After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King

  Chapter 39 Buying and Eating Trees

  It is necessary to establish sustainable trade. For a country, it is naturally good to produce and sell everything by itself, so that it will not be controlled by others.

  But if you want to gradually start building a self-sufficient country from zero to one, then it is a waste of time and resources, and it is not a good choice.

  Producing excessive resources, and then using these resources to trade other necessities needed by the country, this is what many countries choose to do, such as the territory ruled by monsters, the Silvermoon Grove, and the dwarf orcs.

   Except for the empire, there are no exceptions... This naturally does not mean that the empire already owns all materials and grows all crops, but that the empire has no need for trade.

  Because civilians don’t need [rich food] to increase happiness.

   As long as you can eat enough (not starve to death), it is enough.

  The empire has never expected these [materials], which can be consumed at will, to become soldiers fighting for the empire, or to become civil servants who can improve the environment of the empire...even if these civilians are also an indispensable part of the empire.

   "Xiao Ti?"

  Accompanied by Ira's call, the succubus servant in a kneeling posture appeared on this open-air platform. She... no, he quietly waited for Ira's instructions.

   "Ask Xilina and that ghost lady so that they can buy some [poison-eating trees], which is a crop called the ancient priest tree, and tell them that it is a tuber crop that is convenient to grow."

  Ira said so, and Tekap immediately nodded and disappeared here.

   "Poison eating tree, what is that? Ancient priest tree?"

  Under Vera’s question, Ila poked her head out and looked at Tekap, who seemed to be repeating her own words. He explained: “I think I have explained it clearly. It is a tuber crop, just like a taro.”

   "I get it, I was asking about something else..."

Faced with Vera's confusion, Ira also understood what she really wanted to ask, and he said: "It originated from the Silvermoon Tree Garden, and was later widely planted in the territory of the orcs. It looks like a tree. food crops."

   "Although it may not be as delicious as wheat, it is troublesome to eat and requires a lot of processing work, but because of the convenience of planting, I think it is possible to plant ancient priest trees as a substitute for wheat and become one of the foods in the Demon King's Land."

"You only need to cut down the branches of the poisonous eating tree a little, and you can eat them after complex treatment. If you are lucky, you can grow new crops with sufficient rainfall. The ones here The rainfall has been decent.”

   This makes it very clear. Ira thinks that the crop named [Ancient Priest Tree] is very suitable for being planted as a staple food or a supplementary food for blue basil mushrooms.

   "Uh, why didn't I hear you mention this crop when I was in the empire? People in the empire don't eat it at all. If it's easy to grow, why didn't you promote it in the empire?"

  Vera looked at Yila suspiciously. According to his description, this crop is very suitable for poor people as food. Yila should also be a person who cares about the poor.

   "..."

Regarding this, Ira didn't know where to start. He organized the language and said: "In fact, this crop is very popular in the Principality, and the Empire already has black bread as rations, and the nobles don't need it." Civilians are getting more food."

   "And, if I propose the existence of such a thing and want to introduce the empire, then I will first encounter opposition and resistance from the nobles, because this is me, and this is proposed by [Ira]."

  Ira sighed and shook her head helplessly. He looked at Vera who nodded in agreement, and added: "Moreover, this kind of crop is poisonous, and it must be detoxified before it can be eaten."

  "I can foresee that there will definitely be nobles who claim that the civilians under his rule were poisoned to death because of the crops I introduced, and use this to criticize me, and then fall into an endless mutual attack."

It took Yila countless ten years to make the giant beast of the empire grow sharp claws and bone spurs capable of tearing apart other giant beasts, but the rotten sores on this giant beast remained intact. exist.

   Neither the giant beast itself nor its sharp claws can deal with the rotten sores... After Ira left the empire, he fully understood this point. If he wants to change the empire, he must first jump out of the empire.

   Only other behemoths can cut out the rotten sores of the empire together with the flesh and blood that must be discarded together.

   "It's really not easy for you."

In Vera's emotion, Tikapu's voice appeared in front of Ila again, and he reported: "Master Ila, Lord Demon King asked you how much you want to buy, although I think she may not understand what the ancient priest tree is. what."

   "..."

   "Ah, I really appreciate her trust."

Ira shook her head dumbfoundingly, and then immediately became serious. He replied: "It's enough to buy seven or eight silver coins. If there is a problem with funds, you can buy even less, and you may be ripped off." , but don't worry too much about it."

"yes."

   "..."

   "Everyone really trusts you... I don't have any extra funds to buy my experimental materials."

  Vera said sourly. She looked at Tekap who disappeared, and said something she didn't believe, and said, "Obviously my research is also for the devil's collar..."

In such words, Ira glanced at the former imperial court magician who chose to become a lich because of a little wrinkle, and he complained: "You said that you are seeking the truth of magic, and I may believe it a little more. "

   "Well, I'm actually trying to refine a super love potion, trying to overturn your potion, and then have a bunch of little liches with you."

  Looking at Vera who was running the train with her mouth full, Yila twitched the corners of her mouth and complained: "I don't think a lich is still capable of giving birth to offspring, and I don't think that as a consul, I will have offspring."

  Hearing this, Vera was obviously stunned for a moment, her eyes widened in shock, and she said, "Ah? Can't the consul also have a baby? No way?!"

Ira just leaned against the wall quietly. After a long time, he said: "There is always a price for powerful and easy-to-obtain power. This is no secret within the empire... Maybe it is because of this that the consul The royal family will never be suspicious of right-hand man."

   Although Ira knew very well, Isabella and Uther did not trust Ira for this reason.

   "You guys are a bunch of... lunatics."

   Regarding Vera's sharp comments, Ira just smiled: "I hope you can call them [heroes]."

   "Wait, what about you?"

   "I have selfish desires, and I only fight for the country in my ideal. Whether it is an empire or a demon king, they are just embryos, they are all from that world, that ancient country..."

   Facing Vera who noticed the flaw in her words, Ira said so, and he looked in a direction that seemed far, far away.

"substitute."

  (end of this chapter)