165 5.54 The Invasion Of Seijuro Tumbler Machine In Kitakata

Mesen-san explained that there was some fine-tuning to be made as he explained the this STM could be used not only washing but also wringing. He explained that he designed the small hole at the end of this tumbler so that it would be tilted by this leg extension which he showed how and when the spindle was turned, the clothes inside would be sloshed and somehow being wrung and excess water would come out from this hole,

At the end, when this STM was at an angle, the water would be ejected out from this hole at the end of the tumbler and the tumbler would turn until there was no more water spouting from it... It was a hole of mystery and yet it served a purpose. Wonderful! Thank God for this machinist or else we would not know how to drain the water away. Hahahahaha!

The additional utility had been concluded and we thanked Mesen-san for making an effort to improve it. We asked the machinist about the total cost and he told us that the whole thing only cost 1 gold, 2 silvers and 4 coppers. He managed to keep the price low and he told us that these materials were all brand new and not being used from his shop.

"Mesen-san, please deliver this prototype to Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha tomorrow after lunch and we will test it out. Furthermore, for your information, we would be distributing this machine in here, Aizuwakamatsu, Yonezawa and Shibata."

"We had located the locale to lease for a long term and there will be 4 STM on display and the sale persons in Aizuwakamatsu, Yonezawa and Shibata would take orders, you and your nephew would concentrate on promoting it here. At the same time, production would be made and if you could fabricate an STM for 3 days, then in 1 month you would be able to make 10 of them."

"We will discuss with you tomorrow after you had delivered the STM to our place"

"Yes, Senior and Young Master we will go right ahead and touch up this and we will send it to you tomorrow after lunch."

We bade farewell and walked out of the store.

"Sensei, where's the place to make a proposal in a scroll form? We will make a contract for the managers at least its a joint effort and they could earn a fixed salary as well as incentives. The more the sales generate, the more gold they will receive."

"I agree, kid. You already have a contract plan?"

"Yes Sensei, it's in my head and I have to inform the author so that he would type out and fill this coater right to three thousand to four thousand words. To him achieving a 10k words per day is nothing as long as it is filled with informative and useful information."

Soon, Hiko-sama showed to a single storey building with frames of certificates, birth certs, nso records and marriage contracts, just like the streets of Recto, Philippines.

A short stocky man came forward as we approached his dainty little shop. We asked him if he could make some copies of a contract repeatedly for 4 times so that we could make our managers sign.

"How much does it costs for one copy?"

"Ah, Master, it is only 1 silver for one copy. The more copies you need, the more you will pay."

I understood what he meant and informed him of the information that needs to be filled.

"Dear...,

We are pleased to offer the position of Regional Manager and your monthly salary would be capped at ... Per month.

You would be in charge of taking care of the accounts in Aizuwakamatsu, Yonezawa and Shibata and your monthly remunerations would be based on the (... ..) coins as opposed to (....) coins on a 1:1 basis.

This remuneration is based on the group effort calculated every month and shared by each one of you in equal portions, for example (.....) coins would be equivalent to (.....) and be exchanged to the proper number of (....) coins divided by (....). This way, it would be a motivational gain for you.

Please undersigned this contract if you find it agreeable."

I narrated it off and I corrected the stocky man along the way and it just took one piece of parchment paper. I asked him to make 8 copies while we waited at the shop.

He had another assistant and that made the work faster. I checked the penmanship and there was a red ribbon attached at the end of the parchment to tie it up easily.

Since I had not thought of the contract for the STM, I leave it later when we get back home.

We went back home with the parchments in our hands and were quite satisfied. As we walked I asked a rather sensitive question to Hiko-sama.

"Sensei, can I ask you a question? As a Samurai before you had earned 10 gold coins per month right? Then now you are assisting me in the Blacksmithing, the soap making, running errands here and there... Don't you think you deserve a sort of reward or remuneration package? I'm sorry if this is a sensitive question but I was just wondering...."

"Kid, do you take a salary right now? You don't right? You had taken out good coins for our daily needs and provisions the new house, the warehouse, providing shelter for unfortunate girls, providing permanent work for the workers and also proving employment for my Comrades that they now need not kill anyone."

