Ascendance of a Bookworm

After the request of the Knights, I naturally fell asleep. I slept for a few days, but it wasn’t unusual to go to bed at this time, so my family didn’t say anything. However, I think it would be good if the priest was not carrying the responsibility that was not necessary as “my responsibility”.

When I was able to move, the autumn was deepening, and it was becoming extremely cold to make paper using river water.

“Mine started printing picture books yesterday in parallel with paper making”

I was able to go outside for the first time in a while, and while listening to the Gilberta Chamber of Commerce, I heard from Lutz about the recent Mine workshop and the side serving.

“Lutz, do you know how many picture books you can make?” How much paper did you end up? “

“80 is the limit. Put the paper you are making now, 80. You can be sure it is 75 or 76, but if you want to make it at once, you should have as much as possible

“Thank you. I think it’s hard because it’s getting cold, but do your best”

The second version of the children’s scriptures seems to be able to make 80 volumes according to Lutz’s calculations. If the priests who learned how to print the last time print one after another, it will take less days to complete.

So what I have to think about is the sales channel for picture books. I slowly sighed while looking at my feet.

“… If you sell books, you should create a new association”

“Association?”

“Yes, printing associations or publishing associations … Do you know that the noble books we have and the mine workshop we’re making are completely different?”

“Ah”

The books that have existed here are a collection of parchment written by hand, one by one. Naturally, the book has a high artistic value with colorful and delicate illustrations, and a leather cover with gold leaf and jewelry.

“The books we make are of low artistic value. Picture books are for kids …”

“Not only that, but the recipe is completely different. This is what the priest taught me, but the books so far are not something you can do in one studio.”

“Hey?”

So far, people who write text, people who draw pictures, people who put together and sew the paper together to make the appearance of the contents, people who make the cover of the skin, those who craft gold leaf or jewelry … In every process, one process was entrusted to different craftsmen in different workshops, and one book was completed. Therefore, there seems to be no studio for making books.

“Customers who want a book do not start making books until they bring the bundle of paper they want to make into the craftsman’s workshop. I went to a leather workshop to make a cover. Bring it to a workshop where you can work with goldsmiths and jewels and decorate it. ”

“It’s completely different from Mine Kobo”

As Lutz says, books that are made and sold at the Mine workshop use printing technology, although they are simple, so you can make many copies at once in one workshop.

Since making and selling books is a new business, an association that leads the business is necessary to secure profits and technology and maintain quality.

“First, I’m talking to Benno …”

“But what?”

If I sell a book, it will be sold at Gilberta through Lutz. Then, it is Benno that has to set up a printing association as a new business. I don’t think that Benno would leave the printing association to other people, but it would be a considerable burden.

“Gilberta’s main business, Linshan’s workshop, the Plant Paper Association and its workshop, an Italian restaurant that I hope to complete in the spring, and a printing association, are you too busy?

I have been stunned by the number of Benno’s jobs as far as I know, and that I am almost involved. If Benno died of overwork, wouldn’t it be me?

Lutz had a bite face to me who turned pale.

“It’s good that I’m busy because I like my husband. Marc doesn’t stop, so it’s still okay”

Considering the relationship between Benno, who likes and keeps busy, and Marc who follows it all the way, Marc may be the most struggling.

“Good morning, Benno-san”

“Mine! What did you do !?”

At the moment Marc was taken to the back room, Benno’s thunder exploded. I don’t remember at all, and I shake my head with black and white eyes.

“What is it ?! You haven’t done anything yet?”

I brought a story about the Printing Association, but I haven’t done anything yet and have come to Benno to consult, so I shouldn’t be angry.

“A request from a senior aristocrat. Very urgently, tailoring your ceremonial outfit. There must be nothing!”

In that word, I got a clue as to the senior nobility I requested.

“Ah, is the senior aristocrat Karstedt? He is the head of the Knights, but he kept his promise properly. Good.”

“Not good! I was suddenly called by a senior aristocrat, and this made me think that my heart would stop!

Benno’s words turned pale in an instant, imagining that he was in that situation. There is nothing other than fear to suddenly receive a call from a senior aristocrat for something you do not remember.

“I’m sorry! I fell out of heat and didn’t feel like that.”

And because the priesthood chief, Karstedt, and Fran have been told to be involved in the Knights, I haven’t been able to tell the details of even the worried Lutz. I couldn’t imagine reporting to Benno.

“Well, it was bad for my heart, but I had a connection with a senior nobleman. I’m going to take advantage of this opportunity … Even so, your costume was just completed the other day?” What about that? “

I remembered a ritual outfit that had been worn out and dropped my shoulder.

“I can’t say that it was basically out of the law to relate to the Knights.”

“It can’t be helped. There are times when it’s better not to know the extras here. So, if it’s not a costume, what is this time?”

