167 Boating

The carriage was finally built, although Zhao Hao made only a sample, although there are still many places to improve in this product, but it is still not a problem to use it to pull wood.

Next up is shipbuilding.

If he just wanted to cross the river alone, then he didn't have to be so troublesome at all, he just had to use the magic weapon to cut a canoe and get out, the problem was that he didn't want to carry the huge beast back and forth across the river by himself, because that would be too troublesome.

Therefore, he needed many people to cross the river with him, go to the other side, and build a fortress to garrison.

Therefore, he had to build a large ship that could carry dozens of people, and such a large ship would have to be more than ten meters long and five or six meters wide, to say the least.

Now, the problem of timber is solved, with the carriage, it will only take a day at most to get the timber from the wild jungle and the side of the big lake, and the timber in the wild jungle is simply inexhaustible, and he needs as much as he needs, the problem is that shipbuilding is much more complicated than building a horse-drawn carriage, especially building a large ship more than ten meters long.

The biggest problem with this shipbuilding is to prevent leaks, and if the boat leaks, it will be a bit ridiculous.

As for how to prevent leakage, Zhao Hao has also thought about it.

There weren't many ways he could use now, and he didn't have any waterproof glue these days, so he had to find a way to mix some gum with resin to make it less soluble in water, so that it could be used to fill the gaps in the boat.

He also found this gelatin, which is cow bone glue, that is, a kind of glue boiled out of cow bones and cowhide.

This kind of glue is also available in later generations, the most common is the brown cow bone glue used to glue the pages, however, this glue can not be soaked in water for a long time, although it is insoluble in cold water, it is easy to be swollen and fallen off by cold water blisters, so Zhao Hao found a lot of gums, mixed them together, and made something similar to rubber after solidification.

He didn't really know what this kind of thing was, anyway, as long as it was insoluble in water at room temperature, he didn't bother to delve into what it was.

Once the wood and glue are ready, it's time to start building.

This time, Zhao Hao still decided to use his own strength and the sharpness of the divine weapon to carry out the open-hanging operation, because he didn't have time to wait for others to slowly build a boat.

A large wooden ship more than ten meters long, if it is built by normal methods, I am afraid it will take at least a few months, in order to save time, he can only use abnormal means.

For example, if the planks needed for shipbuilding are sawed out slowly with a chainsaw, two people may be able to sawn a few pieces in half a day.

The method used by Zhao Hao is to use the divine weapon to sharpen, that is, to stand on the wooden pillar more than ten meters long, and then jump up, take the divine soldier as an axe, and cut it down with a knife!

With his current strength, it was easier to cut a stake than an ordinary person to chop wood, and the planks he cut out were smooth and smooth, almost like machine-made.

In the next few days, he was like a tireless machine, chopping, chopping, nailing, riveting, under a frantic operation, a large ship more than ten years long finally slowly took shape, when the huge hull appeared by the lake, everyone was stunned again.

To be honest, no one knew what the ship was used for before it was launched, they were just amazed at the sheer size of the ship.

They never thought of making something so huge out of wood, even if the average person lives in a wooden house doesn't need to be so big!

So, what is such a huge piece of wood for?

Zhao Hao is still the old way, he didn't explain it to anyone at first, but just let the carpenter he recruit to watch him operate seriously.

After the hull was ready, he began to boil glue and plug the seams again.

He repeatedly applied a special glue to the gaps between the planks and the boards, and tried and tested with a lot of water in a clay pot until he was sure that there was no leakage anywhere in the hull.

Next, it seems that the hull of the ship is pushed into the water.

It wasn't difficult, for the hull was huge, but he had already placed many circles underneath it, and he would slide into the lake with just a push of the huge hull.

However, he was not in a hurry to push the hull into the water, because the ship must be able to move after being launched, and the hull alone will definitely not be able to move.

This pushes the boat to travel on the water with more power, such as the motor plus the propeller, such as the sail, etc., the problem, there is no motor plus propeller at this time, and the sail is also very troublesome to make, Zhao Hao chose the most primitive way, the oar, that is, the kind that is rowed by hand.

The oars are easy to do, with his ability, he can basically split an oar with a few knives, of course, such a large boat, if you want to row, one or two oars are not enough, at least a dozen oars.

Now, the problem arises again, the oar is easy to make, and the question is who will row?

He can row, and the problem is that he can't row a dozen or twenty oars at the same time.

There was no way, he could only ask Beishan Auntie to summon twenty sturdy young men, each of whom sharpened an oar, and then let them line up in two neat rows and begin to learn the movements of rowing.

There are actually two rowing movements, one is to lift the oars, and the other is to row the oars hard to the side and back.

The sturdy guy recruited by Beishan's mother is also quite clever, and they quickly learned the two movements, and under Zhao Hao's command, their movements quickly became uniform, and they looked very standard.

However, they were basically full of confusion, because they didn't know what the big leader was drawing with all his might.

Zhao Hao still didn't explain, after training these twenty sturdy guys, he directly let these people get on the boat, and then stood alone behind the hull and pushed the huge hull into the lake.

At this moment, the young men on the boat were a little flustered, swimming or something, they might all be a little, the problem is that no one dares to swim in such a bottomless lake!

How is it good that the great leader actually pushed them into the lake?

Fortunately, the hull of the boat did not sink after entering the lake, and Zhao Hao immediately jumped onto the boat and commanded loudly: "Now, it is still divided into two columns, just like on the shore just now, stand on both sides and stretch the oars into the water." ”

As soon as he got on the boat, these young men basically did not panic, because they all had a mysterious trust in the big chief, and with the big leader here, they would definitely not be in danger, and the action of sticking the oars into the water was very simple, and soon, twenty young men were ready.

Seeing this, Zhao Hao shouted directly: "Now, listen to my command, mention, draw, draw, draw, draw ......." ”

Under his command, twenty young men rowed in unison, while the huge hull left the shore and slowly drifted towards the center of the lake.

At the beginning, the speed of the boat was not fast, but as Zhao Hao's password shouted faster and faster, the speed of the boat began to slowly increase, and in the back, the speed of the boat was like a person running.

At this time, everyone finally understood that this boat could float on water!

However, Zhao Hao was a little dumbfounded, because he forgot to do the steering rudder!

Fortunately, this is in the lake, and as long as you row hard, you can also paddle to the other side.

He commanded twenty young men to row the boat to the opposite shore, then jumped ashore, found a horse, rode directly back to the place where he started, made a rudder, and rode the white dragon back to the other shore with the rudder, and jumped on the boat.

With the rudder, the boat can go back and forth on the lake freely, and the action of rowing is not profound, the young man of the Garuda camp has basically mastered the skills of rowing after a few laps, in short, it is to follow the password to row hard, as long as the action is neat, everyone try to use the force in one place, and nothing else needs to be considered.