Huang Yaoshi took the account book and read slowly: "Let's calculate it first...... Labor costs for workers. ”

"Each worker has five copper coins a day, one hundred and fifty copper coins a month, that is, one or two halves of silver, this is the minimum, there are about 6,500 construction workers working on this Wuyi Mountain, and such a large project will take at least nearly two years or so, so all it is counted up, it is about ......."

Speaking of this, Huang Yaoshi took a deep breath: "One hundred and seventeen thousand taels of silver." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this number.

In this world, one hundred taels of silver is equal to one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver is equal to one tael of gold. In other words, the cost of the workers alone is as high as 117,000 taels of silver and 11,700 taels of gold!

Even the county lord Cheng Ying couldn't help but jump out of the corner of his eyes when he heard the news.

"Yes, so many?" Chen Xiao was surprised: "I remember building houses and other buildings elsewhere, it didn't take so long, right?" ”

"No, we're here and somewhere else, the difficulty is different." Huang Yaoshi said slowly: "This Wuyi Mountain was just a simple transformation in the previous dynasty, and there are only a few dilapidated houses and a path up the mountain. ”

"But what we need to build is a big sect, a super huge sect - Xuantian Sect! One of the six orthodox factions in the world, you may not know about it, right? His Majesty has issued an imperial decree that in the future, the disciples of Xuantian Sect can enter the army to serve. This can be said to be a royal face project in the future, so naturally it can't be hasty. ”

"So, just this mountain road up the mountain. It would need to be widened five times depending on the terrain, and it's just a matter of road traffic. If you want to build such a large sect, the road must be repaired first. With such a large mountain, the difficulty of the mountain road up the mountain can be imagined. ”

"And it will take at least nearly a year to repair this road up the mountain, which is still a better climate here, and the winter is not very cold, and it can still be calculated. Fix the mountain road. Construct any large building. Wood, stone, iron, and other things needed had to be transported here from outside. So this freight, I roughly calculated, if you take local materials near Wuyi Mountain. It takes about ...... 160,000 taels. ”

Listened to the number. Chen Xiao's heart almost skipped half a beat.

It's still not done yet. The cost of the workers who built the road and the construction alone, plus the cost of transporting the materials, amounted to 277,000 taels of silver.

Anyway, if there are too many lice, don't bite, Chen Xiao said solemnly: "En." Lord Huangdao, let's continue talking first, and see how much is needed in total. ”

"Yes. These are just two of them. There are quite a few more to come. Huang Yaoshi continued: "The raw materials for various buildings, in fact, are relatively cheaper, but they have to be calculated separately. ”

"From the foot of the mountain, there should always be a mountain gate, this mountain gate is the cheapest building, because there is no need to go up the mountain, the freight is cheap, and the construction cost is not expensive, about eight thousand taels. Two four-zhang high unicorn statues in front of the hall, 20,000 taels. ”

"There must always be some handrails around the stone steps going up the mountain, and these remove the freight and manual costs, and a total of 30,000 taels are needed to get to the top of this mountain."

"There are several unique scenery in the middle, which can be opened up and left for the disciples of the sect to cultivate, the stone slabs on the ground, the resting place, the relief place, and the dining place, all add up to 50,000 taels."

"After arriving at us, these original dilapidated houses need to be bulldozed all to build a flat square in front of the palace, with a radius of about one mile, the stone slabs on the ground, the fences on both sides, and the cost of materials is ...... 120,000 taels. ”

"The first hall of Xuantian Sect, the main hall of the council, covers an area of fifty zhang square, thirty zhang high, built with materials, foundation, and decoration in the hall, the wages of the workers here are much higher than those workers who renovated the mountain roads before, and all the miscellaneous items are counted as 80,000 taels."

"After the main hall is the inner hall, the square in front of the hall, with a radius of one hundred zhang and ninety thousand taels."

"The inner hall covers an area of forty zhang, twenty zhang high, sixty thousand taels."

"The disciples on both sides practice martial arts squares, with a radius of forty zhang each, totaling 140,000 taels."

"Accommodation rooms, build 1,000 rooms first, scattered on the top of the entire Wuyi Mountain, 100 taels of silver for each room, plus the road handrails and ground slabs, a total of 150,000 taels."

"There are about ten places to eat, and there are 10,000 taels."

"The place of unties, ten places, three thousand taels in total."

"The residences of the head of the Xuantian Sect, the deputy head of the sect, and the elders and grandmasters, my initial budget is twenty, and if it is built a little smaller, the total will be sixty thousand taels."

"A man cannot live without drinking water, and the wells for which water is drawn, and the water diversion system, a hundred places, and a hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver, because this place is on the top of a mountain, the cost is much higher.

"These are just places that must be built, and some other places use more fragmented money, and if you don't explain them in detail, if you put them together, you still need about 100,000 taels of silver."

"All of these add up to ...... total"

Huang Yaoshi took a deep breath: "One hundred and thirty-one thousand eight thousand taels of silver." ”

Hearing this number, all the people present collapsed. No wonder Huang Yaoshi said it was an astronomical amount. This is not only an astronomical number, it is simply a cosmic number, not to mention Chen Xiao with such a huge amount of money, even if the royal family standing behind Cheng Ying can't take it out!

Speaking of which, the most difficult part of building such a huge sect is actually in this freight.

It is extremely difficult to transport materials. If it is on flat land, the freight for ten miles is one tael of silver, then if it is transported to this mountain as high as several hundred meters and thousands of meters, the freight must be at least one hundred taels of silver.

That's the gap.

I'm afraid that even if it is a palace, it will only be this number when it is fully completed.

After hearing this, Cheng Ying's eyelids kept shaking, and she was embarrassed: "Brother Huang, the difference is indeed bigger." His Majesty's budget is about one million taels, which is already half a year's worth of taxes. No matter how much it is, His Majesty will not be able to take it out. ”

One million taels! Speaking of which, the emperor is really interesting enough to us, as soon as he opens his mouth, it is a million taels, which is really a lot.

But where will the shortfall of the three hundred and eighteen thousand taels of silver come from?

How to make this money, it's nerve-wracking, it's really nerve-wracking.

Three hundred and eighty-eight thousand taels of silver, not to mention that Chen Xiao can't take it out, even if Dongfang Yuhuang Yaoshi and these people take out all their family resources, they won't be enough!

They are just ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, and they are indeed not short of money in hand, but there is absolutely no one who can have enough money to spare 108,000 taels of silver as soon as they make a move. If it's 120,000 taels, it's still possible.

Dongfang Yu understood that this was the most difficult time for Chen Xiao, and asked in a low voice: "Chen Xiao, it's really not okay, I'll go back to Heimu Cliff......

Chen Xiao waved his hand fiercely: "No, I'll think about it carefully, there is no way to make money, there may not be no way." ”

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So, this budget for building a sect...... Hehe......

For example, how the Huashan faction was built has always been a mystery...... (To be continued......)