Chapter 10.1 – Meeting in the Palace – part 1.1
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Seya slowly asked. He had a dark thought. “He... was the one that I almost killed?”
“No, he was one that opposed your name and was sent by you to a dark place. He still has nightmares about it.”
Seya scratched his head, embarrassed. “Oops...”
King Rohan looked at the Ministers. “Does everyone understand now? I want to hear young Seya’s explanation, so no more interruptions!”
“Yes, my King!”
Seya continued, like if nothing had happened. “Well, like I was saying, for some years now I am having a harvest twice a year on my fields because of a new technique. On the entire Kingdom of Rohan, the farmers use a two-field rotation system. Half the land is planted in a year while the other half is left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time. Then, in the next year, the two fields are reversed. Is this correct, Minister of Agriculture?”
The Minister of Agriculture answered while looking with despise towards Seya. “Yes, it’s been done like that for many years and it's a proven method!”
“But with the increase of the population and the tiredness of the land, it's not enough, correct?”
By that simple statement from Seya, the Minister of Agriculture became nervous. “That's... like... correct...”
“On my fields, I use a three-field rotation system dividing available lands into three parts. One section I plant before winter with rye or winter wheat, followed by oats or barley right after winter. On the second section, I grow crops such as peas, lentils, or beans and the third field I left it unworked and uncropped.”
The Minister of Agriculture shouted. “That's too much! The soil would never grow that!”
“And yet, I do that. And last year and this year as well I taught that method to the farmers in my village and the results speak for themselves. I have also increased my livestock because I had a surplus of food available. From two cows when I started five years ago, I now have fifty. With plenty of calves.”
The Minister of Agriculture was turning white. All that was just too much. “That's... impossible...”
“My King, this three-field rotation system is my first request of Ownership Law. I have prepared papers with calculations of costs, profits, a list of seeds to use and times of plantation. This is just one. I have four more requests.”
The Ministers were analysing the documents that Seya passed to them. They looked at all of it, very thoroughly, there was not even one single flaw. Not even they could do such accurate Reports. They were completely speechless while looking at the documents and to Seya.
King Rohan was also looking at the documents and after a while he was able to speak again, after strongly shaking his head. “Please continue young Seya, seems that you left everyone speechless, including me.”
“My second request, it's the idea of using livestock such as cows and sheep to fertilize the fields after harvest and the third field that is left unworked and uncropped. On these fields, we use grass as an off-season crop planted after the harvest of the main crop. The grass crop will grow up to the winter and be terminated in the spring so as not to interfere with planting the main crop. I have also prepared papers with calculations of costs, profits, and an increase in the birth rate of the livestock. This method is to be used in small fields.”
The Ministers were looking at those new documents. Again, not one single flaw. The King was shaking his head again. “This is… Seya, you are full of surprises! Minister of Agriculture, what do you think?”
“My King, until now, no one thought about using the livestock like this, normally they eat everything on the ground and a farmer has either a field to harvest or a field filled with livestock. But both at the same time, it's unheard off!”
Seya smiled. “And yet, it works, as the increase of livestock in my village proves. Now, will I be granted two Ownership Laws for this?”
King Rohan smiled, but negated that request, at least, for now. “We need to analyse these papers and we decide later, it's everything so new and amazing that it almost seems impossible! But it's as you say, the results speak for themselves!”
Seya smiled again, he had more surprises under his sleeve. “I am not done, my King.”
“What? There's more?”
“Yes. Does anyone know what happens if a farmer tries to plant a crop on a soil that it's lacking?”
The Minister of Agriculture quickly answered that obvious question. “Nothing grows.”
Seya nodded while having an enigmatic smile. “Right. And if you put on the ground a mix of manure from the livestock, leaves from trees and water?”
The Minister of Agriculture strongly shook his head, negating that preposterous idea. “No one does that!”
“Mother, care to talk about your flower garden?”
Anna was feeling better, after seeing the reaction of the Ministers she understood that it was not her fault for being so nervous, her son was really amazing. “Oh, the one that you planted full of flowers in front of our house? On the soil that not even weeds used to grow? You used that mix, right? And now everything grows there!”
The Ministers were astonished by that revelation. How was that possible? “...What?”
