Chapter 473: Alternative Materials ( 2 )

Yao Zhi handed the folders to Gui Feng after he took a seat and said, "Take a look at these."

Feeling curious, Gui Feng opened one of the folders and checked the contents. The moment he saw the thin paper as white as snow, he was surprised. But when he finally saw the drawing on it, he was stunned.

Even though he had limited knowledge regarding infrastructure, he knew how valuable this design was. After a long time, he finally looked at her and said, "Miss Hu, these drawings..."

"I noticed that this place had no drainage or ventilation system. Right now, the air might seem fine since the workshop has not started operating. But when the work starts, the airflow and drainage will become the biggest problems."

She pointed at the designs and continued, "These 2 are for the drainage and ventilation systems. This one is to improve the safety of the workers by reinforcing the walls and ceilings. This plan is for the security level."

"You can discuss this matter with the craftsmen first and see if it is possible to add the drainage and ventilation systems. As for the materials, they will be provided by my family."

After hearing her words, Gui Feng thought for a while before he said, "Miss Hu, if we renovate this place, the process of refining the salt will be delayed again."

Waving her hand, Yao Zhi replied, "It’s okay to delay the operation of the workshop. Waiting for 1 or 2 more months is not a problem. Ensuring the safety of the workers is more important than earning money."

The moment he heard her words, Gui Feng’s admiration for her increased again.

He always had a bad impression of merchants, except for the Xue family. The reason was that most merchants he met would disregard everything when faced with a huge amount of profit.

He thought that the Lei family would be like those merchants who wouldn’t care about the workers’ safety and health as long as they could earn more money. Unexpectedly, he had been using a villain’s mind to judge a gentleman.

Cupping his fists, he bowed to her and replied, "I will report this matter to the General."

Yao Zhi noticed the change in his tone and behavior, but she didn’t think too much about it. Now that her business was done, she stood up and said, "We should return now."

Hearing this, Gui Feng asked, "Then, what about the goods?"

"When the renovation is done, I will transport the rock salt to the warehouse."

Thinking that there would be a lot of people renovating the underground workshop, he nodded. They walked back through the dark corridor and appeared in the Abbot’s courtyard.

Yao Zhi said her goodbyes and left the temple with her servants.

When she returned to her manor, the sky had changed color, and the sun was slanted toward the western horizon.

After she returned to her courtyard, she dismissed her servants and opened the System panels. She glanced at the bell icon and saw that there were 999+ unread notifications.

Learning from her previous lesson, she had already turned off the notifications. This way, she wouldn’t be disturbed when she was sleeping.

Yao Zhi clicked on the bell icon, and a blue screen appeared in front of her. She scrolled down the notifications. Most of them were friend requests and several private DMs asking her if she was willing to sell her spiritual herbs to them directly.

Since there was no social media in this era, she treated this as her pastime.

At first, she had no intention of selling any spiritual herbs. But when she recalled that the materials needed to strengthen the underground workshop had to be bought from the System, she changed her mind.

She had a little bit more than 42 million points right now. From the size of the underground workshop, the amount of materials needed was not small. Her current points wouldn’t be enough.

With this thought, she checked her System’s grassland.

There were a total of 129 types of spiritual herbs she had planted there, not including the wild ginseng, Lingzhi, and Jiao Gu Lan. These spiritual herbs were from the Host living in the cultivation world.

Although they were common herbs in his world, after being nurtured with the spiritual energy in her grassland, the quality of the spiritual herbs was far above what was sold in the merit shop.

While she was picking the herbs, Yao Zhi noticed that the number of spiritual herbs and spiritual plants had multiplied even without her manually taking care of them.

Looking at the fog shrouding the grassland, she was delighted that she had listened to the System’s suggestion and planted the spiritual vein there.

Using her thoughts, she picked a total of 5 stalks of each type of spiritual herb.

When she was done, she opened her auction platform and put them up for auction. She didn’t bother setting the price manually and went with the basic price provided by the System. As before, she used System points instead of merit points.

Now that she had finished taking care of this matter, Yao Zhi took out her Technology Record, a stack of paper, a fountain pen, and a ruler.

She flipped through the pages until she found the method of making bricks from scratch.

There were no blue bricks in this era, but brick-making and tile-making first started during the Shang and Zhou periods. The widespread use and maturation of the technology only occurred during the Han Dynasty and became most prominent during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Most of the buildings and roads in this era were built using rammed-earth methods.

As for the buildings and walls, they were mostly covered with mud and timber framing. So, if the Male Lead’s fief was able to produce bricks, it would be helpful for the city’s defenses and the people’s safety during extreme weather.

The risk of houses collapsing from heavy snow or being washed away by floods would be minimized.

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