1021 Prisoner of war diplomacy

"I don't want to charge Hale Medium back for food and necessities, do I?"

"Yes, I think so."I'll leave it to Banage-sama. "

The banage I contacted came to the fort.

And they've already told us their story, and they seem to have a firm policy on it.

Negotiations for the return of the captive archers to Glugalia.

In return, he decided to ask for the goods, not the money.

After all, it seems that Banage is also worried about the necessities that the price will rise in the future.

I intend to trade with other countries and regional factions through magic props, but there are also places that are distant from the Orient.

There is no guarantee that the transportation will be carried out safely.

That's why we have decided to exchange them for the supplies we need in order to be better prepared.

I think it would be easier for the Gloucester countries to pay.

It is better than paying a lot of money directly.

Banage said that it might be easy to get through this request because it is not a very expensive product that is difficult to obtain.

Well, that's just for now, and I don't know what will happen if the prices of various goods gradually increase in the future, but that's just our prediction.

"Nevertheless, when you actually pay with money, it moves a lot of money."If you're not good at this, don't you think you can run the country by just exchanging prisoners? "

The material that was shown to me when I was being explained to the banage.

The quotation of the approximate prisoner return amount and the amount requested for Hale Medium when compared to the quotation were listed.

I think it would be a pretty broken price for one person.

No, I was watching the magic item prices soar.

"Don't be silly, Lord Alphonse."In fact, some small countries are like that.We attack another country and use the captives we have there to demand money.There are countries that make quite a lot of money, even if they are small. "

Oh, so that's better for the Orient country as well?

"That's fine, but I just want Lord Alphonse to put the security of the country first and mobilize his army."If only the country remained, I could earn as much money as I wanted. "

"I see. That's right.Affirmative. Then I will split up my forces and head for Peria.I'll take care of the rest, Banage-sama. "

"I understand. Lord Alphonse's victory will not be in vain."I want you to expect good conditions. "

I wasn't very familiar with it, and I didn't have any Orient countries, but it seems that some of the small countries are focusing on prisoner diplomacy.

Fight, win, and capture other nations.

Ask for a large sum of money as a condition of returning the prisoner to the other country.

It is said that some countries repeat it every year.

Or maybe the newly independent factions are doing that and making money.

What's interesting about this prisoner diplomacy is that instead of money, you sometimes pay with something else.

When I looked at the market price shown by Banage, the amount of movement was still quite large.

Because if there were several powerful prisoners in a single battle, my own country would be reluctant to pay.

But it seems that there is a trick there.

If the country can't pay, it seems that prisoners can be held there for years to make children.

I think it's about the fact that children with a lot of magic power are easily born with a lot of magic power.

In other words, the child born there is likely to have a lot of magic power, and it seems that parental authority is not in the hands of the prisoner.

In other words, if we get the prisoner, but can't get the money from the other country, we'll get his bloodline instead.

When a child is born, the captive is returned to his or her home country, and the child is raised in a victorious country and used as a national product.

Therefore, some small countries sell their own bloodlines.

When money is needed due to famine or disasters, etc., it may be possible to make children in other countries instead of making money.

I wonder if it is okay to make blood connections everywhere.

However, it seems that children made in other countries do not have inheritance rights in their home country, and they are not regarded as a problem.

However, there are times when blood connections are used.

That's when they attacked us from outside the small group of countries.

Although it is a small group of countries that exist independently, such as a number of city states, if they are attacked by other external countries, they may unite and oppose it.

I often thought that we could only get a coordinated route when we were always fighting, but apparently that's the effect of the prisoner diplomacy we had earlier.

In a sense, in a small group of countries, the powerful people are all relatives.

Although relatives are always laughing at each other, it may be that the whole family will deal with it collectively if someone else makes trouble.

Once again, I thought it was a unique land pattern.

However, among them, it seems that the Orient country has its own route, and does not use other blood in captivity.

Whatever it is, Banage doesn't seem to be particular about taking prisoners.

For now, I've been treating the prisoners' captivity with care, and I don't need to get money from other countries, so I don't think I need to be proactive.

Anyway, I left a border guard at the fort and took Hale to the Orient, then headed northeast.