Noble Reincarnation~Blessed With the Strongest Power From Birth

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” Henry has dealt with rebels many times, but never with remote bandits, I believe.”

“Yes, that’s true, but ……”

　What about it?　Henry stares at me.

　And while smiling back at him, 

“In this kind of report on the bandits’ subjugation, the number of enemies is reported larger – no, much larger.”

“…… Why is that?”

　Henry frowned and asked back.

“There are two main reasons.
The first is about money.
The more enemy there is, the more we need to increase our forces to compete.
And if there are actually fewer enemies, you can just accept the budget and not have to raise more troops.”

” That’ s what His Majesty pointed out that time with Rice, isn’t it?”

　I smiled softly.

　Nostalgic.

　At that time, Henry was the Minister of War, and I was just a helper.

　Now, Henry is still the Minister of War, but I’m the Emperor.

　It was interesting to see the difference in our positions.

“And one more thing.
If you report a much larger number of enemy troops, you can create the illusion that your victory is greater than it is, and that your defeat was inevitable.
In fact, Henry must have thought that things were out of control there and that the center had to do something about it.”

“Indeed.”

“To begin with.”

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　I smiled even more and handed him the report.

　Henry receives it and I continue.

“It made Henry concerned enough to come to me for advice, but it’s just a ‘report,’ not a word about reinforcements.”

“…… Indeed.
The only thing it says is that we will annihilate them with all our might.”

“If there were reinforcements, they would be in trouble, wouldn’t they?”

“I see.
That’s right, Your Majesty, you’ve got a good eye.”

　As Henry bowed his head, Don entered the study.

“His Highness, the Fourth.
Excuse me.
I hope I’m not interrupting anything important.”

“Never mind, the conversation is finished.”

” Well then, sir.”

“What is it?”

“Your Majesty received something like this.”

　Don said and held out a box.

　Fuwawa’s box.

　It is a box that I gave to some trusted people scattered around the country to tip them off.

　I took it and used Fuwawa’s power to open the box.

　There was a letter inside, and I took it out and read it.

“Fuu …..
fuhahahaha.”

“Your Majesty?”

“What’s the matter?”

　Henry and Don wondered.

　I smiled and handed the letter to Henry.

　Henry read it – and he laughed, too.

“I told you so, didn’t I?”

“Yes.
…… The actual number of bandits is 500.
That’s a tenth.”

　The tip-off had come from Lermo.

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　It is true that the bandits have taken over the nearby mountains and are making disturbing movements, but the number of bandits is estimated to be about five hundred at most.

“We don’t need to send any troops.”

“You are very perceptive, sir.

　Henry’s impatient expression when he rushed in earlier was completely blown away, and his expression became easy.

“But it’s not good to have bandits popping up here and there so often.”

　I looked at the report Henry had brought with him.

　In the future, I’m going to expand the reach of the Empire.

　If I’m going to deploy outward, I need to calm the country down.

　I can’t concentrate on deploying troops if there are bandits messing around here and there.

　We have to do something about it.
……

“Like a monster’s nest, we could manage it reasonably well and use it to train new soldiers.”

　Henry suggested.

“That’s a good idea.
But we can’t keep doing that.
Because sooner or later we’ll have to go ‘out’ and fight.

“I see.
……”

“Let’s see, we’ll think about that later.
Henry, keep it in the back of your mind for now.”

“By your will.”

　Henry bowed his head once, then remembered.

“By the way, Jerry Eisen’s group has been successful again.”

“Hooh?”

　Jerry Eisen.

　He used to be a bandit, but since he seemed to be useful, I sent him into the army under the guise of serving a sentence.

　After that, with his meritorious service, his sentence was lifted and he became a full-fledged soldier.

“Military service and honor – and women.”

　Henry laughed bitterly.

“If you give them that, they’ll work themselves to death.
Your Majesty has the good sense to recognize those people and put them in the right places.”

“…… That’s it!”

　I found the solution.