Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru

The next evening.

Yilian and Liese, who continued their work in the barn zone the day before, had met Zirconia to visit one workshop.

The squires, such as Eira and Marie, have returned to the mansion first, and only a few escorts accompany the good ones.

The workshop visited by three people is that of a carpenter, and in the corner of the spacious grounds, there are piles of marutai waiting to be made of wood.

The site also housed a lumber storage building made of wood, as well as a working building.

Now the three of them are in a working building, surrounding the table with one elderly carpenter, in front of the parts diagram of the water wheel spread out on the table.

He's with the parent of this workshop, and it looks like he's been a veteran carpenter for 40 years this way.

Zirconia explained to this parent earlier about the accuracy of the waterwheel parts, but the explained parent was silent with a seemingly uncomfortable face.

Inside the workplace are three other young men's carpenters who rely on the candle lights placed at hand to carry out their work in a mindless manner using bronze fleas and wooden gavels.

Anything, in the four years following the signing of the truce, this workshop has been at this pace for a long time, and they seem to continue to work until midnight every day.

My parents remained silent for a while, but eventually opened their mouths painfully.

"... Probably the one next door to Krupp who made the badly made parts. At that guy's place, he's supposed to be doing drilling for the waterwheel's plate feathers, so if it means there's some unevenness in the rotation speed, I'm pretty sure that's what caused it. If that doesn't fix it, it's the workshop that's building the outer perimeter of the wheel."

"Yes. Then I'll go to that workshop now. Mr. Kazra, Liese, let's go."

Encouraging Yilian and Liese, Zirconia heads to the exit.

When Ichirano thanked his parents for "interrupting," he followed Zirconia to the exit.

"... Dear Zirconia, I know I'm not in a position to say this, but let me tell you one thing."

When the three of them tried to leave the workplace, their parents inadvertently stopped Zirconia.

"Hmm, what could it be?

To her parents, who had spoken out in a terribly tense manner, Zirconia tilted her little neck as she stopped her legs and looked back.

Ichiyoshi and Liese also look back at their parents with expressions such as what it is.

"We're artisans. I am aware that it is normal for me to do anything I ask for a job, and that I will never tolerate deficiencies in the work I ask for. If Krupp's place was the cause of this part of the water wheel, if I were his parent, I'd punch him until he threw up blood reflexes. But this time, why don't you just miss it?"

"... uh, shall we sit down and talk"

To his parents, who speak with what a sinister face, Zirconia sat in a round chair at the table as he turned back inside the workplace, urging his parents to sit as well.

Ichiyoshi and Liese also follow Zirconia, lowering their hips in line on a tree bench that was nearby.

The young carpenters, who continued to work in the room, stopped working hands and turned silently to their parents.

When her parents lowered their back to the chair, she turned to Zirconia with a curly expression.

"His father and number one apprentice are dying in the war between them. There are many other workshops where skilled craftsmen have died or been injured during the war and are understaffed. Even at my place, one who came all the way with me died and the other lost his right hand and became a body that couldn't be a carpenter. It's their children and relatives who are here."

"... go on"

Zirconia to encourage continuation with a serious look.

Parents open their mouths to such a zirconia in such a way that they can't do anything.

"All the workshops accepted the request because I knew that the request from the lord had to be accepted even after delaying the others, and I was also convinced that the request in the meantime was absolutely necessary for the territory. Of course, all craftsmen understand that being rushed to make it is no reason to lose accuracy. But I do."

Parents say that much and separate words once.

The voice was shaking a little.

"We're the limit, too. There are many elderly craftsmen whose skilled craftsmen have been sent to the front line for the repair of rootstock weapons and the construction of camps, and who have died of illness in unfamiliar camping lives. Craftsmen don't grow up in a few years. It takes 20 years and 30 years to be alone. Isteria doesn't have a replacement anymore."

The young carpenters who were listening breathed into the remarks of their parents.

Parental statements now also sound like they are accusing the heads of Isteria, Zirconia and Narson.

"Mother, it's best to talk about your parents."

The moment Zirconia tried to say something, Reese spoke to Zirconia as if to block it.

