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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!
I have 10 Takarakuji Chapter to post.
Let’s start today with 2.
Also, let me restate again:
I want to buy all Jui-san no Oshigoto in Isekai books and then scan it toprovide RAW for interested translator.
But since it might get expensive to buy all 9 books, I think I will onlybuy 3 books first with the donation money.
Oh well, let’s see what happens by the middle of this month…
I also want to buy最強賢者の子育て日記～うちの娘が世界一かわいい件について～ (Diary of a ChildRaising Wise Man – My daughter is the prettiest girl in the world) By the waythe English title is the official one.
As always,
DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that my translation is 100%correct. Please correct me if I was wrong.
Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor, Proofreader:
TheDefend
Chapter 81: Bedrock Crushing Plan
After the purchase at glass workshop was over, Kazurawas inside the reception room of a company that sold and produce hand pump, whichhe had searched on the internet at the mansion before.
This company was located quite far from the citypremises and its size wasn’t that big, but it had a wide selection of commodityranging from the standard deep well hand pump to antique gardening pump.
On the bookshelf in the reception room that Kazura hadbeen asked to wait, there were numerous thick hardcover books that describe thehistory of the hand pump and well digging.
Because the company name was written parallel to theauthor names of these books, it might be something that was written under thiscompany editorship.
Kazura took one of the books, sat down on the sofa andsipping the tea that had been prepared for him while flipping the pages andskimming the content.
The book described the well construction and diggingtechnique of each era, and then the history of well related work, it waswritten in a way that won’t be boring when someone read it.
The explanation was mingled with the regional history,so it was easy to read.
Kazura was engrossed in reading the book for awhile,then a knock came from the door and a middle-aged man in a work cloth enteredthe room.
The man took out his business card from his pocket andthen bend his waist to greet Kazura.
Kazura also stood up, received the business card andbowed his head down.
The title written on the business card was SectionChief.
「Thank you for visiting our company for this occasion. I heard that you wantto purchase a hand pump and consult us about well digging?」(Section Chief)
「Despite the sudden visit, I am thankful for this reception. At any rate, Iwant to seek a professional opinion about this matter……」(Kazura)
As gestured by the Section Manager, Kazura once againsat on the seat and explained Isteria’s well water problem.
The content of his explanation was exactly what he hadheard from Isteria’s well digger.
He explained how the water that came out from the excavatedplace was of bad quality, and if someone were to use that water for washingthen the towel would become bright red, and also the condition of the excavateddirt.
After hearing Kazura’s explanation, the Section Chiefnodded.
「I see. Perhaps the water that came out from the water well that Shino-sama haddug was 『metallic rich water』 that have too many dissolved iron content and isn’t useful for normalusage. The soil where the water came out was a sand layer called 『mountain sand』, the water that came from that soil layer had bad quality.」
According to the Section Chief’s explanation, non-usefulwater that was contaminated with iron often came out at the excavated well depthand the type of the soil in Isteria.
For this kind of water well, when the rain wasfalling, then the muddy water level would swell up that it could be even scoopedout from the well just by using a ladle.
However, the opposite happens, when the rain was few, thewater well might become dried up, so it was a well that is unpredictable as a watersource.
The Section Chief guessed from Isteria’s wellcondition, which Kazura had explained, that if they penetrate under the bedrocklayer then there will be a soil layer of fine sand called 『sea sand』. Then he informed that it is possible for a water of good quality gushedout steadily from this layer.
By the way, the water that came out from above the bedrocklayer seems to be called 『top water』.
「I see, then so we have to dig and break through that bedrock layer one wayor another?」(Kazura)
「I’m afraid so, we have to. Otherwise, we shift the location of the diggingand find a location where there is no bedrock layer. If Shino-sama could informus the location of the well digging, then we could examine the soil stratum fora fee. We also could act as the agent for the well construction.」(Section Chief)
「Ah, there is no need to go that far, we will be fine. I want my group totry it ourselves, so if you could only sell the needed tools to me then we willdo the rest somehow.」(Kazura)
When Kazura said this, the Section Chief was“hmmm”-ing and nodded.
