Chapter 546 Economic zone
After clearing my throat, I said, "Guests that have come from far and wide, I thank you for coming and welcome you to my territory."
The way that I said this was filled with the majesty that a powerful noble should have, it really made me look like a proper count like this, even if I didn't feel like one.
After a dramatic pause, I said, "We are all gathered here to discuss the issue that I have sent to your various lords, but I'm sure that all of you have your questions about what the plan is. I just ask that you hold all of these questions until you've heard everything that we have to say."
The people that were sitting around me revealed surprised looks after hearing this, but they nodded in agreement since this was a fair request.
After that, I turned to the board behind me and there was already someone that was putting up a map.
It was one of Rose's subordinates.
It seemed that they really had been well trained that they could even act without me giving them the cue. nove(l)bi(n.)com
Of course, I wouldn't know since I had been away this whole time.
After the map was placed, I took out the pointer that had been provided and started making areas on the map while reading off the script.
The script gave information about these places and the things that they had as their specialty.
The details given were so precise that even those who represented those areas didn't seem to know about them as seen by the surprised looks on the faces of the ones sitting around this room.
They really seemed like they had no idea about anything that I was saying.
Of course, I had no idea about any of this either since I never did any of this work.
They had really never heard of this term before.
Rose could see this, but she wasn't in a rush to explain.
Instead, after keeping them in suspense for a bit, she said, "The economic zone as we call it is an area where we all work together to improve the economy of each other's territory. For this, we will want everyone to work together to produce the goods that we specify for them."
Rose turned to the map and pointed at Viscount Henry's territory to say, "For example, take this territory as an example. This place is rich in fertile lands and is ideal for planting various types of food plants and plants for materials. So we would designate this place as a farming territory."
She pointed at another territory and said, "This territory has a rich copper mine, so we are hoping that the lord there will focus on developing said copper mine and provide copper not just for the region, but also to sell to other regions."
She went on to point out many different territories and their specialties before going into detail how they would help these territories distribute the products that they produced.
With Haley's distribution network that now spread all over the country with the help of the royal family and the duke, they had no problems helping all of these territories distribute everything for a fee.
Plus, she showed just how much they would make from all of this which was a major enticement to the representatives.
But in the end, one of them couldn't help asking, "So you're saying that you want us to stop producing food all together and just rely on buying it to support our territory?"
As soon as this was said, all of the representatives narrowed their eyes.
This was something that was very concerning for them because...if they couldn't secure the food supply of their territory, then it was impossible for them to be truly safe.
If they relied on buying food, there was no knowing if that food would stop because of some kind of accident.
Though it could also stop if some disaster happened, at least it would be safer to produce one's own food.
So this was a major problem in them accepting this proposal.
