163 5.52 Logistics To Aizuwakamatsu, Yonezawa and Shibata.

Shibata 14,750 [Refined Iron]

Yonezawa 3,000 [Refined Iron]

Aizuwakamatsu 3,750 [Refined Iron]

That's a total of 21,500 pieces of [Refined Iron] and I was wondering how come Shibata could be able to absorb so much [Refined Iron] at that time. I asked Hiko-sama and his answers seemed to shine the best light to this question.

"Shibata's northern shoreline was the Sea Of Japan and there are 2 or 3 seaports there. Basically, these blacksmiths are not only making weapons or armours for me and horses, but they would also be doing projects for the ports and ships as well."

"Shibata may have increased its population and the number of locales since we may call it as the heart of Shibata indirectly dealing with the seaport. If the Blacksmith is not using the plates for themselves then they might be exporting their weapons and armours as well making armour for certain warships or trading ships."

"I don't think they would be selling those [Refined Iron] plates to other merchants because the plates would not make a tidy profit."

I simply nodded because what Hiko-sama said all made sense. If I'm a Blacksmith I could turn those [Refined Iron] to make armour and weapons and sells them easily with higher margins.

Now the problem is logistics and transportation. We now have a better route for the ambassadors to take and reach their destinations in a much faster way. Furthermore, it cuts the travelling time and able to deliver, get the gold coins and come back to deliver again. Or, deliver accordingly to Aizuwakamatsu then to Yonezawa and Shibata respectively.

"Based on Aizuwakamatsu, their order was 3,750 pieces of [Refined Iron] and in stock right now is 3,600 with another 3,600 in the Realm of Mind to make up a total of 7,200. Why not settle one town then another? The ambassadors, 2 delivery boys and the 1 shift guards could help out in the logistics and transportation."

"So at one time, 6 men would move out to deliver these goods while the storekeeper would monitor the movement, pack the other goods and standby for next day deliveries."

"That's a great idea, kid. Come let's do it!" said Hiko-sama excitedly as I had changed some plans to make the logistics more efficient.

The managers came by after lunch and we discussed the plans for them to move out tomorrow to Aizuwakamatsu and Deliver the whole 3,750 pieces of [Refined Iron]. They would need their mounts from the stable tomorrow and used them to escort the horse-drawn wagons.

Since they have four men assisting them, so the load would be distributed into 2 wagons. Each wagon would be carrying 1,875 pieces of would be about 400 kilograms each. They understood and would report here tomorrow by 6 am.

Before the managers left for their own tasks, they both had desserts that I had made and complimented on the mixture of tastes that explodes in their mouths. They like the chewy glutinous balls and had seconds on that and the green beans. It was the first time they had these desserts before.

The 2 delivery boys were briefed too and once they had loaded the wagons tonight, they would need to pack 3 more crates to make the 150 more pieces. They understood and began to shift the junk to one wagon and once it is cleared, they arranged the first load of 35 crates.

Once done, they went to fetch 2 horses and a wagon from their former boss because he promised to loan us horses and wagon to use for an infinite period. The horses were tied outside at the side of the warehouse where a trough of water had been prepared and a bed of hay has lain on the ground for the horses to rest.

The wagon was empty wagon was pushed into the warehouse and was loaded with the remaining crates.

Seeing the delivery boys had taken their own initiative to acquire and arrange the logistics, this made us driven to make a batch of 3,600 [Refined lron] plates tonight. I instructed the delivery boys to fill up the 3 handcarts with junk and then push them near the Ops Room once they had loaded the crates.

They coordinated with the storekeeper and made sure he had noted the right amount and right now the stock remaining was 0 as everything had been loaded up for delivery.

The delivery boys were told to come at 530 am tomorrow to pack the 150 pieces into 3 crates and they nodded. Since they would be arriving 3 hours earlier they were dismissed earlier off work. The delivery boys were delighted and proceed to head back after having another bowl of dessert.

The storekeepers were dismissed earlier off work and told to report here at 530 am and assist in the delivery. They would be escorted by the Seniors on their mounts.

Now the girls were left in the warehouse now and they were nearing the completion of their jobs. I went there and met them and asked them for another favour.

"Girls, we need your help to store all these Karada soap into these crates by arranging 50 pieces inside and each layer will be lined with hay. Once you had done so for each scent just leave it here for the storekeeper to count and made an entry in the books. After doing so, you may leave the warehouse since Sensei and I would be using them."

"Yes, Senpai. How about dinner? Would you want us to set it aside for you both later?"

"Sure, thank you so many girls for helping out in this business."

Later in the evening, a horse-drawn wagon arrived. Hiko-sama recognised them as the boss of the Potter and his apprentices. They greeted each other and explained that they had arranged 20 clay bottles per crate and 100 pieces of soap dish bowls in the crate.

They showed the receipt and Hiko-sama paid up and the apprentices help to arrange the crates on the floor first because these néed to be entered into the books.

