Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 181



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Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt Chapter 181

32-Post-war revival

However, King Rai turned his back on virtue and pursued military power.

When you press with force, you will feel resistance. How will King Rai accept Arthur’s sincere(?) advice? Depending on that, Arthur will be able to estimate King Rai’s vessel down to the decimal point…

“… … I don’t feel well.”

At the end of the long battle, King Rai opened his mouth. It was natural for him to feel bad because he could not do as he pleased.

Arthur continued, his lips licking his lips. It would be better for everyone if he could persuade the king to accept his plan.

“Your Majesty. If only our kingdom of Skara existed in this world, there would be no need to listen to me. But isn’t there a kingdom of Jatra next to our kingdom?”

“Yeah. They were there.”

“I believe that it is better to unite the kingdom’s power than to divide it.”

Unite and lead.

It is a very difficult statement that requires leadership and vision for the future, but there is a trick here. It is to create an external enemy. There is conflict inside? Then create an external enemy and focus all the nerves of the internal issues and members on the external enemy.

If the conditions were right, it could be much easier than dividing and ruling.

King Rai nodded to Arthur’s words.

“… … There is some truth to what you say.”

Arthur waited for the rest of the story. After thinking for a while, King Rai made up his mind and said this.

“I will do as you planned. So don’t disappoint me.”

“The North-South railway project will definitely succeed.”

Arthur bowed.

“It’s hard.”

The face of Jaran, who had stepped down from the throne, became pale. Arthur spoke most of the conversation with the king, but he felt very uneasy as he listened from the side.

“Thank you for your effort.”

“You worked hard too.”

Even as he answered Arthur, Jaran let out a sigh of admiration. Arthur’s complexion was no different before and after he appeared before the king. How big of a deal is he?

Anyway, Arthur replied to Jaran’s reply that he had worked hard.

“No. You will be busier in the future.”

“Hmm… … .”

Jaran nodded. It was too dark to shake his head in denial. He would return as the head of the central bank, and he would have to worry about post-war price management. He was also planning to issue a large amount of Scalon for the great project of the Trans-Kingdom Railway.

After coming out of the palace and thinking about it again, it wasn’t an easy task. When Jaran looked at Arthur with a dissatisfied expression, Arthur met his gaze and blinked and said.

“As expected from my uncle, you can make facial expressions very similar to Samuel’s.”

“Huh? What kind of expression did I make?”

“You know, that expression Mr. Samuel makes when he grumbles.”

“Never.”

Jaran controlled his expression and spoke bluntly. Whenever Samuel complained that he was having a hard time because of the amount of work he had to do, he thought that he seemed immature and sometimes scolded him. However, he could not easily admit that he was making such an expression.

Then Arthur smiled and said.

“It seems I was mistaken.”

“yes.”

“Then I will move right away. I have to hurry.”

“I know.”

Arthur said goodbye to Jaran and left first, and Jaran, who was left alone, sighed as he imagined the piles of paperwork that would pile up on his desk in the future.

It never occurred to me that I had been wronged by Arthur.

* * *

“Hahahahaha! I believed you!”

Railway Worker Ttian Aho slapped Arthur on the shoulder and laughed like a child. No wonder, hadn’t he brought up the North-South railway project? Even Ttian himself had forgotten about it.

But, it was truly an unimaginable gift, as it was brought in under the pretext of post-war reconstruction work after the defeat.

Arthur replied with a nonchalant smile.

“There is no better national project for post-war recovery and absorption of returning soldiers.”

And to do that, I would need a lot of help from Ttian anyway.

“There must be nobles who know you, as you have the nickname of ‘Railroad Worker.’”

“That’s true.”

Arthur’s request was that in order to pass the ‘Issue Scalon to secure funds for the Kingdom’s Transcontinental Railway’ agenda, public opinion must be worked on in advance. There was also a subtle threat that if it did not pass, the Ignaqua project would fall entirely into the hands of the King, so that the nobles would reluctantly agree to the agenda, or at least not interfere with it.

After hearing the story, Ttian was constantly amazed.

“You really are amazing for considering so many different aspects when coming up with a plan.”

“You are too kind.”

“It’s such a shame you’re married.”

Arthur ignored Ttian’s words, which were making him lick his lips, and began talking about practical matters.

“I believe you have plans for a trans-North Korean railway project.”

“I have a plan in my head.”

“Have you ever inspected the site?”

“We’ve been sending out fact-finding teams little by little since a while ago and have found all the important places.”

In order to smoothly carry out the national project of constructing a railway across the North and South, it was impossible to do so by simply printing money.

A competent and sufficiently sized organization was needed in practical areas such as planning for railway construction, on-site inspection, procurement of materials, and allocation of labor.

And the only one who could do that in this country was Ttian. You might think that this is too much of a monopoly, but in this class society, if you don’t have a monopoly capitalist, the nobles are likely to take everything and split it.

In order to maintain a good business, it had to be large enough to be burdensome to the nobles.

