At the end of February, the rain became more abundant.
The mountains, rivers and fields have been completely covered with lush green.
On the riverbanks and hillsides, all the flowers have fallen, and everything has entered a period of vigorous growth.
The large farmland on both sides of the river valley is even more lush, with wheat and beans growing extremely vigorously and luxuriantly. The height rises and falls with the warm and humid river wind, just like a green grassland.
With the large-scale reclamation of farmland, in the valleys where wild grasses and thorns were lush in the past, it is rare to see the wild scenes of weeds as high as a person in the past. Instead, at a glance, it is flat, spacious, and extremely green and open.
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The water in the creek slowly filled up, and the clear water flowed all day long.
However, there are far fewer herbivorous beasts in the river valley this year.
Since the horses were rounded up and tamed last year, as the number of Ba people increased, the scope and space of their activities became larger and larger, and the wild beasts that plagued the farmland every year gradually disappeared. The few that are left now are just a few.
Mountain deer and wild sheep have become completely out of date.
The benefits of group lump sum management for farmland are obvious.
The two families of the tribe are each responsible for the farmland on both sides of the river. Groups of women are busy patrolling the farmland all day long. Not only are they driving away wild beasts and birds, but they are also much more diligent in weeding.
In previous years, if mother and grandmother hadn't led the team to remind them to weed, few women would take the initiative to do this alone.
But this year's atmosphere has completely changed. There is no need for patriarchs and leaders such as Muba and Amu to remind and lead the team. The men and women in each group will complete it automatically.
Therefore, under such careful care, the growth of wheat and beans in the farmland this year is even more gratifying. In the farmland, almost all you see are bean sprouts and wheat seedlings, and you rarely see the overgrown weeds like in previous years.
The experimental field is a project that Xu Chen is responsible for.
But since he had been busy smelting bronze to make a large number of swords, axes, swords and vehicles after sowing in the spring, he did not have much time and energy to patrol and look after him. He only arranged for Gu Heju to patrol with a few teenagers and children to drive away birds and beasts.
, but Muba knew the importance of the experimental field and personally led the team to weed, so the growth rate of the experimental field was also very good.
However, compared with the differences that can be seen at a glance in previous years, this year's experimental field and other farmland do not look very obvious.
However, if you observe carefully in the farmland, you will still find that the wheat beans in the experimental field are much stronger and the color is greener.
Several pregnant wild horses and a lame wild ass gave birth one after another between mid-February and the end of February, and the tribe received four new ponies and a young wild ass.
A wild sheep actually gave birth to a lamb, although it was slightly better than none. The size of the livestock family further expanded, which also brought a lot of joy to the tribe.
Especially for a group of children, these newborn animals have become their favorite pets, grazing and playing near riverbanks and farmland all day long.
The two giant eagles were almost 1.5 meters tall, with wings spread up to 4 meters. Their huge bodies and sharp curved beaks and claws made a group of children afraid to approach them. Even the timid adult men and women of the tribe were frightened when they saw them.
According to Xu Chen's arrangement, hunters would take two eagles to practice flying on the river beach every day.
After several months of continuous training from winter to spring, the two big eagles have been able to fly, and they are very high. As long as they are driven out from the yard, they will jump directly from the river beach to the sky with huge wings flapping.
, hovering and singing at an altitude of hundreds or even thousands of meters.
Every time the two big eagles came out of their cages, all kinds of wild birds and animals in the valley disappeared.
Therefore, in the valley this year, not only were there few wild animals, but even the wild birds were almost gone.
In previous springs, flocks of wild birds built nests and hatched eggs in the valley, but this year a few blind ones came occasionally. However, before the nests could be built, and the next two eggs had not even been warmed, they were taken over by these two big ones.
The eagle was frightened and fled away.
With these two big eagles, I think this summer and autumn, there will be fewer opportunities for wild birds to cause harm to farmland.
In the past, Xu Chen raised two big birds, consuming a lot of meat every day. In addition, he was born with a domineering temperament of a raptor that made it difficult to get close to him. Many tribesmen did not say it, but in fact they still had some thoughts in their hearts.
The big eagle eats and lives for free and is useless.
But since the two big eagles could fly, and every time they appeared, the wild birds and beasts in the valley were frightened and fled in all directions, these bad thoughts disappeared, and everyone even became more in awe and even grateful to Xu Chen.
In the past, we used to manually drive away birds and beasts, which was busy, tiring and ineffective.
But these two big eagles are simply magical tools to drive away beasts and birds. Once released, the entire valley becomes quiet instantly, and even the birds and beasts on the mountains for miles around will scatter or hibernate.
