Chapter 117 – Chapter 117 Five Princes
Jason took Spia and Tria and told them the story so far.
It was a plan to support Prince Oh by causing a war in the north and south of the empire.
Tria said with concern first.
“If Prince Oh becomes the crown prince, he will be able to take advantage of various benefits. What benefits can I get?”
“If you think about it simply, the military and prostitutes are inextricably linked.”
It was like that from Earth.
The war threatened the lives of soldiers.
When a person experiences death just before death, the instinct to give birth to a child comes to mind.
A prostitute always followed the soldiers.
Even in this world, men had better basic physical abilities than women, and of course there were more men in the lower ranks.
And those men also sought prostitutes.
“But soldiers on the battlefield are wild. Not many girls want to work there.”
Tria spoke out about matters she was concerned about as much as her prostitute career.
“But let’s imagine that we will supply love gels and hand pushes as official military items. The name is to save the money the soldiers spend on prostitutes. This should be enough, right? It starts with the Northern Garrison. How much money do you think that alone would cost?”
It was cold in the north.
Originally, the population was small and there were no soldiers.
However, soldiers were needed to block the barrier, and criminals from all over the Palmo Empire were used as soldiers.
So, of course, she wouldn’t go unless she was a prostitute who was the last person in her life, and her pussy was expensive.
Tria calculated how much benefit it would be if Love Gel and Hand Push were provided with national money in such an environment.
“As expected, the young master has plans.”
Now, Jason has given enough directions.
Whether Prince Oh succeeds or fails in his northern expedition, Jason will not suffer any losses.
And Spea was also worried.
“But, Bocchan. The imperial family pretends to be clean on the outside, but they do dirty things behind the scenes. Wouldn’t it be better to keep a reasonable distance from the royal family?”
While doing the work of the Wolf family, she saw many of the imperial family’s dirty deeds.
Hwang Ga was not a partner I could trust and go with.
“Are you okay. Because this is pure business. Even if I believe in you, I will only believe enough to not hurt you when you are betrayed.”
“If that’s the case, I’m relieved.”
“Please take good care of Spia to make sure she doesn’t do anything stupid in the imperial family. I don’t believe in Prince Oh, but I do believe in Spear.”
At Jason’s words, Spear smiled and nodded her head.
And the business talk continued.
“The northern expedition will be a big undertaking. We will make the most of it. It’s not just about making pennies.”
“Do you need anything besides love gel and hand push?”
“In the end, war also serves as an opportunity for mercenaries and adventurer guilds to grow in strength.”
Spia couldn’t figure out how far this young boy was looking.
It was too much for her just to follow Jason’s words.
“The mercenary corps and capital adventurer’s guild that I recently purchased will participate in the Northern Expedition. Of course, he gets plenty of money from the royal family. Also, let the mercenary corps that are friendly to me and the adventurers’ guilds in other cities participate in the Northern Expedition as much as possible.”
War was the biggest business.
Winning gave me more than any other business.
Jason was planning to make this northern expedition a success.
All the groups that participated there will increase in size several times after the expedition.
“Female slaves… Ah. It would be nice to have them join the expedition as well. Will it stand out too much?”
“I will.”
Jason’s female slaves were training hard in the Dwarf Dungeon.
Jason did the calculations in his head and decided that it was better to keep the female slaves hidden and polished than to take them out of the world.
“Well then, keep the female slaves hidden a little longer. If I make my side stronger, the enemy should be weakened, right? Let’s push the adventurer’s guild and the mercenary corps who don’t like me to the southern pirate sweep.”
After all, when there was a war, the adventurer’s guild and the mercenary corps were always interested in money.
Since the northern expedition was led by Prince Oh, he was able to select which adventurer’s guild and mercenary group to join.
Those who were not selected would naturally head south.
“And!”
Spia and Tria were amazed.
As Jason said, it wasn’t simple money making.
It wasn’t even about pushing Prince Oh.
Now Jason was drawing the bigger picture.