「I see. After all, well digging is a man’s adventurous dream, right? Pleasedo your best. Since we could teach you any needed tools and the instruction forit, I hope you can entrust the preparation of these to us.」(Section Chief)
「Thank you very much. Also, I also want to buy this book, too. I am engrossedin reading this.」(Kazura)
「Oh, is that true? That is a book that the Director had written, I am surethat he will be happy to hear those word just now.」(Section Chief)
In this manner, Kazura kept listening to theexplanation from a professional well digger while obtaining the hand pump andthe related tools.
The well-digging tools that Kazura purchased were onegasoline-engine jackhammer for rock breaking, two small water well drilling augers,two bronze hand pump (since it had charming hue, it was a popular item), andone air compressor to be used to ventilate the drilled hole.
Since the items that he purchased were very heavy, itwill be delivered by a transport company directly to the mansion.
What is a jackhammer? It’s a device that using thevibration of a metal-tipped chisel to strike against the surface of a rock tobreak it.
The size of the device is mostly 80 centimeters and weighmore than 20 kilograms. However, since it was powered by a gasoline engine, itwas easy to handle and the strike power is also powerful.
Though he had put smaller sledgehammer into his list, sincehe already brought gasoline drum to Isteria, he thought, “let’s have biggerpower”, so he purchased a large jackhammer.
The small water well drilling auger was just like itsname, an auger to drill a water well. The ones that the company sold was adevice that could continuously drill a small 20 centimeters wide hole.
As for its working principle, first the auger cylinderwas thrust into the ground and then when its handle was turned, it will digthrough the soil.
Afterward, the auger was pulled out from the hole andthe dug soil thrown away to the outside.
The dug soil would remain inside the auger, but sincethere were blades at its edge the soil won’t fall down to the hole. Byrepeating this procedure numerous times, it was possible to dig a deep hole.
However, if it hit a hard rock then it reached itslimit, also since the well drilling auger was pulled with human power, itnaturally had the limit on the depth of the hole it could dig into.
So, the maximum depth was the depth where the welldrilling auger still could be pulled out.
Since the jackhammer that he purchased produced a veryloud noise, he planned to only actually use it outside Isteria where there areno other people.
It might be useful in creating farmlands in a placefar away from a river.
The small well-digging auger could be helpful in aplace that has no bedrock, so it was most appropriate for digging test wellsinside the city.
Not only he didn’t need to worry about the noise, thesize of the hole was small so it could be finished in a time span that won’tstand out.
Other than these, he was able to obtain super steelrock chisel that was not used and neglected in the company.
Originally, he thought about buying this in a HomeCenter, but it seemed that they didn’t sell a rock chisel for rock breaking.
Since he really wanted hand tools in case they have nochoice but to penetrate the bedrock inside Isteria city, he asked the SectionChief to arrange for 30 pieces of this chisels.
Since the number that he requested was so much, theSection Chief asked, 「Why you buy that much? What it’s for?」, but Kazura deceived him bylightly saying that it was something for a person he indebted to.
It would take too a lot of time to break the bedrockwith manual labor, but with stone chisels and hammers, the work could progresswithout being too conspicuous.
The steel stone chisels had exceptionally betterefficiency in rock breaking than the bronze stone chisel that had been in use fornow, but he must be absolutely careful that no tool is lost and also need toselect suitable workers for this job.
Although it might be easier to just teach them iron metallurgy,the discovery of iron was a revolutionary event in ancient history, so it mightbe bad if he taught them the metallurgy method.
Then again, depending on the surrounding countrysituation, there was a likelihood that it would be better to introduce ironmetallurgy, so it might be better to properly consult this matter with Nelsonor Zirconia when he returned to Isteria.
If the other country already manufactured iron, sooneror later, even Arcadia would arrive at the Iron Age, so it wouldn’t be a problemif Kazura personally introduced the manufacturing method.
