[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-482":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Isekai Nonbiri Nouka",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1394587,1848,"Chapter 481 – Plum Wine and Sericulture","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-482",482,"\u003Cp>The plum tree has grown to the point that it is already fruiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, I thought of plum winemaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have never made plum wine before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have never done it in my previous world too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, I know how to make it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw it on TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve seen it many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was quite a long time ago, I think it would be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, harvest plums that are already blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiderlings helped me with that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, wash plum carefully one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had a hard time because I did it alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, soak them in water for several hours to remove resin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was hard too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drain the water and dry them in shade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, this is really hard to do alone so I asked for some beastgirls to help me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We took the dried plum and prepared urns where we’ll put them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The urns are as big as I can carry and it was disinfected by boiling water earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next thing to do is to put in the plums and rock sugar alternately in the urn layer by layer but we don’t have rock sugar so I substitute it with honey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And pour in some alcohol….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alcohol that should be poured is called white liquor but what is this white liquor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the time being, I think any alcohol would be fine…..though I know that it shouldn’t be wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I select a distilled alcohol with relatively high alcohol content and pour it into the urn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, cover it, and done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it is only done for now since there are still things that need to be done in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We still need to extract the alcohol later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And we can only start doing that after at least six months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would even prefer a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m looking forward to the day I’ll drink it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in all, we prepared 12 urns of plum wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We don’t have enough honey so 8 of them are using sugar instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m a little anxious but it’ll be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We put them in the basement of my mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Work, complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, I forgot an important thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「These are alcohol. Sorry to disappoint you but they are not sweets.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I said to the fairy queen who has been following me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「But you used a lot of honey and sugar?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And dwarves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know you want to know the taste but no taste test for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I allow you to taste it, I can already see them disappearing in less than half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This alcohol takes time to make.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll call you once they are ready so give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about how it will receive good reviews from the dwarves, I thought of increasing the number of plum trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it uses a lot of honey and sugar so I guess I should leave it as it is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can increase the number of plum trees but let’s think about how much of it will be used in plum wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s use the remaining plums in making dried plums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve never made dried plums before but it should be similar to salted plum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn’t be too difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, let’s do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s put the plum tree matter aside for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is already time for spring harvest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will be a good harvest again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m thankful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lamias have come to help us harvest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When harvesting is over, they’ll help the dwarves in making alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sericulture started in Village Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason it only started now is because we prioritized stable food production in their own village first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, there’s a powerful competitor for it like the web of Zabuton’s group. We don’t even know if there will be a demand for silkworms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is also necessary to prepare silkworm huts and tools like spindle wheels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those made the minotaurs of Village Two reluctant to start sericulture since they don’t even know if they can recover the cost of starting it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it happened last winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gordon, the representative of Village Two, suggested that they would like to start sericulture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he took out 200 reward medals from Village Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wants to use those medals to build facilities and tools for sericulture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for me, I have no problem if Village Two wants to start sericulture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even support them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, I told Gordon that those reward medals are unnecessary but Gordon insists on me taking them in case that they’ll fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I provide the facilities and tools for free and the minotaurs’ sericulture fails, they feel like they can’t show their faces to me anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I forgive them as the village chief, they will be known by other villages as someone who caused trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they are not confident with the success of the sericulture industry, there are people who depended on sericulture for a living before so they are even willing to repeatedly fail until they make good threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minotaurs were depending on sericulture before but that doesn’t mean that they can successfully do it now too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if they use reward medals to start sericulture, even if they fail, the only ones who’ll be laughed at will be the foolish minotaurs and not Village Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, they can only start sericulture if I receive the reward medals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m a little troubled but I decided to receive their reward medals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comparing what they are doing to a business, I indeed feel the same. I would rather start a business using my own funds rather than using other people’s funds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, if I did not accept this, the discussion about sericulture will not progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for me, I welcome business proposals from Village Two and it is not limited to sericulture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the sericulture in Village Two became successful, other villages might start something new too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, each village will develop more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took the reward medals that Gordon handed over but I’ll return them as a reward when the sericulture became successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, I’m just keeping it for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I officially received it but it’s not like I want to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we decided to carry out the sericulture business in Village Two, I ordered silkworms and tools from Michael-san’s Goroun Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought he could easily buy them from those who are doing sericulture too but I was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they sell silkworm to other sericulturists, they’ll be worried if their own threads will be sold so they rather not sell them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, Michael-san hired adventurers to catch them in the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adventurers, you have it hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, does this mean that there are silkworms in the wild?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought they were totally domesticated by people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sericulture tools are not so special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are readily available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is the spindle tool that turns silkworm cocoons into thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not available on market. It seems like you can only get one if you order it from a craftsman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I consulted Michael-san if silkworm cocoons can be sold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said that I can leave turning them into threads to a company in Shashaato City that specializes in doing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I told that to Gordon, he did not immediately refuse but thought a little first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, no tool was required and no spindle tool is necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I was thinking why, I saw a spiderling riding on Gordon’s shoulder but why is it even on Gordon’s shoulder?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It says that it will take care of turning the cocoons into threads and the threads into cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, you mean the spiderlings of Village Two?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you for your cooperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it still hasn’t started yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for me, I’ll apologize to Michael-san for the trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The facility was built by the high elves after consulting the residents of Village Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silkworm hut where silkworms will be raised is simple but it is big since the minotaurs are the ones who’ll use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s only one silkworm hut for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the sericulture business gets on track, it will be easy to make new ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I planted trees whose leaves are silkworm food using the AFT.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I planted them at the beginning of the spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the silkworm hut was built, silkworm larvae were brought from the Goroun Company. Thus, sericulture started in Village Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised me was the size of the silkworm larvae that were brought in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silkworm larva I know is around…..7 to 8 cm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, there are some silkworm larvae that are around that size but there are also larvae that are around 20 to 30 cm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looks like a completely different silkworm species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are these giant larvae safe to keep?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve already taken care of them before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The facility is…..it’s also big so I guess there’s no problem even if some larvae are big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….thinking about it, are there silkworm larvae that are bigger than these?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also a one-meter class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel like I want to see one but I also feel like I don’t want to see one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, do your best to raise the number of silkworms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 200 ordinary size silkworms, the goal is to increase their number to tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 20 big silkworms, the goal is to increase their number to thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do your best to reach those goals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To feed the silkworms, you can use the leaves of the trees I raised but they are still young so you can’t pick too many leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They said that they’ll collect leaves from the trees of the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like they have planned it for a long time so there won’t be any feeding problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Got it. However, if you’re going to the forest, don’t forget to have the kuros escort you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And make sure no one will get injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And spiderlings, you don’t have to cultivate friendship with the silkworms….their lifespan is….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small larva can live up to ten years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The large larva can live up to a hundred years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if they feel danger while making a cocoon, they’ll leave the cocoon and run away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are they really silkworms?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you sure they’re not some kind of other creatures?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, well, since they lived in the wild, they have that kind of instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, you are silkworms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sorry for doubting you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, Gordon, let me ask you something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are these larvae not dangerous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do they attack?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as you feed them, there won’t be any problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make sure they always have food available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pray for the success of Village Two’s sericulture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you need help, don’t hesitate to tell me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a side story, when counting them, one should use “tou” and not “hiki”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TN: Tou is a counter for big animals while hiki is used for small animals\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess it’s because the history of silkworms in this world is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even exist in the wild.\u003C\u002Fp>",1883,"2026-06-05T23:08:13.748Z",1,"novelbin.me","8fe5483700ec46f7d4999a137beb6c9ab5d70a453b16e272edda839ffc3d6c46","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-483","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-481",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]