Isekai Kenkokuki - Vol. 1 Ch. 8

[MangaDex]

 

[firefox1234]

Raws are up to ch12 hopefully we see those soon

 

[Ironclad]

MCs spirit animal
https://youtu.be/SjK2XlNE39Q
https://youtu.be/_YDuLCIzbN4

 

[PerfectDeath]

It makes sense that they'd want to make both pots and charcoal at the same time, and also that it is likely they'd have too much airspace to make good charcoal.

 

[neorasp]

forgive me for my ignorance, but can't they make the charcoal inside the now usable pots?

 

[dori]

I think the pot is too small to be used for that.

 

[Kisato]

Holy cow, realistic constructs for a timeframe with realistic problems? Is this even an Isekai?

 

[Legion]

It looks like he doesn't know the medieval method of making charcoal which was to bury a mound of wood in earth with holes all around the sides. Set a fire on top and when the fire reaches the holes, cover them up and then plug the top. When the mound cools down, open it up.

 

[Kisato]

https://youtu.be/GzLvqCTvOQY

Lovely little video demonstrating @Legion’s point.

 

[PerfectDeath]

Pretty sure the whole point of his charcoal production was to use the pottery kiln to make charcoal at the same time as baking his pots. Two birds with one stone; however, there likely was too much open space in the kiln to efficiently make charcoal. (From those videos we see the important of removing airspace. In the video on reusable charcoal mounds the 2nd use of the mound did not yield as much charcoal and the guy who made it claimed that was likely because he had to stack the wood in a way that left more open space. Thus, more of the wood burnt rather than converted to charcoal. Pretty neat the author may be hinting to that.
#themoreuknow

 

[Wolvenworks]

wait this one has the wrong credits page

 

[Kaarme]

He should make tar. It was an extremely valuable product worth exporting in the old times. Well, assuming there are suitable trees available, of course.

 

[firosahoge]

I wonder what Tetra's past is? I guess her family were noblemen?

 

[Aelth]

For anyone interested in primitive pottery making, watch primitive technology on youtube. He started in a eucalyptus forest with bare hands, made stone tools, farmed, trapped fish and made shelter. He does lots of kiln stuff, makes tiles for roofing, brick and pottery. He even has harvested iron rich algae to refine into metal (only produces very small amounts).

 

[BadHaremSchollar]

Holy cow, realistic constructs for a timeframe with realistic problems? Is this even an Isekai?

Its bronce age isekai.

And thats kind of it.

 

[Kisato]

Its bronce age isekai.

And thats kind of it.

Let's rephrase that, it's a bronze age isekai that incorporates bronze age concepts without going the Civilization route of researching satellites before pottery.

 

[Visulth]

I don't read that many isekais so maybe I'm missing the forest for the trees, but there's something I find unsatisfying about the protagonist just being able to constantly whip out functional information that works without iteration or issue. One of the impressive things about our society -- that is both a benefit and a curse -- is that there's so much specialized knowledge that keeps everything running that no single person knows. Hence the fear and common theme in many stories of, "if it all stopped and wiped clean, would we be able to restart?"

He knows all this just from working at an orphanage and watching tv? Obviously he was an adult, but if he worked in the agriculture industry then I'd have no issue, but they seem pretty sparse about who he actually was and just go, "he seems to know everything about everything" and waste no time on it, and he has no real issues.

They have minor snags, sure, but nothing anywhere near failure or confusion or being completely at a loss. Without that struggle, it just feels fake? Like I can just skim through the text because it's just going to work.