After breakfast, Han Dashenzi, who was in a very good mood, walked around the tribe and came not far from the kitchen.
Wells are being dug here now.
With the continuous work of the well diggers, the well has been dug down more than two meters and is nearly three meters deep.
The newly excavated soil cannot be thrown out directly with a shovel. Someone needs to use ropes and shovel heads to pull it out.
Han Cheng is no stranger to well drilling. This is mainly due to the fact that when he was a child, the government actively implemented a well drilling policy there.
It seems that each family is asked to dig a well, and each well is given a subsidy of 100 yuan.
One hundred yuan at that time was not a small sum, and was quite a lot for farmers who had almost no other sources of income except farming.
As a result, everyone in the village dug wells one after another, and Han Cheng's family was no exception.
I remember that my family was very busy growing mushrooms that year, but my father still drilled the well at home.
The policy of digging wells is really an excellent policy.
Before wells were drilled in the past, there were hundreds of people in the village, and there were only three wells in total.
What Han Cheng remembered most clearly was the chicken crow in the morning. As soon as Tian Tian fainted, his family had already gotten up, carrying buckets and well ropes to go to the well at the head of the village to fetch water for their home.
If you go too late, there will be no water in the well.
There were several times when I got up late, there was no water in the well, and the family was waiting for water for cooking, so my father took a ladle and a bucket and stepped down the edge of the well into the well, and used the ladle to 'scrape' two buckets.
Take the sandy and turbid well water back, clarify it and use it for cooking.
As for the water for drinking cattle, it is carried back from the big pit in the village.
Later, wells were drilled in every household, and the days of grabbing water at midnight were no longer necessary. Water suddenly became much more convenient, and people became much more relaxed.
When Han grew older, he once asked his father why the people in the village didn't know how to dig wells at home before, so they all relied on the three ancient wells to get water.
The answer I got was that at that time, it was thought that drilling a well was very difficult and it would take a lot of digging before water would come out.
Finally, when I actually started digging, I discovered that digging a well was much easier than I thought.
For example, the well in Han Cheng's house is only a little over three meters old and already has water.
If I had known that drilling wells was so easy, I would have started drilling them long ago, even without subsidies.
This is something Han Cheng heard from his father more than once.
Standing beside the well being dug, Han Cheng couldn't help but sniff as he recalled the past.
Drilling a well sounds simple and easy, but sometimes it is not easy, such as when you encounter a layer of stone when drilling down...
This is really a headache.
Fill it in and move it to another place. It's really a waste of time, so don't hit it again. This slate is really a headache.
Fortunately, the chemical fertilizer called ammonium nitrate was still being produced and sold at that time. I bought some sulfur and other things, set up a broken iron pot in the yard, and burned some fire underneath, and I could fry earthen explosives by myself. (No.
I know how it is made in other places. We use an iron pot to stir, mix and stir-fry it. I have seen it with my own eyes, but it is not very safe. I heard that it caused the house to collapse.)
Coupled with detonators and fuses obtained from the stone mining factory, the stones in the well below can be blown up.
Of course, this process is a bit thrilling, and problems can easily arise if not performed properly.
For example, the second uncle's family, which is close to Han Cheng, did not choose anything to cover the well mouth when they blew up the stones in the well.
As a result, after the cannon was fired, the ox cart plate used to cover the wellhead was blown to pieces, and flying stones fell on Han Cheng's house, smashing several tiles.
This is the reason why Han Cheng sniffed.
In that era, ammonium nitrate fertilizer was available, and you could also buy sulfur and charcoal. After preparing soil explosives, you could deal with the stone layer encountered in the well.
It would be uncomfortable if your tribe encountered a layer of stone when digging a well.
Although I remember how to make it, there is no saltpeter, no sulfur, only charcoal, which is useless.
It is also because of this that Han Cheng feels rather uneasy at the moment. He always comes here to take a look when he has nothing to do, hoping that the well will be able to produce water soon and not encounter the stone layer.
Otherwise, depending on the current conditions of the tribe, once it happens, it will most likely be necessary to refill the well that has been dug very deep, and then choose another place to dig and try your luck.
"Okay! Pull!"
After watching here for a while, there was a sound coming from the well.
When the people guarding the wellhead heard such a sound, they began to grab the rope and pull it up hard. The rope was stretched tightly.