"The craftsmen are pushing me to do the work because they think it's for the realm. Please don't blame these people."

"Huh? Nothing. I don't..."

Zirconia looked bewildered to Reese, who made a statement sheltering the craftsmen.

Both parents and Reese are getting the wrong idea of what the flow is like Zirconia trying to punish the craftsmen because of the deficiencies in the parts they make.

I didn't mean that for Zirconia, and I duly understood that artisans of various occupations, beginning with carpenters, were desperate to do their work every day.

That's why the craftsmen involved in this waterwheel production were given more rewards, and I asked them to make it in a hurry, but they didn't even specify the number of pieces to make.

"Dear Liese... Thank you..."

"How sweet..."

But Zirconia shut her mouth and pushed silently to the carpenters, who spouted words of gratitude in a way that she was thrilled with Reese's remarks.

It's got some good air coming together, so I decided to take on the villain.

"I got the story. Don't worry, I won't punish you for any defects in the goods you delivered. Find out what's causing it, and if it improves, that's fine."

Listening to the Zirconia dialogue, the carpenters raise their voices "ooh".

And for some reason he was throwing many thanks to Reese again.

Reese smiles gently at such carpenters.

"(... so scared of me, I guess)"

By the side of such a warm sight, Zirconia is wandering a little hurt.

"(what to say...... good job......)"

When Ichiyana somehow saw what Zirconia was thinking from that expression, she put words of labor in her heart.

Then about three hours later.

After a tour of the workshops everywhere, the three of them finished a quick dinner with Narson when they returned to the mansion.

Right now, Ichigo is just having a discussion in the office with Zirconia and Narson.

Leese is in the bath as an example, and she's going straight to bed after taking the bath again today.

Leese seems to have a habit of getting up early in bed, so I guess it's hard to say that she stays up late until she does some clerical work for everyone.

When YiLiang asked Nalson earlier, he said Leese was fourteen years old.

Late nights are a great adversary for beauty and growth for girls of all ages, so even if they have offered to help, everyone will keep their mouths shut and say "go to sleep".

"I looked around the whole time, but it seems that no workshop has enough manpower and skilled craftsmen... and even with so much work built into it, there should be some deficiencies in the accuracy of the parts"

"I've been meaning to grasp the situation of the craftsmen for a long time... but it didn't seem like I was managing well. Sorry........."

That's what Zirconia said, she got upset with her sinking face.

Since then, craftsmen have told me that even in the workshop where Ichigo went, there are not enough skilled workers and workers, just like the parent of the first workshop they went to.

At the beginning, when everyone saw the zirconia, it shriveled, and he didn't tell me immediately what was missing, but when Ichigo and Leese encouraged him, he told me about the puffiness and the current situation.

"No, well, we don't have a choice in this situation. Make up for missing hands with tools. I will consider whether I can provide a lumber mill that uses the rotating force of the water wheel and other tools as well. With more efficient work, the burden on the craftsmen should be considerably reduced."

"... Yes"

Ichirano says so, but Zirconia's expression remains cloudy.

I had the impression that Ichiyoshi had just come to Isteria that he was more popular, but I feel reluctant to be somewhere passive these days.

Ichigo became worried that he was losing confidence in the streak of misconduct to which he related.

"Don't look like that. It's okay, 'cause I'm sure it'll work."

"... Yes, thank you"

To a good word, Zirconia finally smiled.

It looks like a shadowy smile somewhere, but it would be better than being able to have a much depressed look.

"Well, as for the carpenter's workshop, that's fine for now, about the blacksmiths and well diggers we've looked around with, but we'll also go back to finding out if we can do something about this after we get back to the kingdom of God. We need to do something about it, especially since it will be a big part of the sanitation problem in places where river water cannot be pulled off."

After looking around a few carpenter's workshops, Yiliang and the well diggers' workshops were also looking around.

The problem that the blacksmiths talked about was exactly the same as what I heard in the carpenter's workshop, so it also seems that some measure could be taken with the introduction of machine tools.

But what I heard in the well digger's workshop was that in addition to these, there were even more separate problems.

