Chapter 5 Clay Tablet Instruments and New Directions

When it comes to the innovation of knowledge carriers, the first thing that comes to mind is, of course, paper.

However, after thinking about it carefully, I realized that I didn't know anything except vaguely remembering that I wanted to use reeds and rags.... Even the reeds and rags have no way to get their hands on...

In this way, papermaking was eliminated first.

Later, he came up with the idea of woodblock carving.

However, not to mention that the planks also have problems such as insect damage, and the ones that are not seen for a longer time than the bark of the trees. What's more, in the absence of qualified metal tools, the acquisition of planks can also be a big problem. The tribe's ability to process wood is limited, and today's methods are not so much 'processing' as the use of the raw material itself, which is actually to fit the size and shape of the raw material itself.

Third, he thought of bamboo slips.

The background in his previous life made him have a good impression of this traditional thing, and he naturally thought about replicating it. However, there was no trace of a similar plant in the range that the tribe could explore, and the bamboo slip project was aborted.

Eventually, he remembered the ancient Babylonian 'clay tablet papers' and sensed that this seemed to be a desirable idea.

And so it was, and it did work out in the end.

However, the setbacks encountered in the process should not be ignored either. After all, he was a liberal arts student in his previous life, and he started studying law in college, so how did he know how to make clay tablets? Everything has to be guessed and heard.

In the imagination of the blade, the process should be like this: 1. Digging the soil; 2. Mixing with water; 3. Soft shaping; 4. Engrave the content; 5. Dry.

How simple is it, this doesn't have hands? However, reality immediately slapped him twice.

It turns out that the choice of soil alone is a science.

The viscosity is not enough, and it falls apart immediately after drying; The stickiness is too much, add a little water and it will become a paste, and there is no way to carve things.... And so on and so forth.

As for the opportunity for success, it still appeared in the witch doctors.

Earlier, when he started doing this, the witch doctors didn't say anything. Little troll, it's good to be lively, just don't delay your studies. However, the repeated failures of the experiment still affected the learning efficiency of the blade teeth, and at this time, the witch doctors were already a little angry. Eventually, after a serious distraction in a certain 'class', the old witch doctor in charge of the lecture silently raised his crutches....

Blade Fang, who didn't want his ass to bloom, immediately surrendered and said what he was considering.

The old witch doctor was very happy to hear what he said, regardless of whether the 'clay tablet' was better or not, and the starting point of the blade teeth alone was quite pleasing to the witch doctor. So, whether or not he succeeded in the end, the witch doctors decided to help him. At the very least, it can't hit the little guy's heart that is trying to improve the legacy.

As soon as the old witch doctor made a move, things immediately seemed different. As the three most knowledgeable members of the tribe, they knew a lot, including the differences in soil between different parts of the Black Forest. At Bladefang's request, the witch doctors roughly screened out the types of soil that might fit the requirements and determined their location, leaving the rest of the work to the warriors.

So, after a few days and nights, Bladefang was able to obtain several samples of dirt. In addition to feeling that 'there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure', he started a new round of experiments.

After some research on forgetting to sleep and eat, a kind of clay tablet with short drying time, moderate viscosity, and can be partially modified after dripping appeared.

In the previous life, the 'clay tablet document' was not very clear. But what he is making now is undoubtedly a relatively good carrier. Even, it was even better than he expected.

For example, there was a trait that he could not have anticipated. That is, after the overall drying and shaping, as long as the surface is softened by water during use, it can be written and depicted. This undoubtedly subverted his imagination of the sequence of processes, made large-scale prefabrication possible, and eliminated the troublesome scene of 'building a piece of a piece'.

In the face of the newly made 'clay tablets', after some on-site verification, the witch doctors were also very excited. Obviously, this is a better carrier of inheritance than the bark of a tree, and even if there are disadvantages in terms of weight and so on, it is still flawed.

After determining that the 'clay tablet paper' was feasible, the vigorous and resolute side of the old witch doctors was immediately manifested.

Tactics were quickly worked out, and the transportation of the soil was entrusted to the fighters. It doesn't take much, every time you go in a direction where there is this kind of soil, you can bring some along the way; The making of clay tablets is handed over to half-grown children, and playing with mud is also a game they are passionate about anyway.

Soon after, the clay tablets were sent in batches, and Bladetooth soon realized that in the short term, this was not exactly a good thing, at least for himself.

Because, almost all the work of drawing was entrusted to him..... It's not that the rest of the witch doctors want to be lazy, but out of practical considerations.

The three witch doctors have all passed the stage of memorizing repeatedly, and they have 'awakened', and they can almost write down the inheritance silently.

Moreover, while the witch doctors have 'power', they also take huge risks and may be sacrificed at any time. Without the 'awakening' of the blade, it will be closely protected in the tribe, responsible for the orderly transmission of knowledge.

Therefore, the faster he learns, the better. And learning and carving will be an effective learning process for the blade. Naturally, the work was entrusted to him...

Undoubtedly, this decision has brought a huge change in the rhythm of life of Bladetooth....

The renovation of the bark book, although more troublesome in terms of the overall workload, was scattered over a long timeline and did not take up much of his time in the short term; But the 'clay tablet' is different, no matter how easy the subsequent maintenance is, when the most troublesome part of the 'engraving' is concentrated, it has become an annoying task.

Having a lot of time spent 'carving' every day makes Bladetooth quite unwilling, and he has more things he wants to do, such as magic crystals and powers. Everything that had to do with magic, everything related to the growth of the witch doctor, fascinated him.

There are so many ideas that I want to try, expensive prices, the nature of magic crystals, and so on. However, in reality, the huge and tedious work made him unable to divide too much thought and time.

This situation made him very anxious.

The change in his mood was soon discovered by the witch doctors, who were quite tolerant and gave Bladetooth two days and nights off.

Back in his room, Bladetooth, who sat against the wall, looked up at the roof made of branches and leaves of the trees.

The Black Forest, which is not very rich in daylight, is even darker after filtering through another layer. But the darkness, accompanied by the silence around it, made the troll's body comfortable. Even with it, the anxiety of the past few days has been relieved a little.

I can't go on like this, since I don't have the ability to juggle multiple tasks at the same time, then settle down and do the things in front of me first. ’

But you can't do nothing, you have to think of ways to make things easier. ’

After determining the direction, Blade Tooth began to close his eyes and think, thinking about what was the most annoying thing in terms of studying and engraving books these days?

As I thought about it, I had all kinds of scenarios in my mind, such as inexplicable 'growth chronology', missing numerical concepts, and analogies that were difficult to understand..... These are already terrible. But when all of this is combined with the 'pictorial notes,' everything is tenfold and a hundred times worse.

I see, I know what to do. However, let's relax for two days first. ’