Chapter 048: Brick House
The flag language is too complicated, not only the clansmen can't remember it, but even Wang Hao himself can't remember it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The good thing is that in this most primitive war, it is like fighting in a group on the earth. The clansmen don't need to learn what to outflank, and they don't need to learn what to cascade.
In Wang Hao's view, as long as the clansmen can wave the flag to the left when the fight starts, then they will shoot to the left, and when the flag is to the right, they will shoot to the right, then this war may not be fought at all.
By the fourth day, there was no shadow of Liu Village's army in the distance.
The number of light and dark sentinels has been increased to fifteen. The surveillance area has spread for two miles. But by the time the lime came out of the kiln, there was no news of Liu Village's attack.
When it gets dark, the sentry people return. At least 30 percent of people living in the wilderness suffer from night blindness. Not to mention that there is no moon at night, even when the moon is high, they can't see how far away.
What's more, the night is the most frequent time for fierce beasts, and the men who keep vigil in the village have to shoot several fierce beasts that are eyeing the village every night. These guys don't dare to approach the village during the day, so they think about picking up bargains at night. However, they often die tragically under the snatching of bows.
Therefore, the war on the great wilderness often occurs during the day, if you want to attack at night, I am afraid that before you touch the vicinity of the village, there will be twenty percent of the manpower lost under the fierce beasts and poisonous insects.
All the clansmen, including Wang Hao, would not worry that Liu Village would take advantage of the darkness to attack the village.
On the fifth day, the lime came out of the kiln, and according to the arrangement of the previous days, fifteen people were sent out to guard as usual. Wang Hao, on the other hand, led the clansmen to level out a piece of land in the village and built the first brick house in the clan.
A sink was dug out of the middle of a straight piece of wood. After pouring water, it is a simple water leveler. A stone is tied underneath a softest and slender rattan and hung with a wooden stick to keep the wall vertical.
A few planks were dug out with a planer and used as a lime sand shovel, and the short sword was used as a brick knife.
A few clay pots were freed up and used as lime buckets, and the strong women would continue to transport the live lime to a few bricklayers selected by Wang Hao for use.
Under Wang Hao's demonstration, several bricklayers quickly learned this method of building walls with bricks. For each of the two rows of bricks, move the rattan used to level the walls to ensure that the walls are not crooked.
By the time it was time for lunch, with the concerted efforts of the clansmen, the first brick house on the Great Wilderness, its four walls, had risen decently.
In order to pay attention to the firmness, the walls are thick double brick walls.
Because the first batch of red bricks was fired, the house was built only two meters and a half high. However, considering the fear of water accumulation in rainy days, the back wall is about 20 centimeters higher than the front wall.
The gate was opened on the wall directly south, and the opening was a full three meters wide because the eight-ox crossbow had to be pushed in. On the east and west walls of the house, there is a one-meter-by-one-meter window, mainly for ventilation and lighting.
In the afternoon, the sentry clansmen still did not hear from Liu Village. Wang Hao led his people to continue building houses.
Two stout beams were lifted up into the recesses of the roof. The top of the girders is neatly covered with planks more than four centimeters thick.
The planks were cut horizontally from the entire section of wood with saws. When there was no cutting machine, this was the only way Wang Hao could come up with to make wooden planks.
Between the planks and the bricks, a thick layer of lime plaster was pasted, and the gaps between the planks were patched with resin, and then the whole bark peeled off by the tribesmen was covered on top of the planks. Nail it flat with a wooden peg.
Finally, cover the bark with a thick layer of thatch. By the time this was done, the fifth day had passed.
The sturdy brick house, triple waterproofing, wait until tomorrow to finish the wooden doors and windows, no matter how heavy the rain is, it will not be possible to get the people in the house.
Wang Hu and a few strong men tamped the ground with thick wood in the house, and Wang Hao and the patriarch looked at this beautiful red brick house from outside the house in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Miracles, this is miracles!" The patriarch felt a little dizzy, and muttered with his hand on Wang Hao's shoulder.
The shock brought to him by the brick house was stronger than that of the Eight Bull Crossbow. After all, the Eight Ox Crossbow was produced systematically, and this brick house, the patriarch saw with his own eyes that the clansmen had built it.
From taking soil to burning bricks, from burning lime to building a house, and finally building a house, this is a feat that was unimaginable in the past.
The boxy appearance of the house is beautiful in the eyes of the patriarch. The red walls were the color of beauty in the eyes of the patriarch. Even the rough wall was beautiful to the patriarch. In every way, the house was beautiful in the eyes of the patriarch.
Thinking that Wang Hao said that he would be able to live in such a beautiful house in the future, the patriarch felt that he was already drunk.
"Xiao Hao, in the future, will the clansmen be able to live in such a beautiful house, well, in the house?" Think about the dark and damp cave of the original, and then look at the breathy and bright brick house, even if the patriarch knows that this is true, he still wants to find someone to confirm it again.
"Yes, in the future, not only will everyone be able to live in this kind of beautiful house, but we will also build a huge city, the city has high and thick walls, all made of this kind of bricks, and we will live in the city, at that time, even if our population is more than a thousand, we don't have to be afraid of monsters attacking the city, because monsters can't get in at all, and we can attack them with crossbows on the city walls, with bows and arrows, and even with gunpowder." Looking at the house side by side with the patriarch, Wang Hao also fell into a vision for the future.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, this house will be the best beginning, Wang Hao believes that after this house, there will be countless houses on the great wilderness, and the city he described will not be far away.
"Alas, when the city is built, it must be many years later, and I don't know if I will live to see it with my own eyes." Watching the tribe grow stronger day by day, from the beginning of the lack of food to the current food can not be eaten, from the beginning of the lack of clothing to the current animal skin is sufficient. The patriarch is in his eyes and happy in his heart. It's a pity that he feels that his body is getting worse day by day, especially his leg hurts, even if it doesn't rain or fog now, his leg hurts so much that he can't get up every morning.
Death is not terrible, everyone in the Great Wilderness understands that everyone has such a situation. What the patriarch was afraid of was that he couldn't see the city described by Wang Hao towering over the Great Wilderness.
If he could, the patriarch would even be willing to die now, and then come back to life when the city was built, even if only for a short time, to see what the city was like.
"Uncle, don't worry, it won't be long before you can see the city built with your own eyes." Wang Hao said confidently.
"Okay, don't make me happy, let's just have such a few people, and it will take eight or nine days to build a house. If you want to build a city as big as you say, I'm afraid that just burning bricks will burn me until I die of old age. The patriarch said helplessly.
"Hehe, I know you don't believe what I'm saying now, in that case, let's make a bet, how about it?" Wang Hao said with a smile.
"Okay, bet on it, if I live to see the city built, even if it's just a glance, I'll be happy if I die immediately." The patriarch smiled heartily.
Just when the two were chatting happily, a clansman ran over out of breath.
"Hao, Eh, Patriarch, Liu, the people from Liu Village are here!" The clansman gasped.
"How far are they from our village now, and how many people have come?" Wang Hao asked
"One, one, a messenger, he said by name that he wanted to see our patriarch, and their large army was five miles away, and according to their messenger, this time they came two ninety-nine men," said the clansman who had come to report the news.
Wang Hu walked out of the brick house, patted the iron sword on his waist and laughed: "Hahaha, they only came with two hundred people? They also underestimate us, and they thought that our Wang Village was so weak as before, and this time they must have no return. ”
The patriarch glared at him majestically, and then said to the messenger, "In that case, bring their messenger with you." ”