Chapter 402: The Completed Wheelbarrow and the Village-to-Village Connection



This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the handle of the wheelbarrow loaded with so many bricks is now held in a lame hand that is not known for its strength!

If this happened to the already strong Second Senior Brother, everyone would be surprised, but it wouldn't have reached the level it is now. But now...

Seeing the man limping and limping as he pushed the cart loaded with so many bricks forward alone, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes and open their mouths into an O shape.

They had seen tools that could carry a lot of things at once, such as the deer-drawn sled that Shen Zi and Lao made when they built a bathing pool in winter.

But there is a difference between the sled and the wheelbarrow, because the sled is pulled by deer, while the one pushing the wheelbarrow is only a person.

Han Cheng couldn't help but smile as he watched Bo Bo pushing the cart back and forth as if showing off.

The first cart that appeared in the Qingque tribe was quite simple compared to the cart in Han Cheng's memory, and was even less comparable to the two-wheeled carts commonly used on construction sites in later generations, but it was indeed a cart.

At this time, speaking from a broader perspective, it has epoch-making significance.

The wheelbarrow with wheels appeared, and from then on, all kinds of vehicles with wheels appeared.

The animals used to pull carts are no longer limited to the lame animals that will become old men in a few years. Various large herbivorous animals that have been discovered and tamed will become the main force pulling carts.

It can be said that the wheelbarrow opened the prelude to vehicle manufacturing.

Before it appeared, it might take a long time and a lot of trial and error for people to create a vehicle that was more labor-saving than carrying it on shoulders.

But after the unicycle appeared, with this most basic thing, the appearance of other vehicles became a natural process.

Loading one hundred and twenty bricks at once is actually a bit too much for a wheelbarrow.

After all, the road from the brick kiln to the Qingque tribe is not easy to walk on, and the wheels are made of wood.

The reason for loading so much at one time is to verify the carrying capacity of the wheelbarrow.

Another reason is that Han Cheng, especially Bo, wanted to gain the admiration of the people in the tribe.

The King of Chu once said that if one does not return to his hometown when he is rich and powerful, it is like wearing fine clothes at night. How could the lame man who had finally gotten the cart out be immune to this?

But after we take a break on the road, it won't be too difficult to carry 70 or 80 pieces of stuff at a time. It will be much more labor-saving than carrying it on a shoulder pole.

“Let me try!”

After watching for a while, the second brother couldn't help it. He stood up and spoke out.

By this time, Lame had already received enough admiring glances from everyone, and pushing the cart had also made him sweat slightly on his forehead.

Although pushing a cart is lighter than carrying a load on one's back, it will still make you tired if there are too many things on the cart, so you will let go.

After Lame let go, the independent cart did not lose balance and fall to the ground, but stayed there steadily.

This is because at the back of the cart, there are two vertical wooden pieces that serve as legs and support the ground.

"And put some more bricks on top..."

The second brother took over from Bo, and under Bo's guidance he quickly became familiar with the cart and shouted proudly.

Han Cheng quickly spoke out to stop him.

After all, the bearings of the wheelbarrow are not made of steel, but hard wood, and the wheels are also made of wood. If you continue to install them, this wheelbarrow that was made with great difficulty will probably be scrapped before it can be put into actual transportation...

The novel cart immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the Qingque tribe, not only the adults, but also the curious and active children, who ran around the cart.

They just want to wait until the adults are free and then play with the unicycle for a while.

The emergence of the wheelbarrow greatly reduced the burden of the people who carried bricks and produced bricks.

The number of people doing this work has been reduced from five at the beginning to two now.

Although the number of people was reduced by three at once, more than half, the working speed did not slow down, and was even faster than before. Moreover, the two people who were working did not feel as tired as before.

The great success of the first wheelbarrow greatly inspired the first carpenter Lame.

With the first successful experience, he took two assistants and quickly started working. Half a month later, he made two more.

“Bang, bang…”

Some people of the Qingque tribe now hold tools to tamp the earth, and they keep pounding the ground while the ground is not completely dry after a rain.

They were not building earthen walls or breaking down the ground inside newly built houses. Instead, they were working outside the Qingque tribe's wall, on the road leading to the brick kiln.

The road they rammed was not just a dirt road. The slightly moist mud was covered with a layer of finely crushed stones transported from the quarry.

After such a long period of mining, there are quite a few broken small stones in the quarry. They were piled there before and had no use, but now they are put to use.

These small pieces of stone were smashed into the ground by the people of the Qingque tribe using violent means.

After this, the ground will no longer become muddy when people walk on it after it rains.

When it comes time to harvest and transport crops, there will be an extra layer of protection.

There are three such roads.

They lead to the brick kiln and the farmlands on the left and right sides of the tribe respectively.

The three roads merge into one fifty meters outside the gate of the Qingque tribe, and then lead to the interior of the tribe.

No wonder people say that if you want to get rich, you must build roads first. Such a road, regardless of whether it can make the Qingque tribe rich, at least it will be much more comfortable to walk on.

Han Cheng was walking on this newly built original version of the "Village-to-Village" road, feeling emotional.

However, when looking at the two roads leading to the fields that were only in the planning stage and had not yet been started, Han Cheng couldn't help but sniff.

After all, the tribe’s manpower is limited, and there are many things to do. It is impossible to put all the manpower on building roads.

Therefore, so far, the only primitive version of the village-to-village road built is the one from the tribal road to the brick kiln, and the standard is not very high.

Now more than 11,000 blue bricks have been fired and placed in the tribe, forming a huge pile.

A lot of tiles have been burned, and the construction of a large blue brick and tile house, which will serve as a school, is about to begin. As a result, the people who were tamping the road will be withdrawn to build the house, and the two roads leading to the fields will be put on hold.

Infrastructure construction is really not easy.

Han Cheng shook his head with emotion.

The population is never enough.

He sighed again.

Let’s wait a little longer, until this winter, if the salt plan that I have been working on for so long still doesn’t work as it should, then I will have to take some other measures!


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