Several carpenters were chopping, chopping, and chiseling in the yard every day under Xu Chen's guidance.
A group of children watched all day long and were reluctant to leave.
Even adult men and women who are busy working will gather around to watch and discuss this strange thing with great interest as long as they have a little leisure time.
It's too complicated and hard to understand.
In fact, Xu Chen himself had no experience or confidence in making wheels.
He had played with wheel wheels, but they were mass-produced from steel in the industrial era.
Although when he was a child, he had seen his father dismantle the wheel and replace the marbles in the bearing. The structure did not seem complicated, but neither the wheel hub wire spokes nor the bearing structure could be solved with wood at the moment.
Therefore, to make wheels in this era, he needs to completely innovate the design from scratch.
Moreover, he didn’t know the ancient method of making wheels.
But whether he knows or not, he still knows the basic structure of the wheel.
In addition, he also knew that the wheels and axles of carriages during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were fixed together. When they rotated, the wheels and axles rotated together. The reason for this design was because there was no concept of bearings.
But if he does it now, he will definitely abandon this most primitive wheel structure and change it to a fixed axle.
But in this way, not only must we solve the problem of how to make the wheel, but we must also solve the problem of the bearing connection between the wheel and the axle.
Of course, it is not impossible to separate without bearings, that is, two metal movable rings similar to bearings need to be made and placed between the wheels and axles.
However, this structure brings great disadvantages, that is, long-term dry grinding will cause the active ring to heat up and wear out quickly, and it is estimated that it will need to be replaced soon.
But changing bearings is easier and faster than changing wheels. Although copper is valuable, there is not much demand for carriages at the moment. They basically run within a range of more than ten miles back and forth near each tribe, and there are very few opportunities for long-distance travel.
He can even clearly list the application scenarios.
The Ba people go from the compound at the foot of the mountain to the pier at the mouth of the river.
From the Copper Mine Valley to the gathering place of the Uzbek people, and then to the river beach dock outside the valley, the actual amount of water in the Ushui is still good, and it will not stop flowing all year round. As long as some excavation and construction are carried out in some parts of the river ditch, small-scale
All rafts and boats can run back and forth and can transport copper ore and cargo.
The most widely used one is probably the Gonghuo Basin.
The Gonghuo Tribe, the Lei Tribe, the Five Ghost Tribes, and two other small tribes. A total of five tribes are gathered within an area of only four miles. In addition, the distance from Dahekou to the Gonghuo Tribe is more than thirty years.
Here, the raft goes down very fast and goes up very slowly. If a carriage road can be built from the Gonghuo Tribe to Dahe, and commuting by carriage, it may be faster and safer than the raft.
The Yugong clan and the Wu clan are not in much of a situation. The carriage only covers a distance of four to five miles from the valley to the mouth of the river, and the waterway can actually run.
As for other tribes, they basically still use the ancient way of traveling, relying solely on foot power and rafts.
Besides, to have a carriage, you also need a horse.
At present, except for the Ba and Wu tribes, other tribes are in dire need of horses, and it is absolutely impossible to popularize horse-drawn carriages.
Therefore, for a long time to come, carriages will still be an extremely scarce luxury item and cannot be promoted in all tribes.
In order to solve the problem of making wheels, Xu Chen thought hard for several days. He painted and wiped the paintings on the ceramic board. His hands and face were covered with carbon dust all day long, but in the end he was allowed to slowly design a wheel.
A relatively reasonable structural plan.
The Tao Te Ching says: Thirty spokes make up a hub. If it doesn't exist, it can be used as a chariot. If it doesn't exist, it can be used as a vehicle. If it doesn't exist, it can be used as a utensil. If it doesn't exist, it can be used as a room. Therefore, there is
Use it for benefit, use it for no purpose.
When Xu Chen read the Tao Te Ching with an old professor, most of them were confused and didn't understand it.
Putting aside the philosophy of mutual creation, this sentence reminded him of the structure of the ancient wheel hub.
In the pre-Qin period, there were thirty spokes on each wheel.
These spokes are made of wood and are riveted together with tenons to form a circular wheel.
He had no idea how ancient people made wheels, but with this hint, he found a way to make wheels.
That is to find some wood with suitable curvature and thickness, first cut it into short pieces with the same length and size, and then place them in a circle according to the designed wheel size, and then use an ax to slowly cut all the joint parts so that they can be easily assembled.
into a roughly circular shape.
But when he saw the circle pieced together again, Xu Chen held his cheek and had a toothache for a long time.
He knew that under the current simple conditions, a group of primitive carpenters, and his own poor design and command, the circle would definitely not be very round, but the unexpected ending turned out to be far beyond his imagination, and it was completely like being stepped on by an elephant.
Just like that, it's too crooked and crooked to be seen.
In the end, he had to manually correct it for a long time. The outline of the wheel finally looked much better. It barely looked like a pot helmet that had been chewed by a dog. The inner and outer edges were dinged, but at last there was a hint of a round shape.
At this step, it is relatively simple. Find the center point of the circle, then use hemp rope to radiate around to draw the location of the holes, and start digging holes and making spokes.
