Chapter 141 – Chapter 141 ― Just Bad Luck (1)
Episode 141 ― Just Bad Luck (1)
“Farming is impossible on this land.”
An old man shook his head.
His hair is white and his face is full of wrinkles, but his voice is still clear.
Above all, the experience was great.
Boldness and courage to live a long life and not be surprised by anything.
Otherwise,
While everyone is trembling in front of the emperor, it is impossible to remain calm alone.
To an official who saw the emperor’s face for the first time, the man’s words were like disaster.
His voice sharpened at the thought that he could not be humiliated before the emperor.
“What nonsense! What do you dare to know?”
“Is this the land where crops originally grew?”
However, the old man asked the official another question without showing any signs of being intimidated. The goblin official’s eyes widened as if they were going to pop out.
The papers in his hands trembled with anger. It was a document containing details about the test field to be reported to the emperor.
Not noticing that it was crumpling, the goblin glared at the human as if it were going to eat them.
“Your bastard has lost his fear.”
It was just when he was about to take a step forward.
Next to him
A low, soft voice was heard.
“Old man. Why do you think so If the soil here is strange, it can be solved with magic. It is a test for that.”
Everyone turned to the emperor with surprised eyes.
The human old man, who was talking bluntly to the official, seemed to recognize only the emperor, and he lowered his stiff head and said,
“Yes. I heard an explanation from the manager. But that’s not the case. Have any crops grown here? It probably didn’t.”
“How is it?”
The goblin official, who had been gnashing his teeth quietly, cut his anger and opened his mouth.
“Yes. It is not the land that was originally used to grow crops.”
Ten days ago.
The duke suddenly asked to secure a land as wide as the imperial garden.
Although he was a native Laju official who had never been to the imperial castle, he could only imagine how vast the imperial garden would be.
Even the garden in the castle of the lord of Laju is a magical space that cannot be seen in this Laju. The vast land is entirely covered with green.
Even if you can’t do it, the imperial garden will be bigger than that.
And Laju is a city.
The usable land was already full of people.
As soon as he received the specific number, the goblin official, who had been hurriedly searching for vacant land in the city, eventually apologized repeatedly to the duke and managed to find an empty lot outside the castle, almost close to the slums.
It was close to the river and the space was spacious.
The goblin official, who was confident that he would be liked by the duke and emperor, had already imaginatively received the title of nobility and occupied the position of chancellor.
However, the first human being ever seen,
A human who seems to have no power appears and crushes his dazzling future with his mud feet.
“How did know? The old man.”
Roan asked quietly.
Then the old man calmly explained.
“The terrain is not good. It’s a place that doesn’t drain, and the soil is not good. Your majesty.”
The goblin official’s blushing face turned white when he heard the conversation between the emperor and the old man.
After all, the Eastern Emperor is desolate.
Aren’t all lands the same?
I heard that it’s an experiment to fertilize and farm the barren land anyway?
However, after listening to the old man’s words, Roan fell into a panic and looked at the goblin standing there.
“It is not your fault. It wouldn’t have been easy for you to find such a large piece of land in ten days. However, among the people gathered here now, it seems that no one knows more about the land than this old man.”
In unbelievable words,
The goblin official fell flat and trembled.
“I guess that’s what I learn. Anyway, that means we need to find a new land…”
Hearing this, the Eastern Emperor bowed his head, and all the officials, lords, and deputies of the chiefs also bowed their heads.
Only Aina and Diobe, standing far behind the emperor, were looking at the bowed demons with smiles on them.
“Is there a way for the elderly chief?”
“Usually farmland is inherited from generation to generation or has a previous owner, so it is easy to know about the quality of the soil. If that’s not the case, then it’s time to reclaim it…”
The old man, who had been searching for distant memories, answered only when the patience of the demons who bowed their heads in silence began to run out.
“You have to go around and find it yourself. Peha.”
Is that taking so much time!
The demons showed their teeth at the fact that they dared to make the emperor wait. Diobe’s body flinched and tensed at their momentum.
They did not know that it took the old man time to figure out the conditions of the land to be cultivated one by one in his head.
But Roan’s virtue is patient listening.
He answered without any questions or demands.
“I get it.”
Then, an order like Roan’s abstraction fell.
“It seems like the first thing to do is to find a suitable land. The person in charge, together with the old chief and the people he designates, find a suitable land for the test.”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
Rumors of this era are always one step slow and wrong.
Instead of the story of the cold-blooded emperor, rumors about a belatedly hired human and benevolent emperor only recently arrived in the Eastern Hwangryeong.
The demons, who were dubious about the story, were surprised by the emperor’s attitude, which they had never dreamed of.
Roan’s next words were even more surprising to the demons.
“I hate to rush, but time is precious to Jim too. I have to give results before spring soon. So I want you to hurry up.”
Someone freaked out and started to hiccup.
It wasn’t a threat that he would drop his neck if he didn’t do it by tomorrow, or an order to do it right away.
Even the Eastern Hwangryeongju, who is known as the lord who doesn’t exert unreasonable pressure, doesn’t give orders in such a soft tone.
The goblin official, whose blood had gone and his green face turned pale green, replied in a trembling voice.
“Remember… I’ll do it. Your majesty.”
“Good. Then, let Diobe accompany the humans. “
“Your majesty. I have a request for you.”
Upon hearing the command, Diobe took a step forward. The demons’ eyes widened. It is only the people from Basel who look at it casually.
Seeing the human figure stepping out in front of the emperor fearlessly, the demons of the east emperor, including the duke, looked at Diove with her mysterious eyes.
The Eastern Emperor had seen human servants working in Basel’s castle, but they all worked silently.
“Speak.”
“Your Majesty’s command is like the sky, but there may be demons who are surprised to see humans for the first time. Maybe we can get help from other demonic soldiers and knights.”
