Chapter 122
To The South Road
Like that, I solved the food problem in the Ashtaroth lands. However, Tyron’s support was just a temporary measure, and its effects would not last for long.
If I wanted to feed the increasing number of people on my lands, I had to import food from the south.
When I told Kongming about this, he agreed with a nod.
“The city of Berneze. It is there that all of the grain from the south is gathered. I should be able to import a lot of food.”
“Also, you have to solve this problem that their statesmen suffer from, and gain their trust.”
Then I remembered something. According to Ryoma, who was a Berneze merchant, this city was troubled over a ghost ship that appeared on their trading routes.
If I got rid of this blight for them, I could negotiate from an advantageous position.
And so I wanted to deal with this ghost ship as quickly as possible. However, the problem was how to do it.