Amago no Miko

Mid-November 1563 Tojima Village, Takada-gun, Aki

Leave Nakano Village and spend the night in Kuki Village, famous for its Kuki Silver Mountain.After crossing the temple, I finally arrived at Aki.

Finally, it's been six days since I left the castle in Toyota.

I spent two nights at Takeshiki Taisha Shrine, and it took me a while to get along.

Between Tsukiyama Toda and Yoshida-gun, you can get there in three days if you can't.

In the case of a fast horse, if you exchange the horse three times along the way, you can arrive in one day.

It was worth building the streets.

Well, it's impossible in a snowy winter.

So this time, I went all the way to Aki to throw out the milk drinker Ye Yue, so I came to visit because I received news that the canal had been completed.

Yes, the Orion Canal that I proposed two and a half years ago to Maori Principal, which connects the Eno River and the Ota River.

"Ooh! This is a canal made by the hands of a never-ending man!

"I am impressed by the princess's vision."

"Don't be stunning."

Do Takhudan and Taro Left agree?Nice work. "

Even if you can only pass by a boat as early as the morning, the canal remains unchanged.

Don't be ridiculous, you can carry five or six horses!

"I've been here for two and a half years, but I'm surprised the view has changed so much."

Um, I had a bit of a look on my face, but the scene of the work was really awesome.

"The construction seemed to be going well, above all."

If you are motivated by humans, most things can be managed with man-sea tactics, right?

In the past, replacement work has already been carried out on the Fiji River, which is several times more distant and wider than the Oriental Canal, so even though the successful construction of the canal was a definite matter, I am still very impressed if it is completed.

Well, I didn't do the construction directly!

Look, I'm the one giving the instructions.

"At first, I wondered what it would be like for a lord to pay for an election, but I was surprised because the behavior of the lord was different when he paid."

"Daisen Doctor, no one likes to work for free."

"That's exactly what Tama-san said."

In this era, no matter how many people had the feeling that they were part of the lord's estate, it wouldn't have happened if they had been allowed to work for free.

Unless you're a sinner, I think you should pay the right wages for your work.

"So don't forget to keep the gate and wheel moving at all times."

"What do you call it?

"After all, we built the canal artificially by hand, so I think we're vulnerable to the threat of nature."

Even in the future, when architectural and civil engineering technology developed, rivers flooded due to typhoons and intensive heavy rains, and dikes were destroyed and bridges flowed.

That's all. Natural ferocity is incredibly powerful.

With the power of science, it is impossible to beat the power of nature altogether.

Speaking of what humans can do, isn't it best to share or distribute the power of nature?

"Are you talking about heavy rain or wildlife?

"Yes, when heavy rain increases, there is a risk that the area of Shimokohara, where the Tojima and Egawa rivers meet, will flood if we do not cut off the water flowing from the main stream, the Mishiba River, into the canal."

Shimo-ohara is a place north of Yoshidaguchi Station on the Geibei Line in the future.

"In Shimogahara, I've been flooded with two or three floods in the past."

"Was it Master Left..."

I see, so the water gate at the entrance to the Mishiba River was supposed to open in the opposite direction.

Takashi noticed something good.That's the Maori family's trail. You've only received Kaoru Takashi from Maori Principal and Otuchi Yoshitaka, right?

Speaking of home affairs, my son, Mao Li Takayu, feels better than Cheeto Zizi, who likes to plan.

"If the door opens along the stream of the Mishiba River, it loses to the water pressure in the event of a flood and becomes open."

It's time to score.

In other words, here's the thing.

†/Not like this./† From this, │ │ Does it feel like it opens vertically?

Was it a little hard to understand?

I wonder if it looks like this in the diagram?

I don't know if it was okay to drop the gate vertically from the top, but at the technological level of this era, like guillotine, I couldn't deny the possibility of the gate falling on my own, so when I thought about safety, it became a door for watching the sound.

As the boat dives through the water gate, it could be catastrophic if the gate falls.

"Still, this new lacquer is convenient."

