Ore no Ongaeshi: High Spec Murazukuri

Lesson 13: Food for Hope

Just a month had passed since I came to the village of Uld.

"Alright, the Inahon harvest is done today"

It was native to the natural paddy fields in the woods, grain inaphone mowing was finally over. The sight of a paddy field mowed by a sickle (kama) spreads in front of you.

"You guys did a great job"

I will give voice to the children of the village who are staring at the paddy fields as much as I do.

"It's really just us..."

"My arms and hips hurt at first and you were about to cry..."

They are emotionally speechless.

The lightning work carried out by manpower is heavy labor and takes time and manpower. I was impressed with what we accomplished with the power of our own children.

"But not if you're ever impressed, you guys. I'm ready for next spring's planting."

"Uh, you're really rough on people, aren't you, Brother Yamato!

It's true.

Cultivating rice takes time all year round.

We need to “get up in the fields” before winter arrives and keep this plow of soil up from the bottom.

I would also like to be prepared to improve the soil and other things before planting in the spring.

(Inahon yields were low relative to the area of paddy fields. I guess it's the natural limit, this is it)

This natural paddy field, which was in the woods, was the savior who helped the village of Uld, which was in food distress.

Sometimes, however, it was native without human hands, which was well below Japan's rice harvest.

(But on the contrary, it means we can still increase yields)

So I was planning to improve this paddy field.

From the Edo period to Meiji and Showa, Japanese paddy technology evolved considerably. Invention of new agricultural equipment for fertilizer and dry-field cattle farming, which in some cases doubled rice harvests.

I intend to apply that technique and knowledge in a civilizational way in this other world.

(It is the horsepower of a buffalo (wild ox) for that matter, and the blacksmithing technique of an old craftsman Gaton...)

With a view to food production after next year, I was ready.

In the village of Uld, where there are only children and the elderly, the labour force is limited. To that end, I intend to carry out a possible agricultural reform of the civilization of this world.

(My knowledge in Japan today. An environment and presence where paddy field cultivation called inahon is possible. Mountain Hole Gaton and his two grandchildren with outstanding blacksmith skills)

These were miraculously present in the village of Uld, which was in distress.

(And more importantly...)

"Brother Yamato, we're done loading the tools."

"What kind of work do you have in the village after this? Come on, tell me!

"Hey, you guys! Don't rush your Yamato brother too much! You must be in the middle of some kind of" hard face ”!

More than anything, the miraculous presence was "they”.

Children of the bright and dedicated people of Uld at all times. Without them, Inahong pruning and the Great Rabbit (Vic Rabbit) hunting would not have gone so well.

I don't know how to say it, but I appreciate it.

"By the way, Mr. Riesha. Do I look that“ hard "?

"What... that's... no... I think you look intelligent and nice too Yamato!

Risha, the village chief's granddaughter, who was next door, was having trouble with the words of his response.

Perhaps she thought so too for a long time. I'm just a little shocked.

(I've also been able to afford the village's life. Why don't I try to be a little more affectionate...)

I was going to treat the villagers as politely as possible, taking care of them in the village as outsiders.

I'm going to be a little bit more careful about expressions in the future. We need to practice "smiling” first.

"Hey! Brother Yamato, you look weird!

"Wow, it's true! That's a weird face!

"Guys, don't speak ill of Yamato!

"'Cause it's true, Sister Leesha"

"Guys, run away from your sister!

Foreword withdrawn.

The children of Uld are bright, dedicated and dependable at all times.

But... maybe we shouldn't keep it up too well.

All right, we're going back to the village.

And I was able to reaffirm that I'm not very good with children. It's a new harvest that follows Inahon.

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After mowing all the native Inahon in the woods, we came back to the village

"Keep your tools clean. After that, I can help with the grain removal job."

"Yeah, I get it!

Children behave well on my instructions. I'll be right on track, but kids are awesome at this kind of energetic place.

"Lord Yamato, the dry Inahon has been well de-grained."

"Oh, helpful village chief"

The work I instructed you to do before you left the village seems to be going well.

"Okay, as long as it's all dry, you'll be fine"

Check the moisture status of the initially harvested Inahon fruit.

Previously harvested in Sickle (Kama), Inahong worked on "rice fried” in the village square.