“Hmm.”
Diobe’s request is reasonable.
Roan turned his gaze to the duke, and the duke nodded his head in agreement.
“All right. Vice-captain Yurus, call out the two to make sure the humans work without problems. These are the ones that His Majesty brought directly.”
“Yes.”
The scar-covered knight who answered was the one who guided Roan into the desert. It seems that he was the vice-captain of the Eastern Emperor’s Knights.
As he disappeared leading the humans along with Diove, Roan shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s not easy from the start.”
“I’m sorry. Your majesty. It’s because I didn’t understand Your Majesty’s will and gave an ambiguous order.”
The demons lined up to the side and behind saw a precious sight once again.
In this Eastern Emperor, the sky-like Duke was constantly bowing his head.
He only apologizes when dealing with his wives.
In other cases, the Eastern Yellow Emperor never bowed his head to anyone.
Because if he does something wrong, it becomes right.
The great lord in the territory is such a being.
But heaven and earth.
No matter how heavenly a great lord was, he bowed his head to the emperor.
And Roan shook his head.
“No. You and the management in charge worked hard. It wouldn’t have been easy to find this much land in this crowded city. In the first place, if you’re someone who can recognize that kind of thing at once, you probably aren’t managing it.”
“Thank you for your kind words.”
It’s already been a week since March.
My heart is urgent, but it doesn’t help whoever I tell it to.
Roan hid his emotions to the point of furrowing his eyebrows.
**
Good news flew by.
It was a report that they found suitable land for planting crops after a few hours of unmanageable companionship with humans.
“… That’s fast.”
“Yes. The old man who gave advice to His Majesty gave some conditions, but the land that met those conditions was limited in this area, so he did not move for long. It saved me a lot of time.”
After hearing the details, Jeokgamgong reported to the emperor.
As if I had made a checklist,
The old man recited several essential conditions in front of the official and asked him to find only a place that fits them.
The number of candidates that met the conditions was small, and luckily, the first place to look around was the ending point.
Of course, I had to give up one condition the old man hadn’t considered…
“Won’t you feel uncomfortable?”
The duke asked cautiously.
The candidate site, where wind, drainage, and sunlight are said to be fine, is an hour away from Laju Castle by carriage. If you ride Kerr at full speed, it will take about 10 minutes, but not everyone is as good at riding Kerr as Roan.
Originally, Roan and the humans were planning to stay at the lord’s castle. However, there have been requests from farmers to stay as close to the fields as possible, and there are no inns or private houses nearby.
So, the duke’s soldiers are making accommodations by setting up large tents.
Once the crop is planted, the magic of time acceleration is activated in the Count’s equipment, shortening the cultivation time.
That’s why farmers have to go out to the fields and check the conditions outside of the time to teach the demons.
That meant that Roan, who had to observe and handle equipment instead of the Count, also had to stay near the field for a while.
Of course, Roan didn’t feel much discomfort.
It’s a waste to waste two hours round trip on the street, whether it’s a subway or a carriage.
Besides, he has never farmed, but he knows how diligent he must be.
How disrespectful it would be if he was the emperor and arrived late. He has no face.
“It doesn’t matter.”
If it was a tent life, I slept curled up like a caterpillar on the frozen ground, relying on poor flooring and a sleeping bag.
Isn’t it even the emperor’s tent?
There is no doubt that it will be more luxurious than Elenir’s tent, which he peeked through the magic ball.
I’ve been asked several times not to do it luxuriously, but it will never be followed. Maybe.
And the very next day.
Roan and the demons arrived at a new inn.
We won’t share the same room, but we’ll be living together for a while.
“You have suffered a lot.”
Congratulating the soldiers for creating a decent lodging in one night, Roan looked at the crumbly ground sparsely covered with shrubs.
He was an unexpected sight for Roan, who thought of the dark-colored dirt fields often seen on the way down to the countryside.
“Then, let me first explain why I chose this terrain.”
A burly young man took a step forward from the crowd of humans.
Bulky shoulders and tanned skin. He was a young man who seemed to have heard that he was overpowering for a human being.
The old man was sitting in the back among the humans, looking at the young man with shining eyes.
“The best land is the land where the plants have grown. The roots make space so they can store water and suck it up. It tolerates less drought and absorbs nutrients better when it is sown in the soil. Beyond that, there are a few other things to consider.”
The demons looked at each other with their eyes wide open at the lecture that started in the blink of an eye.
Roan, who was watching this from the back, smiled.
Because it reminded me of the stupid recruits on the first day of training camp. Fortunately, that assistant doesn’t scream and doesn’t look like a demon.
In conclusion,
Even a quiet tone of voice is enough to annoy the recruit.
The explanation started to take longer than expected.
What terrain should I look for?
What factors should be considered first, and what crops should be grown if they do not fit.
If you grow crops to a certain extent, how will you mix crops and maintain the strength of the land?
It’s embarrassing, but at the end of the explanation, Roan also calmed down for a while.
The Demons who woke up early in the morning and gathered in the clearing were just listening to the assistant’s explanation as if they were bewitched in a daze.
‘I should have brought a notebook.’
Around the time Roan was thinking of preparing a desk or chair.
In the end, one of the demons who couldn’t overcome their annoyance screamed out loud.
“I didn’t come here to hear this! When are you going to plant the crops!”
Humans shrank in the old castle of the demons,
Dio Vega opened her eyes fiercely.
When Roan slowly turned his face to the one who shouted, the demon who raised his voice flinched and looked at the emperor.
However, it was a human being who shouted at them.
“If wheat is simply burned, it becomes bread! After milling and making it step by step, it becomes something!”
Roan had no choice but to open his eyes wide at the thunderbolt-like old man’s words and stare blankly at him.
