After breakfast, Ichirana returned to Japan, where she bought appliances such as air conditioning and additional laptops from an electrician, and bought out cosmetics and other kinds of information that she promised Leese.

When I bought my computer, I also bought the encyclopedia DVD.

While very compact compared to books, this would also make it easier to search for information.

Situations such as returning to Japan whenever information is needed, as before, are likely to ease somewhat.

I also went to the local library and asked the staff to tell me more about the vibration control of the carriage.

After hearing a lot about it, I was able to know a method called 'suspension type' that might also be used in Isteria.

'Suspended' is a method of reducing vibration when driving by hanging seats from the body of a vehicle with strings or chains.

It is inferior to suspension with springs, but it would be a lot better than the state in which vibrations have been transmitted directly to the body of the vehicle until now.

References could also be purchased, so as soon as I get back to Isteria I'm likely to be able to work on the production.

It was afternoon before returning to the village and Valletta and I relaxed.

I was able to relax for the first time in a long time listening to the recent developments in the village and looking around the bird huts and fields.

There was also a slight talk of work in Isteria, but that never became the main topic.

Barletta seemed interested in her life at the Narson Mansion and in the content of the dishes Marie was preparing for her.

He went to bed early that night, got up early and got ready to leave, and headed to the entrance to the village.

At the entrance of the village, all the villagers gather to see off the good.

Now I'm just saying goodbye to Barletta.

"I think it will probably be three months before they come back next. Don't worry, I'll try to come back early when I can afford the time."

"Okay. But the village is fine, so don't force Mr. Kazra, either. Health comes first."

Barletta didn't break her bright look when she heard that Ichigo would not return to the village for a long time.

The majority of the villagers have an uneasy look on their face, but no one makes it into a word.

One good thing I thought Barletta would miss me, too, was that I felt more lonely myself at the same time as I clapped out.

"Don't overdo it, Mr. Barletta, either. Barretta and her good daughter told me she was moving around with very little rest every day."

"Ugh... I'll be careful"

"Really?"

"Ho, it's true"

Ichiyoshi smiled bitterly, turning to everyone in the village.

"Okay, you're going. I won't see you for a while, but stay well."

"... I'm sure I'll see you sooner"

"Huh?"

Barletta laughed softly as Ichiyoshi glanced at Barletta properly.

"Come on in. Good luck."

"Yes, I'm coming"

I answered yes without really knowing what it meant, and Ichigo got in the carriage.

Late the next night.

When the line arrived at the square of the Narson mansion, Narson and Zirconia greeted us.

"Lord Kazura, good luck with your long journey. How was the end?

"It's just now. We have everything we need. We could also prepare a construction plan, so start construction as soon as possible. Do you have personnel available?

"It's done. As soon as Lord Kazra left, some of the glass sales came in, so we used it as an initial cost."

"Oh, did Mr. Claire do it? It's only been about half a month, but you sold it out a lot."

"He seemed to have been stuck with Reese and sold me a small amount in a big hurry to pay for the construction. You said to wait a little longer for the rest."

Claire is given dozens of processed glass balls.

I haven't given you all my hands because I waited from Narson but it took me a while.

They don't reveal to Claire how many in all, and they decide to hand over a certain amount on an ongoing basis.

"With that sale, is it going to hold for a while?

"It's enough as an initial cost, but we can't let it last long. I don't have to worry about being underfunded because I have a separate budget."

Seems like a lot of money came in, but doesn't seem comfortable with it as a construction cost that mobilized a large number of people.

I hope Claire raises funds on a regular basis, but it wouldn't be a good idea to do too much about it.

"It's hard to say it's a stable source of income. I wonder how soon the rest of the glass can be redeemed...... have you heard anything?

"He said he sold a few small grain things for now, and he hasn't put the rest out for a deal yet. See how it goes for a little while, see when it's time to sell it."

