Chapter 381 Lifting Device

The simplest way is to make a wheel, hang a rope on the wheel, and slowly wrap the rope around the wheel by turning the handle connected to the wheel. The other end of the rope is tied to gasoline under the cliff and then pulled up.

It's like the water-pumping device on an old-fashioned well or the reel on a fishing rod.

"It's probably a bit tiring to do it manually. I'm still wondering if there's any way to make a device that can be driven by feet like a bicycle, which would save a lot of effort."

In fact, if we could prepare a few more pulleys to share the gravity, we could save more effort. However, we only regret not having learned enough when we need it. I had almost returned all the physics knowledge to the teacher the moment I graduated from high school.

If you want to use this method, you have to go home and experiment a few more times to see if you can find that little bit of knowledge from your dusty memories.

But there is no need to rush. There are not many things at home that can hold oil, and there are only a few empty oil bottles now. He will go after the device is made and Mu Xi has had a good rest.

When lying in bed at night, Zhao Yeqing poured a bowl of medicinal wine that Mu Xi had made himself and rubbed his arm muscles.

If I don't rub it well, I probably won't be able to lift the chopsticks tomorrow.

Mu Xi's arms were stiff even without any effort. Zhao Yeqing's hands became sore after rubbing them for a short while and she could only rest for a few minutes before continuing. Mu Xi wanted to ask her to stop rubbing, but she was afraid that she would have no strength at all tomorrow and would not be able to help with the work.

Zhao Yeqing shook his sore wrist and said, "I was thinking of asking you to get those beehives back tomorrow, but it seems like we'll have to wait until next time. I guess you'll have to rest your hand for a few days."

The beehive is located at a high place, so we need to be quick to deal with it. We can't do that by dragging this half-broken arm.

"Let's go together when we get the equipment ready." Mu Xi lay on the bed, pulled Zhao Yeqing's wrist and put it under his chin. His hands were weak, so he gently rubbed her wrist with his chin: "A few days ago, I released a pig after collecting silage. It was pretty well behaved and didn't run around."

As he spoke, his chin moved up and down, and the fine stubble tickled her skin. Zhao Yeqing pushed Mu Xi's head away and pulled her hand back, rubbing her hands together to warm them up before continuing to massage him.

"Then let's put two more out tomorrow and try. It may take a while to install it. We don't have any suitable wood at home, so we need to go out and cut it. I don't think you are good at this. I'll go."

Mu Xi regretted more and more for showing off today. If he had known that his level would decline to such a level, he should have put the oil bottle under the cliff in the afternoon and moved it next time. No one could take it anyway.

It's not necessary for Zhao Yeqing to do this job.

"How about this, you study how to make the device at home tomorrow, and I should be able to go the day after tomorrow."

"It's just a tree. I plan to go to the cobblestone road and drive there. I will use an electric saw to cut the tree into pieces and then pull it back. There are no dangerous animals there anyway."

It is easier to drive a chainsaw. Mu Xi felt better after hearing what Zhao Yeqing said.

Research equipment also needs materials before experiments can be conducted; sometimes just relying on blueprints is not enough.

Especially when you are half-baked.

The next day, Mu Xi's hands were indeed sore and painful. Fortunately, he had applied medicated wine last night. Although they were still sore and swollen, he was not unable to do any work. So Zhao Yeqing sent him out to herd the cattle and sheep.

I don’t know if it’s because the only sheep herding dogs recently are Dahuang, but these grown-up mixed-breed sheep always tend to run away.

Mu Xi discovered yesterday that Da Huang was having a hard time driving the lambs back, so he really had to follow him today to give the hybrid sheep some deterrent effect so that it wouldn't want to run away.

Mu Xi went out early in the morning with the herd of cattle and sheep. More than an hour later, while sitting on the top of the hill, he saw Zhao Yeqing driving by, heading straight towards the northwest forest.

Electric saws can cut down trees very quickly, and the same goes for splitting them. A large tree can be split into several pieces in just two or three strokes.

The trunk couldn't hold everything. The trees here are all very old, so it was full after less than half of the trees were loaded.

Zhao Yeqing returned home and began to study how to make the device. The first step was to make the rotating wheel that he had originally envisioned.

It was not difficult to make, it just took some time to polish it. After it was done, I moved it to the balcony on the second floor, tied a rope on it, and threw the rope down from the upstairs.

After going downstairs, he tied one of the barrels of oil that Mu Xi had brought back yesterday to the rope.

After returning to the second floor, I started to turn the reel. As the rope tightened, the gasoline barrel was fished up normally.

However, this method can only help you ascend and does not save much effort.

The handle and the rotation part of the wheel were not smooth enough, so she went downstairs and got some tung oil that the original owner used for lighting lamps and poured it into the gap. It helped a little. If some wax could be applied, the effect would probably be better.

In short, the wheel has been preliminarily completed, and what remains is to make a labor-saving device.

The height from the second floor to the first floor is only about three meters. She felt very strenuous when she was hoisting the oil just now. If she had to hoist it up from a cliff more than fifty meters high, her hands would probably be sore before she reached halfway.

And the task of lifting the gasoline barrel could only be completed by her alone, so Mu Xi had to go down to the bottom of the cliff to tie the gasoline barrel and the rope together.

Unless the rope is divided into two sections, Mu Xi will have to go up and down several times, and the risk of rock climbing will be high as he will not have the physical strength to sustain it, so it is very necessary to make a labor-saving device.

Zhao Yeqing vaguely remembered that she had learned in physics class about using directional wheels and dynamic wheels to make labor-saving equipment, but she had almost forgotten it. It took her a whole night of hard thinking to come up with these two terms.

The process of making two wheels is not complicated, but the parts that need to be polished are much more than when making a rotating wheel.

It was already evening when Zhao Yeqing had finished cutting the wood to the required size.

Looking at the time, Mu Xi would be back soon, so they had to drive back the pigs that they had let out in the morning before the cattle and sheep came back.

Two of the four dogs were left outside the yard to watch the pigs and prevent them from getting close to the sweet potato field.

The pigs that were released were all piglets that had just been born not long ago. The big pigs were too heavy, and the two were worried that if they rushed to eat the sweet potatoes, the two dogs would not be able to control them. So they let the little ones adapt to the environment, and they would not run around when they grow up.

It is a step in domestication.

Soon the appearance of the cattle and sheep would scare the piglets and they would run around in panic. Zhao Yeqing scooped up a ladle of pig food and walked to the gate of the yard, calling "La La La" several times. The piglets on the grass outside the yard that were sniffing the ground with their noses raised their heads instantly and ran straight towards the pig food the next second.

Seeing that they were almost there, Zhao Yeqing began to back away, leading the piglets step by step to the pigpen before pouring the pig feed in his hand into their trough.

Less than two minutes later, the bleating of sheep was heard outside. Why did it sound a little mournful?