Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 281: Strange Aura

Chapter 281: Strange Aura

"Then why do you keep looking at Xiang’er?" Mu Yucheng asked coldly.

Hu Wenfeng thought for a while, and said, "I always feel that Miss Xu has a certain aura that does not belong to humans that reminds me of someone I knew. Just now, when the little boy said that she is not human, it reminded me about this. I was just curious and looked at Miss Xu a few more times."

Hearing Hu Wenfeng’s words, Mu Yucheng lowered his eyes and did not speak. He also sensed the aura emanating from Xu Xiang since their first meeting. But since that aura was the same as his own, he didn’t think much about it either. After hearing Hu Wenfeng’s words, Mu Yucheng finally thought about it seriously.

Not long after, the old man came back with a group of people. Xu Xiang looked up and saw the old man came back with at least twenty people. Although all of them were quite skinny, they were all men and looked strong.

The old man looked at the villagers and said, "It’s them. Come in, come in."

The villagers took a look at Xu Xiang and the others before walking into the yard. Xu Xiang stood up, walked up to the old man and asked, "Old Grandpa, are these people also villagers of Mei Hua Village?"

The old man nodded and said, "Yes. Young Lady, can you tell us about the farm work you mentioned to me earlier?"

Xu Xiang nodded to the old man and asked, "Is there anyone here who can do carpentry work?"

A man in his early thirties raised his hand and said, "I’m a carpenter."

Seeing that one of them is a carpenter, Xu Xiang glanced at Huan Yun. Huan Yun stood up, took out the blueprint of the water turbine and handed it to the man, and asked, "Big Brother, can you make this?"

The carpenter took the design and looked at it carefully. After a while, the carpenter looked at Huan Yun and said, "I can make this, but..."

Xu Xiang saw the carpenter’s hesitation and said, "Please speak freely, Big Brother."

The carpenter returned the blueprints to Huan Yun and said, "I don’t have the materials to make that thing. Although there are many dead trees around here, if we use these trees to make something, it won’t last long. The quality of the wood is too poor to be used as materials to make something this big. The wood cannot support this design."

Knowing the reason for the carpenter’s hesitation, Xu Xiang said, "We will provide the materials for the water turbine. All you need to do is make the water turbine. Can you do it?"

The carpenter nodded, thought for a moment, and hesitantly asked, ".... About the payment..."

Xu Xiang smiled at him and said, "I heard about this village’s situation from the Old Grandpa. Since everyone is in a difficult situation, I will pay half of it as a down payment and pay the rest after the work is completed. What do you think about this arrangement, Big Brother?"

The carpenter breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and asked, "Young Lady, can you give me food and water as payment instead of silver? You just need to calculate the exchange rate according to the market price. I don’t mind if you pay me less, as long as you pay with food and water."

After hearing what the carpenter said, the villagers all nodded in agreement. The most important things that they need right now is food and water, so they are hoping to get some back home so their family doesn’t starve to death. As for money, the current value of money is the same as those stones on the side of the road for the villagers.

Xu Xiang thought for a while and said, "All right. Then, how much is the cost for a water turbine?"

The carpenter made some calculations and replied: "A water turbine with a diameter of six chi costs fifty taels of silver."

Xu Xiang didn’t know how big a six chi water turbine was. She looked at Huan Yun and asked in a low voice: "Huan Yun, do you know how large six chi is?"

Huan Yun dug a bit in the original owner’s memory, and whispered back to Xu Xiang: "Three chi equals one meter. So six chi should be equal to two meters."

Hearing her answer, Xu Xiang looked back at the carpenter and said, "The diameter of the water turbine we want is twelve chi."

When the carpenter heard how big the water turbine Xu Xiang wanted, he was a little surprised at first. After calming down, he quickly calculated the cost of the work and said, "For such a large water turbine, I need to find a few more people to help me assemble it. The cost will be higher than the original cost."

Xu Xiang thought that it was understandable that the carpenter couldn’t do it alone, so she said, "Including the extra worker, how much is the cost for one water turbine?"

The carpenter thought for a while and said, "The basic cost of the water turbine is one hundred taels of silver. I need at least five people to help me assemble the water turbine. According to the current market price, each person needs two taels of silver for a day’s work. If we work from morning to night, one day is enough to assemble the whole water turbine. So, the total cost is..."

"One hundred and ten taels of silver." Xu Xiang said without thinking.

The carpenter nodded after calculating the total cost. When other villagers and the old man heard how much money a carpenter could make by building a water turbine, they all cast envious glances at him, but they said nothing. For ordinary farmers like them, saving one or two taels of silver a year is already pretty good. But this is the carpenter’s skill, and they can’t help it because they don’t have the same skill as the carpenter.

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