A total of 2,000 clay bottles and soap dish bowls were made respectively and our warehouse would be getting more full each day now. Hiko-sama requested for another 3,000 more for each of them and the Potter boss was delighted at having Hiko-sama as their business partner and discussed into giving more discounts.

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After they had left, Hiko-sama and I looked at the warehouse and discovered that it had been filled with merchandise while a few days ago it was rather empty. Since we have about 3,600 more pieces of [Refined Iron] in the Realm of Mind, we decided to break up the process from tomorrow onwards in order not to make us too tired.

We would be doing 1,000 pieces after breakfast, after lunch, and after dinner to complete the 3,000 pieces per day. We would be doing it for the next 7 days so that we would have ample stocks for the next round of distribution.

Since we break down the arrangement in this way, at least we won't feel the shackness if we were to do 3,600 of [Refined Iron] at one time.

So in the next week, they would be able to compete for 21,000 pieces of [Refined Iron] and at the same time, we would be able to get our hands on the STM.

We made a mental note to inform Hide and Toshi to pay for the down-payment of the locale and then send all the balance coins to the Treasury to change for a slip of cheque.

A messenger came and we made a note for sake brewery to send 3 jars of sake daily from today and paid the messenger. Some 20 minutes later the sake came and we paid for it from the charity box.

The girls had finally completed the job in the warehouse and it is our turn to perform our next tasks. We closed the warehouse doors and entered our OPS Room. A little while later we entered our Realm of Mind and pushed the 3 handcarts filled with junk and dumped it next to the furnace.

We removed all the [Refined iron] plates and dumped a 1,000 for every handcart and we then sent it back to our real world as we logged off from our meditative state. The carts were once again pushed and placed under the staging area near the storekeepers' table.

We went to shift all the 9 pallets that the girls had completed the jobs of knocking the Karada Soap off the mould and wrapping and labelling them. The girls had stacked the Karada Soap according to scents and had labelled them accordingly too. The girls would be able to make another 9 tomorrow and the guards could help to pack the goods into crates and set aside

"I would inform the guard to make a stand to stack one pallet on top of the other so that the crate won't get damaged. The stand should be made by a 4x4 timber on all 4 corners of a pallet and supported by a 1x2 timber at the supporting sides of the 4 timbers. The stand should not be made too high and it would be easily assessed."

"Right now with the stands, the Karada Soap would have more spaces on top of one another since there are 29 scents which made up of 29 pallets. If they were stacked on top of one another we could reduce the footprint space for Karada soap."

"Another 2 more days then all the Karada Soap would have been packed and once we have the 29 scents, it would be sent to the patents and trademark department. Once we had done so, the deliveries of the Karada Soap would then be made to the cosmetics shop along with the kurin and feroa kurina."

Hiko-sama nodded and took the notes for the guards to make a stand for the pallets in order to be stacked. This kid has a lot of ingenious ideas, he thought to himself.

After we had cleared the 9 pallets of Karada Soap to the real world and had set aside the 3,000 plates of [Refined Iron] to be stored, decided to make the first batch of 1,000 pieces after dinner.

The girls had taken away the pot of dessert and brought it back to their house and the rocket stove had been replaced back in my kitchenette. There were some balances in the pot and the girls would like to have it for their supper and I let them be.

The girls had prepared for us, steamed rice with boiled eggs, stir-fried leeks with bits of minced chicken and a bowl of miso soup. It was quite sumptuous since there had been some meat inside the meals.

The girls seemed to improved on their cooking and since they prepared their lunch and dinner ahead of time, they just preheat them in the steamer basket when it's time to consume their meals.

I asked them how was their meals so far and they replied they do not complain, even if they just had plain rice for their lunch or dinner it would be better than nothing. At least their condition was much better than before.

After dinner, we went to our house entered the bedroom and went into a meditative state while sitting cross-legged. A while later we had reached the Realm of Mind and got to work to make the batch of 1,000 pieces of [Refined iron].

After preparing the first batch we logged off and return to the real world. Over 2 hours had passed and it was still early and we do not feel so tired, unlike last night. We had our shower and went to bed.

+-==The next morning in Shibata+-==

The two ambassadors were about to leave for Kitakata by 8 am when they were approached by the messenger that they had engaged to send a note back to Kitakata. He approached the ambassadors and told them that he had met the boss and explained to them that they should take an alternative route instead.

The messenger advised them to take the mountain region instead of the other route because the normal route had too many turns and detours. The ambassador thanked the messenger, took the advise and began their journey back.

+-==Meanwhile at Kitakata ==-+

We didn't feel so lethargic unlike before and waited for the 4 men to arrive at the warehouse and helped to pack the remaining 3 crates of [Refined Iron]. After they have done so, they fixed the horses to the wagons and drew them out from the warehouse.

Our first outbound delivery has yet to be made!

