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Although she didn't like it, Kozue took her new responsibility very seriously.
Therefore, having acquired the necessary administrative knowledge to manage a country in his Dimensional Store, he quickly got to work.
The first thing he did was eliminate the existing laws on the use of farmland and the maritime area for fishing, which prevented the population from farming and fishing without a corresponding permit.
Gato had arranged for these laws, along with many others, to be created by bribing the Daimyo with a lot of money.
Of course, the idiot Daimyo was then kidnapped and handed an oppressed country over to Gato on a silver platter.
Kozue quickly repealed those laws and set about gathering a large number of workers to cultivate those lands and fish in the sea.
Meanwhile, he used Gato's money, who had also stolen the wealth of the Wave Daimyo, to buy everything necessary to sustain the country at the Dimensional Store.
From food and medicine for the population, to machinery and fertilizer for cultivation, boats and nets for fishing.
Of course, this won't last forever.
With the land and sea producing, along with the population now working and receiving a salary, the country's economy will soon be revitalized and Kozue will no longer need to use foreign resources to sustain the country.
In addition to revitalizing the country's economy, Kozue also oversaw the improvement of hospitals and the reopening of schools, most of which had been closed in recent years.
With families unable to support themselves, many children had to leave school to work and help their families, so many schools were left without students.
Of course, there were also the orphans, who were taken in at newly created orphanages for this purpose.
Given the current situation in the country, few families will be able to adopt any of these children, so the country must take care of their food, clothing, and housing.
In addition, many of these children are siblings or have spent so much time together that they won't want to be separated, so being adopted would also be more difficult.
This and many other things is what Kozue was doing to get the country running again.
Kozue was very busy, and although he didn't like the work, he was angry when he was interrupted.
Especially when they were guys trying to take advantage of him.
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Several weeks ago
Capital of the land of fire
Empresa Takuji
Early in the morning, in one of the offices of the Takuji company, Imada was reviewing several documents detailing its sales during the last month.
Having done most of the work yesterday, the fat man reviewed the final details very carefully, as he has to give an account to the company manager tomorrow and he himself will receive a commission from the profits.
Because they have contracts with many farmers, the Takuji company can supply a small part of the food demand of the capital and several nearby cities, generating great wealth.
Imada was one of the company's star salespeople, generating higher profits for the company compared to the other salespeople.
It's a shame that the company manager, Takuji, is the owner's nephew, or perhaps Imada had expectations of rising in his position within the company.
Of course, the Takuji company could not be compared to those large trading companies supported by those great families and with connections to the Daimyo or other nobles.
But Imada could only dream of joining one of them, since she didn't dare to try.
For now.
There were too many vested interests in those big businesses, so he knew for sure that they would end up dying without having the right connections.
This is why he has made an effort to meet and befriend as many high-ranking people in the city as possible, hoping to one day advance to a higher position.
So far, those connections have allowed him to make several deals that have made him the company's main salesman, so his efforts were not in vain either.
It was at noon when the man finished and had a hearty lunch before leaving to visit some people, under the pretext of having tea and playing shogi.
Imada did this every so often to keep in touch with certain important people, and the last time was several weeks ago.
Some of them were not in the city or were busy, and Imada was not offended that they did not receive him.
He knew he couldn't act arrogant and simply left his greetings before going to find the next person on his list.
And it was when he arrived at the Ichihara family's lands that he was surprised to find the funereal atmosphere.
The servants were moving quickly back and forth, but they had only put up a few of the funeral decorations, so the man guessed that they had recently started.
And to decorate the whole place, Imada guessed that someone important must have died.
"Excuse me, may I ask who just passed away?"
Approaching and quietly asking one of the servants, the fat man tried to get some information.
I knew few people in the Ichihara family, so I planned to stay close to one of them during the funeral.
That way, I could meet more people from this family.
The servant looked at the one who interrupted his work.
And seeing that Imada dressed like a rich person, he didn't dare to be careless and answered honestly.
After all, what had happened was no secret, and the news would quickly spread throughout the city by nightfall.
"...unfortunately, the woman couldn't bear the news and passed away alongside the young teacher."
What Imada did not expect to hear was the death of the patriarch Ichihara's wife and his son, who was the most likely to be the next leader of the Ichihara family.
It turns out that in the morning, Noboru Ichichara went hunting with a group of his friends, where he unfortunately suffered an accident when he fell off his horse and died instantly when he fell headfirst.
The body was quickly brought to the Ishihara family, where Honoka Ishihara received the news of her son's death with great shock, fainting on the spot.
Servants and others nearby tried to help the woman, but sadly she had suffered a cardiac arrest and died instantly.
This major incident had shaken the Ishihara family, which was about to change its leader, and the news had not yet become widely known.
Of course, Imada had no doubt that this would reach the entire city in a short time, as many had been keeping a close eye on the Ishihara family for the past few months.
What Imada regretted most was that the dead people were Hanako Ishihara, his most important connection in the Ichihara family.
In addition to having her own businesses, as the main wife of the leader of the Ichihara family, the woman had a lot of influence.
Especially when her husband fell ill, and the woman took charge of some businesses alongside the elders of the family.
And although Mrs. Ishihara's husband could not continue in his position, Imada had tried to get closer to the woman because her son was the most likely to take his father's place.
Not only because his father had many connections as the Daimyo, and having his friend's son as the family leader could keep the country's leader close.
In addition, Mrs. Ichihara's birth family also has a lot of influence.
After all, Daimyo's wife is from the Yamaguchi family.
The other contenders for the position of leader of the Ichihara family could not match such support, so Noboru Ishihara was the favorite to take his place.
Of course, the next leader of the Ichihara family had not yet been chosen because many descendants of the family elders were also competing for the position, lengthening the process until now, when the family leader is bedridden and unable to get up.
Imada said goodbye to the servant, but not before giving him some money for answering his question, something the servant first looked around and smiled gratefully when he realized that nobody was watching him.
Imada decided against visiting the following names on her list.
Instead, he quickly traveled back to the Takuji company and ordered one of his employees to obtain a funeral arrangement before changing his clothes and returning with the arrangement to the Ichihara family.
And when he did, he found many people arriving at the place.