Isekai Craft Gurashi: Jiyuu Kimama na Seisan Shoku no Honobono Slow Life - Ch. 42

[dankenglish]

I got that they wanted to make his city into the train hub
but I didn't understand what they chose to settle with instead? because that evil noble interfered with the plans so what got settled instead because it sorta looks like team good guys won somehow?

The accusation from the bad noble at the good noble was that the good noble will have a monopoly on rails and could jack up the price at will. The primary material, iron, is also a material the good noble sells, so there's the angle that the good noble could "double-dip" by selling rails AND the materials.

So the bad noble went ahead and got iron imports, and will be undercutting the sale of rails at half-price.

Since there is no monopoly on the technical knowledge, the good noble has basically lost all direct profit from the railway investment.

Of course, anyone with an inkling of historical knowledge knows these direct sales are only useful for recuperating initial investments. The real ROI comes from the compounding growth by the trade, traffic, and future development that comes from being a "hub." The real value comes from asking the other territories to build starting from the good nobles territory.

And according to the good noble, this deal was primarily to elevate the status of crafters. As they will be the major contributor to this economic project, they will enjoy better status, which will help the crafting prince's status - his future son-in-law - as well.

No one will chase MC for the technology either since no one knows how much he contributed, and it's all public knowledge.

 

[quser]

How did they fit all that into a single chapter? Or was it basically two chapters stitched together?

 

[Kgcsquad]

Miyabi and Liz must married them are couple goal right here 😤

 

[Ironclad]

4 beds and a kitchen but no bathroom.

 

[ciera]

Thank you for the scanlation

 

[Ironclad]

I didn't understand the train drama with the nobles at all lmao

Berdini was about control a new industrial age. The baldy leaking info about the railway project to the other duke stopped him from capitalizing on their existing monopoly on iron.

@Bloddrake @dokidoki

By all means take a copy of the plans and start planning out your respective tunnels. Without Miyabi or the Berdini crafters, they will be in production hell for the better part of a decade as they try to piece together their own engine and rail cars.

While they struggle with that, Miyabi will be chunking out a four to six rail lines, a year, complete with regional station and locomotive. So all the half priced iron is going to do is speed things along rather nicely for Berdini backed projects.

And as an aside, i wonder how long it will take to bankrupt Duke Green Vale? He still has to buy all that iron for full price, even if he recovers half it's value. Miyabi is still going to be burning thrue their supplies with astonishing speed. So I wonder which breaks first, the supply of iron or the Green Vale bank account.

He bought from outside the country from sellers who had no idea what it was for, so likely negotiated with several suppliers for better deals. Admittedly he still had to place orders as quickly as he could which should have drawn attention.

 

[zetsuravez]

Amazing chapter...

 

[zalagires]

good thing Miyabi spread the technology to other crafter.
if the only one who can use it,
he will be arrested and locked in prison

 

[phorx]

No one will chase MC for the technology either since no one knows how much he contributed, and it's all public knowledge.

In the real world one or more of the hundreds of labourers would be happy to sell Miyabi out for some money. Unlikely in this series though

 

[riflow]

That was a great chapter. Especially finally seeing all the hard work paying off (also I really really missed our heroine🥺)

Though there is some distinct fo-yay going on with the dukes. God though the black haired duke is TALL AF. Too bad he seems to be evil BC his character design is so fun.

The author nearly lost me with the half naked mel a few chapters back, hoping they don't do that again.

 

[Chaosrunewiz]

Thanks for the translation!

 

[psrj1748]

Wanted to see Liz's reaction to the train more...

 

[DreadKaiser]

Old man just self destructs without even meeting the MC.

Damn

 

[darkgunner]

This manga brings me so much happiness, so thank you so much for translating it!!

 

[TiJoTo]

When did the propulsion system get changed?

Its no longer tossing out a ton of air continually, and these trains are much bulkier then the original design that was stripped down to reduce weight so other crafters could make usable wind blocks, so it can't be just running on wind blasted from the back anymore.

On page 49 it's got the full drive and piston control linkage a steam engine has, so are they driving the pistons using compressed air now or did it switch to steam?

 

[Nyarlathonic]

When did the propulsion system get changed?

Its no longer tossing out a ton of air continually, and these trains are much bulkier then the original design that was stripped down to reduce weight so other crafters could make usable wind blocks, so it can't be just running on wind blasted from the back anymore.

On page 49 it's got the full drive and piston control linkage a steam engine has, so are they driving the pistons using compressed air now or did it switch to steam?

They were unable to get initial speed with their original design, so they use the counterweight tower/cellar to launch the train, and then use the compressed air cubes to turn the turbine. The transmission assembly is necessary to handle the changes in speeds during deceleration.

 

[Eliminateur]

Criminally low amount of Mel, at least they ended the chapter on her.

But we got to see train attendant Mel!

Also, we finally get to see Liz reactions again after so frigging long hahaha

 

[OmegaZeroZX]

Thank you for the chapter! Man i missed seeing Liz losing her mind over Miyabi's creations lol.

 

[yuriie]

How did they fit all that into a single chapter? Or was it basically two chapters stitched together?

Um Actually, it was split into 5 parts, but I put them all together instead of releasing them as 42.1, 42.2, 42.3, etc.

 

[brndndss]

alot to unpack this (finally full, been waiting on the second half for like months) chapter. thank you for your continued work!

Chiffon drawing line in the sand with Alisha becoming only a servant to her is strange, hasnt Alisha earned the right to be both friend and servant again? makes it seem like being friends is what twisted Alisha to become so arrogant

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get rid of one evil old man, another more handsome one takes his place oh well, Green Vale thinks has upper hand, while he has no idea how any of it was built, and already looks down on crafters who are the backbone of the whole operation