If you dig wells all over the city of Isteria, depending on where you dig them, but when you dig roughly six to eight meters, they hit a layer of brown sand, and water springs up as well.

But this water doesn't seem to be of very good quality, and when I wash the white cloth, it turns bright red the next day.

They don't taste good even when cooking food, and if you continue to consume it over the long term, your body gets sick.

Incidentally, under that layer of brown sand was a layer of rock beds, which the craftsmen told us would be used as a foundation to frame the well with wood.

They sometimes make frames out of stone, but because of the amount of gold involved in this, it was said that a timber frame would be used for the most part.

"Thank you. Well water is more problematic than before, and residents living in areas away from the river find it inconvenient. We couldn't pull the waterways around the city, but we gave up on this problem."

To make a good offer, Narson bows his head and says thanks.

If the problem of wells is solved, Isteria's hygiene problems will improve considerably.

It's an unknown area such as well drilling for Ichigo, but once you get back to Japan, you should be able to do something about it if you borrow the wisdom from a specialist or procure a specialty book or, in some cases, a well drilling tool.

"Speaking of which, when you went to the well diggers, Mr. Reese seemed to talk to the craftsmen a lot better, but Mr. Reese used to show his face in the craftsmen's workshop, too?

When visiting the well digger's workshop, the craftsmen who saw Zirconia's face initially shriveled, but when they noticed Reese's appearance, they loosened their expression and exchanged words in a truly intimate fashion.

I heard Reese say to the craftsmen, "Thank you all the time" in the story, so I was wondering if there was more interaction than before.

"Oh, that's probably because Leese is purchasing mud for hair and skin care directly from the well diggers. Some of the hair washing products used by aristocratic women and the detergents used for dishwashing used in the mansion are bought from well diggers. A lot of people use soap, but Leese seems to like the mud."

"Oh, is it mud... is it more user-friendly than soap?

"Depending on the quality of the mud, I was wondering if the stuff Leese uses is much better than soap, as it is the finest product known as White Neva. Would you like to use Lord Kazura, too? I'll let Liese know how much I can get for you."

"Hmm... Now I'll ask Mr. Reese myself. Looking forward to it."

It doesn't really pin me when I'm told I wash my body and head with mud, but things like mud face wash and mud packs should have been released by cosmetics companies in Japan.

It's as good as it's used in Japan, so I guess it has unbeatable performance compared to soaps and detergents made scientifically, depending on the object.

"Doesn't Mr. Zirconia use that mud?

"I don't really care about that stuff... but let's use it once"

While they were interested in such a chat, the three of them were going to pack up stories about the future of the workshop.

"Glass, powder grinder, grain remover and... this is going to be quite a lot. Sounds like a hassle to prepare..."

When Ichiya returned to her room after the discussion, she sat down on her bed and wrote down the items she was planning to prepare in Japan in her university notebook.

We're leaving tomorrow morning for the village of Grisea, so we're sorting out the information so we don't forget to buy it or check it out.

Isteria and the village of Gricea are a two-day walk away, so just because you have something you forgot to buy doesn't mean you'll be back soon.

Such a close, distant and subtle distance is so teethy.

"Forced troops with carriages and cavalry can get you to the village in a day, but don't let me and Mr. Marie throw up in the car if you fly too much. I don't know if I can handle that carriage..."

The road that leads from Isteria to the village of Gricea is unearthed and unpaved, so flying by carriage is, to be honest, suicidal.

I don't really want Marie to be forced to do it, even though she can handle it with essential oils.

In fact, Marie seemed pretty spicy about the severe carriage shake, even the last time I rushed back to the village of Grisea.

I guess I should leave Marie at the Mansion, but given Marie's position, that doesn't seem very good either.

"Uh, receive the generator and check the progress of the construction plan..."

Bumping and whining about that, Ichigo was headed to college notes until midnight.

By the way, Eira was waiting for a good one in the cooking area by then, but the good one being chased to prepare for the next day never showed her face in the cooking area.

In the end, Eira remembered the story of Ichiyoshi leaving for the village of Grisea the next day after returning to her room with a light snag and entering the bed.