Published at 29th of January 2021 11:31:29 AM
Chapter 390
You decided to spend money on cultural protection and nurturing?」
Youko asked and I nodded to that conclusion .
「Officially . 」
Only officially since I want to avoid being thought of as someone planning underhanded things .
「Officially or not, it will be similar . 」
Youko laughed and reached for a taiyaki on the table .
It’s a product of the taiyaki cooker made by Gutt and the mountain elves .
The filling is red bean paste .
I was trouble whether to use tsubuan* or koshian* but I decided to use my own way of cooking because factions were formed . I want to avoid conflict .
TN: Both red bean paste, the difference is the preparation method .
Therefore, the taiyaki’s filling is koshian .
On the other hand, obanyaki will be filled by tsubuan .
The obanyaki pan is already in the process of completion .
「Now, let’s start discussing our cultural protection and nurturing plan . 」
I’ll be discussing the plan with Youko .
First, we’ll ask merchants to buy artworks in various places .
However, there is a limit on how much they’ll purchase an item .
Though I want to spend money, I don’t have any hobby of buying expensive things in vain .
I have to make everyone understand that .
However, I don’t know the value of things .
In order to not be deceived, the purchase price limit is necessary .
「Also, a museum will be built in order to display those collected works of art . 」
It will be built in Village Five during winter .
The high elves were taken by Loo and I don’t know when they’ll return but it seems like the carpenters in Village Five can build it too .
No, it’s not like I don’t trust the ability of the carpenters of Village Five .
I just have an image that anything connected to construction is the high elves’ area of expertise .
The museum will be open to the general public .
By making the viewing fee free, we aim to spread both culture and financial power of Village Five .
Personally, I would be happy if there were more painters .
「Umu . Also, some people rather enjoy music . 」
Village Five Museum will also include a theater .
It will be a place where people can enjoy not only art exhibits but also plays and music .
It will also be the home to an Arts School, which is Tier’s idea .
However, it is not the school I know . It feels more like making an entire apartment into a classroom .
It is closer to a homeschool than a school .
Currently, there are neither teachers nor students .
Let’s talk to Michael-san and the demon king .
Ah right, sports protection is the demon king’s idea .
That said, both mass-producing the equipment and building a place to play are difficult .
For the time being, let’s make a baseball field in Village Five .
「How about that?」
When I asked if she’s okay with the plan, Youko nodded .
「Maa, the merchants will move flashily so we won’t need to worry about artworks . 」
Circulating cash is an important move but it is also important to appeal to others when using cash .
Therefore, we can only move “officially” .
「Then, let’s talk about the things we’ll do behind the scenes . 」
Youko looks happy .
As I said a while ago, we’re not going to do bad things behind the scene .
It’s just that when a large amount of money is used, the effect is not immediately visible and there are a lot of things that will happen behind official things .
「First of all, the formation of medical team . 」
The inhabitants of this world are good against physical injuries because of the existence of healing magic but they are quite poor with regard to diseases and epidemics .
Though diseases can also be healed by magic, the number of such mages are limited and their service fee is expensive too . It can also be healed using medicine but that’s equally expensive .
Not to mention commoners, even nobles can’t easily pay for them .
To solve that problem, I want to form an organization .
That’s the medical team .
Gather and educate those who wish to participate .
A few of them will be spread around .
They will go around and treat sick people .
They will treat everyone regardless of their social position .
Treatment fee is free .
They will not accept anything .
If they have to, they’ll escape in order to not receive payment .
It will be a bona fide group with only good intentions .
「Interesting . However, if you really want that to happen, it will probably take at least three decades before village chief’s desired result can be achieved . 」
Therefore, we’ll do it from behind the scenes .
「Next, the formation of culinary culture team . 」
In this world, cooking is underdeveloped .
But that’s only from my point of view .
From the point of view of the local inhabitants of this world, they are cooking properly .
There are local specialties that can be boasted in various places .
Investigate this and have them record it .
That is their first mission .
Their second mission is to search for unique seasonings and cooking methods in various places .
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I would like them to find out what kind of things are there regardless of their deliciousness or taste .
There are limits to my knowledge alone .
Who knows if it will become a conception of a new dish .
The last task is to spread my cooking knowledge .
Youko pointed out that it might be better to monopolize and profit from it but I want people to at least know the basic cooking methods .
If everyone can eat delicious food, there would be no conflict in the world .
My idea might be too idealistic but it is still better than a world with only bad food .
「It’s good to have more delicious dishes . 」
Youko took out the red bean paste from a taiyaki .
What kind of evil thing are you doing?
「Next, the formation of the monster investigation team . 」
In this world, there are adventurers .
They beat monsters and demon beasts to receive payment and get materials .
Maa, they are also handymen that you can be hired to do anything but adventurers are mostly recognized as people who fight against monsters for a living .
Those adventurers are basically affiliated with the adventurer’s guild .
Therefore, I was wondering if the guild was sharing a lot of information .
However, it seems like they are not .
The guild is only responsible for managing requests and payments for the adventurers .
They neither train nor develop adventurers .
There are some guilds that train but that’s only because it’s the staff’s hobby .
Therefore, information regarding monsters and demon beasts can only be gained from senior adventurers . Adventurers who were not blessed to have a good senpai will encounter a terrible experience .
I don’t like that .
Though adventurers live in an adventurer’s way, information about monsters and demon beasts is a necessity for an adventurer’s life .
I’m not trying to teach them though .
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It should be common knowledge .
That’s the purpose of the monster investigation team .
The main thing they’ll do is hire adventurers in various places to gather information .
「It is better to know than not to know . If you know the distribution map of monsters and demon beasts, it may also be possible to develop a safe route . 」
Youko, who has finished eating taiyaki, asked me for another one .
Unfortunately, I’m making takoyaki right now .
The Takoyaki pan was also made by Gutt and the mountain elves .
Some people hate octopus so only a fraction of it contains octopus .
Most of them contain chicken, fish, and scallops .
「After eating sweet, you bring out something disgusting . 」
Then, why are you saying that while eating it?
「That’s it . We’ll do these things behind the scenes for a long time . The total amount of gold it will consume every year is not small . It seems fun too . 」
「That’s right . 」
None of them can move openly .
As for the reason, after consulting Yuri and Frau, it seems like doing something like those are acts of disregarding the governors and lords of those places .
「Maa, I’ve already explained it to both demon king and Beezel and got their tacit consent . 」
It’s not that important though .
「But there’s a really big problem . 」
「What is it?」
「Given the current situation and the official and behind the scene plan… . . even if village chief’s plan is 100% successful, it will only use half of our annual profits . Ah, wait, don’t run away . 」
Let’s think about it again next time .
When I was thinking about it, someone who needed money appeared .
It’s Loo .
「I’m sorry . I don’t have enough money, lend me some . 」