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[flatteries]

[ Wow, wait, hold on a second here. That's a lot that Inigo wasn't really thinking of, considering how much his mind has been on hunting ever since he learned about the particular kind of local wildlife.. ]

Wait, why would they have famine here? They seem to be doing pretty alright.

[ohaiyo_isekai]

They do not have a famine at present, but the reason we were needed is because of a war elsewhere. Famine is War and Pestilence's constant friend - and we've already got a war and a pestilence.

This is less a disaster measure and more of a proactive once.

Besides, I think it may be in the best interest of the agricultural classes here to learn to plant rice, just in case. After all, a labor intensive crop that doesn't need the capital of rich, livestock owning burg'ers should insulate them from the whims of nobility, as well.

[flatteries]

I.. uh, well..

[ Inigo sounds obviously caught off guard, like this was not a conversation he was expecting to have in the slightest and his brain needs to recalibrate itself to try and find a sensible reply to all of that. ]

That.. sounds like a lot of work though. These missions often don't last all that long, you know? Do you really think you could do that much here so quickly? [ And look, he's reaaally awkward at this anti-nobility talk, but he can shove that to the back of his mind for a moment before he gets even more tangled up in his attempt to find words right now. ]

[ohaiyo_isekai]

[look he’s not gonna deny that people training to be leaders isn’t useful, he’s not Chaotic, but he’s also not going to deny that monarchy doesn’t suck if you aren’t titled.]

I think that giving some farmers some seed potatoes and rice can’t much hurt them, and is a good way for us to generate goodwill and replenish some stocks.

And if it means that they survive on brown rice and russet potatoes where they would have otherwise starved, so much the better.

[flatteries]

[ Well, he sure isn't going to deny that goodwill is great - Inigo loves being friendly with people! But.. ]

These people do have food though, right? I mean, there's a whole forest filled with edible things out there! [ .. And a few trolls. Okay. But aside from that. ] And I even saw them selling their own food out at the marketplace. What's wrong with that food?

[ohaiyo_isekai]

Nothing. In fact, it is my intention to trade our novel foods for their staples, direct from the farmer.

It’s just... hmn.

Have you studied agriculture at all, ser?

[flatteries]

Ah.. not really.

[ Inigo is pretty sure he can honestly admit that without seeming like a total moron, right. It's not like just anyone would know a lot about that. ]

Why? Is it that obvious?

[ohaiyo_isekai]

I will try to be brief, and forgive me if I unwittingly condescend; that's one of my more common failure modes. I have studied the history of this kind of agriculture, and I have, in fact, done famine relief and farming at home, which is where I chanced on my uncommon knowledge. I stress that these facts are not at all intuitive.

A poor farmer does not want to grow any one crop, and give it the attention it needs to flourish. Down that route lies starvation on a bad year, though it may lead to greater wealth on a good one; they desire safety from famine more than the largest years possible, low risk rather than high reward. So emmer wheat, yes, but also barley and rye; maize, but also sorhgum; rice, but also millet; and whenever possible, the reliable comrade of the poor farmer, potatoes.

Rice, as well, is uniquely suited to a poor farmer. Most cereals require the capital outlay of a rich man's cattle and horses to pull a plow. Not so rice, with it's shallow furrows in flooded fields. Rice requires more labor, but it's the labor of the poor with no need for the burgher and his cattle at all... and therefore, a chance for the poorest farmers to gain respect and power that they would otherwise, with other crops, lack.

[flatteries]

[ To his credit, Inigo really tries to listen. He does.

But somewhere halfway through his brain involuntarily starts tuning out the rest of what the poor guy is saying. It's just going so far over Inigo's head that his own mind decides to do him a favour and no longer torment him with the rest of it

Except that leaves the problem that he has absolutely no idea what to say when he only catches the last few words at the tail end of the whole story. ]

Uh..

[ Think, Inigo. Think. ]

You sound like you know a lot about this... [ Nailed it. Except not. He sounds totally confused. ]

[ohaiyo_isekai]

[Deep sigh.]

Sorry. I tend to go off on things that interest me greatly.

[flatteries]

I can hear that. [ He says, pretty much instinctively. Because there's a near-choked sound a moment later, as if Inigo only know realises his brain-to-mouth filter failed him by actually saying that out loud. ]

Ah, I mean--! It's.. It's good to be passionate about something! Even when it's something I myself could never imagine being passionate about.. [ The day Inigo cares about agriculture is the day he's no longer himself, probably. ] But everyone is different, you know?

[ohaiyo_isekai]

Thank you. I do appreciate it, and your sincerity.

But maybe I'll just mention the results, rather than the theory, hmn? Save both of our time.

[He does, at least, sound like he's legitimately not upset with him. Sometimes that's just how his brain do.]

[flatteries]

[ Thank you, kind stranger.. Inigo will take anyone not sounding upset at him any day! ]

I suppose that sounds like it would be for the better. [ Especially since maybe this will all go less over his head once he thinks of results..? Maybe? Inigo can't be sure, but it can't get more complicated to him than it already is now. ] Please do inform me then!