Chapter 158 The Return of the Wooden Boat (Please vote and collect)

After hastily drawing the structural diagram, Luo Chong came to the carpentry group and called the taciturn Mutun and an apprentice. The three of them started working. The materials used were ready-made wooden boards and leftovers from car manufacturing. There were a lot of large and small wooden blocks. Just pick up what you can use.

A ruler and a sharpened branch burned black as a charcoal pencil were used to draw the shape of six gears on a flat oak board, and then slowly sawed it off with a small hand saw.

The same is true for the 12 pairs of round wooden boards at both ends of the 6 rollers. Then a square groove was cut out in the middle, and a square wooden stick was inserted into it as the shaft. Only the exposed parts at both ends were cut into circles. There was also a square hole in the middle of the gear, which could be firmly fixed on the shaft with glue.

The surface of the drum was sawn into 65 cm with a one-centimeter-thick narrow wooden board. In order to facilitate installation and increase production speed, holes were drilled directly at both ends, and then nailed with thin wooden nails dipped in glue. The excess part was sawed off with a saw, and the surface of the drum was flattened with a planer, and then a layer of fish bladder glue was applied, and the needle skin was wrapped diagonally on it to dry firmly.

The gear set was installed on the right side of the machine, and then the pedal transmission rods were connected on both sides. Two wooden boards were installed on the bottom bracket as pedals. Luo Chong also found a rattan basket and turned it upside down there as a stool. He stepped on the pedals with both feet to try it out.

With the mutual traction of the two transmission rods on the left and right, the main drum placed in the middle began to rotate rapidly, which stunned the carpenters on the side. Although they had also made wheels and ox carts, they had never seen such things that could be turned by stepping on them. This is the charm of transmission machinery.

"Chief, what is this used for? Is it a car? Can it move by stepping on it? You don't even need a cow?" Even the usually quiet wooden pig couldn't hold back his words after seeing this magical scene, and asked several questions as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Hehe, this is not a car, it's a machine for doing things, used to comb wool, it can also be used to comb hemp, it's a tool for twisting ropes, it can only be placed in place, it won't run.

But a car that can move by stepping on it can also be made, it's just more troublesome, I'll teach you how to make it later." Luo Chong said with a smile.

"Really, chief? Is there really a car that can move by stepping on it?" The wooden barrel next to him asked in surprise.

Luo Chong looked at the carpenters around him with a smile on his face. They were all looking at him in disbelief, waiting for his affirmative answer, so he said: "Of course, but that kind of car is best to move on flat ground. Don't worry, when our city is built, I will teach you to make a car that moves by itself."

"Wow, the leader is so powerful, a car that can move by itself, isn't it a divine object, only gods can use it."

"No, I have to learn rulers and arithmetic well, and I will also help the leader build a car in the future."

"I really want to see a car that can move by itself."

"Isn't that it? The leader is stepping on it."

"Isn't that a tool, and it's not a car."

"I can see that you are stupid. If you turn the machine upside down and put the roller on the ground, it will be able to move."

"Hey, it seems to be true."

The carpenters whispered excitedly, and their admiration for the leader increased infinitely. However, Luo Chong, who was admired by them, was thinking of the tricycle that he saw a little kid riding in his previous life. It was a tricycle without a chain. Two pedals were directly installed on the axle of the front wheel, and it could be pedaled directly.

That kind of car should be the most unskilled. There was no chain, gear, or shit. It just pedaled the wheels. Well, I'll use that to fool them later.

The three of them worked all morning. Since this was the first time, the speed was not very fast. All the data could only be figured out by groping. By noon, the main frame was completed, and there were six large and small rollers. However, only one main roller was installed now, and the remaining five auxiliary rollers had to wait for the gears to be completed before they could be installed together.

They took a short break at noon, but there was no lunch. Because of the rapid increase in the population of the Han tribe, three meals were reduced to two meals. It is estimated that it will take until the second season of autumn when the rice matures before things can get better. However, how much rice can be planted in the second season depends on the progress of the paddy field transformation.

The river digging team of hundreds of people worked continuously for more than a week. The river channel was already two and a half meters deep. The speed was very fast. When digging the water diversion river, the Han tribe had only dozens of laborers, using human tools such as wheelbarrows, and Rourou and Huishan helped to turn the soil.

Now the same project uses hundreds of people. Although Rourou and Huishan are still the main force in turning the soil, there are dozens of bison to help. The transportation tool for transporting clay has also been replaced by animal-powered carts. If it weren't for the fact that there are too many brick embryos this time, it is estimated that the river has been dug.

After a short rest, the assembly will continue in the afternoon. The three people will make gears together. In order to maintain good transmission capacity, each tooth must be carefully carved to try to make the gears fully engage.

Another half afternoon passed. Just when Luo Chong was finally debugging the gear set, a tribe member from the kiln worker group suddenly came to report.

"Chief, our wooden boat is back. There are four people operating the boat. We are carrying a boatload of limestone and a dozen rabbits. What do you think we should do?"

"Oh, we are back. Take me to see. Let's put the rabbits in the rabbit pen first, and then pull the wooden boat to the river channel of the diversion river." Luo Chong patted the dust off his hands, stood up and walked to the river, arranging things as he walked.

"Yes, I'll find someone to do it right away." The tribesman immediately took the order and ran away.

Two minutes later, Luo Chong met the wooden boat at the river bank of the diversion river. The boat was loaded with a bucket of white limestone. The four young men who were operating the boat were all old men from the Han tribe. When they saw Luo Chong coming, they immediately jumped ashore to say hello.

"Chief, we are back."

"Well, you did a good job. I hope you didn't encounter any danger there." Luo Chong patted their shoulders to express his condolences.

"No, we hid the boat very well. We caught rabbits nearby during the day and slept in the trees at night. We didn't even dare to light a bonfire at night, for fear of attracting the enemy."

"Thank you for your hard work. You have to go back after unloading the boat. You don't need anything. It must be very cold without a bonfire at night. Go find the elders to get you a few more animal skins. If you want to eat something, go get it yourself. Let you rest for a while. You don't have to unload the boat." Luo Chong said with concern.

"Yes, thank you, chief. Then we will go get the things now."

"Well, go."

Luo Chong nodded, and asked a tribesman to call the lame man and bring a few more people to unload the boat.

"Chief, where do you unload this lime? What is it used for?" The lame man ran over and asked.

"This is for building a house. Find two carts and a small wheelbarrow and transport the limestone to the side close to the mountain wall. Don't bring it too close to the farmland, or it will burn the soil. After unloading, I will teach you how to build a new kiln."

"New kiln? What are you going to burn?" the lame man asked in confusion.

"It's for burning lime. What else can it burn?" Luo Chong pointed at the lime on the boat and said lightly.

(End of this chapter)