Horobi no Kuni no Seifukusha - Ch. 26

[MangaDex]

 

[IMyuuki]

Princesses? Cousin?? Nahh... Craftsman onee-san senpai ftw, she just come with steel chair

 

[Ironclad]

I know where this is going.

 

[skeleton637]

I was not expecting the option of 'screw this, we out' to come up. I thought he was just speed running to build a stronger country.

 

[outinthegardener]

Lily, welcome to the clubhouse. We're modernizing!

Plans within plans. You'll love what Yuuri does with the printing press!

 

[Kaarme]

I didn't realise the royal house is so weak. The witches don't care, even though they will lose pretty much everything if the country falls, since the enemy is demonising the whole race (or is it species? I don't remember). I don't blame Yuuri for dreaming of America already. That being said, the enemy would eventually follow them there, in far greater numbers. Furthermore, who knows what awaits them in America. It's not our world.

It's pretty hopeless as long as the enemy is more or less the rest of the continent.

 

[ShiitakeCat]

Thanks for the TL!!

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thnks for the chapter!

 

[kazaddum]

I didn't realise the royal house is so weak. The witches don't care, even though they will lose pretty much everything if the country falls, since the enemy is demonising the whole race (or is it species? I don't remember). I don't blame Yuuri for dreaming of America already. That being said, the enemy would eventually follow them there, in far greater numbers. Furthermore, who knows what awaits them in America. It's not our world.

It's pretty hopeless as long as the enemy is more or less the rest of the continent.

The witches seem to be more concerned with short-term profits than with the survival of their state.

I hope they don't go for the murrica route, that would require lots of support from a motherstate for generations to pull off. For a long time more people were dying in the colonies than being born, only immigration secured a prositive population growth. More support would be needed to take land from the natives and do the usual settler colonialism (genocide).
In short, it's unfeasable as a run-away-plan in any realistic sense.

Feasable would be creating a vanguard party striving for revolution, liquidating the witches houses, modernisation of the armed forces and agressive persuit fo new income streams beyond farming and internal trade. In short: What the Netherlands did during the 80 years war.

 

[RolandMayfield]

TThanks for the chapter!

I was not expecting the option of 'screw this, we out' to come up. I thought he was just speed running to build a stronger country.

I think it's both, trying to run away and keep commerce/support with different countries trough his company and trying to strengthen the country to buy more time.

 

[Kaarme]

I hope they don't go for the murrica route, that would require lots of support from a motherstate for generations to pull off. For a long time more people were dying in the colonies than being born, only immigration secured a prositive population growth. More support would be needed to take land from the natives and do the usual settler colonialism (genocide).
In short, it's unfeasable as a run-away-plan in any realistic sense.

Since it's not our universe, there might be far more resistant civilizations already on the American continents. That would be interesting if the story ever makes it there.

Feasable would be creating a vanguard party striving for revolution, liquidating the witches houses, modernisation of the armed forces and agressive persuit fo new income streams beyond farming and internal trade. In short: What the Netherlands did during the 80 years war.

Since outinthegardener mentioned the printing press, it made me think Yuuri could be planning to wage information warfare against the enemies. Maybe enemies both inside and outside. The enemy outside could be make to realise they aren't fighting against demons, but just ordinary people like themselves. The enemy inside (witches) could be made more and more unpopular among the population by spreading the news of their misdeeds and their treason against the country, due to making the national defense more difficult. The witches might be able to keep the royal house under their control, but they wouldn't be able to do anything about masses of people.

 

[tekkenshu7]

A megane character joins the team
The only way Yuri can save their country is for him to conquer it, and force them all to look at the impending truth of their demise. This is why he's going to be called the 'conqueror' as the first chapter once mentioned about him.
Like Oda Nobunaga (like a demon lord of some sort), he's gonna bring in the otherworldly wisdom to unify his dying kingdom by hook or by crook, only then will he be able to make sure no one is going to be left behind as sacrifice (well, as much as possible)

 

[nobody2002]

When is he going to invent gunpowder?

 

[horsewithnoname]

I'd rather he be subverting the societal fabric to incite open dissidence, opening way to discussion and pressure the power structure and revolution brewing if need be. Going away and making new city or kingdom seems like a cheap easy move from storymaking point of view. Too bad since the family clan politics before was pretty interesting.

And the society seems pre industrial but there are no paper yet? and worse, no astral navigation? Celestial navigation has been used on earth since thousands of years before Christ. Records speak of heroes "ancient" from their ancient time navigating using the stars for god sake! Thats how long ago celestial mavigation should come up.

Modern people truly underestimate the power of human curiosity. In the times darkest for the mind, when no empirical method is disciplined, humans were left with our mind and the stars in the night. Only modern humans don't look and wonder upon them anymore.

Then the mangaka creates a world where society would go to pass late middle ages without understanding of their world stars just irk me so. As if everyone in the world are brainless idiots and the isekaid come and save them with mid fucking inventions that should have organically exist in that world ages ago.

Hhh this is tanya inventing supply post and distribution all over again.

Rant end ok. Sorry guys.

 

[outinthegardener]

I'd rather he be subverting the societal fabric to incite open dissidence, opening way to discussion and pressure the power structure and revolution brewing if need be. Going away and making new city or kingdom seems like a cheap easy move from storymaking point of view. Too bad since the family clan politics before was pretty interesting.

