Banished to Another WorldCh87 - The storm and the troubles it brings… What’s up with the dwarves?

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People say, ‘spring rain is as fine as cotton’, but the spring rain here was as torrential as summer’s rain. Lamen told him that in contrast, it doesn’t rain much in the summer.

It’s cloudy and grey, the heavy rain obstructs vision. RdvKcw

The good news was no one went hunting today, a tribe of 60-ish people meant lack of manpower but it also equals they don’t need that many food. As long as they consistently go hunting every ten days or so, their preys would be enough to feed everyone. If someone wants to slack off, they can hide by the moat until they find enough preys.

The people who were working outside went back to their tents, except for those on patrol duty.

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Yan Mo wipe away the rain on his face and looked up to the inner wall. The walls now had gone through gradual changes and were better than ever, they’re no longer just thick and tall walls, but had battlements, crenels, holes for vision, battle turrets, and watchtower.

He only drew the basic shapes from memory, Yuan Zhan was the one who constructed the turret and watchtower. dJW14t

His version of turret and watchtower were too pretty for Yuan Zhan’s tastes. It was a hassle to build and impractical, so Yuan Zhan had to figure out another version with Yan Mo’s drawing as a reference.

This type of not-that-pretty turret, Yan Mo had seen it before in his previous life, but he forgot about it. In his country there was this tall square shaped turret on the wall, with observation holes and a battlement top.

The towers on the walls were enlarged corner towers. It was planned to have three floors because it would serve as lookout, but Yuan Zhan ran into trouble when making the compartment. Yan Mo and Meng suggested that he use wood for the compartment, but the issue was because Yuan Zhan was adamant on wanting to use stone slates, and was now checking how much weight the walls can bear.

“Take me to the west tower.” Yan Mo ordered the two guards. They entered the city though the east gate that faced Qingyuan lake. They’d have to go through the entire inner city to get to the west gate.

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If he’s not wrong, Yuan Zhan should be at the gate tower now racking his brain to make the suspension bridge. It’s easy for Yuan Zhan to build the city wall, but everyone’s progress was halted by the various details at every stage.

Yan Mo’s suggestions may have become a big puzzle for the primitive people and forced them to close the gap of several eras, but he feels no guilt whatsoever. Anyway, he’s here to provide ideas and rough sketches, it’s up to them how they will execute the ideas. Not like he never said ‘we should make it simpler’ before. Someone kept insisting on improving the hardness of the walls and adding new functions to it, and that person isn’t him.

They didn’t have a suspension bridge yet. Yuan Zhan kept a dirt road connecting the north, east and south gates to the outside so people can come in and out.

When they went up the stairs, they met one of the patrolling warrior, who confirmed that Yuan Zhan was, indeed, inside the half built gate tower. ahnApL

“Why did you come over?” Yuan Zhan, who was taking with Meng, raised his head.

“The rain’s getting bigger.” Yan Mo gestured to the guards to put him down and go to the side to rest.

The guards saluted him then retreated to the corner. They sat down and rested.

Yuan Zhan noticed that Yan Mo wanted to talk, he motioned to Meng to go to the other side and think about the bridge construction, while he turned to Yan Mo, “Need something?” q3jIle

Meng nodded to Yan Mo and walked away with a stone slate.

“Yes, something big.” Yan Mo rubbed his forehead. “Don’t make the gate yet, leave it open.”

“Why?”

“The snow is melting and it’s pouring out there. If we close all four gates, we will drown inside, even if we’re on higher altitude.” Yan Mo groaned, “Sorry, I forgot to include drainage within the plans. Dammit! How can I forget something so important!” It happened more than once in his original world and he had experienced it himself. There were times when the rain was too heavy and it overwhelmed the sewage system, making a city look like an ocean. hNfQWk

“Drainage?”

Yan Mo extended his hands for a slate and charcoal. People keep these items can now be found anywhere so that everyone can communicate easily.

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Yuan Zhan was using the slates too when he talked with Meng. Seeing Yan Mo asking for them, he put one of them on his knees. He even wiped the previous scribbles on it with fur.

Yan Mo grabbed the charcoal pencil and talked as he drew n the slate, “Drainage system is the underground water system. It’s buried under the whole city. You have the drain holes on the surface, it’s in every house and on the streets. The large number of holes are all linked underneath. All the water that we use every day and the water from snow and rain will go down the drains and get underground, and follow the flow of the water to… Qingyuan lake.” 7d4zk2

Yan Mo now noticed another issue: if they link their sewer to the Qingyuan lake, won’t it piss the merpeople off? At least the wastes entering the water are not toxic materials, but what about in the future…

There’s always problems, appearing one after another! Why is it so difficult to build a city? He just wants to give it up and stop worrying about it!

