The air is cool in the early summer morning.
A layer of white water vapor like gauze was diffused over the wide river. After water plants such as reeds and calamus put on beautiful white gauze, they suddenly became a lot more mysterious.
The morning breeze was blowing gently, the river was sparkling, and small waves were lapping against the shore. The river water poured into the holes made by fish, shrimps and eels on the shore and flowed out again, making some strange sounds.
The voices came from a distance and were getting closer and closer. Some birds that were waiting for food on the river bank or in the shallow water were frightened. They stretched their heads to look at the source of the sound for a while, and finally spread their wings and flew away, to be quiet and beautiful birds somewhere else.
Not long after the birds flew away, a group of people appeared by the river.
The person walking in front was carrying a large bamboo raft with uneven edges.
After arriving at the river, these people seemed to be very skilled in lowering the bamboo raft and pushing it into the water.
There are not just one such bamboo raft, but five or six.
So after these seven or eight bamboo rafts were pushed into the water, this relatively flat bay on the river was suddenly covered by a group of bamboo rafts.
Then someone came and put the bamboo raft into the water and fixed it to the shore, and placed several thick wooden sticks vertically on the raft with even gaps between the sticks.
After finishing all this, some people started to load the cloth they brought onto the bamboo raft.
The linen is placed horizontally on several tree sticks to prevent it from getting wet by water splashing from the gaps in the bamboo raft.
Amidst the busyness, a big, round red sun rose slowly and quickly from the northeast and leapt into the sky.
As the color of the sun in the sky faded from blood red, the sky gradually brightened, and the morning mist floating on the river became lighter and finally dissipated into nothingness.
And the people busy on the shore also packed their things.
After a simple and quick farewell, the people on the shore removed the rope that was tied to the wooden stakes on the shore from the top of the bamboo raft.
The person standing on the bamboo raft shouted a signal and pushed the oar in his hand towards the shore. The bamboo raft then left the river bank and headed towards the center of the river.
After being a certain distance away from the center of the river, it turned around and headed upstream.
The sunlight fell on the water, creating a dazzling sparkle.
The leader of the Fire Tribe and the people of the tribe stood on the shore, watching the bamboo raft team that was connected in a line in the sparkling river and moving farther and farther away. Apart from the vague worries, they were more filled with expectations.
I look forward to these people leaving, using the linen loaded on the bamboo rafts to exchange for delicious salt, soft fur clothes, and yellow millet that is extremely delicious after adding water and boiling in a clay pot...
Thinking of these things, the leader of the Fire Tribe couldn't help but think of the extremely wealthy, powerful and kind tribe living upstream of the river, and the wonderful changes that had taken place in his own tribe since he met them.
Apart from the extra children born by the women in the tribe in the first year of meeting this tribe, the changes in other aspects were also particularly gratifying.
What made the leader and everyone in the Fire Tribe most pleased were the hemp and linen cloth in the tribe.
Because of the emergence of things like hemp and linen, they could still obtain food for the tribe when it snowed heavily, instead of having to hide in caves and survive on the food they had stored once winter came, as before.
Now, they can spin the fermented hemp skins into hemp thread in the caves in winter, and then weave the hemp thread into linen cloth.
At this time, some people were sent out to paddle bamboo rafts carrying linen to the rich and friendly tribe, and exchange the linen for many good things.
My tribe really needs to thank that wealthy tribe. It is because of their presence that the life of my tribe has become much better than before...
Standing here and watching the people rowing the bamboo rafts go away and disappear at a bend in the upper reaches of the river, the leader of the Fire Tribe stood here for a while, then led the rest of the people who came to help carry things and see them off, all the way back to the tribe.
Near the cave, there are patches of green hemp growing, which are about waist-high.
Looking at the green hemp fields, all the people of the Fire Tribe, including the tribe leader, showed happy expressions.
When walking along the hemp fields, one must be very careful, for fear of accidentally stepping on the hemp seedlings...