And the society seems pre industrial but there are no paper yet? and worse, no astral navigation? Celestial navigation has been used on earth since thousands of years before Christ. Records speak of heroes "ancient" from their ancient time navigating using the stars for god sake! Thats how long ago celestial mavigation should come up.

Modern people truly underestimate the power of human curiosity. In the times darkest for the mind, when no empirical method is disciplined, humans were left with our mind and the stars in the night. Only modern humans don't look and wonder upon them anymore.

Then the mangaka creates a world where society would go to pass late middle ages without understanding of their world stars just irk me so. As if everyone in the world are brainless idiots and the isekaid come and save them with mid fucking inventions that should have organically exist in that world ages ago.

Hhh this is tanya inventing supply post and distribution all over again.

Rant end ok. Sorry guys.

I don't think you need to be that worried. Timeline for the series is middle ages tech, but it does vary among different cultures. You'll see more of the Kuraltans eventually, and no one knows what is happening in other continents. What we do know is that Shiyaltans are a corrupt and dying culture at risk of being killed off by Kuraltans.

To compare to our middle ages history, Vikings discovered and failed to explore North America in 1021. It didn't stick until Columbus in 1492. This isn't a story about polynesians discoverings easter island with out-rigger canoes.

Like I said earlier, plans within plans. Yuuri is learning that Shiyaltan society is a corrupt dying empire. He's trying to come up with plans to resist Kuraltan invasions. Fleeing to N. America is a plan. Inventing new tech to use against Crusaders is another plan. He's experimenting with crude oil- that tech is used for fuel, mechanical transmission, explosives, solvents, plastics... But he needs to find out the best ways to use it fast. He doesn't have centuries to develop new tech before his species is genocided by religious zealots.

I say this every chapter. The Light Novel is very very good by light novel standards. One of the best geopolitics stories. Trust it, you're in for a thrilling ride.

 

[shyevsa]

I didn't realise the royal house is so weak. The witches don't care, even though they will lose pretty much everything if the country falls, since the enemy is demonising the whole race (or is it species? I don't remember). I don't blame Yuuri for dreaming of America already. That being said, the enemy would eventually follow them there, in far greater numbers. Furthermore, who knows what awaits them in America. It's not our world.

It's pretty hopeless as long as the enemy is more or less the rest of the continent.

The Royal are pretty much only one family (3 people now) and yes the witches control everything even their guard, they just there for legitimacy.

Also the navigational power in that world are quite limited, and there is hardly any ship capable of such long journey. so while its true that they would eventually follow them, as long as the tech are not leaked it would give them few century to rebuild themeselve. remember Shaltean can live up to 150-200 years old just fine, tho they also has low reproductivity so I don't know if they can repopulate enough in given time.

I was not expecting the option of 'screw this, we out' to come up. I thought he was just speed running to build a stronger country.

I was thinking the same when I read the LN, looking at the title I though he would just do revolutions or something. but at this point in time he just don't want to put the egg in single basket, and like what Lily speculated there is a lot of people that would stay to fight in case they got attacked. added politically there just no way to revolution without scrubbing the witches and the brave.

 

[shyevsa]

I'd rather he be subverting the societal fabric to incite open dissidence, opening way to discussion and pressure the power structure and revolution brewing if need be. Going away and making new city or kingdom seems like a cheap easy move from storymaking point of view. Too bad since the family clan politics before was pretty interesting.

And the society seems pre industrial but there are no paper yet? and worse, no astral navigation? Celestial navigation has been used on earth since thousands of years before Christ. Records speak of heroes "ancient" from their ancient time navigating using the stars for god sake! Thats how long ago celestial mavigation should come up.

Modern people truly underestimate the power of human curiosity. In the times darkest for the mind, when no empirical method is disciplined, humans were left with our mind and the stars in the night. Only modern humans don't look and wonder upon them anymore.

Then the mangaka creates a world where society would go to pass late middle ages without understanding of their world stars just irk me so. As if everyone in the world are brainless idiots and the isekaid come and save them with mid fucking inventions that should have organically exist in that world ages ago.

Hhh this is tanya inventing supply post and distribution all over again.

Rant end ok. Sorry guys.

Looking it this way. their culture had been on losing strike for the past 1000 years. they hardly able to cross the northen sea. and with such small population added corrupted goverment I don't think tech savy people would survive long enough to make something significant. or its a loss knowledge, in the past they might have already had the calestial navigation but there is simply no one survive to remember it.

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

lmao all this time and no star navigation? What bullshit and its about to accelerate.

 

[Salfaro]

I'm sure with a series named "The Conqueror From a Dying Country", that he's just gonna run away when they get invaded. Nothing else, nope.

 

[Sp12er]

Since it's not our universe, there might be far more resistant civilizations already on the American continents. That would be interesting if the story ever makes it there.

Just heads up, the novel author directly addressed this matter in the afterwords, yes while having native Americans tribes already living there would be an interesting story, he decides to make America a truly unsettled land, simply because he feel he doesn't have the time and the story is in the end about focusing on MC's struggle rather than trying to settle disputes with new people.