Chapter 55 Digging the foundation and nailing stakes
Lame was disemboweling the mother whose wolf cubs had died tragically. For the tribe, such delicious food obviously could not be discarded.
Han Cheng was worried that the little wolf cub would be upset when he saw it, so he specifically told him to carry out this activity outside the cave.
And he made a small pot to make broth for the wolf cub to eat.
The reason why Han Cheng is so interested in the little wolf cub is because the little wolf cub has soft fur and is very playful, and he is always clinging to him.
Secondly, this guy looked very similar to Erha, the second-level mythical beast that Han Cheng raised in later generations, when he was a child. He looked at things and thought of dogs, which made Han Cheng feel sympathy for this little wolf cub.
Although in later generations, the guy he raised kept breaking up the house all the time, and many times Han Cheng had the idea of live streaming eating mythical beasts, but after not seeing each other for such a long time, he still missed it.
The third is that he wants to try to tame this little wolf cub to see if he can tame the 'white-eyed wolf' into the most loyal partner of mankind.
If he can really succeed, he will be a good hand no matter whether he is looking after the home or going hunting with him.
The little wolf cub was too young to drink the broth directly from the bowl. Han Cheng could only dip his fingers into it before letting him eat it.
The little mouth that had just grown baby teeth was biting and sucking the fingers, itching.
I don't know if it was because he was starving, or because the salted broth was particularly appetizing. The little guy actually ate up half a bowl of broth and two big mouthfuls of Han Cheng's chewed meat.
The satiated little guy no longer whined and surrounded Han Cheng looking for milk. Instead, he lay down on the ground, snuggled tightly against Han Cheng's feet, put his head on his little paws, and began to sleep.
Before going to bed at night, Han Cheng fed the wolf cub twice more.
Near the edge of the inner cave, Han Cheng used several pieces of previously made adobe to build a nest for the little wolf cub, and also padded it with soft hay. Then he held the little wolf cub in his hands and put it in.
After settling in, Han Cheng also went to bed.
As a result, he walked on the front foot, and the little guy came out on the back foot, following Han Cheng.
After doing this five times, Han Cheng finally gave up on letting the little wolf cub sleep alone in the kennel.
The little wolf cub was very excited after finally not being taken away. From time to time, he would put his little head against Han Cheng's arm and play with Han Cheng. When he went to sleep, he would cling tightly to Han Cheng's feet.
However, this was risky. When he was sleeping in the middle of the night, Han Cheng was turned over and kicked under the bed, groaning in grievance.
Of course, there is a disadvantage to this, that is, sometimes when the little one is hungry at night, he will crowd around Han Cheng looking for milk.
So Han Cheng, the little sparrow who returned to pre-liberation one night and had a sex similar to that of a wolf, suffered a fate.
After doing this twice, Han Cheng had to put on his airtight leather pants when he went to bed at night...
A tree that has fallen on the ground is much easier to bully than a tree that is standing there.
One is because the tree has completely given up its resistance and is lying on the ground completely at the mercy of you.
Another reason is that people can use their strength when their feet are on the ground.
It took a day and a half, with Han Cheng's verbal guidance and the unremitting efforts of the senior brother and others, to clear out the three lines for building the wall.
Then it’s time to dig the foundation.
At this time, the tools were simple and it was difficult to dig deeper, so Han Cheng did not require the foundation to be particularly deep, only about thirty centimeters deep.
During the first two days of excavation, the soil was moist due to heavy rains, which made it easier. After a few days of evaporation from the sun, the ground dried up, making it much more difficult to dig.
Han Cheng asked several people to stop working and no longer let them dig the foundation. Instead, they used clay pots to bring water from the river and wet the area to be excavated with water, which would make it much easier to dig again.
With the joint efforts of more than 20 people, the excavation of the foundation was carried out very quickly. In five days, the foundation of the 300-meter-long westernmost strip was dug.
The remaining two sections are not ready to be excavated now because it is already summer and there is a lot of rain. If we excavate at this time, we will need to clean it again when the time comes to build up the soil and drive piles.
Of course, the foundation of the east-west wall connecting to the southernmost wall of the west wall needs to be dug, because the corners of the wall are the most important. If they are not built together, after the wall is built, the three walls will
They are independent of each other and cannot be connected at all.
This is also the reason why when building a house or a wall in rural areas, the corners of the wall are first built.
Moreover, the person who "holds the money" must also have excellent manual skills, and it is usually done by the best masons.
Because the quality of the 'coin' is directly related to the crookedness of the two walls.
Because of his experience in this area, when building the wall, under the guidance of Han Cheng, he did not start from the section of the mountain wall where the tribal cave is located in the north, but from the southernmost corner first.
Once the corners are laid, a wall can be extended to the north and east.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The fat second senior brother held a stone in his arms and nailed a tree stump about one meter in length to the excavated foundation in one breath.
The wooden pile was about 40 centimeters deep into the ground.
Without a hammer, it would be much more laborious to hold rocks and smash wooden piles into the ground. In order to speed up the process and reduce the difficulty of everyone's work, Han Cheng began to use his ingenuity.
He first asked someone to find an extra strong wooden stick and make one end as pointed as possible, so that it would be easier to penetrate into the soil.
Another requirement for such tree sticks is that they are much thinner than those that will be driven into the ground as stakes.
After making a batch of these tree sticks, which can be called ‘drills’, we can start work.
Before the tree stumps are officially driven into the excavated foundation, someone will first use this kind of 'drill' to smash down at the selected location. After hitting it to a certain extent, shake the drill back and forth, pull it out, and then put it back into the hole.
Then smash it inside.
This is to prevent the nails from being nailed too deep and unable to be pulled out over time.
Repeat this until the mark of about 35 centimeters carved on the drill bit is level with the ground, and the drill bit is pulled out to be considered complete.
Because the wood of this kind of tree stick used as a 'drill' is hard, the head is relatively pointed, and it is relatively thin. When nailing it to the ground, it is much easier to nail it than the one with the thickness of an arm.
After the drill is pulled out, a hole will be left in place. The person responsible for driving the stake, who has been prepared early, picks up a stake, places it on the hole made by the drill, and hits it with a stone.
Because a hole has been nailed out in advance, it saves a lot of effort to smash it in this way.
And because the original holes were thin, the piles are now thicker. After the piles are hammered down, they will not become loose or unstable.