"So, should I be taking a salary? Just like you have thousands of gold coins and yet still a simple guy. Not even a single ring, or whatnot in your fingers, wrist or neck except for the pocket watch that is essential in telling time. As long as I have good to eat and sake, then I've got nothing to worry about.'

"Oh yeah, talking about money, we should go to the Treasury and deposit this slip using this account book and both our ID."

We turned back and went to the Treasury to deposit using the slip of bank cheque issued by Aizuwakamatsu treasury. After the clerk verified the slip and the corporate account as well as our ID, he wrote the amount deposited and the total and stamped it. The amount in the account books showed slightly above 18,700. We thanked the clerk and he bowed deeply to us.

What's the big deal, its just numbers after all.

We seemed to settle everything and decided to head back home. We checked in the warehouse and found that the 10 fruits variety had come and it would be processing time soon since it is still winter so the fruits would be able to last longer. However, we could chill them further in the Realm of Mind.

The coconut and olive oil had nene placed under the staging area and clearly marked which one is which. The lye and baking powder had arrived too and was separated due to the similarity in the colour of sacks while one of named kye and the other is just soda.

"Young master, what are your plans to do with this fruits?" one of the men said.

"I'm going to make Essense and have shanpu so that women wash their hairs will smell very fruity."

"Interesting, young master. I wish to buy some for my wife too."

"Don't worry guy, the time will come soon."

Before we left the warehouse, we told the storekeeper that we need to have these handcarts empty and the handcart to be placed near the Ops Room to carry in the fruits.

All the plates can be placed on the pallets first if unfinished packing. We soon left the warehouse and intend to come back after supper tonight.

We would be making the rest of the plates after we had brought in the fruits and brought out the 2,000 plates.

The storekeeper and the delivery boys were unable to keep up with the pace of making the crates and storing the plates into the crates as suddenly there were thousands of [Refined Iron] to be stored away.

No one asked where the Refined Iron plates come from as it was suddenly accumulated like nobody's business and they were making the crates first before storing the plates inside. From the number of pallets with the mounds of Refined Iron plates, it seems they need to make at least 300 crates to store all these thousand of pieces of [Refined Iron] plates.

The estimates that one pallet would be able to8 crates and per pallet height would be 8 crates high. In order to be stored underneath the staging area. So it's 64 crates per pallet. And they need about 5 pallets to store such crates and stock!

The balance wood materials were placed outside the warehouse even after the delivery boys and storekeepers had gone home, the 2nd and 3rs shift guards can continue their work. These people could really utilise their time-management well.

The 4 managers arrived for dinner and since it was their off day, casualness sets in. I don't really mind and called them seniors as well and they called me kid, or boy and yeah... It is informal so no hard feelings.

I asked them how was everything and they were appreciative for showing a new route for Yonezawa and Shibata or else they would forever be crawling like a snail. Hahahahaha

After dinner, since the girls did not join us for supper, all 6 of us were sitting in the garden and all 4 of them were peering at the documents in front of me very intently.

I asked them, whether the salary given by the shogunate is enough and they said its fine because they would be out for an expedition after taking a rest of a day or two. And the food supplies were given by the shogunate, only certain luxuries like sake would be bought by them.

They said now as a civilian, they find it hard to accept for a long time that they had to pay for their own meals and especially the 4 were still bachelors.

"Tell me, since a 10 gold for a civilian is a bit difficult and what amount would you feel comfortable?"

One said 12, another said no change, while 2 agreed at 15 because they drink a lot of sake. I calculated the whole figure and came up with an average of 13 per person a month. They said the figure is fair and just since they also had some retirement funds paid through them by the mayor.

I took out the parchment and showed them and handed each one of them to read. The areas they were intentionally left blank had been filled especially their names.

I wrote 13 on the agreement as to the salary that they would receive per month. Then they looked a lot the blanks and asked me what does it mean.

"Can anyone tell me how much have we made on the sales of [Refined Iron] alone for the 3 towns on their first time purchase. They didn't know the answer so I told them that the sale accumulated is 107,500 gold coins!

"WOW! We really hit the roof for our first day sales!! We make that a year and the corporation earns a million gold coins already and can be as a big as an empire!" Miroku remarked since he even does not know how much an empire has.

"Really!!?? That's how much this corporation earns from these 3 towns on their main delivery drops?"

"Yes, seniors. Now listen carefully. Look at this figure.

