76 – Pioneering Blueport (2)

The most important virtue as a leader is not a generous personality, a cool-headed appearance, a gentle and warm appearance like a father, nor an inclusiveness that loves even the common people.

In fact, what they need is the ability to solve the ‘problem’ of the subjects and the judgment to find the cause of the problem.

The rest of the virtues, to put it a little exaggeratedly, are simply talents that work well together with the ability to solve problems.

Because a leader, like a doctor who understands and treats a patient’s illness, has a dirty personality and has to solve the problem first and save those people, even if he has to reveal a woman.

So, in order to show them my ability to solve problems, I decided to step forward as the ‘Ruler of Blue Port’.

And to solve these problems, the knowledge I know is important, but the opinion of ‘an old person who has lived in the area for a long time’ is essential when it comes to various natural environments.

So as soon as I reached the wharf where the boat was moored, I took an old fisherman and some soldiers and immediately boarded the boat and headed for the place where it was reported that the sea had turned white.

**

The will to try to solve the problem was good, but compared to the ships of the modern era, it was more difficult than expected to go through the sea on a small medium-sized fishing boat.

At least I wasn’t in the role of piloting the boat, so all I had to do was hold on and sit on the boat…

There are people who get motion sickness even on modern large ships weighing more than 1,000 tons, but going through rough seas in a small boat weighing only 50 tons is really terrible… even right now…

“Hey, are you crazy? Didn’t I tell you to fix the oak barrels with beer? It’s a shame because I avoided it. I almost lost all my limbs!”

“sorry!!”

“If I’m sorry, will my life as a sailor end? No way, call everyone above you and below me!!”

“Chief Sarius, please save me…”

“Even though the Count rode here, even after making such a mistake, such a thing comes out! You idiot, not even a pig!”

It was because the oak barrel, which contained beer to drink instead of over 200 liters of water, was shaken and rolled around.

At least, people do not fall because they balance unconsciously, but there is no answer to the unique shaking and shaking.

So I had no choice but to endure while watching the wide sea through the window of the narrow cabin assigned to me.

Looking at the sea, I didn’t feel like I was confined at all, so the mumbling started to subside just a little bit.

After some time had passed since I started looking at the sea, the nausea finally subsided a little, I almost threw up.

And looking around, I saw a veteran sailor standing next to me.

It’s the first time I’ve been on a boat, but as a ‘count’, the first appearance I see them is ‘a little boy barely enduring motion sickness’… I have a problem with my dignity.

So I called the sailor and said.

“Hey, you didn’t see anything. No, remember that I was planning a grand strategy in the cabin with the map open.”

The sailor looked at me and replied with a very nervous expression.

“Yes, I understand. Your Excellency Count, Schönne was very impressed when he happened to see Your Excellency carefully preparing for the future!!”

Yeah, if it’s just this much… I bet he won’t spread rumors while drinking.

Then I waved my hand and instructed the sailor to leave, but the sailor told me before he left.

“Your Excellency, we will soon arrive at the place where you said the sea has turned white! Major Frost asked me to come out immediately.”

“Thank you, let’s go together.”

Following the sailor’s words, I got out of the cabin and went up to the deck.

When they went up to the deck, Frost and his platoon members, who were also wary of ‘pirates’ just in case, couldn’t adapt to the sea they were experiencing for the first time and were clinging to the bottom of the ship like seaweed.

Some hold on to the railing of the boat and constantly say “Uh-uh-uh-uh” and regurgitate the meat and alcohol they ate a few days ago at the banquet…

To be honest, I was a bit envious of those guys too.

Because when I was shaken too, I felt so sick in my stomach that I wanted to vomit.

And after a while, the captain of this ship came up to me and said,

“This is where those young bastards said the sea turned white. It’s still a bit white, but take a look.”

Hearing those words and looking at the sea, the sea around here had turned white like paper, not the blue close to black I had seen so far.

To check the condition of the sea water, I ordered a new sailor next to me.

“Hey, scoop up some sea water right away. And bring the old fishermen too.”

“all right. dismissal!”

After some time passed, the sailor whimpered and brought over a 10-liter gourd full of seawater.

Normally, seawater from the sea should be ‘transparent’ no matter where it comes from, but this seawater remained white as expected.

So I made a big decision and put my hand in the cloudy seawater and touched it as if milk had been poured over it.

Then, a feeling came over me, as if I was touching a soft pompom in my hand.

Could this be… not the white, sticky liquid I see in adult videos? please don’t

So, unable to hide my disgust, I grimaced in front of them and said,

“For now, this is not harmful. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the sea, it’s just fish semen…”

The old fishermen who heard that heard me and asked.

“Could this be the ‘herring’ that my father often ate when he was young… My father had little to eat and even right before he died of starvation, he said, ‘The sea is white, I can see the white sea… When the net is lowered, there are a lot of herrings. There will be, I don’t know about other places, but we won’t starve…’ He died saying…”

“How could I, who am not a fisherman, know better than you? But as far as I know, this is herring semen. If you lower your nets down here, you will find a full herring that your father has been looking for so long. Sailors, put the boat here for a while and start fishing for about an hour.”

