Inari wants to live in peace

Episode 22 Opening the Shogun (4) Seventh Week

I was busy helping with the cooking.

On the other hand, I said that in the Sengoku period, it was easy in a sense because I wore a special order white cooking costume and was glued around a large pot.

There is a shallow reason why this is not deep, because my position is that of the Great General Conqueror and even the Inari God.

If I gave the orders of a great amateur, the people who originally handled the scene would be in great chaos.

That's why I keep stirring the pot with Nico's smile.It is the most peaceful, and each can move the most efficiently.

Since there are over a thousand refugees, there are many large pots lined up, and it takes a lot of power to stir them all up so that they don't burn.

My fox daughter is fine because she doesn't get tired, but I'm sure it's a healthy job.So I was right to ask the refugees to help me.

Yesterday seemed to have been quite hard work, and when I saw the staff in the field looking exhausted, I realized that.

After helping with the cooking, I propose to have the refugees help with the construction work of Inari Taisha Shrine.

Just waiting for the words, it seems that Matsuda-san has also changed his policy, gathering the remaining energetic people who can move and going to the nearby dock.

A large river was flowing a sufficient distance on foot, so I arrived immediately.

Afterwards, I boarded the ship that was docked under Matsuda-san's guidance, and the refugees followed, and I rowed upstream one step ahead.

This is a time when there are no steam engines or gas engines.Therefore, it is a choice between receiving the wind or rowing manually.

If we're going downstream, we'll go faster to leave the flow to ourselves, but this time the destination is upstream.

I ran across the ship many times when it came down at a lighter speed along the way.

Incidentally, the width of the river was as wide as the name of the great river deserved.However, there were some places along the way that were narrower in width than it seemed difficult to cross each other.

Above all, it is bent and has no high levee, so it is likely to cause flooding every time heavy rain falls, and I am worried about it.

(Hmm, I think the water treatment work is going on.

If the whole country looks like this, we need to get it up and running as soon as possible.)

I now think with my hands on my cheeks as I gaze at the river that flows quietly.

It certainly wasn't an exaggeration to say that the collapse of the lifeline would lead directly to death in Japan in the future.

(Electricity, gas, water, communications, transportation...?

In today's era, there aren't many that can be moved to immediate implementation)

Water resources will be stabilized through water treatment, and transportation will be facilitated through street development.This will also increase the speed of transmission of supplies and information.

But this really has to be built over the long term, and it's not something that can be realized dramatically and effectively.

But now that I've thought about it, I don't think it makes much sense.It was all after the opening of the Shogun, so we still had time to move on to implementation.

Now that I'm climbing the river, I see the scenery around me and get rid of my work mood.

At that time, I was a little concerned, so I asked Mr. Matsuda next door.

"Why are you carrying Oki aboard?"

"The main shrine where Inari gods live is called a sanctuary.

Because there is no wood nearby, we need to repair the old trees in the northern mountains and use them as building materials. "

Most of the places I asked for were swamps or shallows.Fortunately, the soil seems rich in nutrients.

However, it is easy to imagine that access to timber resources is environmentally difficult and that long trees have long been felled by neighbors.

Then, it is convincing to bring large trees like gods from the mountains in the north or use them as building materials downstream.

However, if it lasts for so long, I think I need so much wood.

"In order to recreate the Inari God's family home, many trees must be transplanted and turned into forests."

In addition to building shrines, he clearly told me that he was going to recreate the area around his parents' house.

Indeed, to stabilize the ground, it is not a bad way to root the trees deeply.

I also prefer a quiet, small house in Mt. Inari, where I live, to a crowded and bustling place.

There was no dissatisfaction in that regard, but when I looked sideways at the crew of the other ship, I felt that this was a bit unpleasant.

"How harsh is the construction?"

"Is it natural that labor is harsh?"

I was asked a question.

What I saw and felt was that many of the crew members who were at the helm of the passing ship had bad looks, and everyone who was resting on the ship was exhausted.

Matsuda-san seems to take this situation for granted, but in Nagayama Village and the region where I am involved, the flow of resting and working efficiently is widespread.

So I will ask Mr. Hojo the real question as usual.

"I work in Hojo territory, how long do you keep me working in one day?"

"When the sun rises, until it sinks.

If the Inari gods wanted it, they would put on the pine and let them do it at night? "

I expected this much.

However, in the second half, I felt the darkness when I said that I would not hesitate to stay up all night.

I couldn't bear to know such a tragic situation.That's why I'll show you my usual bumpy talk.

"From now on, the daily labor will be eight hours.No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

"What? What is that?"

It is an incomprehensible statement for people of this age.

Not only Matsuda-san, but also the people on the same boat gather with interesting faces.

As the Inari god, I am accustomed to speaking up without shame, but I do not know whether it is good or bad, but it is inevitable to win a comfortable and peaceful life.

Therefore, I put the mysterious knowledge I forgot where I heard it into my mouth without shame.

"Human beings can accumulate mental fatigue as well as physical fatigue, which greatly reduces the efficiency of their work."

It is troublesome to be deeply stuck, so please accept that it is such a thing.

In addition, I am troubled if asked anything, so I will continue without interrupting my words.

"Therefore, keeping your body and mind healthy is more efficient and progressive than working from morning to evening.

And the best answer is four centuries. "

In fact, I don't know if this eight-hour day is really right.Besides, it may have the effect I just said, but I can't believe it right now.

Because it is a creature with individual differences from humans in general, the time it takes to work at maximum power varies from person to person.

But I have always done the same thing in Japan in the future, so maybe this is good.

At least, feel free to think that it is definitely better than the working environment of the Sengoku era.

"In a week, … but not once every seven days, you'll be even more efficient."

You're going to study!

Matsuda-san and others around me are impressed.But he trusted me because he was Inari.If she had no track record or authority, she would have been laughed at with her nose.

But thanks to that, it was almost accepted without any doubt.On the contrary, if it turns out to be a betrayal of trust, I'll give you back your palm, but it's time.

"But once every seven days?It's a little hard to remember. "

When I saw Matsuda-san playing with his beard and thinking about it, the unacceptable straddling of failure has been going on ever since the Sengoku period, so I am accustomed to saying exactly what I came up with.

"Well, you should separate them in a week.For example, moonfire ─ ─ "

I see! It's been seven weeks!

I heard from Matsuda-san, who deals with Pong, that seven weeks ago, I understood that the concept of a week was also in the Sengoku period.

But for that, I don't think it's widespread at all.

Maybe he was born in the early Heian Dynasty, but maybe nobody noticed.

Whatever the background of the day of the week, in the Sengoku period, only educated people knew about the seventh week.

Besides, if Matsuda-san knew, it would be quick.

He snorts his nose and begins explaining to those around him who are tilting their necks.

"Seven Saturdays come from seven celestial bodies.According to the abbreviation proposed by Inari God earlier, it was Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday ─ ─ "

I'm just listening in silence, so it's nice and easy.

As soon as possible, I decided to leave General Kaisei and want to live in peace.

Matsuda-san, who I've been talking to for a while, turned to me and asked me when I should be able to decide on a holiday, so I don't have to get lost, I think Saturday should be half or a day off, and Sunday should be a holiday.When I was a student, I spoke magnificently without thinking deeply.