In the case that he introduced iron metallurgy then itmight be better if he purchased books about the history of iron metallurgytechnology.
Other than the machines that he had bought, he also obtainedcopies of the blueprint of hand cranked ventilator used in the Meiji era and handpump that is popular in Japan at early Showa era.
With this blueprint, though it might take quite a timeand labor, it might be possible to mass produce them using Isteria’s tools.
「We are really grateful for the huge amount of purchases. If you haveanything else, we will always happy to listen, so you are always welcome to contactus anytime.」(Section Chief)
「Thank you very much. I will be depending on you when that time arrives.」(Kazura)
Like this, Kazura succeeded in purchasing well-diggingtools and various blueprints and so he left the pump company.
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Night.
Kazura was staying in a business hotel inside the citypremises.
He sat down on the bed and opened his notebook as heput a line on the entry that he had finished today with a ballpoint.
The business that he had finished today were; buyingglass related goods, buying well digging related tools, gathered blueprints forflour milling machine, threshing machine, and others, then gathered documentsabout ice house.
After he left the pump company, Kazura was buyingdocuments about flour milling machine and the likes at the local history museumin the city, then obtained those devices design and historical documents.
Afterward, he drove his car to several places and succeededin gathering documents about the ice house.
The information that didn’t covered by the books wascollected from the Internet at a Net Café, printed out and then put into the filefolder with other documents.
He thought that he need to consult directly with icehouse or agricultural machines related companies, but the amount of the documentsand then the blueprint he had in hand was considerably a lot than expected, sofor now there was no need to consult with agricultural machines company.
He also wanted to investigate the production method ofhome refrigerators, but the refrigerator’s turn was still far in the future atthis current point of time, so he put this matter off for now.
By the way, the gathered documents and blueprints had twocopies since he believed that Valetta would like to look at it.
「I am really tired today…… No, more correctly, I am also tired today, huh?……」(Kazura)
He placed the notebook on his lap and then fell faceup on the bed, catching his breath while staring at the ceiling.
Tomorrow too, he will need to move around several places,but the remaining schedule was only buying books or tools that Valetta hadasked, and then books and groceries for himself, finally, getting someelectronic appliances.
Tomorrow morning, the electric generator and the well-diggingtools will arrive at the mansion, so the purchases might be on the afternoon.
「Ah, that’s right, I need to examine how to make butter…… Also, acentrifuge. Where to buy those, I wonder?」(Kazura)
Kazura muttered these words and then after awhile, hisconsciousness became hazy, but at that time, the handphone in his pocket rung atone.
He took the handphone from his pocket and checked thecaller.
The one who was written on it, was his father, Shinji.
「Hello.」(Kazura)
「Hello, Kazura. The copper and tin that you have asked, also the propanecylinders, will arrive at the mansion at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. I askedthe materials form to be in round bars, will this be a problem for you? Just incase, I also add metal saws.」(Shinji)
「Ok, thank you, it saves me a lot of work.」(Kazura)
Since he succeeded in gathering the materials in theexpected time frame, Kazura breathed a sigh of relief.
Kazura was worried since he didn’t know how long themetal materials procuring will be, but it looks like he was just overlyanxious.
If he had metal saw then it will be easy to cut thematerials.
「Also, that place…… you didn’t gather any bad attention, right? Or get involvedin a trouble?」(Shinji)
「Hmm? I still didn’t encounter any bad attention…… Maybe a bit. Trouble? …… Well,it’s something that can’t be helped since I can’t help it…… So, yeah.」(Kazura)
Shinji was talking in a way that packed full with impliedmeaning, so Kazura also replied in a vague manner.
It was a complicated conversation, whether both ofthem understood or not understood what each other want to say.
「…… Hey, right now, you……」(Shinji)
「Hmm?」(Kazura)
「…… No, sorry. It’s not important. If you have anything else, call meanytime.」(Shinji)
「Eh? Wait.」(Kazura)
At the sudden disconnection, Kazura was muttering, 「Just what did he want to say? ……」
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