Inari wants to live in peace

As the snow melted down to the foot of the mountain, I took my feet to the work place of the woodsman, whom I was perfectly familiar with.

As usual, I gathered my parents and disciples to plan for the future, but it seems that the number of people is increasing more than last time because of my concern.But for now, we need to move on.

Hmm, it's a water wheel hut, right?

During the winter, I made a model of the irreversible water wheel cabin at home, but people in my profession understood it at a glance.

Talk fast if you know.I saved myself the trouble of explaining.

But what worries me is that it wasn't the parent who spoke with an interesting expression.

I wonder if the newly arrived apprentice is more familiar with it. When I tilted my neck, everyone changed to a happy expression and rushed to correct their posture.

"I'm late! These are the woodsmen under Okazaki Castle to whom Matsudaira-sama was sent!"

"" "Inari God! Please find out!!!" "

The more I look down at them all at once, the more convinced I am.

In other words, they sent me to learn and master my knowledge and skills directly.

You may be quick to act, or you value yourself that much.

In fact, it seems that there was also a water wheel in the village at the foot.

But it was built a long time ago by a woodsman who had no time to entrust his successor and one day suddenly died of illness.

As a result, repair was difficult even when aging was advanced and collapse was in danger.If you don't call a professional craftsman from afar to learn technology from somewhere, you'll have to do it on the spot.

Therefore, it is dangerous to move it now, so the water wheel is removed and it is just a mossy abandoned house.

Incidentally, since there is also a porcelain town to make baked goods, it was found that convenient goods such as woodworking lathes are commonly used under Okazaki Castle.

Unfortunately, however, Nagayama Village has no money, no manpower, no clay.In other words, I had to make it from scratch.

But now Matsudaira-san is behind me.I appreciate your flexibility.

and various explanations were given, but after listening to this, I was able to understand why it was difficult to complete it even if I taught the pulley to be installed in the well but did not come with a pin, and even if it was made with a visual imitation.

But no matter what happens, what I do will not change now.

So, do you think you can build a water wheel hut?

"It is slightly different from the model, but it is possible to repair the original one or if it is the same type as Okazaki Castle."

When I heard that, I realized that there were various types of water wheels, and nodded with my heart.

"But what the hell are you going to use the water wheel hut for?"

"To crush the grain."

"Fu... it's normal."

Were you expecting Inari to come up with a more unexpected way to use it?

Until now, it has certainly been a sudden idea that cannot be captured by conventional common sense.

Unfortunately, however, that was the only way to use the water wheel cabin.It can be said that it is mainly biased towards appetite.

Anyway, it depends on the weather, but it is convenient to operate without rest all year round, so I want at least one.

If you are yourself, turning the stone base to make powder is not a big hassle if you are careful with the ignition phenomenon caused by frictional heat.

But it's hard work for humans.

"From now on, the demand for powder will increase, so it's inconvenient to process without a wheelhouse."

Really?

"Yes, it keeps going up the ceiling without knowing.

You'd better crush it and make it powder, uh... it's easy to eat. "

I was told that digestion and absorption would improve, but the explanation is cumbersome, so I think about it a little.

And when I said it was easier to eat powder, I nodded and didn't bother to ask for an explanation.

Even common sense in the future can't even understand heresy in the Sengoku period.

Once again, I can make you realize that something like that still exists.

And thanks to the power of God, you will follow without doubt, but if I do something big, trust will fall to the earth.

So I had to be careful not to make mistakes, so I tightened my mind.

Anyway, the subject of the visit to the woodworker's workplace today is not actually a water wheel shed.

I carefully open the lid by placing the small wooden box I brought from home on the tatami mat.

"Is this... a mushroom?"

I took good care of him during the winter, so the mysterious mushrooms were half the size of my grip, sucking up nutrients from the wood chips and rice paste.

"The artificial cultivation of mushrooms is a success.

Therefore, in the future, while we will clarify efficiency and growing conditions, we will aim to establish a mass production system in dedicated facilities. "

There is a greater tremor among the woodcutters in this word than in the water wheel shed.

Many people have tried to grow mushrooms in the past.And certainly more efficient than natural occurrences. That's for sure.

However, if you ask me to cut into the logs and wait for the mushrooms to grow, I can only wonder what a primitive and lucky means.

Therefore, the results of mushroom cultivation up to the Sengoku period were better than the natural occurrence, but there were many without harvest.

