Chapter 184 Open Rudder

In the previous life, Rat Dalang told the tenants that in a bamboo bush in the back of the wild mountain, whenever the wind blew, there would be the slightest movement of money touching money. The tenants certainly didn't believe it, and they also ridiculed Rat Dalang, had he ever seen money? Do you know?

What is the sound of money touching money?

As a result, Rat Dalang opened his mouth, flipped it under his tongue, picked up a copper coin, and clicked it on his yellow teeth. This man was born with rat nature, so he hid the money under his tongue again, and his words were not affected at all: "That's it."

movement."

It was this kind of movement... These words were tossed back and forth with Wang Erlang, in his ears and eyes, and in his mind. Fortunately, the eldest brother was still sleeping in the original secondary master's room, otherwise he would definitely have woken him up.

In his previous life, when he was alive, Shu Dalang did not disappear. Although Wang Erlang could not remember when Jia Taigong passed away, he was sure that Shu Dalang was there many years after Jia Taigong died. Later, all the tenant farmers followed Shu Dalang.

We went to the bamboo forest with Lang and found the place where the money was hidden!

In the tall bamboo, a small hole was cut into the second to last bamboo stalk, and there were twigs hanging in the crack of the hole. I don’t know how hidden it was. How did Shu Dalang discover it?

The rat pulled the twigs outward. The branches were very short, and the ends were wrapped with hemp ropes. He continued to pull the hemp ropes out, and copper coins appeared one by one.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine copper coins! One missing point. So Wang Erlang remembered the incident and the amount of money clearly.

The tenants present all received a lot of money. While they were happy, they all wondered about such a good thing. Why did the Rat say that it would be great to keep the money all to himself?

Shu Dalang said bluntly at that time: "This money is ownerless. We divided it and acted as witnesses to each other, so we all dared to use it. If I were asked to take it alone, I would not dare to use it, nor would I dare to reveal it. I would still be in fear all day long."

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Thinking back to this, Wang Erlang covered his heart, which felt like a cut.

Because after he happily returned home with dozens of copper coins, A Shu disappeared and was fished out of the Yeshan River two days later.

It was such a cold winter! His daughter had been immersed in the river for so long. They had a deep hatred, and even now they don’t even know who the enemy is! What made Wang Erlang even more miserable was that if he hadn’t been greedy that day, he would have followed Shu Dalang to find her.

Where the money is hidden, if he returns home early, can A Shu escape?

The next day, the wind picked up again, blowing the dark clouds away.

The weather in Shanyin County is also not good.

Wang Ge and the other craftsmen came out of the courtyard at the beginning of the year. Their eyes were dark and their bodies were cold. After a strong wind, autumn had completely entered.

I wonder if it will rain. Wang Ge will not take any fixed tasks today. There are many people with the same idea. For a time, more and more people are in the animal training area between the two long verandas.

What makes her disgusted and helpless is that Hu Jiangniang is always on her left or right side. If she goes fast, the other person will go faster. If she goes slowly, the other person will also go slower.

Too lazy to pay attention to such people. The shadow of the trees blocked the unknown road. Wang Ge walked straight to the wooden bridge, got under the bridge, and quickly came out from the other side. Hu Jiang's wife also followed out, stamping her feet angrily, because Wang Ge was again

Drilled back.

Wang Ge learned from the craftsman's wife's chat that the abandoned large fences, wooden bridges, and dry stone beaches were all the cranes raised by the former owner of Linmuyuan.

If you don't do good deeds and just rely on cranes, can you expect good luck? Just as she was sighing, there was a crane in the sky.

Whose crane got up so early? When she got out of the wooden bridge again, she looked up and didn't see the crane's shadow.

There are many crane keepers in Shanyin County, and you can see them every now and then. However, they fly very high every time and are difficult to see from the ground... Ahem! This animal is indeed quite auspicious.

Wang Gecai lowered his head and saw a piece of bamboo sticking up an inch among the cobblestones in front of him.

"Ah! I discovered the luck mission!" Hu Jiang's wife shouted excitedly, attracting a lot of eyebrows.

Ha... Only then did Wang Ge realize that in order to grab the task, Carpenter Hu was shameless. With this shout, everyone thought it was Carpenter Hu who discovered the bamboo slips first. Even if Wang Ge was close, he would pick it up.

It turns into cheating and stealing.

Sure enough, in the darkness, Mrs. Miao passed by and said: "Ms. Hu, you are so lucky."