After a while, the soil-filled rafter head came to the ground.
When the people above are pulling up the rafter head, the people inside the well should stand close to the wall of the well, trying not to stand under the rafter head, lest there be soil, or the entire rafter head filled with soil will fall down and be smashed.
to people.
The person above placed the clay-filled rafter head far away from the wellhead, removed the rope with the hook from the curved rafter head handle, hooked the other empty rafter head, and lowered it.
After doing this, the man carried the soil-filled rafter to somewhere else, poured the soil pulled out from the well into a relatively low place in the yard, spread it flat, and stepped it down firmly with his feet.
It's not easy to lift soil up one trough head after another. The well is not deep enough now, so let's talk about it. When the well is deeper, it will be even more difficult to pull the soil up.
After standing here and looking at it for a while, Han Cheng remembered a simple tool often used with wells - a windlass.
Han Cheng had seen such things as windlass, but not too much.
This is mainly because after every household in their area began to dig wells, a better and more convenient water-drawing device than the windlass appeared.
This kind of water-drawing device is called "well-pressing" among them.
Because of the lever principle, it is very easy to draw water from the well by pressing the well. You only need one hand to draw out the water from the well without much effort, which is much faster than a faucet.
Moreover, there is a prerequisite for installing a well kill made of pig iron and rubber, which is to build a well platform above the ground above the well head and cover it with a relatively heavy cover.
In this way, not only can dust and other things be prevented from falling into the well, but also there is no need to worry about children at home accidentally falling into the well.
Therefore, the windlass, a tool used for many years to draw water from the well, was quickly eliminated.
However, something that would be eliminated in later generations is undoubtedly a sharp weapon in this era.
At least until the tribes are unable to produce a sharp tool for drawing water like a 'well-pressure', the windlass, a simple, practical and low-cost water-drawing tool, will not be eliminated.
It is really not easy for things like well killing to appear in the tribe. Pig iron casting will wait until you find high-quality coal, iron ore, build blast furnaces, etc., and the steel smelting technology will be revealed, and the casting technology will be further improved.
Even if it is improved, it is still possible to create it.
However, the rubber sheet covering the opening below is really a headache. You may need to drive a small boat to travel far away to find some, and then there is a long list of technical problems and other things that need to be solved.
Therefore, things like the technology tree really don’t mean that you can just think about it, nor do you just know how to make it. There are not even the raw materials, so what’s the use of knowing more? It’s not just a matter of staring.
Instead of thinking about something unrealistic, it is better to first come up with some tools that can be used based on the existing conditions and then put them into practical use immediately to improve productivity.
Riding a donkey to find a good horse is faster than just walking on two legs.
Han Cheng naturally knew this, so after standing here for a while, he quickly returned to the room to find paper and pen to draw the windlass.
The structure of the windlass is very simple. You can think of it as an enlarged version of the key to a four-wheeled vehicle that is very stylish when hung around your waist.
It's just that when you put it inside the front of the car, the part used to rock the car is longer, and the middle part is a cylinder that is many times thicker.
This is because if the part of the windlass used to wrap the rope is thick, more well ropes can be wound around it in the same turn, and the bucket can be pulled out faster.
The structure of the windlass is simple, and after repeated 'training', Han Dashenzi's painting skills have improved a lot. Without too much effort, Han Chenggong sketched it out, and then took it
Go find Lame, a master craftsman.
Under Han Cheng's instructions, the second senior brother made saws and plane blades for carpenters out of meteorite iron.
Now, the carpenter's room already has a complete set of tools made of meteorite iron.
Everyone in the carpenter's room, headed by Lame, has still not recovered from the excitement of getting the meteorite tools. Every day when they walk into the carpenter's room and see the meteorite tools placed inside, they can't help but beat them one by one.
Just like chicken blood, the morale bonus effect is simply not very good.
When Han Cheng walked in, several people were still busy working inside.
Even if there is not much work to do, in order to use more of the extremely convenient and easy-to-use meteorite iron tools, I will try my best to find some work to do.
Therefore, when they saw Han Cheng walking in with a blueprint, Lai and others were extremely excited.
Because this not only means that they have new things to make, but also means that they have more opportunities to use meteorite tools.
