Inari wants to live in peace

Refugee

Now that the description of the bath has been completed, we were guided by the officials to the next facility.

Since a hut was built on the corner of the village, officials opened the door first, showed the inside and explained, just like in the bath.

"It's a farm equipment shed. It was invented and developed by the Inari gods and has a mass production system."

"... I've never seen anything like it."

I've seen a few things before, but I feel a little strange because it's mostly an unknown tool.

I heard that the mass production system is already in place, but Mikawa fully supports the teachings of Inari God.

They would all be, but there were still many who were half-hearted just to hear the explanation.

"This year, I'll have you focus on exploration.I will start using it in earnest next year.

But is this area useful even in the first year? "

When the officials took one of the agricultural tools and showed it to us, the villagers soon realized it was quail.

However, it is not a flat one blade, but obviously the shape is different and the tip is divided into four.

"Is it quack?"

"Correct. His name is Hokkaido Gwa, one of the tools devised by the Inari gods."

I felt uncomfortable because it was not flat, but I wondered how to use it.

"It's faster to actually use it, but it's hard to get dirt on the quail, so you can stick it deep and dig.... that's it."

What a concise, but easy-to-understand explanation.

It seems to be very useful for fields that have become hard after the harvest and for the opening of trees.

It was the god of the five grains that gave us Beech Guwa, but here we have one big question.

What is the origin of the name Bechu?

"I don't know. When I asked Inari God, he didn't tell me clearly.

So there must be something deeper than the ocean. "

If the official doesn't know, I think it's useless to ask any more questions, and I'm convinced for the time being.

The Inari God is what he does because he is out of human common sense.

It was easy to guess that there were circumstances that we could not find out.

After a brief description of the unknown tools in the farm equipment shed, walk out again to the next facility.

Then we enter a hut built a little away from the village.

This is the fertilizer shed.

Ugh, the smell is terrible.

"As a sample before you arrived, I brought in a small amount of fertilizer before fermentation."

It would certainly be easier to explain if there was a real thing.

I heard it was a fertilizer shed, but when I looked around, it looked like a stable with lots of windows for ventilation.

"It's divided into chicken shit, cow shit, and human shit."

"What do you do when you collect manure?"

"After the fermentation has gone far enough, we will enter the fields."

It goes without saying that after listening to the explanations of the officials, I and the other villagers were utterly shocked.

But some of them knew about fertilizer for a minute, and they nodded small.I think you'll need to tell me more about it later.

"Crops thrive on the vitality of the earth.So if you don't do anything, the fields will weaken year after year.

We revitalize them by regularly feeding them with fertilizer. "

I nodded as much as I could.

But the truth is, I didn't really get it.But now, it's important to assume that's what it is.

"There are facilities such as rotting soil and blurred fertilizer nearby, but the structure and application are almost the same.

So let me skip the explanation. "

Follow the official who walks out like that, but wonder where to go next.

Then he told me it was a livestock hut.

Just giving us cattle or horses, who were refugees, is a very generous story.

It makes me very happy to say that it's a year of living security and that's all we expect from you.

"What is cattle?Or a horse? "

"Both. And then there's chickens and goats."

"What? What is that?"

Thank you for giving me both.But then I heard of chickens and goats, and I couldn't catch up with my understanding.

Enter a large livestock hut before you can figure it out in your head.

While surrounded by fences, you can hear chickens and goats being separated into separate places to relax and eat weeds.

There were other horses and cows, but livestock I've never seen before bothered me.

"From now on, we'll get eggs from chickens and milk from goats."

I thought I was finally going crazy.

It's good to get chicken eggs and goat's milk, but you have no idea what to do with it.

"First of all, if it's eggs, you've already eaten them."

What!?

"The salted porridge was cooked with yellow thread, right?"

That reminds me that there was a yellow solid mixed in the salt congee, but it seemed to be an egg.

However, at that time, I was very impressed by the delicious meal I had had for a long time, and I was completely unaware of what was inside.

Still, I felt like there were some ingredients in the eggs that I wasn't familiar with.

As the villagers twisted their heads, the officials who had finished explaining the outline of the livestock facility walked out again with the details later.

Next brought was a water wheel hut built outside the village, where the stones kept turning around without stopping when they entered, turning the grain into powder.

Officials pick up seeds spilling around and show them to us.

"At the end of the spring in the open fields, we first sprinkle it.

Inari God said it was free, but our nostalgia is a little harsh. "

The seed was familiar to all the villagers.

Got it. But is this soba noodles? "

Soba grows quickly from sowing to harvesting, and it grows well in wasteland.And my stomach swelled, but it wasn't very delicious.

"If it's soba, grow nicely even in newly opened fields."

"Hah... hah, that's for sure"

I remembered the salted porridge I had cooked before coming to Takumi Village.

I have tasted similar dishes several times in the past, but only the appearance is similar, and it was not as delicious as cooked in Mikawa.

So I asked the official as the representative of the villagers.

"Officials, do soba noodles taste like salted congee?"

"Well, that's a good guess. Exactly."

I don't know what to say, not since I came to this village, but after entering the Mikawa country before that, it was a continuum of surprises.

"In addition to soba noodles, you will also grow soybeans.Well, it's the town's craftsmen who process soy sauce. "

There was no word.

I realized this was what Inari God told me that I couldn't hold on to what he taught me, that I would follow him silently without doubt, and that I would know if I actually experienced him.

The unfolding fury that had truly never been common sense persisted, but it was filled with wonder in a good sense.

So the expression of myself, my family, and the villagers since I came to Takumi Village was very bright.