Seiun wo Kakeru

Jean laughed at how hard it was.

When he laughed, his big mouth opened and his dog teeth peered.

It's a very wild look.

But as the saying goes, coarsely wild but not humble, Jean is a man who does things with a considerable emphasis on reason.

He's the most merchant-looking man in a way, who uses a little trick for business until he sees what it looks like to his opponent.

If you look at things pulled by the exterior, you will be misjudged and in trouble later.

"Well, quickly, but let me check it out."

"Whoa, take a look. Please, it's been tough."

"Age, what were you asking Jean for?

"Used oil"

"Oil? Isn't the one we collected enough?

"Not only our village this time, but we also have a portion to give Nazioni as a tax. But now that the quantity of livestock is down, if you want to use it for trading, it's obviously not enough."

"I see. Then I'm convinced. I thought we'd lost our jobs."

Jean lowered a large jar from the carrier.

His mouth was thin, and he had a strict seal that he would plug it with a wooden lid, and tie it with a cloth and a rope.

It was plaqued with wood, and the symbols appeared to be written there, so that we could know which village oil it was.

When I opened the lid, it seemed like used oil, with a unique odor, and it didn't seem to be a very, but still usable object.

Is the fat used different depending on the smell?

Agie, who asked him to collect it, put up with an unpleasant look in his position, but Mike picked his nose and distorted his expression in a grand way, not looking like he cared.

"This guy's a jerk. My nose is going to bend. Age, can you really use this?"

"Filtration and salt analysis, maybe"

"The oil you get varies from vegetable oil to beast fat like goats and sheep."

"It would have been hard to bring it, wouldn't it? Thank you."

"Well, they wondered what I was going to use it for, but it's like it's been abandoned originally. It didn't even take me long. Buy me a lot of money."

After careful filtration, it can be used for livestock feed, candles, etc., including soap.

I was just making the wire, but it's just in time.

Build filters quickly.

As for Age, I especially wanted to use candles a little more often.

After using it for trading, I want to use it personally.

"I was just about to start making soap, so it was a good time"

"Oh, well. But am I glad I told you that fat is the ingredient for soap?

"I often say it. You must have noticed that last time."

"That would be the difference between actually putting it in your mouth or not"

"That's what you said I could do with soap with fat even once? Well, it would help if you pretended not to know it in the future."

"Leave it to me. The neighborhood is held. It's no use knowing just one ingredient more than knowing pure construction methods."

"I haven't been able to make it yet, but what are your plans for the future?

"How long is it going to take?

"It'll take at least two weeks."

Freshly made soap has too strong an alkaline ingredient, causing soreness and soreness in the skin.

For that reason, I needed to put you to sleep in the dark for a bit.

After checking the oil, Age turned her attention to the rest of the load.

There's got to be something there for you, other than oil.

"So here's another thing I was asking for."

"Oh. I wish you had what you were looking for."

"Well, if you don't look at all this, you won't know."

Age, besides the fat, was doing every favor.

It was whether there were any rare ores in the village when visiting each village.

Iron is an alloy by mixing it with other ores, and has a variety of properties that improve performance.

Ore suitable for alloys include manganese and titanium, chromium and copper.

You can also use tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, aluminum, etc.

Jean unloaded the load from the luggage.

The loads were intersected in various ways, including different ores, even just stones such as quartz and long stones.

I don't have a specific designation, so if it was any rarity at all, he would have brought it all.

Some of them were stones that could be used for accessories such as crystals and onyx.

Age sums up her college memories to see if she has any useful ore from the stone in front of her.

Only one of these is fine.

I want a useful stone to use.

Age earnestly wished.

Manganese is a silver-white metal and is famous for its manganese and alkaline batteries and other uses.

Abrasion resistance, corrosion resistance and toughness can be added by mixing with iron.

Titanium boasts lightweight, high strength and is used in aircraft, bicycles, golf clubs, etc.

However, machinability, such as high melting points, would be difficult for Age to handle.

Chromium is one of the closest alloy materials in modern Japan. Match nickel and chromium and change to the name stainless steel.

It is used for familiar items due to its corrosion resistance.

Ancient Japanese jade steel used sand iron from Shimane prefecture as raw material.

One of the reasons for this is that it naturally contains these ores.

Of course this is no coincidence.

At the stage of iron production from sand and steel everywhere, poorly quality sand and steel regions were eliminated, the most suitable sand and steel in Shimane prefecture was the result of survival competition.

Incidentally, still today, jade steel is refined by more than a ton a year, but is not exactly the same as previous methods.

Especially during the Muromachi period, which was of the best nature, the technology has been completely scattered.

On the contrary, pure iron, some of them.

Ultra-high purity iron may be more accurate, but this can also be described as a crystal of modern science.

It is noted because it overshadows common sense as a previous metal, such as not dissolving on hydrochloric acid and not ionizing metal.

But in addition to the very high cost, it will require very advanced technologies, such as vacuum melting furnaces and superplasma, and this one is unlikely to be able to get Age's hands on it either.

All Age has at hand is one blast furnace designed by himself.

In the end, the only thing Age can do is modernize the primitive methods that people can do with their hands as much as they can.

This alloying is one way to do this.

Age, looking for the ore, laid eyes on one stone.

"Did you find what you wanted?

"... Yep. Probably this one."

