Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

The next morning, Chang Wei and his son Chang Laifu arrived at Chu Chen's doorstep.

"Mr. Chang, I didn't expect you to be so punctual. Have you eaten?" Chu Chen asked with a warm smile.

It's already past noon, and you're asking me if I've eaten?

“Young Master Chu, we’ve already eaten. We brought Fu Lai today mainly to check out the terrain. Building a house is no simple task, so we can’t be careless.”

Chang Wei stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a wise man.

Chu Chen almost burst out laughing like a pig. "Damn it, Chang Wei, Chang Laifu, your dad probably beat you a lot."

However, he still calmly guided them to the open space next to the house.

“Mr. Chang, I’ve taken a liking to this place and plan to build a house here.”

Chang Wei led Lai Fu around the open space, sometimes nodding, sometimes shaking his head.

Chu Chen looked extremely nervous.

The two finally came to Chu Chen's side and said, "Young Master Chu has a discerning eye. This place is exceptionally good in terms of both feng shui and terrain."

"However, there's one more issue you need to think about carefully."

His intonation was so dramatic that it made Chu Chen look nervous.

He quickly asked, "Please explain further, Mr. Chang."

"Actually, it's not a big problem. The main issue is that the water source is difficult to find here. Based on my years of experience, this place is not suitable for drilling wells."

Why all this fuss? I thought it was some serious problem. But Chu Chen had already figured this out.

The hardware store in my own space has water pipes, and the stream up the mountain behind it is much better than groundwater.

So he said to Chang Wei, "Mr. Chang, this problem is easy to solve. I'll show you some things."

The three of them went to the back of the room and saw that the corner was piled with water pipes and various materials.

Chang Wei picked up the water pipes with a look of surprise.

He turned to Chu Chen and said, "This isn't something that's been soaked in water, but the materials..."

"Haha, Mr. Chang, I don't know what this material is either, but it works very well."

“I plan to use this to collect water from the stream behind the mountain, which will solve the water problem at home. I will need Mr. Chang’s help with the specific operation.”

For the next half hour, Chang Wei showed Lai Fu what a water pipe, an elbow, and a water trap were.

And there were also the toilets, squat toilets, shower heads, and all sorts of strange gadgets that he longed for.

Chu Chen took out a lump of iron, heated it over a fire, and then connected the two water pipes.

They exclaimed that it was amazing, and that they were more here to learn than to survey the terrain.

“Young Master Chu, my father and I have learned a great deal today. We never knew there were such clever people in the world who could create such novel and useful objects.”

Chu Chen thought to himself, "It's a pity there's no electricity in this world. If you saw all sorts of electrical appliances, you'd probably be able to fly."

Speaking of electricity, it seems that some rooftops in the space are equipped with photovoltaic power generation equipment and solar water heaters. It looks like those will have to be removed after the house is built.

Otherwise, boiling water in the dead of winter would be troublesome.

At noon, Chu Chen treated the father and son to hot pot again.

At the dinner table, they were surprised to see that Chu Chen had actually invited Li Qinglian to sit at the table.

In this era, women are not all meant to serve others; how can they sit at the same table as men?

In Chu Chen's words, a wife is meant to be pampered, so why can't they sit at the same table?

These words moved Li Qinglian deeply, and she wished she could immediately execute Chu Chen on the spot.

In the afternoon, Chang Wei and Lai Fu were both quite drunk, which was all because Chu Chen's liquor was too strong.

After seeing the two off, Chu Chen called over Hu Zi, gave him twenty taels of silver, and asked him to go to Qingniu Town to make some purchases.

He then instructed, "Tiger, my new house will be under construction tomorrow. When you arrive, please ask your second uncle and aunt to come and help with cooking and other tasks. I'll pay you for starting work."

Tiger hesitated for a moment, but agreed without asking any questions, and drove the mule cart toward Qingniu Town.

He still had a long sword slung across his back.

The mule cart was driven at breakneck speed, making Chu Chen shake his head. Could this be some kind of spirited young man from ancient times?

After finishing these tasks, Chu Chen carried the items to Wang Defa's house.

There was no other reason than to solve the problem of salt.

Because of this, Chu Chen secretly stayed in his spatial dimension for a long time last night, going through all those books.

Finally, a method for refining mineral salt was found for him.

They also found many vessels in the space, which they planned to use for experiments.

"Uncle Wang, are you home?" Chu Chen called out loudly from the doorway.

Wang Defa opened the door for Chu Chen with a beaming smile.

"Chuwa, you're alright now. We went to town yesterday but didn't see you, so we came back."

"Then it seems you had guests at your house, so your second uncle and I didn't go to disturb them. Tell me what happened."

Chu Chen was puzzled. No wonder Hu Zi seemed hesitant to speak this morning; it seemed he was wondering why he had come back so suddenly.

So he told Wang Defa what had happened, but of course, Chu Chen didn't mention the salt at all.

"Looks like you've met a benefactor. We arrived in town but didn't see you for a long time. Then we saw that the gambling den had been shut down, so we came back."

It turned out that the group was in a hurry and planned to skip over Ba Jin and go directly to the head constable.

Unexpectedly, after waiting in town for a long time, I saw the gambling den being shut down.

"It's alright, Uncle Wang. I reckon that from now on, no one will dare to bully our Mashan Village anymore," Chu Chen said to Wang Defa.

"That's good. It's a blessing for Mashan Village and for you, Chuwa, to have such a distinguished guest."

"What brings you here today?"

Wang Defa seemed anxious as he spoke to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen looked up and saw a woman who looked to be about thirty years old sitting in the main hall. He immediately understood what was going on.

So it turns out that after that old geezer drove Ma Shan Yizhihua out, he brought one back.

As expected of a village chief, he wasn't afraid of his body not being able to handle it.

So he quickly said, "Since Uncle Wang is quite busy, I'll keep it brief."

"The first reason I've come is definitely to congratulate Uncle Wang," Chu Chen said, handing over the gift and smiling at the woman.

"Secondly, Uncle Wang, could you please help me find some salt mines in our Mashan Village?"

"Rock salt? What do you need that for? You can't eat that, it's poisonous."

It seems to be true, otherwise Wang Defa wouldn't know so much about it.

The reason it's poisonous is because it contains impurities. However, with modern technology, it can be purified and made edible, and it will be quite pure.

So he quickly asked, "Uncle Wang, it's okay, just tell me where I can find it. I need that thing."

“The barren hills to the west of the village, right next to your house, aren’t they all covered in that stuff?”

"Is that true? Uncle Wang, I'd like to buy that mountain, but I don't know how much it would cost."

Chu Chen was pleasantly surprised. It turned out there was one right next to his house. It seemed the original owner really was good for nothing but wasting money.

"If you want to buy that mountain, Uncle Wang wants to tell you first that nothing can be grown on that mountain. You'd better think it through carefully."