allonlinenovel Chapter 249 Shock
Chapter 249 Shock
After finishing the work, it was almost dawn, so I decided not to sleep.
Lei simply held a meeting for the tribesmen in the bamboo shed.
"In order to allow the Giant Bone tribe to reunite with you as soon as possible, and to avoid any further complications, we will set out for the Giant Bone tribe at daybreak to pick up all of you.
The round trip will take ten days. To avoid unnecessary trouble, we will take Yi and Rong with us."
The tribesmen far away in Giant Bone didn't know that they had lost, and now they had passively become part of the Sirius.
If Tianlang went to recapture the area directly, it would surely cause anger and resistance from the Jugu tribe. Bringing Yi and Rong with them would increase their credibility and naturally avoid a lot of trouble.
What's more, if they don't bring one or two giant-bone tribesmen to go with Tianlang, they will probably not feel at ease staying in Tianlang and will definitely be worried.
"The tribesmen in the tribe will have to work hard these days. We have to rush and build the houses for the Giant Bone Tribe members within ten days!
I'm only bringing 70 sharp-skinned people with me on this trip. The remaining 200 tribesmen are capable, and with the addition of the -plus males of the giant bone, there are nearly of them.
I believe you can finish it in just a few days, and still have a few days to let the mud house dry. After all, there are three hundred people working at the same time!
We can't let our compatriots come here and have no place to sleep.
When I come back, I will reward every tribesman who participated in building the house with 100 kilograms of meat!"
As soon as these words came out.
The Sirius people didn't react much.
After all, they had no shortage of food and drink, but rather they were worried about how long it would take to finish eating the hundred pounds of meat.
But the people of Giant Bone were in an uproar.
"I have no idea what they're talking about with building mud houses! But they said they'll give everyone a hundred pounds of meat as a reward once we finish it!"
"What! A hundred kilograms? Did I hear correctly? One person weighs a hundred kilograms, and two hundred people weigh two thousand kilograms!"
"It's just after the snow season. Wouldn't that tribe be short of food and clothing? They're constantly hungry and full. How could Tianlang be so extravagant?"
"Oh my god, I suddenly feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, dizziness and speechless! They Tianlang, oh no! Has our Tianlang stored so much food?"
"This time we've finally found a real partner!"
……
Time was indeed tight these past few days, as we had to allow enough time for the mud houses to dry. After all, Jugu was different from Guyu. Guyu only had about fifty people, and last time they only built about twenty mud houses.
However, the advantage this time was that we could build and burn the bricks at the same time. We had a lot of bricks stored away from last time.
"Okay, now the Giant Bone tribe members will go to Lan to register how many people are in your family. We will determine the size of the house based on your number of people.
The rest of the tribesmen I have called should pack their bags immediately, and we will set out after daybreak."
……
Yi and Rong took the lead and led the tribesmen to Lan's place to register the number of people, so as to determine the size of each mud house and the number of bedrooms.
Side registration.
Yi and Rong Bian asked curiously, "Lan, what exactly are these earthen houses you're talking about?"
Lan smiled and said, "A mud house is just like a cave. It can protect us from wind and rain and is a place for us to live! But it's made of mud!"
"Oh, so it's a house. Also, I just realized that you've taken Guyu into the corridor. The Tianlang army already has 300 people, and the cave is probably no longer big enough. I was thinking, Lei asked everyone to complete this task within a few days, because he was worried that we would have no place to sleep."
"Although... Lan, there's something I'm not sure I should say. A house made of... mud, how could it be strong? Wouldn't it fall apart after just one hit?"
When Lan heard this, she leaned over the table and laughed for a long time.
"Of course not! It's very solid! And it's warm in winter and cool in summer! It's spacious and bright. It can be heated inside, so it's very comfortable to live in."
"A heated kang? What is that?"
"It's just like a bed, but it's made of mud. There's a hole underneath. You put firewood in there and burn it. The whole kang is super hot! It's so warm to sleep on!"
"Ah? People are sleeping upstairs, and there's a fire burning downstairs? Isn't that like barbecuing? You guys are so bold! I don't dare sleep there."
"Besides, what is a bed?"
After asking a series of questions, Lan's throat was smoking.
"Okay, okay, after you've registered, follow Ru Heyu and Guyu's tribesmen and let them show you what mud houses and heated kangs are like!"
……
On the way there, Yi and Rong couldn't help but discuss.
"How come we didn't think of these new things from Tianlang?
I won’t talk about how they sharpened knotty wood to make weapons, and I still can’t figure out how the bows they used were made.
