Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 44 – IRON CRISIS HANDLING
As the first step I took in dealing with the iron crisis in the western region, I immediately gathered all the available personnel to hold a meeting.
When I discussed it, Jilk was the one who came up with a brilliant solution to the help of experts in the field of architecture that I needed.
Apparently, he recommended a dwarf who resided in the southern region of the Vlonhard Empire which at that time also helped me in making a magic aquarium where Yasmin lived. Ah, the Yasmin I'm referring to here is not my maid Yasmin, but the baby ice turtle I once cared for. Unfortunately, in the disaster of the king of undead, his existence suddenly disappeared.
According to Jilk, Grodzky, that's how the dwarf was called, along with his fellow dwarves, all this time obtained racism in the country they live by the existence of a holy temple there.
In fact, during the previous reign of the late emperor, the, the dwarves have indeed received racism treatment since their shorter body size compared to the average adult human body size plus their faces are quite ugly based on normal human standards.
But at that time, the Empire still guaranteed the rights of the Dwarves, which were clearly stipulated in the imperial laws that caused other citizens to be unable to recklessly show their racism with the frontal.
But since the appointment of the new emperor of the Vlonhard Empire, the law was abolished, coupled with the dictation of the sacred temple that equated the dwarf tribe as monsters, causing the racism of the dwarfs today is increasingly concerning.
Ah, despite the name of the same holy temple, the sacred temple of the Vlonhard Empire is actually different from the holy temple in the Kingdom of Meglovia and in the Kingdom of Ignitia. The sacred temples in the Vlonhard Empire worship the sun, while the sacred temples in the Ignitia Kingdom worship the stars as their offerings. Then as you know, the holy temple of the Kingdom of Meglovia worshiped the holy fire as their deity.
For this problem, I actually also do not know about the exact history of the differences between one country from another country which basically comes from the same fraction of countries that should only have one religious concept about too few documents history I can access right now.
What is clear is that while the continent of Ernoa was still ruled by a very large empire five hundred years ago before it split into several kingdoms and empires, there should only be one concept of religiosity. Well unfortunately, I as the figure most hated by the holy temple, where it might be able to access information that is confidential for the holy temple.
We return to the matter of the dwarves that are on average living in the southern regions of the Vlonhard Empire. Jilk suggested that I should provide them with a safe place in Painfinn City so that they could migrate here and become their protectors from racial discrimination. Thus, I can definitely be greatly helped by their talent in the future.
Despite all their limitations, the Dwarves are known as the most skilled tribe in architecture. Not only that, they were also very talented about forging iron into weapons and armor.
Imagine the developments that can occur in this city with their existence. It must be a very profitable proposal for us as well as helping the Ares county iron mine renovation project after the landslide that I want to work in the near future in overcoming the problem of iron crisis in the west those.
However, there is one most basic problem. Unlike the western part of the kingdom which was more relaxed in response to the issue of racial differences, the other region of Meglovia Kingdom was only eleven twelve with the citizens of Vlonhard Empire in response to the issue of the Dwarves.
If I were to accommodate such a race under my auspices, then, then of course the confidence of the people in the prophecy of the tyrant who said that I would ally myself with the witch and the devil in the future would increase even more. And this of course will make my life more difficult in the future to get along in a social environment.
Frankly, I can't hide my fear of being ignored or even worse by being blasphemed as a national criminal that must be defeated together immediately. I fear. After all, I am just an ordinary human being who has a glassy heart. I might still be able to survive the various physical torture. However, it is different with mental torture. No ordinary man can handle that.
However, when I glanced back, seeing that there were tribes experiencing such severe oppression in their own birthplaces, frankly, my conscience was turbulent. I can't possibly ignore that.
As an exiled prince for thirteen years in a rundown palace, I know best what it feels like to be excommunicated. But now the Dwarves are experiencing not only exclusion, but also physical oppression. They must have suffered far more compared to what I used to feel.
Only one answer. I want to save them too. I want to be the hand that can be the foundation of hope for them to come out in that abject pit. That is why, I also agreed to Jilk's proposal.
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I also sent Jilk to take care of the matter of negotiating with the Dwarven tribes. However, the negotiation process coupled with the iron mine process is expected to take three to four months.
That means that in that period, the problem of iron crisis in the western region will still occur. Thank goodness, my negotiation proposal with the royal magic academy regarding the distribution lines of iron ore raw materials yielded good results so that we could obtain the stock of iron we wanted that was imported directly from the Cabalcus Kingdom and Ignitia.
I am very grateful that they are very reliable given that usually only knight and royal academies can access the distribution lines of iron ore raw materials. It certainly cannot be separated from their increasingly strengthened position in the kingdom thanks to the cooperation of our mana enhancement potion business.
Of course, even though the price rose to three times the price we usually get using iron ore sources from Ares county, it's not a problem since our city has been rich thanks to my magic crystal business and mana enhancement potions.
Beyond a doubt, my future father-in-law, Marquise Growmyerre, also helped me by sending the help of expert researchers so that both the magic crystal business and my mana enhancement potion grew rapidly.
In addition, he also selflessly helped negotiate the price of iron ore in the Kingdom of Cabalcus and Ignitia which was originally to be sold nine to ten times, to only triple.
Everything went well. However, the perpetrator who had intended to pit me with Leon until now has not been caught by any of my familiar. While the atmosphere has stabilized again, I must be more aggressive in trying to catch him before he or they do bigger chaos in this area of Painfinn City.