Su Bai returned to the wooden house and began thinking about paving the Tribe’s main road.
Turning his dark eyes, he muttered: “The Tribe has excess cement now. It is perfect for paving a road.”
Yu Ying was exhausted from collecting iron sand in the river and tending to the furnace. She had unknowingly fallen asleep on the hay pile, and Su Bai did not have the heart to wake her.
Lifting his cup, he mumbled: “To pave roads, we need proper planning for the Tribe. I can’t let things stay as disorganised as they are now.”
Currently, only the cement houses under construction followed his building standards, and layout – everything else was scattered randomly.
From above, it looked like an ant nest, with wooden houses dispersed everywhere and winding paths throughout.
This was not Su Bai’s ideal – he wanted to transform the Tribe into a well-planned, organized city.
Indeed, he planned to turn the Tribe into a city, moving beyond the current primitive era.
“Using this building as the center point, radiating outward, the main road should be…” Su Bai continued muttering.
Around the plaza were orderly planned houses, though not all areas had them.
Currently, only the central area had about a dozen cement houses, while wooden houses occupied the rest.
“We need to build a road from this building to the main gate…” Su Bai mumbled, looking at the central building.
If the rainy season was not approaching, they would have built more than just a dozen cement houses.
With over two thousand people in the Tribe, not everyone could live in cement houses. They would have to wait until after the rainy season was over. They could only build during the transition period, before the snow season, to speed up construction.
Now, the main priority was road construction. Otherwise, the rainy season would turn everything to mud.
Walking would be impossible by then. They were lucky if the wooden houses did not rot away.
“Besides roads, we need drainage channels, or the wooden houses won’t last long.” Su Bai frowned.
The wooden houses were built directly on the ground. After a month of rain, the soil would soften.
With strong winds and heavier rain, even the cement houses could be in danger. Though they had foundations, they still needed proper drainage.
“There’s still so much to do…” Su Bai lemented, chewing his pencil in thought. [This era is not like Earth. The resources here are more scarce, especially materials.]
*Rustle rustle…* The pencil moved swiftly across the Wolf Tail Grass Paper, creating smooth, natural lines.
The drawings showed road layouts and drainage channel designs.
“Paving the road isn’t that difficult. I just need to assign enough people to it.” Su Bai murmured.
He drew many roads, not just the central one to the main gate, but also a grid pattern.
Since they were paving roads anyway, it made sense to do multiple roads simultaneously rather than just one.
Su Bai drew roads for all major paths in the Tribe, with one main road down the center and smaller auxiliary roads.
He quickened his drawing pace, finishing in half an hour.
At this moment, the fox eared girl opened her pink eyes and stretched. However, she immediately sensed something wrong, paused for a moment, and rubbed her eyes. Ɽа𐌽ò𝖇ƐṦ
Yu Ying hurriedly stood up, head lowered apologetically, “Shaman, I… I… I didn’t mean to…”
“Hahaha… It’s fine,” Su Bai laughed heartily, saying. “Rest when you’re tired, no need to apologise.”
He found her guilty expression rather cute: her hair was messy from sleeping, and her eyes were not fully open yet.
Her pink fox tail and ears drooped, looking quite pitiful.
“Shaman, you must be thirsty, let me get you water.” Yu Ying felt even more guilty seeing the empty cup.
Su Bai had already refilled his cup twice and was not thirsty, “It’s fine, don’t worry, I’m not upset.”
He spoke gently to the fox eared girl, knowing she would feel guilty otherwise.
“Shaman, I won’t do it again,” Yu Ying solemnly swore.
“Hahaha… Then I’ll give you a chance to make up for it.” Su Bai smiled.
“Make up for it? What do you need me to do?” Yu Ying tilted her head.
“Go get Ah’Lan for me. I have something for her to do.” Su Bai smiled.
Yu Ying nodded firmly, saying seriously: “Yes, I’ll go get her now.”
The fox eared girl ran out without hesitation, still embarrassed and self-reproaching for falling asleep.
“So cute.” Su Bai shook his head watching her flee.
He continued pondering the Tribe’s development plans, as there was much to do.
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