Volume 1 Building the City Chapter 40 The Warrior Who Challenged the River
The weaving of fishing nets is divided and cooperated. The grass is first kneaded into a string, then the three strands are combined into a finished product with a diameter of one centimeter, and then woven into a net. The size of the network port is still varied.
Wang Tian is not too demanding, and he can't dampen everyone's enthusiasm. It doesn't matter if it's efficient and fast, and the quality is poor.
When the second brother of King Kong came back with the first batch of rope grass today, the 5-meter × 5-meter square net was almost completed.
Wang Tian asked the four of them to tie up two bamboo rafts first, and he planned to take a look at the river.
He had been in primitive times for some time, and the farthest was to the river in the brickyard. Ignorant of the surrounding situation. The hydrology of the river is also unknown.
So he decided to make two bamboo rafts first and inspect them first.
The width of the two bamboo rafts is set at two meters, and four crossbars are placed on the ground first, and then the front and back ends of the bamboo poles are arranged in turn, because they will be used for a long time. Before the bamboo poles were discharged, they were all set to the same length.
After the discharge is completed, the straw rope is passed through the gap in the bamboo raft in turn. Fix each bamboo pole and crossbar firmly.
For safety reasons, both ends of the raft are secured with double ropes. In order to reduce drag, each family installed a horizontal bar at the end of the raft.
After the bamboo raft was seated, Wang Tian asked the second brother of King Kong to conduct a violence test, and it was confirmed that it was quite firm.
At this time, the 5-meter ×-5-meter square net has been prepared. Wang Tian looked at the finished fishing net and couldn't help but be stunned for a while.
He thought of everything, but ignored the weight of the fishing nets made of straw ropes, and his thoughts were still stuck in the pastoral feng shui paintings after throwing the nets on Dongting Lake in Hunan.
But they forget that this is the primitive era, and the nylon fishing nets of later generations do not exist at all.
It should be impossible to use a fishing net made of straw rope to make a throwing net. Aside from its huge weight, even that volume, it is impossible to throw it out.
Even if it is as strong as a primitive man's physique. Even if I could throw the net out, I guess I would fall into the water, and then... And then, of course, there was the loss.
But it doesn't mean that the fishing net is scrapped and useless, and you can't throw the net, so it's good to make a trawl.
It just so happened that the bamboo raft had been ready, so I pulled everyone to try it.
Wang Tian asked the second brother of King Kong if there was a crocodile in the river, but the second brother was stunned for a moment and said that he didn't know what a crocodile was.
So Wang Tian drew the appearance of a crocodile in the mound of dirt, and then asked the second brother to identify it.
There seems to be only one species of crocodile in China, and even if there is, there is no need to worry too much.
As a crocodile breed endemic to China, this cold-blooded animal has a lazy temperament. When he is well fed and drunk. He didn't even want to move.
It is precisely because of his character that the Chinese alligator has become a national first-class protected animal. His cherishing has even surpassed that of the black and white bear, which is known as the iron-eating beast.
After seeing the picture drawn by Wang Tian, the second brother of King Kong shook his head affirmatively.
In later generations, the main distribution area of the Chinese alligator was in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but now it is not so possible to conclude that the location of the tribe should be in the Yellow River basin?
Wang Tian could not make a judgment based on this, perhaps it was the deterioration of the living environment in later generations that caused the change in the distribution area of the Chinese alligator.
And Wang Tian has limited botanical knowledge. This makes it impossible for him to tell where he is from the vegetation. At most, he could tell from the many conifers that he was in the north.
But broad-leaved plants are also found around the tribe. This made Wang Tian a little confused. Could it be on the line of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains?
If you don't understand it, don't bother it, in this day and age. The range of human activity is near the place of residence, even if Wang Tian rides a small fortune horse, the top of the sky, a day is 60~120 kilometers.
There are no crocodiles in the river, so there should be no danger from the water. As for the danger from the shore, the open terrain by the river can be seen at a glance and can also be ruled out.