He was a political tactic to increase the armed forces that favored him and bring about the downfall of those that did not.
Spear said with admiration.
“Bocchan is really great. How did you come up with this idea? Even an aristocrat who has been in politics for decades would not have thought of that.”
“If you are in need, it works.”
“There are many people in need in the empire, but no one would have thought of this?”
Jason was getting used to the admiration and surprise of other women now.
It was to the point where I thought I might get tired of it later.
“Originally, one’s strength and power are the most important. There’s nothing wrong with having a lot of allies. With that in mind, I came up with a plan.”
And Jason said all the ideas, leaving the rest to the practitioners.
“Mr. Tria, please make sure there are no problems with money. Mr. Spia, please check the external contract carefully. So that no one eats our backs.”
“All right.”
Spear and Tria were eager to do something huge that would change the political landscape of the Empire.
It felt as if even the girls had become powerful.
**
Geoffrey, curious about what Jason was doing, called his youngest son again.
And Jason said what has been going on so far.
“War. It’s war You are taking a risky gamble.”
“Yes.”
In Jeffrey’s opinion, the war had too many variables.
Until the war is over, it is impossible to know who will win.
In contrast, drugs and brothels were predictable businesses.
Jeffrey wanted Jason to grow up safely.
But now this was a high-risk, high-return.
“I must win the war. May I help you?”
“You can win the war without your father’s help.”
“It won’t be that easy. There is a reason why the Empire has left the northern threat behind. Even if you borrow the power of the Red Dragon, it won’t be easy.”
“I know.”
The Palmo Empire had many superhumans.
But there was a reason why the empire couldn’t occupy the north.
Even in the North, there were savage superhumans.
Also, there were more monsters in the north because it was cold and shady.
Among those monsters, strong monsters that even superhumans couldn’t guarantee victory came out of the dungeon.
It was rumored that some savages were protected by sacrificing humans to monsters.
“If Prince Oh becomes the crown prince, it will be really worth seeing.”
“Yes. Although the last power of the current emperor is the emperor. After all, it is not that people who do practical work have little power.”
Jeffrey nodded his head a few times before speaking.
“I will take care of it. Always be careful. Just like war has many variables. So is politics. The internal affairs of the imperial family are much more complicated than they appear from the outside. It could be worse than living with your brothers and sisters. And in such an environment, you grow up to be a person who smiles on the outside and keeps calculating on the inside.”
Jason nodded.
That person was himself.
When he learned that his brothers and sisters were former enemies in childhood, he became a more sober person.
“If you fail, don’t worry. There is something to be learned from failure.”
“I’m worried that I won’t be able to learn from them because I didn’t fail.”
His father looked proudly at his youngest son.
**
The political maneuvering proceeded slowly and surely.
Prince Fifth Idad Palmo argued that the barbarians in the northern part of the Empire had always been a threat to the Empire and that the number of barbarians should be reduced by going beyond the Wall from time to time.
The other princes and princesses wondered why Prince Oh was suddenly saying this.
The northern part of the Empire was always a dangerous place anyway.
They didn’t think it was necessary to go there.
However, Emperor Zhu Tema believed that Prince Oh was right.
And the person who spoke up asked if I would try it.
The prince objected.
Now is not the right time for a war because the price of magic consumables has risen a lot.
Prince Oh simply refuted the prince’s argument by saying that one of Jason’s mage towers had decided to take charge of it.
As Jason predicted, magic consumables now cost 1.9 times more than before.
Doubling the price was an ambiguous raised price.
Jason stole one of the magic towers that produced love gels and hand pushes and made a contract to produce magic consumables and supply them to the army at 1.5 times the price.
Even in the military, the consumption of magic consumables was high, so it became money for Jason anyway due to the principle of separation.
The prince thought that the northern expedition was dangerous and likely to fail, so he did not object further.
The entire empire was in an uproar.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been trying to wage a war in the Palmo Empire.
It gave people anticipation and fear at the same time.
