Brickworks (FOTS)

Brickworks (FOTS)
File:Brickworks FOTS.png
Chain	Clay Type
Requires	Buildings: Clay Kiln
Enables	-
Spawned Defence Forces	-
Basic Building Statistics	Cost: 7500 -15% to the cost of constructing buildings in this province +400 to wealth generated by trade in this province +5 per turn to town growth from trade within this province -2 to happiness from modernisation
Clan Effects	+3 to modernisation (clan development) -5% to the cost of constructing buildings across all provinces
See main article; FotS Buildings

Description

What will the artisan discover within the clay?

There are extensive and easily accessible deposits of clay in this province. This can be fired to produce pottery and tiles. Money spent here will improve production and so help with building construction.

Craftsmanship of all kinds has always been admired in Japan. Even simple objects were considered worthy of being made with care, and being beautiful. This applied to household items as much as rich silks and valuable swords. The coming of the industrial world meant that these ideas were in danger of being swept away, but there is an echo of the idea that things worth doing or making are worth doing well in "kaizen", or the concept of continuous improvement. Anything and everything is reviewed and changed to make it better by everyone, even on a factory floor or a production line. Craftsmanship is still treasured: even today "living national treasures", the absolute masters of their arts and crafts, are celebrated and supported by the government and people.