Han Cheng handed the blueprint in his hand to Lame, who held it and looked at it carefully. The other carpenters also moved aside to follow, and the carpenter's room, which was making clanging noises, became quiet.
"Do you understand?"
After a while, Han Cheng raised his head lamely and asked with a smile.
"Don't worry Son of God, we can definitely make it!"
Lai now has the demeanor of a master craftsman, with the confidence that the top master craftsman of the Qingque tribe should have. When he heard the question from the Son of God, he beat his chest loudly and gave assurance.
A person's temperament can be cultivated, and it also has a lot to do with his position.
For example, Lame became the best person in the tribe in carpentry and weaving. After his status in the tribe was greatly improved, Lame's whole temperament became completely different.
He is no longer the submissive person he was before, being careful everywhere and not daring to look at anything.
Instead, I became confident and could walk with my waist straight.
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have dared to push his spouse away a few days ago.
"That's good. If you can see if you can make it as soon as possible, then make it as soon as possible. After you make it, you can put it on the well.
But the piece of wood used as the shaft must be made of strong wood, otherwise it will be bad if it breaks when lifting water on it."
Han Cheng smiled and dealt with the lame.
The windlass he saw in later generations had an iron rod as the middle shaft. The overall structure was like the crank handle of a diesel-burning four-wheeled vehicle or a tricycle, inserted into a log that was not as long as it was. It was very
's resemblance.
However, the tribe did not have large iron bars, so they had to use wood instead.
Fortunately, using a windlass to lift water at one time does not require too much water. The jars used to lift water in the tribe can hold forty or fifty kilograms at a time, which is enough to reach the sky. No more can be filled, so we use sturdy ones.
Wood can also be used as a load-bearing shaft inside.
Lame nodded vigorously, indicating that he understood what the Son of God meant, and then started working on the meteorite tools.
First, he found a very solid piece of wood that was as thick as an adult's arm, measured the length, and left a mark on the thinner end, then asked Mao Er to hold a meteorite iron saw and cut it along the mark.
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And he does the rest.
This kind of wood, which they call copper wood, is really very solid. Even though they used a saw made of meteorite, it took a long time for Mao Er to cut off this piece of wood, which was about the size of an adult's arm.
Han Cheng picked up the piece of copper wood that fell on the ground and was about thirty centimeters long, and held it in his hand.
It is very heavy to start with, much heavier than ordinary trees.
Moreover, there are circles of fine growth rings at the cut-off edge.
These fine annual rings are almost one ring after another, densely packed. Compared with poplars, paulownia and other fast-growing trees, the distance between two annual rings can be two to three centimeters, which is much denser.
too much.
Han Cheng roughly counted and found that there were a total of forty-three circles on this arm-thick copper wood.
In other words, it has been living for forty-three years without looking very inconspicuous.
No wonder it's so solid.
Han Cheng sighed with emotion, and stretched out his hand to touch the growth rings exposed due to being cut off. There was some warmth on them.
This was scratched by a saw not long ago.
After Mao'er cut the copper wood into pieces, he peeled off all the skin on it under Lame's orders, and used an ax to chop off some knots.
After chopping, use a small plane to smooth it down.
As time goes by, the minor who was embarrassed and shed tears because he couldn't draw a line has now grown into the second-most lame carpenter in the Qingque tribe.
The ink fountain that Han Cheng made with him had cracked after being used for a long time.
Moreover, with the advancement of skills, the tribe later made more and more exquisite ink fountains, but Mao Er was never willing to throw away the ink fountain that was rough, cracked and unusable.
It was treasured by Mao Er and placed at the innermost corner of the kang where he slept, flush with the place where his head rested.
When sleeping, as long as he turns his head, he can see this ink fountain and remember what happened back then.
He was able to practice his skills unremittingly and reach the second position in the Qingque tribe. This Mo Dou and the words that the Son of God said to him at the beginning played an extremely important role.
While working overtime to practice his craft, there were many times when Mao Er felt that he was too tired and thought that he might not need to work so hard and that he could take more rest like other people learning the carpentry craft.
But he never did.
That Mo Dou and the words Shen Zi once said to him made Mao Er persevere.
After practicing his craft day after day for a long time, when he looked back, Mao Er suddenly realized that he had gone very far.
People who learned carpentry earlier than me, as well as people who were more talented than me in this field, were all surpassed by me unknowingly and left far behind.
