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"So I'm thinking of building a new town, what do you think, Lilina?"

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"A new town, Mr. Ars?　Well, I don't know, but I think it's a good idea. If it's a place for people who have lost their homes, I think it's a good thing.

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"Right. So, I have a favor to ask Lilina, will you listen to me?"

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"Oh, you want me to do a favor for you, Mr. Ars? Of course I am willing to listen to it, but what is it about?

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"There was a dressmaker you left in Lilina's care, wasn't there? I'd like to have those artisans."

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Garment workers?　There are indeed, but may I ask what you intend to do with them, since they are my favorites too?

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"Oh, sorry, sorry. I'm sorry. I'm explaining in the wrong order. Actually, I'm trying to decide on the direction of the new town. I'm thinking of specializing in making clothes for the new town.

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"What, ......, are you planning to make the city itself primarily a dressmaking center?　I've never heard of that, but I wonder if it would work."

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"I don't know. I just thought I'd give it a try. I'm going to distribute the people who lost their homes in the earthquake and are looking for work. I'm going to distribute them to the city of Fontana, to my brother Bartolia, and to the city of Arbalest in Vargas. And if that's not enough, then I'll gather them in the new town I've built and put them to work as seamstresses."

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"Well, making clothes is a craftsman's job, but will someone with such skills come? It's not an easy job, Master Ars.

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"I know. I know. I've thought about it, but let's leave it at that for now. We will build a city by renovating the castle north of the river between the cities of Fontana and Vulcania. Then we want to move the artisans there.

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　I decided to build a new town.

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　I think it will be a way to deal with those who were affected by the disaster and also to accept those who come from other noble families.

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　There may be some interlopers, but there is no way to completely prevent this, no matter how much we think about it, so the only thing we can do is to firmly tell people to be careful.

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　As a general rule, I would like to have the emigrants from the Uruk district of Fontana's territory accepted in Baltonia, the city in the center of the territory ruled by the Bait brothers, and the Arbalest district would be taken in by Vargas.

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　Since both of them are short of labor, it would be possible to accept them to some extent.

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　Then, if the number of acceptees exceeds the limit, or if they come from the entire Fontana territory or from the territories of other noble families, they will be accepted in the city of Fontana.

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　But, as a supplement to this, a new city is being built.

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　The city will be built around a castle on the banks of a river north of the city of Fontana.

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　This is also the first castle I ever built.

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　It was the base castle built against the Fontana army led by Raymond during the Barca uprising, and the water from the river was used to fill the moat to increase the defensive strength of the castle.

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　But after I defeated Raymond, I agreed to a truce with Carlos, and the castle in the north of the river lost its significance.

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　However, it is still a defensive base that can accommodate soldiers, and it still has a minimum number of soldiers stationed there, and it is like an inn town for merchants who are on their way to Vulcania.

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　In fact, when the truce with Carlos was agreed upon, there was a limit to the number of soldiers that could be stationed in this Kawakita Castle.

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　Of course, that agreement is still in effect today, but I am the one who is running the Fontana family now.

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　It is okay to change the conditions a little.

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　The castle has never been an inhabited place, and the main inhabitants of the castle are the knights and soldiers of Barca, and only a few guests.

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　Even if we build a town around the castle and gather people here, we do not have to worry about any serious problems with the existing inhabitants.

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　We can make clothes from goat's hair, which we can get from Barca's pasture, and turn it into yarn.

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　We have recently been increasing the number of goats, and up to now we have been using only the finest yarns that Lilina has carefully selected for the fabric, but it would be fine to use yarns of a lower rank more aggressively.

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"Well, I understand what you are thinking, Mr. Ars. It would certainly be a good idea to build such a town there. However, I think you may be thinking of needlework too simply.　Craftsmanship is not that easy to imitate, you know?"

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"I'm sure you're right. But my idea of making clothes might be a little different from Lilina's. Eventually, I want to make clothes for the masses.

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"For the masses?"

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"Yes. Nowadays, clothes are still expensive, and craftsmen do detailed work on precious fabrics to fit nobles and knights. But eventually, we want to be able to make clothes that are good enough for the common people to wear. In other words, we want to develop a clothing industry based on ready-made clothes instead of tailored clothes.

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"Ready-made clothes? But clothes need to be cut based on precise measurements in order to be made to fit the human body. Clothes that are cut and pasted at random will not fit the human body, Mr. Ars.

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"That's right. That's what happens when you cut fabric and make clothes without thinking. That's why we make patterns from paper patterns.

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"Patterns?　Patterns?　What is it?

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Everyone's body is different. Craftsmen take measurements and cut fabrics to fit these differences in three dimensions. However, even though the human body has individual differences, there are also commonalities. In other words, we make garments for men and women, and for large, medium, and small body sizes. In this way, people will be able to choose and buy clothes that fit their bodies to some extent, without having to have a tailor take their measurements every time.

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　Lilina is in favor of my city planning, but skeptical about the idea of a city specializing in clothing.

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　I talked to Lilina about my idea of making clothes.

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　For Lilina, making clothes is, in a sense, similar to having a work of art made.

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　The only way to make clothes is to have them made to order by a craftsman who is skilled in his craft.

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　The nobility, knights, and other high ranks need to patronize and train their craftsmen in order to wear clothes of the right class for themselves.

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　Maestros who make one-of-a-kind clothes that require a high level of taste and skill.

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　Such a group of specialists is what Lilina calls the artisans of the clothing industry.

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　But I am a little different.

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　As the old man once told me, clothes are basically expensive in this world.

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　The price will not go down immediately just because we can produce our own fabrics and yarns.

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　But still, they wanted to make clothes more affordable.

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　For this purpose, it would be good to have specialists make each garment carefully, but it would also be good to create a system for mass-producing garments from a pattern.

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　And even in a town where clothes are made, not everyone has a needle and thread to sew.

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　The goats' hair brought in from Vulcania is turned into fabric.

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　Dyeing the fabric into various colors and patterns.

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　The work of designers who make clothes that are widely popular among the masses.

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　The work of cutting the fabric from a pattern based on the design.

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　And sewing cut fabrics.

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　The workplaces are diverse, including work related to clothing, food, shelter, and so on.

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　Water is needed to dye the fabrics, and the water of a running river can be used for that purpose.

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　The river is connected to the slime-infested Kyle Dam a little further downstream.

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　This would have the effect of cleaning up any contamination of the water by the dye.

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　The castle north of the river has all the right conditions to build a new town and to specialize in clothing.

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　Thus, I repeatedly explained the situation to Lilina, and succeeded in getting some of the dressmakers to share my methods.

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　With this, I immediately began to redevelop the area around Kawakita Castle.

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