Silk Weaving Shed (FOTS)

Silk Weaving Shed (FOTS)
File:Silk Weaving Shed FOTS.png
Chain	Industrial Type
Requires	Buildings: Cottage Industry Resource: Silk
Enables	Buildings: Factory
Spawned Defence Forces	-
Basic Building Statistics	Cost: 3800 +1300 to wealth generated by industrial buildings in this province +3 per turn to town growth from industrial buildings within this province -1 to happiness from modernisation
Clan Effects	+1 to modernisation (clan development)
See main article; FotS Buildings

Description

The kiss of the breeze upon the skin.

A silk weaving shed adds to the wealth of a province, and helps industry to grow. Silk worms are cultivated in Japan, so this building requires no machinery from foreigners, giving the province a traditionalist air. Obviously, access to silk is required before the shed can be built.

Silk was, and remains, a remarkable fabric. The silk kimono is almost a clichéd image from Japan, although during the Meiji Restoration it was a symbol of the old ways. As modernisers among the Japanese nobility, bureaucracy and merchants adopted western dress, the traditionalists were equally keen to retain the kimono and other traditional garb. This distaste for Western fashion did not normally extend to a distaste for Western firearms, and even staunch traditionalists would, quite discreetly, tuck away a revolver.

Other Information

Upgrading a Cottage Industry presents you with three choices, each of them having a different cost and value.

Comparison

	Craft Workshop	Silk Weaving Shed	Cotton Weaving Shed
Required Resource		Silk	Cotton
Construction Cost	3500	3800	3900
Construction Time	5	4	6
Wealth	+1250	+1300	+1200
Growth	+1	+1	+3
Modernisation	+2	+1	+3
Happiness	-1	-1	-2

• The Craft Workshop contributes +2 points to modernisation, requires no special resource, and is the cheapest to build but is the second-most slowest option.
• The Silk Weaving Shed is the fastest to build and adds the most to town wealth but only contributes +1 point to modernisation, requires silk, and is the second-most expensive option.
• The Cotton Weaving Shed contributes +3 points to clan modernisation and town growth but requires Exports of Cotton from the western powers, is expensive and slow to build, adds the least to town wealth, and inflicts a harsher penalty to public order.

Summary

The Easiest and Quickest way to reach Clan Development Level-4 is to build Craft Workshops in every province that you own. Then as soon as you max out, build Silk Weaving Sheds only since you won't need Craft Workshops anymore.

The Silk Weaving Shed is the best option if you are trying to grow Regional Wealth, or modernize quickly. All 3 Industry buildings eventually upgrade to a Factory, so don't worry too much about which choice you make.