Chapter 1184 Not all flashes are right (two in one)
What I thought of was that when we were talking about how to sail a sailboat against the wind, Shenzi once said that when the wind is low, just drop the sail and let people use oars or pennies to row the boat forward.
When the wind gets strong, you can simply anchor and park the boat in the water, or moor it on the shore and wait for the wind to subside.
For this reason, I and others also specially manufactured a lot of oars and other things that matched the sailboat.
How did it get to this point and become what it is now?
Lame really wanted to ask out the doubts in his heart.
However, after so many years of living, my lameness is still the same, but some things have become a little different, such as human relations and sophistication.
"Son of God, didn't you say before..."
I thought of these things, and others also thought of them.
But they are different from lame.
With the attitude of asking if you don't understand, someone soon asked about the doubts in their hearts.
Han Da Shenzi, who was secretly rejoicing there, was stunned when he heard this.
The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
Can we stop being so upright?
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In the river in front of the Qingque tribe, the tied sailboat was once again unmoored.
Four people who often paddled flat-bottomed boats and had good water skills controlled them on the boat.
Because there had never been such a ship in the tribe before, and there were still many gaps between this crudely made sailboat and a mature sailboat, the sailing work was not very good.
smoothly.
When several people took control of the boat, they seemed very unfamiliar.
"Take control of the boat and go downstream. The water here is too narrow and difficult to control."
After Han Cheng stood here and waited for a while, he said this.
After hearing his words, the sailor who was already sweating began to control the sailboat and head towards the lower reaches of the river.
The east wind was blowing at this time, and the river in this section also flowed from east to west.
When the head of the sailboat was not completely turned, the wind blew on the sail from the diagonal front, and the sailboat was still moving diagonally forward. However, when a few people on the boat relied on their pennies to straighten the bow of the boat, facing the wind.
After that, the sailboat stopped moving forward.
Not only is it not moving forward, it's even going backwards.
This kind of thing made the boaters a little confused, and the other people watching on the shore couldn't help but be a little confused as well.
By the way, didn't the Son of God just say that if the bow of the ship is facing the wind, won't the wind produce some kind of force behind the sail?
Why doesn't this work now?
Han Cheng, the divine son of the Qingque tribe, was a little confused when he saw the scene in front of him.
What the hell is going on?
Why did it become like this at this time?
The memories that appear in my mind are indeed like this.
After being confused like this for a while, Han Cheng was basically convinced that he had been fooled by his unreliable vague memory, which was like a burst of inspiration.
The wind blew from the front onto the sailboat, across both sides, and then formed a thrust thing behind it. Most likely, it was me who mistook it.
"Use the poles to punt the boat and let the bow tilt diagonally forward to the other side!"
Han Dashenzi's insight ability is still very good.
Although I was basically certain that what I had thought of before was wrong, I still saw something else from the previous voyage of the sailboat.
Immediately he shouted loudly.
After hearing his voice, several people on the boat immediately started operating as he said.
Use the pole to turn the sailboat around so that the head of the sailboat is facing diagonally forward on the opposite bank.
Then for people in this era, something that seems like a miracle happened.
The sailboat that just moments ago was being driven backwards by the wind, now not only stopped its retreating trend, but also began to sail diagonally forward!
It can be seen that several people on the boat did not use bamboo poles to punt the boat, and they sailed forward completely relying on the wind.
Because the river here is not wide yet, after the boat sailed diagonally towards the opposite side for a short distance, it was almost on the other side.
These people didn't feel much panic about this. They inserted the bamboo pennies they held in their hands into the water, and with a little more force on their hands, the sailboat had already changed its direction.
The bow of the boat soon straightened up and became parallel to the river.
With the previous experience, this time they did not need Han Cheng on the shore to say anything, they had already turned the bow of the ship towards the shore where Han Cheng and others were.
After adjusting the direction, they pulled the bamboo pole out of the water, dragged it on the water, and allowed the sailboat to move diagonally forward under the influence of the wind.
When the sailboat once again approached the shore where Han Cheng and the others were, they once again used their pennies to light the bottom of the river to make the boat turn.
The sailboat just showed a zigzag shape all the way, heading towards the lower reaches of the river.
Han Cheng and others followed the sailboat along the river bank and headed downstream.
During this process, the people on board the sailboat became more and more familiar with the sailboat, and gradually became more proficient in controlling it.
After everyone walked down for about three or four miles, the water became much more open.
It was like knowing that the people of the Qingque tribe were going to experiment with the sailboat they had finally built. The wind was very impressive and never stopped.
The water surface is wider and it is easier to sail.
Several sailors have also become much more skilled.
They used their pennies to control the direction of the sailboat, trying to make the sailboat sail crosswind, downwind, and against the wind.
It is said that we are going against the wind, but in fact it does not really mean that we are going against the wind.
When the ship is sailing against the wind, it needs to make some inclines so that the sails are tilted to receive the wind. Accordingly, the sailboat needs to make a zigzag.
Moreover, except when the wind is particularly strong, most of the time, there will be some deviations in the ship's navigation, which requires people to use a bamboo pen to adjust the course from time to time to prevent it from yawing.
After half a day passed like this, I watched a few people controlling the sailboat become more and more proficient, and the sailboat continued to sail under the control of a few people.
Han Cheng gradually frowned.
The reason why he frowned was because she suddenly remembered something.
This thing is how to control the steering of the ship.
Now, people in the tribe use pennies, which seem to be very convenient and easy to use.
