Mawanga’s Secret Real Estate 230

Chapter 230 – Chapter 21 – Eastern Reconstruction

“Are you deliberately reducing the amount supplied to the West?”

Yulia put on an expression of complete incomprehension.
If you, and others, say you want something but you can’t buy it because it runs out in an instant, if you’re told that you don’t even make it anymore.
I don’t know for sure, but I felt like I was annoyed and angry again for some reason.

Yulia had always thought that the most important thing in selling goods was a stable supply.
Wasn’t it only then that there were people who bought it on a regular basis, and that way, when the kite reached, the rent could be increased little by little.

“That feeling just a moment ago. That’s the correct answer Julia.”
“Yeah?”
“I have the money and the ability to buy it and maintain it, but I couldn’t buy it because it was too late. Anything other than jewelry. Think of it as something Yulia needs most. How do you feel?”
“… Tell me what are you doing Of course it’s annoying.”

At least it’s Yulia, so I’m annoyed, so I’ll stop at the ceremony.
I can assure you that the nobles of the kingdom would go crazy if they said they couldn’t get the limited edition.
Even the aristocrat who had a secret rivalry with me bought it, but I couldn’t?
There is no more terrible nightmare than that for those who are united by vanity.
And later, you will think that you will buy things unconditionally quickly and expensively.

Klaus hinted to Julia that he was aiming for that part.
At that, Yulia tilted her head, wondering if that was something that would make her angry and dissatisfied.
Of course, it’s understandable to be upset about not being able to buy something.
But that’s just something that should end up being a bad buy, so I don’t think there’s any need to think about whether or not to buy it unconditionally.

“… Am I weird? Why can’t I understand?”
“You don’t have to understand. No, please don’t understand. If you get stained with that, you will be in big trouble.”

One of the reasons why Julia later becomes the most popular and trusted demon king in the East.
It was because she was a woman of great power and did not enjoy the luxury of being a woman.
I don’t know if it’s because she had a hard time or if it’s her original personality.
She hated being over-decorated or adorning herself with all kinds of jewels.
To make Klaus look more beautiful, he put on some jewels, but it was just right for the very basic level of maintaining dignity in the position of king.

“Anyway, if you do it in moderation, the nobles will buy it on their own. Of course, it is necessary to put out better and better products to encourage their competition, and sometimes it is necessary to give away a little for gift purposes rather than selling more.”
“Something is strange. What do you know so well? As far as I know, Klaus, I heard that you are a man who is far from luxury in the first place, but you seem to have a clear understanding of it.”
“The actions of nobles are so frustrating and noble that I investigated to find some weaknesses.”

After answering the prepared answer, Yulia said ah, and nodded her head without much doubt.
Yulia, who thought for a moment, said that it would go ahead like that and added that it would be necessary to find artisans who would make the jewelry even more beautiful.
Of course, those artisans were already after Klaus had finished his investigation.

“And one more. We certainly intend to expand the volume of trade, but we do not intend to increase it indiscriminately to the point where it becomes unmanageable. If there is something to be gained, there are many ways to get out.”
“I guess so. If trade is resumed right away, there is a high possibility that the food self-sufficiency part of the East that has barely grown will sink again. It is true that they are less competitive than Western crops.”
“There are other problems as well, Yulia.”
“I know. Are you wary of various news from the East flowing into the West?”

Klaus nodded his head to indicate that he was correct at Yulia’s answer.

Trade is not just for the purpose of making money.
Klaus had the idea of ​​getting information about the West a little easier through that route and secretly bringing in old comrades who wanted to follow him here.
Conversely, the West will be frantic to steal information from the East and will use trade.
You can’t just get it, so you give what you have to give, but don’t see excessive damage instead.
That part also coincided with the ruling ideology of Yulia.

“Let’s start trading like this, Klaus. Even if you talk about it for a hundred days, you don’t know how the situation will change. The rest will be decided after figuring out the dynamics of the west side in the future.”
“All right. Then, let’s pause the royal trade for a while and move on to the next one.”
“What if next?”
“It’s something that makes the inside more solid.”

Then Yulia tilted her head for a moment before opening her mouth.

“There is nothing that comes to mind right now. Am I not qualified as a demon king?”
“Nope. It must have been something Julia hadn’t even thought of. I mean salt, salt.”
“Salt?”

Yulia, who at first showed a look of bewilderment at the unexpected word.
But I soon realized what Klaus was thinking when he said the word.

The East produces very little salt on its own compared to the West.
The amount produced in the sea right away, as well as the salt mines with rock salt, were comparable to those in the West.

