Sawmills (TWS2)

Sawmills (TWS2)
Chain	Timber Type
Requires	Buildings: Lumberyards
Enables	-
Spawned Defence Forces	-
Basic Building Statistics	+350 to wealth from commerce in this province +25 tonnes of high-quality timber -30% to the cost of recruiting ships
Clan Effects	-
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Description

Beauty & strength await the saw blade.

If the kodama are properly respected, the forests in this province will flourish. With the right investment, the lumbermen will be able to harvest enough good trees to reduce the cost of any vessels constructed. As the lumberyard and sawmill are developed, the costs of ships will be greatly lessened. Not all timber taken from a forest will be suitable for shipbuilding: for some European designs, for example, quite specific trunk-and-bough shapes are required for certain parts of the vessel, but wastage can be minimised.

It also takes time for cut timber to dry out and season properly for use in shipbuilding. While green timber can be used, it tends to warp and distort as it dries, making it difficult for shipwrights, or any other builders, to work straight.