Chapter 149: "Island", Let's Go!

"The inhabitants of the islands of the central Pacific Ocean had very good seafaring skills, and the ancient Bonnesians had an advanced shipbuilding technique that had been applied for centuries, and they connected two hulls with masts, a method called a catamaran!"

"Although a catamaran is slower and less agile than a monohull, it is more stable than a monohull, less likely to be overturned by the waves, and, for me to transport supplies, the catamaran has more space and has an incomparable advantage!"

After deciding on the hull structure, Chen Xu began to cut down the bamboo forest with a stone axe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After cutting about thirty or so of them, he set his sights on the thickest and largest of the bamboo forests, "The catamaran is very heavy, and I have to choose a few thicker bamboos as the main body and connecting mast, because it has better drainage and is more tenacious, so that it can withstand the wind and waves of the Pacific Ocean." ”

"However, the wall diameter of these bamboos is at least eight millimeters thick, if I rely on this stone axe alone, I have to cut it all day, which is too wasteful of time, but I have a very simple method, which is to use fire, as long as the fire is drawn to the lower part of the bamboo roots, and the bamboo roots are burned, these giant bamboos will automatically fall down!"

Chen Xu smiled, and immediately ran back to the campsite, put palm leaves in the coconut shell, put in some burning charcoal, and then took it to the bamboo forest.

"Before burning, we must pay attention to one point, that is, the gas chamber of bamboo, because the structure of bamboo is special, the whole air chamber is closed, if we burn directly, it is easy to cause the gas inside to expand, produce an explosion, then this and bamboo will be wasted. ”

"So, we first have to gouge out an eye on these bamboo knots at the bottom to release the internal pressure. ”

With that, he pulled out the stone chisel and began to smash it against the bottom of the bamboo.

It was much easier to smash an eye than to cut off an entire heel of bamboo, but these giant bamboos were so tough that it took Chen Xu a full minute to smash a small hole.

"Alright, we'll be able to burn it now!"

So, he took some dry dead leaves and grass, piled them at the bottom of the giant bamboo, and lit them with charcoal.

The fire soon burned, and the bottom of the bamboo began to turn from blue-yellow to black-gray, apparently roasted.

After a while, just a "click" was heard, and the giant bamboo burning at the bottom shook a few times, and then fell to the side and smashed to the ground.

The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but be amazed when they saw it:

"Wocao, Xu Ye's method is 666!"

"That's right, ordinary people really can't think of it!"

"Haha, if this burns and explodes, won't it become a real firecracker!"

"Hey, uncle, someone here has set fire to the mountain, please arrest it immediately!"

In this way, Chen Xu used this method to burn a total of more than a dozen, and then dragged them back to the camp little by little.

He then tore off a large amount of bark, dried it, twisted it into hemp rope, and began to tie the bamboos together, in the same way as he had done in previous shipbuilding.

"Because I had to drift at sea for four hours, I couldn't let the sea water soak me all the time, so I built a multi-layer bamboo raft this time, the bottom layer is a large bamboo to drain the water, and then two layers of small bamboo are tied to the top, so that the water level will be difficult to flood me!"

Building a ship is not an easy task, let alone a catamaran bamboo boat.

It's a huge undertaking.

It took Chen Xu two days to tie up the two bamboo rafts, and then found two stout bamboos as conjoined poles and connected them together.

Then he took out the canvas that he had used as a sheet in his hut and hung it on a thin bamboo with bark rope to make a sail.

And a bamboo base was tied to the hull and the sail was inserted into it.

Finally, he cut down a relatively thick palm tree, split it vertically, and sharpened it to create an oar.

"With the stability of the catamaran, the power of the sails, plus the control of the oars, I have a lot of confidence in my sailing journey tomorrow!"

On the evening of the 23rd, Chen Xu stood on the beach, looking at the catamaran he had built over two days, and smiled slightly.

Going out to sea at night, the waves are big and the visibility is very low, which is very unsafe.

So, he set his itinerary for the next day.

Early the next morning, Chen Xu got up and turned on the live broadcast.

"Hello everyone, I'm Chen Xu, today is the twenty-fourth day I came to the island to survive, and it is also the first day that I decided to go to sea to search for supplies on the opposite island. ”

"My route plan is like this, from the southern beach of the island to the sea, then around the island, sail northwest, and finally north, to another island, one way is estimated to be more than two hours, I have made detailed preparations!"

After speaking, Chen Xu began to pack his things.

He brought a total of items to prepare: a stone axe, a wooden bow, arrows, a boar skin backpack, a bamboo tube of fresh water, three pieces of jerky, and two coconuts.

Tools ensure that he can search for supplies once he goes ashore, and food and water ensure his basic survival.

"To be honest, I'm not 100% sure that the catamaran I've built will stand up to the test of the Pacific Ocean, but most of the unstable bamboo rafts will show their drawbacks when they go out to sea, and at this time we must decisively abandon the ship and return to shore, which is much better than having already sailed several kilometers and the boat capsized and lost our lives!"

Subsequently, Chen Xu began to push the "Island" and slowly moved towards the sea.

This is what he named with the audience.

"Fortunately, I was prepared to spread palm fronds and bamboo on the beach as pulleys, otherwise, it would be difficult for me to push this conjoined bamboo raft on my own, it would be too heavy!"

When it reached the sea, the bamboo raft floated up easily.

Chen Xu immediately stepped on the bamboo raft and went up, "Very stable, so far, there is no sign of loosening, thanks to the wisdom of the ancient Bolivians!"

The audience in the live broadcast room saw Chen Xu's successful trip to sea, and they sent barrages to "congratulate":

"666, Xu Bishen is going to sea!"

"Haha, Young Xu's fantasy drifting has begun!"

"Xu Ye said: One Piece, I'm decided!"

"23333, Xu Ye went to sea and met Luffy, and then helped Luffy and ate the entire Navy Headquarters!"

……

Looking at the barrage that filled the screen with "must sink", Chen Xu's face was full of black lines, and then he took the wood pulp and quickly slid towards the northwest.

An hour later, he was far away from his island, and he could only see a small black shadow, in other words, it was already difficult to turn back at this time!