107,500 points = 107500 bronze coins.

107500 bronze= 10,750 coppers

10,750 coppers = 1,075 silvers

1075 silvers = 107.5 gold"

"Am I right, Seniors? So as 4 of you contributed in this type of sales, your shared earnings would be 26 gold and 8 silvers plus your salary of 13 which equals to... 39 gold and 8 silvers altogether!!"

"Wow...! Wow...! Wow...! Boss, you really make my day...! 13 gold fixed salary and the balance is commission."

"So, the commission is based on gross sales, right? I don't mean to be rude, but how would it be tracked? It seems Hiko-sama would be accounting for it right? The more we get sales, the more we get in return. In sorry if my question seemed a bit off, but tracking and paying is really a headache. I am sure you would show us the figures by end month. It would be very beneficial for us all on both parties."

Kami spoke up, and he was the one who's edgy 24/7. The rest of them looked at Kami and all burst out laughing at his non-changing character. Even if Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha shortchanged them, it doesn't matter because they work as a family and these gritty little issues don't matter to them.

We had a great supper and cups of sake ensued. I had just 1 or 2 cups because I do not wish to go and wash up to get refreshed to finish up our next 2,000 plates of [Refined Iron].

The guys agree to the contract and I filled everything up accordingly and had them undersigned all the 8 documents. Hiko-sama and I then countersigned as proof and I tied the scroll and gave to each one of them.

The men held the scroll in their hands as if it was the most valuable piece of possession besides the pocket watch that they still wore around their necks and dutifully wound the watch every morning till they can feel a bit of tension or about 8 to 10 times.

They planned to go to Yonezawa tomorrow to deliver the goods themselves as the deployment of goods takes place in the Blacksmith alliance-building, remarked Miroku and Kami. So instead of utilising the use of the storekeeper and the delivery boys that need to make crates and pack the store, 2 ambassadors would be on horseback and the other two would be on a horse-drawn wagon.

However, for the big delivery in Shibata, they need at least 6 horse-drawn wagons to distribute the weight of not more than half a ton for the single horse to pull.

"Alright, noted of the requirements, tomorrow deliver to Yonezawa, move out by 9 am then, as usual, pay the lease of the locale at 280 gold and bank the rest of the 14,720 gold coins, take the transaction slip with Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha as payee's name and return here. 2 wagons would be deployed with 2 horseback riders. Dismissed."

Hiko-sama gave the Instructions and they complied. They gave the salute and went back home because tomorrow by 8 am they would be here and by 9 am they should move out.

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"Its good to work with your colleagues, Sensei. At least they are disciplined and able to coordinate things in their own and do the planning. Like our men in the warehouse. They are able to use their time to create the crates even though it is late at night."

"I heard that they need about 300 crates to be made just for the [Refined Iron] alone as they knew that the orders for Shibata are very large. The men knew the importance and dutifully completes it."

"I like the working spirit and everyone's attitude very much! As we always say, business is business and family and friends do not mix."

"At least for your Comrades, they knew when to be joke and when to take things seriously. I think they at least like you, bachelor and don't have a care in the world and live life on day at a time."

+-==The next following morning==-+

The 4 managers were early and arrived by 8 am to leave instructions for the storekeeper that they need 2 horse-drawn wagons and 6 such wagons when they made the trip to Shibata, and immediately 2 delivery boys went to their former boss to borrow it and gave such information.

They returned with the 2 horse-drawn wagons and immediately loaded up 30 crates each for the wagons. The storekeeper and delivery boys stayed back because they néed to clear the Refined Iron plates on the pallets and record the number in the records. Now they could record the "out" first then once everything is clear they record the "in" part.

The 4 managers made their way to Yonezawa and cheered "PROGRESS!".

Both Hiko-sama and I just sat at the garden for we had completed another 2,000 pieces of [Refined Iron] and had brought up the earlier 2,000 that we had made. We were sipping tea and eating steamed corn and waved the 4 ambassadors off.

+-==Meanwhile at the Machinery Shop==-+

Both the uncle and nephew were making the final touches on STM and was satisfied by its wet and dry run and didn't show any leaks or loose parts and everything was working like a well-oiled machine. Even if this is a manual machine, but the operation was smooth enough even for an 8-year-old to operate.

