15: Toilets must be built

Hmm?

Could it be that this guy didn't fight his own Mechanical Giant Wolf? Or did they encounter each other by chance, and it was just an accidental battle?

While Han Huohuo was wondering, his private chat lit up. Looking at the name, the note was the Lord of Blood Wolf Stronghold, Zhu Yiming.

Han Huohuo quickly connected to Zhu Yiming's communication.

"Da Ge, is that Mechanical Giant Wolf your troop? Awesome! We accidentally got into a fight while hunting. Only after seeing the system warning did I realize it was your troop. It's a misunderstanding, absolutely a misunderstanding. I've already moved my troops away."

Han Huohuo was half-believing, unsure if what this guy said was true or false.

"If it's just a misunderstanding, then it's fine. I was mining there and just sent a few mechanical Giant Wolves to guard. They won't actively attack other Lords."

"Haha, it was my archer's fault. He accidentally shot your Mechanical Wolf, which triggered the battle. It's good that we cleared it up. My apologies!"

"It's nothing!"

The two chatted casually about the Black Stone Mine for a while. This guy was a bit curious why Han Huohuo was interested in such useless ore. Han Huohuo just brushed it off with a laugh.

Zhu Yiming left the channel.

Han Huohuo still didn't dare to let his guard down. He observed for a while longer, confirming that they had indeed disengaged and the other party's troops had gone far away before finally relaxing.

Fortunately, this Black Stone Mine wasn't a rare ore deposit, nor was it a resource needed by other Lords. Other Lords had no interest in occupying the Black Stone Mine. If this were a gold mine or a radiant gem mine, they would have probably started fighting long ago.

Han Huohuo didn't want to cause trouble right now.

He only wanted to develop in a low-key manner.

He had already seen two rare mines nearby, an abyss crystal mine and a radiant gem mine, both within ten kilometers, but he didn't go to collect them.

Due to their high value, the competition for these special ore deposits is also extremely fierce.

Han Huohuo didn't need them yet.

He didn't want to get into disputes with others.

The surrounding environment was too complex, with too many strongholds. Being overly aggressive would easily expose vulnerabilities.

Life is precious; there's no need to take risks.

But if anyone provoked him, Han Huohuo would definitely not mind taking down another bandits leader!

Ding!

【Congratulations, Lord, your personal level has risen to Level Three. You are the first Lord to be promoted to Level Three. Do you want to announce it globally?】

"Refuse!"

Unknowingly, he had leveled up again.

Leveling up is relatively easy in the early stages for a Lord. The later it gets, the more experience points are needed. Whether it's gathering, fighting, or constructing the territory, all can increase the Lord's experience points.

【Ding, Lucky activation. You have gained a new skill upon leveling up. Please choose one from the following skills: Primary Life & Primary Attack.】

【Primary Life】: Increases the Lord's stamina by 10%, with a minimum increase of one point.

【Primary Attack】: Increases the Lord's strength by 10%, with a minimum increase of one point.

According to Han Huohuo's personality, he would definitely want to choose Primary Life. This type of skill that increases proportionally becomes more powerful in the later stages.

But he hesitated for a moment. His attributes could be added to his army. When the army scale is large, every single point of attribute is extremely important.

In the early stage, his main force would definitely be the Floating Turret. For this type of ranged unit, the Attack attribute is definitely more important than Life.

Therefore, Han Huohuo chose: "Primary Attack"

Han Huohuo thought to himself, the Primary Life skill will appear eventually; it's not the most important skill right now.

He opened the Lord interface and looked at his stats again.

【Lord】: Han Huohuo

【Level】: Three

【Attributes】: Strength 5, Defense 3, Stamina 1 (2), Intelligence 2.

【Exclusive Skill】: Mechanical Specialization

【General Skills】: Primary Leadership, Primary Attack.

The number in parentheses is the attribute added by equipment.

Every five levels, a Lord can choose one skill. However, when luck is high, an extra skill choice will occasionally appear. The normal probability of this is extremely small.

It was also Han Huohuo's incredibly good luck today that he got an extra skill choice.

Han Huohuo grinned widely, quickly took out the horseshoe hanging around his neck, and kissed it. This treasure is awesome! Luck is really a good thing.

【Congratulations, Lord, you are the first to be promoted to Level Three. You are rewarded with a treasure chest. Please receive it, Lord.】

Opening the treasure chest, there was another treasure inside.

【Vitality Ring】: Lord Stamina +2

Huh?