At the same time, a small-scale farewell ceremony was also taking place in the Qingque tribe.
The scale of this farewell was indeed small, as there were only eight people being sent off, and only five or seven people seeing them off.
"You must tell Junior Brother Sha what I said to him..."
Han Cheng looked at the eight tribesmen who were about to return to the Tongshan residential area and gave them some advice.
After several people nodded repeatedly, they started their journey towards the Tongshan residential area.
Looking at these eight people who kept looking back every few steps and gradually disappeared from his sight, Han Cheng did not feel much reluctance to part, because he had already experienced many separations of this scale.
Not only was he not too reluctant, on the contrary, Han Cheng felt somewhat happy.
These joys come from the development of the tribe and the growth of all the people in the tribe.
After nearly ten years, Han Cheng has developed very deep feelings for the Qingque tribe. After all, it was he who built and gradually developed the tribe.
There is less noise here, no intrigue or deception, but the tribesmen are working together and are particularly united.
There is the "shameless and disrespectful" witch, the mother of a girl who is far from the beauty made by makeup, beauty filters and photoshop, who even she herself is amazed by, and the naughty child in her own family...
I have already taken root here...
It is also because of this that when Han Cheng sees something beneficial to the tribe happening, he is so happy and laughs like the Maitreya Buddha who weighs no less than 500 kilograms.
After standing here for a while, Han Cheng, who seemed to be in good spirits since Bai Xue's sister became pregnant with her second child, perhaps because of excitement or some other indescribable reasons, returned to the tribe in the same good mood.
Some women in the tribe were working on the silk process there, and Snow White, who had the best skills, was of course among them.
Han Cheng went over, took Sister Bai Xue to rest for a while, and after giving her the usual instructions, he came to the hammock woven with thick hemp ropes and tied between two trees. Ignoring Little Pea's protests, he picked her up from the hammock and lay down on it himself.
As for the barefoot little pea, Han Cheng placed him on his belly.
The little pea, who was originally a little reluctant, suddenly became happy. He sat on the soft leather sofa called "Dad's Brand" and smiled happily.
Little Pea, who was sitting on the leather sofa, was holding a long, thin stick in his hand, and was lying there, clumsily poking the ant nest under the tree.
After poking with great interest for a while, there was gradually no movement and the stick in his hand fell to the ground.
Han Cheng looked up quietly and found that the little guy had fallen asleep.
Last night, Han Cheng told Little Pea the story of the crow drinking water, and the little guy fell asleep in the middle of the night. It was normal for him to be sleepy today.
After smoking there for a while, Bai Xuemei also began to rest as Han Cheng had instructed before.
He looked around and then walked towards the hammock where Han Cheng was.
At this time, Han Cheng was lying on the hammock looking at the clouds in the sky. Little Pea was lying on Han Cheng's belly, drooling in his sleep.
As Han Cheng breathed, his belly bulged and fell, and the little pea on his belly swayed along with it, making him look like he was sleeping in a soft cradle.
Seeing this scene, Han Cheng suddenly understood why the little guy fell asleep so quickly. If he were in such a good external environment, he would definitely fall asleep too!
Sister Bai Xue, who was walking along the way, looked at the father and son hanging from the bed, stopped, and after a moment, a silent smile appeared on her face.
She looked at it for a while, reached out and gently touched her slightly bulging belly for a while, then tiptoed to the edge of the hammock.
After looking at Han Cheng for a few seconds, he reached out to pick up Little Pea and prepared to put it on the kang in the room to sleep.
She was worried that Han Cheng would become uncomfortable if he slept like this for too long.
"It's okay, just sleep like this. Go to the kang and get a thin sheet of leather."
Han Cheng waved his hand slightly to stop Bai Xuemei's actions, and spoke softly.
Sister Bai Xue turned and went towards the room where they lived. After a moment, she came out with a piece of fur that had been nitrated and looked soft.
