305 Rescue Policy

Measures to take when an earthquake occurs.

I try to remember, but I can't really remember.

Or maybe the assumptions are different.

In my previous life, I lived in one of the most earthquake-prone lands in the world, and gradually developed countermeasures based on its long history.

In addition, earthquake measures such as earthquakes are mainly based on the assumption that damage will occur in advance, and preparations for countermeasures are prepared.

Is this like stockpiling your own water and food in case of an earthquake, or leaving a rucksack packed with disaster relief goods at home?

In contrast, the administrative side will prepare for the expected disaster.

But no one in Fontana territory has prepared such a thing.

Then, this time, I am not prepared to give up because I am not ready.

It would be better to restore it as soon as possible and minimize the damage than to do anything here, but in the end it would also be for me.

If a lot of people die leaving behind, their power as Fontana territory will be reduced by that much.

When I thought about it, I realized that there was a limit to what I could do.

Anyway, the important thing is speed.

It's not perfect, so do something to reduce the damage a little.

That's all we have to think about and act on.

So what is the rescue we need right now?

There was a big earthquake.

And as far as I could see from the terrace of the castle, I saw several buildings collapse.

This means that homes for residents to live in have collapsed.

Speaking of which, in my previous life, I felt that there was damage derived from the collapse of buildings when an earthquake struck.

Fire, for example.

If a collapsed building is set on fire, it can burn down from there and burn down even the safe houses in the neighborhood.

But fortunately in misfortune, I think there are few of them here.

Originally, all buildings are made of bricks, etc., so they don't use wood and are difficult to burn.

Speaking of which, since we use the magic [lighting] of life to turn on the lights in the house, we only use fire when we cook meals.

It is slightly out of time when the earthquake occurred.

The problem with other earthquakes is the tsunami, but it's fine here.

The rest is liquefaction and avalanches, but the reports I've heard from around the world so far do not seem to have caused much damage.

Perhaps the most problematic is the loss of dwellings due to the collapse of buildings, and the accompanying winter cold.

In other words, the creation of shelters to temporarily gather people who have lost their homes due to disasters and make them warm is of paramount priority.

It would be nice if we could restore the destroyed house while securing the shelter.

There may be others in trouble, but we'll think about it later.

"Lord Peeta, I want the Knights to set up shelters in their territories, protect their inhabitants, and restore destroyed buildings. Can you do that?

"... many knights with territory will hate it. It takes money and time. What's more, the question is how long and how long you have to keep doing it. In the first place, I think the consciousness of the need to help something I can't do on my own contributes to that."

Does Lord Peeta think so too?

"Well, to be honest, yes. I know a lot of people are in trouble because they were originally born as peasants, but that's why they can't save everything."

"... hmm, I see. So, shall I do this? The Knight Leader who moved to rescue the victims should commit to tax cuts in the coming years. And let each Knight Leader and Barca pay half the cost of the rescue."

"Well, is that okay?

"I can't help it. However, should I make it a condition that I keep in touch with you about the damage and the progress of the rescue?"

Talk to Peeta and the other knights gathered.

The top knights of the Knights were initially less motivated to rescue, but my attitude began to change when I started talking about tax cuts.

Perhaps many of the knights feared that the tax reforms I had undertaken immediately after becoming the current proxy for the Fontana family would continue.

If you're just watching taxes rise, you might want to help your residents and commit to tax cuts for a few years.

After many discussions with the knights, some policy was decided.

Assign people to cities and towns everywhere to designate evacuation places that can accommodate disaster victims.

And gather food and firewood there.

Fortunately, the New Year has opened and time has passed considerably.

If you endure it for a while, the cold will come to an end.

And since we could use the evacuees, we decided to work together to fix the destroyed buildings.

This is because, after checking the situation in Fontana's city, the brick houses were not completely destroyed, but many were less than half destroyed.

Even if you block the hole with the remaining bricks, you will be able to live as long as the rain wind goes up and it doesn't even snow.

We should be able to fix more of our broken homes together than we can fix ourselves by ourselves.

In the meantime, only rich houses and other houses were repaired first and then left unattended. Although we cooperated to avoid abandonment, we arranged that we would definitely work together to restore the houses.

As a result, rescue operations were carried out immediately after the earthquake in Fontana territory.