Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement Chapter 174

174. And after many years…

After that, many years have pa.s.sed …

…well, actually, just about one month have pa.s.sed.

A small warehouse for import camouflage was built at the Yamano Port, and a workshop for dressmaking was built in the town.

The dressmaker workshop doubles as the newcomer training center. At first, they should practice using cheap cotton instead of the expensive silk, the result could be either failed products or defective products… well, those that aren't likely to sell can be sold cheaply to the folk or donated to orphanages and tramps in the royal capital.

However, the creators of those defective products are to be kept confidential. It would be a problem if rumors that such low-quality products came from our territory and damaged the brand name in the future.

What is trained here is not a [Tailor] which makes coats and suits for both gentleman and ladies, but a [Dressmaker] that mainly makes dresses and the likes specifically for ladies.

They wouldn't be trained here to be [Tailors], which makes coats and suits for both gentleman and ladies, but a [Dressmaker] that mainly makes dresses and the likes specifically for ladies. We can train Tailors if we can afford it in the future.

The workplace is only a building, the inside is empty.

Tenchou-san has pioneered the routes for purchasing cotton, hemp, and silk.

Yeah, it doesn't mean that Tenchou-san will close her current store or come here and give guidance. She just gives me various consultation, and guidance on design and sewing while continuing to work normally in her current store. Since what she knows is just about [A developing country on Earth].

And I'm thinking about bringing the instructions and verbal guidance back to this world, or occasionally taking my sewing staff to Tenchou-san's shop to receive direct guidance from her with my interpretation.

…and skillfully gloss it over, just like last time when I took Adelaide-chan there for measuring…

And sometimes, if Tenchou-san makes a super-luxury dress using j.a.panese technology, it would be easy to elevate our territory's brand… I think.

Sericulture is a long-term business, so we have to take our time. If we rush it, the result won't be good.

Tenchou-san is a professional dressmaker, but she might not be very familiar with sericulture.

Even if we know the history of sericulture, it still requires field knowledges such as what to do when the silkworms are sick, what to do when the silkworms have anorexia, how to control the temperature and humidity, what kind of mulberry leaves that makes the silkworms produces the best silk coc.o.o.ns, etc., it's not something that can be grasped by studying books.

On that point, I guess I have to ask an experienced person to learn various things…

But that will only be after the sales prospect of silk products has been established. It's useless if we expand our moves even though we haven't established the sales channel for the products. For the time being, we'll import silks. Later, we will start with raw silk, mainly from Chine, India, Brazil, etc., and start from making woven and knitted fabrics. Sericulture is still a long way off.

Nowadays, the tools and machines for drying, storing, selecting, boiling, reeling, twisting, and weaving the coc.o.o.ns, all require the skills of craftsmen to control things such as temperature, humidity, power, and many more. It would be a daunting task to reproduce those in a world without air conditioning, boilers, lighting fixtures for inspection, or automatic reeling machines.

…no, old veterans could have done it even without such machines.

And silk already exist in this world. I guess they're doing it that way.

This world's way of sericulture… I guess there's no way they would teach us. That's the secret of each of silk factories. Well, it is easier to find out how to do it according to the modern earth and think about replicate it with the technology here. Even if we can't perfectly replicate it, we can get better than the way they do it here. …Maybe.

So, I think we should start from the old manual looming method… Of course, that doesn't mean Tenchou-san could use the manual loom.

Tenchou-san asks everyone to learn to sew using the silk goods, in other words [the completed ones] that were bought on earth. This could start relatively early. And since the weaving process starts with replicating of the old manual loom, it would take a considerable amount of time to start manufacturing the products. Well, the plan is to make the most efficient non-powered loom we can make here, so if we somehow managed to make it, the rest will be…

Of course, we start off with something from the earth. Can I get a manual loom somewhere? Foreign Country? Museum? Hmm, I also want an engineer who can handle machineries! There are also guns, machines that can process iron, and the human resources…

…the [Everyone help! The Viscount Territory Management Report]?

Are you saying I should look for ideas or talent there?

No, but, what if they figured the real ident.i.ty of [Princess Nanoha] because I drew too much attention? What if someone planned to sell information about the other world?

There aren't many easy-to-understand people, like Tenchou-san, who would never betray me as long as they can do the job that they desire…

But I absolutely wouldn't be able to turn the wheel just by myself.

Hmmmmm….

Well, there's no use being impatient. Let's go leisurely!

Even though things may appear like this, it should be much better than any other countryside. There's no one starving, There's no one who sell children to slavers, There's no one who abandon the elderly to the mountains, and there's no one who escape from the territory. That fact alone is a big deal. …Because this is such a world.