"It's quite lucky."

Wang Ge recognized his bad luck and passed Miao Jiangniang into the fenced area.

Carpenter Hu pulled out the bamboo slip, which was indeed a mission bamboo slip. The word "what" engraved on it was not clear for the time being. She stared at Wang Ge's back. She was not proud, but more jealous. Why could the other party always encounter lucky missions so easily?

There are few prospective craftsmen looking for tasks on this side of the fence. First, some people have shadows about the last stone trough task and are afraid of encountering the same type of tricky problems again. Second, the area is the same as the two long verandas in the south and north.

, everything can be seen at a glance, and there is basically no place where mission materials can be hidden.

Even the hemp ropes used to bind the horizontal beams to the vertical stakes were being groped here and there. There was no need for Wang Ge to touch them a second time.

There was also a person squatting in front of the two large stone troughs, looking for him. This person looked up, and Wang Ge smiled at him. It was Shen Datou.

Okay, let's get out of here. She went up to the north verandah, lowered her back, and brushed her right hand under the railing on the right as she walked quickly.

Thinking too much will lead to nothing.

In front is the kitchen, and the felt barrier cannot block the smell of fireworks.

Wang Ge has never thought of coming to the chef to find luck tasks before, but what if there is one here?

After coming in, she looked around first. There were fixed three-burner stoves and small movable pottery stoves. There were more than ten concubines who chopped firewood and cooked rice.

There are fewer and fewer would-be craftsmen coming to have breakfast, and half of the stoves are out of service.

Dinner was served at Maozheng hour, and besides her, there were three craftsmen who came early.

There is definitely no need to search for the firewood pile. If the mission materials are hidden in the firewood, they will be easily burned.

The rest are jars, urns, baskets, basins... Found it!

There was a foot-long wooden boat floating in a basin. After she picked it up, she touched the bottom of the boat with her hand and immediately let out a "whoop" and felt relieved.

The wooden boat is tilted slightly, and the mission content is carved on the bottom of the boat: modify it to follow the water, or reduce drag, or stabilize it, prepare your own tools, complete the mission, and return here.

This is not a luck mission, it is a point-giving mission.

The structure of this wooden ship is similar to the Eastern Han Dynasty pottery ship she saw in the National Museum in her previous life. There is an anchor at the bow and a pilothouse at the stern. A rudder stock is fixed to the pilothouse, the rudder blades are wide, and the bottom of the blades is flush with the bottom of the boat.

For drag reduction modification, you only need to drill holes in the rudder blade plate, which is called an "open-hole rudder".

The function of the rudder blade is to control the heading. After opening a few small holes, and then turning the rudder, the water flow can shuttle through the small holes, which not only reduces the resistance, but also does not affect the control of the heading.

Wang Ge carried a carving knife with her and had memories of past lives. She picked up the boat, found a place to sit out of the way, put the boat on the ground, lay low, and carefully started digging the rudder hole.

Don't look at such an easy small modification, but in the history of rudders, it took too long to go from having no holes to having holes. It was not until around the 11th century that open-hole rudders appeared.

One of the three craftsmen not far away was the one who assigned this task and was responsible for inspection. This man's surname was Xing. He picked up the wooden boat from Wang Ge and began to tell the other two craftsmen about the questions he had asked. He had not yet explained the problem.

When it was over, Wang Ge got up and put the wooden boat back into the basin.

She walked towards Carpenter Xing and others. Are they in charge of inspection?

In such a short time, Carpenter Xing did not consider that Wang Ge had completed the task. "What's the matter?"

Could it be that the wooden boat was damaged?

"I've completed my mission. I'm looking for the inspector."

Finished? Carpenter Xing’s eyes widened. He picked up the wooden boat in confusion and saw at first glance twelve small holes in the steering plate of the wooden boat.

Wang Ge began to make up nonsense and explain the inspiration for doing so: "I think..."

"No need to say it! I've completed this task. Give me the fault card." He is not only a carpenter, but also a shipwright. What are the benefits of opening a few water holes? It's so obvious! Do you need to explain?

These twelve small holes were not only opened on the rudder, but also on his whole body, causing him to get goosebumps from his legs up.

Not only is it exciting! It is also awe-inspiring knowing that the history of shipbuilding is about to undergo a major change! And in this change, there must be this quasi-craftsman and his name!

A question that came up by chance was actually answered. The crane's cry this morning was so auspicious!
Chapter completed!