wild trail

Chapter 110 Rolling Wheels

In the afternoon, the loggers returned to the tribe. The logs supported by the giant deer overwhelmed the large tracts of weeds along the way, making it look like a green road.

With the wood, Wang Lang asked Kong Yi and the others to rest, and he led his men to process the last part.

Wang Lang didn't know how the axles and carriages were connected in ancient times. The only way he could think of was to make two palm-width wooden boards and carve a semicircular hole on the wooden boards that was larger than the diameter of the axles. This hole is just right for the axle to snap together.

The trees cut down this time are much thicker than the previous ones, and their hardness is somewhat stronger than those used for axles, which makes processing several times more difficult.

Such hard wood reminded Wang Lang of a kind of tree in a popular science book he had read. He had forgotten the name of that kind of tree, but he remembered that its hardness could even be compared with steel. The current kind of tree The hardness of the tree is not small compared to that kind of exotic tree, but it is also amazing.

It wasn't until the evening that the people made two wooden boards. Such hard wood, Wang Lang estimated, should make the vehicle last longer.

At night, Kong Yi and Shupi, together with the new members of the clan, fell asleep in the simple shed, while Kong Er and the leafworm returned to the fenced hut.

Sitting on the wooden pier, Wang Lang looked at the Milky Way in the sky, lost in thought.

Although the vehicle will be built tomorrow, there are still a series of problems that have not been resolved. Whether this most primitive vehicle can withstand the test of practice makes Wang Lang feel a little uneasy.

There is no road on the grassland now. Lu Xun said that there is no road in the world. If people walk more, there will be a road. But now there is not a small road. Even though the terrain on the grassland is relatively flat, it is more than half a meter Tall weeds are also a headache.

Solving one problem will lead to new problems, which makes him feel extremely upset. Now he really wants to do nothing, eat and sleep every day, sleep enough to eat, eat mixed food and die, he can look back and see the constant snoring There is a voice in my heart telling me not to give up.

Wang Lang sighed, lying on the ground casually, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

When the morning sun shone into the tribe, Wang Lang opened his blurred eyes and shook his swollen head. Last night's insomnia made his energy seem listless.

After washing my face with clean water and clearing myself up a bit, I hurriedly ate breakfast and started a new busy day.

Wang Lang asked Shupi and Kong Yi to take their men to clean up the weeds, while he and the rest of the people finished the rest of the vehicle.

The wooden board was made yesterday, and today it is only necessary to chisel out the semicircular holes.

If you want to cut a hole as round as possible, you must use a compass. Wang Lang found three wooden sticks the thickness of chopsticks, tied them into an A shape with a thin straw rope, measured the radius of the axle, and put this simple compass Apply green grass juice to the head, and draw a semicircle slightly larger than the axle on the wooden board.

After drawing the shape, the rest is pure manual labor. Wang Lang asked people to chisel carefully along the arc. After two or three hours, the semi-circular structure of two wooden boards was finally completed.

Because this kind of wood is too hard, it is not suitable to use copper nails. Wang Lang can only try to use a mortise and tenon structure to connect this part with the shaft.

After a lot of work, the body was finally finished. Finally, as long as the wheels were installed, the world's first real car was born.

Wang Lang calmed down his excitement, and called seven or eight people to put the heavy carriage on the axle.

When the shaft falls to the ground, the world's first car is fully assembled.

People looked left and right around the car excitedly. Several children were crawling around in the car, and after a while, their mothers caught them one by one and slapped them a few times. The child fell silent.

Wang Lang ignored the crying children, and asked Kong Yi to take out the prepared harness, and ordered Shupi to go to the fence to bring a doe over.

The male deer has a more irritable temperament, but it is fine when riding. If it is allowed to pull a cart, Wang Lang will probably find it difficult to control it. Although the female deer is smaller than the male deer, in terms of size and strength, the female deer is even stronger than the draft horse. It is even better, and its temperament is also more docile than the male deer. More importantly, the female deer does not have the pair of huge antlers, so the vehicle can be converted into two or even three horses pulling the cart at the same time.

Not long after, Kong Yi walked over leading the doe.

Wang Lang asked several people to put the prepared harness on the doe. The doe, who had never pulled a cart, didn't like the things hanging on her body, and walked back and forth trying to get the things off her neck.

Sitting sideways on the shaft of the car, Wang Lang recalled the appearance of the coachmen in the TV series, waved the branch in his hand, and lightly slapped the doe's buttocks.

"drive!"

The doe wriggled, but made no attempt to move forward.

Seeing the bewildered expressions of the crowd, Wang Lang suddenly felt a little embarrassed, jumped off the shaft of the car, and walked forward holding the rope around the doe's neck.

It was a bit laborious to start the car, the part where the axle was connected to the carriage made a toothache creaking sound, Wang Lang wanted to plug his ears when he heard it, the sound was as uncomfortable as hitting glass with a stone.

This kind of sound that made people's skin crawl all over became much smaller after the vehicle was driving for a while, and the creaking sound was barely bearable.

After the wheels rolled, the doe pulling the cart relaxed a lot, and turned around the tribe with ease.

Since the ground in the tribe has become very flat and hard after simple corrections and long-term trampling by everyone, if you want to test whether the vehicle you made can be used, you still have to walk around the grassland to confirm.

Wang Lang asked someone to open the wooden door, led the deer cart out, and said to the people behind him, "Go up a few people, and I'll try the load-bearing capacity of this cart."

The people who had been itching for a long time, when they heard Wang Lang's words, immediately rushed over, but after a while, under the scolding of the tree bark, they retreated in desperation, watching the three jumping enviously Get on the deer cart.

Wang Lang smiled and said, "Sit tight, let's go!"

The three of them grasped the board nervously, their expressions were as decisive as those of a warrior about to die, and they solemnly said to Wang Lang, "We are ready!"

Wang Lang nodded, and led the doe forward. He estimated that the three of them together weighed more than 300 kilograms. With so much weight added, the doe struggled to pull the car, and the two heavy wheels would The weeds along the way were overwhelmed one after another, leaving two rut marks two fingers deep.

(End of this chapter)