And rapid changes, or vast differences with the neighboring territories would create extra friction. Pus.h.i.+ng the impossible is absolutely a no-no.

There are other ideas, such as pottery, but I don't have enough hands…

After all, I want engineers…

Recruit from earth?

No, it's a last resort. Just as what I told Doctor McCoy, what would happen to the people from earth if they stranded in this world because there's something happened with my ability? What would happen to those who they left behind on earth? What if they burned their ambition and abused their knowledge of the earth to conquer this world because they couldn't return to the earth? …it's giving me too much anxiety.

Anyway, don't be impatient.

We have plenty of time, and if such a sudden change occurs, everyone will not be able to keep up in such a small town or village. If the money turns suddenly better, they would be drowned in luxury, liquors and gambling, or yakuza and scammers would come from other places, and so on…

Everyone says that [There's no one who would try to do evil in Himemiko-sama's territory], but it is taking human malice and obsession for money and power too lightly.

Besides, the people who comes here aren't necessarily just the people from this country.

Many people who came from other countries think of me as [Just a little n.o.ble girl who was carried by a portable s.h.i.+re (Palanquin)].

This territory was thought to be a poor countryside with no value until a while ago… well, that was exactly the case… hopefully the weird guys won't come, but when we get rich all of sudden, the gold hunters might come here.

We basically do not overlook small villains. …of course, the great villain too.

Well, a territory with a total population of just under 700 doesn't have room to spare to feed unproductive criminals and parasites. Of course, that includes the officials who let that kind of people in, too.

It doesn't matter if criminals do well without leaving any evidence. In any case, I am the legislative, executive, and judicative body within the territory. Separation of the three powers? What's that. Is it delicious?

Anyway, as long as it doesn't involve the core of the nation, such as the Royal Palace, the powers in my territory is at my disposal, so I don't need any other evidence to dispose of the villain, just the words [I decided so] is enough.

Unless the [Good folks] decided to stir opposition, no, even including that, I can do whatever I please.

At least when it comes to villains and criminals disposal.

Viva feudal system!

…tte, anyway, it's been a month since then.

Sometimes I just go to Rephilia Trade to deliver goods, but I don't know what the situation is like at all. Rephilia should have a good name in commercial industry, but apparently, she doesn't go to n.o.ble parties, she doesn't even talk about n.o.bilities even when she talks about business with other merchants it seems.

Well, even if she's the owner of an emerging firm who has risen in the world, it's inevitable that they'll hesitate to talk about n.o.bilities to delicate girl aged 15-16. As a merchant, novice is novice, they probably don't want to talk dangerous topics to a girl of the same age as their child or grandchild who are unlikely to have the same level of experience as their own store, despite her exclusivity to sell attractive products. That, too, means that the girl herself would be closely involved…

That's why we need to check the situation soon. Even here, I want to penetrate the market and strengthen my influence in various ways …

"Are you gonna be busy again?" (Colette-chan)

"Ah, yeah…" (Mitsuha)

Asked Colette-chan who sensed my inner thought from my sharp expression.

Just in case, I briefly explained what I'm going to do in the New Continent to Colette-chan.

Though, I didn't say anything to Sabine-chan. If I were to tell Sabine-chan, the matter would soon be transmitted to the King, and it would be a bother if she says anything as [the third princess] rather than as a friend.

However, I basically always return here, mainly for safety reason or to take a bath or to go to the restroom, without staying in the new continent, and I'm not going there on daily basis.

So, I'm not leaving Colette-chan and Sabine-chan all the time…

"Since I'm your va.s.sal candidate, I also want to help you while studying!" (Colette-chan)

Even though Colette-chan said that, neither Colette-chan nor Sabine-chan could speak the words of the other side, and their value as a hostage are too high for me, so there's no reason to take them to the new continent, except in a temporary situation…

"You can't even speak the language of the other side. I'll take you to [j.a.pan] from time to time, so be patient…" (Mitsuha)

"I can, you know?" (Colette-chan)

"Eh?" (Mitsuha)

"I learned from the former POWs who had been naturalized. You don't think that I'm only studying what you asked, do you?" (Colette-chan)

"Guh!" (Mitsuha)

Although it is an awkward way of talking that the p.r.o.nunciation and grammar are a bit weird, I can smoothly hear and completely understand what Colette-chan is saying in the New Continental language, because the [Language Acquisition Function] registered it under [Slightly Weird New Continent Language] category into my head.

…what the hex with that!!