Chapter 1194: Guidance on Construction

Changle has spent these past two days without any pressure; it was just a snowfall, so he treated it as keeping Ayuduo company to watch the snow. He is not worried about any of this; he only worries a little about Yishang.

Seeing that the snow has now begun to melt, Changle has decided to head back early tomorrow morning, because one can already see here that the Grass was frozen to death directly by the sudden snow, without even having time to wither on its own.

The leaves, too, did not turn completely yellow before they began to fall down with a rustle. The task of searching for new species can be ended early now; there is no longer much need for it.

Another thing is the matter of selecting a site for the capital. Changle has indeed marked a few places suitable for building a city, at least places that are relatively flat or look good overall; even if it were just to build a town, there would be no problem.

None of the people he brought can draw maps, so Changle has had to do everything himself. During this time, he has roughly perfected the map of the areas surrounding the Western Development Group, including terrain, water sources, resources, and so on, drawing them quite detailed in a notebook.

After returning to Huaxia City, he can then use better paper and integrate these fragmented maps onto one large sheet.

However, relying on his own strength and memory, the map he drew will certainly have deviations, so Changle is only drawing a basic version. Future, more detailed, and better maps will of course have to be drawn by the people of the Western Development Group themselves.

Now that he has such a map, it is enough to go back and report. His operation was still very successful; at the very least, he has thoroughly clarified one thing, which is that the Western Development Group is not suitable to serve as the capital.

Ce is still worrying about whether Changle can safely return to the Western Development Group; this is too important for him.

As for the Engineering Team, they had originally prepared to leave as soon as the snow stopped, mainly because the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe were making a bit too much of a fuss, but who would have thought that the snow would suddenly stop, and then, at an extremely fast pace, melt all the accumulated snow away.

Everywhere there was flowing snowmelt, the air was damp, and there was a pitter-patter sound everywhere.

Once the engineers of the Engineering Team saw this, they thought, why leave now? Isn't the weather warming up again? The snow of the past few days was just an abnormal phenomenon; it is definitely not Winter yet. There is still some time before Winter. Didn't you see that even the water didn't freeze over the past few days? How could it have entered Winter in such an instant?

After being pacified, the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe finally settled down. Once they learned that it was indeed not yet Winter, they were not so anxious anymore. After all, the people of Huaxia said that for every extra day they stay here, they earn an extra day's wages and eat an extra day's worth of food.

On a snowy day like this, even if you don't do anything, Huaxia still has to provide for you. What is bad about that? Why be so anxious to go back? Snowing and raining are the same thing; just treat it as giving yourself a two-day holiday.

After being pacified in this way, the Laborers of the Xuanyuan Tribe were no longer anxious to leave and began to prepare for work again with the people of the Engineering Team.

The snow is melting, the ground is very wet, and the soil is very soft, so they cannot work, but they can plan ahead for how to work later.

The engineers contacted the worried-looking Ce and the still-composed Wuzhong. After some discussion, they decided to carry out a comprehensive renovation of their small town.

The engineers expressed their approval of the tool Wuzhong made for transporting wood, and then made some improvements so that wood could be sent up the mountain faster and in larger quantities.

Starting tomorrow, the entire Engineering Team will begin cutting trees and then building.

Most of the houses also need to be rebuilt. With the technology and manpower of the Engineering Team, as long as there is enough wood, they can build you a sufficiently sturdy and durable wooden house in a single day.

Moreover, considering future development, the engineers also directly suggested to Ce: "From now on, you should divide the land here, and then we will build the houses for you in the form of a courtyard house. If there is time, we will build the perimeter wall for you; if there is no time, you can do it yourselves later.

In this way, it will be very beneficial for you to implement a system of individual households here in the future. This is also necessary; communal living can only be temporary. If it lasts for a long time, it will be even more disadvantageous.

Another thing is to build these perimeter walls, which can also protect your safety. If they are high enough, at least they can keep out wolves and bears. The way you are now, you are actually completely exposed. If wild beasts come, you only have a small wooden door here to block them. Do you feel safe enough?

With one slap from a big bear, wouldn't this wooden door break? So, build the wall, and make it higher and thicker. As for the city wall, it depends on whether you think you should build it and whether you have the time to build it.

But I feel now that if you build a city wall, it will definitely limit your future development. Moreover, in terms of terrain and all other aspects, your location here is not suitable for building a city wall. Ce, you have to consider this yourself.

Or, you can ask Prince Changle, or ask Wang Ye; let them give you their opinions. This matter is relatively significant, so we dare not speak recklessly."

Ce naturally did not dare to be arrogant. He listened seriously to the lessons from these elders, and he also listened seriously to their suggestions. In the future, he will have to build this place according to the guidance of these professionals.

"Thank you, I understand. I will carefully ask the Wang about these things when the time comes and let the Wang give us his opinion.

Then I would like to ask, how should this livestock pen be set up to be the best and most secure?"

One of the engineers said: "I have already studied the soil quality here; it is relatively compact, and even digging holes is very firm.

Therefore, my suggestion is to dig a semi-cave-style pen on that slope and use wood to fix the inside. It will be warm enough in Winter, and there will be a place to take shelter from the cold in Summer. If you dig the position of the cave a little higher, it can serve the purpose of preventing rain and snow.

Outside, surround it with a fence or build a wall. You can place the feeding troughs and water troughs outside so that they can eat grass outside. This has another advantage: it is more reliable for avoiding wild beasts than being directly in an open space with no place to hide.

Most importantly, look over there; it is far from the residential area and will not limit your development here, but you can still see it, and it is very convenient to rush over in time.

It is also sheltered from the wind there, and it is warm in Winter; it is much better than the place you have now."