The Brain of a Duke Princess

Invention

“... And they live happily ever after. We'll stop telling stories here today. ”

When I closed the open book, all the children had a dissatisfied expression and announced,

"Eh ~, more, more!"

"Read this picture book next. ”

Ah, I was healed. Surely if someone saw my expression now, they would think that I couldn't take it anymore.

I am now refraining from reading again.

"I'm so sorry . I really need to go home today. I will definitely come next time, so please forgive me. ”

"Eh ~ …"

"When did you come?"

After hearing the lonely tone of the voices of the children I almost wanted to say, if possible I want to stay here forever …

“Although I don't know when, but I will definitely return. Ok? I promise you . ”

"I understand ~"

“... When you return next time, please read the picture book. ”

"Yes of course . ”

After I said goodbye to the children, I headed inside the orphanage and greeted Mina-sensei.

… Haaa ~ I don't want to go back.

When I retire someday, I wonder if I should work in an orphanage .. Or rather, I've seriously considered it.

The marriage ... That wish had been shattered when my engagement with a member of the royal family was cancelled. Because it happened, my marriage ended in a broken dream.

Sometime in the future, I will have to retire from managing a conglomerate and a fief. When that time comes, I want to live quietly while surrounded by children.

I was completely healed. … Because there is no foolproof way on how to raise a child, I am sure that problems will occur here and there, but, I can't believe there will be a time when my feelings about this will cool down.

Favorable and unfavorable connections, strategies ..not to mention in conglomerates, but there are always these shadows in fief politics. The number one thing that the country used during the exchange was the fight.

Favorable and unfavorable connections, strategies ..not to mention in conglomerates, but there are always these shadows in fief politics. The number one thing that the country used during the exchange was the fight.

Since I am not a high-ranking man, I never want others to say that I cannot see what is important and protect him. Sometimes, there are things that have to be cut down and I have to play the role of the devil, harden my heart, and cut it. And things that can still be used should be used.

I must protect the people who live within our dominions, my precious parents, grandparents, people who are important to me and those who are willing to work with me, in any way.

However, even if it was me, there were times when I felt tired. Rather than my body, this is my heart and mind. What I read in the book .. The king is always lonely.

Although I am not a King, the future of the people can change based on my final decision.

When I think about those things, as I think, it's heavy.

Since I decided to do this myself, I will do everything I am capable of doing .. That being said, I will also grow old in the end, and it is impossible for me to continue later, then, so I have to find someone suitable to replace me .

Well, in order to achieve a peaceful future, I have to work on it now.

It had been half a year since grandfather departed from the duke of Armelia. Berne and the Second Prince had successfully graduated from school.

Right now, Berne is studying under dad. The other group members also studied under their parents. This means that Ed-sama also studied his duties in the palace. She is not officially married to Yuri-sama yet. Regarding when it will happen, they have not made an announcement yet, but it may be soon.

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After I returned home, I headed straight to the study room. First, I'll look at the documents about the conglomerate, and the fief government afterwards.

“Welcome home, young mistress. ”

With that time, the one who entered was the Dean. After I passed out that time, I stopped casually going into town with just Dean and me. Our holidays are on separate days, if something happens, we will be able to support each other.

"I'm back, Dean. Although suddenly, please give me a report. ”

"Yes nih . … As expected, imports and exports increased after ease of tax. Moreover, it seems like the profits of conglomerates and companies have increased. ”

From then on, we went from poll tax to income tax to reduce the taxes to be paid. Although there was a lot of confusion when it was still at the introductory stage, it had settled down bit by bit.

Well, just to summarize where the duchy of Armelia was, it was to the southeast of the Royal City, and the area it covered was quite large. The climate is a perennial spring .. and the southern part is tropical. East facing the sea, and there are several ports there.

I believe that the duchy of Armelia was blessed with a good location. The climate is warm, and there is a port city. There was a sea that separated the other countries from him, despite the risks during the wartime, but at present, he brought great profits.

In addition, northwest of the Royal City, without a puddle of water to separate the land, lies the famous Kingdom of War, the Kingdom of Towair. So, compared to that place, this is better.

Back to the story, there was a port city in our region, and hence, trade was happening there more than ever. When I had just received a position as the vice ruler, I went to investigate the eastern part where the tax revenue was large, and the reason was because of the port city.

Today, due to the ease of taxation, trade with other countries has increased. With the previous taxes, not only were the people in the region not trading enough with other countries, they were also suffering from trade with other cities in the region. Taxes on exports have been abolished and reduced taxes on imports. In the future, we will conduct occasional tax rate checks based on product items.

Back to the story, there was a port city in our region, and hence, trade was happening there more than ever. When I had just received a position as the vice ruler, I went to investigate the eastern part where the tax revenue was large, and the reason was because of the port city.

Today, due to the ease of taxation, trade with other countries has increased. With the previous taxes, not only were the people in the region not trading enough with other countries, they were also suffering from trade with other cities in the region. Taxes on exports have been abolished and reduced taxes on imports. In the future, we will conduct occasional tax rate checks based on product items.

In any case, as taxes have been reduced, the number of imported and exported goods coming and going to other countries is increasing.

Therefore, with conglomerates and companies gaining more profits based on the goods they handle, next is the conglomerate income tax .. We will separate the conglomerate income tax and their president, that's something I'm looking forward to.

… Azura conglomerate has also started importing and exporting to other countries, so our profits are increasing bit by bit.

Well, as the distribution increased, I found something interesting. That's silk.

In my previous world, if I am not mistaken, silk was introduced in Europe during the Middle Ages*, and it was popular among the upper classes, there is still no silk in this Kingdom.

[T/N: The Middle Ages lasted from the 5th to the 15th centuries. Silk was introduced to Europe, Italy, in the 13th century after the Second Crusade. For more information, please search “Silk Road. ”]

The main currents here are linen, wool, and cotton. I find it interesting that although cotton has been distributed, silk, on the other hand, is not available .. That is what I first thought, but as the trade increased, I recently discovered it.

Although I knew that growing silkworms was one way to produce them, and I wanted Armelia to be a locality, but to be honest, I don't know what silk is made of and the manufacturing process so it will take a huge amount of time. Therefore, when the clay tax revenue has been reduced, let's do some experiments in the future.