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Hopefully this last puzzle didn't cause too much confusion
as long as people read the question properly.
Now, we know this villager decided in the end to convert his newly inherited
land into a Farm, so we can begin to work out our answer ...
The basic clean up came to 9,400 ¢τ including the
cost of labour to remove the obstacles preventing the land from growing
something stable other then weeds.
Next came the construction costs required to build a number
of buildings, including predominately a small
Hut for him, and his family to live in.
This would have cost 38,500 ¢τ.
Then of course Tools and Carts are needed to carry any
produce to market, as well as to harvest it.
A cheap supplier offered a total cost of 1,650 ¢τ.
Finally we then saw the differences between the two costs;
however all we're interested in is the farm costs.
We were told that to plough the land it would cost
6,200 ¢τ for labour, and rent of the Tools.
Enough variety seeds were brought at a cost of 320 ¢τ
to allow for a quarterly harvest every year too, effectively giving himself
and his family that bit of security, assuming of course there wasn't a drought
or a famine ..
But that's another matter for another time.
All that's left now is to add up the prices:-
9,400 + 38,500 + 1,650 + 6,200 + 320
= 56,090 ¢τ
So for the prizes?
Congratulations to...
Elintown
Volta
Eclipse
On getting the answer correct, as well as to everyone else who sent in the
correct answer for the last puzzle.
These three cities were selected at random to receive the special prize of a
Philosopher's Stone.
This item adds +4 to the users reputation points, and can be received without
the need for any buildings or statuses.
Out of 31 entries, 31 were correct. | 