"Hmm... you can't sell it all together"

"Right. Too many numbers at once can also lead to price crashes, and more importantly, they are too conspicuous. I think it would be better to give it to her for a while in the form of small pieces, and occasionally large pieces of glass balls to adjust the selling price in terms of quantity and not quality."

"Well, that sounds good."

In their own rooms, there are still more than five kilometres of unprocessed glass rods.

It would be a ping-pong ball size but a baseball ball size, but I would be able to make it if I had to.

"Well, will you let me rest for today? Can we adjust the construction plan tomorrow?

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about before..."

"Hmm, is something wrong?

When Ichigo inquired, Narson turned his attention to the neighboring zirconia.

From here, it seems Zirconia talks, not Narson.

"While Mr. Kazra was away, messengers came from Wang capital, Gregorn territory, Fleis territory, and Kreilatz to offer to see him. Rumors of a waterwheel have finally gotten into their ears."

When he heard it, Ichigo glanced at him.

When I thought it would come one day, it seemed like it was finally coming.

I thought we still had time to get the information across to the rest of the world, but it's unexpectedly early.

The fact that the messenger is here probably means that the other party has also identified the source and verified its authenticity.

"Are you here at last...... the messenger of Clayratz is on the same errand as the messenger of Wang Du or something?

"The same thing is the same, but he wants to set up a place to discuss another matter. That's military-related, so I'll take care of it."

"Hmm... can you tell me later what it is about?

"Of course it is. I don't know the details yet, either, so I'll talk to you after the talks."

To a good offer, Zirconia smiled and nodded.

We planned to gather information as soon as possible on the diplomatic situation in Arcadia, so it would be nice to hear from Zirconia along with the content of the talks.

"We've got a few other issues and we wanted to talk to you about them...... for now we'll have the details tomorrow, so rest for today. Baths are also available."

"Right, let me do that"

I wonder what kind of story you're talking about, but now I'm tired of traveling.

I also had to unload the baggage I brought, so I decided to go back to my room as recommended.

I left my stuff to Isaac and the others to go straight to the bath, sweat it out and then head back to my room.

When I turned to the table, I noticed a note and cloth sachet placed next to my laptop.

"What the... oh, cookies"

When I opened the bag, there were a lot of square cookies inside.

When I took the note, the message was written in beautiful letters.

The sender looks like Reese.

"'Welcome back. I tried baking cookies while Eira taught me. It is recommended because it was deliciously made. Liese'... you must be busy, but you're really a mama. I'll have it."

Launch the laptop while roaming the polypoly and cookies.

In the meantime, cardboard stacked on the floor was opened and 'original font creation software' removed from the inside.

Turn around the instructions and look at how to use them.

"What, 'I'll take in and register the handwritten letters with a scanner'... so why don't you ask Reese to help? He's better at writing than I am."

Install the software and try to mess with it lightly.

No particularly complicated operation is needed, and it seems to be easy to create fonts.

"Now if you make the font compatible with document creation software or something, you don't have to improve the efficiency of document creation extraordinarily. I was wondering if you could help Mr. Eira or something."

If we could ask Eira and Marie to do some paperwork on the computer, Ichigo and Narson's burden would be greatly reduced.

While some information will be confidential, you can also ask Liese or Zirconia for such a thing.

Nevertheless, there is an assumption that they will remember how to handle computers, so it will take some time for them to be able to ask for work.

"... If you were Mr. Barletta, you'd remember everything. Soon you'll be able to use it better than me."

I remember Barletta smiling when we broke up yesterday, and I get a little snuggly.

With her incredible speed of swallowing, she's going to be able to easily use the writing software as opposed to the spreadsheet software.

I know my heart, so I'd be most comfortable if you stayed by my side.

But I can't help what's not there.

I shake off the clutter and resume unloading because I am the one who decided not to cause as much trouble as possible to the people in the village.

"Cosmetics, I've bought about 10 different ones for now, but should I use them all the same... no, I don't have one of the same ones, would that be the more problematic"

After that, when I finished unloading him while he bumped, he dived into the bed and slept like mud.