When I made an X in front of my chest and refused to explain it, Benno scratched his head and showed a convincing expression.

“Because I started making the second edition of the children’s scriptures, I thought it would be better to talk about the sales channel. When you made a new plant paper, did you make a plant paper association? I thought it would be necessary to create a printing association … “

Referring to the writing board, explaining the necessity of the printing association I thought, Benno stroked several times while stroking his chin.

“Printing association …. I’ll probably need it someday, and it’s not interesting even if someone hurts my rights, so it’s better to make it from the beginning. Mine, now you can sell it here How many books do you have? ”

“… You can turn what you’re going to make into a textbook, so you can sell 20 books you’ve made before.”

After all, when I bought clothes, I didn’t sell them, so if I wanted to sell this time, I would sell 20 books. The books have been distributed in the workshop, except that five books have been distributed and five books have been placed in the orphanage cafeteria.

“Lutz, go to the workshop and get it. If there is no actual thing, permission is granted to establish a printing association.”

“Yes!”

Lutz rushes towards the temple.

I was asked by Benno about the matters necessary for the documents for establishing the association. Benno, who is writing the application documents, seems to be really busy and thinks he is looking at the eyebrows, saying that it is bad to increase his work.

“… Do you make a printing association too, isn’t Benno too busy? Are you all right?”

“You don’t have to worry. And when you’ve created a printing association, you don’t think there will be a lot of printing workshops?”

For the time being, I blinked my eyes to Benno, who said lightly that there would be no other workshops registered other than the Main workshop.

“Why is it? Why don’t you increase the number of books without increasing the number of printing workshops?”

“First, there are few purchases. There are still few plant paper workshops. There is no ink to print because there is no way to make ink. Because there is no ink. Then, even if only the association is made, I am not very busy. ”

The Plant Paper Association had vested interests, and Benno himself was trying to create a workshop before entering other companies. Since the materials are not available, it will not increase for the time being. What is it?

“… I’m glad Benno isn’t busy, but I’m not happy that the Printing Association doesn’t flourish”

“The question is whether books will be accepted if the printing association gets busy”

Benno whispered while making crunchy documents. I answered, considering the literacy rate and the demographics.

“Children’s scriptures will be sold to aristocrats with small children … especially those who are not very wealthy, middle-class or aristocrats. So, for the time being, I will make a picture book with the story of God and the story of a knight.

“Why?”

“… for a nobleman, remembering God’s name is essential”

Thinking while sleeping with heat. The magical weapons, healing rituals, and blessings of God used by the Knights when Trombe was subjugated.

The shining tact that everyone had was probably a catalyst for using magical power, and changing its shape is not difficult if there is magical power. However, to use God’s blessing, healing rituals, or large-scale magic or witchcraft, you will need the name of God.

My blessing happened by chanting God’s name, and God’s name came out in prayer phrases that were hard to remember. A prayer was necessary to get the blessing of the Dark God on the weapon.

In other words, to use large-scale magic in aristocratic society, it is necessary to remember the name of God.

“Aristocrats must remember the name of God, and store clerk who associates with aristocrats should not remember the names of gods. Because I used the name of God in the greeting, I think that if I put up a sales phrase for that kind of study, I would sell it to aristocrats and merchants in big stores. ”

“… I know you’re a noble, so I don’t think it’s a bad point. But it doesn’t look good. It’s better to use a leather cover”

I slowly swung my head to Benno’s point.

“No, the book in the Mine workshop will go as it is. People who need a leather cover should continue to bring it to the workshop as usual.”

“Why is that?”

Guillory and Benno are turning their eyes to me. I raised my index finger.

“The first is work distribution. If you order through the Gilberta firm, you might focus on one workshop. Even considering delivery dates, quality maintenance, and competitive principles, It ’s not good for one workshop to monopolize work. ”

“Speaking of which, you didn’t like to dedicate yourself”

Benno put his eyebrows and said so. Apparently, in Benno, I hate having an exclusive role because of the exchanges related to Italian restaurants.

“I don’t hate it. It doesn’t matter if there is a store that hesitates, but I know that the workshop is doing too much work, but I can’t ask for it. I just don’t like it, and I think it’s a source of extra ugliness when work concentrates on one point. “

When I sharpened my lips, Benno screamed.

“What’s next?”

“The second is customer preference. Would you like to pay for a book that pays a lot of money?” If you only provide the contents, you will not have the hassle of peeling off the cover, because the book in the Mine Kobo is only bound with a thread, so it is easy to unwrap and easy to process

While thinking with two fingers, I think about the second bookbinding. glue ( Nika ) I was going to put my back tightly If it is premised on processing, it may be good to just keep it with a thread.

