Bandit, Be Ambitious! To Accomplish Kingdom Revival!

When the forest south of Fort Aldes let the thin green young leaves shine in the sun, news came from the hidden village that they had begun raising silkworms.

He said the number of larvae hatched was considerable, but he has no idea how many.

Because he said 200, simply if half lay eggs in females, it would mean as hundreds per... tens of thousands of eggs. Not all of them will have hatched, so even half of them will say 20,000.

With that said, my grandmother told me strangely how to count silkworms is' head '.

After all, we may be paying tribute to your silkworms, so we'll call you that. I was surprised when I first heard about it, but sometimes it seems to be based on some kind of surprise.

Now, will you be raised to the end...... We'll have to think about yields along the way, too.

Since it's the first, should we set a target around 5,000?

Still, it will be sufficient to practice yarn repetition, and it seems possible to distribute the silk yarn made to the surrounding kingdom to improve the loom.

Mictos Village is going to be busy after the summer because if it goes well, you're going to be able to get a few cocoons by late fall. If you could have killed the sanagi in the cocoon, you'd be able to do it in the winter quota.

"Was that so good news?

"Yeah, it looks like we're finally starting to grow silkworms. Let's go out after about twenty days. But don't be surprised."

There may be a problem with pressing too much notice. Sadie's nodding happily, isn't she?

Mu may have an effect on the child's stomach, so let's wait until next year. But you said you didn't hate caterpillars, so I guess I'll leave it to Mr. Lady's discretion. Please don't let Marian break the silkworm shelf.

The problem lies in not knowing what to do after growing and shipping silkworms.

We're going to end up removing yarn in hot water, so I thought about putting it in hot water and killing the sanagi. Is that okay?

It would seem better to consider other means……. You can't bake it, can you?

Smoked? Dry……….

Smoking is going to make the cocoon dull. When it does, it will be called dry, but I think I can handle the dry cabin that was at my grandfather's house.

I hear it was originally intended to dry the tobacco leaves, but I played with them scattered around, so I can remember the structural ones.

You won't have to build a cabin. If you pass the plumbing through the large box and through the smoke from the incineration made outside, the temperature in the box should rise.

If you put the cocoon on the shelf so you can reposition it in the box, you should get even heat.

Make a note of the scheme and have Mr. Riedel make it as soon as possible.

If there were two methods of killing with water and drying it out, you would be able to choose when doing future mass production by comparison.

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About twenty days after the news that he had started raising silkworms, Mr. Lady came to Fort Aldes with a small crate.

Today, the ambassadors of the three kingdoms went on a tour of the canal gateway facilities, so we're the only ones in the hall.

"I've grown up a lot. I've brought a few for now, but for Your Majesty, it will be my first livestock."

"Banter said it would be something over silver, but you're staying outside?

He hastily stops and sits down trying to take his seat immediately.

Mu looks at me like that, and Mu looks at me with the look that she doesn't have to do that...

"I'm already here. You don't have to take a seat. It's a good idea. And don't be surprised. My grandmother respectfully called me silkworm."

"Much in case... Does that mean it's not worth it at first sight? And to say that I'm already in this hall…, in this box!

As Mr. Lady nodded, he gently opened the crate.

When the three of them peered inside as they swallowed their sawdust and spit......, Marian immediately turned away.

Sadie and Mu are peeking into the box.

"You're a beautiful potato worm. Aren't you allowed to keep it here?

"It's white, but it's got a little pattern on it."

I don't mind those two talking, I try to reach out and pinch one head and put it on my palm.

"Don't do it these days. I guess I ate plenty of leaves. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of butterfly it will be."

"This will be a sanagi in less than ten days. If this is the case, it doesn't seem like a problem. You must be struggling with Mr. Iryl, too."

Gently return the silkworm to the box.

You have to nurture them. If you ruin it with a little of my trick, it's a problem.

"An estimate would be tens of thousands. I've taught you two ways, but they're going to try both."

"Please. And you'd better secure 300 for the next breeding."

When he lowered his head to me, he wrapped the box in cloth and Mr. Lady left the hall.

Looks like Sadie and the others are waiting for my word. Ever since Mr. Lady left the hall, I can see you're craving my complexion.

"The potato worm is the silkworm now. Silk is made by that potato worm. So you should be raising them dearly."

"What? A potato worm could have made silk!

I'll slowly let Sadie talk to you about silkworms like that.

Because it's an already livestock worm, you can't live without people growing it for you. The only leaves to be eaten are mulberry leaves…….

"Then what is silk? Is it made from the cocoon of an earlier bug? There's no way you can do silk with a bug cocoon or anything."

"I guess that's why they lived it up. I really can. Farmers raised me where I lived. The Empress herself has raised silkworms."

"Are you saying that the corned potato worms really make silk in those days?

Mr. Marian is suspicious, too. Unless you actually take the yarn out, you might not understand.

"We are raising tens of thousands of potato worms earlier. Right......, see what kind of cocoon you can have in 20 days. It's a little tricky to remove yarn from a cocoon, but the principle isn't that difficult."

Who was the first to know that threads can be untied when put in hot water?

It's like you're just canning knowing the moves of such an ancestor. Again, the hard part is freshly hatched breeding and how it's going to kill a sanagi.

About a month later, Mr. Lady visited the hall again.

Now it was after dinner, but Sadie and the others are listening to him sipping tea as he asks about the hidden village.

"Yeah, well, I almost forgot. Seems better to dry it off. If you killed him with water, you'd have mold."

"Is it mold...... When that happens, you might want to steam it with steam once and let it dry again. Would you mind experimenting with a little cocoon splitting?

Mr. Lady took the cloth wrap out of his nostalgia, nodding at my words.

When I opened the envelope in front of my eyes... it was a few white cocoons that appeared.

As soon as Sadie grabs the cocoon and gives it to the three of them one at a time, he stares at the cocoon with a shiver.

"It's like a clear glow. My mother used to show me pearls, but it was like the same glow."

"Did that potato bug make this?

"Beautiful... but a little hairy."

Mu's words are the most appropriate expression. I wonder what the silk thread is.

"We've got a lot of eggs, so we're going to raise them for the second time."

"It's early summer, so you'd better ventilate. If I could do it again in the fall, this year would be over. I think if we keep the eggs a little cold, we'll have them until next year."

In the fall he told me that he would carry the first cocoon to the village of Mictos. In that case, the village chief of Mictus will have to secure the location and manpower as well.

I don't know what yarn it spins, but I guess I should repeat the trial and error a few times.

If even silkworms can be successfully grown, the weave may be manageable from yarn spinning. Whatever it is, it's a textile with an ancient history. The mechanism of the loom would not have changed that much.

I will leave the care of the silkworms to the hidden village to visit the construction site of the canal where I am a little concerned.

The destination is the first gateway facility about 500 m from the Label River.

I just taught you on a note, so if you look at the actual size with your own eyes, you'll be amazed at how big it is.

A trench made of about brick stone stretches about 100 meters east to west. Since there are two rows of trenches, you can still operate the ship when you are repairing one.

A movable water gate is provided one at a time to the north and south of the trench. The aim is to solve the high and low differences in the canal by repositioning the water in it. A groove is carved near the entrance to the water gate so that the waterway can be divided by a slab wall for repair of the water gate.

The problem is the strength of the movable water gate. I can't calculate engineering, so I have to make it quite sturdy. The device that opens and closes it should also be sturdy considering the application of water pressure.

They can do about three gates like this. Looks like this year will be over when this equipment and about 1 km of excavation are finished.