Yuan Zhan also frowned looking at Yan Mo’s drawing. “You should’ve said so before. We already finished with the walls’ foundation, we’ll need to dig deep underground if we want to have a hole leading to the outside.”

“The main pipeline can go under the city walls. We may need to make the moats’ sides about two meters taller, Lamen said the spring rain can even flood the Qingyuan lake.” Nny5MG

Yuan Zhan’s eyelid twitched, Yan Mo had no patience or these trivial matters, but Yuan Zhan even more so. But right now there’s no one who can do it in the tribe, so they had to handle all of these themselves. More people, they were in dire need for obedient members that can work!

“We’ll have to dig out the soil in the inner city if we want to make the waterways.”

“Yes, the waterways need to be wide and sturdy, similar to when we build the house. It needed to be covered properly too. It’s harder to make it into round shape. We have small population and need them primarily to drain the rain water, so we can make them a square shape.”

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“Hold on!” something seemed to flash within Yuan Zhan’s head. He fell in silence, trying to chase after the fleeting thought before. y vXfp

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“Underground tunnels!” Yan Mo whisper-shout.

Yuan Zhan couldn’t find a suitable word, but he was clearly thinking the same thing. RMFex8

Yuan Zhan clenched his fists to restrain his excitement, and suppressed his voice, “The underground water tunnels can fit people inside, not just for dumping water. When we need it we can use it to escape out of the enemy’s sight.”

Yuan Zhan didn’t consider fleeing as something shameful, there were many instances where they ran away because the beasts they fought were too strong. If they can’t do it the first time, they can retry the next time. He paced in place while his mind raced ahead of him. He was thinking of so many things, the underground tunnels were giving him a big inspiration.

When he walked close to Yan Mo, Yan Mo beckoned him closer and said in a low voice, “It’s best if we have one or two secret passages that only we know, on top of those everyone knows of.”

“Hm?” em5EM4

“Forestall rather than amend, being prepared beats being unprepared when the time comes.”

Yuan Zhan didn’t understand the first half but he understood the second half. He didn’t think of it, because he’s not very individualistic yet. Growing up in Yuanji tribe, he was taught to always think of the tribe ever since he was small, so he would habitually consider the interest of the collective, of everyone’s. This thinking was about to be ingrained in his mindset but Yan Mo’s intervention widened his thinking in more than one way.

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“If only there’s more people with my ability.” Yuan Zhan didn’t reject Yan Mo’s suggestion, he’s just vexed about the lack of manpower again.

“Think of it as training your ability! Able man is always busy; Also, you don’t have to make walls of bricks in the sewer. Try using the soil mix directly, like when you made the wall’s foundation. If it works, we can do the same thing for our roads later.” Yan Mo said, not feeling bad or guilty for Yuan Zhan at all. LgpUC0

Yuan Zhan balled his fists, he had a strong urge to beat someone up!

“Take over the suspension bridge!”

“Eh? I’m just here to give suggestions and feedback, I’m already have so much to do!”

“You’re busy, am I not busy? I’m building the wall, the moat’s wall, the sewer and the houses. After all that I still have to go to the salt lake and make an evaporation pond exactly as you want it made. The outer wall was still a mess and I didn’t have time to make the fort gate you drew yet. I haven’t finished building our house too.” mbEhCY

“I told you I need my own house.”

Yuan Zhan turned a blind ear to him. “You figure out the bridge. It could take one year or more if we leave Meng to work on it alone, think of that guy’s brain.”

“I already gave you the drawings…” Yan Mo still tried to fight back. He was really very busy. He’s the contact person for the exchange with the merpeople, he teaches the kids, examines people in the tribe and directs everyone to search for useful plants, and from to time, resolving the minor disputes in the tribe.

And there’s still much more that he wanted to do. Like establishing contact with the dwarves, he had already made a plan for it but hadn’t had the time to execute it. Or exploring the islet in the middle of the Qingyuan lake, or teaching everyone how to keep poultry and livestocks, or exploring the dark forest… Oh, he also wanted to squeeze out a moment to check on Jiu Feng and the man-eater bees. The bees don’t worry him, but he’s concerned about Jiu Feng. dK8Avq

Yuan Zhan stared him down.

