What the hell does this ox plow do?

On the way back, Zhao Hao thought about it again.

He has only seen the ox plow a few times occasionally, and he understands the general structure, but he has little impression of the specific details, and if he wants to really build the ox plow, it is estimated that it will have to be repeated experiments.

This time, it is estimated that it will have to be delayed for a while, and his desire to hunt in the Nanban Mountains will have to be postponed again.

However, the impact was not very great.

Now, he is not in a hurry to improve his strength, anyway, with the Great Elder of Nanhua here, the threat from Xue Man's side is no longer so urgent, he has time to improve his strength.

And this ox plough must be designed as soon as possible, because it is related to the food problem of all the clansmen of Haotian Ling, and if this problem is solved, he can go hunting and improve his strength with peace of mind.

Moreover, he has already promised the Marquis of Western Qin that when the spring begins, he will send 10,000 sets to others.

It is estimated that it will take a lot of effort to make a set of this thing, and if there are tens of thousands of sets, even if hundreds of people are arranged to do it, I am afraid it will take dozens of days to make it.

Time is of the essence and there is no room for delay.

When he returned to Zhennanbao, he went headlong into the blacksmith's shop and pondered it.

The most important part of the ox plough should be the pointed iron plate used for ploughing, and he had the impression that the sharp iron plate should be in the shape of an arrow that curves downward, of course, this arrow is not the arrow of the bow and arrow, and this arrow must be at least two palms wide.

It must be quite laborious to create such a curved thing directly, and you need to cast a blank first.

So, he went straight to the blacksmith and found a piece of wood thicker than his waist and cut it open.

This thing, the arrow in front doesn't seem to be the point, the point is that the upturned part of the back can easily separate the soil, otherwise, the resistance is too great, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for the ox to pull.

To this end, he designed a roof-like structure, that is, a convex middle with both sides slanting down.

After he made such a strange mold, the dozen or so skilled blacksmiths next to him didn't know why, Niu San couldn't help but ask, "Elder, what is this thing for?" ”

Zhao Hao said directly: "It's for cattle to turn the ground." ”

Can a cow still turn over the ground?

This kind of thing is really a bit unthinkable in these days.

Of course Niu San knows what a cow is, after all, he still has a cow in his name.

He had the impression that the cow was not a docile animal, the bison were very irritable, and before Haotianbu tamed the bison herd, they basically didn't dare to do anything if they encountered the bison alone in the jungle, because the bison was too terrible to launch a madness, even more terrible than a wild boar.

In his opinion, the cow turned over the ground, it was really unimaginable.

However, the elders said so, it must be reasonable, he didn't ask any more, and directly according to Zhao Hao's arrangement, he hurriedly made a sand mold and cast the rough billet of this ox plowshare.

After arranging Niu San and them to cast the rough billet of the ox plowshare, Zhao Hao was not idle, he found a few thigh-thick pieces of wood and began to nail the wooden frame of the upper half of the ox plow.

This thing is also a shelf, and he has seen the overall appearance of the ox plow, and he has a little impression of the structure of this shelf.

This shelf is mainly divided into three parts.

The front end, which is tied to the reins, is like, in order not to warp the plough upwards, the front end must be bent as far down as possible, preferably at the same level as the plow.

In the middle, the main thing is to fix the ox plowshare, this part is a bit similar to the arrow of the bow and arrow, and the fixing of the ox plow is like fixing the arrow to the shaft of the arrow, at this time they already have iron nails, this part is very simple.

At the end, there is a cocked handle, which is used by the person standing behind to grasp the direction of the ox plow, and it is not too difficult, just do it directly like the upper part of the oar.

The most difficult part of this shelf should be the head of the front end bent downward, fortunately, there is a lot of wood in this year, and there are all kinds of things, Zhao Hao directly found a wood with a similar bending amplitude and nailed it to it.

This wooden frame didn't consume much time for Zhao Hao, and when Niu San and the others cast the ox plowshare, his wooden frame was almost ready.

Although the shape of this wooden frame is still a bit ugly, and the connection parts are not so solid, it is no problem to test it.

The next step is to process the cattle plowshares.

The main force of this ox plow should be the tip of the arrow and both sides of the front end, Zhao Hao directly picked up the sledgehammer and knocked it, and the tip and front end of the ox plow soon became like the blade of a machete, sharp and thin.

However, there is another disadvantage of this sand mold casting, that is, the unprocessed surface is quite rough.

This will definitely not work, after all, the ox has to pull this thing to break the soil, and if the surface is too rough, the resistance will increase a lot.

Zhao Hao ordered someone to fetch a whetstone, carefully polished all sides, and grinded it until it was relatively smooth, and then nailed the ox plowshare to the bottom of the installed wooden frame.

The ox plough is considered to be done.

However, there seems to be a certain distance from the ox turning over the ground, because there is still something to be done on the ox, otherwise, how to tie the ox plow.

This set of rein-like things can only be compared to real cows.

Fortunately, there are still a certain number of cattle in Zhennanbao, because the meat sold in Zhennanbao not only has jerky but also fresh meat, and this fresh meat is naturally freshly killed.

If you have cattle, there should be more in the cargo shed near the wharf.

Zhao Hao directly carried the newly made ox plow to the direction of the wharf.

At this time, the vicinity of the dock in Zhennanpu is not lively, almost half of the family members of his guards are busy here, because unloading and loading rice, transporting goods, that requires manpower, and it is impossible for his subordinate territories to send too many people over, after all, the loading capacity of the ship is still limited at this time, and if too many people come, they will not be able to bring too many goods.

Therefore, the family members of his guards became the main force of unloading and loading rice near the wharf, and there were more than one person, not ten thousand, but eight thousand.

He came running with such a strange thing on his back, which naturally made people surprised.

Fortunately, he was an elder, and no one dared to stop him, otherwise he would have to be surrounded by a curious crowd.

He walked around the nearest barn and soon found a herd of fat cattle in captivity.

It seems to be a barn in Garuda's domain, and the people who guard the cattle should know him.

He walked over and asked, "Can you lend me a cow?" ”

Sure enough, the clansman guarding the herd immediately nodded and said: "The elder said that he laughed, if you want the cow, you can just take the head and go, what to borrow or not, you have taken a fancy to that head, I will bring it to you." ”

This one.

Zhao Hao looked at the herd, and was a little confused, he didn't know which cow was suitable.

He thought about it, and then said embarrassedly: "You choose the most docile head for me." ”

To be the most docile, right?

Okay!

The man jumped into the middle of the herd and soon brought in a big fat cow that looked honest.

At this time, the cattle raised have nose rings in their noses, and the reins are tied to the nose rings, and they can't be honest.

Zhao Hao stared at the cow for a while, and said embarrassedly: "Do you have a cowhide rope, lend me a bundle to use." ”

This man was in charge of watching the cows, so naturally it was impossible to bring a bundle of cowhide ropes.

However, it doesn't matter, the cowhide rope is also a cargo, and there is one in the shed.

The tribesman ran directly to the place where the cowhide rope was stored not far away, said a few words, and soon came over with a large bundle of cowhide rope.