Volume 6 Chapter 3, Part 2 Because I Stuck My Hand Into Someone's Pocket...
Catherine doesn't know, but the kingdom government has already approached the Church headquarters for funding to continue the orphanage and primary education.
This is something that the kingdom can pull off because it is the victim this time, having had the manor taken.
Of course, the purified upper echelons, including Archbishop Ridley, have the intention of selfless service, caring for the orphans and providing education, but to the heads of various countries, such spirit is meaningless.
What matters is *increasing the number of citizens who worship the country* and providing education that is beneficial to the nation.
In other words, the two things that the Church has control over are things that the kingdom desperately wants.
Especially for the kingdom, which has been struggling recently.
That's why they are using funding to shake up the Church like a match pump.
They are coming to strike when the target is completely weakened, but what put a halt to that is Catherine's kotatsu business.
A proposal for a Church-owned project that does not rely on donations or offerings.
And she is completely unaware of all this.
Randy, Catherine, and no one else knows that the simple thinking of confiscation leading to no money for the Church is about to crush the country's scheme.
That's why their problem is just so simple.
"Until then, what should we do about the financially struggling orphanage..."
With her head in her hands, Catherine exchanged glances with Randy and the others.
They could see the future of the kotatsu, but that project would blossom a bit later.
That's why Catherine wants a guarantee to get through the immediate year.
"Like something we can whip up and sell like hotcakes..."
"Do you think such a thing exists?"
With a laugh from his nose, Randy said, "You wouldn't know, would you?" and Catherine looked up.
"How about selling water? Like Saint's water..."
With a sly smile, Randy replied, "That would be a scam!" and Catherine raised her eyebrows.
If it were 'remarkable blessed water' like in her previous life, it might sell in this fantasy world.
"Water, then. How about the one that Lady Catherine let me drink before?"
"Ah, was it carbonated?"
"Huh? You could make carbonated water?"
Catherine frowned at surprised Randy and said, "I can make it."
To Catherine, it was just a simple product of a chemical reaction.
Anyone could do it if they just knew the mechanism.
But for Randy, the *crystal of physics* was carbonic acid.
"Wow. You have quite a bit of power, huh..."
Catherine tilted her head and said, "Huh?" to Randy, who was staring intently at her arm.
"No, no. You compressed carbon dioxide to make it, right?"
"What's with that brute force? Mine is a chemical reaction..."
"Chemical reaction?"
Catherine, with an exasperated look, said to Randy, "You look like a total idiot."
Randy desperately tried to explain the breath-compressed carbonic acid to her...
"Who would want to drink something like that?"
Catherine was completely put off.
And rightly so.
Carbonic acid made from human breath is something only a real weirdo would want.
On the other hand, Catherine, with a look of disbelief, taught him about carbonic acid from a chemical reaction.
"After all that trouble..."
Randy slumped his shoulders in disappointment.
And rightly so.
After all the hard work he put in, hearing it could be made by just mixing 2 powders made him wonder what that time was for.
"But it might be okay. Carbonated water... I could probably get a patent."
Catherine nodded happily, and Randy raised his face, saying, "That's good, but..."
"Don't forget that we're looking for workers at our place."
Catherine remembered the words she had once heard as Randy showed a smile, saying, "Speaking of which..."
──Miss Catherine. How about having the people who were left out at the Church work for us?
"We're producing thermal underwear, and the beauty serum is doing quite well, so now even the men of the territory are being called in. We have a lot of farmland lying idle, and we're even planning a new town."
As Randy said, the completion of the port town was already in sight, and the development plan for the next town was underway.
This was all because, in the rapidly developing Victor, there were a few people hoping to move in seeking jobs.
He intend to draw in the believers who lost their place because the kingdom took over the estate with those people.
"If there's just one problem, it's whether we can pull the citizens of the kingdom, even if they are believers, to the Dukedom..."
Randy frowned, and Liz smiled, saying, "Then, there's no problem."
"The kingdom and the Dukedom have a friendly relationship. If they wish to and both countries recognize it, moving citizenship is possible."
Liz smiled knowingly, saying, "The Dukedom will nod."
The Dukedom Government owes Victor due to the winter vacation mess.
Moreover, if Victor develops, there's no doubt their pockets will be enriched from now on.
The Dukedom will definitely recognize it.
"But, the kingdom won't just say 'yes', will they?"
Leon tilted his head, but Catherine grinned, saying, "If they don't say it, I'll make them say it."
"Saintly Lady, can you really do that?"
Catherine puffed out her chest, saying, "Of course."
"I'm a Saint, you know. With the Church backing me. Manipulating public opinion is a piece of cake."
Catherine laughed loudly, and the 3 of them exchanged slightly uneasy glances.
Yes.
To repeat, the 3 do not know the true purpose of the kingdom.
There's no way the kingdom would simply nod to something that benefits the Church.
No, they can't possibly nod.
As a result, Catherine's manipulation of public opinion will begin...
Catherine's unmalicious manipulation of public opinion will further corner the kingdom... they have no way of knowing.
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