Another ring that adds stamina, but it looks different from the Life Ring?

The two rings had different styles, and the patterns on the surface were completely different, but the attributes of these two stamina-adding rings were exactly the same.

Han Huohuo didn't understand what this meant, why there were two rings with completely different appearances but the same attributes.

Wearing it on his hand, Han Huohuo's stamina had now reached 5 points. He finally wouldn't be easily killed.

Han Huohuo felt that he had become much stronger.

He felt a surge of power!

In a good mood, whistling, he patrolled around the camp like a street loafer.

Unknowingly, he walked to the edge of the camp, and suddenly a faint stench wafted over. Han Huohuo covered his nose, feeling very uncomfortable.

There was no other way. There were more people in the stronghold, but there were no toilets. Everyone was quite conscious and went to the small woods outside the stronghold to relieve themselves.

But with the mountain wind blowing, the stench at the edge of the camp was still quite strong.

There were only seven people now. If there were dozens of people in the future, wouldn't the stronghold be filled with a terrible smell?

No, no matter how tight resources were, toilets must be built first!

He didn't know who to look for, so he ran directly to the workshop, found the craftsman Liu Long, and asked about toilets.

"King, you want to build a toilet?"

"That's right. Do you have any ideas?"

"King, a toilet is easy to build, but if you want to build a toilet with no smell, that's not easy. At least you need to build a septic tank, right?"

"Stop talking nonsense, just tell me if you can build it or not?"

Liu Long hesitated for a moment.

"To be honest, King, I definitely can't build it alone. I need Zhang Xiaoan to cooperate. You have to give Zhang Xiaoan an order for this; I can't command him."

"Zhang Xiaoan?"

Only then did Han Huohuo remember that Zhang Xiaoan was an architect, and it was indeed more appropriate to find him for this matter.

He quickly called Zhang Xiaoan over as well.

The three of them discussed in the workshop for a long time, discussing how to build a toilet.

Toilets were not on the system's construction list, but they weren't impossible to build either. They required an architect to design them and the cooperation of many other professions.

Moreover, things designed by architects could not exceed the limitations of the era.

You can't build a space station in the ancient era!

Fortunately, a toilet was just the simplest building. Even in ancient times, it could still be built.

Han Huohuo, being well-traveled, provided many ideas. The three of them repeatedly considered the feasibility and finally decided on a model. He also assigned three mechanical workers to Zhang Xiaoan.

The septic tank and the ground structure of the toilet were all built by Zhang Xiaoan leading the workers.

They also designed a semi-automatic flushing system, using a large wooden bucket at the top to store water, plus pipes. Liu Long was responsible for making and installing these.

The craftsman and architect cooperated, along with the mechanical workers who weren't afraid of dirt or hardship.

After being busy for a long time, the toilet was finally built.

Although it was just a squatting toilet, it was already a building that spanned eras, and the quality of life had visibly improved.

We are all civilized people, so we must be civilized banditss. Killing is just a nod of the head, but when wielding the butcher's knife, we must be elegant. We can't be reeking of stench!

Then he gave Liu Long another task: to make some vehicles.

He casually drew some schematic diagrams of wooden ox and flowing horse carts, letting Liu Long slowly research them. The construction of a caravan also needed to begin.

Han Huohuo's philosophy was to absolutely not work if he didn't have to. After coming out of the workshop, he started running around the camp, jumping up and down. Wherever he saw something he didn't like, he would quickly go over and gesticulate.

Everyone dared not speak out in anger.

Who told him he was the Boss!

After the toilet was built, Han Huohuo was still energetic and started directing the workers again, digging a drainage ditch to let domestic sewage and rainwater flow out of the stronghold along this ditch.

This drainage ditch was simple because the stronghold was on the top of the mountain. They just needed to dig the ditch to the side of the mountain, and since the mountaintop had a slope, the sewage would naturally flow out.

The only regret now was the lack of a stone crusher. If he had a stone crusher, Han Huohuo even wanted to pave the camp with crushed stone.

Currently, the ground is sandy, which doesn't accumulate water much, so it's just passable.

mechanical workers walked around Han Huohuo, making rumbling sounds.

Steam-era machines appearing in an ancient-era camp was quite strange.

It felt a bit like transcending space-time.

These mechanical workers piled up a lot of stone and wood in the open area of the camp, but because it was mechanical work, the arrangement was very neat and looked quite pleasing to the eye.