The next day, as usual, when I finished breakfast with Ichigo and the Narsons, they all moved straight to the Ichigo room.

To follow up on last night's story.

From the neighborhood, the dull sound of scraping walls with fleas eces echoes.

To make the neighborhood a comfortable place to work, it sounds like a craftsman drilling a hole in the wall for an air conditioning installation.

The director leaves it to the route, and Isaac and Habel are also in the good room.

The two people who entered the room were leaking their voices to the coolness of the air conditioning: "Oh..."

Narson opened his mouth as everyone took their seats surrounding the table.

"Let me now continue with last night's story. First of all, a messenger is here to talk to you about the water wheel, but I'll take care of that."

"Please. Isteria technicians made it, right?

"I'm going to. You won't be particularly suspicious either, as it fits the back of your mouth to craftsmen who are already familiar with the structure. Fortunately, hand pressed pumps, lumber mills, etc. have just been able to prototype and don't seem to be leaking the story. I think I'll leave you alone."

"Oh, did you have a prototype? How are you feeling?

Turn Yiliang's expected glance to Narson.

"The prototype of a powered water wheel with improved lumber mills and existing water wheels is now complete and is likely to withstand use for now. However, there seems to be a slight difficulty in the operation of the hand pressing pump, which can cause water leakage and malfunction."

"Oh, really? Which part didn't work?

"The craftsman said that it was working fine at the beginning of the production, but if left unused for a few days, there would be a water leak from the piston section. If the wood used for the piston dries, it will cause it to shrink, so we need to prepare replacement parts."

"I see... you've been pretty dry here lately. But if it's a problem of that magnitude, it seems fine if you use it every day."

Components in the form of a conical table (Ernsudai), called a wooden ball (Kuruma), are used in the pistons of hand pressed pumps, and are commonly made of rubber in modern times.

Since rubber parts cannot be obtained in Isteria, they are instead to be used with animal skin wrapped around wooden wooden wooden balls.

This is the equivalent of the parts that were also used in Japan after the war, and a description was given in the book that I bought from the company that bought the hand pump.

"It also means that if you continue to use it for too long, the piston part will inflate and clog the reverse, causing the handle to stop moving. Because of the need for quite a few minor adjustments, we decided to confine the workshop for producing the piston section to one specific location."

"Okay. Is mass production likely to start?

"Woodmaking machines can be mass produced. The hand pressing pump is going to take some time because it takes a lot of work to produce, but it is likely that if the forging machine under prototyping is completed, it will be able to produce it somewhat faster. My suggestion is that we should stop prototyping the mill in the future and prioritize mass production of the mill and forging machine."

"Right, shall we? Make sure you get the number of hand pumps in place early."

"Yes, I did. So here's the story: We had a problem trading salt with our neighbor Gregorn territory."

"Salt, is it?

Until now, Ichigo hasn't gotten his hands on it at all, it seems to be an import-export-related story.

There is no sea on Istel territory, so I guess the convenience of salt depends on other areas.

"Yes. Currently, the salt we use in the territory is imported from Gregorn territory to the west and from milling territory to the south. But the other day, a Gregorn merchant offered to reduce the size of the salt trade."

"Oh, all of a sudden? What the hell happened?

When Ichirano asked, Narson frowned at the lack of compatibility.

"The merchant said that the weather has been unusual on the coast of Gregorn lately, and the salt business cannot be carried out... there was a part of me that I didn't really understand."

"The part you don't understand?

"Yeah, it also rained around here four days ago, and it looks like the sunshine is finally over. I know it's probably starting to rain in Gregorn territory, but I wasn't expecting the weather to be so irregular as to interfere with the salt-making operation. It's unusual to have so much rain this time of year."

"Didn't you have a problem with the deal before?

"Yes, the quantity and price were always the same during the same period last year. This is the first time this has happened."

To the story, Ichigo tilted his neck.

I can understand the story that the salting operation cannot be carried out due to irregular weather, but is it possible to offer to reduce the size of the transaction suddenly?