“Yes, I turned an infertile soil into a productive one using that mix. I learned by that experiment and now I use that every time, one week before doing a plantation. This method is to be used in big fields. The increase in the production will also please the Military because the Kingdom will have a surplus of food for the soldiers. One more request for Ownership Law.”
The Minister of Agriculture raised his voice. “But for that, you need a lot of manure!”
“I have a lot of livestock.”
“And you also need a lot of people and time for putting that on the soil, and the same amount of work for plantation!”
Seya looked at the Minister with a triumphant look. “I have created some equipment to store the mix and to help on putting that on the soil. I also created equipment to help the plantation. And one equipment to help the harvest. And one very specific just for the wheat and other cereals. I have here the papers, drawings, and specifications. These are also my requests for Ownership Law.”
The Ministers were analysing the documents that Seya gave them, and they were astonished by the details of the drawings, the specifications, everything was at the level of the best architects of the Kingdom. “These are... My King!”
King Rohan was also looking at the drawings and he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He was used to analysing documents like that, every time a new construction or invention was showed to him. “Seya, you made this?”
“Of course, my King. Through trial and error, I used Earth Magic to make the prototype out of wood and then I went to some blacksmiths to do the parts in metal. I had to use the savings that I had put together since I was five years old. Now, I can even show right here the working equipment that I use in my fields and that I rent to the farmers in my village. They pay for using them, of course.”
“Did you bring that equipment with you?”
“Of course not, my King! But if my King let me surprise the Minister of the Magic Division over there, I can bring that equipment here, right now!”
The Minister was looking around, trying to figure out where Seya had hidden that equipment that was depicted on those drawings that he was still holding. “...What?”
King Rohan was also curious. “That sounds interesting. Please do that.”
“Do not fear, it’s completely safe. I have been using this Magic for some years already. Behold, Minister of Magic!”
Seya gathered his Magic and he threw to an empty space a small bright dot, that spread and took the shape of a big frame door, made of Light Magic.
The Minister of Magic never saw anything like that! “What? There’s a framed door made of Light Magic? What’s this?”
Seya then threw a dark dot that started to spread inside the light frame, making the Minister even more surprised. “It’s that Dark Magic? Inside the Light door frame?”
Seya then made the final link between the Light frame and the darkness inside of it, connecting it to the back of his parent’s house, where his father was happily smiling. “Here is my original Magic, the Gateway!”
The Minister of Magic fell to his knees, while the other Ministers were too dumbfounded to speak. Even the King was in shook, looking at that strange image on the other side of that Magic door. “What? There’s a Magic passage inside the Light door frame! There’s a man on the other side!”
Seya smiled while pointing with his hand at the Gateway. “That’s my father Rolland Denar’an Hinamoto, the famous Adventurer, now a Captain of the Guard of my village. Father, can you bring the open wagon with the harvest, please?”
“Yes, my son. And also, the other equipment, right?”
“Yes, please.”
Rolland Hinamoto climbed to the open wagon near him already prepared with one horse and he went through the Gateway. “Here it’s only a small portion, there’s enough for ten wagons like these. Oh, I am pleased to see you again, my King.”
The Minister of Magic was pulling his hair. “What? Did he just come through that door with a horse and a wagon? Impossible!”
King Rohan was also in shock and he did a great effort to greet Seya’s father. “Hello, Rolland. It’s really you? I am not seeing things? Where were you?”
“It’s really me. I was in our house, two days by carriage from here. This Magic is very convenient for transport. It’s as easy as going through a normal door. If my King excuses me, I must return to bring more things.”
“Yes, please.”
Rolland went through the Gateway back and forth, and soon, the Throne Room was full of wagons, harvest, and some strange equipment and apparatus. “And here is the other equipment, Seya. Do you need anything else? I want to take a bath before going to work. Why is your mother sitting there?”
“Dear, I almost fainted twice since Seya started talking!”
“Ahahahah!... Hang in there, my dear! Seya, see you later. My King and everyone else, goodbye for now.”
King Rohan waved at Seya’s father. “You are going back home? This Magic sure is convenient!”
Seya started to disperse the Gateway. He disconnected the Light Magic to the house, dispersed the Dark Magic and finally, he dispersed the Light Frame.
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