Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans

The rapid rise in temperature was a sign that summer was coming.

“This is my second summer here.”

“okay. Doesn’t time go by so quickly?”

Griff put down the teacup and grinned. Calliope, who sat in front of him, nodded lightly and answered instead.

After signing the last remaining paperwork, I got up and stood in front of the window. The office was located in the imperial palace, which had been reconstructed from Yeongju-gwan, and was able to overlook the city center thanks to its location on the top floor.

“A lot has changed. To the point where I can’t find the old look.”

Capital of the Empire, Olymus.

A pioneering village that had less than 100 people just a year ago.

However, in one year, the pioneer village turned into a metropolis with a population of 120,000, and the city area expanded to a level comparable to that of the capitals of the old kingdoms.

“It’s 120,000 people… You really attracted a lot.”

“It’s an achievement made through forced migration.”

I smiled bitterly at the smoke rising from the middle of the city. The smoke comes from melting copper in the city’s largest arsenal and making cannons.

“It was a radical but necessary action.”

Except for a few exceptions such as fertilizer and gunpowder, all factories such as arsenals, textiles, and paper were concentrated in Olymus.

The size of the factory was not one or two buildings, but considering future expansion, it was built on the scale of a village, and technicians and families from all over the empire were relocated.

A combination of several industrial complexes in one place. So, the area cannot be oversized.

“As a result, it became a desolate place with no beauty as the capital, but considering the purpose of this place, it would be natural.”

Olymus is a city that should be a forward base.

My purpose to conquer this race has not changed.

Therefore, Olymus was created as a base to support the conquest on the front line, and a population of 120,000 was mobilized from all over the country to operate the base.

“Good job. How could you have done even this much in a lack of time?”

“I wish I had more time in the future…”

“There won’t be time for that.”

“yes. As much as we prepared, the other side must have finished preparing.”

Still, you’d be surprised to know what we’ve prepared.

Because we have prepared a tool and an excellent means of communication that will instill two words of respect to the people who look down on us.

I saw a walnut stick held by an imperial soldier in the square in front of the imperial palace.

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smart.

“Excuse me. father.”

The Imperial Chancellor, Skadi, entered the office.

I saw the bundle of papers she was holding.

“Is this a policy report?”

“yes.”

“Let’s listen while walking.”

“Are you going to the arsenal?”

“okay. I heard they finished improving the artillery.”

I left the imperial palace and started walking around the city.

Skadi stood beside me, followed by Calliope and many of her retinue. All of the followers who followed belonged to the royal guards of the empire, and although there were only six of them, they were the strong ones selected by Calliope himself.

Skadi glanced at the guards and opened her mouth.

“Calliope.”

“…?”

“When are you going to fill in the other three?”

Calliope did not answer.

“Don’t pretend you didn’t hear.”

“soon.”

I laughed silently.

The other three whom Skadi had just asked pointed to vacant positions close by. Since there are 10 people in the vicinity of the Empire, when will 3 people be filled except for 7 people including Calliope?

As you can see from Calliope’s reaction, she seemed unwilling to actively fill the garden.

“Lower your eyes.”

“no.”

Skadi grumbled.

I was of the same mind as her.

I didn’t expect Calliope’s eyes to be this high.

Excluding himself, he couldn’t fill the quota of only 9 people.

The seventh member was also selected just a few days ago.

Looking at the situation, it takes more than a month to fill one person.

At this rate, I think it will take another four months.

‘The minimum requirement to be a candidate for a neighbor is a high level. A high level itself is extremely rare, but considering factors such as personality besides level here, selection is bound to be slow.’

Among the guardsmen, the lowest level was 66.

Since I acquired the skill to create a family, I have created about 2,600 people, and among them, less than 40 people are over level 60.

However, since they are being judged on factors other than their level…

It was surprising that even 7 people were recruited.

‘It seems like they’re picking people with similar personalities to themselves.’

Every time I see a guardsman, I think of her brother or sister? It was a thought. It’s not wrong to say that they consider each other brothers and sisters, but their personalities are so similar that I wonder if they are related by blood.

Silent and cool like a doll.

– It’s scary in a different way from Rachel.

I wonder if Grif would have evaluated it like this.

“Your father says something too.”

Skadi sighed and looked at me.

“Well, isn’t it Calliope’s prerogative to select personnel?”

It’s not that I don’t have anything to say, but it didn’t look good for me to say this and that in the yard where each person had their own role.

What was the reason for the creation of the administrative system?

