The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 2] by Fuurou

Author:Fuurou
Language: eng
Format: epub

I spent some time thinking about it and wracking my brain, but I couldn’t make heads or tails of how I was going to increase the population. Perhaps if I’d been better educated I might have had some ideas, but there weren’t any ideas—or much of anything, really—floating around inside of my head.

How do the other domain lords do it? All I know is farming and fighting.

In response to my anxious moaning, Alna’s eyes formed into slits and she glared at me.

“Look at you, sitting there moaning. Pitiful,” she said.

“I’m sorry, but I’m doing the best I can. I can’t start anything if I don’t have subjects, but I don’t even know where to start.”

“You keep throwing that word ‘subjects’ around, but think about it for a second: what would you even do if you had some? You’ve got one yurt and enough jerky for one person. Did you even consider that? You get yourself some subjects and all they’ve got to look forward to is death by starvation or illness.”

“Wait! So you mean that if I increase my population, the onikin tribe won’t provide for them?”

“Don’t be stupid! There are limits to our generosity, you hear?”

“Right, of course. I’m sorry, forget I said anything. Well, I guess that means I need to focus on food and housing before population. Trading baar wool won’t secure me enough food for a group.”

I was back to square one, with no good ideas whatsoever, and I let out another moan. The house and food I had now were all thanks to the goodness of Moll’s heart—how was I supposed to secure that for my potential subjects? People, homes, food. There was so much I had to think about, and it was all getting tangled up in my mind.

There was no way I was going to arrive at an answer while I was so confused, but as the lord of the lands, I had to find an answer. So I thought, and I kept thinking, and then I started to feel a fever coming on.

Is this the dreaded brain fever I’ve heard about?

I felt like steam was going to start pouring from my ears and my brain would boil. As I sat there waiting for my brain to melt, Alna let out a sigh.

“I wouldn’t want to be subject to someone so stupid in a million years. Hey, your loony lordship, catch.”

Alna passed me a leather sack about the size of my fist. It was full of powder of some kind.

“That’s matani dust. Use it.”

“Matani dust? What’s that?”

“It’s crushed grass with a scent that wild beasts love. Spread it around and the aroma will draw the animals.”

“Wow, I didn’t know a grass like that existed. But uh, what happens after the animals are drawn to the dust?”

“How about using that brain of yours to think about it, your loony lordship? Hunt some wild game and you’ve got yourself some food, no? Get yourself some hides and some horns, and you can put them to use too.

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