Perhaps, if it had not been for the Aho of Ttian, Arthur would not have even thought of the plan for a North-South railway. Even if he had raised the funds, it would have been more likely to be divided among the nobles and the North-South railway would have failed.

If there had been no Ttian, it would have been more likely to completely hand over Ignaqua to the King, expand the Royal Guard, convert it into an army, and use that power to pressure the nobles, which would have made it more likely to recover the economy after the war.

“Excellent. Then I will recommend Mr. Ttian to be in charge of the North-South railway project.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Why? Aren’t you an expert?”

“You’re the one who set up this board, aren’t you?”

“What does board planning have to do with the ability to run a smooth railroad business?”

In response to Arthur’s questioning response, Ttian carefully observed Arthur’s expression and then opened his mouth.

“Are you trying to pass the work on to me?”

I got caught, Arthur said in a matter-of-fact tone.

“Please take a look. I have a lot of other things to do.”

When Ignaqua was mentioned, Ttian nodded as if he had no choice. However, the look of displeasure remained in his eyes.

“Don’t you have to meet the King to be appointed as a person in charge?”

“Um… … I guess so?”

Although the two had a rift in their relationship due to a past attempt to rob a company, he was still a king at first.

This was also an opportunity for King Rai to improve his relationship with the railway company, so it was likely that he would call him in to see him when he appointed him as the person in charge.

It’s deadly and dirty, but isn’t that social life?

“Ah, I guess I can’t help it.”

To realize his personal dream of building a railway across the North and South, Ttian decided to endure the uncomfortable situation of meeting a guy he didn’t like.

“Then please take care of it.”

“Don’t worry.”

Arthur, who had succeeded in handling the North-South railway project, went to see the person who was trying to handle the Ignaqua project halfway. That person was Dr. Cronell.

“Thank you for allowing us to meet during these difficult times.”

Arthur paid his respects to Dr. Cronell, whose face looked gaunt and tired, as if he had not slept properly. How many deaths had he witnessed while dedicating himself to saving people?

Death and life are two sides of the same coin. For those who have witnessed too much death, there are times when even a vibrant life seems meaningless.

And Dr. Cronell was going through such a time.

“What’s going on?”

It was hard to believe that it was Dr. Cronell before the war, his voice was cold and his eyes were empty. Arthur met his gaze for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Dr. Cronell, it would be rude to offer words of comfort to you, so I would like to discuss something else.”

“… … .”

Arthur continued speaking at the gaze telling him to continue speaking.

“Sometimes time is the medicine. But you need to make that time pass quickly. There is no better way to make time pass quickly than by moving quickly.”

“… … So?”

“I came here to ask you to take charge of the distribution and sales of Ignaqua.”

At Arthur’s words, a slight light returned to Dr. Cronell’s eyes.

“Please tell me more.”

Arthur announced that he would hand over the rights to Ignaqua and the proceeds from its sale to the state in order to pay off the war reparations. But that wasn’t enough. He had to actually produce and sell Ignaqua to turn it into money.

And there was no one more qualified to do this job than Dr. Cronell.

A medical doctor who established the use of Ignaqua and a military doctor who saved countless wounded people on the battlefield. A title like this could have great promotional effects, especially when exporting Ignaqua overseas.

After hearing Arthur’s story, Dr. Cronell accepted Arthur’s offer without a second thought.

“Okay.”

“Please leave the production to me.”

In any case, the original plan to expand the factory to make money can be brought forward. The businessmen who had hoped for the Ignaqua patent will be disappointed, but once the excuse of paying the war reparations is known, no one will dare to call Arthur greedy.

While Arthur was busy increasing Ignaqua production, Ttian also used his connections to make the North-South crossing project a success.

Especially the nobles based in the northern part of the kingdom could not easily refuse Ttian’s request.

No, rather, it was moved to make the North-South railway project a success. There was a calculation that if the abundant mineral resources of the North could be supplied to the industrial areas of the South, especially the Tsuraj area, there would be great profits.

Such a move made it difficult for the Council of Nobles to unify their opinion in order to block the issuance of additional scalons, and eventually the issuance of additional scalons was decided upon.

There were also threatening rumors that if the business failed due to the issuance failure, the Ignaqua business would be taken over by the king.

“So that’s what you meant when you told us not to turn the consent form into a bond.”

At the meeting between Arthur and Count Stan and Viscount Karl Frant, Count Stan spoke with a stern expression.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you in advance because it was important.”

“Since the value of the bonds fell anyway, it would be the same even if I exchanged them.”

Count Karl Franz also added his own comment.

After all, everything was designed with the inevitable inflation in mind for post-war recovery.

“If the nobles find out, they will try to hang you.”

As he continued speaking, the expression on the face of Count Karl Frant was seriously hardened. If he had known that they would issue Scalons in such large quantities, he would not have changed the collateral agreement into bonds.

All you have to do is buy a bunch of cheap Scalons and get your collateral back.

But the bonds were clearly a loss, because the yield on the bonds that the nobles received in exchange for their collateral did not reflect inflation, that is, the extent to which the value of the scalon fell.