Chapter 106: Preparing to make a car
At dusk, the group pushing the stakes finally returned to the tribe.
Although Wang Lang described the concept of a car to people, these people have no experience in this area after all, and they can't imagine what a car is.
Seeing people pushing a few huge wooden stakes back, everyone gathered around curiously, not knowing what was the use of Wang Langfei making such a big effort.
"Patriarch, is this stake the so-called wheel?" Bark asked curiously.
Wang Lang nodded and said, "Well, these are the things that are used to make wheels, and with the vehicle we can transport more things." ”
Bark scratched his head, he couldn't think of how these few wooden stakes could transport things, but this kind of headache is usually solved by Wang Lang, it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, he can make his own efforts when the time comes, why bother thinking so much about adding trouble to himself.
No longer thinking about such troublesome things, the bark's eyes moved to those strange things in the back basket, these things were not available when they left in the morning, it was obvious that Wang Lang and they must have found good things again.
"Patriarch, what is the contents of the basket, is it edible?" Bark said as he licked his lips.
Wang Lang smiled and said, "It's indeed food, those... ”
Before Wang Lang could finish speaking, the bark took out a cucumber from the back basket at a speed that was too fast to steal the bell, and without even wiping off the fluff on the epidermis, he took a bite directly.
But in the blink of an eye, the bark spat out the cucumber it had eaten.
"Patriarch, what is this, why is it so unpalatable." Bark said with a depressed face.
Looking at the bark, other people would definitely laugh at the bark if it weren't for their identity, but now they can only laugh but dare not laugh, and they are so uncomfortable.
Wang Lang chuckled: "What did you say you were in a hurry, this thing won't run away with long legs, you eat it before I finish speaking, you really deserve to suffer." ”
The bark was a little embarrassed by Wang Lang's words, smiled and said, "Isn't this thing eaten directly?" ”
"This thing is called cucumber, like this brown skin can't be eaten directly, and you can barely eat it after cooking, but it shouldn't taste good." Wang Lang said.
Kong Yi on the side asked with some confusion: "Then since this thing is not delicious, what is the use of bringing it back?" ”
Wang Lang smiled: "Ripe is not delicious, and the taste of those green skin is still good." ”
After speaking, Kong Yi and Bark's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly rummaged through the back basket and found a few green cucumbers.
Because of the lesson of the bark just now, the two of them didn't dare to eat it directly, Kong Yi asked, "Chief, can this be eaten directly?" ”
Wang Lang nodded and said, "Okay, just get rid of the layer of fluff outside." ”
Hearing this, the two smiled, rubbed the cucumber a few times casually, and began to eat.
The sweet and crisp taste of cucumber suddenly made the eyes of the two of them shine, which is different from the sweetness of the fruit, and the refreshing and refreshing feeling makes the two of them addicted to eating.
But this primitive cucumber is too small, and it will be eaten in a few bites, and when the two of them want to eat it again, Wang Lang stopped them and said: "Don't eat them all, there are not many green ones, wash some with water for a while, cut them for everyone to taste." ”
The two of them stupidly put the cucumber in their hands into the back basket, and they had the pleasure of having good things that they couldn't eat, which really made them feel uncomfortable.
At night, people enjoy a rare cozy meal of barbecued meat with cucumbers in the cool breeze.
After dinner, Wang Lang asked Kong Yikong and Kong to teach the new clansmen to learn the needs of the tribe.
If you learn a language with the mentality of an exam, it is extremely difficult, but for the needs of life and living in this language environment for a long time, it will be twice the result with half the effort.
The language of the jungle tribe is not so complicated, and there are hundreds of commonly used words, some things invented by Wang Lang, the pronunciation is Mandarin, and the noun is just for people to remember things, just like a person's name, whether it is called Long Aotian or Long Goudan, he is that he will not change anything because of the name.
Early the next morning, Wang Lang began to prepare to make the vehicle, he will design the carriage to show others, the production of the carriage is very simple, is to put together a piece of wooden planks with wooden strips, although this thing is not complicated by a person, but it is more time-consuming to make, the wood of the plank, the edge of the deep forest is a small tree that is thick with one person is a more suitable material.
Kong Yi took the people he managed to cut down the trees, and Wang Lang took the rest of the people to make wheels, because the wheels were made of solid wood, the process was much simpler, Wang Lang rubbed a relatively thin straw rope with weeds to measure the width of the wooden pier with the bark removed, folded the straw rope in half, and carved out the middle position with a dagger.
A wooden pier can just make two wheels, Wang Lang plans to make a two-wheeled vehicle, and the most troublesome thing about a four-wheeled vehicle is the steering problem, which cannot be solved for the time being at his current level.
Regarding the question of whether a two-wheeled vehicle or a four-wheeled vehicle is better, Wang Lang has no answer in his heart.
Modern Chinese carriages are still two-wheeled vehicles, he thinks it must not be technical reasons not to make four-wheeled vehicles, watched so many historical TV series, in ancient wars, the vehicles used to siege cities appeared four-wheeled or even eight-wheeled vehicles, but why do two-wheeled vehicles are still used in life, he thinks that two-wheeled vehicles must have its advantages.
In less than an hour, all the wooden piers were sawed into two discs of similar size, and then, Wang Lang asked people to use bronze chisels to chisel a rectangular hole in the middle of the disc, and this process took a long time, until the evening to complete the four wheels.
The next day, Wang Lang asked some people to continue making wheels, and he took a few people to find materials to make axles, because axles carry almost all the weight of the car, ordinary wood must not work, must choose hard and wear-resistant wood.
Seven or eight people, holding axes, along the edge of the forest to see a tree with the thickness of a calf, so he took the axe and cut it twice, Wang Lang did not do any research on trees, he had the impression that pine trees are relatively hard wood, but now in the tropics, there will be no such trees, can only use this method to try tree by tree.
After a busy day, he cut down hundreds of trees, but he didn't find a suitable tree, which made Wang Lang a little frustrated, if he couldn't find a suitable wood, he could only use ordinary trees instead, but in that way, the service life of the vehicle would be greatly shortened, and the load capacity would be much smaller.