Human life is both long and short.
In this life, you will meet many people and experience many things, but some things can only be done by one person, and some roads can only be walked alone.
When people taste loneliness alone, bear the pressure and pain on the way forward, and survive the adversity, when they look back, people often feel proud of their persistence at that time.
Thank you for not stopping or giving up halfway, but persevering all the way.
And often, when this state occurs, it is also when a person grows the fastest and makes the most progress.
After Mao Er finished shaping the copper-wood shaft, Ling and some other people also finished making the outer cylinder.
Pass the copper wood shaft through the middle of the log. After finding the position, mark it with a pen and pull out the copper wood circumference from the middle.
Then Lame and Maoer, respectively, took axes and chisels to drill holes in the copper-wood shaft and the outer column according to the marks they had made before.
Copper wood is too strong, so Lame uses meteorite axes and chisels.
Mao Er uses a bronze ax and chisel.
As for the other carpenters, they started to take axes and other tools and make wooden nails there for Lame and Mao Er.
After a long period of clanking sounds, the copper-wood shaft and the holes outside were drilled.
They once again penetrated the copper-wood shaft into the log about twenty centimeters in diameter, and after a slight adjustment, the holes on the two were aligned.
Then he took a wooden nail and drove it in, and nailed it firmly with an axe.
The excess part of the wooden nail is cut off with an axe, so that it is flush with the outer column.
After several rounds of wooden nails are fixed, the outer log will be firmly combined with the copper-wood shaft.
You only need to install an L-shaped handle, and the main body of the windlass is ready.
"Make some wooden boards two centimeters thick and four centimeters wide, and cut them as long as the columns on the windlass.
After the tung oil has been poured over the windlass, put a piece on it every two centimeters, fix it slightly, then divide it into three or five strips with strong rattan, tie it firmly, and then rinse it all over with tung oil.
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Seeing that everyone had already done this, Han Cheng, who was standing by and did not leave, spoke out and gave new orders.
He didn't draw these things on the drawings before.
It's not that he wants to imitate cat owners and save a few things, but because when he was drawing, he didn't think of the use of these things.
Now, he has figured out that these wooden boards that are tightly tied outside are used to prevent the log from cracking and becoming unusable.
With the outer layer of separated and tied wooden boards, even if the logs pierced inside are really cracked, it will not affect the use of the windlass.
Moreover, with the addition of this layer of wooden boards with a thickness of about two centimeters, the overall windlass will become thicker, and the winding of the rope will become faster.
After understanding what Han Cheng meant, the lame people immediately started to do it.
These things are simple, and there are many people who can divide the work, so after a while, they have been completed.
While these were being completed, another person was also preparing the frame used to support the windlass.
It's very simple, it's just two sets of wooden sticks tied crosswise to form an X shape.
It's just that the intersection point needs to be higher. The most important thing to note is that the intersection height of the two sets of shelves must be the same.
Of course, it doesn't matter if the heights are different. When fixing, just bury the higher side a little more underground.
Tung oil is very different from paint. After the paint is applied, you must not touch it until it dries. However, if you apply tung oil, it doesn't matter as long as you don't mind getting some tung oil on your hands.
Therefore, under the operation of a few people who wanted to see the effect of the windlass earlier, the windlass that had just been brushed with tung oil was placed on the well in the kitchen.
Find a strong and long hemp rope, tie it firmly to the windlass, stir the windlass and wrap the rope around the windlass, and you can put it to use.
Tie the head of the rafter filled with soil to the rope wrapped around the windlass, and then throw your hand away. Under the action of gravity, the head of the rafter will fall into the well.
At the same time, the rope was used to turn the windlass rapidly. The windlass would not stop until the rafter head reached the bottom of the well.
"Okay! Pull!"
After doing this for a while, the sound of filling the soil came from below.
The man who was pulling soil before seemed a little excited as he held the handle of this new tool and stirred it in circles, until the rope was wrapped around the windlass.
After a while, the head of the rafter filled with soil appeared at the mouth of the well.
The man held the handle of the pulley with one hand, stretched out his other hand, pulled it outside the well mouth, and then took off the rope.
After completing this set of actions, the man's face turned red.
It's not because I'm overly excited about using a new tool, but because I'm tired!
