It was not long after 3 days and on the promised day me and Sarah were visiting Kwan Workshop with materials and parts.

Quickly, start a meeting with the out-of-phase artisan Galahad.

The blueprints were excellent.

I, the amateurs of shoe design, and Osama and the others in Leather Street, were deluded by glue.

The shape and installation of the non-slip spike on the sole of the shoe were really well thought out and simplified.

And then what happens when you actually make it exactly as the blueprints say.

Galahad asked when he saw the tools I had taken out as part of the prototype production.

"Why, it"

"Water clock and parchment."

Besides the material, I was bringing in a water clock and parchment.

Well, look, when Galahad shrugged, he took the material and started making shoes based on the blueprints.

As I burn the procedure to my eyes, I will write down each procedure and the time it took.

A water clock was needed to accurately measure the time of each task.

The water clock asks Sarah to count the droplets with a small voice.

There were 23 steps in the production procedure. I would say that ordinary shoes are frighteningly laborious given that they are made in about seven steps at most.

"What do you say? You could have done what the blueprints said, right?

With his skilled arms, Galahad completed his shoes for adventurers really smoothly.

Even though parts and materials were available, it hasn't taken an hour. It was a really wasteless move.

I calculate based on parchment paper describing the production process diagram and the exact working time of the process.

The water clock was really helpful. Besides, Galahad gave me a good design.

Sarah asked in a whisper.

"Hey, why did you make me count the droplets?

"Right. What did you think when you saw Galahad move?

"Wow, that was a beautiful move! Like this, it feels strange"

"So can Sarah make the same move as Galahad?

"Uh, I can't."

"Well, what if you're just going to lace up your shoes?

"If that's all, maybe you can slow down"

"Why don't you do it about ten times?

"Well, can't you?

I mean, that's what I mean.

Instead of hiring skilled craftsmen who can do 23 processes by themselves, they train 23 amateurs into simple skilled workers.

And work hard enough to work at the same speed as Galahad.

From what I have seen, many processes serve adequately even artisanal apprenticeships.

As a result, the cost is lowered while maintaining manufacturing speed.

There's no one in this world who calculates hourly rates.

I think while writing the results of the calculations on parchment paper.

Well, I can tell you that some guys in the shoe making workshop may be counting how many pairs they can make a day, but there's definitely no one counting the number of droplets on a water clock for how many minutes it takes to sew a leather attachment on their toes.

Anyway, I want to move the manufacturing process once. If you actually move it, you'll see more loopholes and improvements.

In my head, the sight of the new craftsmen lined up in the factory making shoes all at once seemed clear.

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Even that morning, drinking tea on the first floor of the inn, as usual, shadowed.

When I looked up, there was a man in a red top, clearly dressed in a fine outfit in the 3rd class neighborhood.

He has a big, scratchy man in the back.

Who is it?

"Good morning, Mr. Kenji"

The man in red called my name the first time I met him.

At that moment, I realized.

The shoe story is leaking.