“Third is time. If you make the cover fine, it takes time to make one book. The advantage of Mine Kobo is that you can make the same book in a short period of time, so it takes time to make the cover. It ’s a bad idea to use the same number, and if you spend more time on the cover, would you like to keep increasing the number of books? ”

I want more books than one book. I don’t want to wait a long time until it’s finished. I understand that it is completely private, but I don’t want to give it away.

“The fourth is the price. If it isn’t cheap, it’s not even small and few buyers will spread. It’s most important to have the book bought first, and even the poor nobility who wants to look good.” I can get it if I can get an excuse to say that the workshop is busy, but there are some customers who need the contents like me and don’t show interest outside. “

When I arranged the reasons why I didn’t cover the cover, Benno struck the temple with his fingertips with a complex expression.

“I understand your passion to reduce the value and price of books and sell them as much as possible. It’s exactly the opposite of the thoughts of merchants who want to raise value and monopolize profits.”

Benno says that it is normal to pay attention to the appearance in order to increase the value of the product, increase the value with the impatience that can hardly be purchased, and raise the price even a little to make a profit.

“… No?”

“No, it’s not so bad if you want to sell in this city alone, but if you want to do business in this city, it’s not bad. It’s also good to push a different side of the book to the front.

Benno said, and exhaled slowly. Then look at me with the sharp reddish brown eyes as a merchant.

“This is an intuition as a merchant … I think it’s better to let you like the book as much as you can, but it’s different from the common sense of merchants so far, why I can be convinced I wanted to pull you out. “

Benno said, allowing me to sell Mine Kobo’s books as they were bound.

“Now let’s go with a bargain sale”

“No, I’ll get the profits right. I’ll sell them widely, Abu”

Lutz returned with a book in his bag when the application documents were ready. Selling it to Benno, I got three big coins.

To make a book cheaper, it will take more time to sigh, but on the other hand, you will feel sighed and your breath will be relieved. Now, it seems that you can buy more food in your orphanage and your room before it starts to snow.

“Mine goes to the commercial guild”

“Yes”

Brno got a book and picked me up as he walked as usual, and Benno headed to the commercial guild.

Wagons carrying harvested crops are moving around the street. In the city where winter preparations began, there were an increasing number of farmers who came to sell their crops, and there were people who shopped a lot, and the smell of beef tallow making candles from around the city drifted.

“Do you think Benno-san sells candles with low odor for nobility?”

Listening to rich nobles using beeswax, they may sell to nobles who want to save money. Recalling the herb candles made at the orphanage, I asked Benno.

↑ Raise the eyebrows as if Benno says.

“What is a candle with low odor?”

“Oh, that’s a little bit of mess and mixing medicinal herbs. I don’t know because I haven’t used it yet, but the candle itself smells less than usual.”

“Lutz! Not reported!”

Benno frightened. Lutz rounded his eyes and tilted his neck.

“Eh … I told you when I reported about winter preparations at an orphanage. glue ( Nika [ 19459091]) I think my husband wasn’t listening because he was conscious of making it. “

“Oh … it’s possible”

For Benno, glue making seems to have been more interesting than candle making. There are also glue here, but I often buy what I need when I need it, and I don’t bother making it myself unless it’s a workshop for making products.

“The reason why I didn’t” salt out “around my house was because I was poor, I thought that the candles bought by the millionaires were” salted out. “The candles used by Benno Is pale yellow or white? “

“It’s a pale yellow. Half of beef tallow and beeswax …”

“Now, the candles bought by the millionaires are not” salted out “.”

When Benno was prepared for the winter, he said he would spend almost everything he could. If Benno doesn’t know, you can think of the salted out candles in this city.

“We don’t bother buying it, so it would be better to sell the recipe to a wax workshop or association.”

“Now, in the spring, I went to the wax workshop and sold information, and helped make the raw paper.”

Talking about that, we are going up to the third floor through the second floor of the commercial guild where people come and go.

When Benno talked about registration to create a new printing association, Frida, who found me, came out from the back. Frida, who shakes the cherry-colored twin tails and smiles softly, seems to have a much more grown-up atmosphere, probably because she grew taller than she saw at the beginning of summer.

“Wow! Mine, good morning”

“Frieda, it’s been a while since then. How about sales of Kathalkar?”

The last time I met Frida was a tasting party for Cattlecar. The tasting party was a great success and I hadn’t met since I heard that the names and tastes of Cattlecurl, and the names of Irze and Frida were made.

“The sales are incredible. It’s also popular with the nobility. I hear that there are other sweets. Mine, isn’t there anything? I will buy it at the right price.

laughing with a smile and taking a look at Frida who asks for a recipe and sees Benno. I understood that I was rejected because I had my eyes closed. If there was a shortage of money until a while ago, he would have sold it. Spareness is important.

“Benno-san seems to get angry and I’m feeling moist today.
 