This piece of fur is made of several pieces of skin sewn together, which is equivalent to a small thin quilt in later generations. It is just right to cover the body at this time.
Sister Bai Xue pulled open the animal skin blanket and gently covered Little Pea and Han Cheng with it.
Then he didn't say anything, just stood there quietly, looking at Han Cheng and the sleeping Little Pea, the smile on his face could not be wiped off.
After standing here for a while, Sister Bai Xue continued to reel in the silk.
不过跟之前时的专心致志不同，现在的她抽一会儿就要抬头往吊床那里看上一眼……
韩成躺在吊**，心里很平静，这种脱离了手机和电脑，不用为什么东西而过多担忧的时光真的很美。
伸手将从小豌豆身上滑落的薄皮被子轻轻的拉好盖上，韩成小范围的动了几下身子，好让自己睡的更加舒服。
在这闲适而又令人心安的时光里，躺在吊**的韩成思绪变得很是悠远。
不去刻意想着什么，任由思绪在这半醒半睡之间漫无目的的飘**，这种感觉很是舒服。
胡乱飘**的思绪想的最多的，还是关于铜山居住区的事情，因为这是最近一段时间以来，发生在青雀部落比较重大的事情。
是时候开始琢磨驴车的事情了。
躺在吊床之上的韩成，思绪飘飞了好一阵儿之后，在心里这样想着。
之所以会在这个时候升起这个念头，是因为他想到了这八人背着铜锭和锡锭回来的样子，又顺便想起了才在铜山发现铜矿的时候，自己领人背着矿石往回运输的滋味。
走旱路远距离的运送东西，真不是一个多么好的活计。
到了现在，青雀部落从铜山居住区大规模的运送食物以及铜锭、锡锭这些东西的时候，大多都是等到冬天大雪降下的时候，用鹿拉着爬犁进行。
因为这时候人比较闲，还有有爬犁这些东西在，不仅仅运量大，而且人也比较轻松。
但因为受到季节性的限制，这样的运送并不太方便。
至少大雪融化之后的所有时间里，都再也用不成爬犁。
想要在这样的情况下在两者之间进行运输，除了人力手提肩扛以及利用牲畜进行驮运之外，没有其余任何的办法。
这样的运输量当然是远比不上爬犁。
解决如今这困境的办法也不是没有，就是韩成做想的制作驴车和鹿车。
在有了爬犁并拥有制作木轮技术的前提下，对于青雀部落而言，制造出双轮的驴车出来并不是一件多么难的事情。
因为爬犁下面装上两个大木轮，就是驴车的基本构造。
剩下的诸如怎样才能让‘爬犁’和木轮结合的更为牢固、怎么样才能让车轴以及木轮变得更为结实，能够承载更多的重量这些东西，都可以慢慢的进行摸索，不算是什么太大的问题。
真正的问题所在，不是在驴车以及拉车的驴子，而在于路。
鲁大师曾经说过，走的人多了也就有了路，似乎并不是太难。
只是这时候这种用脚走出来的小径只适合人走，并不适合更宽的驴车行走。
想要驴车通行，就必须修建出一条更为宽敞且平坦外加坚实的路出来，不然的话，修建出来的驴车估计走不了多远会被卡掉轱辘。
修路不是一件什么轻松的事情，这点只需要看看秦朝之时为了修建驰道动用了多少人力物力，耗费了多少钱粮，又死去了多少人就可以知道。
秦朝当时修建的是通往全国的驰道，远远超过了韩成的这种小打小闹，两者似乎不能在一块比较。
但只要再将青雀部落现在的人力物力以及部落的规模和大秦做一个对比，立刻就能得出这种类似小打小闹一样的路，对于目前的青雀部落而言，将是一个多么浩大的工程。
甚至于和两年前进行的扩建青雀部落，在外围修建的这一圈高大的围墙相比，也容易不到哪里去。
也正是因为如此，关于建造带轱辘的鹿车或者是驴车这类东西，在青雀主部落和铜山分区之间进行交通运输的事情，一直都被他有意无意的给忽略了。
如今再次想起，并进行深入的思索，除了那八个自铜山归来的人作为诱因之外，最为根本的原因是年前打下了半农部落，得到了一大票的人手。
有了这些人手，在青雀主部落和铜山居住区之间，修建出一条将近有两百里距离的道路，也就有了一定的可行性。
而且，这样的一条道路修建好之后，所能起到的作用并不仅仅是用来运送铜锭、粮食这些东西，另外一个重要的作用就是可以大大的缩短来往于两者之间所需要花用的时间。
将青雀主部落和铜山居住区之间的距离，人为的‘缩短’。
甚至于和在两地之间进行运输相比，这个功能还要更加的重要。
因为这样一来，青雀主部落和铜山居住区之间的联系就会变得更加紧密。
这不仅仅有利于主部落对分部落的控制与治理，而且在遇到危险的时候，依托于这条沟通两个部落的道路，两个部落之间还可以做到相互支援。
可以说，只要有了这样的一条路，青雀主部落和铜山居住区之间相对隔绝的状态就会被打破，能够将两个部落更好的联系在一起，让整个青雀部落变得更加团结和紧密。
祖龙始皇帝统一六国之后，这样注重修建秦驰道，其中绝大部分的目的，就是为了通过这样的驰道，将收复的六国旧地，牢牢的控制在手中，将六国和原本的秦国紧密的联系到一起，成为一个完整的国家。
