Haitang needs to recruit people and also needs to start mining coal, both of which require large-scale projects. Quite a few members of the Roc clan came to help transport the goods.
Many tiger-beastmen and others arrived and set up dwellings not far away. While they were setting up their dwellings, people also brought cloth. When the fox tribe's beastmen and females saw the cloth, their eyes lit up.
Putting everything else aside, the females of the fox tribe all really liked these fabrics, but they also knew that these things wouldn't be theirs, and for the next few days they were busy transporting things.
The wolf tribe also arrived. The fox tribe was not happy about the arrival of the wolf tribe and was very wary. However, seeing that the tiger tribe members did not say anything, few people brought it up.
Under these circumstances, Haitang began to build a temporary residence. She found more than a dozen orcs from the Tiger Clan tribe to guard and manage the place, and Da Yi also came along.
The bird tribe is the best communication tool. Both freshmen and sophomores came to use it for communication and to protect the surrounding area. The females of the fox tribe were worried.
Seeing the nervous look in the eyes of the orc beside her, the fox wolf looked at the person next to him and said, "Nothing will happen." Hearing this, the female nodded.
Haitang's side is almost ready. The cart has been found, and the digging tools have also been brought. Huoqiu has things to do in the tribe, so he can't keep an eye on things here all the time.
Qiao Ming was left to keep watch and protect her, and Langya didn't leave either. As Langya watched Haitang prepare, he couldn't help but feel a little strange. "Tell me, what's the use of these dark things?"
“Good stuff,” Haitang said. Langya frowned as he looked at Haitang. “You’ll understand its usefulness this winter.” Langya nodded upon hearing this.
Winter was approaching, and Haitang began preparations under these circumstances. Haitang planned to use land transport, but land transport would take about five or six days, and the round trip would take more than ten days.
Haitang was a little sad. This kind of delay had gone on for too long. Even if it was delayed, there was nothing she could do. She could only try to find someone to ship the goods to her tribe. Haitang was now planning to find someone in the Black Bear tribe.
Every member of the Black Bear tribe is strong and honest, while the opposing tribe has about a thousand members. Although they are not a powerful tribe, they are certainly not weak, and their character is not bad.
Asking the Black Bear Clan for help would be a good option. After dealing with some matters, Haitang started having people dig coal mines.
"We're digging in the mountain here, so we need to be careful and avoid any accidents..." Haitang explained some things. Coal mining can lead to accidents, such as landslides.
Haitang didn't want this to happen, so she warned everyone from the beginning. When she heard this, the people nodded, and they were all emaciated.
After the food was delivered, Haitang immediately cooked bone broth for the people to drink. The people were from the fox tribe who followed the wolf tribe. The wolf tribe had about a hundred people, while the fox tribe had about fifty.
With the addition of the Tiger Clan members, the coal mine now has about two hundred people, which is not a small number. Before they started mining, Haitang took care of their health and fed them for three days.
For the next three days, the people who came to work at the coal mine were fed meat and soup. "Tell me, are we going to our deaths? Why are we being treated so well? Is that black soil poison?"
"It shouldn't be. We've had contact with the Tiger Clan people before. It's impossible for it to be poison. But I heard that it was the females of the Tiger Clan who said we were too thin and weak and didn't have the strength to work, so they told us to rest before we could work." A man said when he heard this.
Upon hearing this, the other races nodded in agreement, and one of them said, "Who cares? We have food now. It's not much different if we die tomorrow. We'll starve to death anyway. I'd rather die comfortably eating."
The treatment of people of different races is poor, and it is even worse in this place. Even when life is hard, some people will still go on to face hell ahead.
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, because it was true. Everyone wants to live, but when life is painful, choosing to die happily is not a bad option.
After resting these people for three days, Haitang started looking for workers, holding a red wooden strip. "This wooden strip is your wages. If you have ten of these, you can exchange them for something."
When Haitang looked at the people below, she took out a scale and weighed each person before paying them. Everyone was slightly taken aback when they heard this.
He quickly nodded, and Haitang had someone lead these people to mine. She started registering things not far away, while Fox Wolf's wife cooked.
Fox Flower was very satisfied with this job. She had meat to eat every day and also received wages. In fact, she felt that food was enough. Several females came, but of course, some females did not want to come, thinking that they could gather things faster by themselves.
However, they soon noticed the changes in Fox Flower. After three days of good food, her energy and spirits improved significantly. Fox Flower was washing vegetables not far away, some of which were wild vegetables gathered from the surrounding area.
They cooked it themselves, and Haitang told Huhua how to do it. Huhua quickly learned how. While they were cooking, people came back from digging coal in the distance and weighed it.
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