Briefly, heavenly sun-dried. This evaporates moisture and actually lasts a long time.

After this, remove the grain from the tip of the dried inahon and drop only the fruit.

"How's the tool?

"So far, so good."

I'll go check on the grain loss I told you about while I was away.

The supervision of the grain removal tools is the old blacksmith Gaton, the workers are the children and the old people of the village who did not go to the woods.

"Nevertheless, this farming device called" Chiba "is really useful. That's a wise boy."

"I think you're better off making tools out of my dirty blueprints. I'm a monster. Jii of Gaton."

"Unfortunately, this time it's a silo thing I let my grandchildren make."

"To those two... you're shaped honestly with a sledge"

"Soak it up, kid"

I still interact like this with Gaton, who has a bad mouth. However, the completeness of the tools made by the artisans of the Mountain Hole Nation is still amazing.

By the way, who do you mean, "sage"? It is a title commonly referred to by villagers these days. Let's just make sure.

Incidentally, this “thousand toothpicks” is a revolutionary agricultural device invented during the Edo period. Revolutionary children have dramatically streamlined the de-grain work that was inefficient until then.

I had written a brief blueprint in advance and asked Gaton to make it.

As was said earlier, this “thousand teeth" was produced by his twin grandchildren.

They should still be about elementary school age. As always, the blacksmith ability of the Mountain Hole clan deserves astonishment for being able to build so many instruments.

I'll move to the warehouse next door after the confirmation.

"This is all the Inahon fruit...... with rice, we can eat enough until next fall"

I confirm the number of rice packed in the sachet after the grain is removed.

"This is the“ comedy "that will be our staple food in the future instead of the wold wheat... Yamato"

Risha, the village chief's granddaughter, was impressed as she looked up at the sack of hemp that had been pampered and piled up. I was delighted that I had the prospect of grain, a staple food.

"Oh, yeah. In the future, we will also make some uld wheat, while cultivating Inahon mainly."

Until now, wheat has been the staple food in the village of Uld.

Recently, the climate has changed and wheat growth has been unstable. I was purchasing grain in a deal to make up for it.

But now there were bandits on the way down the street to the big town, a critical situation in which no deal could be made.

"Don't worry, Inahong has no obstacles due to continuous cropping and can be cultivated every year"

"That's incredible no matter how I hear it...... it's a really great story, Master Yamato!

Wheat systems are at risk of "dysfunction" occurring in cultivating in the same place.

Compared to this, rice is an excellent grain that can be cultivated and harvested stably if successfully. There is nothing wrong with the fact that Inahon has been native in the woods for many years regarding the climate as well.

"Inahong seedlings will be planted and grown next spring. The main is a natural paddy field in the woods. Even the discarded wheat fields in the village will be cultivating Inahon on a trial basis"

"Is it possible to convert the wheat fields to paddy fields... Yamato"

"It's the workforce of the buffalo (Wild Ox) for that, and it's a bunch of farm equipment I asked Jii of Gaton for"

Give a lot of explanations to anxious Leisha to reassure her.

If my proposed agricultural reform is on track, village food production will also stabilize. Others will resume livestock and vegetable cultivation to enrich their lives.

Somehow people can't live healthy and rich with rice alone.

(Once cereals and food have stabilized, this environment in the village of Uld will be fine......)

Uld was in a mountainous basin and was blessed with a natural environment. It is blessed with abundant water resources in clear air.

The deep forest of the beast's nest will also give you wonderful forest grace once the Crossbow (Crossbow) squad is operational. I don't have any trouble with the fur from the firewood (mackerel), which is fuel, or the flesh of the beast.

(It may still take some time. But people can live just because they see the light of hope)

I saw hope in the way the villagers smiled at the grain removal work. I think I can handle this.

"Yamato..."

It was then.

The girl next door, Risha, calls quietly to me.

Different voices...... what the hell is going on?

"Master Yamato... I need some time tonight. I need to talk to you…"

"I don't mind the basket. Hey, what's up?

Reesha, the village chief's granddaughter, is the only girl in this village about her age.

I was always helped by her knowledge and presence. There's no reason anywhere for Riesha to ask me to say no like that.

"Thank you, Master Yamato! I'll be waiting for you tonight......"

She walks away happy.