If the weather disorder persisted for a long time, it shouldn't be strange if stories related to it have been in Narson's ears for a long time.

"Salts made in Gregorn territory are overwhelmingly of high quality compared to other regions. Therefore, I also wondered if the quality of salt could no longer be maintained due to weather irregularities… their salting methods are kept confidential, so the methods are completely unknown and cannot be confirmed"

"Hmm...... that merchant, aren't you lying to do business with other parts of the world? You know, I found something for you to buy at a higher price."

Assuming the reason for the contraction of the deal is not due to weather irregularities, it would be normal to think so.

But Narson didn't shake his head vertically.

"It won't. Gregorn territory deals in salt only about my territory, milling territory, and the king's capital."

"What do you mean you're dealing with Clayrats?

"The trade in salt with Clayratz is with our land in between Gregorn territory and wholesale (grated). If Gregorn territory makes an immediate deal with Clairatz without prior contact, it will create friction with us, so there is no advantage in covering up the facts until we do so."

"Then what do you mean you're dealing with neighboring Barbell?

"Though in a state of truce, commercial dealings with Barbell have been instructed by the royal family to be solemn. Besides, Barbell also has a long coastline, so we also make salt. Gregorn salt is high quality and popular, but as it stands, you've never said you'd do a massive deal because of it."

"(For other reasons… it could be that Gregorn territory is betraying us)"

I got a disturbing thought on my good head, but don't put it in my mouth.

From Narson's point of view, Gregorn territory should be an ally who fought through the war ahead together.

I don't know much about the war ahead. In the current situation, I can't speak much like I understood.

Shouldn't you be saying lightly, "Actually, you're betraying me," etc. to your fellow soldiers who were holding hands to the end in situations like the two factions fought to the limit?

"When that happens, it's impossible that Barbell is loading up a lot of money and buying salt from Gregorn territory, isn't it? You're going to risk Gregorn territory, and from the Barbell side, it's going to be like funding an enemy country."

"It is. So it was strange. Well, either way, it doesn't make any difference that the deal will shrink, so we have to increase imports from milling territory."

"Oh, well, you can buy it from milling territory. Did you talk to the merchant over there?

"Yes, I talked to the merchant who was coming and said, 'I will advise Lord Haychelles to accommodate it whenever possible, but I don't think the production will catch up'... I can't say this one any more strongly because I've been making all sorts of impossible requests to milling territory. I also have trouble with the price of salt soaring, and I thought I could do something about it."

I just want to do something about it because soaring salt prices will oppress citizens' households.

I don't know what kind of salt production method you are using, but if you incorporate the salt production method that is done in Japan, you will be able to increase production somewhat.

By the way, Haychelles is Haychelles Fleis, Lord of the Fleis Territories.

"Then we'll have to make our own salt...... let me provide you with salt making technology. If the Gregorn coastline becomes unusable due to unusual weather conditions, I hope you can let me salt it on the French coastline, can we talk about it?

"It won't be easy because there is a rights issue, but if you mean to only provide technology, there shouldn't be a problem. However, it's also a strange story that we have salt making technology, so I think we need to go on the ground and pretend to try and error, etc. and take the form of joint development. It's still a lot painful though."

"Right...... but missing salt is a dead and alive issue, so let's push it through somehow"

"Yes, I did. I will try to make a diagnosis of salt production work cooperation. Large rivers flow from our territory to milling territory, so ships can be used to transport supplies. If the increase in salt production is on track, transport costs will also be lower, so the price of salt will be kept down. We will deal with the civilian negotiators so that we do not have to reduce our dealings with Gregorn territory as much as possible."

When Futoichi felt her gaze and looked next to her, Leese and I met each other.

The expression is somewhat cloudy and doesn't look energetic.

When Ichigo wanted to speak up, Narson said the rest of the story.

"So here's the story: There seems to be a rumor amongst the citizens that Lady Graciole has appeared in Isteria recently…"

To Narson's dialogue, Ichigo was a little better.