Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City Vol. 3 by Sou Akaike

Author:Sou Akaike [Akaike, Sou]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2024-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6:

The Dwarves

KHAMSIN AND ESPARDA WERE IN THE PROCESS OF picking out people who could start up new businesses in the adventurers’ town, but it was taking some time and they hadn’t come back yet. I also put in a request to the Bell & Rango Company for a new store, so Rango gathered some of his apprentice merchants and whisked them over to me.

“This store will primarily deal in groceries and daily necessities. We’ll share a chunk of the main branch’s stock, but for the most part, this store will have to manage its own inventory. The Mary Chamber of Commerce will conduct negotiations with both branches,” Rango explained to his apprentices. “The plan is to have a shop set up across from here that will buy and sell materials. This branch will probably be busy all the time, but don’t worry, we’ll be sending help from the main store.

“Additionally, since we have more orders for cheap weapons and equipment, we’ll prepare a shop here that can sell more of those. It will coordinate with the main branch, and half of the workers there will be from our store in Seatoh Village. Any questions so far?”

The apprentices, men and women of all ages, raised their hands. One asked, “About the store that will handle materials. How many employees will work there?”

“Five people for purchases, three for sales, one store manager, and one associate manager.”

“Most of the adventurers in the area are in this town. Wouldn’t it be wise to decrease the number of people at the main branch and focus on the stores here?”

“If the stores here find themselves understaffed, we can provide assistance, but there’s no plan to change the number of employees. If someone’s in a hurry to make a purchase and the stores here are too busy to handle them, we can direct them to the main branch. Precious materials like dragon parts will also only be handled over there. The Adventurers’ Guild is going to increase their staff so they can handle dismantling monster corpses, which will reduce the burden here as well.”

Rango answered each question precisely and eloquently, every bit the capable working man.

“I have a question,” I interjected. Rango turned, looking surprised. So did his apprentice merchants. “Whenever I’m sent out to battle, production of weapons and equipment grinds to a halt. Have you prepared things to sell in those eventualities?”

Rango’s face twitched slightly. “We’ll be sending supplies and food by carriage to the front lines, so if you could send the carriages back with weapons you’ve made…”

“What are you, the devil? You want me to make weapons while I’m out working? I’ll die from exhaustion.”

“In that case…what if you replenished the stock whenever you return to the village?”

I sighed, my shoulders sagging. “Is the only answer more work? Can’t any of the new arrivals use production magic?”

“Sadly not. Also, I showed your goods to someone who used to be a blacksmith, and they said that your work would be impossible to reproduce.”

I dropped my head in defeat.

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