隋炀帝修建大运河，这样的目的也占很大的成份。
躺在吊**的韩成，慢慢悠悠的思索着这些事情，原本还有的一些睡意，渐渐的都消失不见了。
作为一个后世人，不论是从历史还是从他当时所生活的年代，都能深刻的体会到道路或者说是交通的重要性。
这条道路看来必须是要修建一下了！
修建好了之后，就叫做青铜高速，从青雀部落通往铜山居住区。
嗯，将这样一条注定了连后世村村通的水泥路都完全比不上的道路，称之为高速确实是夸大的有些厉害，有名不符实的吹牛嫌疑。
但不可否认的是，这样的一条道路，在这个年代，确确实实具有跨时代的意义，因此将是称之为青铜高速也并不算为过。
当然，这其中最大的原因还是韩大神子这个来自于后世的穿越者的一些恶趣味，或者是说对后世生活进行怀念的一种方式。
想到了这些事情，韩成并没有直接起身急不可耐的去找巫还有大师兄他们商议。
因为这对于青雀部落而言，是一件非常大的事情，需要韩成好好的考虑，将方方面面都尽可能的给考虑的到，不能脑子一热就拍屁股决定。
而且这时候小豌豆还没有睡醒，起来的话会将这小家伙给弄醒。
韩成心里这样想着，躺在吊床之上，继续琢磨着关于青铜高速的事情。
和不久之前的悠然自得相比，此时韩成的心境已经没有那样平和了。
难道这就是所谓的‘海纳百川，有容乃大，壁立千仞，无欲则刚’？
只可惜白雪妹的就认准了这个名字，而且也不算是太过有料，不然的话改名叫做有容妹也是很不错的……
韩成这样想着，到了后来也渐渐睡了过去，这期间白雪妹过来了一趟，见他们父子两个都睡的香甜，就没有出声打扰。
轻手轻脚的给两人拉了拉盖在身上的兽皮薄被子，坐在边上歪着头一脸笑意的看了一阵儿之后，又轻手轻脚的离开了这里，继续去抽丝了……
小豌豆从睡梦中醒来，慢慢的坐起身子，用胖胖的小手揉了揉眼睛之后，又伸手擦去嘴角的口水，整个人看起来都有些懵懵的。
“爸，爸……”
这样过了一阵儿之后，小豌豆开始喊睡着的韩成……
将小豌豆放在地上，从吊**下来的韩成用力的伸着懒腰，身上传来一些骨骼的噼啪的响动。
这种用粗粗的麻绳编织出来的吊床，在上面躺着玩上一阵儿还成，但在上面长久的睡觉可就不成了。
这是腰酸背痛的韩成，用亲身经历得出的教训。
站在原地发了一会儿癔症，韩成甩甩有些晕乎乎的脑袋，舀出半陶盆的清水洗了一把脸，这才感觉清醒了不少。
也没有擦脸，就这样顶着一脸的水珠子，先走到内外围墙之间的位置，往兔子圈那里看看，没有看到巫的身影的之后，韩成也没有询问别人，而是径直的走出了院落，朝着周围的田野走去。
果然，没有走上多久韩成就在这里看到了正蹲在一块田里，拿着一个装了木柄的、青铜制作的小铲子在那里给谷子地除草的巫。
铲下的小草就让其留在地里没有理会，大草则被巫捡拾起来，放在一起。
这些等会儿了可以带回去喂兔子。
看到巫这样的勤劳，再回想一下不久之前躺在吊**睡小觉的行为，韩大神子的面皮居然难得的有些发热。
不过这种发热很快就消失了。
因为韩成在心里给自己进行了一番的自我宽慰——自己这一番小觉睡的其实很值，毕竟在睡觉之前想到了驴车以及青铜高速这些事情，这可比蹲在地里除上一阵儿草，对部落的贡献大的多。
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt at ease and even a little justified.
How can this son of God be sleeping? He is working hard for the development of the tribe!
Sure enough, if people want to live a peaceful and comfortable life, in addition to being able to think, they also need to be shameless...
The millet seedlings in the field were taller than the ankles. Han Cheng walked to a place not far from the Wu, squatted down with one foot on each ridge, and pulled weeds with his hands while talking to the Wu about the donkey cart and the Bronze Highway.
As Han Cheng continued to talk, Wu's weeding movements gradually slowed down and finally stopped.
Han Cheng knew that this matter would not be able to be explained in a short time, so he and Wu found a place with shade from trees, sat on the edge of the field and continued to talk with Wu.
There was a look of joy on Wu's face from beginning to end.