Yan Mo raised both hands in surrender. “I regret making such a big city. We’re still small, we should’ve built some houses first and make a wall around them! Tsk. This ability is a letdown, I had big hopes for it but it can’t even make a city with a wave or a river with a stomp of feet.”

Yuan Zhan’s fist rose to his chest. If not because Mo would ‘bless’ him when they touch, he would’ve punched him already.

No matter how angry and how busy the two are, they still had to finish what needed to be done. FLGkRc

Yan Mo took over the suspension bridge construction, and Yuan Zhan directed his energy to making the moats higher. Water can flow out from the four gates they had now, so they didn’t need to hurry with the sewer. but if they don’t make the moats higher now, all the water from the rain, snow and from inside city will definitely make the river overflow.

As Yuan Zhan was heightening the banks, Yan Mo summoned all the residents to come to the corner tower. The council hall hadn’t been finished, if it had, it would’ve been the best place to shelter from rain.

A’wu people didn’t know why they were summoned. When the person sent by Yan Mo called them they thought there were enemies attacking, so everyone grabbed some weapons. They didn’t know why they were gathered until the kids explained it to them. Lord Priest said there would be heavy rains for a few days and it might flood the city and wet the insides of tents. He told them to stay in the corner tower until the rain let up.

The A’wu people had lived in these plains for generations, so they naturally knew just how heavy the rain would be around this time of the year. Before, they’d try to move higher and stay in the tents and wait out the rain. At least now, they could stay in the sturdy corner tower that was more watertight and wouldn’t have to sleep in puddles. KR6i8p

When the construction is finished, they will have their houses. They wouldn’t have to run to the corner tower again, if what Lord Priest said about ‘house’ was true. When spring arrived in the past, A’wu people would feel small and hopeless. The same people could now envision their bright future, and watch the rain outside with smiles on their faces.

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After three days of heavy rains, all the snow on the grassland had melted. The dips on the land had turned into ponds and marshes. qaz tZ

The city had opened the big gates up to let the water flow out but the water still collected into ponds inside, and they’re about a fist deep. Some of their construction sites had the foundation entirely full of water.

There were no sighting of the dwarves, they’d either gone to hide inside the forest or evaded the rain in other safe places.

These three days, to put it simply, were hellish to Yuan Zhan.

The soil and mud mix has to harden, but the rain makes everything wet. If they can’t dry, the mud mix can be waterlogged and break off. qud4ng

Yuan Zhan tried everything to take the moisture from the mud mix. This was easy enough to do when it was dry, but now it was raining. When he dried out one portion, another portion would be soaked, forcing him to keep redoing the sloppy construction and even get the water out of the soil faster.

If it was his old speed, he would’ve finished one third of his work in three days if he put everything on adding two metres on the inner city’s riverbank, but in reality he couldn’t even finish one tenth of it.

The only good thing that came out of it was he now knew how to take out the water, and other, in the soil. The next thing he needed to train was how to do it faster and in wider scale.

The A’wu people lived in the cold for several days. Yan Mo worried that they would fall sick, so he made mutton soup with Angelica Sinensis and fed it to everyone. It was a hard decision to part with his medicine stock. tXnQVD

If only he had ginger too. It’s not the first time he thought so.

Yan Mo enlisted Meng and the students’ help and with everyone lending their brains to the discussion, they managed to visualize how to make the suspension bridge. The method was simple and crude. No one, not even Yan Mo, had studied such knowledge, they can only make guesses based on the drawing and try it out slowly.

Yan Mo himself had never closely studied a suspension bridge. The drawing he made was just a vague shape of it, he also didn’t know how to separate them into functional parts.

Yan Mo looked at the construction plan for the bridge on the stone slate and concluded, “Try this out with a model first.” DpKQxA

“Lord!” Someone draped in a straw raincoat shouted from outside the door.

Yan Mo lifted his head and waved the other party in.

The messenger shook their head, “Lord, the Chief wants to tell you that the dwarves appeared again.”

“Oh?” Yan Mo subconsciously turned his eyes to the window hole. It was still raining heavily outside. iHgDdo

“They had run over to the outer wall and is waiting there. The chief said they were adults but there are also kids.”

Little kids?

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Then Yan Mo understood why Yuan Zhan sent him this message. He wanted him to come and try to communicate with the dwarves, because no one would bring their children to war.

“Ding Ning, Ding Fei, take me to the outer wall.” gJ0zXG

“Yes.” The two guards quickly donned their straw raincoats and lifted his chair up.

Wu Chen ran to the wall, took the raincoat hung up there and sent it to Yan Mo.

