I Have Been Called The Idiot Son Behind My Back. But I Remembered Memories, And I Can Use The Abilities I Had In My Past Life. So I Will Make Use of Major Online Stores Like Am**on And Aim for a Slow Life for Now - 9

“As expected of my master. I’ll be by your side for life!”

Honestly, while I do think it’s a bit easy for her to cheer up with just high-grade oil, since I purchased all her parts to resemble my ideal opposite-s3x body and face, when Mariel, looking like that, says such things, I can’t help but feel it’s not so bad, making me just as easy to please.

By the way, Mariel’s appearance is that of a sharp-faced woman with long black hair, glasses, and ample assets—truly the ideal secretary.

Or rather, is she really just an artificial intelligence? Sometimes I wonder, but then I see her drinking oil like this: “Glug, glug, glug, ahhh! Delicious! I live for this drink!” And I think, “Yep, she must be a robot with artificial intelligence after all.”

“So, my master, did you call me because you have something you want to ask me?”

“Yeah, you catch on quickly.”

“I am an artificial intelligence, after all.”

“…Could you search for proposals to revitalize Schwarz’s nearly bankrupt territory? The current state of Schwarz’s territory was as I sent earlier in compressed data.”

Since I’m not getting anywhere with Mariel’s jokes, I lightly ignore them and inform her of the reason I called her—about “Schwarz’s territory reform”—and ask for her opinion on it.

“I see… Most of the territory’s farmers produce barley, but it’s being produced even cheaper and on a larger scale in other territories. Merchants have stopped buying barley from this territory, and even if they do, they bargain for lower prices, resulting in deficits. Since there’s already a surplus of barley, why not make barley shochu? Fortunately, while this country has whiskey made from malt, it doesn’t have barley shochu made from koji. Additionally, even if someone were to imitate it, you could brand the liquor, maybe call it ‘Original Barley Shochu,’ and since the flavor would vary depending on where and how it’s made, even if similar cheap liquor appears elsewhere, customers won’t likely leave. Moreover, if nobles like it, they might prefer to buy the more expensive liquor. Then, to prevent crop rotation failure, we can cultivate rice in secret to enable double cropping, and with that, let’s also make sake.”

Yeah, as expected of Doraemon for troubled times.

So, without delay, I start discussing with Schwarz about the future.

Regarding the details: for making barley shochu, it will take about half a month for the initial aging, and until then, I’ll provide support, gradually progressing to initial aging, mid-term aging, and long-term aging, then selling them. The same plan applies to sake.

From the sales of barley shochu, I’ll start repaying the debt to the Kvist family within a reasonable range.

If it fails, I’ll propose and support other plans.

If it succeeds, until the debt is repaid, I’ll receive 20% of the sales each month as compensation for the support provided. After the debt is fully repaid, I’ll receive 2% of the sales each month.

Naturally, the manufacturing process of barley shochu is strictly confidential, and the residents involved in production will also sign contracts to that effect.

That’s a rough explanation of the plan.