A few minutes later, after Havel and Valin’s group left the room, Kazura began to scan the large amount of documents that were piled in front of him with a rigid expression.
Zirconia sat beside Kazura, while Nelson sat in front, explaining the situation of his territory towards Kazura.
Besides the documents that were piled up in front of him, there was a huge mound of documents beside the table. Next to it was Isaac who hand over the documents that Nelson needed during his explanation.
「The damage to southern and eastern Isteria aren’t that great, however the damage at the western and northern region are devastating. The ceaseless drought has caused the majority of the crops that should have entered harvest period to wither, and the ground has become so dry that it can’t be used to plant the next seasons crops. The price of the food in the region had a steep increase, causing economic hardship for citizens of Isteria.」(Nelson)
「(This is bad, I can read this worm-eaten letter to some extent but I can’t read the technical terms……)」(Kazura)
While receiving the explanations from Nelson and Zirconia, Kazura read the sentence written in the documents and was secretly worried.
He had been taught this world’s letters from Valetta, however it had only been 3 weeks since he began learning the alphabets.
He could read simple words, however the documents that he was reading right now had sentences filled with technical terms.
From the bottom of his heart, he envied Valetta's astounding learning abilities. She had only began to learn Japanese for a mere 10 days but she could smoothly read Japanese sentences.
「Because of the drought, the amount of the aid from Gregorn Teritory has also rapidly decreased……」(Nelson)
While Kazura was troubled, the explanation proceded fast.
Even if he put on airs, he couldn’t understand the sentences, so maybe he should confess right now that he couldn’t read the letters.
「Nelson-san, may I have a word with you.」(Kazura)
「Yes, what is it?」(Nelson)
「I am sorry to say it so late, but I can’t read this country’s letters. Because of this, may I ask you to read to me the main points from these documents.」(Kazura)
Hearing Kazura’s words, Nelson and the others in the room had the same surprised expression.
However, Zirconia immediately smiled and replied, “Understood”, and then received the documents from Kazura, began to read the point together with Nelson’s explanation.
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Then 2 hours passed.
Just like what he had shown before, Kazura had a rigid expression as he casted his eyes at the large notebook in front of him.
He had written the main content of Nelson’s explanation using a ballpoint in the notebook; however the contents were only the rough points.
It wasn’t something that would cause destruction of the territory in several days, but if the weather and public order didn’t change, maybe between half a year or a year from now, there was a possibility for all of Isteria to be struck by an unimaginable famine.
「First things to do is to improve the food situation in the territory. Afterwards is to come up with a countermeasure for the flood that might occur in next year's rainy season. In addition, we have to address the matter of hygiene problems in the urban area, the destruction of buildings in rural area because of worsening public orders, and the chronic funds deficit…… These problems make a quite a pile.」(Kazura)
「Although this is embarrassing, however we don’t have enough help as it is. We have already reached the limit of our food reserve, if this drought continues then there is a possibility that this territory will turn into a starving hell. Even during the last several hundred years there hasn’t been any drought that has lasted this long……」(Nelson)
Nelson answered with an indescribable downhearted expression.
Based on the explanation that Kazura had received not long ago, the food production had decreased and so the food price had jumped suddenly, causing even Isteria citizens to undergo food ration distribution.
However, if the current situation continued then it would be a foregone conclusion that the rationing wouldn’t last long.
When the food rations stopped, perhaps there would be rampant food riot and looting from the wealthy that has been stockpiling food even until now.
Just like what Nelson said, it would become a starving hell.
「The extreme one-sidedness of the estimate budget towards military spending concerns me, but… Since the situation is like this, let’s not interfere with it.」(Kazura)
When Kazura spoke about “military spending”, Zirconia’s expression stiffened for a moment, but when he said to not interfere with it, she showed a relieved expression.
Since there was a possibility that the war with Balveil 4 years ago could resume, which Kazura had heard from Valetta, perhaps this large military spending was to prepare for this.