However, after all the spokes were nailed on, Xu Chen discovered that trouble had arisen again, that is, the hub with the spokes fixed in the middle was also a reduced version of the rim. It also needed to be made into a circle, and a hole was drilled to fix the spokes.
This is more troublesome than making the outer rim.
When he got here, not only was he at a loss, but a group of carpenters were staring at the stars, feeling at a loss what to do and not knowing what to do at all.
The current situation is that a poor master and a group of ignorant apprentices are preparing to do an earth-shattering feat, but unfortunately they are unable to do it.
It can be seen that no matter how good the idea is, practical ability is the most important. According to the current level of civilization, it seems that the reserve of car building skills and skill points is not enough.
The skill tree for advancing from Pickle Clan to Car-Building Clan is not the same system, so adding points this time failed.
After several days of smelting, the fourth furnace of bronze in the smelting workshop has melted.
So Xu Chen could only temporarily stop the construction of the carriage and wait for him to slowly think of a solution after he finished pouring the swords and weapons.
Although I had the experience of casting bronzes three times before, this time the casting was not very smooth. Only five out of ten swords were successful, and the success rate was only 50%.
The reason is that these vessels are too flat and slender, and the copper juice is not filled enough in the mold. Two of them directly collapsed during the pouring process, and the copper juice overflowed, and the other three were filled with copper juice.
It is not filled fully, or there are air bubbles, resulting in it becoming a waste product.
However, Xu Chen was very satisfied with the five successful ones. Although the sword was slightly deformed and bent because the mold was not straight and smooth enough, the nearly fifty centimeters long blade and the golden body still looked very visual.
Even if the knife handle is not polished and installed, people can feel a strong dangerous atmosphere.
Ordinary knives, axes and daggers are just that. They are all very short. Although they are sharp, they do not give people the feeling of being very lethal. At most, they are very enjoyable to use.
But when these complete swords were dug out of the sand and cooled down, Xu Chen held them in his hands and observed them one by one. The craftsmen who were watching and the men and women who heard the news and came to watch the excitement all let out a burst of surprise.
There was a commotion and many people couldn't help but turn their faces and move back.
Almost everyone felt a sense of fear from these slender knives.
The two swords are in the style of ordinary swords. One is about fifty centimeters long, and the other is about forty centimeters long. The longer one is an epee, weighing about eight kilograms. It has a long handle and is a two-handed sword.
The other, shorter, one-handed sword weighs about five pounds and has a short handle.
There are three knives, a simple sword with a long handle for both hands, a Tang sword, and a waist sword.
For men of any era, the love for swords, guns, chariots and horses is deposited in their souls and blood. When they are still young, they like to hold swords and other toys. When they grow up, there are few boys who do not like it.
For those who are good at dancing with knives and guns, any child who doesn’t have a few plastic and wooden swords and a few cars and toys at home will have a completely incomplete childhood.
Although Xu Chen lived in an era where knives and guns were prohibited before he traveled through time, and he didn't have much contact with them, he still knew a lot about ancient swords, and he was also very clear about the styles of these swords. Not to mention these common swords, even if they were
Xu Chen was able to collect eighteen kinds of weapons.
Therefore, the shapes of these cast weapons were not much different from ancient swords, and they were still made of the oldest bronze. They also had an ancient holy light, and the gold was so dazzling that he felt his heart agitate.
It is inevitable to have a heroic heart.
The hall was filled with flowers and three thousand guests were drunk, and fourteen states were frost-frozen with one sword.
What a heroic poetry and painting. If you carry an AK or a small pistol, it will really ruin the scenery.
A lonely shadow on the cold river, an old friend in the rivers and lakes, why should we meet before?
If you are a man, you should go out with a sword on your back.
Xu Chen temporarily let himself forget about the carriage and the arena, and began to calm down to assemble and polish the five swords.
After five full days of work, five swords of different standards but equally sharp and strong were finally released. When they picked up these swords after they were opened, all the hunters were overjoyed and excited.
There is also a kind of trembling fear.
This thing is not a toy, nor is it a spear, bow and arrow, because when you use it to kill people, you are very likely to hurt yourself.
Moreover, Xu Chen also made it clear that this sword was not used to chop trees and firewood, nor could it be used to chop trees and firewood. It was mainly used for self-defense in close combat.
In order to prevent a group of primitive savages from accidentally killing themselves while playing with swords, Xu Chen had to take time to instruct them in some simple movements, so that chopping, chopping, and chopping would be more orderly and not like dancing around with cloaks and sticks.
, and then accidentally wiped his neck.
A group of savages also knew that this thing was powerful. Cutting down trees and grass was like drinking water. Even leather and vine armor were useless in front of this sharp golden sword. Therefore, they were very careful when using it and followed Xu Chen's instructions.
, gradually become familiar with the use of swords.
Five swords are snatched for use by a group of hunters from morning to night every day. On the river beach, which is already full of green grass and wild flowers, you can always see a large group of wild men covered with thick hair gathered around, facing each other.
The straw men on the river beach were practicing chopping and chopping, as manically as a group of idiots.