It was not that he immediately understood what Han Cheng said, but because in the past, whenever the Son of God spoke to him in such a serious manner, what was to be done next must be very important to the tribe and would bring huge benefits to the tribe.
Wu's experience was absolutely correct. After spending quite a bit of time and roughly understanding what Han Cheng said, Wu couldn't help but smile with his toothless mouth, looking very happy.
"Son of God, this road needs to be repaired quickly..."
The way Wu does things is very characteristic of this era, that is, he does things as soon as he says he will, and is very decisive and resolute.
After understanding the road Han Cheng was talking about, as well as the huge benefits that the donkey carts and deer carts could bring to the tribe, the grinning witch wanted to start building the road immediately.
However, Han Cheng did not do as Wu said. He immediately gathered people to announce the matter and then started working in a hurry.
Because building such a wider road is not something that can be done easily, it requires a series of preliminary preparations.
For example, determining the width of the road, determining the route, preparing the tools for road construction, and the raw materials for road construction all need to be determined first.
Fortunately, the Tongshan residential area has just gotten on track, and things like food production have not yet been fully developed. The demand and pressure for transportation between the two places are not that great, and the tribe has plenty of time to do this thing that takes a long time and consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.
The route can be determined later. The most important thing to do now is to build the donkey cart first.
Only after the donkey cart is built can the width of the road be determined according to the width of the donkey cart.
However, according to Han Cheng's idea, the road to be built this time will be extended further on the basis of being able to accommodate two donkey carts running side by side.
This is to prepare for long-term development in the future.
The Qingque main tribe is close to the Salt Mountain, while the Tongshan residential area is close to the Tongshan Mountain. These two things are extremely important strategic resources for the tribe.