"I ordered the plaster to be developed by Tarasa and the Naokita family."

"Oh, my God, Taro Saemon!?

About two years ago, I asked Tarasa and Naokita to prototype the concrete.

The concrete was successfully developed, so concrete was used as part of the water gate.

"Taro Left, who sent a new lacquer to the world, is also competent, but the wisdom of the princess who ordered it to be made is the best."

Fufu, you know Cheeto Jijii well.

Yes, without my brain, it would have been more than 200 years late for concrete to be used in Japan.

I mean, I'm the greatest!

Well, I'm using an inch called knowledge cheat.

"My father was right, and I owe it to Princess Yu to make things right.It was difficult for Yukita-san alone. "

Until then...

While watching Tarota try and error, he said, "Speaking of which, if you mix the volcanic ash, you can restore the Roman concrete.

Yes, the pin flashed and I remembered, but on the auspicious day, I decided to buy volcanic ash.

There are also volcanoes in Neko territory, such as Mt. Sanbotsu and Mt. Daisen, but the last eruption should have been thousands or tens of thousands of years ago, so volcanic ash has been buried in the ground.

So I decided to buy volcanic ash from the Shimadzu family in Kyushu, where there is a living active volcano.Specifically, the weight of the first sentence is the price of two sentences.

I think the price is cheap, but Shimazu was happy to pay a small amount of money for the volcanic ash that would interfere with the growth of the crop until the Neko family left the ship.

Since the consistency is 3.75 kg, it is 3.75 tons in the thousand eyes.37.5 tons in 10,000 pieces.The Nanban ship will carry more than 200 tons of cargo, but we took great care to sail with 40,000 pieces and 150 tons loaded.

In other words, the money paid to Shimadzu is 80 penultimate sentences.

Cheap!

But if this is the case with the merchant, wouldn't it still be a conscientious price if it were ten times the price?

Simply transporting shipments from Satsuma to Izumo will cost you that much.

As far as the operation of the Nanban ship is concerned, the Neko family is mainly in charge of the operation, so there is no room for merchants to intervene.

If Neko deals directly with Shimadzu, even if he pays Shimadzu eighty penultimate sentences, it will all fit in about three hundred penultimate sentences to transport volcanic ash to Izumo.

Even in the sense of reducing the price of concrete, reducing costs is important, right?

If the price of concrete is too high, it will bounce back to the price of public works, so it can have a negative impact on Neko's finances.

So I tried to mix this volcanic ash with 10% of the total volcanic ash when making concrete.

Unfortunately, I don't know the exact mix ratio, so I tried 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% volcanic ash, and it finally settled to 10%.

I don't know if this is really right, but, well, maybe 10% of the formula will do!

Because Otomo is hostile to Maori, Neko, who has a marriage alliance with Maori, is indirectly hostile to Otomo.

That's why you went all the way around Hirado and Amakusa to buy volcanic ash from far away Satsuma.

Well, in terms of distance, it doesn't change much whether it's through the abundant water supply or through Amakusa.

Also, Neko does not have an alliance with Shimadzu, but Maori has a close relationship with Shimadzu because of the relationship with Otomo.

Shimadzu's territory is surrounded by Ito and other Sengoku Daimyo names on the liver, so Shimadzu has not yet grown to become such a big Sengoku Daimyo, but in the future Shimadzu should kick out the surrounding Daimyo and become Daimyo.

That's why it's not bad to keep friendship going from now on, and that's why I thought it was a big weight, right?

Violent people like Kijimazu are more nostalgic than hostile.

Yes, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Luzon and so on are also Kaiseki Shimadzu.

Did you talk to him about that?

"But don't overtrust the new lacquer."

"Tama-san, what does that mean?

"Just like the canal, this is something created by human hands."

Oh, I see.

"Sometimes shapes break."

Well, that's true, too.

Well, since Roman concrete has endured wind and rain for over 2,000 years, it also feels semi-permanent when it comes to the human timeline.

If you think so, I think ancient civilizations and ancient people are amazing.

Looks like it might be full of Lost Technology!