Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans

He knew better than anyone that it was not for self-interest.

“Well, just kidding. I want to gradually come inland and grow exchanges. Especially Germania. I want to put the work in advance.”

“A.C? do you mean trade? I think it’s too hasty. Can we afford that?”

Griff covered his mouth with the back of his hand and spoke in a whisper.

“This is a real secret, but we already do it.”

“what?”

“Edar is not a fool, are you still tending the vegetable garden? You are taking care of things on your own. I am helping out with that.”

“I didn’t know.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked with an eyebrow.

Griff answered with a narrowed-eyed grin.

“We don’t have to share everything with each other, do we? As long as we don’t hide it from our great master.”

It’s also f*cking blind.

Wasn’t he actually taking advantage of himself by saying he was helping?

Gerhard’s expression crumpled.

“f*cking child.”

“thank you.”

Exaggeratedly, he bowed deeply and placed his right hand on his chest.

“Anyway, don’t forget your promise.”

“Damn it… I got it.”

“great. Then go talk to Edar-nim.”

Gerhard frowned.

“Why? Isn’t it just an extra burden on His Majesty?”

Grif pushed Gerhard’s back while clicking his tongue.

“sure? Are you going to struggle alone and fail? If you are a military commander or a governor, what if you show off and kick a small gourd?”

“mmm…”

Gerhard held on so as not to be pushed back, tried to shout that he would not fail, but kept his mouth shut.

As you said, if something goes wrong, there is no shame.

“Don’t push. I go in myself.”

“yes. yes. Good job.”

After taking a long sigh and straightening my back, I entered the Yeongju Hall.

In the Yeongju Hall where the family members left, only a few candles glowed softly.

The coolness of the evening was creeping in.

“your majesty. I am Gehard.”

He knocked cautiously on the door of the office.

“Gehard? Come in.”

When I opened the door, there was a light brighter than the hall.

Edar was sitting at his desk in his office writing a document.

Seeing that, Gehard’s respect welled up in his heart.

Even a single clerk would not work harder than Edar.

Edar was clearly tired from sitting and working all day.

However, it seemed that rest did not find its place in his desire.

An occasional break is about eating dried fruit in a bowl.

‘It’s really great patience and moderation.’

“…”

And Calliope, standing next to him, saw Gerhard.

He flinched at the sight of his dark blue eyes.

I read that there is a rebuke in the corner of my eye.

Are you burdening my master again?

‘Umm… that’s bloody.’

Although Gerhard prided himself on using his strength, it was difficult for him to dare to raise his head in front of Calliope.

If Edar’s hidden energy felt like a monarch to Gerhard, then Calliope’s energy was the intimidation of a beast.

Gerhard nodded and went inside.

Only then did Edar stop the pen and raise his face.

“Didn’t you say you were going back to the North? What happened?”

“I came back because I wanted to ask you something.”

“okay? Come closer and sit down.”

He pointed to a chair and pushed the fruit bowl in front of it.

Gerhard sat down and picked up a piece of dried fruit.

And as I was about to bring up the story, my eyes went to the document.

The document that Edar was just filling out was full of letters.

“What are you doing?”

“You mean this?”

Edar handed over the document to Gerhard.

“It is to organize knowledge.”

The document ran into dozens of pages.

The first chapter had a large drawing of herbs at the top.

Under the picture, the letters were packed.

The contents included the names of herbs, their efficacy, recipes and precautions.

“Isn’t that herbalism?”

“That’s the part that is being sorted out now. What was organized before this is farming.”

“Agriculture?”

“okay. I am organizing everything I know, including herbs and farming. Those things that are of great help to the people without being a problem even if they are known to the enemy.”

Edar said encyclopedia, collectively.

“Knowledge and power are not different. Knowledge is power. I will spread this so that my people can read it. When the paper mill’s output stabilizes, we will build a printing press and print it under the name of an encyclopedia.”

“But… how many of the people of the territory can read?”

“Education should go hand in hand with that. Create a system for that.”

It won’t be easy, I muttered involuntarily.

Edar let out a laugh.

“right. It is not easy. Even if you make it like this, you won’t be able to read it right away. But, like now, when you have time, you have to make them one by one so that you can prepare for the future.”

“You seem to be overdoing it. Resting for a little while, he did it…”

I raised my hand to cut off Gerhard’s words.

“A monarch I remember once said this. ‘The monarch is the first servant of the state’.”

Edar took out a packet of tobacco from his inside pocket and placed it on the table.

“I love this word. There were too many people around me who didn’t understand this.”

“Is that so?”

“Even if you do your duty, what if it becomes futile because of my fault?”

“…”

He put a cigarette in his mouth and put it on a candle to make a fire.