In other words, as long as the two resources are not exhausted, the Qingque main tribe and the Tongshan branch tribe will not decline easily. On the contrary, before the two resources are exhausted, both places will become more prosperous.
As for the depletion of these two resources, thinking back to the current mining speed and the consumption of the two resources, Han Cheng felt that this was something that did not need to be considered for decades or even longer.
As the Qingque main tribe and the Tongshan residential area become prosperous, the demand for this road will become greater.
By that time, the tribe might have already obtained livestock such as cows and horses that are larger than donkeys.
Of course, a cart pulled by a large animal can pull a larger cart than a donkey cart.
If the road is not built wider at this time, the two cars will not be able to pass each other when they meet, and they will need to rebuild the road and widen the road, which is time-consuming and laborious.
When Han Cheng and Wu arrived at the carpenter's room, Carpenter Bo and several other people who specialized in carpentry and weaving were weaving rattan armor with soft rattan in the shade of the open space outside the carpenter's room.
Rattan armor is complicated to weave, and because it is used to save lives, the quality requirements are very high, so it is not weaved quickly.
A master weaver like Bo could only weave two pairs of clothes a day at his fastest speed, and usually he could only weave one and a half pairs a day.
As for these apprentices, it is normal for them to weave one pair a day. Sometimes, they are a little slow and cannot even weave one pair.
This is assuming that there is someone dedicated to collecting and processing the rattan.
If we let Bo and the others collect vines again, the speed of weaving armor will become even slower.
However, when working, "it's not a matter of being slow, it's a matter of standing still". Although only seven sets of rattan armor can be produced every day at most, with the tireless efforts of Bo and the other five carpenter apprentices, there are now nearly a hundred sets of rattan armor in the tribe!
According to the population size of the Qingque tribe and the size of most tribes of this era that Han Cheng knew about, these nearly one hundred sets of rattan armor were enough to form a rattan armor army!
"Son of God! Witch!"
"Son of God! Witch!"
With the arrival of Han Cheng and Wu, everyone who saw the two stood up and greeted them.
Han Cheng smiled and waved to everyone, indicating that they should continue weaving here. Then he walked to Bo's side, watched Bo weave the rattan armor for a while, then reached out and patted Bo on the shoulder, indicating that he should follow him.
Bo put down the half-woven rattan armor in his hand, stood up and went with Han Cheng and Wu to the house in the tribe where sleds, wheelbarrows and other things were stored.
Well, once the donkey cart is manufactured, this place can be called a parking lot...
The reason why Han Cheng did not tell Bo these things in front of the carpenter's room was, on the one hand, because watching the sled and wheelbarrow here could better explain things about the donkey cart and give Bo a more intuitive feeling.
On the other hand, it is to prevent the other apprentices from being distracted and delaying the weaving of rattan armor.
Well, Han Dashenzi is essentially a person who loves to watch others work hard...
As Han Cheng spoke, Lame's eyes, which had seemed a little confused because Han Cheng and Wu, two giants of the tribe, came to find him together, became brighter and brighter, and in the end it was as if there was a light flashing in them.
With an excited look on his face, Bo looked at the many sleds stored here, and then at the wheelbarrow over there, and he kept rubbing his hands back and forth in excitement.
So smart!
The Son of God is truly so wise!
I once felt deeply regretful that the sled could only be used when it snowed heavily, but this regret was just a regret, and I had never thought of any way to make up for this regret.
And now, the Son of God solved the problem with just a few words.
A wheelbarrow can be pushed and run with round wheels installed, so why don't you think of installing wheels on the sled?
In this way, even if there is no snow, the livestock in the tribe can pull this sled with wheels.
And a sled can hold more things than four wheelbarrows.
Once something like this is created, then...
"Son of God!"
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He came to Han Cheng, bowed deeply to him, and shouted respectfully to express his deep respect...