What makes all the tribesmen most happy is that although these two big eagles have learned to fly and even started to learn to hunt birds and beasts, they do not want to leave the Ba tribe. After being released every day, they hover in the sky near the Ba tribe, occasionally
They flew without a trace, but they still flew back around sunset and landed directly on the wooden frame in the yard.
This habit made Xu Chen feel incredible.
Perhaps the two big eagles had been raised for too long since they were young, so the two big eagles also regarded the Ba clan compound as their nest. They even began to think that they were already a member of the Ba clan and decided to live there permanently.
To this day, all the tribesmen are in admiration for Xu Chen's far-sighted vision.
Even the two little wolves that were forced to feed them at first have made a lot of contributions to driving away birds and beasts from the farmland in the past few years.
If there are wild wolves guarding the ground, two giant withers patrolling in the sky, and a group of monkeys guarding the house and taking care of the horses, this mixed family of animals will not only be lively, but also more peaceful.
Unfortunately, the two wolves escaped and were never seen again.
Although Xu Chen did not blame him, many people still felt very guilty while not forgetting him.
Even the hunters of the tribe wanted to catch a few young ones and feed them many times, but unfortunately they never had such a good opportunity again.
With the growth of the Ba people and their close contact with the Wu people, it is rare to encounter wild wolves living in groups in the dozens of miles from the Ba people to the Wu people.
In the courtyard, a large group of people were gathered together. A group of children crowded noisily between the legs of adults. A group of monkeys were also jumping up and down around. Some jumped on the heads and shoulders of some adult men and screamed.
In the middle of the crowd, Xu Chen and several carpenters were installing a wheel onto the frame.
The axes were clanking, and several people were busy with it, while the onlookers were watching with gusto and even with anticipation.
In order to build this car, Xu Chen was busy for almost a month.
The frame had already been manufactured, but the wheels took nearly twenty days. A group of people made five wheels, and finally this one was considered a success.
But even this successful wheel is very different from the picture Xu Chen originally drew.
The wheel he first drew was similar to the wheels of later generations, with a rim on the outside, distinct spokes in the middle, and a hub and axle in the middle.
But the wheel that has been made now is in the shape of a complete disk, the spokes are no longer visible, and it is completely covered by criss-crossing wooden strips and boards. The inner and outer layers are stacked to form a pot lid shape.
Because the structure between the spokes and the hub rim was unstable and there was no glue to bond them firmly, Xu Chen could only opportunistically adopt a thickening method to fix the hub and rim.
The outer boards and battens are drilled with a hand drill to drill transparent round holes on both sides, and then several rounds of wooden nails are driven inside for reinforcement.
The wheel has been made in this way and is very stable, but it looks very thick and bulky.
However, no matter how clumsy and ugly it was, for Xu Chen, it was finally considered a success.
A copper ring ten centimeters in diameter and about two centimeters thick is embedded in the round hole in the center of the wheel hub. The axle is a half-foot-long piece of hardwood, about eight centimeters thick, and a thinner copper ring is also put in the middle.
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These two copper rings were specially designed and cast by Xu Chen. They just fit together. Although there is a slight gap, they are relatively flexible to rotate when put together.
After more than an hour of hammering, the thickened wooden wheel was finally installed on the frame of the unicycle.
"alright!"
Xu Chen made a final check and turned the wooden wheel with his hand. Under the watch of dozens of people, it turned slowly several times.
Xu Chen couldn't help but twitch his face a few times.
The wheels are too heavy and don't spin very smoothly.
But the good news is that it really does work.
"I'll give it a try!"
Several carpenters and a group of onlookers couldn't help but rush forward to turn the wheel. As the wheel turned, a group of people couldn't help but get excited and noisy.
Even the little witch couldn't help but go up and pull it twice, with an excited and happy smile on her face.
It’s not easy!
This thing doesn't look big, and its structure doesn't seem to be very complicated, but the all-powerful Witch King actually spent a full month on it. This is considered his longest invention.
You should know that Xu Chen usually only works on innovative inventions for a day or two. Last year, it took a long time to make a wooden plow, but it only took seven or eight days.
It can be seen from this that this thing must have extraordinary uses.
Otherwise Xu Chen wouldn't have spent so long on this.
But how can such a thing be driven by a horse?
And it can also carry goods and pull people? How should I put the goods?
How should one sit?
Not only was the little witch excited and confused, but the group of men, women, and children who were watching were also confused.
Because the unicycle was the product of Xu Chen's later revision of his idea, others only thought that this thing and the carriage were the same thing, but in fact Xu Chen had already changed the basics and the car became a motorcycle.