Gerhard refrained from replying that he didn’t care.

Because I knew that wasn’t the answer my master was looking for.

Seeing his expression with his mouth firmly shut, Edar ate.

“You will answer that it is okay. But most people don’t. Disappointed, resentful, rebuked. My life before becoming Edar was like that. I was a responsible person, but those around me were not.”

‘Life before becoming Edar.’

Gerhard swallowed his saliva.

The subordinates knew vaguely.

That Edar had a life that could be called a previous life.

Edar was open to his family, but he didn’t bother to talk about his past life, so none of his family knew about it in detail.

Gerhard was nervous because he seemed to be learning the master’s secret that the rest of his family didn’t know.

Glancing at Calliope, she reacted the same way.

Edar stroked his chin and recalled the memory.

“I lived as a one-eyed person in the country of the blind. In such a country, you have to imitate a one-eyed blind man. Otherwise, you will be worse than a blind man.”

He took a long inhalation of tobacco and exhaled even longer.

A bitterness permeated the office.

“Now I am sitting in the seat of the crowd. The world is the country of the blind as before. But I have the strength to overcome blindness. Would you still live by imitating the blind?”

“…”

Calliope put her hand on Edar’s shoulder.

Edar, who tilted the teacup to quench his thirst, shook his head.

“It’s been a long time. I just made the atmosphere serious.”

“no.”

“No. So, what did you come back to ask?”

Gerhard told the story he exchanged with Griff.

He wants to build an industrial park in northern Wallachia.

He also revealed plans to build an industrial complex.

“Manufacture.”

Edar nodded.

“In other words, factory-made handicrafts. It is a method of hiring workers who use equipment in a space where a large number of facilities such as weaving machines are gathered.”

“you’re right.”

“However, your method has the feel of a workshop where artisans gather and work on a large scale. Is it really necessary?”

Gerhard blinked without answering.

“It takes a lot of time for one artisan to make a single product from start to finish. Wouldn’t it be better to separate the processes so that one worker is in charge of only one process?”

The leather cutter only cuts the leather,

A driller only drills a hole,

A seamstress only sews.

Even if you don’t know the whole process, you should be able to do individual work easily.

“Indeed… it is.”

Edar pressed the smoked tobacco into the ash.

“Try it. I like the plan quite a bit.”

“Is there anything else I should be concerned about?”

“well.”

I looked at Gerhard with a smile.

Even though it was a laugh, Gerhard felt it was too heavy.

“Gehard, you are the governor. I gave you all the power I could give you. You have to work yourself. Do you know what I mean?”

“I will repay your trust, Your Majesty.”

###

Gerhard returned to Turan.

After several days of accumulated work, the administration was restored.

The administration had the effect of calling back officials who had fled.

They were less efficient than their peers, but they were numerous.

When the numbers were in place, the administration that had been pushing was quickly released.

‘At this point, I guess I can leave.’

After gaining administrative power, he traveled around the North to find a site.

I went around looking for a good environment to create an industrial complex.

All members of the Japanese Government-General were mobilized to select the site.

“This place is already a home-made industry, and there are many families dealing with hemp fabrics.”

“The environment has a small temperature difference, a river flows nearby, and the water quality is good.”

“hmm. The cotton industry can be added to the existing industry.”

It was not the end of selecting a place to build a complex.

“Gehard, where are you going to get the raw materials?”

“I will have to import it right now. But shouldn’t we be self-sufficient if possible?”

“Then let’s examine that too.”

The Government General also found a place where raw materials could be produced.

“As expected, silk comes first. It’s expensive.”

“To produce our own silk, we need to grow a mulberry plantation.”

“In places where winters are relatively warm, young mulberry trees do not freeze, so I think this is the best place to grow a farm.”

If possible, do it from start to finish.

The Japanese Government General planned to supply raw materials directly.

‘Pasimea solved it by collecting rags from all over the country. I’ll take a longer-term look.’

First, several farmers were selected to take care of the tree farm.

The land is leased free of charge to selected farmers,

Subsidize maintenance costs for the gardener who will take care of the leased land,

When the mulberry tree grows, he promised to provide silkworm eggs.

“If it’s still not enough, they say they’ll buy all the silk produced.”

“I think you should also consider customs and duty-free benefits.”

“No. That’s too much.”

“We are not the owners of the farm. Even if you stay still, money comes in, so you should work properly?”

“It would be better if we managed it.”

“You’re doing this because that doesn’t work, man.”

After supplying raw materials, workers were recruited.

While the farm was being built, the factory was being built.

As soon as the factory is completed, workers must be put in.

Settlement support similar to the Great Plains drew people from all over the North.

“You can’t be too supportive.”

“We can’t take away the migrants going to Olymus.”

