Chapter 76: Cranes
There are two fishing rods in the treasure chest, as well as several rolls of fishing line and hooks. This is a sharp weapon for him to kill time when he was a child, as soon as the bait is on, the fishing rod is flicked, and half a day is spent in silence.
It is obviously not advisable to pile up dirt, build pools, and support the bamboo tubes with buoyancy. With this fishing line, using the toon tree and the pulley, it was possible to raise the bamboo tube and put it on the stand without much effort.
The fishing line is very strong, and the fishing line of this specification of the treasure chest can bear a weight of 30 catties, and it is more than enough to pull up a 120 cm bamboo tube.
Soon, the ants transported the fishing line to the toon tree. This second-generation juicer is right within the range of the toon tree, so it is best to make a set of pulleys on the toon tree to lift heavy equipment.
Xiao Ran instructed the termites to climb the toon tree, collect local materials, and build a crane. The termites first followed Xiao Ran's request to find a branch about 4 centimeters directly, which was very round and very suitable for pulleys. The termite colony first shaved off the end of the branch, and the branch became only a half-meter-long, bare piece of wood. The termite colony then drilled a hole horizontally from the end, in the center of the branch, and a second hole vertically from the other end.
The two holes intersect, and the fishing line enters through one hole and exits through the other, eventually tying to the tree to prevent the finished pulley from falling from the toon tree.
The final work was to make five pulleys from this section of the branch.
This kind of work is very time-consuming for termites, and by the time the five pulleys are completed, before you know it, several days have passed.
Five pulleys form a group of pulleys, fixed to the toon branches, this movable pulley block makes full use of the labor-saving characteristics of the movable pulley. Use a fishing line to run through the pulley set, connecting one end to the top of the bamboo tube and placing the other end on the sloping ground.
At one end of the ground is still the method of small pebbles, still divided into two heights. The second height is about 80 centimeters higher than the first. Small pebbles are tied together with a fishing line, which is then tied to the fishing line of the pulley set.
In this way, as soon as the pebble is pushed down from the second height to the first height, the other end of the crane will be lifted.
Xiao Ran only felt that although this kind of project was easy for humans, for the little ants, this crane and the second-generation juicer were simply the pyramids in the ant clan.
"Roll up your sleeves!"
"Hey~ a zol!"
"Come on!"
"Heyzole~"
The trumpet of the Sea Buckthorn Wasteland has not stopped for days. The construction of this second-generation juicer took more than half a month. The important power component of the second-generation juicer was finally erected in the sound of Xiaolin's horn after the continuous gnawing of termites, and the cooperation between the worker ants and the Shi brothers.
This major project is finally getting the finishing touches.
After the power device is erected, it is followed by the connection with the lever where Tsubaki is located, but this connection is relative to the bamboo tube.
Wow!
The valve opened, and a stream of water flowed down.
The second-generation juicer seems to be running smoothly. After a few minutes, the part of the water end of the bamboo tube was filled with water, and due to gravity, the end of the water fell downward.
Because of the fall of the water end, the lever of the scoop was lowered, and as a result, the scoop was slowly raised.
Then, the water connection end of the bamboo tube dropped, and the water inside completely flowed out.
Bang!
After losing the water, the water end of the bamboo tube rose instantly, and the scoop slammed into the stone scoop.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
......
The rhythm of the scoop is very steady, and every three minutes, it will be smashed down.
It worked!
Xiao Ran looked at the results of this hard work for more than half a month, and was very happy in his heart.
"Prime Minister!"
"Prime Minister!"
"Prime Minister!"
......
The ants cheered and named Xiao Ran "the father of the juicer" and "the father of the crane", and they were once again conquered by Xiao Ran's design.
Xiao Ran instructed the worker ants to turn off the valve (using leaves to block the water inlet of the pipe), and the second-generation juicer stopped.
Because the last sugar cane has become dried cane, and then used to squeeze juice, it seems a little unsuitable.
But fortunately, these days, Xiao Ran let Jiuli Xiang explore the source of sugar cane and have new clues. Jiulixiang led the scout ants to search all the way along the smell of sugarcane, and they finally found a sugarcane field 60 meters south of Biqifeng Village.
This is bound to be another expedition.
With their previous experience, the Shi brothers and the ants had long been familiar with this rolling method. Plus there are still 2,000 termites that can do the work of gnawing.
Xiao Ran immediately decided that all the worker ants would go out to the sugarcane field to cut down the sugarcane.
It seems that without the sorcerer's divination, this time the task went surprisingly smoothly, the termites were responsible for cutting, the Shi brothers and the workers were responsible for transporting, and it took a day for the ants to push 6 sections of sugar cane to the sea buckthorn wasteland.
The termite colony has completed the task of supporting the construction of the second-generation juicer, so it went back to Storm Village.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
On the second day, a section of sugarcane was washed and dried and put into a second-generation juicer.
The scoop was not very heavy, but the strength was enough, and it took less than half an hour to squeeze out a lot of sugarcane juice. Xiao Ran still used the siphon method to extract the sugarcane juice from the stone scoop, and then transported it to the enamel pot with an oil cylinder.
Several times, a total of three sections of sugarcane were squeezed, and half a bowl of sugarcane juice was filled.
Rumble!
The kerosene lighter ignited.
Grunt.
After a while, the cane juice began to concentrate and thickened.
It's almost a success! It's almost a success!
All the ants are on the edge of the enamel stove, quietly looking forward to the results of this time.
Gollum!
The sugar cane juice is starting to change color.
White sand sugar can also be made from sugarcane juice, but why is it all brown sugar...... Xiao Ran looked at the sugarcane juice that was about to become brown sugar and thought about it.
Grunt.
"Turn off the fire!" Xiao Ran shouted in a whisker.
Four worker ants pushed the wet blades of grass onto the velvet of the kerosene lighter, and the fire source of the lighter was cut off in an instant.
For the rest, just wait for the brown sugar to dry naturally, Xiao Ran thought to himself.
"Prime Minister, while the brown sugar is still warm, why don't we perform the show. A worker ant said.
"What show?"
"This ...... Let's talk about it. Worker Ant Road.
"I said I said. Why don't you let Kobayashi sing a song. Another worker ant said.
"No, no, I'd like to hear the sorcerer's body sacrifices. Another worker ant said.
"Ahem...... Serious, serious! The words can only be sung during the festival, this is a sacred and serious question, no joke!" The wizard was a little angry.
"Everyone is quiet. ”
After Xiao Ran finished speaking, the ants fell silent.
"I do have an idea," Xiao Ran said after being quiet, "The dragon spear of the vine pepper has already become superb, not only the dragon spear, but he has also learned a few points of boxing techniques that the ant clan is not good at." The martial arts of rattan pepper are so good, if it's not good, let rattan pepper perform martial arts. ”
"Martial arts?"
"Martial Arts ......"
"Martial arts!"
"Yay, yes, yes!"
The ants instantly cheered. Take a look at the latest chapter of "Ant Clan Gourmet Claw Book House" to read for free for the first time.