I am Joaquín Manuel Fos, marquis of San Joaquín, enlightened and passionate adventurer. 

I was born in Valencia in 1730 and died in 1789 at age 59, but don't let this make you think that I stayed in Valencia for all of my days, as nothing is further from the truth. I travelled tirelessly and lived a thrilling existence. My life's obsession was the silk industry and the production of moiré, a fabric that fascinated me from the first time I saw it. To understand the secrets of its fabrication, I faked my own death and travelled to France, Italy and England to work in factories, as I bribed and spied my way until finally uncovering the production methods. In 1756, Carlos III gave me the franchise to produce moiré and from that moment forward I became a notable and highly dignified person. In addition to the title of marquis, one of the most excitings honors I received was having a church bell named after me for my contributions to the church of the Escuelas Pías, an institution that supported general education. In 1776, I was named the chair of the Royal Trade Committee and inspector general of the silk factories in Valencia. During the same year, I was also admitted to Valencia's Economist Royal Society of Friends to Country. The following years I proposed that men who had lost their jobs because of a royal decree that prohibited the production of fireworks within the kingdom form a corps of night security guards, similar to guard groups found in other European cities. Over time, people began to call them "serenos". I lived in a Valencia that was bustling, hardworking, and rich. A customs buildings was constructed to help centralize the city's steadily growing business, and the majority of the population was employed in tile and silk production. There are nearly 4.000 silk textile looms in the city and, as seen from the Micalet, Valencia's Orchards looks like a forest of mulberry trees, planted for the purpose of feeding silk worms.