Chapter 6

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It had only been a day since the news spread and the workers from all races had rushed over.

Soon, there were more than a hundred good laborers and more than twenty craftsmen in the village.

Because the elves and the great ghosts had a special relationship with the village chief, they sent many elites to the village.

Looking at the nearly two hundred laborers in front of them, Joshua immediately began to assign them to work.

Before they came, the Alger couple had already prepared enough tools so that everyone could begin work immediately.

The planned land was located to the East of the old village.

While the old village chief had remained in his same house in the village all this time, he was still practical when it came to giving Joshua the advice he needed. 

During the time he came out to sunbathe, he talked to Joshua.

“Joshua, looking at the current situation, it seems your plans are going off without a hitch!”

Seeing the old village chief under the sun, Joshua immediately went up to him and said respectfully, “It’s all thanks to you. Otherwise, I don’t know how long it would take me before we could get things to this level!”

Hearing this, the old Village Chief Carl smiled and patted his shoulder with his wrinkled hand. “The biggest reason for my existence is to help you build the village and its townsfolk!

“After the village is built, I hope you can leave a small house for me so that I can enjoy a good life!”

Upon hearing this, Joshua immediately beamed with joy.

He really hoped that old Village Chief Carl could move into his village. After all, his prestige within the village was really too high!

“Of course! Whether you move in or not, the village has already reserved a house for you in mind! In fact, I was actually afraid you would not have agreed to stay!”

Perhaps because of his age, his brain was not as sharp as it used to be. He was stunned under the Sun for a full five minutes before he came back to his senses.

After coming back to his senses, old Village Chief Carl made the first request in his life after so many years.

“Don’t make my house too complicated. Just build me a small house made out of wood! When you’re old, you don’t like complicated things. Just a small wooden house is enough!”

Hearing this, Joshua was even more overjoyed.

“Yes! Everything will be done according to your request. If there’s anything else that you’d like, you can bring it up to me. I’ll do everything I can to satisfy you!”

Carl immediately waved his hand and said, “That’s enough! I’m already more than a thousand years old. It’s better to leave the good things to the young people. You don’t have to think too much about me!”

After saying that, he picked up the cane that was leaning against the wooden fence and slowly walked toward his small wooden house.

After the village chief returned to his room, Joshua left.

The village’s construction went off without a hitch. Alger was indeed a genius craftsman.

A set of stone-made abrasives and baking equipment were all ready. The demi-humans from various races who had arrived to help would have to pour the soil that had been adjusted in proportion into the abrasives to form them directly.

After compacting them, the square-shaped soil blocks that had been formed and mixed with magic clay were all transported to the stone kiln.

Once they filled the kiln, they used magic to create a flame that burned for about ten hours.

The square-shaped soil inside would slowly turn into hard magic stone bricks!

After repeating the cycle, the bricks would be continuously produced and then the laborers would transport all the bricks to the construction site with tools.

The gnomes and dwarves who had been waiting for a long time at the construction site would start building houses on the foundation that was already prepared.

Everything was so orderly.

However, Joshua forgot one thing, which was that the village did not have any grain reserves at all.

Therefore, the laborers on the construction site quickly became hungry due to the lack of food.

When Mortimer realized this, he immediately went to the place where Joshua was resting.

“Young master, wake up!”

When he opened his eyes and found Mortimer beside him, Joshua immediately sat up.

He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his hand and asked, “What happened?”

The butler immediately told him about the lack of food at the construction site. When he heard what the other had to say, Joshua immediately stood up.

“Gah! I was really careless. I actually forgot about this! But it doesn’t matter. We have more people and are surrounded by an untainted forest. Send out a patrol team. Have them all go to the surrounding forest to collect firewood and food. We’ll get through the first few days on the bare minimum first. I’ll start to think of a way to deal with these matters after that!”

After receiving the order, Mortimer immediately set off to complete his task.

After he left, Joshua immediately began to think of ways to gather food.

Because it was too late to plant anything at this stage, he would have to use other methods.

There were a lot of local residents who still lived nearby. If they used forceful methods to plunder residential areas around them, it would definitely not work and there would be resistance from the others.

Therefore, Joshua decided to use his wisdom to make some convenient things that they had never seen before. Then, he would use these things to exchange for their food.

After concocting his plan, Joshua immediately went to the Alger couple’s worksite.

Looking at Alger who was drawing his blueprint, Joshua immediately asked, “Alger, do you have time now? I have something I want to ask for your help with!”

Alger looked up at Joshua and immediately stopped what he was doing.

“I’m preparing some blueprints now, all of which will be used in the future. As such, I’m not in a hurry now. Let me know what it is that you need.”

“The thing right now is that there’s a shortage of food in the camp. Therefore, I’m thinking of letting you make some things to exchange for food from the surrounding demi-humans in the area!”

After saying that, he took a piece of paper from the table and started to draw with a pen.

Looking at the things that Joshua had drawn, Alger jumped up in excitement.

“Oh my God! I didn’t expect the village chief to be an inventor. How did you come up with such things?”

In fact, they were just some simple crafts. If he had the right tools, Joshua could even build a car.

However, he didn’t have a lot of resources so he could only make some tools for daily use.

Looking at the unicycle, the stretcher, and all the other things that Joshua had drawn… Alger immediately got busy with the blueprints of these simple crafts.

After completing his task there, Joshua went to maid Lena’s side and told her the formula for some plants. Then, he sent some female elves and the Great Ghost clan to search for materials in the jungle.

It was a method to make skincare, perfume, and natural facial masks. Joshua planned to use these things to earn more food.

Whether they were humans or demi-humans, all women were born to love beauty.

For these things that could make them beautiful, it was enough to make any male empty their pockets!