The collection of tree slivers is done by minors in the tribe, because the tree slivers are thinner and more fragile in winter, so they are fully capable of doing this.
Of course, while doing this, the people of the Qingque tribe did not relax their defenses. There were always people on guard behind the three walls. If there was an enemy situation, they would warn them as soon as possible.
As for the weaving of fences, under the arrangement of Han Cheng, Lai, the most skilled craftsman in the tribe, took the lead.
The other two people who were not in good health and often did handicrafts followed the lame and learned while doing it.
By the time the rafters were fixed, they had already weaved six large bundles of fences.
In fact, in later generations, because thin wooden strips were not easy to find, most of the weaving materials used hemp poles, millet poles or reed poles as raw materials.
Now that Han Cheng is in a primitive society, the most indispensable thing is tree slivers, so naturally he has to use tree slivers, a more durable material.
Of course, even if he wanted to use things like hemp and sorghum stalks (sorghum stalks are called sorghum and corn is called corns there), he couldn't find them now.
When weaving fences, the demand for ropes is very high. Even if we include the two female prisoners with injured legs, the ropes we make are not enough for them to use. So, after working hard for most of the day, the senior brother and the others still have to work hard at night.
Need to twist the rope.
Han Cheng was also at a loss to solve the current situation where the tribe was trapped by a small rope. It wasn't until he remembered how his mother used it to make cloth shoes and pot lids when he was a child that he could solve the problem.
This requires the help of a small tool, which is called a 'wire top' in Han Cheng's hometown, and its scientific name is a spindle.
Line tops are easy to make. The line tops in Han Cheng's memory have a base with a diameter of about three centimeters and a height of three centimeters. It is similar to a cone and has a similar shape to a wowotou.
In the middle of the cone, there is a hole that goes up and down, and the hole is used to pass the stick through.
When twisting the rope with a string top, first tie one end of the string to the wooden stick, then hold the string in one hand and the string top in the other, and quickly rub the handle of the string top on your leg.
Then leave it empty.
The wire gyroscope suspended by the wire will rotate rapidly under the drive of inertia.
In this way, the thread tied to it will be carried along with it, and the "energy" will be very fast (I really can't remember the written word, so I have to use our words instead)
The "high energy" "Jingzi" is wrapped around the wooden handle of the spinning top, and it is tied slightly to ensure that these "high energy" "Jingzi" will not be loosened, and then the previous action is repeated again.
After thinking of this, Han Cheng immediately asked Heiwa, who liked pottery, to dig some clay outside, mix it with hot water and mud, and then start making a string top.
Compared with the bowls, basins, pots and other things that were previously made, the production of wire tops is really too simple.
Gather the living mud into a cone shape, and then use a tree stick with a diameter of half a centimeter to poke a hole straight up and down from the tip of the cone. This thing is considered ready.
Then put it in the cave to dry next to the fire that has been burning all year round, then throw it into the fire and burn it for four or five hours before taking it out, without even opening the kiln.
Hei Wa is also quite distressed about rubbing the rope at night, because it greatly affects his time to have fun at night.
After hearing that Shenzi was going to make a tool to improve the efficiency of rolling ropes, and that this tool was made of pottery, Heiwa, who had become the first pottery maker in the Qingque tribe, immediately became excited.
He was preparing for a big fight and wanted to show off his hard-earned pottery skills to everyone in the tribe, especially the Son of God.
However……
However, the tool mentioned by the Son of God turned out to be such an outrageously crude thing!
This made him quite depressed. What skills are needed to make this thing? Can some dolls in the tribe make it?
Heiwa was born in the primitive era and has never seen "Charlotte". If he had, he would definitely understand the mood of the taxi driver in it.
It's simple, but it's surprisingly useful for twisting ropes after being put on a tree stick.
After learning to use this thing, people who often rub ropes immediately fell in love with this useful tool.
Even Hei Wa, who was depressed before, started to like it.
Because with the use of the new tools invented and manufactured by Shenzi, the efficiency of rope twisting has been greatly improved. He no longer needs to do the rope twisting at night, which gives him enough time to spend time with Zhuang Wen.
With this in mind, it would be strange if he didn't like the spinning top.
Of course, the 'meridian' twisted into this thread top is not considered a rope. To turn it into a rope, you need a process, which is to unwrap the 'meridian' wrapped around the wooden handle of the thread top in circles, and then pull the two ends apart.
Align and merge them, straighten them and loosen the handle, the 'jin' on the 'jingzi' will make them intertwine with each other and become a rope.
Generally, the greater the strength on the 'Jingzi', the more solid and stronger the rope will be.
However, when weaving the fence, you can just use the 'jingzi', which saves a procedure and saves half of the rope grass.
The three female captives who had always been curious about Han Cheng, after witnessing this incident with their own eyes, finally understood why this godly child could have such a high status in the tribe despite being just a young child.
Such people would still be respected if they were in their original tribe.
This Son of God is the smartest person they have ever seen! Even the wise man in their original tribe, Wu, is far inferior to this Son of God.
After the grids are completed, the next thing that needs to be done is to spread these grids on the roof that already has a skeleton, and then fix them.
The specific requirement is to cover the entire roof with one layer.
After doing this, the next thing that needs to be done is to mix the mud. After the mud is mixed, spread a layer of it on the fence. After this procedure, cover it with a layer of tall and sturdy grass. The roof
This is considered to be a sinking process.
Of course, this kind of grass is superior because the stalks are shiny and the grass itself is relatively slender.
The straw is shiny and can withstand the wind and sun, as well as the rain.
The tall and slender grass is easier to lay when laying the roof, and because the grass is fine and dense, it has strong rainproof properties.
As for why it is necessary to lay a layer of mud on the fence before laying grass, this is also easy to explain.
First of all, this layer of mud can connect the grids on the entire roof into a whole, increasing the thickness of the roof and making it stronger, so that the roof will not be blown off by a gust of wind.
Secondly, there is a layer of soil on the roof. Even if it is covered with a grass roof, if there is any leakage or water seepage, it can slow down the speed of rainwater entering the house.
Again, such a layer of mud can reduce the possibility of the fence being eaten by insects and extend the life of the roof.
Also, it acts as an adhesive between the fence and the grass at the end.
After thousands of years or even longer, many ancient things have their own reasons for their existence, such as the roof of the thatched house.
Han Cheng is now very grateful for his background. If he had stayed in a reinforced concrete forest since birth in his previous life, apart from other things, just building a house would have taken a lot of detours, and it would have been impossible to achieve it in one step like now.
(There are still two chapters today, are you surprised?——Mo Shoubai smiled sideways)
