LIGHTNOVELONLINE chapter 365
365 – Side Story 1. A World Without You (3)
The administration of the former Nostrum Kingdom was a collective council consisting of one prime minister and 12 ministers from various walks of life.
However, this is a deformed system that was created when the incompetent king, Saint Geo Nostrum, threw away the government and began to indulge in luxury and pleasure.
Nostrum was originally the king’s decision on all policies, and the ministers were those who prepared materials related to them, made recommendations, and executed them.
The same goes for the Kingdom of Spain, which can be said to be the successor to Nostrum-
“Grand Duke Hex. Are you really going to introduce the Imperial Thaler?”
Not until then.
Those sitting in a wide circle to the left and right of Queen Naria at the center of the round table each dealt with slightly different tasks than the previous ministers.
“The Minister of Economy was making noises.”
“Well, that is…”
The eyes of those gathered in the conference hall turn to one woman.
It’s my first time.
Sir Robert recalled who the frail-looking woman with her glasses was.
“So, honestly, I don’t think it’s appropriate to just introduce the imperial Thaler… “
Ah.
I remembered.
He was one of the professors who taught economics at Orosol Academy.
However, I don’t think he was the person to sit in this place, a gathering of ministers from various ministries hosted by Queen Naria-
“Ah, yes. This must be your first time seeing the Count of Barcelona. He dismissed the existing minister.”
“Ah. I see you are the newly appointed person. Nice to meet you. My name is Robert Barcelona.”
I glance at the wooden nameplate placed in front of the woman’s seat.
“Your name is…” ” “
“Sarah, it’s Sarah!”
“He will soon receive the title of Baron Breedlove.”
“Breedlove…?”
“The territory is being reorganized.”
“Ah. You are a newly appointed person. Welcome.”
Sarah. There is no separate castle behind it.
However, having a castle sooner or later means that she will have a place to take responsibility, just as Robert has his own castle called Barcelona.
Do you have enough ability to take the position of former Minister of Economy?
That doesn’t matter.
If you don’t have it, you can change it as quickly as you have done so far, and if you have it, you can use that ability and make it work so that you can’t even think about retirement.
Therefore, the nameplate can only be a temporary nameplate made by cutting a knife mark into a piece of wood.
The others also have to be not particularly luxurious nameplates, because the person who comes here can change at any time.
The only plausible part is that the person who engraved the scabbard on the nameplate was the mint-colored haired female knight standing behind Queen Naria.
-Count Rift. Where has the Minister of Economy gone?
Sir Robert asked Mente Lift, the leader of the royal knights, and Sir Mente lightly pretended to cut his own throat with the blade of his hand.
That’s what Sir Robert felt right away.
Ah.
A person with nostalgic stubbornness was fired on the spot.
‘I’ve collected quite a bit of gold, and it seems like not much has been lost through fakes.’
It seems like he was able to quickly give Queen Ria his rope and take over her as Minister of Economy of the Kingdom of Spain, but his subsequent actions seem to have resulted in him slipping her while walking a tightrope.
It’s clear-
“Her Majesty the Queen. Is the reason why the Minister of Economy changed, why I was summoned, and what the new Minister of Economy said related?”
“What do you think it is?”
“What should the currency of the Kingdom of Spain be? The existing minister would have said to maintain the gold system, and then he would have been dismissed.”
Robert sighed inwardly at the countless eyes focused on him.
“Minister Sarah abolished the existing ‘1 gold’ gold system, and… What did she say?”
Robert recalled his memories his his his.
One day, as if Gray Gibraltar was passing by, that word I pondered over and over again while discussing imperial currency.
“…Gold standard.”
“…!!”
Sarah, the Minister of Economic Affairs, began to look at Robert with a twinkle in her eye.
“Following the gold standard, the country’s base currency and base currency will be the Taler. Well, leaving aside whether the term ‘base currency’ is correct, we will introduce ‘Taler’. The Minister is opposed to it. Isn’t it ?”
“Yes! That’s right! Well, the Thaler has already been used in many places in Nostrum and is a unit familiar to many people, but using the Thaler itself…!”
“Is it because it’s imperial?”
“That’s because I don’t think the people will think favorably of using the currency unit of the invaded country.”
“Is that so?”
After Robert caught his breath lightly.
“Then, instead of saying ‘thaler’, we say ‘dollar’.”
“Yes?”
One day, I took the words that Gray Gibraltar had muttered out of his memory and said them.
“Master Gray once said something like that. If the Kingdom of Nostrum and the Terscian Empire were to unite and an era of peace would begin, he mentioned the need for a new currency to be used across the entire continent.”
“Well, that’s gradually… !”
“Where is the time to move gradually and slowly in this situation? Let’s push.”
“Oh, that’s… “
“How about taking the system as is from the Empire and just changing the name?”
“…”
“The world has been ruined to the point where we can no longer talk about the existing currency system, but now we are creating a completely new currency system.”
“Ugh… “
Secretary Sarah was in tears, but Robert was already looking at someone else than Sarah.
“How are you, Her Majesty Queen Naria?”
“Minister Sarah.”
“Yes, yes…”
“If things go as Sir Robert says, your name will go down in history.”
“What is my name?”
“Okay.”
Queen Naria smiles slightly.
“Sarah Revolution.”
“…!!”
“In your hands, a new economic system will be created that will take responsibility for the future of Spain and the continent.”
“From my hand…”
“Don’t you want to reform the problem of currency that has been distorted throughout Nostrum’s 500-year history?”
Gulp.
Minister Sara clenched her fists.
“Then… !”
“Organize and report by tomorrow.”