Having made up his mind, Wang Tian asked every six people to lift a bamboo raft. The raft was topped with fishing nets, straw ropes, weapons and baskets on its backs, as well as two long bamboo wormwoods that walked up the river.
Fishing nets and straw ropes are used for fishing, weapons are used for self-defense, and bamboo tools are used to harvest prey.
The reason why it goes upstream is because the water flow in the upstream is faster than that in the downstream, and it is impossible to throw the fishing nets with it, so it is not operable in the stable water area.
When they came to the river upstream, after being able to put down the bamboo raft, the second brother and the slender head duo picked up the penny and swooped at the grass on the river bank for a while, except for a few wild birds, there was no other living thing.
Next, Wang Tian asked the second brother to nail two wooden stakes on the shore, tie ropes to the bamboo raft, and tie a horse rope at the other end to the wooden stakes.
After the preparations were made, Wang Tian asked everyone to push the two bamboo rafts into the river respectively, and Wang Tian took the lead in jumping on the raft. When the bamboo raft was stable in the water, he tightened the rope tied to the bow of the boat and slowly leaned the bamboo raft against the shore.
When the tribesmen saw Wang Tian, they stood steadily on the bamboo raft, and gradually their fear of water was not so strong, and Wang Tian let six people go up to this bamboo raft. Then concoct according to the law and park the other one as well.
At this time, everyone was on the two bamboo rafts, and Wang Tian jumped to the shore again and found two wooden stakes that were waist-thick on the shore. The length is 40 centimeters, and I threw it on the raft vigorously.
It is used as a life-saving device. He was also in no hurry to loosen the rope and sail. It's just that the rope pulls the bamboo row and floats on the river, and everyone has to get used to it first.
The people of the tribe never thought that anyone could walk on the river. From the fear of just getting on the bamboo raft to the nervousness after floating on the river for a while, I gradually got used to it.
Wang Tian tugged on the cable on the shore to let the bamboo raft slowly lean towards the shore, and then jumped on the bamboo raft. Then it fell heavily on it. Jump high and jump again.
He is showing everyone the sturdiness and safety of the bamboo raft. Reduce the fear in the hearts of the people. Gradually adapt to activities on the water.
The effect was good and immediate, and everyone became bold. Wang Tian jumped ashore again, tightened the cable, and then let go again. Simulate a variety of water situations in stages.
Wait until everyone gets used to it. Wang Tian continued to untie the length of the cable. Let the two bamboo rafts be led by ropes and float in the middle of the water.
At this time, he jumped on the bamboo raft where the thin head was located. He's going to try to get out of the net.
Originally, he planned to use two bamboo rafts, drag this net, go down the current, and take advantage of the habit of fish to swim against the current to catch them. But he underestimated the fear of water.
If the operator stands on the bamboo raft, he can't move freely. So what can you hope for?
In case of falling into the water, the consequences are unimaginable, Wang Tian can swim, but anyone who knows water knows how dangerous it is to save a drowning person. What's more, let Wang Tian use the figure of a child to save a primitive person with infinite strength.
When rescuing, the rescued person will find a way to grab whatever they can. Once you catch it, you will die and not let go.
None of them can break free with the same physique. Don't say that there is such a big difference in size.
So Wang Tian is now planning to use the method of supplementing shrimp and try it in the next net.
Wang Tian connected the four corners of the fishing net with two straw ropes, and then picked up a straw rope to tie the two straw ropes connected to the four corners. The other end was tied to a crossbar at the end of the raft. Make a fishing net in the shape of a parachute.
Then tell the person on the raft to stand in the center and hold on to the raft. He first loosened the cable of the bamboo raft where his second brother was. The bamboo raft began to float away along the water.
The speed was not as fast as Wang Tian imagined.
Then he loosened the bamboo raft he was on and slowly lowered the net into the water, which dragged the open parachute net downstream and drifted downstream.
The tribesmen on the bamboo raft who were the first to wade and float on the river can be called warriors who challenge the river.