“The role of the North is to assist the Great Plains, so it should be adjusted appropriately.”

The Japanese Government-General of Korea placed migrants in dozens of divisions of labor.

The plant exceeded expectations from the first day of operation.

It was about to stop operation due to lack of materials.

“It will take time for the trees to grow, so we will have to rely on imports for raw materials this year only.”

“I’ll have to ask for more convoys.”

Gehard issued an order to Edar in the name of the government general.

It was not one or two chapters because it was full of the process and achievements of the past.

It was a burdensome amount to send to the family, so I asked the transport team.

Zhang Gui returned with a reply on the third day after sending it.

A short note came through Griff’s familiar.

– excellent.

That was all, but the Government General cheered.

###

Soon the short spring has passed and the long summer has arrived.

The tree farm’s young trees were still in full swing.

On the other hand, factories spun fabrics without stopping.

Carriages loaded the fabric and took it to the plains.

“Would you like to build another factory soon?”

“Rather than that, it is better to migrate to the Great Plains…”

“Reclamation of swamps to farmland…”

“Have you heard that Pasimea made something else?”

The Government General continued its work day and night as usual.

Gerhard tilted his teacup while reading the report in the middle.

And then, a servant came in and put down a book.

“hmm?”

A seal stamped on the wax that sealed the book.

Seeing the seal, Gehard narrowed his eyes.

He took the dagger out of his pocket and carefully opened it.

After reading his thoughts, the Japanese government-general’s family members stopped arguing.

Gerhard rolled up the book he had finished reading and tied it to a string.

“Griff.”

With a snap, the black kite that had been dozing on the window sill woke up.

kireuk?

Gerhard handed out a letter to the kite who was tilting his head.

“Wallokia.”

The kite spread its wings and glided to catch the letter.

“Tell His Majesty that Wallochia has moved.”

Servant of the Kindred

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‘Gehard got excited.’

I smiled as I read the report sent by the Governor-General of Turan.

I had read it last month, but looking at it again, it was a neat report.

Creating an industrial park was also considered by me.

However, it was postponed because it was judged to lack administrative power.

Gerhard and the Government General did just that.

‘It’s a little small, but I mean.’

I said industrial complex, but it’s not that big.

It is not an era where mechanical engineering has developed like the industrial revolution of the previous life.

It was nothing more than putting looms in one place and dividing the work.

‘It’s completely different from the overwhelming appearance of a factory being comparable to the size of a city, or a single factory covering the entire country’s output.’

To put it bluntly, it was the result of integrating and abolishing the domestic handicrafts scattered throughout the northern part, so it was a natural result.

‘Of course, that alone is an achievement and productivity has increased significantly.’

The report also recorded how many fabrics were produced per day, but the numbers were exceptionally thick as if the pen had been pressed hard while writing the figures.

I wanted to emphasize that I was proud of my own achievements.

‘A grown-up guy is like a child.’

I pictured Gerhard shrugging in my head and smiled.

‘I’ll have to build it in the Great Plains next time.’

The place the Japanese Government-General selected as the site for the factory was not a very good location.

Considered a suitable site by Northern Wallochian standards.

The Great Plains were full of better lots.

‘The barrenness of the north makes it difficult to support a large population. In addition, the transportation is not good geographically, so importing and exporting is inconvenient.’

Above all, there was no reason to build a large-scale city in the north.

If you do, you should build it in the Great Plains to increase population density.

I thought for a while and then yawned.

‘I have a family, so somehow things work out.’

In the previous episode, where there were no followers, I had to do my best by myself.

No matter how much you act like a superhuman, if you have only one body, there will always be a limit.

Things have never gone as smoothly as they do now.

‘No, it’s not to the point of saying it’s easy…’

He smiled bitterly.

Was there ever a time when you were held in check like now?

I recalled the storms I had experienced in just over half a year.

On the first day in office, he was dragged into the representative system,

A few days later, Earl Dorin invaded,

He also conquered Ugdash and northern Wallochia shortly afterwards.

It was a series of breathtakingly fast developments.

‘It’s fortunate that it’s been quiet lately.’

The past few months have been peace itself.

Although sabotage of the representative system continued throughout the Great Plains.

At least there was no official armed conflict.

‘Thanks to that, I was able to mobilize my followers to my heart’s content, so the work was easy.’

A lot has been done during this peaceful period.

More than 3,000 migrants were accepted,

6 additional large grain warehouses were built to prepare for grain harvesting,

Build a highway connecting Olymus and Turan,

A weaving machine is provided to each house…

‘I hope this kind of peace continues in the future, but it will be difficult.’

It was time for Wallochia to move.

The North was conquered by a force, and there is no reaction.

Even more so, the conqueror was an outsider and was of Sudret’s blood.