Chapter 270: Enclosure
It has been a long time since we met here in Nambonan.
Long time no see, Viscount Galiana.
After taking a break from my pleasant conversation with Count Nongaite, I approached the Galiana family.
After greeting them in a casual manner, we quickly moved on to chatting without starting a conversational battle.
Viscount Galiana, smiling wryly, was standing next to Princess Torch, who was snuggled up next to him.
I heard from my father that you have officially taken Princess Torch to be your wife.
Yes, congratulations. Thanks to the work of Wilhelm, I have been able to marry her.Haha.
I have been crushing Spierzeig's army following Operation Fang and Operation Jaw. A big change considering the long-standing emphasis on Aterahan.
At this time, Viscount Galiana made the decision to make Torch his lawful wifehis.
Torch was originally a princess of the Galiana collateral family, but after the Fang operation, she joined the Galiana family as the adopted daughter of the current head of the family. She replaced Deanlissi, who was stripped of his position as the next head of the family due to a rebellion.
Until now, she has not been his legitimate wife. Officially, she is just the next head of the Galliana family. It could be said that the replacement has left room for excuses, to show that she is more of an Aterahan, rather than a Quardenze, when the time comes. To put it bluntly, it was less than the size of a cat's forehead, but the Galliana people just couldn't give up.
Nevertheless, Torch's decision to become a full-fledged wife seems to have been accepted without any confusion.The results of Operation Jaw had such an impact that it overturned the petty self-defense of the genuine Galliana family members.
No, Viscount Galliana was holding Torch around even though they were not in a marital relationship, which is not particularly problematic.
If she had gotten pregnant, he would have said, “I don't know, but I heard that Princess Torch conceived a child. That's strange. I don't know, but I tried to give birth to her and she was the main That's strange. But if it is Princess Torch's child and she is the main ancestor, there is no problem in terms of bloodline if she is the heir. It's because the stupid logic of “I'm so happy for you” Is adopted It was obvious to everyone that she was the seed of Viscount Galiana, but no one would go into that area.
When you unravel the genealogy of an aristocrat family, you will find that the child of a curious lineage does appear from time to time. Way that would affect the pride of a noble girl. Since none of the noble families disclose the exact number of their main ancestors, it is impossible to know what happened, and since it is a matter related to reproduction, the people around them do not say anything wild.
In any case, Galliana Milord was able to enter the Galliana family both in name and in reality.
I hope that you will continue to be a good friend to our family in the future.
The Torch, surprisingly, was leaning in toward Viscount Galiana with a look of contentment on his face as he said this.It was hardly a performance to show off the intimacy of the couple.It seemed to me that he was being naturally played.
Of course. That's what my Quardenze would like to see, too.
The torch was strangely sexy. She has the face of a female. She must be getting plenty of love in bed every night, just as she did in King's Landing.
But still, from this old man's point of view, Torch must not be a very trustworthy existence. As expected, he is not killing his family members all over the place like I am, but there is no chance that he will be assassinated.
Nevertheless, he is too manly to be hugging me day after day, night after night. His vigorous breeding spirit is probably one of the best in the world of seeding uncles.
While I was chatting with him, with a mixture of such insistence, Viscount Galiana interrupted me with a smile, “By the way, how's the food procurement going?
By the way, is everything going well with the food procurement?”
It was a behind-the-scenes story about Operation Jaw.
I was not going to incur the resentment of the Spierzeig people for excessive local procurement, especially since I was pretending to be a member of the Voivisla Liberation Army. More food. I don't care if they give it away for free to the local people if they have any left over, so just send it in anyway. Even if I had retreated, I would have been able to incite discontent against the Spiaseik family and increase the number of informants.
After the fall of Othellia, I asked my father to send food at random to reduce the chaos. If the war was to come to an end, military spending would be somewhat buoyant. I asked him to use the money for food until the annexation of the territories could begin.
Yes, the men of Nambonan worked very hard.
The Nambonan merchants were the first to respond to this request.
The Quardenze family was willing to pay, so the more they bought, the more they could make. Not wanting to miss out on this business opportunity, they gathered food from all over the country and brought it to the Vojstra Plain.
As a result, they received such a large amount of food that they were stunned beyond admiration at how they had managed to gather so much in such a short period of time.
It seems so. They seem to be moving around energetically.
Viscount Galiana has many eyes and ears in the commoner circles. The network of information that the spider had established was highly accurate. It was easy for him to detect that the Nambonan merchants had begun to move to secure food.
Thanks to this, the city of Vedderberg, which was served as a transit point, is now overflowing with sacks of wheat that have been brought into the city.
That's interesting. Was it the idea of Mr. Wilk?
Yes, well.
The people of Spierzeig are not starving, but the objective fact that there is a surplus of food is a source of reassurance. At the very least, they must have felt that there was little chance of their reserves being taken by the Quardenze forces.
When I explained my aims in this regard, Viscount Galiana nodded several times with interest.
I think it's a very typical idea of Lord Wilke, who wishes for the well-being of the territory and its people,” He said. It would be a relief if there was visible food on the ground. It's a good way to quickly get a hold of the hearts and minds of the people who are confused by the sudden warfare. The only thing is that the price of wheat has gone up quite a bit as a result.
The Quardenze territory has a vast granary, and its production is one of the largest on the continent. If we were to be generous and buy all the wheat we can get our hands on, the market price would naturally skyrocket.
