Chapter 221: Carpentry
Lu Xiaoqi went back surrounded by the villagers, since everyone was already convinced that he was the "Son of God", someone would come to "worship" every day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
What good things can the villagers have? Most of it is food, as well as some animal skins.
Lu Xiaoqi was surprised to find that in addition to the common mutton, pork, barley, and wheat, there were also leeks, onions, garlic, and wasabi among the things sent by the villagers!
Not to mention anything else, in Lu Xiaoqi's image, it seems that in modern times, in most cases, East Asian countries eat leeks a little more, and he used to think that leeks originated in China!
Of course, the "origin" here refers to the first artificial cultivation, and the leek species has existed on the earth for a long time beyond human history.
After learning that Lu Xiaoqi was going to make things out of wood, the villagers took the initiative to find wood and sharpen sharp bronze knives for him to make tools.
The most surprising thing for Lu Xiaoqi was that someone actually brought him a bronze saw!
Although Lu Xiaoqi knew that such a thing as "saw" had existed in the Stone Age all over the world, when people used stones and animal bones to grind "bone stone saws", Lu Xiaoqi was not surprised by the appearance of such a thing as "saw", but surprised by the smelting level of bronze here!
I touched the sawtooth, it was very sharp, and the saw body was also very thin, about half a meter long, and the sawn wood was enough.
"You really can't underestimate the ancients!" Lu Xiaoqi sighed like this and started the carpentry work, while the villagers watched from a distance outside the courtyard, not daring to disturb.
So far, Lu Xiaoqi still hasn't figured out what kind of ancient civilization these villagers belong to, and what kind of country this is, and he didn't say anything when he asked the big black sheep.
The sound of sawing wood was very loud, looking at the sawdust falling on the ground, Lu Xiaoqi suddenly became jealous of the world outside the mountain village, this saw was brought back by the priest from the outside in barter, not forged in this village, that is to say, it is likely to be a very developed bronze civilization outside the village, maybe it is a powerful tribe or even a country, and this group of villagers is too simple, if it is invaded, it will be over.
Lu Xiaoqi shook his head and forcibly suppressed this thought, this village should have nothing to covet except for labor.
Lu Xiaoqi worked part-time in the year, and the carpenter master who followed was an old craftsman, and he was very familiar with traditional woodwork, although Lu Xiaoqi only learned a little fur, but the legendary "table and stool without a nail" can still be done - mortise and tenon structure!
So, under the watchful eyes of a group of villagers, Lu Xiaoqi built his first work - a small square stool.
The farmer couple who were on the side were naturally the peasant couple, who saw that Lu Xiaoqi had made a good stool and covered the small stool with a layer of sheepskin without a teacher.
After another half a day, the table was also ready, followed by the chair, Lu Xiaoqi was interested, and played several styles, if it wasn't for the lack of wood, he even wanted to make a Taishi chair out!
During these tables and chairs, the villagers also brought freshly prepared meals, and it was a great honor for them to be able to admire the creation of this "Son of God".
Lu Xiaoqi saw that the villagers were watching with relish, so he announced loudly: If you want to learn, bring your own tools to learn tomorrow morning!
His idea was to teach them some crafts and then build a big one with him—a waterwheel!
Since the flood has brought fertile silt, better irrigation techniques are needed to make better use of the fertility of the land.
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Because of the flooding, many trees along the river were washed down, and the wood would have either been burned as firewood or left there to rot. At Lu Xiaoqi's suggestion, the trees were brought back, partly as "learning materials" and partly as materials for building waterwheels in the future.
So, starting from the next day, people would work in the morning, and in the afternoon, good scholars would come to Lu Xiaoqi to "study", and the whole village was suddenly busy.
The calendar used by the villagers is also beyond Lu Xiaoqi's expectations, it is said that this is the outside calendar introduced by a priest from outside the village hundreds of years ago, 12 months a year, of which 6 months are 29 days, and the other 6 months are 30 days a month, a total of 354 days in the year.
Considering that it is still the Bronze Age, such a calendar is already remarkable, but unfortunately there are no leap months, and people do not know that the 12 cycles of the moon (the waxing and waning of the moon) are 11 days less than a solar year, and in a few hundred years, this calendar will no longer be able to guide people to distinguish between seasons and grow crops.
Lu Xiaoqi decided to find an opportunity to help complete the calendar in the future.
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Two months have passed, and some villagers have been able to make slightly decent wooden tools, and because of their heartfelt reverence for Lu Xiaoqi, they have learned very seriously.
The Son of God is teaching mortal knowledge, and the thought of it makes me feel excited and glorified!
Lu Xiaoqi officially started to prepare to build a waterwheel, because according to the villagers, in the autumn of previous years, the rainfall would decrease, and there would be a large or small drought in the fields, and everyone needed to go to the river to fetch water to irrigate.
It's summer, and I don't know if we can finish it before autumn, but there is a lot of power, so maybe the size of the waterwheel should be appropriately designed to be smaller, and there may be hope that it will be able to catch up.
"Xiao Jin, the old priest may be dying," the peasant woman said to Lu Xiaoqi during the meal, there are more than 1,000 people in this mountain village, and the mountain village is not big, everyone usually looks down and doesn't look up, and they are familiar with each other, every time someone dies, everyone is uncomfortable.
"How so? I was quite energetic some time ago! Lu Xiaoqi said.
"He's always been well," interjected the farmer, "but do you remember?" He passed the position of priest to the eldest disciple more than two months ago, and the eldest disciple went out with the things in the village that day, and it stands to reason that he should have come back a long time ago, but more than two months have passed, and he still hasn't returned! ”
"Yes! This eldest disciple of the old priest has been raised by his side since he was a child, and his feelings are very good, but when he is old, he is too worried, and as a result, he can't afford to get sick! The peasant woman took over the conversation, "Everyone understands in their hearts that either the big disciple is greedy for life outside the village and abandons this place; Or, or before we even noticed, we were swallowed up by the whirlpool in the river! ”
Lu Xiaoqi can't help the old priest's illness, not to mention birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature, just say that even if he wants to help, he can't cure other people's diseases, he is not "omniscient and omnipotent", he really doesn't know anything about medicine.
If the Immortal Law or the Eye of Horus were still there, maybe he could still help heal him, but unfortunately he was a mortal now.
"I'll go and see it too!" Lu Xiaoqi said that he wanted to go to see the old man, and by the way, ask about the situation outside the village, after all, this old priest had been out of the village countless times in his life, and maybe before he died, he would tell him a little about the situation outside the village. (To be continued.) )