Having heard a failure story from a craftsman connected to the person who tried to grow the mushrooms, I was afraid that it was still reckless.

Then he lifts the crate with a small hand and sneaks it down behind him.

"Inari God! Hey, is there a chance?"

The craftsman who had been talking about the failure earlier suddenly asked the question with excitement, and the movement was surprisingly rigid.

But if you don't answer something, you think it tastes bad, and you work your head out desperately.

I can't think of anything you can think of!I would like to say that it is not actually possible to talk about it with probability, it is just an idea, and it fits the meaning.

Still, knowledge of mushrooms is more likely than those of today, and more likely to succeed than in previous ways.

Therefore, while trying to behave like Inari God as much as possible, I am a little scared inside, but I will tell you with dignity without putting out my attitude.

"I understand how mushrooms grow.So the chances of success are much higher than before. "

"" "Oooh!!!" "

But that's because of the technology and knowledge of the future.In the Sengoku era, where facilities and tools are not available, we don't know how far we can go.

There are limits to trying to compensate with effort and guts.It is certain that putting mushroom cultivation on track will take a considerable amount of time.

"Inari God! What should we do?"

"I'm going to explain that now, so look at this model."

That said, I gently placed another model that I had prepared in advance on the tatami mat.

"Is the cabin...?"

"Yes, but it's not just a hut."

It looks like a normal slender hut from the outside, but I keep explaining and remove the roof.

There were many shelves lined up inside.Lifting the floorboards further reveals that a small channel passes beneath them.

"The hot spring water in the middle of the mountain used to run into the river.

But from now on, I'll pull you to the mushroom hut. "

Since there is no thermometer, it is only possible to judge while looking at the state of growth, but it is obvious that mushrooms do not grow in cold weather.

Therefore, I wondered if I could replace it with underfloor heating in the future.

"Unlike firewood, hot springs are available all year round.So if you succeed, you'll be able to eat fresh mushrooms all year round. "

"" "Oooh!!!" "

I don't know how many times, but once again loud voices echo indoors, and the motivation of the woodworkers soars.

However, this is only possible if it succeeds and, of course, can fail.

(I don't think it will work from the beginning.But if we don't take a step, we won't know how to improve.)

I have knowledge of the future.

I lost my profession because I was not a mushroom farmer, but I studied hard until the first year of high school.

Still, historical grades were devastating, and the average score was close, so it was a far cry from genius.

(The glass window is really good, but there is no substitute so I have to do something about it.

If you use a pulley to adjust the temperature with an open/close skylight, you can't work in the dark.

Make windows open and close at other heights?)

Since it is not a real farmhouse, it is, after all, amateur wisdom.Still, if we work with those involved in mushroom cultivation during the Sengoku period, we can move forward one step at a time.

With me somehow knowing only the theory, I will be able to find improvements quite quickly.

So I dreamed of dripping soy sauce on an iron plate of mushrooms and enjoying it deliciously, and I put in my heart that I would work hard.

It will be discussed at a later date, but even if cultivation of the fungus floor was the first successful in the world, the name of Inari God was largely included in history and technical books.

But everything didn't go well from the beginning.It didn't work as well as I thought.

But it's just that I think it's a failure with future values.

If one fungus bed does not reach ten, but grows nyokiyoki and mushrooms, it is a great success in the Sengoku period.

Rather, it is made of wood that is not a glass greenhouse, and the temperature and humidity are not clear.

Together, all the seedbeds on the shelves installed in the hut were more than a hundred, and since they were harvested almost every day, they really seemed to be the work of God at the time.

That's why the later mushroom farmers understood.

God Inari is looking far away.Instead of wanting to be a big success, we also need to continue our daily refinement in order to achieve even higher levels.

Incidentally, with regard to seedbeds, at first I went into the mountains to collect wood debris, but it was troublesome and the supply was unstable.

Therefore, I became a partner with the woodworker and was given the sawdust instead of fuel.

In addition, it was primitive to sterilize with steam after mixing rice paste there.

Moreover, farmers entering the cultivation hut were strictly ordered by Inari to make sure they were cleaned and cleaned immediately before entering, and to clean the facility as well.

At first, I didn't understand it at all, but still, by continuing to cultivate the fungus floor, I gained knowledge and experience little by little. When science developed so that bacteria and microorganisms could be observed, Inari God was right, and mushroom farmers nationwide washed their fox daughters.