A year has passed since the Pofenia War.

　Finally, I was to step into the realm of thirty-something.
　Thirty, thirty........yeah, I don't like it.

　At thirty, I know how youthful and fresh the number ten or twenty sounds.
　

　Okay, let's not talk about this.

　''It seems that the mercenary rebellion in Pofenia has come to an end.
　'Yeah, well but a year-long rebellion sounds like Pofenia is going to take quite a beating. At least they won't be tempted to take back the island of Corus or Sandals.

　In fact, Belshazzar Barca seems to have given up on taking back the islands of Trisichellia and other islands...
　Now he seems to have his eyes to the west.
　
　I heard that gold is calculated in Hexpania, and agricultural production is thriving there, so... yeah, not a bad option.

　Well, it's probably the right choice.

　Even if we play a prank and fight with our country, the only ones who will be happy are Persis.

　If we live in harmony, there is no reason why we can't coexist.

　"Hey, Ial, how's the rest of the world in the Federation?
　'Well there are a lot of countries that remember their discontent with the distribution of the spoils of war. However, it doesn't seem to be enough to get out of the Federation.
　Hmmm, I can't throw it away but I can't help it.

　It's not like they got a huge amount of loot.
　And if it's money, we can divide it into smaller pieces, but there's no way to divide the land into smaller pieces.

　Well, they do make an effort to connect to the federation by renting land in the genus states to noblemen from other countries and so on.

　By the way, the one receiving the most generous treatment is the Alva Kingdom.
　Perhaps they have benefited more than the people of the Kingdom of Romalia.

　The Alva Kingdom is a valuable cavalry source for our country, so keeping them connected is a top priority.
　There is a personal friendship between me and Muzio, but....
　You can't have an alliance based on personal friendship.

　After all, we are nations without profit and loss.

　But it's starting to take off after a while.
　'Yes, sir. It's the agricultural income that has not yet recovered but the commercial income has gone up significantly.

　By taking away the commercial sphere of Pofenia, our country quickly became a commercial power in the Teutonic Sea.
　The biggest thing was the mass production of military ships ... and the accumulation of ship-building know-how.

　Basically, Japan was exporting its own products and restricting imports from other countries, but.......
　These days, they allow luxury goods to be brought into the country for a time, because the transit trade is starting to flourish.

　This is because the transit trade has begun to flourish.
　I'm concerned about the spread of luxury goods within the country, and the aristocracy's infatuation with it could lead to a flight of wealth out of the country.

　But........since we took away Pofenia's trading area, I've eased it up a bit since I'm now in the position of having to take over the luxury goods.
　Of course, the ban on luxury is still alive and well.

　However, with the relaxation, smuggling imports have also increased.
　We've been able to prevent it at the water's edge for now...but now, we don't know what will happen.

　'And the tax revenue from Trisichellia is huge, too.
　''Yes I can see why Trisichellia Island is called the food bank of the Teutonic Sea. I didn't expect it to yield that much wheat...

　The island of Trisichellia has given him a fortune that is hardly a tenth of what he could have earned.
　Pofenia apparently earned three times as much as this and....
　I can understand why they were so adamant about it.

　But, well it's a good thing we put tariffs on it.
　If that wheat had come straight into the country, all of our home-grown crops would have been blown to bits.

　In addition, we are now encouraging people to switch to producing olives and grapes.
　It would be more profitable, after all.
　And as we have become a commercial country, imports have increased, and the demand for wine and olive oil has grown.

　Well, the rising prices seem to be squeezing the commoner's livelihood and we want to increase production quickly.

　I see that silver coins with my profile on them have begun to circulate.
　Yes, sir. ........Sandal Island is also a rich island. To be able to calculate that much silver it's no wonder Pofenia was able to hire so many mercenaries.

　Most of the calculated silver, though, is used to pay off the debt.
　It's hard to know.

　It's hard to say how much of the increase in government revenue will go to Persis to pay off the debt.
　Quickly, let's pay it off.

　''But........it's honestly helpful that you've forgiven me for paying part of my debt with Alanya Seda (spider silk). Well, I don't feel like I'm being cheated.

　Alice thread.
　It is also known as Alanya Seda (spider silk).

　This is a beautiful fiber, far finer and stronger than the silk from the east.
　Emperor Xerxes has realized the value of this silk and says he has no problem paying part of my debt with it.

　To be honest, it's quite hard to scrape up silver to pay it back, so....
　The repayment in Alanya Seda (spider silk) has helped.

　Most importantly, the more popular this thing becomes in the East, the more this thing will increase in value and sell for more money.

　Emperor Xerxes will make this popular in exchange for getting Alanya Seda (spider silk) on the cheap.
　I can sell my Alanya Seda (spider silk) at a higher price, so I can pay off my debts faster.　

　Both of us will gain.
　........I feel like all the wealth is finally flowing to Emperor Xerxes, but this is all I can do.

　''I wish they'd allowed us to rebuild in rock salt too.......honestly.''
　That would be impossible........with salt.......

　Can't we pay with rock salt, a specialty of our country?
　I asked him if it was a good idea, but he said it was not.
　I guess it's not good that the value is not flattering.

　Well, rock salt is basically never depleted.
　It's just salt, after all.

　''But if this is the case, we're going to have to distract more and more member countries from their complaints...''
　'They haven't had the benefit of commercial prosperity...'

　Basically, it's the southern city of Cilicia that's getting richer economically right now and....
　This is the area around the capital city of Rosais.
　The commercial center and city of Cilicia is, of course, the center of commerce, and Rosais, where distilled spirits processing and other industries thrive, is also thriving.

　The tax revenue collected from here is returned to the Kingdom of Romalia....
　It's not going to go all over the Commonwealth.

　At best, people are getting richer and want more clothes....
　It is only to the extent that the Alva Kingdom, which earns foreign currency from wool, has become richer.

　If anything, it feels like grapes and olives are being bought at a discount.

　While some of the wealth is being returned to the upper classes of the member states, it is not reaching the lower level of commoners.
　They can't leave the frustrations of the commoners, who are in greater numbers, behind.

　People can only see things in contrast.
　Even if they aren't getting poorer, if they stay the same while the people around them are rich, they will feel like they are getting poorer relative to each other.

　'But the only way to deflect their discontent is to prepare the land. Then it's war....
　Against the Kingdom of Roselle? I don't like it.

　It could have been before the all-out war with Pofenia, but the country's strength has not yet been fully restored.
　We need to give it a little more time.

　''The Roselle Kingdom currently had the advantage of General Kryu........''

　The civil war in the Kingdom of Roselle is beginning to converge.
　General Clieu's faction has begun to rapidly reel it back in.

　As expected of General Lieutenant Commander Liu, it seems that he defeated General Balthazar in the war and is now closing in on the capital of the Roselle Kingdom.　
　At this point, General Clieu's victory is unassailable.

　However, General Balthazar should not give up either.
　It seems that he still intends to persevere.

　I hope he will do his best and maintain the civil war in the Roselle Kingdom.
　But lately, things have been a bit rowdy...

　Even in the Kingdom of Roselle, which had reigned as a stable power, civil war broke out in Pofenia....
　It's rapidly degrading our national power.

　Why in the world....
　And is it all because of our country?

　What will this era look like in the eyes of future generations?
　Is the Poffenian War still a historic event?　Or is it no big deal?