Elven settlers

Chapter 121 Harvesting Timber
"boom!"

The heavy spruce fell to the ground, kicking up a lot of smoke and dust. Fortunately, Rock covered his mouth with a folded square scarf in advance.

When the dust slowly dispersed, he took the rope and tied it to the spruce branch.

Because he wanted to build a house with a heavy structure by stacking logs, the spruces that Rock chose were all big trees with a height of 40 meters and a diameter of one meter.

The specifications of the wood obtained in this way are relatively neat, and the combination of the wood is more regular and tight during construction, and the built house is also more solid and solid.

The rich forest resources in Rock's territory allowed him to choose suitable wood calmly, and he didn't have to worry about ecological issues.

However, Rock still followed the principle of ecological priority, scattered logging, and did not only focus on the forest in one area.

Although it takes a lot more mountain roads to do so, it minimizes the impact of logging on the forest.

The tall spruce trunk is very heavy. Even if Rock cut off the tapering section of the upper half of the spruce tree, the remaining 20-meter-long trunk is still very heavy.

Rock and Bayleaf and Arbor, plus ten Mare sheep, can deliver a log.

"One! Two! Use force!"

Following Roque's cry, the elves pulled hard on the ropes on their bodies, and Roque himself pushed a branch vigorously.

Although the Mare sheep are small in size, they also work very hard to tighten the rope connected to the saddle bag.

However, it is Arbo and Bay Leaf who play the main role, and they are blessed with strange power skills, and they burst out huge power from their bodies.

The tree trunk first rubbed against the ground slowly, then moved faster and faster, and was dragged towards Rock's camp.

Freshly cut logs have a high water content and cannot be used directly. They must be dried before they can be used for construction or manufacturing.

Drying treatment can prevent the wood from cracking and deformation, improve the mechanical strength of the wood, and enhance the wood's ability to resist mildew, decay and insects.

Of course, this is only the first step in wood treatment, but it is also the most important step.

When Rock was building some temporary wooden objects before, he also dried the wood, but it was for Helujia to dry it with flames.

If you want to build a house that can live for a long time, it is best to use natural drying methods if conditions permit.

This is because after the wood is placed for a certain period of time, the internal moisture content will tend to an equilibrium value.

This equilibrium value changes with the environment of the wood, and the state of the wood that reaches the equilibrium value is the most stable.

The so-called natural drying is atmospheric drying, which allows the moisture in the trunk to slowly evaporate into the air by placing it until it reaches a balance with the moisture content in the air.

"It's here, stop."

Rock transported the wood to the oak forest next to the camp.

The spaces between these oaks are wide open, and the understory air is very well circulated.At the same time, the tall tree crowns are like extremely wide giant umbrellas, blocking the sunlight in the forest.

In Rock's view, the entire oak forest is a large natural warehouse, which can perfectly store the wood that needs to be dried.

"The wood is stored here for the time being, so don't worry about it."

Rock waved to the speakers on the oak tree and the round mages, and continued the work of returning wood.

His neighbors were sticking their heads out, looking curiously at Roque who was carrying the wood.

When these spruces were first cut down, Rock only roughly cleaned the branches and leaves, but they were not completely cleared.

Holding a chainsaw, he cut off all the branches except the main trunk, then peeled off the bark, and placed three logs in parallel on a flat ground with an interval of ten meters.

These three logs are the base of the wooden pile, which play the role of isolating the moisture between the wood and the ground.

After the wood used as the base is placed, other similarly treated logs are stacked layer by layer in the direction perpendicular to the base log.

The logs handled by Rock are all about 25 meters long, and there are a total of [-] logs stacked on the first layer, and all the logs are placed flush at both ends.

Because there is no pulley prepared, the Mali sheep can't help when stacking logs, and they can only work with Arbo monster, bay leaf and Rock manpower.

Rock is very optimistic about this, and he feels very happy to work for himself.But also exercise, so he has a sense of fulfillment.

"come on!"

Rock blushed, and carried the yellow-white spruce wood on his shoulders, cheering himself and the elves.

The vine whip of the bay leaf is tied to the log, and the body stands on the ground and pushes up hard.

On the other end of the log, Arbor wrapped his body around it, and at the same time exerted force to pull the log back.

With the joint efforts of Rock and the two elves, a log was dragged onto the base and stacked against another log.

After this layer is stacked, the logs on the second layer will be one less than the first layer, and finally they will be piled up layer by layer.

A total of about six layers are piled up to form a trapezoidal solid wood stack.A stack has one hundred and five logs, in addition to the three logs that serve as a base.

According to his future project needs, Rock's budget is to pile up four such log stacks, which just fill up the area under the oak forest.

However, limited by the transportation capacity, Rock and his elves spent a whole day, and only stacked more than half of the first layer of the wooden pile.

"Whoo~"

After putting the last log in place, Rock let out a sigh of relief.

His body seemed to be fished out of the water, his clothes were soaked in sweat, and the wound on his shoulder was painfully stung.

Rock felt that the muscles all over his body were swollen, but he couldn't exert any strength.

He gently raised his trembling hands, and moved the logs that had been moved for a day, which were covered with blood bubbles before he knew it.

Not only Rock, but the Mali sheep were also very tired, lying on the ground one by one, lazily motionless.

Only Arbor and Bayleaf, and Heluga, who tended to the rotating Mali flock, were in better shape.

"Bay leaf, you and Heluga go back to the birch forest where we were before and peel some birch bark."

While directing Bay Leaf and Heluga, Rock climbed down from the wooden pile while supporting the body of Arbor.

The moment his feet hit the ground, his thighs softened and he almost fell.

Although the body is already very tired, Rock still can't stop to rest.

If he wanted his plans to run smoothly without additional trouble, he had to finish his work, no matter how tiring.

This is the hard side of life in reclamation. From the moment he chose this kind of life, Rock was mentally prepared.

He pushed away the support of Arbor, and strode back to the camp.

(End of this chapter)