It was to reduce the burden of my work while guaranteeing the roles of each member of the family. It was necessary to respect independence as much as possible even if it was the smallest and closest to me among the ministries.

If you touch one or two if you don’t like it right away, it will go back to before the administrative reorganization.

“You’re getting away with this again.”

She frowned slightly and smiled at the same time. I smiled along with her and handed over the report.

I turned over the first page of the report and checked the expected summer yield.

“Is it flat?”

According to the report, yields of summer crops were expected to be lower than normal in Germania and Wallochia, and to be as bountiful as last year in the Great Plains.

“Although it’s very low, it’s fortunate that it’s not bad.”

“In fact, depending on the region, there are places where the harvest is poor. Especially in the area where the Wolf Cult uprising took place. They resisted by deliberately ruining the fields and devastating the surrounding farmland.”

“How did you deal with it?”

“The affected areas have been exempted from taxation for this year only. If necessary, we will do a roundabout.”

“Are there enough grains?”

“yes. The warehouses have been filled in advance, and since it is a great harvest in the Great Plains, it will not spread to famine.”

“hmm···.”

I nodded silently, but inside I was greatly relieved.

The harvest was not expected in the first place.

because it was impossible

“Hopefully wishing for a good harvest in a land that has gone through uprisings and civil wars is over-enthusiastic.”

“okay. right. It doesn’t matter if it’s just a bad harvest. It is only necessary to avoid the worst of bad harvests causing famine.”

Because an empire is a country that has no foreign countries to sell grain to.

If there was a bad harvest this year, there would be no choice but to starve to death.

“I just need to get through this year safely. If Pasimea supplies fertilizer in time for fall sowing, grains will surplus from next year.”

“If it’s fertilizer… it’s the cornerstone.”

I nodded.

The cornerstone production area secured by Pasimea last fall.

The Anz region in the southeast of Germania has soil with a high content of potassium nitrate, so that when it rains and the ground dries up, white crystals form.

The soil that farmers in the area loathed because it was poisoned. It was just a dirty land where not a single blade of grass grew, but to me and Pasimea, who knew the identity of the poison, it was more precious than a gold mine.

– Very high content! Even if you sprinkle water on the soil to filter it out, and boil the water, you can make a high-purity foundation stone!

I remembered how Pasimea was excitedly explaining.

It was an enthusiastic response that erupted with involuntary laughter.

‘I did something very sorry.’

That’s also because if there was no cornerstone production area, he had to make the cornerstone in an ordinary way. The usual way was to scoop up excrement from the toilet.

During the conquest of Germania, she had to search toilets throughout the Great Plains to supply gunpowder for 20 cannons.

If there was no cornerstone production area, I would have had to do that all the time.

It was only natural that he liked it so much.

“Would that foundation stone be that effective as a fertilizer?”

“You will know when you see the results later.”

The cornerstone is, in other words, potassium nitrate. Since two of nitrate, potassium, and phosphorus, which have a great influence on plant growth, were crystallized, it could not be effective.

Here, Pasimea said that she would make artificial fertilizer by obtaining phosphorus, so I built a gunpowder and fertilizer factory in the Anz region, where there is a cornerstone production area, and waited for the results.

KANG, KANG!

When I arrived at the arsenal, the sound of metal greeted me.

“be careful!”

“Slowly, slowly…”

On one side, foundries were pouring molten bronze into molds. The heat from the molten iron could be felt even outside the wide open door.

“Are you here? your majesty.”

The person who manages the arsenal has approached.

“You said you finished improving the artillery?”

“yes. This way.”

I followed him across the arsenal to the warehouse.

The arsenal of Olymus began to be built immediately after securing the foundation stone. Making fertilizer and increasing crop production is important, but isn’t it meaningless if you can’t protect what you have?

And my purpose in increasing crop production is to secure a standing army armed with gunpowder weapons.

As soon as I got a stable supply of gunpowder, I used my hand.

“Is the supply of technicians going well? I heard it’s not enough.”

“The other day, Pasimea sent a large number of engineers from Germania, so it was somehow resolved.”

“Pasimea?”

“yes. He said that there were quite a few technicians who had vacant hands after the Wolf Cult uprising. So, it seems to have been easier than I thought.”

I laughed out loud at the unexpected income.

Considering that when the bronze cannon was first made, Pasimea had to teach the craft and make it herself because there was no casting technician, the job was solved very easily.

“This is it.”

There were several assembled bronze cannons lined up in the arsenal warehouse.

