Chapter 116 Return to Camp
In the Gobi region from the Barren Mountain Camp to the Salt Lake Camp, if a rest stop similar to a transit station was set up in the middle, it would be much more comfortable for the team responsible for the transportation mission.
At the same time, sometimes, if large-scale support is needed between two camps, having such a rest stop in the middle can also play a significant role.
But the problem remains: insufficient manpower and labor.
After arranging a hundred people to be stationed at the Desolate Mountain Camp, there were actually not many people left to be assigned to other camps.
In this case, if we want to set up a rest stop in the middle of the Gobi Desert, we will have to assign more people.
In addition, there is nothing in the Gobi Desert. In other words, all survival supplies have to be delivered from the Black Moon Camp, further increasing labor costs.
Thinking about these things, Zhou Xu calculated in his mind that at the current stage, he definitely did not have the energy to do this, and he would have to deal with the rest stop later.
After a long journey, the group rested for one night at the Salt Lake Camp. They set out immediately the next morning and arrived at the Black Moon Camp before noon.
Calculating the time, it has been a long time since I last came back. Unfortunately, the weather today is not very good. It rained heavily in the early morning. Although the rain has stopped a long time ago, the sky has not cleared up. At the same time, the ground of the entire camp has become muddy because of the rain.
Zhou Xu had long been accustomed to this situation.
Not to mention the primitive era, even after several rounds of development, the ground would basically be like this.
Considering the current situation, he didn't have the time to deal with a clean and tidy brick and stone floor, let alone a gravel road paved with gravel.
There are many things that have higher priority than this land.
However, the influence of this rain, coupled with the arrival of summer and his discovery of bamboo, a new material, allowed Zhou Xu to implement an idea he had already had more quickly.
He brought back so many bamboos from the camp in the deserted mountains not only to make bamboo bows, but also to make bamboo houses! After all, this tent can't be lived in forever.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about this summer. Lying in this animal-skin tent, wouldn’t people faint from the heat?
It would obviously not be a good thing for him if a large number of people suffered from heat stroke in the camp.
Many people know that rural mud houses are warm in winter and cool in summer. Why is this? To put it bluntly, it is because of its good thermal insulation. When the weather is hot in summer, the temperature inside the house rises slowly. When the temperature outside is 30 or 40 degrees, it is still 26 or 27 degrees inside. Comparing the before and after, how can it not be cool?
On the other hand, when it is cold in winter, the temperature inside the house drops slowly, so it naturally appears warmer?
According to Zhou Xu's original plan, he was going to build the house with wood first, and then paste mud on the wooden walls. This is actually a bit similar to how he built a kiln.
Once this mud is applied and dries, the house will no longer leak air from all sides.
As for the roof, we used thatch, which is cheap, easy to find, and convenient to lay.
Now that the ideas are clear, the next step is to draw a rough design. Once you have a basic idea of the entire structure, you can start work.
Of course, before that, he still had one thing to do, which was to find Zhuang Mengdie and finalize the design of the bamboo bow.
"leader."
As soon as he arrived at the equipment department, Zhuang Mengdie, who was busy polishing the axle, saw him and saluted.
Needless to say, their leader came to the Equipment Department, which definitely meant that there was a new task to be assigned.
But at this moment, Zhuang Mengdie did not resist at all.
Ever since the design of the wooden cart came from their leader, the focus of her work has been on the research and development and production of the wooden cart.
Making a wooden cart is a tedious and lengthy process. Although Zhuang Mengdie can endure it, it does not affect her feeling bored.
She hadn't seen the leader for a long time since he went to the camp in the deserted mountains. Now that she saw him, she was really excited and thought...
[I don't know what interesting things the leader brought back this time. ]
During this period, Zhou Xu didn't think too much about it. He directly unfolded the bamboo bow design that he had slowly drawn during his breaks along the way in front of Zhuang Mengdie.
We hadn't seen each other for a long time, so we didn't exchange any pleasantries and just got straight to the point.
"This is a new weapon I designed, called the bamboo bow..."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu told Zhuang Mengdie about his idea in detail.
"The design principle of this weapon is actually not complicated. It just takes advantage of the toughness of this new material, bamboo."
While speaking, Zhou Xu broke a bamboo stick that had been simply processed a few times in front of Zhuang Mengdie.
As the force was applied, the originally straight bamboo stick bent into an unexpected arc. Then, as the hand loosened, the bamboo stick bounced back immediately, causing Zhuang Mengdie, who was watching this scene, to have eyes flashing with curiosity.
No other material they knew of had such toughness.
After Zhuang Mengdie witnessed the toughness of the bamboo with her own eyes, the principle of the bamboo bow became easy to explain.
"That's roughly my idea. Of course, if you have any ideas during the production process, you can add them in. You know, this bamboo bow is still in the research and development stage, and there are only three criteria for success."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu extended three fingers one by one.
"They are to make the arrows more stable, more powerful and have a longer range! While ensuring these three things, you can add your own ideas as much as you want."
"Okay, I understand Chief."
Hearing this, Zhuang Mengdie nodded.
Zhuang Mengdie is a highly intelligent person with an intelligence ceiling of four stars. With her natural abilities, she is undoubtedly the backbone of their equipment department.
From this point of view, Zhou Xu, as the leader, certainly hopes that Zhuang Mengdie can develop his intelligence while making things, so that he can also have the ability to conceive, design and improve.
After all, he himself doesn't know everything.
At this stage, although his knowledge reserves are sufficient, with the rapid development of the tribe, when his knowledge reserves cannot keep up, he will really have to rely on the talents under him and mobilize his intelligent brains to continue exploring.
For this reason, Zhou Xu has never stopped developing the strengths of the talents under his command.
Unfortunately, up to now, except for his own and Ye Jinghong's command star level, which has been upgraded from one star to two stars, none of those two-star attributes have been successfully upgraded to three stars.
This shows that at this stage, they are still far from the limits of ordinary humans.
Considering this, Zhou Xu even admired himself a little, because among his five-dimensional attributes, the spiritual attribute had reached three stars from the very beginning, which was beyond the level of ordinary humans!
However, judging from the current situation, it may be a long way to reach the four-star level. This star level upgrade is much more difficult than he imagined! I went to the hospital and updated late.
(End of this chapter)
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