Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!

Chapter 472: Alternative Materials ( 1 )

Hearing Yao Zhi’s words, Gui Feng hesitated for a moment before accepting it. “Thank you, Miss Hu.”

Waving her hand, Yao Zhi replied casually, “I haven’t charged that one. You need to charge it first before you can use it.”

“Okay,” Gui Feng nodded and put the flashlight inside his clothes.

At this moment, his impression of Hu Niang was no longer limited to being his Master’s business partner.

They walked for almost an hour before they arrived at the end of the dark corridor.

As they walked into the dome-shaped room, Yao Zhi observed her surroundings. The room looked like it had been dug out hastily, as the walls were covered with a layer of stones glued together with sticky mortar.

On the walls, several fire torches were placed. The light dimly illuminated the surroundings.

When she saw the walls, Yao Zhi couldn’t help but worry about the safety measures. The cave looked as if it could collapse at any time without warning. There was nothing to hold the surrounding mud walls at all.

This room was only around 25 square meters. There were some tables, chairs, shelves filled with bamboo baskets, and large water vats.

Gui Feng noticed her gaze and explained, “Miss Hu, these are the items used by the workers. Since this matter is of utmost importance, the workers signed an agreement before they were hired and are only able to leave once every 3 months.”

Hearing his words, Yao Zhi asked, “Are they living here?”

Gui Feng nodded and replied, “The General had hired a lot of masters to build this underground workshop and built more than 30 caves as sleeping quarters, enough to house around 400 workers.”

Yao Zhi nodded and raised her head. She didn’t see any ventilation in this cave and said, “Show me the dormitories first.”

Although he didn’t know why she wanted to see the dormitories, Gui Feng still led her to the sleeping area.

Unlike the cave connected to the dark corridor, the sleeping quarters only had 2 fire torches placed at the entrance, making the room not only dark but also damp.

Yao Zhi turned on her flashlight and took a closer look at the sleeping quarters. As she expected, the sleeping quarters also didn’t have any proper ventilation since they were built underground.

Due to this, the earthy scent was heavy, and the air was stuffy.

Besides the bad ventilation, she also noticed that the workers were sleeping on bamboo beds. The space inside the room was barely enough for the workers to place the beds and a small wooden box to hold their personal belongings.

Seeing how bad the situation was, she turned to Gui Feng and said, “This place is not suitable. If people stay in this kind of place for a long time, they will have a lot of health problems.”

Gui Feng also knew that this place was not suitable for living, but they had no other option. The General wanted a secretive place large enough to serve as a workshop and warehouse. So, this underground cave was the best choice.

“Miss Hu, it’s not that we didn’t want to choose another place. But there is no better option than this place.”

Yao Zhi thought for a while before she said, “Since we can’t move to another place, then the only option is to improve the condition of this place.”

“Miss Hu, do you have any suggestions?”

Instead of replying to his question, Yao Zhi said, “Let’s check the workshop and warehouse area first.”

After inspecting the sleeping quarters, they went to check the warehouse.

Similar to the sleeping quarters, the warehouse walls were also plastered with stones and sticky mortar. Each room was around 50 square meters, and there were a total of 10 warehouses.

Yao Zhi checked each room before they went to the workshop.

The workshop was divided into several rooms, with each room used for a different filtering and refining process.

This was to ensure that the method of refining the salt wouldn’t be stolen. It also made it easier to fix unexpected trouble that occurred during the refining process.

Each room had a manager who was responsible for supervising the workers and conducting the quality check. If there was a problem with the salt quality, the manager could return the goods to the previous department, which avoided them blaming each other.

Yao Zhi nodded in satisfaction at this arrangement. As for the tools used to refine the salt, they were made according to the design given by her System.

When they finished checking everything, 3 hours had passed.

As they sat on the wooden chairs to rest, Yao Zhi called out to her personal assistant. “Lu Chi.”

The next moment, a mechanical voice echoed in her mind. “Master, what can I do for you?”

“Lu Chi, help me design a ventilation and drainage system based on this underground workshop. Also, give me the solutions to improve the work safety and security level of this place.”

When she finished speaking, a blue light flashed in front of her, scanning the entire underground structure. 10 minutes later, a blue screen appeared in front of her.

On it were several designs drawn according to her request, including the solutions to ensure the workers’ safety.

Yao Zhi checked the designs and read the proposal for a long time before she said, “Lu Chi, print out the designs and the plans for me.”

“Master, there are a total of 3 designs and 1 plan. The total cost is 3.5 million points.”

“Okay.”

With her consent, her personal assistant did what she asked. A few seconds later, 4 folders appeared in front of her. Each folder contained 1 design, including the materials needed and what needed to be paid attention to.

Gui Feng was taken aback when he saw the strange-looking folders appear out of nowhere. Before he could guess, he saw her waving at him.

He walked over and asked, “Miss Hu, do you need anything?”