When they find that it is beyond their satisfactory level they carried the product and it weighed something like under 10 kilograms and hoisted to a horse-drawn wagon. The nephew secured the STM with rope harness and Mesen draped a cloth over it.

The uncle led the horse slowly while the nephew sat on the wagon and steadied the machine. Soon about 10 minutes later, they had reached Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha.

"Ahoy! Mesen-san and nephew-San! You have finally arrived with the STM! Good...!!" I hollered at them and discovered that they were able to complete the prototype of STM within 3 days. I'm not sure if they worked all through the night but the most important thing QC or quality control.

No point making a lot of machines but in the end the maintenance if it takes up a lot of time and it defeats the whole purpose of selling substandard machines.

There were no other tables we could use except for this garden table. I called to the guard and he came over and asks him to tell the girls to stop what they were doing and come forward and bring their dirty laundry to the garden.

The message was relayed and the machinist and nephew had brought the machine and uncovered it. We were damn excited when the machine was unravelled and I admired it for the moment and as usual, there would be some busybody that would make a good promotional mouth to mouth free advertisement.

The girls brought their laundry to the garden and placed it on a bucket. I went to the warehouse and took a Kurin pack and told the storekeeper to strike 1 out. I asked the girl to take a bucket of water and pour inside the top trap door.

Some ladies were outside and I invited them over. Curious about the contraption on the table, they came and soon a small crowd of people were asking and Hiko-sama and I take turns answering them as I operated the machine.

With just water in the tumbler and when I spin the spindle, it was smooth and the tub turned like 7 or 8 times per revolution of the spindle. I can hear the water sloshing and I open the top and asked the girls to dump their laundry and one to operate the spindle. I chose the smallest girl which is Gin and she turned the spindle effortlessly.

At the spindle legs, there were 2 retractable legs and I pulled it open like a jackknife and it was soon elevated. I got one of the girl to open the seal and dark water seemed to flow out and on to the ground.

After the water had been drained, I ask Hanna to pour in the water after sealing the end opening, switched the legs back again and poured a bit of Kurin inside. I asked one of the girls to show around and when they smell the strong lemon scent, they immediately became refreshed and invigorated!

I asked Fei this time to run the spindle-like 15 times and after that, the legs were extended, the end seal was opened and bubbly slightly dark water comes out and poured into the ground. Onlookers were amazed at the bubbly water as they know there is no scrubbing needed and the smell of the water is like perfume!

The process was repeated and its time to rinse. I asked the girls to bring Hangers here and then Izumi poured some water inside the STM and Riko cranked the spindle for 15 times again.

Since I used a bit of Kurin in the tumbler for the washing, there's no need to rinse a few times. Unless the water is still murky and bubbly then we rinse again. This unexplained to the girls and crowd. Everyone was awed!

The legs were extended and the end was opened to let out the rinsing water. It seemed that the water was clear and once the water had been drained, its time for drying!

The end cap was left open, and Eko operated the spindle. The end cap was left open and water sprayed out indicating that it is being tumbled dry. After like rotating 30 times and the water had stopped ejecting from the end hole, Izumi and Hanna took out their laundry and straight away used the hanger to hang them.

They used the clothesline to hang their clothing. But the most important thing was the lemon fragrance that those onlookers cannot forget! The clothes had some water drops from it, after a few flaps the girls hang it on the Hangers. The onlookers saw how convenient it was.

The girls explained that after washing, Sun and air-dried the clothes can just be carried in like that. The next morning they could just hang it like that. No more folding, no more mustiness and more space in the room.

The girls showed their hands to the onlookers and they smelled the hands and they can't help but said it smelled like perfume. Their clothes were no longer be required to be scrubbed for each individual piece. And the girls just spent over 20 minutes to complete 36 pairs of kimonos and hakama and a few yakata too.

Everyone was asking for the price of the STM while some were asking about Kurin. I told them, Kurin would be available at the cosmetic shops in 2 days time, and the STM would be available for sale soon. Just wait for the showroom at the machinist shop to display the item and the selling price and the instalment scheme.

The crowd stayed for some time and there were also some ladies they went to the laundry and smell it. They were bidding in appreciation and little did they knew this lemon scent had already been energised by Psi energy spheres and anyone who smells them would feel refreshed, invigorated and energised. Hahahahah...

STM had finally invaded Kitakata!