Chapter Seventy-Eight: Build the Pontoon Bridge

The clansmen who stayed behind by the river saw Chen Mo leading everyone to come, and they all stepped forward to greet them.

Then the leading six reported the situation to Chen Mo: "Chief, it was quiet last night, and there were no accidents. ”

Chen Mo nodded, put down the rattan rope he was carrying on his shoulders, and came to the trebuchet to check the trebuchet. The trebuchet had broken bearings, and the other parts were still intact.

Chen Mo came to the river again and shook the rattan rope with his hand, the rattan rope was very difficult, but it was still very tight, Chen Mo was relieved.

Chen Mo thought about the candidates who would cross the river first last night, and selected a few suitable people before, but he ruled them out one by one, and he still had to command on this side of the river, and in the end he only laughed.

Chen Mo handed the tooth spear to Xiao, and hung the modified bow and arrow and a pot of arrows on Xiaoxiao.

"Chief, let's talk about it in advance, if I have an accident, my father will be treated as your own father, and you will take care of it for me!" said Xiao a little worriedly.

"Well, don't worry, you will definitely be safe when you go to the other side this time! After all, I am the son of the gods, and my father is bless you above. Chen Mo didn't blush when he lied.

Xiao gritted his teeth, hung a rattan rope around his waist on the rattan rope across the river, and began to go into the water to cross the river.

The river is surprisingly fast today, not as turbulent as it used to be, but it took half a day to swim a third of the way.

Chen Mo was very worried about laughing, although laughter was sometimes funny, but Chen Mo really treated laughter as his own brother, and this time he decided to let laughter cross the river, or Pi's suggestion.

Last night, after Pi Xiaoxiao fell asleep, he came to find Chen Mo alone.

"Chief, who are you going to let cross the river first tomorrow?" Pi asked as he looked at the sleepy-eyed Chen Mo.

Although it is already early summer, it is still cool when the wind blows at night.

Chen Mo yawned and said with a sigh of relief: "Uncle Pi, I decided to go first! Although there are many people in the tribe, I don't worry about them. ”

Pi sighed: "Hey, you're a chief, you can't risk your life." If I were young, I would have crossed the river for you. ”

Chen Mo saw the sincerity of Pi Yiyan, he was not talking politely, and polite words were not popular in primitive society now.

"Uncle Pi, the tribe has you and the river in charge, so I can rest assured. Chen Mo said softly.

"Hehe, although I'm old, my ideas are a little old and I can't keep up with your ideas, but I really don't recommend that we cross the river first, and when the tribe develops stronger in the future, let's cross the river, do you think it's okay?" Pi said what he wanted to say in his heart to Chen Mo.

"Uncle Pi, the tribe is in the development period now, but we can't stick to ourselves, the tribe still needs a lot of things now!" Chen Mo said to Pi.

"Then you say, what does our tribe need now? I feel that our tribe now lacks nothing, what is lacking is the development of peace of mind, you want to engage in breeding, I have no objection, our tribe now has more than a dozen wild boars, hundreds of bamboo rats and rabbits in the backyard. You said that you want to build a wall, I don't object, Jing Xiaozi led the people to build the wall very tall, and we will be much safer when we live in the wall in the future. If you want to plant grass, I have no objection, this will not delay much manpower and material resources. It's that you want to cross the river, I don't agree!" Pi did not give up persuading Chen Mo.

"We need metal now, we've searched this side of the river and found nothing. I want to go to Hexiang for an interview, what if I find it?" Chen Mo said resolutely.

"What is metal?" asked Pi curiously.

"There are many types of metal, and weapons made of metal are stronger than bone spears and tooth spears, and can easily penetrate several layers of deerskin. Tools made of metal can easily do things that we can't do at the moment. Chen Mo explained a little.

"Do you really want to cross the river?" asked Pi again.

"Yes, this river must be crossed!" Chen Mo said resolutely.

"Since you are going to cross the river, the first one to cross the river, let me laugh, you can't take any risks!" said Pi and turned back to his house.

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"Hey, chief, Chen Mo has passed!" the clansman interrupted Chen Mo, who was reminiscing, and pointed to the other side of the river and said excitedly.

Chen Mo put away his thoughts, looked up at the other side of the river, and smiled at the fact that he had swam across the turbulent river, and was crawling on the bank to rest, his tooth spear stuck in the ground, which was very conspicuous.

"Let's get to work. Chen Mo turned and walked towards the catapult.

With yesterday's experience, today's catapult is very easy to operate, the first rattan rope was smoothly thrown to the opposite side, and the resting smile tied the rattan rope to the tree, and the height was about one meter according to Chen Mo's description.

Chen Mo continued to throw the second rattan rope to the other side of the river, and after laughing and continuing to tie it tightly, Chen Mo asked the two clansmen to tie the rattan rope and go down the river along the tied rattan rope.

Chen Mo's purpose is to tie a few traction ropes to both sides in the middle of the rattan rope, so that it is more firm, and it will not break due to the gravity of the clansmen when crossing the river.

After tying the leash, the clansmen rested a little in the river and swam to the other side of the river, in the direction of laughter. These people who went into the water were all people who rescued the Five Elements Tribe with Chen Mo before, and the water nature was the most superior person in the tribe.

The traction ropes on both sides were tied, Chen Mo began to put bamboo pieces on the rattan rope, and the bamboo pieces were a technical job, although Chen Mo was clumsy, he was not very relieved of the inexperienced clansmen, and he took the lead in doing a few examples.

Carefully tied the bamboo pieces all the way, it took a noon time, the suspension bridge was halfway through, although a lot of dangerous things happened in the middle, but fortunately, the danger was saved.

Chen Mo looked at the rapid progress of the bridge and breathed a sigh of relief, this suspension bridge can be completed today. I just don't know what the quality is, and I just don't know how the tribe across the river reacts.

Chen Mo asked Jiu Jiu to fly to the other side of the river early in the morning to investigate, and under the condition of ensuring safety, Chen Mo decided to build a bridge to cross the river today.

During this period, Jiu Jiu has been patrolling on the other side of the river to ensure the safety of the people on the other side of the river.

Hurry up and in the afternoon, the drawbridge was erected.

Looking at the smile that was walking back cautiously along the bridge, Chen Mo wanted to laugh heartily! A thing that was impossible to do in a primitive society was completed under Chen Mo's command.

The bridge plate is very strong, but the bridge deck is a little slippery, and the elasticity is too big, and the bridge must be gentle, otherwise the bridge that shakes up and down can make a person's heart beat out.

"Chief, I'm scared to death! This bridge crossing is really scary!" said the smile of the bridge returning from the bridge, patting his chest, not daring to gasp.

"Brother Big Breast, you have made a great contribution to our tribe! Go back and reward you with a little red flower!" Chen Mo patted Xiaoxiao's shoulder and laughed loudly.

Chen Mo sent a vanguard of thirty people to guard the bridgehead on the other side of the river to avoid accidents, and at the same time, thirty people were stationed on this side of the river to patrol all night.

Tonight is crucial.