"This stone..."

There was a bright red stone in front of me.

It's called a red lead mine, it's a kind of chromium.

But in Age's choice, Jean shrugged, slightly bittered by his expression.

Not a very good response.

I guess there's something wrong.

"This guy is hard. Maybe you can barely pick it."

"... Really?

"Oh. It's a very rare stone, so I asked you to give it to me. It is also possible that there are deposits in the vicinity we have found, but the odds of this are also unspeakable now by hand. We can't guarantee a stable supply."

"Can't you manage to get it? It's very helpful to have one."

"Jean, you'd better sell this guy a favor. I'll double it and come back."

"Mike, I know you don't have to tell me. The next time we head out to the village, we'll negotiate to find the deposits. But don't expect me to."

"If there's anything I can possibly accommodate, to the best of my ability personally, accommodate it"

"Well, I'll do whatever I can."

The rust prone problem had been pointed out for a long time, but there were only a limited number of hands that could be struck as thoroughly as the way individuals were stored.

If changing the composition makes it more corrosion resistant, I want to do something about it if possible.

To Age's request, Jean didn't commit to the end, but he promised me all the cooperation he could.

"I'm going to Girolamo's first. If you don't have soap yet, you'll have to buy a few other products."

"Okay. You're staying today, aren't you?

"Oh. I'm going to"

Let me talk to you again about the east side.

"Good. Looks like there's been a lot going on over there in the past year."

Having completed the confirmation, Jean turned his horse to the village chief's house when he reloaded the cargo.

Dinner was to be served with Bona and Jean.

Tania looked a little troubled because she was starting to cook, but since what she was making was stew, she was fortunate to be able to turn it around the next day.

Bona was supposed to cook for me, not Tania of weight.

The table was made with scrambled eggs on omelettes and chicken cutlets as the main dish.

The cooking oil is freshly traded olive oil, which is refreshingly fried.

Is it because it looks delicious, Jean opened her eyes wide and saw it in the dish?

The dishes that make the hoku and hot air look really delicious and I'd love to eat them right now.

"Hey, are you sure this is such a fancy table?

"Have you overused it, Mr. Bona?"

"No, this is what happens to recent visitors"

"Right"

Age put a knife in the omelet.

When the knife came in, it smelled of the sweet juice of onions from inside, and the trout eggs flowed, twisting.

Eat with the sauce that was made in the village.

The flavors of ingredients such as hives, carrots and onions dance in the tongue.

Next door, Bona was putting a knife in the chicken cutlet.

Cheese lover Bona has cheese painted on the surface of the cutlet and pulls the yarn slightly.

"No, no, you'll obviously be using too many eggs! How do you feel?"

"Oh... you did"

"Well, it's a guest, so I accidentally stumbled upon something like this."

"Accidentally... No, that's amazing. Is there some kind of karaki in this, too, Mr. Age?

"Karakuri."

I told him that there was a way to make chickens that lay eggs well in a certain way and practiced it.

Incidentally, it is unusual for wild chickens to lay eggs in winter, mainly during the summer months.

Because it was a prolifically raised chicken, Jean was able to provide many eggs in the middle of the autumn.

I've been able to eat eggs like every day since spring, and that's convenient, and all the villagers forgot.

Carefully adhere to Jean's request that he not be taught somehow, and in the middle of the meal, mainly Nazioni gives us information about the village on the east side.

Of particular concern was the growing demand for iron ware even on the east side and the fact that bronze craftsmen are increasing their dissatisfaction with it.

This was a natural result if you think about it.

Everyone remembers threats and grievances if their duties are encroached upon.

"Especially since a man called Alan the Craftsman is proud of his work. You pretended to be calm when you were talking to me, but a powerful rival showed up and you wouldn't feel it in your heart."

"Really? I thought one day that day would come, but it's faster than I expected."

"Well, you're just spreading the word while I demonstrate. Sure you can make a lot of money without flushing it out in bulk and with exclusive business practices, huh?

"Isn't it all your fault!

"Ugh, bad bad. Well, they still don't really want it either. If you don't get it that far, a lot of people say you don't mind if it's made of bronze. More than that, the real problem was your deal. There would have been a guy who went around on the boat all at once. That's a bigger distribution problem."

I feel like I've been teased, but as for the flow rate, it could be the amount flowing from Jean or something.

For a while now, circulation needs to be restricted, as we want to make effective use of it in negotiations with the western part of the island as a sign of friendship through transactions.

Even considering village independence, this should have been thorough.

The priority will be to enrich the village of Siena itself first, followed by the village of Tal, which has a close connection, and the villages of the west.

"Is there anything else?

"Yeah, speaking of which, it sounds like the Franco one is doing a pretty polite job"

"When you say polite? Doesn't that mean it's tough?

"Oh. I have a solid way of looking into it, but it seems like unscrupulous labor is adjusting well and trying hard to comfort your emotions. Damn, the lord of Nazioni could thank Franco a little more"

"Really? At the time of the previous year, it will be here soon."

"Well, this village is incorporating more and more new things. Don't be too careful with your eyes."

Jean's casual advice was heartfelt.

We must never find ourselves hiding and building weapons or trying to equip ourselves little by little for independence.

The Franco will be here shortly.

When I thought of it, I felt like a fun meal had suddenly turned into something tasteless.