Whether it is a demon or a human, a fairy or a beast, salt is an essential commodity.
An extremely important object that is not simply used to flavor food, but is connected to life and death.
So the East had been importing salt from the West until the past.
Before the Continental War, the price gradually increased, and dissatisfaction piled up, and even during the war, there were even attempts to occupy the western salt mines or coastal areas that could produce bay salt.

“Currently, the East is producing its own salt, but it can’t be said to be plentiful.”
“… Yes. It’s not lacking, but it’s still expensive compared to other necessities.”
“If trade resumes, the West will most likely take this opportunity to dominate the East with salt, as before. They are not stupid either, so they know what the east side lacks and what they need.”
“But it is unavoidable. We know salt production is low in the East, but there is no solution. It’s salty because it’s dried well by pumping seawater! Isn’t that what you’re doing? The weather is also important, and we need a terrain that can draw and store that much sea water. It doesn’t exist in the East. It is too restrictive.”
“…”
“Salt mines are absurdly few compared to the West. There were countless nobles who wanted to make a lot of money out of salt, and they investigated every possible place. The results were disastrous.”

In the unlikely event that a salt mine is discovered within the domain you are responsible for.
By paying a certain amount of tax to the royal family, you can claim it completely.
Because of this, demon nobles in the past wandered around in search of salt mines.
The results, as Yulia said, were all absurd.

“Jewelry has long been said to be the specialty of the East, but salt is different. Unless the western and eastern lands change, it will be difficult, Klaus.”
“But if salt is managed directly by the royal family, you can accumulate great wealth.”
“I’ve been looking for them all. There is no single suitable place…”
“I guess I haven’t looked for one properly yet.”

It was the moment when Yulia shook her head at the sudden answer.
Listening to Klaus’ words and seeing his expression, he suddenly remembered a place that he, the nobles, and even the previous kings had missed.

“Uh… Maybe Klaus? Isn’t it?”
“That might be right. As far as I know, since the foundation of the country was laid in the East, there has been no particular expansion project, and no nobleman dared to investigate even the holy land.”

Tok tok -.

Klaus’s finger points to a part of the map.
That place could be called the heart of the East, right here in the Devil’s Castle.

“…”

Yulia, who blinked for a moment, looked at Klaus as if he was serious.
I mean, let’s dig up the Devil’s Castle area, not anywhere else.
It’s not even far away, it’s really pointing to the place right next to the Devil’s Castle!

“Hey, Klaus. But there is such a thing as the king’s authority, but to do it right next to him…”
“Does authority feed, or does it make money? Isn’t the Mawangseong area the same as it used to be? If only one salt mine were to come out here, everything would be the property of the royal family, with no one to raise any questions about.”

The question arises, how can you be sure when you’ve never looked at the ground?
It was only natural that even those who lived in the East couldn’t even think of it.
Isn’t Klaus talking as if a large amount of salt is sleeping between the mountains?

“Actually, Aufen, I found this while cleaning out that traitor’s quarters.”

For this very moment, Klaus decided to take advantage of the already dead and silent man.
He’s a traitor anyway, so there’s nothing wrong with another bad thing being revealed after he’s dead.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you put everything on this guy and suck the sweet water yourself?

Meanwhile, Yulia, who was checking the papers Klaus held out, frowned.
The document seemed to be from a long time ago, but it was revealed that Aufen tried to hide something by even writing a command saying, ‘The mountains in the north of the castle have superb views, so don’t touch them.’

“To roughly predict, Aufen at that time was weak, and most of all, it was the time when Yulia’s father was still correcting it. In many ways, isn’t it full of nuances that it would be difficult if the demon king gains power?”
“… What on earth was this man thinking to write such a command…”

When her thoughts reached that point, Yulia seemed to sense that something was suspicious.
After thinking about it for a while, she came to the idea that she had nothing to lose anyway, so let’s just do it.
It may seem a bit unsightly for a king to take the lead in digging up the vicinity of the Devil’s Castle, but I changed my mind that if this could make life in the east even more prosperous, I could even tear down and dig up my own castle.

“If you’re going to do something, you have to be sure. I’m going to appoint a manager right away and let the work go ahead. Aufen, if my goddamn uncle, such a cautious coward, even leaves a document like this, it must mean that there is something.”
“So that’s what I’m saying, too, isn’t it?”

The dead don’t talk, it doesn’t matter if you use them.
He wouldn’t even feel the need to doubt him since he was the enemy of this side.
And in fact, on that mountain not far from Mawangseong, there is a huge salt mine.

She said to remove the bullhorn as well. Julia said that she wanted to check it right away, and she told her to wait a moment, then she left the office.
Klaus looked at the scene for a while and gently picked up the document he had shown to Yulia.

– The skill, ‘Forge’ has been completed. –
– No one, including the person concerned, can distinguish what is real and what is fake. –

Would you say that this is good document forgery?
Klaus laughed at that thought.