Chapter 122: Moon Hoe (Strongly pushed!) )
The pronunciation of Lei Yun is very strange, Su Yang jokingly called it tired to death, whether it is a person or a cow, if you plough more land, you may die of exhaustion.
耒 and 耜, these are two shaped tools, and the 耒 is a bifurcation on both sides; It is a bit like a plow and a hoe, but the handle is curved, both of which can be made of wood.
If you want to ask how Su Yang's inspiration came from, it was because of rabbits, three rabbits were slaughtered during the previous sacrifice, and there was not much meat, and he only got one hind leg after roasting, but he left the rabbit head at that time.
The rabbit head is a very good thing, the meat on it is very fragrant, and after gnawing, you can also break the skull and suck the brain flower inside, which sounds more cruel, because many people have the plot of raising rabbits as pets, but in fact, rabbits are only cute when they are young, and they are dirty when they grow up a little, and the excrement is difficult to take care of.
As for the kind of rabbit that doesn't grow big, it can't be considered a rabbit anymore, it's just a pet.
His inspiration is derived from the rabbit head, looking at the rabbit head from the back, the shape of the pair of rabbit teeth, it is easy to think of "rake", which is equivalent to using a pair of rabbit teeth to dig the soil. Looking at the rabbit head from the front to the back, it is the "rake", which is equivalent to digging the soil from the back of the head, and if the rake wants to be fixed, it also needs to open two holes, which correspond to the eye sockets of the rabbit head.
There are too many similarities between the rabbit head and the ravine, and in the legend, it was Shennong's who invented the ravine, perhaps Emperor Yan also secretly gnawed the rabbit head, and then the inspiration was like urine insipidus, leading the revolution of agricultural tools.
And many, many years later, the relics were spread to the West, and then the holy crosses appeared, which were worshipped by Westerners. But in fact, the cross is just a long handle used by Hua Xia to fix the plow.
Primitive people used the cross plow to dig the soil and dig the pit downward, which was just a farm tool; Westerners, on the other hand, knelt down and worshiped the cross as a holy relic. The gap between Eastern and Western civilizations has been widened since ancient times.
But it all stems from the rabbit head, Su Yang feels that the truth has been solved, although it is a little unbelievable, but it is still necessary to face the reality.
He found a kind of harder tree, broke it with an axe, and slowly polished it, with a little arch, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, the arch was like a plowshare, but the shape of the lower end was like a hoe.
The common modern hoe is nothing more than three shapes, one is with a little inward bend on both sides, but the hoe is flat, this kind of hoe is generally smaller, suitable for people who are physically weak; The second is a relatively wide hoe, which is as wide as an adult man's two palms together, and the hoe is also flat, which is suitable for men in the prime of life, and is mostly used to dig relatively moist farmland; The third is a hoe wider than a palm, the hoe has an arc, a bit like a crescent, and the hoe body is longer than the first two, which is the most suitable for digging dry land, but it is called a moon hoe.
The original rake is more like a moon hoe, but the width is like a flat hoe, so it is a combination, enough width to ensure durability, and the front edge of the crescent moon is easier to penetrate into the soil.
It took him two days, and after five failures, he finally succeeded in making the original version of the moon hoe, which was too disobedient to call the moon hoe, and it always felt ominous, and whoever used it might be tired to death, so it was directly changed to the moon hoe, and the image was vivid.
But this month, the hoe could not be connected to the handle like the hoe, and because it was used by people, it could not be pulled by the ox, which was used in the principle of the shovel, which was somewhat similar to the sapper shovel, not only by hand, but also by the strength of the feet.
The upper end of the moon hoe is like the handle of a ping-pong racket, but it is wider and used to tie the long handle. It is no wonder that table tennis in later generations can dominate the world, and it turns out that this will already have this awareness.
It is not enough to tie the long handle to the handle, it is easier to fall off, so you need to tie another wooden stick horizontally, and it becomes a cross, and you can step on both ends of this horizontal log with your feet. But that's not all, in order to make the moon hoe durable, the tip of the long handle must be tied between two deliberately punched holes, like the eye sockets of a rabbit's head.
In this way, the long handle is fixed to the moon hoe by two points at the front and back, which looks a bit like a strange shovel, but it is not, because the long handle is bent backwards, which is the same as the plowshare.
It's like a fork that is bent backwards, but the fork can be bent, but a man can't be bent.
Finally, he also made a piece of wood horizontal at the end of the long handle, so that it was easy to grasp with both hands, but it could also be a drawing snake that could be removed at any time if he didn't use it properly.
"Perfect call!"
It took three days to make a month's hoe, which seems to be a bit unprofessional. However, in the long run, the improvement of production tools can release more labor, which is also a historical trend.
Hurry up and try it first, he is designed according to the height of an adult, and originally wanted to be called Pabu, but considering that this reckless man has a history of breaking bows and arrows, he simply changed it to Chun.
"Spring, you are like this, like this, dig the snow first." Su Yang was actually a little nervous, the last time he missed ice fishing, it became a stain on his life, and this time there can be no more accidents, so first use the snow to let everyone learn how to use it.
Haru is also a little smarter than the others, maybe he has stolen goblins, well, he is the heart of a villain.
I saw that Chun was holding an arched moon hoe, and it was inserted into the snow at once, and there was no need to step on it with his feet at all, Su Yang felt normal, the snow was too loose, and the arch of the moon hoe was facing the spring, just like the plowwork, he instructed Chun to press the long handle down, so that the snow was pried up, which was equivalent to completing the loosening of the soil.
But in fact, loosening soil is a technical job, just like an adult, even if you have great strength, when you first use a hoe, the excavated soil will definitely run to your feet, dig a piece of land, it is absolutely potholes, and the soil is piled up in the east and west, how to grow food?
This needs to be practiced slowly, Su Yang is also a novice on the road, and after digging a piece of snow in the spring, he officially began to dig the soil, the effect is very good, this kind of moon hoe is completely in line with the human body structure, and it saves time and effort to use.
In the primitive period, even in modern times, some people have used it, but it has been replaced with iron, which can be regarded as a great invention.
"Sue, this month's hoe is very useful, but it's not very convenient to dig traps." Haru said how he felt after using it.
Su Yang nodded, neither a hoe nor a plow is suitable for digging deep pits, a shovel is OK, but now it can't be made, and a moon hoe is more suitable for cultivating grain.
But the problem of digging a deep pit can be solved, as long as the handle of the moon hoe is shortened, or even without a handle, it is dug by holding it with both hands. Even if he can fire a batch of pottery moon hoes, it can be used, and it doesn't matter if it is broken, anyway, pottery is equal to clay, and the cost is low.
It is inconvenient to burn pottery in winter, so it is better to make a batch of hoes for the moon first, and they can be used after the beginning of spring, which is urgent.
Calculate the time, half of the winter has passed, others say that the winter is difficult, but as a result, he not only grew taller, but also gained weight.
"Hey, someone looks like they're coming." Su Yang rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had made a mistake, but there was indeed a figure in front of him, which was extremely conspicuous in the ice and snow, who could it be?