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Isekai Kenkokuki - Vol. 3 Ch. 23.1
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The beatings will continue until morale improves
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They should concentrate on training archers since their objective is to defend a fortification. Of course they need a bunch of people skilled with a spear and such, as well, but a bow should be the main weapon for most of their defenders. The MC might also want to construct an onager or a ballista on his spare time. It would serve some shock effect against invaders. Hurting the opponent's morale in battle is always important.
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That also rubbed me the wrong way, for the very same reason.
Also: From the MC's POV my subordinate would continue to be my buddy and everything, but from that point on, I would think twice about ever entrusting him something important again, as that guy himself clearly showed, that he isn't trusting himself to be in charge. If I continue to entrust such stuff to people, that clearly arn't fit for it, people would lose trust in me.
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@Qelix Only a hundred people in the village, many of them young. Not only is it unrealistic to expect miracles from youths but there're only so many people he could count on in the first place. On the other hand, with so few people, it's more difficult for anyone to try to avoid the responsibility if something goes wrong. If he relies on someone, they might grow up to fill the role.
Nobody's going to lose trust in the MC so easily. He founded the village and has done pretty much everything to make it what it is, including being friends to both the griffin and the king. Realistically speaking it ought to make it considerably harder for the others to betray his expectations, at least intentionally. They might as well worship the ground he walked on, after all he has done.
Nobody's going to lose trust in the MC so easily. He founded the village and has done pretty much everything to make it what it is, including being friends to both the griffin and the king. Realistically speaking it ought to make it considerably harder for the others to betray his expectations, at least intentionally. They might as well worship the ground he walked on, after all he has done.
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@Kaarme: They worship the ground he is walking on...for now. I might have been a bit to harsh on that young one and you're right on the matter, that those youths love him and MC's reputation with them is in no danger at this point. But I believe this doesn't hold true for the elder refugees. Sure, they are happy to have found a place to stay, but as with the girls parents, I fear there are quite some of them, who only see the villagers as children including MC.
If there are authority undermining processes to start at some point, that starting point is about right now. The more MC's authority is undermined, the harder it will get to return it, where it used to be. Strike that. It will be hard enough to keep it up at a high level, as I'm sure, he will face some serious trouble, that will undermine it anyways. So it's better to be on the lookout for stuff like that.
Sure his buddy is growing, so we can enter this in the books as "training costs" and he did scold him a bit, but he should have been a bit sterner about it and go into the details, even if he is a meat head. He should have told him, that he put him into charge and he did that for a reason. It's fine to heed Earls advice, but he shouldn't just handled to ropes to him, like he seemingly did. Earl is looking out for the best of the refugees and not necessarily for the village. Something along that line.
I see that the MC neglecting this might lead up to an event, the author seemingly is preparing.
If there are authority undermining processes to start at some point, that starting point is about right now. The more MC's authority is undermined, the harder it will get to return it, where it used to be. Strike that. It will be hard enough to keep it up at a high level, as I'm sure, he will face some serious trouble, that will undermine it anyways. So it's better to be on the lookout for stuff like that.
Sure his buddy is growing, so we can enter this in the books as "training costs" and he did scold him a bit, but he should have been a bit sterner about it and go into the details, even if he is a meat head. He should have told him, that he put him into charge and he did that for a reason. It's fine to heed Earls advice, but he shouldn't just handled to ropes to him, like he seemingly did. Earl is looking out for the best of the refugees and not necessarily for the village. Something along that line.
I see that the MC neglecting this might lead up to an event, the author seemingly is preparing.
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@Qelix Yeah, you are right about any new people, especially those that might arrive still later. The current latest ones did get their lives saved once by him when he negotiated with the invading Freme troops, so they wouldn't easily betray him either, unless pushed. Maintaining the proper amont of authority is, understandably, difficult for him. He didn't start like a king, after all, he just took care of a bunch of orphan kids. Not to mention he's from a modern world originally, so he can't make himself so easily behead a troublemaker as a rebel to ensure people won't nourish wrong kind of ideas. A local lord would do that without a second thought, and the masses would think it's natural.
The MC also might be subconsciously expecting too much from everybody. In the civilised parts of our world average people are easily smarter than nobles of a thousand years ago because everybody receives years and years of carefully developed, planned, and monitored education and there's free information available everywhere. In the past, however, common people were utterly ignorant of pretty much everything but their own village/town and their specific profession. That could be one of the most difficult things to get used to when isekaied, realistically speaking, although it's another question how many series would bother with it, but it could have an effect here.
The MC also might be subconsciously expecting too much from everybody. In the civilised parts of our world average people are easily smarter than nobles of a thousand years ago because everybody receives years and years of carefully developed, planned, and monitored education and there's free information available everywhere. In the past, however, common people were utterly ignorant of pretty much everything but their own village/town and their specific profession. That could be one of the most difficult things to get used to when isekaied, realistically speaking, although it's another question how many series would bother with it, but it could have an effect here.
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@Kaarme: It would be a really nice drama idea to include the "I underestimated the lack of education." into the story. Yeah, most stories either describe people in those societies as total idiots or somehow freakishly knowledgeable about modern customs. Sometimes they "understand" the MC's POV and accept his intention to better things, so fast, its unreasonable.
"Ah, I understand. If you educate the plebeians, they will create more revenue and better goods and this will create wealth for the whole region. Let's do this!",
instead of ,
"You want to educate those fools? It will cost mountains of gold." ... "What? It will pay off? How?" ... "Laughable. That did never happen before and I don't see how it would. That's just laughable-" ... "Knowledge is power? Madness! The only kind of knowledge that is power is the knowledge you know about your enemy in war. Guards! Take that foolish madman away."
And sometimes they sound like people, that took lessons in modern economy/philosophy/laws, but otherwise can't tie their own shoes. As good as never they are genuine uneducated, but clever.
But I think I digressed. Yeah, that would be something, if the author would get that right. In some cases in this story, sometimes they seem to actually act accordingly. But sometimes...
"Ah, I understand. If you educate the plebeians, they will create more revenue and better goods and this will create wealth for the whole region. Let's do this!",
instead of ,
"You want to educate those fools? It will cost mountains of gold." ... "What? It will pay off? How?" ... "Laughable. That did never happen before and I don't see how it would. That's just laughable-" ... "Knowledge is power? Madness! The only kind of knowledge that is power is the knowledge you know about your enemy in war. Guards! Take that foolish madman away."
And sometimes they sound like people, that took lessons in modern economy/philosophy/laws, but otherwise can't tie their own shoes. As good as never they are genuine uneducated, but clever.
But I think I digressed. Yeah, that would be something, if the author would get that right. In some cases in this story, sometimes they seem to actually act accordingly. But sometimes...