Anyway, look at that big knotty wood shed in the square—it's clean and bright. And there are those knotty wood tables and benches.
It brings so much convenience to daily life.”
"But there's more to it than that. I haven't forgotten the charcoal, pottery jars, backpacks, and so on that were so popular at the autumn fair..."
These may have been learned by the female from the big city, and then taught to Tianlang."
"No wonder! No wonder I just saw Lei, Shan, and Meng talking to some female. They seemed to be discussing something! And with her contributions, her status in the Tianlang community must be high!"
"Don't offend her in the future."
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Soon, Ru and Yu led the Giant Bone tribe to the place where the house was built on the right side of Tianlang.
Rows of tall, rectangular, khaki houses with sloping roofs and doors and windows stand on a vast lawn, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding natural environment.
As Rulan had said, its walls were made of piled earth, but Yi and Rong didn't see the earth as loose at all; instead, it seemed solid. The same was true of the tiles on the roof.
They stopped and stared at the mud house in amazement, their eyes filled with curiosity and surprise.
It turns out that this is the earthen house that replaced the cave.
They approached the earthen house cautiously, touching the wall with their hands to feel its solidity.
"Oh my god, how can this mud be piled up into such a tall and solid house? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought the soil was loose. But it feels so solid!"
They began to explore around the mud house and found doors and windows, things they had never seen before.
Ru explained, "This is the window, for ventilation and light. This is the door, for us to go in and out. You can open and close it as you like."
The small hole at the bottom is the eye of the kang, which is used to heat the kang."
They peered through the window and had a full view of the entire house.
The room was spacious and bright, with knotty wood floors. It was clean and comfortable, and the faint fragrance of bamboo permeated the air. The tables and chairs were neatly arranged, and there were many other pieces of furniture they had never seen before.
The most important thing was that they saw what they called a kang under the window.
The kang was large and high, with a bamboo mat underneath and animal skins on top.
"Okay, come in. Let's see if this kang is warm!"
Yi and Rong were the first to enter the earthen house.
The door was open, and the whole room was bright and airy. There was no stuffiness or bad smells at all. The feeling of stepping on the bamboo floor was also very strange.
They walked to the head of the kang and placed their hands on it.
A warm current spread along his palm.
"It's really hot! It's amazing!"
"It's hot, but not scalding. It'll definitely keep you cozy when you sleep!"
"It's amazing! You're supposed to heat it with firewood, but it doesn't burn you unbearably!"
"I can't even imagine how comfortable Tianlang is having this snowy season!"
……
They were deeply impressed by the mud houses and warm kangs.
Then they all came out in a daze.
They looked at the Tianlang tribe. It was still dark, but the entire tribe was brightly lit.
There is a glowing object hanging on both sides of each path, with different shapes and colors.
It looks like thousands of stars falling on Sirius, which is shocking.
The most important thing is that, looking at these shining lights, they always have a feeling that Tianlang is very lively...
Unlike their tribe, it becomes dark, deserted and lonely as soon as night falls.
As expected, these things were taught by the female from the big city.
It turns out that the big city is so powerful, and its living standards are so much ahead of them...
Afterwards, Yu and Ru took them to see the house and cave that were temporarily arranged for them.
There are three houses and six caves in total.
These are all houses where members of the tribe who have reached adulthood but do not have a partner live alone.
They found their good brothers and sisters to squeeze in and vacate the house so that they could stay and have a place to sleep temporarily.
The furnishings were similar, but apart from the house and the kang, there was something else that gave them a great shock.
That's the stove.
This stove is square and also made of clay. It is hollow in the middle and firewood and charcoal can be put inside to burn. There is also a drawer underneath. The burnt ash will fall into the drawer, and the smoke produced by the burning will be discharged to the outside through a pipe connected to the upper left corner of the stove.
Lan said that the gases produced by burning firewood are the cause of poisoning.
With this pipe, the poisonous gas can be discharged outside.
During this year's snow season, they came with doors and windows closed, and sat on heated kangs and stoves.
Everyone in Giant Bone stared at the stove in amazement, unable to believe how good this snow season was for them, Tianlang!
Giant Bone: I dare not open my eyes, I hope it is just my hallucination...
Why don’t you let us go to Tianlang as soon as possible!
In this way, they will be such happy little boys this snow season...
Although there are only a few rooms for them to sleep in, more than ten people have to squeeze together.
However, they didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
Because there were heated kangs and stoves in the houses and caves, you wouldn't feel cold at all even if you slept on the bamboo floor.
However, they will definitely fight over sleeping on the kang...