CH 321

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Ms. Claire Wanted to See Me “No, that is not it. …In the first place, I am quite sure that he left you little choice when making the request.” “After all, it would be hard to imagine that you would want to take the master out, Mr. Takumi.” “I know my father. He probably thought it would be amusing to go with you. And since good Leo would be there, it would be safe enough.” “Hahaha… Uh, you are exactly right…” They sure knew Mr. Ekenhart well. I didn’t know if it was because they were that good, or he was that simple… Perhaps it was both. But I brushed away such rude thoughts and got to the subject at hand. “In that case, why did you call me here?” “It’s about the tests you’ve started in the garden…and the herb gardens for Range village.” “Ah, that.” “Yes. As of now, it is just something that you spoke to His Grace about. But if we are to make it official, then we should discuss it properly.” Indeed, it had just been a light conversation we had in the town. There were no contracts signed or anything. So it would be a good thing to make it official. Otherwise, there could be problems later. “As the tests have only just begun, we do not know if it will go well. However, for now we will talk about what to do if it is a success.” “Yes.” Well, I had only started a few hours ago. So there was no saying what might happen. But if it went well, we could start growing them in Range village. “About Weed Cultivation, I thought about preparing some farmlands…but I doubt that much space will be required. “Yes. It is not like vegetables that are used every day… It would not be a good thing to grow too much of it.” While it might sound like a good thing to grow as much as possible, I suppose it would cause confusion in the market. We still didn’t know what would grow, but if it happened to be expensive herbs, then making too much would drive the prices down. We had talked about that before, in regards to the Loe. Besides, a large field would also be harder to manage. “While it will be possible to expand it later, for now, we will likely prepare a small area between the village and the forest. As it is not near the village entrance, hardly anyone will pass by it.” “I understand.” If it was between the village and the forest, it must be close to Mr. Hannes’s house. There had been a fence there, so it was unlikely that anyone would go to the forest from that direction. Besides, the village itself was away from the main road, so there would be little traffic. While it would be necessary to tell some villagers about Weed Cultivation, we would not have to worry about the word spreading too far. “And the herbs that are grown there will be sent to Ractos, and from there, to other towns and villages. But none of this has been decided yet. It is just the current plan.” “How much herbs do you think we should make?” While we had already established that it was no good to make too much, making too little would also be a problem. Obviously, it would not be enough if I alone was making all of them with Weed Cultivation, but I had no idea how much was needed if they wanted to send it to different parts of this territory. “Indeed… For now, I think three…no, four times what you are making now.” “By now, you mean the amount that I send to Mr. Kalis’s store?” “Yes. You should make a few days’ worth and send them to Ractos. However, we still need to do some research on the amount of herbs that are sold in the territory, so nothing is decided yet.” Right now, I made extra Ramogi, and so if I excluded them I was making more than a hundred. If that was all, then I could probably make it in a few days, but it would be pretty busy. While the number might go up or down a little, it was not too bad. You definitely wouldn’t need a large field, and managing it would be easy. “At first, I thought of preparing a space that was similar to the garden here.” “Really?” “Yes. However, if sales are good, then we might not be able to keep up with demand. And so I secured a slightly larger area near the village.” Ms. Claire explained the initial plan with a serious expression. Each herb was rather small, and it was not a great amount, so it was true that we would be able to do that in the back garden. However, if people learned that it was a stable way to acquire them, then they might want to buy a lot, and they would be sold out. And considering the incident with that other store, we wanted to avoid a situation where we ran out. “If it is grown in the garden, then there probably won’t be a need to make any official contracts.” “But it would be necessary if we used land near the village. That cannot be helped.” If it was just in the garden, all I needed was Ms. Claire’s permission. It was their own backyard, so they wouldn’t want to go through all the trouble of making a contract. “Who has the land rights for the area around Range village? In the place that I used to live, nearly all of the land was owned by someone.” In times like these, land rights could be an issue. From what I had heard, there were times when it was unknown who owned the land, because management had been sloppy, or it was leased out to someone else. It seemed to happen a lot in the countryside. In any case, because there could be such problems, it would be best to find out about land rights in advance.

CH 321

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