It's been almost eight or nine days since Stern left the hill, and the snow on the hill has already melted, and the season has begun to warm up, and everything is showing signs of recovery.

Sig and Halley brought Nova from the cellar to the hill, Nova was able to walk down the ground after so many days of cultivation, and then they cleared all the caves on the hill, during which Avan came up with a lot of strength, and after signing the contract, he was able to communicate with Hig simply, and he was no worse than a human being.

The goblins are lazy and dirty creatures, and during the time they occupied the cave, it made the cave dirty and smelly, and it took them four or five days to clean it up, but fortunately there was plenty of food in the cave these days, and they didn't go to the sheepfold to catch the sheep, and before the dwarves left the hills, they had piled up enough forage in the sheepfold, and now more than half a month has passed, and there is still some leftover, which should be able to support until the dwarves return. By this time the dwarves had reached the pass to the south of the orchard, and it would not be long before they reached the hills.

After about three hours, Higg stood on the hill and saw a group of people coming out of the orchard and coming in the direction of the hill, "Finally back," Sigg muttered to himself, and then he went into the cave on the side and called Halley out, and the two of them walked down the hill together to wait for their arrival.

After everyone returned to the hill and shushed each other, Higg led Stern to a cave, "Brother Andy, this is a cave for you, and Harley and I have already cleaned it inside. ”

The cave is well-lit, airy and dry, neatly laid with hay and sheepskin, and is probably the best of all caves.

Stern looked at the environment of the cave, turned back to Higg with satisfaction, and said, "Then thank you, Uncle Higg, I'll bother you for a while."

Xige laughed and said, "After this joint battle, we are all our own people, so you can live here with peace of mind." Stern moved everything into the cave that Higg had arranged for him, and he settled down on the hill.

Half a month passed quickly, in this half a month was mainly in the recuperation of the body, he was injured in the battle with the goblin king before, and now he is almost fine, in addition, Stern was also warmly entertained by the dwarves, the dwarves have a clear division of labor and have special people to cook food, he just needs to go over and eat on time, this life is very comfortable.

On this day, Higg gathered all the dwarves in the clearing under the hill, and he wanted to discuss the development plan for the new year with the clansmen, "Everyone, please pay attention, you also see that the orchard is now green grass and red flowers, and the falling flowers are colorful, and it is time for us to arrange a few things to do this year", Hig cleared his throat and continued, "Nova, it is still like last year, the feeding of the goats and blue rabbits will be left to a few of you", Nova nodded, "I will take care of it".

Hig turned his head to look at Shiva again, "Some crops such as oats, cassava, and kapok will be handed over to you this year, you choose fifteen people, hurry up." "In previous years, there were thirty people involved in the spring planting, but this year Higg halved the number because there was no goblin harassment and robbery that they didn't need to grow as much food as last year, and mainly because he had to fulfill his promise to Stern, so he needed to keep some people behind.

Sigg chose a dozen more dwarves and said to them, "Brother Andy helped us defeat the goblins, and I promised him that I would help him get out of the island, so I will build a ship, and you will cut down trees and build a ship with me." ”

The dwarves have a lot of respect for Andy Stern, and of course they are happy to be able to do something for him. Then Higg arranged a few other things to make everyone's work clear, and then disbanded the clan.

After the meeting, Higg and a dozen people began to discuss how to start building a ship, "If we want to build a ship, how should we make smooth and flat planks, we have not been able to solve this problem." "One of the dwarves asked questions about the problem he was currently experiencing.

Stern was puzzled, "Don't you have a saw? We can use a saw to cut wood." Higg was puzzled when he heard this, and the only tools they used now were knives, hammers, axes, and shovels, and he had never heard of any saws, and he looked at Stern suspiciously.

"A saw is a toothed iron tool that looks like an animal's fangs lined up and can be used to cut off a tree with relative ease, or to sawn wood into planks," Stern explains. As he crouched down on the ground and drew a saw, Higg shook his head, "We don't have this tool, and it looks like it's hard to make." ”

Stern stood up and said, "It's not difficult, you can make it with the iron-making kiln in the cave at the foot of the hill, but you also need some clay, where does the soil you use to make the kiln come from, I need twenty pounds of clay like this to make a few saw models?"

"I dug it up by a river on the east side of the hill, and I can get some now," replied Higg, and with that he had arranged for two men to fetch the clay.

In the last few days, Stern has seen many cementitious trees near the hills, and the cementitious trees are found all over the continent and are very adaptable to the environment, and Stern, whose soul comes from Earth, knows how to make better use of this cementitious sap, which is like the basic chemical raw material of the earth.

He took a barrel and went to a cementitious tree, made a hole in the cemented tree with a dagger, took a small half-barrel of sap with the barrel, sealed the opening with earth, and returned to the hill with the barrel. By this time Higg had placed the clay in the cave where the iron was made, and everything was ready, just waiting for Stern to make a model of the saw.

Stern took an iron basin and took a part of the clay and put it in the iron basin, and then added some gelatinous sap to the iron basin, and after kneading it to mix the two substances, so that when the clay dried, it would become stronger.

Then Stern made two flat strips of clay more than one meter long, and used a dagger to carve a notch in the shape of a saw on one of the long strips of clay, so that the model of the saw was ready.

Stern called Higg and pointed to the model and said, "Uncle Higg has already made the saw model, you first dry these two models, and then pour molten iron evenly into the groove, and then cover the flat strip of formwork on it, and wait until the molten iron inside cools down and break the formwork." ”

Higg looked at the mold and nodded thoughtfully, and did what Stern had described. Stern made a few more molds, after all, the saw made by this rough method would not be too durable, so it was necessary to make a few more.

Then Stern carved grooves in the shape of iron nails on a piece of clay, after all, iron nails are essential parts for shipbuilding, and he put the mold aside, and Higg would come and take it away.