Having said that, I set up the simple sundial I had made for such occasions on a well-lit floor.

Now that the shadow of the sundial is representing a ‘lion’, it should be roughly until it moves to the ‘monkey’.

Then I went back to the cabin and, based on the memory engraved in my head, began to write down on paper as much as I could of the ‘herring recipe’ used in the great city of Amsterdam, which was said to have been built on herring bones.

Surely, removing the intestines and inserting the herring in inexhaustible salt water was the end, right?

But how did you make that thick salt water, I remember boiling it…

So, I started to sketch the tools that could be used in all these processes, even if it was rough, with the intention of rolling the artisans to solve it.

Around the time I was sketching out a huge pot for boiling seawater, cutting boards, knives, and a fish tank, the door opened and a soldier came in and said,

“Your Excellency Count! The time specified by the captain of this ship has not yet passed, but the basket for the herring is already full. Why don’t you go up and see it? I asked you to tell me, how can I answer?”

“I will go up immediately.”

I immediately went up to the deck, and a great cheer was rising from above.

“Half water, half meat!”

“If you add a little more exaggeration, I will catch it with my bare hands! Awesome, awesome!”

“What kind of fish do you catch so many? I only caught 10 people, but this is already?”

“These guys and the secretly chubby ones will be delicious if you bake them and eat them! Grill it with some salt and eat it with beer, it will be great!”

“You are wise, too, Captain! Guys, the captain is giving it to you!!”

And I made my way through the jubilant sailors and checked the basket of herrings.

A huge box that could hold about 100 kilograms was filled with herrings that were still fluttering alive.

This amount of herring noodles could feed 300 serfs for a day.

So I just laughed like crazy.

“In the past, Malsaeng Kim, who was researching the Hanseatic League, said that the Hanseatic League would freeze to death. Now that I’ve become a lord, a ruler, and come into contact with this, I finally understand. It’s food copy. ha ha ha…”

Normally, I wouldn’t smile like this except in front of trusted people like Ella or Balt, but now I had no choice but to laugh.

Because if I pickle this herring and make it into pickled herring and supply it, if I add a little bit to the manager, I can give the peasants in the corner of the mountain as much delicious protein as they want.

If you sell this, you will be able to hold a leash and a money line for the food-sufficient Northern Alliance, and even if the 4th rotation law completely fails and the crop fails, you can survive for several years without dying from famine.

And in the era before the industrial revolution, especially the public nitrogen fixation method created by ‘Fritz Harbor’, a lord who can prevent famine, or just a person, is unconditionally promoted as a king, as shown in the ‘Bible’.

Why is it that even in the Bible, when Jesus performed the miracle of 5 loaves and 2 fishes and copied food, the Jews said, “Hey, if you follow this man, you won’t starve! We are invincible!

It’s really ‘unexpected luck’ that I couldn’t even imagine…

So, in order to make the most of that good fortune, I ordered the crew not to waste a second.

“Everyone, return to Blueport as soon as possible. And as a reward, I will award two silver coins to the captain, one and a half silver coins to the officers below the deckmaster, and one silver coin to the sailors.

Upon hearing this, the sailors moved quickly and turned the boat around.

Thanks to that, I’m going to have a good night’s sleep with Chris for a few days, but I’m sure he’ll like it because even if he’s got herrings right, he’ll be able to completely dominate the economy of the North.

**

As soon as I returned from the sea, I awarded the promised bounty to the crew and ordered that any inn be found near the sea and served with wine and ‘herring snacks’ to the crew.

By doing this, the people of this city will now more acutely realize that if they work for the lord, they will definitely be rewarded.

Because other lords give not only a banquet, but also a lot of rewards for just this much work.

Probably, since one technician earns about 5 fairy tales for a day’s work, they will give you 3 or 4 fairy tales under the excuse that it is a part-time job.

A guy like Schwein would definitely say this.

“It is the honor of your family to have served me. You stupid sailors!! Being able to brag about it isn’t the best reward!”

And the very next day I ordered my soldiers to put up notices I said throughout the city.

[If you find the right concentration of salt water to use when pickling herring, or if you make a small knife that can remove the intestines of herring at once, you will be given 200 gold coins as a reward. When both are completed at once, 500 gold coins are awarded. -Count Ciel von Kreuttel-]

When the knights see this, are they crazy to bet so much money on nothing but knives and salt water? I will make a fuss.

If you can find these two things right, the city will be able to earn at least a million gold coins a year.

Of course, not only the money from selling herrings, but also the economic effects generated by people who make a living by selling herrings will be low…

Somehow, maybe 100,000 to 200,000 copies will come in my hands one way or another…

If that’s the case, you should go as fast as possible.

Let’s start copying sugary money.