Yes, we also told the Spiaseiks not to disrupt the territory, not to let the people starve, and not to export food before the ceasefire. Operation Jaw is timed from summer to fall, which coincides with the wheat harvest in the Vojstra Plain. Means that the new wheat harvested this year has barely left the territory. It was natural that the price of wheat would rise.
I had learned this from a letter from Roomon.
I learned from Roomon in a letter that Viscount Galiana immediately took advantage of Quardenze's move and used his merchants to buy up food from all over the continent. This is exactly what I mean when I say that I am quick to see an opportunity. Not the only one to blame for the sharp rise in prices,” He said.
“In addition, I hear that crops are not producing well in some areas this year. That must have a big impact.
I'm sure that's true. I am sure that even in the south, a certain amount of crop failure was anticipated in advance. However, they probably did not expect prices to rise so high at this time of the year.
It had been predicted for some time, but as I had heard, there was a crop failure in the south of the continent. Under these circumstances, Nambonan and Galiana merchants competed with each other to buy wheat from the east and west of the continent, and the market must have been in a terrible state.
The free cities would be in an unprecedented predicament if no food supply was coming in from the south, and the war between the nobles would undoubtedly intensify. What do you think of …… Wilk?”
I am glad I was born in the Quardenze territory. I hope you don't have a heck of a region that would cause such a fight for food, whether you are a lord or a citizen of the region.
And I can't help but say that I am too frank about that.
The point being questioned is that the Quardenze family is cornering the free city cluster, albeit indirectly. Paradoxically, the Quardenzes now have a very strong initiative in terms of controlling food.
This is not surprising when one thinks about it. Considering that the Spierzeik family is under the influence of the Kuordenze family, it is as if they control two of the continent's most important breadbasket regions, the Lidea Plain and the Vojstra Plain.
I see what you mean, Viscount Galiana.
I realized that the economic power of the central part of the ………… Continent is far greater than I had imagined.”
In short, it could be said that I was unknowingly launching a new attack against the free cities in the form of economic sanctions.
The Viscount Galiana seems to have understood what I am trying to say, though I can't say anything too noisy because there are officials of the Nongite family around who are listening in. He is smiling happily.
The Zeldmitra family will be delighted with this opportunity.
The old man is probably suggesting that they should take advantage of this situation, which came about by chance, and sell their gratitude. The Quardenzes have put a ban on food exports for the benefit of the Zeldmitra family.
The Zeldmitra family is the one that tries to invade the independent noble families of the free city cluster whenever they see an opportunity. They would welcome with open arms if they could crush each other's targets of their raids. For the support of the Quardenze family.
If the impact of the food shortage is greater than imagined and the Zeldmitra family is serious about expanding south, that would be great. If they are going to wage a war of aggression, they will want to avoid trouble in the kingdom area, and they will want to keep relations with us on a good note.
There is also the concern that Zeldmietra will become huge, but annexing a war-torn and battered land will take a great deal of time to heal. Quardentse, which has devoured the tasty Vojstra Plain, will recover much more quickly.
In the face of a major project like the annexation of Spierzeig territory, we want to eliminate risk as much as possible. If we have the opportunity to have one of the kingdom's five major noble families on our side, we should make the most of it .
As I indicated in the preamble to the peace treaty, my first priority is to act in the interest of the peace of the Domain and its people. And in order to achieve this, I think it is important first of all not to let anyone starve Now that there is concern about famine in the south, we cannot neglect securing food.”
With this logic, the Spiaseik family can also forbid the export of food outside their territory. , They would be able to put pressure on them with no problem at all.
I think it is a very admirable idea. I am sure the Marquis will support the idea.
By “Marquis,” He probably meant the Marquis of Zeldmietra, not my father.
The ban on food exports outside the territory is a result of the principles of the peace treaty. In other words, welcoming the embargo against the Free City Cluster can be said to be synonymous with agreeing to the peace between the Quardenze and Spierzeig families. Was a very strong move.
If you are willing to make an offer, my Galiana will be more than happy to help.
The Galiana family can make money by reselling the food they have, but they are also willing to participate in the embargo at the request of Quardenze. He is a shrewd old man.
What did you tell my father about this?
No, nothing yet. It was just an idea I had on the spur of the moment.
The reason why he dared to talk about it here must be to show the relationship between the Quardenze and Galiana families to the Nongaite family.
The other part of the story is that maybe they thought I was quicker to understand them than they were.
However, the actual plan is just to secure the safety of the Quardenze family by using the free city counties as bait. If I explain it properly, my father will understand immediately.
I understand. I'll let him know.
I thought Viscount Galiana's proposal was worth considering. Although I do feel a little sympathy for the free cities that will suffer for our benefit.
However, the suffering will continue for a long time because small aristocratic families are always fighting wars to the extent that they don't die slowly.It would be better for the people of the city if such noble families were destroyed, and in the long run, fewer lives would be lost. It is inevitable that they should be killed for humanitarian reasons.
Or, the aristocrats in the south might criticize us for the embargo, but that is precisely the wrong thing to do. It is the lords who are at fault because they cannot even protect their own people.
The Free Cities are neither friend nor foe of the Quardenzes, so there is no need to send them salt.
So, there is no need to send salt to the Quardenzes.
