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Even the little ones in the tribe are busy, helping out with whatever they can every day.
They didn't leave everything to their own tribe; they entrusted some of the pottery pipes and bricks to the Tianning Tribe.
The pottery-making skills of the Tianning Tribe are incredibly advanced. Just by listening to their general description, you can tell what they want to make, and you can confidently promise to make it for them.
The people of the Riverside Tribe immediately agreed on the payment and construction period with the people of the Tianning Tribe.
The commotion caused by the Riverside Tribe was so great that it couldn't be kept secret from the nearby tribes.
While they were busy, the chiefs of the True Scarlet Tribe, Xiongying Tribe, Red Zheng Tribe, Dianxin Tribe, and Yigu Tribe came to visit them.
Yan Dun, the small-eyed old man from the True Scarlet Tribe, spoke first, "Chief Wu Jiong, Doctor Jian Mo, I heard you're planning to build toilets and drainage ditches?"
Wu Jiong nodded. "That's the plan, and we're currently preparing building materials."
Yan Dun slapped his thigh. "This is great news! Not only your tribe wants to build it, but several of our tribes also want to build it."
Chief Huo Meng of the Red Zheng Tribe Huo Meng said, "Chief Wu Jiong, do you need anyone to come and help? We are all available."
Wu Jiong, holding his teacup, asked, "Wouldn't that be too much trouble?"
Li Qing, the sub-beastman chieftain of the Yigu Tribe, shook her head. "It's no trouble at all. We just want to learn a bit while we come to help. We can also send over any materials you need. It would be even better if we could exchange them for your kind of lime and cement."
Wu Jiong: "We definitely need a batch of materials, otherwise we won't be able to handle it."
Yan Dun: "What materials do you need? Let's discuss it together. Each tribe can send you some, and we'll exchange them for some of your better stuff."
Wu Jiong looked at Jian Mo.
Jian Mo took out her notebook and checked the material shortage. "Right now, we mainly lack wood and stone. If we include the materials from your tribes, the required materials will be even greater."
Jian Mo gave a rough estimate of the required materials, and the tribal chiefs present immediately said it was no problem; each tribe could easily gather a little.
The tribes had no shortage of materials, and they almost started arguing in an attempt to gather more materials for the Riverside Tribe.
Jian Mo watched from the sidelines, never having seen so many tribes so enthusiastic.
In the end, the tribes divided the materials among themselves, with each tribe providing some materials to the Riverside Tribe and taking turns exchanging them for lime and cement.
Seeing that they had already made plans, Wu Jiong didn't say anything more.
The neighboring tribes were so welcoming that the people of the Riverside Tribe felt pressured.
Qing Kuo and his team worked almost day and night, quickly producing lime and cement.
Working with pottery kilns every day, everyone's hair is practically singed.
Qing Kuo sighed and said to Wu Jiong, "We have enough manpower this time. Let's open a couple more kilns; we'll be using them every day."
Wu Jiong: "We'll start the pottery kiln after we finish working on the village's sewer system. We'll also move the furnace there and enclose it."
Qing Kuo: "Alright, this time we'll have to plan this out carefully."
Jian Mo said from the side, "If we're sure we can get it over there, we can use water power to hammer the metal. It'll save a lot of effort compared to doing it manually."
Qing Kuo: "How do you beat the water? The river outside is so wide and the water flows so slowly."
Jian Mo was just saying it casually; he hadn't figured out the specifics yet. "I'll see if we need to get a waterwheel or something later. I'll think about it."
Qing Kuo: "Okay, it's up to you."
In any case, after working so hard for so long, they have produced enough lime and cement.
After the glazed pottery utensils made with the help of the Tianning Tribe were delivered, Wu Jiong had someone notify several tribes.
Several tribes had been waiting for many days, and as soon as they heard that the construction date had been set, they immediately led their teams to come and start working.
The people of the Riverside Tribe were stunned when they woke up to find a large group of giant beasts carrying orcs rushing towards them.
Once these giant beasts arrived at their destination and transformed into orcs, their presence became even more pronounced.
De Jiang, who was in charge of making the arrangements, frowned when he saw that each tribe had brought more than a hundred people. "There's no need for so many. With all six tribes bringing so many people, we can barely fit everyone here."
Yan Dun said, "Everyone wants to come and learn."
De Jiang: "We won't need that many to come and learn; thirty people from each tribe will suffice."
Huo Meng: "Wouldn't it be better to have more people come and help with the work? Let's keep a few more people here."
De Jiang shook his head. "Too many people will lead to chaos, and chaos makes things difficult to do well. Thirty able-bodied men should be enough for each tribe."
Seeing that De Jiang was adamant, the clan chiefs had no choice but to go over and discuss it, and agreed to let him stay as requested.
The six tribes comprised a total of 180 people, plus a construction team of over 100 people from the Riverside Tribe, making a total of over 300 people.
More than 300 people surrounded Jian Mo's courtyard, so many that there was hardly enough room to stand.
Jian Mo, the chief designer, wiped his sweat and said, "There are still too many people. Let's send some people out to dig ditches first."
Riverside Tribe is just a small village, completely different from big cities on Earth. Unlike big cities on Earth, it doesn't need to build special sewers. It only needs to dig relatively wide ditches and bring in water to flush the sewage, which is enough to clean it very well.
They can discharge ordinary sewage directly into the drainage ditch, but for toilets, they have to dig a septic tank first, let it settle and filter, and then discharge the black water.
Jian Mo wasn't quite clear on the specific construction method, but after discussing it with everyone in the tribe over the past few days, they had come up with a preliminary idea of the septic tank's structure.
The group decided to build it first, and then figure out a solution if problems arose during its use.
Jian Mo made a request, and several tribal chiefs each sent a portion of their tribes away, while they remained to participate in the construction of Jian Mo's house, including the toilet, bathroom, animal shed, and storage room.
When Wu Jiong lived alone, this house was no different from the houses of the nearby tribes.
Jian Mo arrived, bringing many new partitions. Everyone was curious about how these partitions were created and used, so naturally, they wanted to stay and learn.