Chapter 548 Tools of the Han Tribe
Although I don't really believe what Jing Yan said about ten ships a day, looking at Jing Yan's serious eyes, I don't think he is joking at all. This is even more surprising. Can the Han Tribe really use so many black stones? !
But these are not very important. The first thing to solve now is that the Han Tribe has cancelled the condition of trading coal for daily necessities. The Han Tribe doesn't like other things. How should the Lu Tribe obtain necessary daily necessities, such as white salt, in the future.
So Elder Lu asked Jing Yan this question, but it just happened to hit his way. Jing Yan was waiting for this sentence.
"Elder Lu, Chief, this is easy to solve. Now that our Han Tribe has decided to settle here and dig those coal mines for a long time, we must build some houses here. We also need to make a relatively large open space by the river to pile up those coal mines. In short, there are many things to build.
But we can't spare so many people now, so we hope that your Lu Tribe can send people to help us cut trees and build houses."
"Let our tribesmen help you work?" The Lu chief and the elder asked at the same time.
"Yes, we will pay you. As long as you are willing to send people to help with the work, we can provide you with food for a long time, and we can also exchange some daily necessities for you, such as shoes, cloth, white salt and the like.
You don't have to worry about not having time to hunt because you are working for us. Whether you are a man or a woman, including your children, we will provide you with food.
However, we can only guarantee sufficient staple food, such as meat, and you can only rely on you to provide the ingredients. We can help make it." Jing Yan introduced.
The deer leader and the elders looked at the sumptuous food on the table in front of them, and then they knew what Jing Yan meant by this. It turned out that this was a tasting of the working meal.
To be honest, the deer elders and the leader were quite moved by what Jing Yan said. The main reason was that the Deer Tribe was actually still a tribe that mainly relied on fishing and hunting, and the daily food harvest was not stable.
Besides catching one or two live wild deer as food reserves, the Deer Tribe basically had no stock left, which was quite tragic. Without stored food, the tribe's ability to resist disasters would be very weak.
If something unexpected happened and the Deer Tribe could not continue hunting or migrate long distances, the tribe members would have to starve to death.
Therefore, if there was a stable source of food, the life of the Deer Tribe would be greatly improved.
Of course, there are pros and cons. If the food of one's own tribe had to be supplied by outsiders, it would be completely controlled by others, and it would be impossible to develop, so the Deer Elder was also very hesitant.
After thinking for a while, the wise old man made a decision to send some people to work for the Han Tribe for a few days to see what the situation was. If there was no benefit, he would not work for the Han Tribe.
But what he didn't expect was that this decision would put their entire Deer Tribe in it.
After negotiation between the two sides, Jing Yan recruited the first batch of workers in the Deer Tribe, and in the evening of the same day, the two sides began their first trial cooperation.
First, Jing Yan took down a bunch of tools and rice from the boat. The rice was for eating, but it was also the first time that the food was supplied to the Deer Tribe. However, it was only a small part because the Deer Tribe had only 20 people.
Jing Yan first asked his people to lead the way and took ten people from the Deer Tribe to clean up the ground on the river beach near the "pier". Each person was given a shovel to shovel the soil and level the ground.
Under the guidance of the Han Tribe crew, the people of the Deer Tribe also began to use these advanced tools that they had never seen before, although it was just a shovel that was ordinary in the Han Tribe.
Elder Lu also stood aside with his crutches and watched. He didn't expect that the Han Tribe had so many strange and weird things.
There was not much work to do that evening. A group of people worked together to clear out a piece of flat land that was not very large, and then cleaned up the surrounding grass and trees, burned the ground with fire, and sprinkled some realgar powder mined from the Babaoshan mining area to repel insects.
Then Jing Yan asked people to bring some bamboo poles and green tarpaulin from the boat. The crew and the people of the Deer Tribe set up a few tents on the cleared land, and laid some straw mats inside. They could live in the tents tonight.
Elder Lu did not expect the people of the Han Tribe to act so quickly. It only took them one or two hours to build their own "houses", so he found Jing Yan and asked about the situation.
"Friends from the Han Tribe, your house was built so quickly. Do you not need our help in the future?"
"No, no, no, this is just a temporary house. It's summer now, and it's hot. Of course, it's okay to live in such a thin tent, but it won't work in winter. If you still live here, you will definitely freeze to death. So we need to find a place to stay first, and then we will build a stronger house."
Elder Lu nodded, and also thought of the cold winter. It seems that he thought too much, but soon, he looked forward to the "stronger" house of the Han Tribe again. Even the temporary house is so good, what will a stronger house look like? And their strange tools, what are they made of, and what other tools do they have?
A strong curiosity filled the head of the deer elder, and this curiosity became even more intense before it was completely dark.
The reason was that of the 20 people sent by the Deer Tribe, ten were left by Jing Yan to build a camp by the river, and the other ten were led by the crew, or the people of the Deer Tribe took the crew of the Han Tribe to walk towards the surrounding woodland together, one to familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment, and the other to cut down some trees and firewood to prepare materials for building the camp.
The ten people of the Deer Tribe were led by the Deer Chief. He and the elders each watched a team, just to see what the Han Tribe was going to do.
As a result, the various magical operations of the Han Tribe in cutting down trees once again shocked these ignorant country bumpkins.
A crew member first came to the woodland not far away under the leadership of the Deer Chief, and after selecting the appropriate tree species and size and thickness, they took out a flat and long thin sheet made of something they didn't recognize. One side of the thing had triangular saw teeth, and the other half was straight, with two wooden handles at both ends.
This is a tool that requires two people to use. They first tied the tree to be cut with a rope, and then pulled it diagonally to several trees in different directions around. The people of the Han tribe explained that this is to prevent the tree from falling randomly when it falls, which is easy to hit people. After tying it, the direction of the tree's fall can be controlled.
