Chapter 614: The Construction Team Arrives

At the same time, the Ministry of Works was also accelerating the organization of personnel, pushing back projects that could be temporarily slowed or deferred. They were now heading to the Xuanyuan Tribe to build an embassy, and they had also promised Xuanyuan a house, as well as the residence needed by Cangjie.

The construction speed of the three new towns was very fast, which also benefited from the increasing number of workers in Huaxia. There were relatively few jobs that Huaxia women could not do, so most of the farming work required them to do it; the situation of staying at home to weave or specifically cooking did not exist.

The women of Huaxia were not weak at all. The workload and intensity of the work in the fields were nothing to them; only when racing against time to plant or harvest did they need men to help, so most of the men had become workers.

The construction progress of Xiao Town was nowhere in sight, mainly because the road had just been opened, and the reforms of departments like the Ministry of War had just ended, requiring continued selection and placement of personnel.

Comparatively speaking, the construction of the new towns was more urgent. At this time, the new towns had already reached a situation where every household had at least one room to live in; in this way, even if a rainstorm came in summer, they would not be afraid.

After Xuanyuan returned, many things had not yet been dealt with because the wheat was ripe, and their entire tribe had entered a state of anxious harvesting. However, Xuanyuan still squeezed out time to leave a sufficiently large area in a very good location in Qingqiu City for Huaxia to build an embassy.

Likewise, during this harvest time, Xuanyuan's experiment also yielded results: he discovered that the yield of grain in places burned by fire was better than in other places. So, does this mean fertilizer?

Although Xuanyuan was very confused, he was not as anxious, because asking Huaxia these questions no longer had much of a barrier. Within their scope of trade and under conditions of equality, Huaxia would truthfully answer this question for him.

Several days later, a labor team of over three hundred people from Huaxia boarded boats and set off for the Xuanyuan Tribe. However, this time, Huaxia dispatched two boats; one was carrying people to the Xuanyuan Tribe, while the other continued to go to the Sihe Tribe to exchange for Sulfur.

The arrival of the fleet was warmly welcomed by the Xuanyuan Tribe, but they did not have many high-level officials who could spare time to specially entertain them, because the entire Xuanyuan Tribe was currently bustling with activity, and the whole road was filled with people coming and going, pulling wheat.

In addition, those who came this time were just some workers, a few officials from the Ministry of Works who were also Advanced Artisans, and one official from the Ministry of Rites responsible for the handover.

After making contact, Xuanyuan clearly told the Construction Team: "You should build your embassy first, so that the people you need to send to the Xuanyuan Tribe for study and exchange can come over sooner. As for my house, it doesn't matter if it's built later. I am still busy harvesting grain now, so if you have anything you need, you can contact Dahong first."

Another thing is that the land is now yours, Huaxia's, so there is no need to have any concerns; just go ahead boldly according to your own ideas."

The Construction Team agreed without ceremony. Because there were many people and the Xuanyuan Tribe did not have any extra houses for them to live in, the Construction Team had long prepared Tents and all other equipment, and even brought their own cooking utensils.

The Xuanyuan Tribe was not stingy, giving Huaxia land that was even twice the size of the area the Xuanyuan Tribe had in Huaxia. This was the result of their subsequent discussions, as Huaxia needed better living conditions, and more people were coming over than the Xuanyuan Tribe, so the living space had to be very large.

Added to the fact that the Xuanyuan Tribe's embassy in Huaxia was built entirely by Huaxia, and Xuanyuan's house and Cangjie's residence were also built by Huaxia, this extra land became the payment to Huaxia. Otherwise, if the land were priced separately, and all construction labor costs and materials had to be calculated again, both Baifeng and Xuanyuan felt it was troublesome, so it was offset in this way.

The embassy that Huaxia needed to build this time had a very large area, designed to accommodate the lives of three hundred people.

However, the living conditions for the soldiers did not need to be very good; they could live four to a room, but the researchers coming here had to live well, and Changle even needed a residence with a private courtyard.

The living quarters for others were naturally a bit worse than those in Huaxia, but better than those for the Soldiers. The soldiers were already used to it, because they also had such multi-person dormitories in Huaxia; in fact, for the soldiers, this was even better.

On the day they arrived at the Xuanyuan Tribe, after the handover was completed, the Construction Team looked for a location to start setting up Tents, then built a kitchen, asked about the location of the water source, and then the engineers of the Construction Team began to conduct on-site inspections to see if their past construction experience could be directly applied here.

Because their piece of land was relatively flat, and the terrain of Qingqiu City was not flat—it was a place transformed by human effort—after discussion by the engineers, they decided to build according to a plan where the military camp would protect Changle's residence.

The perimeter would be a wall, and inside the wall would be the soldiers' quarters; in this way, they could defend against enemies at the first moment and protect important personnel. Further inside would be the residences for other researchers and people who would come here temporarily for work. At the same time, at least two canteens would be arranged, one to serve the military and one to serve the researchers.

Changle's courtyard would be surrounded in the center. Of course, the courtyard would not be too big: one bedroom, one office that also served as a reception room, with a slight partition, a bathroom, and even a small garden.

In order for everyone to live comfortably, the area of the houses was built as large as possible. As for the spacing between each section and between each house, it would be much smaller than reserved, as the land was not large enough overall.

Everyone would share two large courtyards, which could be used for physical activity and exercise; flowers and grass could only be planted in a few places that were slightly more spacious.

At the same time, they also noticed a very important point, which was drainage. After observing the inherent drainage ditches of the Xuanyuan Tribe, they planned their own drainage channels and gathered them together.

Although the drainage channels of the Xuanyuan Tribe were built very simply and roughly, their inherent functions were not lacking at all, so the Construction Team had no worries about this.

They did not start construction for the first two days, only drawing design sketches on paper and explaining construction precautions to the workers, but this situation made the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe somewhat puzzled.