How to Survive in the Roanoke Colony-Chapter 266: Market Expansion (5)

Preamble

We, the citizens of all countries under the influence of this Covenant, establish this covenant and swear by our own conscience to protect and expand justice, peace, and freedom.

Section 1

All those under the effect of this Covenant are free and equal. All humans possess equal rights toward freedom, and based on these natural principles, we establish this holy political body.

Section 2

All countries under the effect of this Covenant maintain freedom, independence, mutual fraternity, cooperation, and peace. They fight together, maintain sovereignty together, trade together, and exist together. Matters concerning war, diplomacy, trade, and sovereignty are monopolized by the union bound by the Covenant.

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Section 11

All countries under the effect of this Covenant agree to mint and use currency from a single source. The right to issue and circulate this single currency is monopolized by the union bound by the Covenant.

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Amendment of the Covenant is only possible after resolution through consent of more than three-quarters of the Continental Assembly.

The Continental Covenant will endure perpetually and will serve humanity forever.

For humanity.

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The completed Covenant was just a collection of written lines, meticulously penned on parchment with careful calligraphy but otherwise unremarkable in appearance. It sat quietly in its protective leather binding, seemingly no different from countless other political documents throughout history.

This Covenant didn’t bring about any remarkable technological revolution, nor did it cause any special social repercussions when first introduced. No grand parades celebrated its creation, no immediate economic booms followed its implementation, and the daily rhythms of life continued unchanged in the weeks after its signing.

Kin Issei simply thought, "Since it’s like a constitution, I should just write good words." He approached the task with practical simplicity rather than legal sophistication. After all, Kin Issei wasn’t a legal scholar but a grape farmer whose hands were more accustomed to pruning vines than drafting political frameworks. The vineyard had been his true classroom, not the halls of universities where constitutional theory was debated.

Thus, the Covenant only showed the basic functions and roles of a nation, even by 17th century standards. If anything could be considered innovative, it would be the mention of individual equality.

Moreover, few people were interested in these written lines. At most, the preamble and final sentence of the Covenant were quoted here and there because they sounded nice, but that was all.

Still, it was fortunate that Archbishop Alonso had something substantial to take to the American natives of Florida. Thanks to that, Florida was saved from an untimely invasion by American natives.

But that wasn’t all.

"...It seems that a huge tribe called ’Florida’ in the south has joined."

"Yes. Together with Virginia, two countries have formed a union. Now that these two countries are strongly united through a ’covenant,’ we will become even more powerful. You and us..."

"Wait."

"Pardon?"

"Is our tribe not included in your ’us’?"

"...That’s."

First, the news spread to tribes within Virginia’s trade network.

"I hear that it’s not just about trading, but if you join with you folks, these ’knights’ will plow the land for you."

"...That’s correct."

"I thought we had to scatter our tribe and all and become members of another tribe... but now we just need to join this ’covenant’?"

"Yes. That’s right."

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"Could we join too?"

They immediately asked missionaries and merchants.

"...If you meet the conditions."

And they answered like that.

That was the beginning.

"The Shawnee tribe, the Iroquois Confederacy, and the Wabanaki Confederacy have rallied all the surrounding tribes..."

"Yes, they’re saying they want to join our Covenant."

Just because of written lines, everything began to change.

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Winter of 1612.

Hundreds of thousands of natives, forming groups as "nations," came to join the Covenant. Most were tribes already part of the multi-level network.

After appropriate screening, it seemed that at least two or three new countries would join the Covenant.

Do they have an adequate population?

Do they have control over a sufficient territory?

Do they have a sufficiently democratic and rational government system in Kin Issei’s view?

Do they meet the conditions set forth in the Covenant, such as equality for all and the prohibition of slavery?

If they hadn’t been screened based on such conditions, perhaps more than a dozen countries would have newly joined the Covenant.

However, even though such unfortunate incidents were prevented through screening by the Continental Assembly, problems still remained.

Their population numbers at least tens to hundreds of thousands.

And to all that population... Virginia had to gift.

The ’right to 25 hectares.’

’Those who wish to become knights, come here! Great rewards await you!’

’Venture into uncultivated rough lands and glory in conquering vast territories!’

Naturally, knights, squires, and technicians were needed.

A lot of them.

Oitotan sweated as he declared that the number of knights would double, quadruple, and ocuple.

Moreover, with so many knights, there was no choice but to create a new marshal position above the captain. Otherwise, the knight commander’s residence in White Castle might have drowned in a sea of paperwork.

"Now, everyone look and memorize. This length is called 1 meter."

Of course, the process of training knights and technicians had to be approached more systematically than before. Otherwise, the knights and technicians wouldn’t be able to handle the influx of newcomers.

Thus, ’Knight Schools’ and ’Mechanic Schools’ were newly established in Chesapeake.

Even without being an educational scholar, just by sharing the "tests" and "group activities" he had experienced in modern education, Kin Issei caused a significant leap forward in the field. This way, within a few months, they were able to catch their breath regarding manpower supply.

But no matter how important people are, nothing can be accomplished with people alone.

No matter how well-trained a farmer is, without machinery, he can’t do twice as much as others. He can’t plow fields twice as fast as others, nor can he sow twice as many seeds.

But with machinery, it’s possible.

That is, with a tractor, it’s possible.

Here, tractors were a knight’s warhorse, lance, and armor all in one.

Tens or hundreds of such tractors became necessary.

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