464 Diplomatic correspondence

"A protest from the Rheinzatz and Memento families? Of course not."

"Yes, the Rheinzatz have been telling the original aristocrats to return it because it is an unjust occupation of the land for this act of the Kingdom of Fontana"

Send out Barca school students everywhere and hire them, even ordinary people, to give them the lead surname and entrust them with the job to those who are capable of administrative work.

In addition, there is a pile of work to stabilize a volatile country while still just sitting there, albeit newly gained.

While doing those, he also heard reports from Payne of exchanges outside the country.

Until now, diplomatic relations have been left to Lyon in many parts, but Lyon also takes a while to put together Graham territory, which is a new territory.

Therefore, for the time being, we were to respond with information from people with faces all over the place, starting with Payne.

What I was hearing now was that protests about the territory obtained in the earlier battles had come from approximately.

"The Reinzatz family is a hegemonic nobleman, so if you don't say so, your position will be in jeopardy. But I can't live up to that demand. The beginning of that battle was caused by a water rights issue in the water treatment work on the river that flows from the former Xyrian territory to the former Largica territory. It was the Northern League of Lords that had led the army with their mouths out first on both issues, and this one just intercepted it in the defense of his country. Tell him so, Paine."

"Okay. Well, the Rheinzatz family probably won't explain it either. You've never heard of eight noble lands being taken away just because of the rights of the small rivers flowing from the mountains."

"I guess. Maybe the Reinzatz family will move the army around next year? Better gather those who meet the conditions of conscription age right from the newly acquired territory. From now on, I'll train you to move as a Fontana army."

"I was wondering if that was a good idea. However, no matter how much you conscript, you will be a low morale soldier. Hopefully, even though training is strict in the Fontana Army, food and shelter should be well prepared and welcomed."

"Okay. Let's tell that to the training ground. So, what has the Memento family been saying?

"The Memento family claims that one of our aristocratic territories obtained here was Memento territory. For that reason, we have notified the Memento family to return its territory."

"Huh? Memento's? I guess that means the Memento claiming to be so is eastern territory. Does that mean you're on the border of Xyria with Wagner?

"That's right. Old Pippillary territory, right? This seems to have a history of the Memento family owning the land once over the Pippillies a few generations ago. I then returned it to the Pippillies at the arbitration of the then hegemonic nobleman, the Risorte family, but this time the Memento family seems to be claiming that it belonged to them, not to them."

"Do you have such an unscrupulous claim? But I knew the Memento family was weak. Perhaps when we lost momentum on flying birds before, we attacked them without question."

"Perhaps. They are being driven down from the Wang metropolitan area and deprived of their power by the Kingdom of Risorte of the southern territories. I think this protest is also probably just a costume, one way or another, showing a strong attitude towards the knights of the subordinates in Memento territory"

"Is it still true? Nevertheless, it doesn't change that it is still the corner of the massive forces. If the Mementos attack, if the Kishirean border uncle doesn't have control of the territory, we might be able to deal with it later."

The Rheinzatz protest is a simple one.

It is a matter of returning to the original nobility the territory that was taken at will without any great cause.

Perhaps most aristocrats accepted it back in the day.

Anything of value to demand instead, returns the territory, but leaves some leverage to increase the power.

I think they were fighting like that, but not to crush each other excessively.

but now the kingdom of Fontana doesn't even need to drink such demands.

This is an independent kingdom, and we have no right to follow hegemonic nobility.

So I return this claim, which is a fine generic name but which I reasoned for once.

Originally, Wagner was arguing with the Largica family because there was a water-rich issue, and it was the Northern aristocracy that stuck his hand in there and burned him, content that he deserved.

Most importantly, you wouldn't believe anything like a backward junket, but you just said it on the front porch even before the match, and it's really a one-off, but you can't even use it as an excuse.

By contrast, the Memento family's claim is no longer a mess.

I want to say how many years ago the hell you guys are bringing up and claiming ownership of the territory.

But if I pulled a step back and thought about it, I also thought this might not be a genuine claim to this one, but rather a performance against my own faction.

Maybe the Memento family has lost their appetite for the knights under distribution in defeat by coalition forces, including the Rheinzatz family.

but it's neither certain nor insulting to be an unafraid opponent.

"Is there any way to buy some time, Payne? I want time before the Borderlands uncle, starting with Wagner, masters each Borderlands uncle territory. Of course, as much as possible without using the military."

"Then what about the extension of the previous Treaties?

"Extension of the Treaty?

"Yes, we should have had a treaty to provide cheap wheat for the Memento family for a long time. How about extending that deadline? But that was started with an arrangement of a few years, and I should have planned to decide again whether to renew it. Link the reason for that renewal to territorial issues."

"Mm-hmm. In short, I'll continue to offer cheap wheat as always, but the reason for that is the amount of Pipilly territory supplement I took away this time, or something?

"That's right. Explain that this one will continue to sell wheat as always for the country, and let the Memento family give the knights under distribution the track record of successfully securing food at cheap prices in strong negotiations from the Fontana side. Although, of course, we will need to adjust the conditions more so as not to disadvantage us."

"I see.... Shall I reconsider that verdict? I think I'll turn to Lion for judgment, too. All right, Payne?

"Absolutely."

Mmm.

Again, putting together a rapidly expanding print seems quite difficult.

Hopefully, we'll just want to spend some more years on domestic stability.

But there may be a move to reclaim the land taken.

In this way, the signs of winter were slowly approaching, even as we were chased to work in very busy situations, both inside and outside the country.