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Derde sat with his butt on the ground, right outside the city. “So fvcking tired, we finally lost them!”

Gerge kicked him. “Stand up. Elder Zarza is glaring at you.” 0YIRNs

Derde had no energy left, “Let him glare, he can glare until his eyes come out, I still won’t stand up.”

Most of them were so tired they dropped to the ground, the dwarven elders looked at their people like this and shook their heads. U9r4pH

Surrounded by several dwarves, Langlang, the head of the dwarves laughed, “Let him, they worked hard to take everyone this far.” 1P30WR

“But this is the territory of the giants, they will definitely attack us if they see how tired we are.”

“Elder Zarza, Gerge and Derde had stayed here for almost a month. Those giants had found them from day one, but didn’t attack or drive them away. Gerge and Derde had even hunted in their territory but they didn’t show any malice. I think this is a kind and peaceful tribe.” x4zwlJ

“Kind?” Elder Zarza clearly disagreed. He pointed at the huge towering city in the distance and argued heatedly, “Dear leader, look at that… I don’t even know what to call that, that mountain like thing! It’s a man-made mountain!”

“Looks like the people of this tribe is very intelligent, they might be as smart as us. This fills me with hope for when we would talk. Their language might be as rich as ours.” Langlang smiled. He had also long noticed the ‘mountain’ and was amazed by the size and might of it.

Zarza was so agitated he could jumping. “Clan head! Look closely! They’re not just smart, I have never seen those… that mountain, but even I know they’re made to attack and defend against enemies! There wasn’t such a big river here before! didn’t you hear what Gerge said, they saw big fish that look like human in that river! Those big fish also has big forks!”

“Then maybe the giants tribe usually live underwater? Like us, we usually live under the forest ground.” Langlang blinked and blinked. c3ZVvn

“That’s not the point!” Elder Zarza was almost screaming, “Clan head, I’d bet everything that these giants and big fish are not as kind as you think! We have to get our weapons, not waste time just standing around here!”

“Ah elder Zarza, did you forget what we decided before?” Langlang sighed, “We came over here to discuss with the giants if they can take us in to live in there for a while. At least until the Water God’s lamenting period ended. Actually, I had always thought that the Water God must have lost their most beloved around this time. That’s why they would cry so hard every year around this time. I would love to comfort them if I could. After all, every year when they cry we have to move our homes up the tree, it’s really a hassle.”

“Clan head!” Elder Zarza jumped in place. He howled in exasperation, “Why, why, why!! Both the head and the people… Other clans are so normal, only our Worwo clan is like this! …I’ll kill you all!”

Elder Zarza pulled out a sharp wooden knife and rushed forward to stab Langlang. Ohf5DN

Langlang shrieked and jumped out of the way. “Elder Zarza, calm down! Please calm down!”

Derde laughed a little, “Elder Zarza snapped again.”

Gerge sighed as well. “Yep. He’s always the odd one in our Worwo clan. I think he should go to the Rurro clan, they like fighting so they’ll like him.”

“Better not, Rurro clan won’t take him, he eats too much!” 5jzvbO

“Derde…”

“Hm?” Derde wiped the rain on his face and looked up to his companion.

Gerge was crouching down beside him, his voice pensive, “Feifei and the other half went to ask for for the Rurro’s protection, do you think Rurro clan will take them in?”

“I’m sure they will.” VoRmbI

“Why?”

“Feifei looks so beautiful! And half of that group are the prettiest girls in our clan.” Derde was sullen.

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“Then, do you think the Rurro clan will fight off those ferocious monsters?”

This time, Derde was silent for a long time. “…I don’t know. What I do know is, even if Rurro clan came and fought them off, we can never go back to our homes again. The Rurro clan will definitely take over our homes, they had always wanted our territory.” 7NbXcw

Gerge yelled and clutched his head, “Why did it turn out like this? Where the hell did those monsters come from? There are so many things they can eat in the forest, why do they have to eat us?”

“Maybe, because we’re very smart and beautiful…? Gerge!” Derde shouted all of a sudden. “Look, the giants came out of their square mountain!”


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selfish

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The more able you are, the more you should do / you have so much work because you’re such a good worker

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They used to live in a valley, they avoid the rain by going toward the upwind

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格格 = rattling sound, clucking, Manchurian princess

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德德 = kindness, virtue

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朗朗 = Sound of reading aloud

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查查 = check, look up, find out

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in the raw it’s 莫莫 Momo, but there is just too much Mo and Momo in this novel…

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洛洛 Luoluo originally

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