The deer leader also nodded secretly, thinking to himself that these people in the Han tribe are quite experienced. Not only do they need special tools to cut a tree, but they also have so many requirements for where the tree falls. Very good, I have learned another trick.
After tying the rope, the people of the Han tribe demonstrated first. They pulled the thin tool horizontally at the bottom of the tree trunk, and then the two people pulled it back and forth. The thin tool quickly "bite" into it, and the saw teeth on it kept bringing out a lot of sawdust. A 20-centimeter-thick tree was knocked down by them in just a few minutes.
The men of the Deer Tribe were immediately amazed. What kind of magical tool was this? It was not only so fast to cut trees, but it also seemed to be much easier than chopping back and forth with a stone axe. The most important thing was that the cross-section of the stumps they cut with this magical tool was very flat, and it didn't look like it was done by human hands. It was different from the cross-section of the stumps they cut with stone axes before, which looked like they were chewed by dogs.
Then the Han tribe took out a small thin-sheet tool. It also had saw teeth, but only one handle, which was for one person. A group of people took their own tools and took off all the branches and twigs on the whole tree in just over ten minutes. They broke it into a bare log and bundles of branches and twigs. One part was building materials, and the other part was firewood.
It was a pity that they didn't bring any animals this time, so transportation was not very convenient, so they had to rely on the people of the Deer Tribe to carry it on their shoulders.
In this way, in two hours, a group of people knocked down twelve trees, an average of ten minutes to knock down one tree, and they were able to clean up the branches and twigs.
This is mainly because of the division of labor. Some crew members took the people of the Deer Tribe to saw the tree trunks and fell the trees. The rest of the group of people took single-person hand saws to clean the branches.
The Deer Chief also worked for a while and personally experienced the magical tools of the Han Tribe, which made him even more shocked and curious.
First of all, the Han Tribe invented the tools with a fantastic idea. How did they come up with such a sophisticated design? In addition, the material of these tools seemed to be the same material as many of the tools they used. What is this?
The Deer Chief kept sawing the thicker branches with a hand saw. There was also a Han Tribe man holding an arm-length shovel next to him, like using a stone axe, directly chopping the thinner branches. One shovel could cut them off, and the cross section was also very flat. This surprised the Deer Chief even more. What if you use this thing to chop people?
That thing should be a kind of weapon they carry with them, right? !
The Deer Chief thought with great suspicion.
When they returned to the residence of the Deer Tribe before dark, Jing Yan had already prepared a big pot of rice and cooked dishes for them with the meat provided by the Deer Tribe. Then he asked the 20 men who had worked to come out with their women and children to get the food.
A group of people, big and small, carried their own pottery pots and lined up in front of the big pot. The crew of the Han Tribe used a big iron spoon to serve them rice and dishes, like a canteen aunt.
A group of children, led by their mothers, happily ate a large bowl of rice. In the evening, those who participated in the work were happily discussing the magical tools of the Han Tribe.
This time, even the Deer Elder and the Deer Chief were discussing it fiercely.
"They said that the tool for cutting trees that is pulled back and forth is called a saw. The big one is called a long saw, and the small one is called a hand saw."
"And there's also that shovel with a wooden handle. The thing in front is made of the same thing as a saw. I see that people in the Han tribe not only use that thing to shovel soil, but also use it as a stone axe to cut trees."
"Well, that's right, I also discovered that the Han tribe is a tribe that cares very much about practicality. The tools they make must have at least two uses, using the least material to do the most things. This is worth learning from. No wonder the Han tribe can develop so powerful." Elder Lu also said with deep understanding.
"There are also their houses, which are covered with oilcloth. The people of the Han tribe said that the cloth is made of the same material as the clothes they wear, but oilcloth is different from clothes. It is said that it can withstand rain."
"Well, yes, yes, and there is also the long-handled shovel that is used with the foot. It is very convenient to use it to shovel the soil. If you can't shovel it with your hands, you can use the foot to push the shovel to dig, insert it into the soil and press down the long wooden handle, and the soil will be easily dug out."
"The people who made those tools in the Han tribe are really amazing. Not only are their skills amazing, but the people who came up with these tools are even more amazing." Chief Deer also sighed, and his tone was full of envy for the good things of the Han tribe.
The people around who participated in the work also nodded in agreement, agreeing with what the leader said.
It was at this time that Elder Deer made a decision after careful consideration.
"The Han tribe has a lot of good things. Helping them with their work can help us learn more skills and the technology of making things. We should let more people help the Han tribe.
And the food called rice in the Han tribe, where did they get it from and why there is so much, we should learn it. If we can learn it, we don't have to worry about having no food to eat in the future."
After listening, the deer leader nodded in agreement, and the other ordinary tribesmen were even happier. They were still in the excitement of just contacting the Han tribe and seeing good things for the first time. They had a strong curiosity about everything in the Han tribe.
This is probably the same feeling as modern people visiting air shows or high-tech exhibitions. This is a very strange phenomenon. Whether it is to expand their horizons and brag to others, or simply like hobbies, humans are very good at learning and like the process of expanding their horizons. No matter what the purpose is, it is generally the same.
Jing Yan did not disappoint the deer elder. After learning that the entire deer tribe was willing to help the next day, Jing Yan also asked people to take out a lot of technical dry goods for the people of the deer tribe to participate, which opened their eyes.
The materials on the sailboats were unloaded and placed in the temporary camps. Then Jing Yan sent a few people to drive the sailboats back to Liuyang County to bring back the follow-up materials and construction tools. According to the standard process of the Han tribe's development, the next time they brought back, they would definitely bring back complete windmill sawmill parts, and then assemble them directly, because whether it is the construction of houses or docks, wood is an indispensable thing.
(End of this chapter)
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