Chapter 155 Teaching Techniques

Members of the Black Goose tribe repeatedly asked members of the Black Deer tribe to give them pointers on the importance of the logging cart! The Black Deer tribe's logging team, consisting of six people in one oxcart, began practicing driving techniques in the open space in front of the tribe's cave.

“What should we do if this old ox is not obedient? Look at it, it keeps running around! It seems to have been frightened by something! If the cart is full of wood, it is easy for it to tip over! The road from the primeval forest to the Black Deer tribe is narrow and steep, and it is very dangerous for this old ox to pull the cart!” a tribe member said to Hagang.

"It seems that's really true! This kind of ox is not suitable for pulling carts! I have to go to the tribe's pen and bring over the warhorses that we trained before to replace it!" Ha Gang said and went to the hitching post to get the horse.

Under the direction of Pingyao, the oxcart crew continued to familiarize themselves with the basic operation and precautions of the oxcart.

Roar, Flower, the deputy chief, and other members of the Black Deer tribe watched their training from a safe distance away from the training oxcart.

“This oxcart is really good for hauling timber and other goods! With a little modification, it can become a vehicle for transporting people! Driving it for hunting and gathering would be a great option!” Hou gently nudged the flower and the deputy chieftain beside him.

"Yeah! That's right! You should tell your god brother about this idea and ask him to make one for each of us! We can practice too, that would be so much fun!" Hua gently poked Hou and said in an encouraging tone.

Ha Gang led over a warhorse that had been trained beforehand, and replaced the somewhat unruly old ox. He then continued to practice driving skills, the level of understanding between members, and the level of understanding between members and livestock with the tribe members.

Pingyao led the disobedient old ox aside, clenched his fist, which was as big as a pounding block, and punched it to death with a few blows. Then he threw it to the tribe's logistics slaughter team, who would bleed and skin it for lunch.

"Are there any disobedient old oxen, old donkeys, old horses, zebras, or the like? If so, I'll kill them and have the slaughter team skin them!" Pingyao said to Hagang, who was instructing members of the Black Deer tribe on driving skills, with his fist half-clenched.

"Wait a minute! Let's see if this warhorse will also become disobedient! If it doesn't, then you can execute it!"

The warhorse had been specially trained by Ha Gang and Xu Que, and it was very obedient when pulling the cart. It would go when told to go and stop when told to stop!

"Hmm! This horse has passed our professional testing and is suitable for pulling timber! I'll go and get another one! Let's test it again!" Ha Gang said, then led the warhorse from the timber cart to the hitching post and tied it up. After all the carts were ready, he brought it over.

“This zebra is fat and big! It would be a good choice if it could pull the logs!” Hagang led a zebra out of the tribe’s wildlife enclosure and secured it to the log cart in the designated spot for livestock. Under Hagang’s command, the tribe members began a new round of testing on the zebra.

“Look! A zebra pulling a cart looks so imposing! This zebra is perfect for hauling logs!” the Black Deer tribe’s deputy chief said to Hua Hehou.

"I want Xu Que to build me a car, powered primarily by two zebras! How about that? I think it would be really cool! Hahaha!" Hou exclaimed to Sister Hua and the deputy leader of the Black Deer tribe, envisioning the future.

Pingyao sat on a half-timbered stump, not far from the training zebra timber cart, waiting to deal with the livestock that had been eliminated by Hagang and the tribal testers.

"The zebra test passed smoothly! It's perfectly suited to power the timber cart! This is a high-quality engine! I think zebras are very suitable as a power source for timber carts. They are more obedient and intelligent than cows and horses, and their strength is no less than that of cows and horses! Plus, they have deceptive black and white stripes! They look good too!" said the member in charge of testing the timber carts.

“Alright! I’ll go pick out all the zebras in our Black Deer tribe and test them one by one! We’ll select the ones that can be used as high-quality engines and make them exclusively for hauling timber!” Ha Gang said before heading to the Black Deer tribe’s wildlife enclosure to catch zebras.

After numerous tests on multiple zebras, the team testing the timber carts and their power sources concluded that zebras are best suited for tasks such as transporting goods!

Xu Que also organized the skillful members of the tribe to make more timber carts so that they could be used in the subsequent transportation of timber and the construction of houses.

"Brother Xu Que, are these all carts for hauling timber? I guess there's no time to build my own cart right now, is there?" Hou, with two braids and his hands in the pockets of his animal-skin shorts, strolled leisurely over to Xu Que, who was rushing to build a timber transport cart.

"Of course! I won't give you that job! I'll make you drive your No. 11 bus back and forth every day!" Xu Que said, deliberately trying to scare him.

"Bus number 11? What's that?"

"Your two legs!" Xu Que pointed to Hou's long legs.

"Eek! Fine, I won't do it then! Humph!" Knowing in his heart that Xu Que would do it for him, he deliberately pouted and shook his head, then turned around and walked towards the place where Ha Gang was training zebras, continuing to watch them train zebras with Hua and the deputy leader of the Black Deer tribe.

“I think we should do this! Our first group of six timber cart members should be quite familiar with the timber carts, zebras, and other timber transportation procedures by now! Let’s go deep into the primeval forest and transport some timber back! Let everyone get a hands-on experience! Just talking about it on paper isn’t enough!” Ha Gang said, then waved and drove the zebra cart with the first group of six tribal members to a place with plenty of timber.

"Wow! I'm so envious! They must be going on a trip in a zebra-drawn cart. I want to go too!" The men and women of the Black Deer tribe chattered excitedly as they watched the zebra-drawn timber cart.

"Don't talk nonsense! They went to practice hauling timber! But driving zebra-drawn carts, even when hauling timber, is quite fun! I love it!" said the deputy chief of the Black Deer tribe.

"When I grow up, I want to be like those uncles who drive zebra carts to haul timber! I want to be a zebra cart driver! I like that kind of work and I long for that kind of life!" a child from the Black Deer tribe said to a group of children.

“When I grow up, I want to be like Uncle God! I want to design and build a vehicle that is more beautiful, more powerful, lighter, and has a greater carrying capacity than the current timber transport vehicle! It won't need these animals as its engine power! I want to design a unique engine!” said another child from the Black Deer tribe.