Ohanabatake no Maousama

"It is essentially just industrial waste, but it burns well because it is a plant. If you think about its use, you will think of using it as fuel first." It seems to burn.

But what about selling this as fuel? The only cost of transportation is attractive because you don't need the money to cut wood by hiring a woodcutter, but you can't rely on the appearance of burning out quickly. And a product is as important to look as it is to performance.

"Well, this is not for export, I think that sugarcane juice is overheated or used as fuel for cooking at home. There are few people who are attracted to sell it so much." Cut off with Bassari, Kudels opened the door and extended his legs to the next building.

"Although it can be used as a material for other candles, we do not consider producing it here because the necessary materials are a little difficult to obtain. Well, next is the paper in question." Stops his feet. He showed everyone a large aquarium in front of him.

"I'll give you a simple procedure. First, grind the bagasse into fine pieces, boil it in hot water to make it muddy, then bleach it with chlorine, mix it with starch paste and a nice white flour, and spread it thinly to make paper. "It's a rough explanation. What's that wonderful white powder?" The customer asks the part that was intentionally introduced only in one place. Adelia and Darten, who have been around for a long time, quickly understood, but apparently Kudels doesn't want to talk too much about it.

"... I really want to know?" "I'm still responsible for this country." Kudels, who is nervous and nervous, has a statement to his opponent this time. He sighed in a glance, and removed a roll of paper from the closet in the room. Then spread the paper on the desk so that everyone can see it.

It was Adelia who first realized what it was. "This is a map of the area around this. What is marked in several places?" As expected, I only deal with the official documents of this village, so I became familiar with the geography around here I wonder.

"That's Adelia. That's where kaolin comes from." "Kaolin?" Most people twist their heads at an inaudible word. It's no wonder that the god of earth attributes, Darten, is not aware of this, but he hasn't shown much interest. For him, all things made of the earth can be produced endlessly. And apart from Darten, it was only the guest man who knew what it was.

"I see. Kuders doesn't want to bring potters to the area." "Well, that's right." Kuders nodded reluctantly to the guests. However, the visitor seemed rather interested, and his body was leaning forward a little.

"Is the kaolin available in this area so good?" "Well, look at it." Responding to the guest, Kuders reopens the shelf containing the map. And what I took out was a stone that was so white that my eyes would hurt.

When the stone was presented in front of me, a sour odor began to drift. But it doesn't smell bad. The smell itself is quite weak.

As soon as the stone is picked up, the guest grabs it with interest and begins to examine its quality by tracing his finger with the surface. When I see the excitement in my eyes, it looks pretty good.

"Well, what's kaolin?" Elder shouted to Darten, who hadn't shown any interest for some time.

"Oh, well, it's not such a rare thing. It's a white and soft stone, and it's a white stone that's ubiquitous like feldspar, but it's changed with the hot water that springs out from the bottom of the ground?" That's the quality. "After that line, Kudels took over as much as possible, saying," Please don't take your part. "

"Because there is a copper vein, I thought that it might be a by-product, and I searched, but a good quality product came out far beyond my expectation." "It's absolutely! It is terrible, Kuders-kun! That kind of high-quality kaolin is going to be produced! Shouts.

"Wow, how to bite!" "I've heard the rumor, but he's an avid collector of ceramics." Kuders dropped his shoulders and sighed at Darten. Probably because of the predictability of this development, it was a lot of money.

"I've heard that story, but I don't have the materials to make pottery in this country, so I've heard that you'll have to buy a lot of pottery every time you go abroad. "However," somehow, the quality is good, but the reserves aren't quite a concern. "Kuders sighs further after Adelia murmurs. But it was Darten that made his eyes shine.

"What the big brother. Mizukasena. In that case, I can leave it to me." He whispered in a voice that could only be heard by Adelia. Of course, Elder's ears were sealed with magic. Certainly, if you leave it to the god of the earth, Darten, you can even create gold veins here.

"That's not the only problem. Even if the kaolin vein increases, this one seems to be more important .... I think that I'm going to focus on ceramic art. We use fuel, so if you don't let it be moderate, it's awkward. "Using sugarcane pomace may solve the fuel problem, but that's what Kudels's goal in the paper industry is The material is gone. In a sense, it's not a twin-like industry that consumes the same.

"Let's keep talking for now. The shiny paper is made by applying a mixture of kaolin powder and latex made from starch. The paper is sandwiched between rollers and the liquid It is applied to a cast coater, which significantly improves smoothness, ink receptivity, gloss, whiteness, and opacity .... "" Darten tries to pull back Kudels who has completely entered his world.

"In other words, the pen slips better, the ink does not bleed, the surface becomes glossy and clean, the whiteness increases, and the back does not become transparent." I was immersed in my world.

"I want to make a lot of books by mass-producing paper, so that I can leave a lot of knowledge. Knowledge is power. I also want to make this country a source of knowledge, and from this source of knowledge, more knowledge and wealth will be born and develop this country. "I am not me." Then, in a word, Kudels squinted appallingly, staring at Adelia and Darten.

"It's the role of Adelia and Darten's children and their children. I want to set up the foundation of the brilliant flower garden of the future ..." Darten was thinking differently.

-What this man does is certainly significant, but he will start to derail somewhere. Then, it must be my mission to prevent it before it happens.