Chapter 60 (1/2)

Chapter 60

After the children returned to the Viscountess Yamano residence, the next stop was the fishing village .

I understand that fishing and net fishing are going well, but we’re having some problems with salt production .

In fact, villagers came to say that it was a quite difficult, but I believed that the [down-flow salt production method] was overwhelmingly labor-saving compared to the previous method .

Since the situation was a little strange, I investigate various things, indeed, it was much harder than I thought . The effort to pump up the sea water many times was more difficult, but compared to the previous method, though, there was surely no need to stir up salt sand and wash it in the sea water . It’s not possible to use the tides like the beach method… .

What are the advantages of the [down-flow type], without the existence of a pump?

That’s why I thought about an improvement plan .

Its name is the [foot water wheel]!! (TN: try saying it in doraemon vioce)

Its not a force of running water, but a pumping water turbine that a human steps and steers as if walking (Like a hamster) on a wooden wheel of a water mill .

Since it can continuously pump water just by walking, it can be easily done even by women and children . You can even do it, while carrying a baby on your back . Furthermore, the weight will add to the baby and in that case, the efficiency will rise…… .

Oh, so, the people who are too light weight will be a hindrance . I see .

Well, I think that it will be the work of women and children, or design it for those with a light weight from the beginning… . It will be a good extra income of women and children, and can also become a subst.i.tute exercise of the elderly, it’s just perfect .

Let’s make it, the first project of the 3 people in their workshop… It will be beneficial if they became friends, because 3 people will cooperate and it will be a good job .

After confirming the place that seems to be good, I will throw it to Randy and the others, and try to (-ge fun-ge fun) outsource the materials . (TN: no idea bout this 良さそうな場所を確認して、あとはランディさん達に丸投げ、げふんげふん、業務委託しよう。)

After that, what else? For seaweed related, new dried items are OK, it seems .

Next stop the farm village … … .

Well, after the fishing village, Yamamura also increased cash income, so this time the farm villages are all that was left … . If you don’t give support, this one will not stand on it’s own, it’s quite troublesome… .

Since agriculture is a job that takes a few months to a yearly work, continuation of steady efforts is important, so the results will not come out immediately… .

I have no choice, but to try the the things that I learned from the net .

It tastes, sweet .

In most objects from another world like sweetness, is supposed to be a luxurious thing and quite expensive . And also, sugars that comes from other countries are quite expensive .

So then, just make sugar?

No, there are no sugarcane and no sugar beet, and even if there is, if we start cultivating right now, it will take a lot of time to harvest . There is also the issue of the time of planting, and also no matter how much it is examined in the net, there will always be a possibility of an unexpected failure of cultivation . Even if you start now, you still have to conduct a small experiment … … .

So then, Beekeeping?

That’s very a high hurdle… … .

Without any protective clothing, amateurs who only look at books and net for information, won’t be able to handle such delicate game .

I am too scared… … . It’s true!

Honeybees are not aggressive by nature, but when they are provoked, they sting . And the honeybees, can cause anaphylactic shock . No, we can’t risk the people .

Besides, honey is sold in the Kingdom, but it is very expensive . It’s troublesome to compete against the existing sales route, for a small amount of honey, in any case if we could produce a lot of sugar then that will make a match .

…… After all, it should be in a convenient place, right? Mizuame (Water candy), made from potato starch .

No, I looked for maple and thought about maple juice and maple syrup, but that is a mountain village’s turf . If you let the rural people work in the mountains, it will definitely become a problem… .

That’s why let’s start experimenting with rice, potatoes, corn and malt .

There is also a way to sell it to other areas around the kingdom, unless it feels too expensive . Because its the same rural territory, nearby people will not be able to afford luxury goods in the royal capital .

But what if you get a relatively cheap and simple luxury item, that can get a reasonable satisfaction in a nearby territory?

Yeah, there is a good chance of selling .

And the next stop, the mountain village .

And the next stop, the mountain village .

(Mōu), It’s not about a game board, a piece or a stone .

Are you properly hunting as your main business or cutting out wood?

The production of shiitake mushrooms and processing to dried shiitake mushrooms, too … well it’s just drying though .

Well, I guess it is better not to talk about the maple syrup . It’s too hard to start everything at once . For once, I’ll only investigate about whether there is a maple tree, and then think about it when the sales of the game board drops . And there is also the compet.i.tion with the farm village’s mizuame…

Oh, the plan for papermaking is currently stopped! . .

What will happen if you are so enthusiastic about the business, and disregard the research of paper-making, which will become one of the main industries in the future!

Well, are you satisfied to only making a little game board?

However, there will be counterfeit products soon, so I wonder how much share can be kept, only by the brand of the Yamano territory production and partic.i.p.ation in the tournament… .

I wonder if it’s better to secure while earning money . (稼げるうちに稼いだ方が良いのかな。)

Well, let’s keep it up until the tournament! . Since it will be devoured by counterfeit goods after that, is it possible for the other?… . .

Well~, I guess I’ve done too many things at once…

But, it’s not good that some village gets better than the other, it should be developed evenly … .

Well, only the villages gets develop, what about the town, the town!

Restaurants, bars, food shops, inns, dinning halls, etc . , are increasing in sales, but there are also other businesses such as bakeries, logistics, and people who work in the town…… . Isn’t that right?