“Oh, unfortunately”

Frida touched his cheek with a look that wasn’t too disappointing, as Benno knew he would not give permission.

“… I was worried when Mine entered the temple, but I’m fine. I wonder if the heat of eating is already OK? Did you find a nobleman to contract?”

“Thank you for worrying. If you are eating, it’s okay for now. I don’t have any plans for a noble contract. I want to be with my family.”

“Are you? There are many applications?”

Mysteriously, Frida tilts his head. I tilted my head in the same way. I have never received a contract from a noble family.

“I don’t have an application and I don’t want to make a contract. Well, Uchi, a younger brother or sister will be born in the spring. Ca n’t you? ”

If you make a contract now, you will not be able to see the baby’s face. I absolutely hate that situation.

“Well, congratulations to your mother. Then, if you have time, come to play. Irze is also waiting.”

“… Well, I’m busy for a while. Full of things to do.”

I have been busy since I started going to the temple. Except for the days of falling down and resting, there are so many things to do that there are no days when you’re lazy at home.

“Is the busy thing related to the establishment of a new association?”

“Yes, because I want to do the most”

Right now I’m cutting cardboard to make a plate, but I want to do a gully print or a letterpress. Paper must be improved, and ink must be improved. My head is full of books and I’m busy but fun.

“Mine wants to do the most … is this a book?”

“Yeah! I’ve got a book. I’m going to make and sell it a lot. Buy Frida.”

Freda shook her head loosely, laughing at my words.

“I can’t make a promise without looking at the real thing”

“Well, that’s right”

I take a copy of the children’s scriptures from Lutz’s luggage and send it to Frida. I wanted to know the evaluation from Frida, who grew up as a young lady and has sharp eyes as a merchant.

“This is real. How is it?”

Benno, who was in the process of thinking about the same thing as me, stopped his hand and moved his eyes to Frida.

“… I’m sure it’s a book, but is it just the contents?”

Frida asks while watching the contents. For those who are used to the book here, the cover of the paper is not the cover.

“That flower paper is the cover. I’m going to make the cover of the leather in my own workshop, and if I don’t have a workshop, I will introduce it from Gilberta Shokai. You can also do it. “

It would be nice to be able to make it outside of the workshop introduced by Gilberta Shokai, Friada said while looking at Benno.

“Mine, how much is this book?”

I turned my eyes to Benno in Frida’s words. I don’t know how much Benno intends to increase his profits.

“One small gold coin and eight large silver coins. Do you want to buy it?”

“Yeah, please.”

Frieda, who made a prompt decision, combined Benno and a card and bought a children’s scripture. The Frida that can be bought immediately is also great, but Benno who earns the profit of three large silver coins with one book is also great. It might have been better to raise the price a little more and secure more profits here.

Frieda closes the picture book and smiles with a smile as I am disappointed that I cannot be a merchant.

“Mine, the next picture book should be a picture book written in detail for each season. It’s hard for me to remember the genus of the five gods.”

This is a story of the five gods related to the Supreme God and the season in this children’s scripture. It has not come out about the genus of the five gods.

Frida has stated what she wants and shows what kind of knowledge the rich and noble children want. If there is such a request, it is easy to make the next picture book.

“Thank you Frida. Next time I’ll make a picture book of the genus”

I put out a writing board and write it down.Frida, who was watching it, looked lightly. Look into the writing board and keep an eye on the iron brush.

“Mine, what is that? Ben-san also has the right?”

“… I’m a really smart lady”

ベ ン Benno exhales sighs, and Frida exhales.

“It’s a shame that I couldn’t hold down Mine first. No matter how sensitive you are, it’s not helpful at all.”

Afterwards, Benno finishes the procedure while talking lightly with Frida. The registration process will take days, so the guild work is over.

“See you again, Frida”

I waved to Frida and walked myself down the stairs.

However, because there are many people on the second floor, it will be lifted up by Benno so that it will not be crumpled. When Benno stepped out to break through, a loud voice rang from the crowd on the second floor.

“Wait! Please wait! Miss Gilberta Shokai!”

に I will see Benno face with that voice.

P

“… Colinna has a passionate fan”

“Absurd. I’m hugging you, you’ll only be there. Don’t escape reality”

Because there is such a lot of people, I don’t want to reply even though I was called out loud and not a young lady of Gilberta.

“For now, let’s go outside because the surrounding line of sight hurts.

rushed Benno and we quickly left the commercial guild. The loud owner follows us as expected.

Benno stopped and took me down in the central square just outside the guild building.

く る Looking back, the boy in his mid-teen who tied a bright orange eyelash behind him jumped out of the guild building.

P

“Girberta Miss! Please become my patron!”

跪 It was Johann boy in the blacksmith workshop who cried in front of the fountain in the central square and shouted.