The queen’s order was given.
“…Yes.”
The minister bowed his head.
If they did not follow the king’s orders, it was clear that the name plate in front of them would eventually have someone else’s name engraved on it.
“I will do my best.”
Fortunately for her, she has her own desires.
“For the sake of the castle called Breed Love, and for the people of our kingdom… We will prepare a policy to introduce a new currency that suits the current situation as much as possible.”
Robert doesn’t know exactly what that policy will be, but he knows one thing for sure.
“Please, Lord Breedlove.”
Whatever the policy, the results will be judged later by history.
“We need to reform the currency. Otherwise…”
“Yes. The 1 gold coin held by the people will have a monetary value equal to its weight.”
“It absolutely has to change.”
The important thing is to overcome the current situation.
The fake gold coins disappeared, and the real gold coins remained, but the amount of gold coins was significantly reduced.
“If it’s not now, you’ll never be able to change it.”
No more.
1 gold will no longer be called a ‘coin’ in the Kingdom of Spain.
* * *
In a moment.
“You must be busy just ruling the earldom, so thank you for coming to the castle.”
Sir Robert was invited to tea time by the King and Queen Naria.
“…The former Marquis de Barcelona is the royal castle of Spain, and the building that was built as the new headquarters of the Government General of Barcelona is my office.”
“…”
Queen Nalia sipped her tea lightly.
In the past, the marquis’ castle of the head of the royal knights called Zeros Barcel became the temporary capital of the Kingdom of Spain.
Why did Marquis Castle become the castle and center of the kingdom?
There are many reasons, but this place is the most ‘royal’.
“I am always grateful to Gray. The old Marquis’ Castle was converted into the Governor-General’s Office and underwent various renovations.”
“You just remodeled it for your own convenience.”
“If you are me, did he also predict this?”
“If you are referring to Her Majesty the Queen, shouldn’t I be hung for lese majeste?”
“No. You have to keep working in Barcelona.”
“…”
Sir Robert sighed openly at Queen Naria, who had no intention of letting go.
“I will come find you, Master.”
“Others are eagerly looking for it, so you can stay here and use that brain to rule Barcelona.”
“Her Majesty the Queen.”
“Barcelona is the most important strategic point in the Kingdom of Spain. Don’t you know better why?”
“…”
Barcelona.
“This place is rich in food. It is the best agricultural area in the kingdom.”
Currently, many soldiers are concentrated in the fertile golden farmland.
There is strict surveillance to prevent refugees from recklessly stealing grain from the fields, and at the same time, people are clearing the land with pickaxes and shovels to receive rationales.
“At the same time, there is still gold left underground. The gold that is the foundation of this Spanish kingdom. The gold of mana that has been depleted as false gold in other regions.”
“…Yes.”
The point at which gold is lost and evaporated across the country.
The gold in Barcelona did not disappear.
“Even though all the gold in this land disappeared with the disappearance of the Golden Dragon, the gold in Barcelona remains the same. It is…”
“It is not gold made of mana, but real gold.”
“Yes. So we must protect this place. There must be a queen, a prime minister and ministers, and furthermore, there must be the kingdom’s strongest swordsman.”
“It is…”
As Queen Naria’s eyes turned towards him, Robert could not hide his discomfort her.
“Isn’t there also Lord Mente?”
“Sir Mente said that. He only knows how to use a sword, so he is only the leader of the Royal Knights, but the only ‘all-purpose sword’ that can lead the kingdom with civil and military skills is Sir Robert.”
“…”
Sir Robert glared at Sir Mente behind Queen Naria’s back
However, Sir Mente just shrugged his shoulders and made a red-faced expression as if to say, ‘Did I tell some kind of lie?’
Hehe. Your Majesty. If you are pressed down with responsibility so strongly, you may collapse under the pressure.”
Kirilik.
With the sound of rolling wheels, an old man came inside, moving an imperial wheelchair.
“Your Excellency the Grand Duke.”
“Hehe, the Grand Duke. Isn’t the Duke of Morgania a Hex?”
An old man who moves the wheel on his own with his arms that are slowly losing muscle, but his lower body is covered in black cloth.
“Nevertheless, you are still the Archduke to me.”
“I see. I now prefer the title ‘President’ that Gray, that friend, gave me.”
Winchester Morgania, President of Orosol Academy.
“Sir Robert. That’s right. Before the Marquis of Gibraltar stood out as a master, I was in a position to take on various responsibilities as the strongest being in the kingdom.”
“Is this a story from when?”
“When I became the equal of the Earl of Gibraltar at the time. That was…Already 40 years ago. Sir Mente, you were at that time…”
“Mr. President?”
“…”
President Winchester fell silent for a moment with a depressed look on his face.
“Hmm. Anyway, Sir Robert, keep in mind. “The current kingdom and the continent need you.”
“…”
“The person with the greatest military power also has the intelligence and administrative power to lead the nation. What could this be but the rise of the Kingdom of Spain? Isn’t that right, Your Majesty?”
“Yes, President.”
Queen Naria raised her cup
“Lord Robert. Thank you always. For being our hope. And this cup…For him who forged the famous sword of hope called Robert.”
“…For.”
Robert quietly raised his glass
The kingdom’s strongest force, Robert Barcelona.
The sword masters above disappear from history, step down and retire, and hope for a kingdom that is at the forefront of a new era.
“Oh, sir. Robert. After tea time, I’ll have to go to the ‘gorge.'”
“What’s going on in the canyon…?”
“Father is looking for you.”
Queen Naria referred to him as ‘father’.
“It seems like the Marquis of Gibraltar has something to say.”