But Han Cheng still found a problem inside.
The purpose of letting the people of the tribe make sailboats was ultimately to allow the sails of the tribe to sail across the rivers and seas.
The water there is very deep, which can be described as bottomless.
At that time, it will be unrealistic to use pennies to control the course of the ship.
Because there are no such long pennies.
And even if there is such a long Penny, no one can ignore the buoyancy of such a grown thing in the water and insert it into the bottom of the water to control the course of the ship.
So after thinking about it in his mind for a while, Han Chenggong issued a new order to the people on the sailboat.
He asked them to stop using pennies to steer the boat and instead use paddles.
On the big rivers and seas, the bamboo pennies cannot reach the bottom. They are originally oars undulating on the water, but they can still be used.
After hearing Han Cheng's words, several people on the boat abandoned their pennies and began to use the oars placed on the sailboat to control the direction of the sailboat.
Compared with using a pennant to control the direction of the boat, controlling it with an oar seems slow and stiff.
You need to constantly paddle the water with the paddle on one side, so that the sailboat will slowly turn and the speed will not be fast.
Moreover, a person standing on a boat and holding a pennie in his hand can control the direction of the boat at will, but using an oar cannot.
Of course, the exception is the narrow boat where one person can hold two oars, and the oars are on both sides of the boat.
When the time comes, Han Cheng wants to make the sailboat very big. It is obviously impossible for one person to master the sculls on a sailboat.
So each of the four people held an oar in his hand, and they were placed in pairs on both sides of the ship to control the direction of the ship by paddling.
Whichever way they wanted the boat to turn, the two people on that side began to paddle hard with the paddles they held in their hands, while the other two people stayed still.
Due to the wind direction, it is necessary to adjust the ship's course more frequently, which is much more troublesome than using a pennant.
It didn't take long for these people to be embarrassed and sweating all over...
Han Cheng stood here, looking at the sailboat sailing under the control of a few people, and frowned slightly.
He still dislikes the current steering method.
This approach seems too clumsy.
It requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and the steering effect is not very good.
Nowadays, the experiments are being carried out on small sailboats. If this is the case, then when the tribe has a large sailboat, how many people should be deployed on both sides of the sailboat to control the direction of the sailboat?
And the place we are in now can be called calm.
If you are in a rough river or sea, or encounter some more urgent situations, then using such a method to control the steering of the ship will become even more unsightly.
Besides using pennies and oars, is there any other way to control the steering of the boat?
Han Cheng frowned and fell into deep thought.
At noon, at Han Cheng's signal, several people on the boat began to steer the boat upstream. Han Cheng, Lai and other people who were visiting the shore walked back along the river bank.
Several sailboats in the water stopped at the edge of the pier.
In order to prevent the sailboat from running around, they not only tied it up with cables, but also lowered the sails at Han Cheng's signal.
In this way, it can effectively prevent the sailboat from running randomly under the blow of the wind.
After finishing these things, several people got off the sailboat, their legs were a little weak, and they all felt exhausted.
After such a long day, they were exhausted...
"Tell me, how do you feel about this sailboat in the past half day? What do you think is not working well and needs to be changed?"
Under the shade of the trees by the river, Han Cheng washed his face and upper body with clear river water. He sat down on a stone and looked around. Most of the people around him had washed their faces with river water or were washing their faces.
Man, said this out loud.
After hearing what Han Cheng said, Lame thought for a while and then spoke first.
"I think it's difficult to turn the sailboat, especially since you can't use the pennant and can only use the oar, it's very difficult."
After Lame said these words, everyone immediately aroused their approval.
Especially the four sailors who had been operating the sailboat all morning were nodding their heads like chickens pecking at rice.
They definitely feel the same way about the problem Lame mentioned.
Because now their arms are raised slightly, they can feel the fatigue coming from them.
I feel very uncomfortable even when I wash my face.
This is all controlled by controlling the direction of the ship.
"The sail seems to be a little weak, and it's not easy to catch the wind..."
"Sometimes, it's not easy to find where the wind is blowing from, and you can't adjust the sailboat quickly..."
After Lame took the lead to speak, the rest of the people started to speak one after another, telling some of the problems they felt during their experiences this morning.
Lame and some other carpenters wrote down all the problems mentioned by everyone here. What they need to do next is how to solve these problems.
After these problems are solved, the sailboats in the tribe can be further improved and their performance can be improved accordingly.
However, there were some things that they didn't need to worry about, because as soon as they heard this question, Han Cheng, who had the memory of later generations, had already thought of a solution to the problem.
For example, it is difficult to find the direction of the wind.
“You can tie a small strip of cloth or other light things to the mast or other parts of the ship, and look at the direction they are blown by the wind, and you can know where the wind is blowing from.
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Han Cheng said this.
As for the weather vane, he definitely didn't think of it before.
Now that someone said this, I immediately realized this and then thought of the weather vane.
Of course, in addition to this method, there are many ways to identify the wind direction.
For example, some mature sailors only need to wet their fingers with saliva and feel the wind to accurately know where the wind is blowing from.
Of course, such mature sailors do not exist in the Qingque tribe.
Therefore, they can only continue to accumulate experience based on simple and basic methods, and slowly become experienced sailors.
After hearing what Han Cheng said, the eyes of everyone present couldn't help but light up.
Many people have had images of the tribe's blue bird flags rustling in their minds when blown by the wind.
The matter of the weather vane was also resolved with the reaction of everyone.
