Traveling through ancient times: Savages are hungry for food

Chapter 256: Building a Toilet

Ten days later, Sang Tian saw that everyone's houses were almost built, and it was time to teach everyone how to build toilets.

The toilets Sang Tian wanted to build were like those in modern new rural areas, not dry toilets. They were squat toilets, with holes in the squat toilets that pumped urine and feces into the sewage tank below.

After using the toilet, flush it and it will be clean and have less odor.

When you want to water the vegetables and apply fertilizer in the future, you can open the lid of the sewage storage tank and scoop out the water.

The upper part of the toilet can be made of bricks and tiles, or bamboo, of course. However, if you use bamboo, be sure to choose a dry location to prevent moisture and rot. Furthermore, the squatting area and the sewage tank should be replaced with stone slabs and bricks.

To save time and materials, use bamboo for the upper part of the toilet.

As for the floor of the squatting position, you can use earthen bricks, but the toilet and sewage tank must be made of stone slabs. After all, earthen bricks are made of earth, and they will not dissolve after soaking for a period of time.

Also make sure there is enough space and good ventilation.

There is no need to talk about the space. It takes ten minutes to walk straight from the square to the river, not to mention the parts extending to the left and right.

What's more, Shanhu and Changqiang have now been incorporated into the Tianlang territory. Now, all the territories within a radius of six sunsets within the Tianlang territory belong to the Tianlang territory.

Even if we build another 10,000 houses, there is still plenty of space.

When Tianlang really develops to this level and becomes a real "big city", we can also fence off the high mountain of the Mountain Tiger Tribe and use it specifically for raising animals.

The plain where the spear rested was perfect for growing crops. It was vast and flat, with few obstructing trees and abundant sunlight. The crops grown there were bound to be high yields.

But these are too far away. Tianlang has only more than 400 people now, and she has not found any other food crops that are filling and abundant except corn and taro.

Alas, the road to infrastructure construction is long...

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The tribesmen all listened to Sang's idea.

When I used to live in the rocky mountains, I would either place a container in the cave and do it directly, or I would have to run to the rocky mountains to do it.

It's really troublesome.

As time went on, and the tribe grew in number, it became common to smell urine. The poop wasn't buried deep enough, and the tribe members would often step on it with their shoes.

What's more, in the tribe, it often happens that people are in the middle of relieving themselves when others break in!

These ancient people did not have a strong sense of privacy, but for Sang Tian, this was something he could not tolerate.

Not only was it embarrassing, but I also felt very uncomfortable.

If the toilet described by Sang was built on the side of their mud house, it would be much more convenient for them to get up at night.

And every household has one, so you no longer have to worry about others breaking in when you are going to the toilet.

Besides, the toilet Sang described was quite clean. After using the toilet, I flushed it with water and it was clean and had little odor.

Finally, the contents of the sewage tank can be used as fertilizer.

What's wrong with this Sang's head? How can he think of everything?

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Later, everyone started to build the toilet.

The first thing to do is to dig a sewage storage tank.

After determining the size of the sewage storage pool and marking it, the tribesmen began digging.

Once this square pool is dug, stone slabs need to be inlaid inside.

There are plenty of stones here, near the river and the rocky mountains, but finding a smooth, flat stone slab of the right size and thickness is not easy.

I could only find one that was similar, and leave the rest to the tribesmen to grind. Especially the edge, where it would connect to another slab, had to be ground evenly. This was to ensure there wouldn't be gaps that could allow sewage to seep through.

Just in case, Sang Tian built a wall the width of two earthen bricks on the inside of the pool. Even if sewage seeped through the cracks in the stone slabs, there were still bricks. Even if they were made of earth, it would still be better than having it drain into the surrounding soil.

There is no cement or steel bars here, so Sang Tian is already using what he has available to do his best to do his job well.

Then the tribesmen began to build the wall. I have to say that they are getting better and better at this job, and their speed and workmanship are very fast and precise.

The four males worked simultaneously and soon the square pool was completed. Then they used clay to inlay the stone slabs that the tribesmen had hurriedly polished into the wall.

The entire sewage tank is now complete. Finally, cover it with a layer of boards.

Then we started building the squatting position.

Just build a hollow platform with earthen bricks on the edge of the reservoir. It doesn't need to be particularly high, forty or fifty centimeters will be enough.

Then place a concave stone slab with a hole in it on the squatting position, making sure the hole on the stone slab is aligned with the sewage tank.

Then start building the exterior of the toilet.

The bamboos collected are all large in diameter and straight, which can ensure the stability of the structure.

With experience building a shed with branches, building one with bamboo was no problem. However, Sang Tian felt that simply tying the bamboo tightly wasn't enough, so he used an animal bone to hammer into the bamboo, sharpening it to act like a nail.

That's about it.

As for the roof, the tribesmen knew how to build it. As for the toilet, they didn't need to use tiles.

It would be possible to put up a few horizontal beams and cover them with thatch, but the tribesmen still used bamboo to make the roof.

The last step is to install the doors and windows of the toilet.

The tribesmen could all see clearly that in such a toilet, after using the toilet, they could indeed flush it with water as Sang said.

Convenient and clean.

"Boss Sang can think of so many things that we can't think of! Once this toilet is built, it will be so convenient!"

"That is, you can rinse it off with water, and the smell will be much less."

"How come their brains are so big? How come they are smarter than us?"

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The tribesmen began to build toilets on the side of their mud houses.

Building a toilet isn't difficult. The main problem is finding flat stone slabs. And once you find them, you have to spend time grinding them. But with experience, as long as you put in the time, you can always build one. It just takes some effort.

Sang Tian didn't build it yet, but helped several other friends grind the slate.

All the little kids in the tribe were running around Ping An, Xi Le, and Zhuang Zhuang, looking quite happy.