Chapter 615: Words of Experience

After all, according to normal thinking, wouldn't you just find a good spot and start building a house immediately? How could there be no movement at all for several days?

Dahong thought the Huaxia Construction Team had encountered some difficult problem, so he went personally to ask if there was anything they could help solve. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the construction site, the Construction Team had just arranged everything properly and was starting to use ropes and rulers to mark lines with lime.

The lead engineer of the Construction Team was giving on-site instructions with the blueprints. Although this was now land under Huaxia's name, they couldn't just drive away an official from the Xuanyuan Tribe before anything was built, so they still had to go over and ask.

Thus, Fu Shuo smiled and walked toward Dahong and the others: "Dahong, you have so many people here, is it...?"

Dahong looked at the Construction Team that was only just starting work and said equally kindly: "Oh, I saw that you hadn't had any movement for several days and thought you had encountered some difficult problem, so I thought I'd come over to see if there was anything I could help you with."

Seeing that Dahong had come for this reason, Fu Shuo guided him to the construction site, because the construction technology for this building was also part of their learning content. Of course, the price the Xuanyuan Tribe paid was that after they finished learning, they would work for free for Huaxia for several years, just like the Carpenters.

Therefore, there was nothing inappropriate about letting the Xuanyuan Tribe people watch the construction site now. Besides, they had seen it all the way here; the current houses of the Xuanyuan Tribe were similar to what they were like when they first built the Baifeng Tribe, and because they used too many stones, the stability might not even be as good as Huaxia's old adobe houses, as the structure was not as tight as adobe houses. Wanting to learn Huaxia's construction technology was not something that could be learned in a glance or two.

After Dahong arrived at the construction site, what he saw was the foundation being leveled, and the scene of people using ropes and rulers to pull lines on the leveled foundation, then pouring lime little by little to trace the lines.

Dahong asked in surprise: "This? What are all these steps for?"

Fu Shuo explained: "That is leveling the foundation, making the foundation flat and tamping it down. In this way, the house built won't tilt and won't be easy to collapse in the future. Drawing lines is to know where to start building the walls; otherwise, if the lengths are inconsistent, the walls might be crooked when stacked up. These are all basics."

Dahong immediately understood the meaning, but was still puzzled: "But, you have been active for several days, what was that for?"

Fu Shuo spread the paper in his hand out for Dahong: "This is our design drawing. These past few days, we first surveyed the surrounding environment to see where it was best to build, and then addressed issues like drainage. We have to draw how to build the house, where to build it, and how big and tall it should be on paper first. That way, it won't be easy to have problems when we start building."

Dahong looked at the dense lines and strange characters on the paper that he didn't recognize a single one of, and clicked his tongue in wonder: "You really are meticulous. I didn't expect there to be so many processes to building a house. No wonder your Huaxia houses can be built so well. However, since you are doing this, does that mean there are no difficult problems that need help right now?"

Fu Shuo looked at his not-so-large construction team and the huge plan, feeling a bit worried, so he tentatively said: "Aren't you going to have your people come to learn how to build houses? If the people have already been selected, they can come to learn now. Another thing is to see if we can borrow or rent your ox carts to pull our building materials over; they are still in the Large Ship at the Matou."

Dahong waved his hand: "Hey, what kind of issue is that? How about this: as long as you trust us, I will arrange for people to go and pull your things over right now. No need to talk about borrowing or not; we are allies, helping each other out."

Upon hearing this, Fu Shuo felt embarrassed and hurriedly refused: "That won't do. You are currently in the middle of harvesting, and both ox carts and manpower are in short supply, and the roads are full of people walking. How can we delay such an important matter as your grain harvest for our own affairs? In any case, harvesting grain is the first priority. Besides, we are still a while away from using those building materials. It won't be too late after you bring the wheat back."

Dahong was also moved by Fu Shuo's reasonableness. After all, he only said that to maintain the relationship between the two tribes, but the fact was just as Fu Shuo said: currently, all work in the Xuanyuan Tribe gave way to the grain harvest.

So Dahong went along with the flow: "Since that's the case, if you aren't in a hurry, then let's slow down. After our wheat is all harvested, I will arrange for people. However, can the learning of construction start now? We haven't selected our people yet."

Fu Shuo sighed and advised Dahong: "Learning construction is not an easy task. It not only requires experience, but people must also be smart, and this is not easier than farming. So, I suggest letting people who already know how to build your kind of houses come to learn, and they must be young and strong, and also bring some teenagers around ten years old."

"At the same time, their future work will only be construction; they won't need to worry about growing grain or hunting anymore. The division of labor must be clear so that one thing can be done well. After all, we are all dull, ordinary people. How many people are there on the entire great land who are like your Tribal Chief and our King, who know everything?"

Dahong also had an expression of having learned something, nodding repeatedly: "Mm-hmm, I will go back and start looking for people immediately, and let them prepare to come and learn now."

Fu Shuo nodded in response, but also said with a serious face: "You must explain clearly to your tribesmen in advance that the work here is very hard and tiring. Before I reached this point where I can draw plans and direct people to work, I was also moving Bricks and mixing mud. It wasn't until I learned enough and had enough experience that I slowly reached this position. And there aren't many people like me in all of Huaxia."

"Therefore, when they come to learn, they must do the same work and eat the same bitterness as our Workers. You must make this clear to them. But what I can guarantee is that they will definitely learn things in the process of working. However, if any of them can't learn or don't want to learn, I will kick them out immediately, and then you can find someone to fill the spot. I don't want to waste the time of everyone in our two tribes."

Dahong indicated that he completely agreed with Fu Shuo's words and asked again: "Then look, as of now, how many people do you think it is appropriate for us to send?"

Fu Shuo glanced at the construction site: "About a hundred people. Basically, three people watching one person; even if they don't know anything, there won't be any mistakes."