When I returned to Ivalice, sure enough, Giron came up to the castle gate and cried, "Da, mister!
　It seems that there are a lot of problems piling up.
　I blurted out, "Oh dear," and quickly went to the office.
　A sigh escaped me as I looked at the pile of papers on my desk, but I had no choice but to take care of them one by one.

　I ordered a coffee (coffee) from Satie and was ready to stay up all night.
　She already has a cup of coffee in her hand without even being asked.
　As expected of a professional maid.
　I was going to tell Satie, "You can go to bed first," but I decided not to.
　This girl. As long as I'm working all night long, there's no way she's going to sleep before her master.

　I'm not going to waste my time saying it. If I have time to do that, it would be quicker to get the job done.

　I look over the documents and give instructions to the orc's chief of staff, Jiron.
　I repeat the process dozens of times, and when I finish my fifth cup of coffee, the papers finally disappear from my desk.
　I look and before I know it, the light is shining through the window.

'Oh dear, I guess I've been up all night after all...'

　I had no choice, but it was also my duty as a lord.
　As I sent Giron home, I said to Sati, who would be waiting outside the office, absent-mindedly.

'Phew, it's finally done. Sati should go to bed now. I'm going to bed too.

　She didn't seem to reply, but quickly moved away from the door.
　She is a profound girl to all intents and purposes.
　I returned to my own bedroom and fell into a deep sleep until the evening.

　It was no longer to be expected that a hot meal would be prepared for her as soon as she woke up.
　He is completely aware of the rhythm of his husband's life.
　It was completely professional.

　As I ate the venison stew and rye bread that Satie had made, I thought about how to develop the city of Ivalice.


　The population of the city of Ivalice is approaching ten thousand.
　Because of my focus on industry, its agricultural and industrial productivity has jumped dramatically.
　Not to mention the birth rate has risen, and exiles and refugees are coming from all over.

'This is all thanks to the master's four-wheeled (Norfolk) farming method!

　Satie says happily.

'Also, the dwarven artisans Lord Günther has called in are a big help.

　That was Giron's theory.

'Yeah, well, we don't have any particular challenges on the domestic front, do we?

　Ivalice's food self-sufficiency rate is over 100%. That means we are exporting to other cities.

　The farming methods and paddy fields I've developed have allowed us to export to other cities while ensuring we have enough to satisfy the stomachs of our swollen inhabitants.

And industry is doing well, too.

　The dwarven artisans, gathered at Günther's call, mass-produce flintlocks on a daily basis. Our legion's gun ownership has grown to a moderate level, and we even export artillery and artifacts to the Southern Trade Federation.

　In exchange, we import spices and grains unique to the South.

'Come to think of it, dwarves of all kinds.

　Giron lets out a leak.

'Indeed, if it wasn't for Lord Günther, Ivaris wouldn't be thriving today.

　There is a saying in the bestselling book "The Bible" that says that a person who turns the potter's wheel will never be hungry.

　In other words, it means that people who have skills will always be able to feed themselves, but when I was reincarnated in this other world, I realized once again the value of engineers.



　Sati and Giron responded to the words that leaked out of their mouths.


''That would be nice,''


　They uttered that at about the same time, and Sati and Giron looked at each other without thinking, but they were both smiling.
　Seeing them, I let out a mental "adoption" and decided to follow their opinion.


　So, brewing sake, I wondered.
　I pondered what to do.
　We are an agricultural town at heart.

　When it's time to harvest the grapes, we fill the vats with grapes and every year a select group of maidens crush the grapes while stamping their feet.

　Every year, the best and most talented maidens in the city are chosen, and this year the most likely candidates would be Satie, Lilith, and Anemone the Elf, who recently joined the ranks.

　The juice from the grapes they step on, with their skirts lifted up, will be turned into wine.
　This is a sight to behold, but the wine will not please Master Günther.
　Günther loves to drink spirits with high alcohol content.　

He always says that wine is no better than water.

　There is no use in offering wine to such a man now.
It would be better to offer him some industrial alcohol to make him happy.
　No, that's just a joke.

'Well, if you distill wine, you can turn it into brandy or cognac, but that's a bit of a trick.
Then why don't you make some whiskey?

　is the suggestion of Giron, a drinker, but it's not bad. Fortunately, Ivalice is rich in grains, the main ingredient of whisky -- "the grain

　--But whisky takes a long time to mature and it takes good water to make good whisky.
There is not much good water available in the vicinity of Ivalice.
　The only way to get good water is to build a brewery on the outskirts of Ivalice.
　We wanted to make a rare brew, not a common one, since we were building a brewery on the outskirts of Ivalice.

It's not a bad idea, but we'll have to hold off on that for now. If possible, I'd like to serve a sake that Lord Günther has never drunk before.

'Then how about some fruit wine?　You can make a very good fruit wine by soaking rare fruits and rock sugar.

　Sati says.
　Giron also phases in.

'That's good. 'And we have a variety of fruit from Zenobia. We've got plenty of dried fruit in the pantry, too.'

'Well, I personally like plum wine, but.... I'm not so sure about Herr Günter. He said that sweet wine is not a drink.

Yeah, well, to tell you the truth, I don't like sweet drinks either.

A rare, dry brew.

　--And then.

Then I guess I'll just make some sake.

Japanese?　Is it?

　Satie asks with a strange look on her face. 'So does Giron.

'Sake is a liquor made from rice,'
You can make sake out of rice, too.
Rice is a grain. Anything can be made from grain or fruit. It's more difficult to find exceptions.
Is it easy to make?
You put the rice in your mouth and spit it out, and it becomes a natural brew. It's called chewing sake.
..........

　Satie's pulling back a bit and I'm laughing at her.

'If it was made by Satie, it could be a specialty.

　He jokingly added about how the rice was made.

He steamed the beautifully milled rice and let it cool down once in cold air. Then I add koji to it and let it sit for two days, keeping it at a constant temperature. In order to keep the temperature constant, I take turns not to sleep. Then it becomes the source of the sake, which is called sakumoshi.

　Hmmm, Sati and Jiron listen in.

''We'll transfer the brewer's mother to a large tank, ferment the rice, koji and water in several batches, filter out any impurities, and then we're done.
Yeah, it takes a lot of work.

'Well. But unlike brandy or wine, the longer you let it sit, the better it gets. It's ready to drink. Another advantage is that it's a great accompaniment to seafood.

I'd rather have a glass of wine and a dried cod.

No, I think sake is the best choice for seafood. Wine is too fishy for me.

　This is a landlocked city, though, and not much fresh seafood is available here.
　In that sense, sake would be a good export for the southern trade association.
　If you're an island city in the south, seafood is abundant. There are a lot of rich people there, and there will be a demand for it.

　When the prototype is ready, it might not be a bad idea to send it to Etruria, the leader of the trade union, and ask them to taste it.

　That man is a gourmet. If it's to Eltria's taste, it could become popular among the rich from her word of mouth.

　When you think about it, you might be able to create a new specialty in Ivalice while pleasing Günther.

　In a way, we could kill two birds with one stone. If I ask Eltria, who I remembered earlier, she might be pleased to hear that you have talent as a merchant after all.

　With that in mind, I gave Jiron instructions for brewing sake.