The manager put his hand on the smallest of them.

“It’s bigger than the one I saw last month.”

“It was too small. Because of the emphasis on mobility, the durability was poor, so it couldn’t withstand the internal explosion. So I decided to accept the increased weight and increased the thickness.”

I pushed the cannon lightly. Since it had wheels, it was pushed well, but compared to the small cannons that caused internal explosions before, it felt heavy.

“There is definitely a sense of weight.”

“Instead, stability is high.”

“Are you sure?”

Kwakwang!

Just then, gunfire was heard.

It was a demonstration bombardment at the training ground beyond the outer wall.

“Can you hear me? I have been shooting since before, but there is no news that it has been smashed.”

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“How is the performance?”

“It can fire 1.5kg shells up to 1km at a rate of 1 shot per minute.”

“The effective range will be half.”

“yes. Still, it can be pulled with three operators and one horse, so if you shoot while moving with the infantry, the distance will be sufficient.”

“indeed.”

I shook my head as I compared it to the abandoned cannon in the corner of the warehouse. The cannon was an early type of cannon used in Germania.

“Compare it to that and you will definitely feel the difference.”

“I guess so. That’s… I’m sorry Pasimea, but it’s no use in practice. Because it was the first time making a cannon. It was lacking in many ways.”

The first cannon, which was used in Germania, had many shortcomings. It was because I had conveyed the idea of a cannon to Pasimea, and she made it in poor working conditions.

“Because the barrel is too thick, the weight is enormous, and the accuracy rate is infinitely low because of the short barrel and sandstone cannon. Difficult operation is a bonus.”

“hmm···.”

Having figured out this guy’s problems through actual combat, Pasimea improved one by one while considering the expected performance of the cannon.

The size, which was neither this nor that, was clearly divided into field artillery and siege artillery, and in the case of field artillery, it had to have mobility and loading speed enough to break the ranks of the enemy while moving like infantry.

Several improvements were made over the course of half a year.

As a result, what was completed today was the field artillery in front of me.

“You did really well.”

“Oh, not only this.”

The manager drew the curtain beside him.

Then the hidden cannon was revealed.

“This···.”

Skadi’s eyes widened.

A huge siege cannon with a cute field gun.

It was more than three times the length of the field gun, and the thickness was added.

“hehehe, are you surprised?”

The manager smiled while caressing the siege cannon.

“You’re not just dealing with people, are you? You have to break down the walls too. The shells this guy fires are 10 times heavier than those fired by that field gun. I eat gunpowder just like that, but I heard that the supply of gunpowder is sufficient.”

“Yes, enough.”

“Then do you have anything to worry about?”

Even in terms of length, it hit the long siege cannon three times as long as the field cannon.

“There are so many fortresses in southern Wallachia. Take this guy and teach him that times have changed, Your Majesty.”

Times have changed.

I saw a borderline soldier at the arsenal entrance.

They were not knights, mercenaries, or conscripts.

Standing army newly established after the reorganization of the administrative system.

“…”

The appearance of the soldier named Imperial Army was unique.

He did not wear armor, but wore blue-dyed cloth. Armed only with a long sword at the waist and a long wooden stick hanging over the right shoulder.

‘Musket.’

The wooden rod was a musket. Matchlock type musket.

Muskets often remind us of flintlocks that are triggered by the friction of a flint, but the triggering method is not the standard for muskets. If the length and caliber are short and small, it is roughly classified as an arquebus, and if it is long and large, it is roughly classified as a musket.

By that standard, the matchlock held by an Imperial soldier was a musket.

Wheellock and Flintlock had to be postponed for a while due to productivity issues, and the destructive power and accuracy had to be increased to catch the different races. I had no choice but to increase the caliber and length.

“How about a matchlock? Is production increasing?”

“yes. It is a very stable and growing trend. Last month, the production of matchlocks was an average of 11 tablets per day, and this month it is expected to increase to 14 tablets.”

If you take an average of 14 tablets a day, you can make about 420 tablets in a month.

A quantity that is more than enough to complete one large company.

“It took a while to get used to, but as everyone got used to it, the number of defective products decreased and the speed started to pick up.”

“I’m glad.”

In the first month after completing the arsenal, the quality of the products was not at the level of usability. It was judged that there was virtually no production product and discarded it, and productivity was at the bottom for several months after that because there were many defective products.

It’s only been about two months since the arsenal started working properly.

Until now, only 200 matchlocks were produced.

