Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

"Old Hu, how many stairs can you build today?"

Chen Changfan glanced at the carpenters and saw that they were planing and drilling holes in the wood very calmly, obviously they were very skilled.

"Boss, if we work hard today, we should be able to build seven or eight. But I've always been a little confused. Boss, you're building so many stairs. How high are you planning to build?"

"It's not about building a building, but building a basement." Chen Changfan said casually while silently calculating the progress of the project.

"What's a basement?"

"Oh, a basement is like a cellar, except that mine is deeper and bigger."

There was respect in Hu the bricklayer's eyes. He was worthy of being the boss. Even his cellar was more luxurious than others.

"But Boss, I haven't seen you hire any laborers to dig a cellar. A cellar like the one you described would be a huge undertaking!"

Chen Changfan chuckled and brought Lao Hu to a pit. "Isn't this a natural cellar?"

Bricklayer Hu looked at the bottomless pit beneath his feet and suddenly felt his feet weaken. "Boss, this cellar is good, but it's too deep. And how long will the stairs be? If it's built too high, it will be heavier. I'm afraid the stairs will collapse before anyone can get in."

Chen Changfan had already considered this issue. "We definitely need load-bearing beams! Tomorrow, go find a few stonemasons and have them carve some stone grooves. Then, we'll have a load-bearing beam between every two staircases. We can build it no matter how high it is."

Although Chen Changfan from the modern era has no experience in building high-rise buildings, he has always seen pigs run even if he has not eaten pork. As long as the weighing structure is in place, there will generally be no major problems.

"Load-bearing beams? Like the beams in a house? If every floor has a beam, it would be very stable indeed!"

Although it was the first time that Hu the bricklayer heard of the concept of load-bearing beams, he quickly understood Chen Changfan's intention.

While he was thinking, he couldn't help but silently admire his boss's intelligence.

It seemed like he came up with such an ingenious structure without much effort.

I can only say that it is worthy of being the host.

"Also, our staircase is built straight down, so there's no risk of the foundation collapsing due to the staircase being overweight. The weight of each staircase is evenly distributed on the adjacent cave walls."

Chen Changfan added another sentence, directly untying the last thread of Hu the bricklayer's plan. If it was really as the boss said, such a staircase could indeed be built very long.

He couldn't help but imagine what kind of project that would be?

I’m afraid that even in Qinghe County, there is no such staircase?

Seeing that Hu the bricklayer understood everything immediately, Chen Changfan signaled him to go ahead and do his work, while he himself re-evaluated the workload of the project.

Ancient stonemasons were able to hang themselves on cliffs and carve stone walls, and this skill was already very mature.

The most troublesome part is actually the construction of scaffolding and the lifting of stones.

After all, there were no steel pipe locks and cranes in ancient times. All of these were done purely by manpower, so the workload was naturally huge.

However, my project can avoid these problems.

He only needed the stonemasons to carve symmetrical grooves on the cave wall, and then he could fit the square wood into the grooves one by one.

After all, with the Cloud Ladder at the Perfect Level and an arm strength of over 200 pounds, he is basically equivalent to a human crane.

After the load-bearing beams are erected, the subsequent construction work becomes simple. All you have to do is stack the stairs up layer by layer like building blocks.

In addition to the stairs, he also planned a simple elevator project.

According to the pits he has discovered so far, there are two pits that can lead directly to underground caves.

In addition to this pit used to build stairs, the space of another pit is a bit narrow, but it is almost straight up and down, which is simply a natural elevator shaft.

Therefore, in the drawings he gave to Hu the bricklayer, he also included the elevator car, pulleys, waterwheel and other related mechanisms required.

In fact, the principle of the elevator is not complicated. The only limitation is the power.

However, the underground river in the cave is a natural source of power.

When I develop the industrial technology tree in the future, maybe I can create an internal combustion engine, which is a more powerful and stable power source.

I have to say that the shelter I chose is simply perfect.

Pits, caves, underground rivers, and even coal mines. Under such favorable conditions, it is hard not to develop.

Putting his thoughts aside, Chen Changfan picked up the longbow, carried the quiver on his back, and walked towards the northern hilltop.

The north is farther away from the county town, less visited by people, and of course there are more wild animals.

Before, he was a novice hunter, so he had not explored the deep mountains in the north. Now he thinks he has some confidence, so he wants to try his luck.

"It would be best if we could catch a lone wild boar, that way we'd have enough to collect a thousand taels of silver."

Of course, if all the tiger meat is sold, it will be no problem to collect one thousand taels of silver.

However, the restaurant does not have a corresponding dish for high-end ingredients such as tiger meat, so there will not be large orders for purchase.

It is impossible for the people to buy in large quantities, so it may take a few more days to sell out.

Since he had previously promised to pay off the debt within three days, it was natural that the sooner the money was gathered, the better.

The mountain road was rugged and even foggy as we walked. All we could hear along the way were the sounds of various birds and animals, as if we were isolated from the world.

Chen Changfan did not ride a pony, as this would make his movements more covert and less likely to be discovered by the wild beasts.

When they reached a cliff, Chen Changfan glanced at the cliff and a hint of purple-black made his eyes brighten.

He tapped his toes lightly and leaped up. He tapped his toes lightly on the cliff a few times and then jumped onto the cliff which was five or six meters high.

As I got closer, I finally got a clear view of the purple-black plant.

"Purple Ganoderma!"

The dark purple cap is the size of a palm, with a deep color and plump flesh. It sways gently in the mountain breeze, emitting a faint fragrance.

"This purple Ganoderma should be ten years old. The quality is pretty good. It should be able to sell for twenty taels of silver."

It is recorded in Baicao Chao that the growth cycle of purple Ganoderma lucidum is extremely long.

Some can even grow to fifty or even a hundred years, and purple Ganoderma lucidum of that quality would probably cost hundreds or even thousands of taels.

Of course, it would be extremely difficult to harvest a purple Ganoderma lucidum that grows that big.

Otherwise, it would have been picked when it was still young. Who would wait for it to grow for a hundred years?

Chen Changfan took out a sharp knife and planned to dig the Ganoderma lucidum out of the cracks in the rock wall.

After all, the quality of Ganoderma lucidum is extremely important. If it is accidentally damaged, the price will probably be greatly reduced.

The tip of the knife hit the rock wall, sending out a string of sparks and making Chen Changfan's palm slightly numb, but the rock remained motionless. He immediately frowned.

"Gathering herbs is a technical job. I'm afraid brute force alone won't work."

Calling up the system panel, his consciousness began to search rapidly.

The encounter points that were specially reserved were prepared for times like this.