Chapter 174 (1/2)

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.