“How much do you think production can increase?”

“well. Assuming that the number of technicians increases and becomes familiar as it is now, it seems that it will be possible to average up to 30 tablets per day within this year. If we expand our arsenal, we can do even more.”

It is a quantity that can arm 900 tablets per month and 10,000 people per year.

Of course, if you look at the consumption rate, it will be less than that.

“Good job. Please don’t ask me in the future.”

I patted the manager’s shoulder and left the arsenal.

“You pay a lot of attention to the arsenal.”

“Because that place is the heart of Olymus.”

“Isn’t it the imperial palace?”

“The palace has no value. Do you think that the other races will respect and treat humans as equals by building a splendid palace?”

There is no such thing as two sides of the sky.

“There is only one way to teach different races respect. That if you don’t respect us, you die. If you don’t want to die, it’s to imprint that you have to respect us.”

“That is a frightening statement.”

Skadi laughed.

“Do you think that the weapons made in the arsenal can be made like that?”

“Not yet. Only useful stuff came out now. Not enough yet. It should at least have twice the performance of that.”

Against humans, that would be enough.

Because the opponent is not human.

“But even now, if the numbers are in place, I will be able to turn the pendulum this way to some extent. Anyway, what I ask of the Imperial Army is to assist you, not to fight against a strong person of the same level as you.”

“You said that, I want to see you soon. It’s not just training, it’s real life. I wonder if it really works for them.”

I nodded.

“Sometime this month, we will have to weed out the plains of Nehrup. at that time-“

At that time, the messenger approached me with urgent steps.

“your majesty. This is a letter from Nuadil of the Security Forces.”

“Is it urgent?”

“yes.”

I stopped and opened the letter.

About an incident in western Wallachia.

As expected to some degree, I snorted.

Rather, it should be seen that it exploded at the right time.

“What is it, Father?”

“Nuadil caught the slave trade in Wallochia. Looks like the Western lords secretly sold freed slaves to the Republic.”

“The damned nobles… don’t even know the subject.”

I handed over Nuadil’s letter to Skadi.

When she read the letter, she frowned.

“You don’t even need to go to the Nehrup Plain. The Republic will come first.”

I thought of Pinto, a caravan in northern Wallachia.

When I stopped the slave trade, what did I do?

“The reasons are different, but the actions are the same.”

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Skadi crumpled the letter.

“I was merciful at best, but it came out like this.”

cringe…

The content of the letter was simple.

The governor of Wallachia, Pave Kuslorp, suspected that the number of freed slaves in the West was lower than expected. After conquering the kingdom, he issued a slave liberation order and ordered the number of freed slaves to be sent to the Government General, but the number sent from the west was too small compared to other regions.

In response, Security Minister Nouadil searched the West and discovered that several lords were involved in the slave trade.

“It was expected. Aren’t nobles such a family?”

“I do, but… I can’t help but feel angry.”

It was because he enlisted a large number of aristocrats in order to quickly suppress the civil war. Because half of the territory of the two kingdoms was a manor apart from the central administration.

Since the number of feudal lords is so great, ‘Edict? Emancipation Proclamation? It’s just a matter of pretending appropriately!’

Skadi, who had the title of Chancellor of the Empire, could not have known this. However, what you expect and what you experience is a different feeling. With a frown on her face, she took out a cigarette and asked.

“It went better. At this point, I’m going to use this as an excuse to conduct a full investigation of the Wallochian lords. In the yard where the civil war is over, I will not be able to come and stand up now.”

“What are you going to do with the investigation?”

“If you violate the decree even in the slightest, the territory will be confiscated. And I will send my own officials to rule directly.”

“Do you have any bureaucrats to send?”

“It will take time to sort it out anyway. In the meantime, can’t you please make it for your father?”

I said, “Huh,” and burst into a small laugh.

“That is not wrong. Since I entrusted you with your work, there is nothing else for me to do.”

Skadi waved her hand in embarrassment.

“Ah, I didn’t mean it that way…”

“Skady.”

Calliope and the guardsmen glared at her with bitter eyes. Skadi cleared his throat shyly and turned his head away.

‘A bureaucrat in my family.’

I smiled and counted the number of people I had created.

The number of members created so far is about 2,600. Excluding those who lost their lives in the conflict, there were about 2,200 people. One-third of them were members of the household capable of administrative work, so about 700 people.

Considering that there were about 200 people at the time of the reorganization of the administrative system, it has increased considerably.

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[Rating: 6 stars]