......
　They were given immunity from military service in exchange for confiscating their weapons.

　It's obvious that they are useless in the fight against the Roselle Kingdom.
　It's enough for them to be quiet.

　But in return, you will have to pay a military service exemption tax, though.


　Then, the craftsmen are taken to the capital.　
　Instead of preparing their homes, they were ordered to produce ironware and woolen goods.

　Hopefully, this would be the start of a new industry.


　On the other hand, it was difficult to get rid of the soldiers and sorcerers.
　Some soldiers and sorcerers resisted, holed up in forts and mountains.

　They had to call in diplomats from the Kingdom of Roselle to persuade them to do so.

　In the meantime, I paid them an eviction fee for their diplomatic position.
　It's a very small amount of money, but........
　Well, it's better than not paying.

　Though some of those guys did slam into the ground and leave.

　You can understand the feeling.




　After that, I worked on flood control.
　I don't know if it was because the Roselle Kingdom's flood control technology was lousy or because they didn't have the money, but....

　Because the rivers were flooded all over and the canals were in terrible shape if not properly maintained.

　The way to go was to colonize the Adelnians in the south.
　With such a bad condition, they could not colonize and harvest.

　So we mobilized the army to work on flood control.
　We also build infrastructure such as roads and bridges.

　Then, we built and repaired the fort.

　As for the flood control work, it was very well received by the local Adelnians.
　After all, they were having a hard time.

　And.....
　And we don't forget the propaganda.

　Merchants were sent to the Kingdom of Roselle to advertise the changes in the lives of the Adelnians who were now in the Kingdom of Romalia's territory.

　Land is up for grabs.
　No taxes for a while.
　On top of that, they will even do flood control work.

　So much for the benefits.
　It won't be ineffective.