Tanaka family, reincarnated.

"Darius?...... You're Darius!?

Robert was lost for hours on the spot after the knight left, but no one came to help him.

By nightfall, Robert had no choice but to walk to a shady village nearby.

So I was called by an old woman with a bent waist.

"What about Darius? I don't know about that. Hey, Baba. Who do you think I am? Speak comfortably....."

I see. Right. You're hungry, aren't you? Let's go home, Darius. "

"... hey. Baba.... Ooo"

An old woman pulls her hand and invites her to a run-down house in a shabby village.

It was easy to shake her hand, but the old woman's hand, which was just wrinkled bones, was too fragile to break, but she kept following it.

I'm also hungry.

Can I eat about dinner...?

"Darius, come on, eat a lot."

Nico Niko was delighted when the old woman brought her food.

"Can you eat this stuff?!

The old woman prepared a soup without tools, and there was only one piece of potato, that's all.

I see. That's right. Are you happy? You can eat it all. You don't have to be shy, do you? Darius "

Uhihaha, the old woman disappears behind with a strange laugh.

"Hey, Baba! You don't have any meat? What about the fish? At least bread, man!

The old woman didn't reply whether she had a distant ear or a bummer.

"Isn't it better to feed dogs in this house?!

Cucumber.

The belly bug rings.

I've been hungry since I gave Emma Stewart the slime jelly.

In my opinion, I was able to eat three meals well in prison.

"............ damn it!

The soup was almost hot and the potatoes smelled strange.

It's not what humans eat.

"Darius, Darius, your room is as old as ever. Take a rest today."

Hahahahaha, the old woman keeps laughing at what's fun.

"What about the bath? You're telling your guests to sleep without taking a bath?

Robert couldn't help but peel his eyes.

I like the way it looks beautiful. Even if you don't have your favorite soap, I'll put up with it and tell the old lady to get ready for the bath.

"Bath? Did you forget? There is no bath in this house. Lord Lance says baths are a luxury, so there's a bath tax at home, right? There's not a single house in this village with a bath."

"I don't have a bath...?

Robert is shocked by the old woman's words.

Even though I could only wipe my body in jail.

"So how do you purify yourself!?

It's about time the season changed and it's getting hot.

Isn't it hell if you can't sweat?

"There's a pond an hour's walk away. Wipe your body there."

"What about the pond?... an hour!?

"Whoa, whoa, are you forgetting everything and playing dumb? Tomorrow, I'll show you around. I'm off today."

Uhihahaha and the old woman pointed to Darius's room, wrinkling her wrinkled face even further.

"... you're kidding, right? I can't sleep in such a shabby bed....."

"Ok, ok. Do you miss it? You should get some sleep."

There was only a wooden bed in the room peeled out.

"Hey, Baba! What about pillows and futons? Nothing?

"Did you forget that, too? Lord Lance says that bedding like pillows and futons is a luxury, so if you have bedding in your house, you'll be charged a bedding tax. Since it's less than the bath tax, the village mayor might be using a pillow, right?

"... what the hell is going on, you damn lord!

He is Robert's father.

"Have you forgotten this? If Lord Lance finds out what he's saying, he'll be punished for whipping.

The management policy of the Territory has been taught by tutors to be unpleasant every day.

Lance has adopted a variety of tax regimes compared to other territories.

This is a groundbreaking way for the army to periodically go around in order not to mislead the people into paying taxes.

Since House Lance is the Four Dukes, the royal family allows it to have an army.

"... what the hell is this territory?!

This is the territory Robert planned to inherit in the future.

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"............ refuse"

Danielle sighed with a dark face.

He hasn't shaken his head vertically yet, before the Empire merchants who came on board during the social season.

Rumor has it that the price of this year's cotton fabric was extraordinary.

Worst of all, the quality is bad.

There was a difference between heaven and earth when compared to the silk woven by the Stewart family, which is usually familiar.

The irregular fabric is stiff and uncomfortable to touch, and the decent fabric is yellowish enough to make you wonder if it was forgotten in the back of the warehouse.

In this case, it would still be better if Joshua had arranged for the linen.

They said they were using the children of the slums to make them, but the Stewarts only taught weaving directly before they left for the Empire.

"Mr. Rothschild Chamber of Commerce. The nerd's main profit is silk, right? We can't just say we're buying it, can we? This is how the Empire gathers cotton in the midst of shortages. I want you to show me your sincerity."

A full-bodied Empire merchant tells us that he has been threatened in the middle of the day to look at our feet.

Silk is a luxury and cotton a necessity.

The kingdom side will be weaker.

"Well, I think the quality of cotton will return next year, so can you buy it at this price? It's because the business has been haunted."

"............ refuse"

"Ugh! You know what you're talking about!?

"Imperial Merchant Integrity Is Selling Bad Goods High? Unfortunately, the Rothschild Chamber of Commerce is not in the business of selling this bad product to its customers. I sell silk if I want to buy it, but I don't buy cotton. This cotton doesn't meet our quality requirements."

"Enough! I'm not going to do business with you again!?

With a loud footstep, the Imperial Merchant left the Rothschild Chamber of Commerce.

Daniel has a head.

"Daniel-san, are you okay?

The person at the store called out worried.

The Rothschild Chamber of Commerce is a guest of all kings, from nobles to commoners.

Without cotton, ordinary people will be particularly troubled with what to wear.

A year later, the Empire merchants threw up a dialogue saying they would never buy silk again, as they did every time they refused.

"... well, that's it. Palace silk is sold exclusively by us. Even in the kingdom, the quality is completely different from that of silk in other territories. Imperial aristocrats who had previously been welcoming the silk of the palace would never be satisfied with the silk of other collars."

Empire merchants laugh at shopkeepers who look anxious because they run too far to see their customers' faces.

"Is that what it is?

"That's what it is."

Isn't it? Joshua?

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I like Daniel and I'm not fighting an Empire merchant.

I don't know what the merchant said earlier about sincerity.

It is also the merchant who drinks turbidity.

Azabu prepared by Joshua in place of cotton before his departure from the empire.

Without that, I might have bought that coarse cotton.

"Still, this hemp is amazing, right?

The linen ordered by Joshua on the slum, which has not yet been restored, is lined up and softened with careful work.

And above all else.

"I've never seen such a vivid dye in a lady's dress fabric."

It was difficult to dye vividly without labor and time.

Some of them are mysterious cloths with flower patterns and cat patterns.

"So I can't believe it's cheaper than the cotton I always sell... Mr. Joshua is really scary."

No matter what the social season, my son followed Stewart home when he definitely went to the Empire.

Make sure to prepare a replacement for cotton.

It was amazing that my son took it seriously.

Especially when Miss Emma gets involved.

"He... created in an instant an era when ordinary people of the kingdom enjoyed fashion..."

Colorful clothing at a cheap price.

The kingdom will begin the era of fashion.