While having breakfast that had been prepared by the girls, we saw our 2 ambassadors had arrived. They quickly dismounted and saluted to us and sat at the table.

Hiko-sama informed the men that the 3,750 [Refined Iron] would be made today to Aizuwakamatsu and the total amount of gold coins would amount to 18,750 gold coins.

"Pay the property down-payment of 300 gold coins and get their contract from them and the receipt. Deposit 18,000 into the treasurer and bring back the slip and the balance of 450 gold coins. Please take care and God Bless!"

The men nodded since they need to spend nearly one day there to distribute the orders. After ensuring that the goods had been properly secured, the ambassadors and the 4 men on 2 horse-drawn wagons moved out. I checked the time and it was just slightly over 6 am.

I asked the girls to assemble in the warehouse for a short briefing on the next 9 processes. It was the same as yesterday and since the storekeeper was not around they need to help by storing the individual Scented Karada Soap into the crate after packing.

The girls nodded as it was the same procedure as yesterday and went to have their breakfast and continue their work in the house before they resume their work in the warehouse.

Hiko-sama and I then went back to the room and dived into the Realm of Mind and made another 1,000 pieces of [Refined Iron] before heading back to the real world just before morning break.

We repeated the process once again after morning break and made another 1,000 pieces of [Refined Iron] just before lunch. I decided to visualise another 80 moulding plates of 5s for the plates so that we have an exact number of 4,000 pieces. So far we had 3,000 still in the Realm of Mind and a batch of 3,450 still waiting in the warehouse to be stored.

Just slightly before the lunch break, we saw Miroku and Kami arrived on foot guessed they had sent their horses back to the stables. They approached and saluted to us before settling down in the garden to send in their report.

They showed their sketchpad for both reports on Yonezawa and Shibata and told us that if not for the messengers, they would have not reached here by 3 hours or so. There is another route that passes in the mountain regions. We showed them another route for Yonezawa was thankful that their journey would be shortened.

The two guards were still packing the [Refined Iron] in the crates and since the 4 men had not returned, Hiko-sama mentioned that the men would help to pack for the delivery in Yonezawa and complete the transaction for the 3,000 pieces of [Refined Iron].

The ambassadors were told to pay up for the down-payment of the locale and the balance of 280 gold coins despite not being able to find a good locale in the central business district. A balance of 14,500 coins are to be deposited and the slip to be returned to us so we can bank in accordingly.

The balance of 220 gold coins would be made into petty cash for our use to buy other necessary stuff.

I looked at the sketchpad and found that there are two locales in Shibata. Even though the price of the lease is definitely very high, but considering the major trading spots that take place are mainly in the east.

702 gold coins are such a huge investment but considering the fact that we would be churning out quite a number of batches in the next few days, the investment is worth it. We told the ambassadors that they would be delivering the first 4,000 pieces to Shibata once they had delivered to Yonezawa.

Once the first drop had been completed at Shibata, they would use the funds to pay the down-payment and deposit the balance 19,000 to the Treasury and bring back the balance of 298 back.

From the first 3 transactions, they would have a total of 51,500 gold coins deposited and float cash of 968 gold coins altogether. Swell! Hiko-sama stared hard at the figures written in the sketchpad that his eyeballs nearly popped out.

51,500 gold coins! Not 51,500 bronze coins! And our float cash at nearly a 1,000 gold coins would enough to buy the whole sake jars in the brewery for at least a few years. Hahahahahaha...

The ambassadors for Yonezawa and Shibata would have a break for a couple of days since Hide, Toshi and the 4 men had to distribute the items to each individual orders. This whole process would take about one whole day before they make their way back after making a deposit to the Treasury.

Upon returning the men would have their rest and start back on their usual work timings before proceeding to their destination in the next following day to Yonezawa.

Since the four men would be working overtime, Hiko-sama made note of their monthly worksheet so he does not underpay to those under the payroll. He had learnt the payroll part under me while I showed him how to calculate the overtime pay if the men worked continuously unlike the other day when we released them off work earlier during afternoon tea.

To be fair for those who worked with us, so that they could be loyal and trust would be bond.

I wrote the timings for the production of the [Refined Iron] that would take place in the next 3 consecutive days as 3,000 pieces would be made daily to hit the minimum stock level. Sometimes, it depends on our mood since we would be able to make each batch almost after breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and after dinner.

Then for the next 2 consecutive days, we would just make 2,000 pieces per day and then we could make the fruity Essense for the hae shanpu since 80 litres of base soap, water and Essense would be able to make about 320-400 bottles of hae shanpu.

The problem is how to bring it back to the real world! So we decided to recycle the barrels that the coconut and olive oil had been brought in. Once the Kurin and Feroa Kurina sacks had been cleared, it had been washed away and dried for future use.

We stayed for supper to get foods from the yatai to tickle our taste buds while we drank a jar of sake and keep 2 for the following day. In the end, we ended up having more than 10 jars by the end of the month.