Chapter 68 Eight-boat and not afraid of leakage

During the Mengdong period, it gets dark very early. Farmers usually turn off the stove as soon as the evening meal is over, go back to their houses, close their quilts and fall asleep.

Wang Yun became more and more sensible. When she realized that Wang Ge's feet were cold, she crawled to the end of her bed and helped her warm her feet before entering the back room. The sister and brother each lay on one side, and Wang Ge had one foot bent, and he and his brother would kick each other's soles from time to time.

, I still haven’t thought of what to make and give to Magistrate Huan.

She is a craftsman. In her previous life, she spent all her energy on learning wood carving, bamboo weaving, and straw weaving. She is not familiar with astronomy and geography, let alone agriculture, and how to increase food production. Even if she understands some manufacturing principles that are advanced in this era, she does not dare to

A casual reference to the ancient times when aristocratic families were rampant.

For example, the general principle of sea salt drying. She had never even seen the sea. If she dared to mention it, she was just seeking death.

For example, the "straight-column plow" used by farmers has many shortcomings. It can be added with a plow and a wall plow, and it can be changed into a straight one. Although Wang Ge does not know the complete and specific structure of the "curved-column plow" in later generations, as long as he proposes a plow and a wall plow,

The idea was that a clever craftsman would be able to change the straight-column plow into a curved-column plow. But was this idea something she, a ten-year-old peasant girl, could imagine? After doing so, would the credit go to the local officials, or to her?

She can't even mention the method of growing bean sprouts for now! In addition to paying rent, the new beans produced by her family every year must be sold to the bean shop to exchange for the old beans for the next year. To grow bean sprouts from old beans, regardless of whether the gain outweighs the loss, the first thing to say is

Soak the beans, and then find a dark place to sit there for a few days with constant water, right? If she does that, she will either get beaten up by the eldest mother, or she will get messed up by little Jia.

Therefore, artifacts with advanced principles are not unmanufacturable, they must have a reason.

"Sister," Wang Yun came over from the other side of the bed, "Sister, tell me about the big boat? Is it really much bigger than the fishing boat of Yubo's family in our village?"

"Yeah. It can fit several Yubo's boats."

"Wow, isn't that as big as our yard?"

"I was far away at the time. I really don't know how long and wide it is."

"But..." Wang Yun felt that the following words were meant to curse other people's fishing boats, so she whispered in Wang Ge's ear so that she would not feel guilty: "I heard that Yu Bo's boat is always leaking. Repair the bow and stern.

.What should I do if the big ship leaks? Is it possible to drag it ashore in time?"

What to do if a big ship leaks?

Where had you heard this before in your previous life? Wang Ge's face gradually became happy, and he pressed his little head against his brother's head and praised: "Tiger head, you are my sister's lucky star. I have an idea, but you have to help me."

Think about it.”

"Oh? Sister, please tell me, I will definitely be able to help you!"

Wang Ge definitely didn't really expect Hu Tou to come up with an idea. In previous history, there was a hull structure called "watertight compartment", which was an intangible cultural heritage item in the "traditional skills" category.

To put it simply, it uses the techniques of mortise and tenon (the groove tongue joint of wooden boards) and seaming (padding materials made of ramie, tung oil, lime, etc.), and uses bulkheads to divide the entire large cabin into several small and interconnected cabins.

cabin to improve the anti-sinking performance. Even if a small cabin is flooded, the ship can be repaired while sailing.

The earliest origin of this technology can be traced back to the "Lu Xun Uprising" in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty. This person used bamboo structures to transform ships and invented the "Eight-Owl Ship".

But in the current Jin Dynasty, there were no peasant uprisings, and Lu Xun might not have been born yet, so what Wang Ge wanted to give to Magistrate Huan was a model of an eight-stern ship that was decades ahead of its original history...

Simple version.

Magistrate Huan was a smart man, and he would definitely be inspired by the ship model and send it to a professional shipbuilder.

Wang Ge was very cautious, even with this simple ship model, he pretended to "think hard" with his brother, and followed Lu Xun's invention route, "getting inspiration" from the bamboo joints on the inner wall of the bamboo.

The rest is simple. Use half of the bamboo tube as a cabin and polish the inner wall; saw eight thin wooden boards, cut them into slots, and insert them into the bamboo tube to divide them into nine small cabins without water; cut the bottom of the outside of the bamboo tube

Carve water patterns and slightly beautify them; saw a long thin wooden board to make a deck; drill many small holes with the tip of a stone knife at the head and tail of the deck, and insert bamboo sticks as railings; the tops of the railings are connected with hemp ropes; finally, for

To prevent the bamboo tube from turning over when it enters water, add bamboo strips on both sides of the bottom to stabilize it.

It's done now.

Wang Ge: "Brother, give the bamboo boat a name."

Wang Yun: “Hey, let’s call it ‘not afraid of leakage’.”

The two sisters burst into laughter. The name was simple and intuitive, and it fit perfectly with this crude ship model.

In the afternoon, Wang Ge started making bamboo strips, tearing bamboo silk, and making tumblers. Wang Shu sat aside and watched for a while, then shivered from the cold.

Little Jia was pickling salted beans in the kitchen house. From time to time she came out to look at the courtyard and saw that Wang Shu was shivering. So she went back to the house and took the bed and mat and put it on Wang Shu. "Age, my aunt asked you, are you a first-class craftsman this time?"

Shouldn’t the villagers also give rewards to workers?”

"I gave it to you a long time ago." Wang Ge replied coldly without looking at her.

Little Jia asked in her mind: "How many are there?"

"My second uncle always treats me well. I gave him some reward money. Why didn't my second uncle tell you?"

Little Jia was angry: "How dare you provoke the elders?"

Wang Gezhong tore the bamboo silk and stopped talking.

"Mom, you, aren't you just pickling salted beans?" Wang Shu exclaimed depressedly.

Xiao Jia glared at her unfulfilled daughter and went back to the kitchen, suspecting that Ge Guizi was not well-intentioned and was deliberately instigating her. How could she possibly give her husband a reward if he really had a reward? Alas, A Shu's temperament really followed her husband's lead, and they were all stupid and stupid.

!Fortunately, Ah He followed him and knew that Ge Guzi was cunning, evil-hearted, and had not been a good guy since he was a child!

Besides, in the courtyard, Wang Ge saw Wang Shu’s head hanging lower and lower, so he said, “How can you learn from me if you don’t look at me?”

"Sister Cong, my grandma...I, I almost have no shame to imitate you."

"What? You are just her daughter, not my second uncle's daughter?"

Wang Shu raised his head, thought about Sister Cong's words, and laughed. "Yes. My father is very kind to Sister Cong, so Sister Cong is willing to teach me."

"That's it. People, no matter how old or young you are, you all know how to be grateful. If you don't know how to be grateful, then no matter how old or young you are, you don't deserve to be respected or respected by others."

Wang Shu's head drooped again. She was so embarrassed that her sister turned around and scolded her mother.

At this time, some people rushed in from outside the courtyard. Among them, Wang Erlang was carrying Wang Sanlang, who was shouting weakly.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" The group of people all entered the east wing.

Wang Ge immediately went to the main room, and his eldest father and eldest mother came out just in time. Needless to say, Wang Ge hurried to the third room.

Wang Ge quickly reassured his eldest mother not to worry: "My eldest father has passed by, my second uncle is here, and all the villagers are here. My eldest mother can't see anything now. My third uncle must be fine. I heard him talking when he came in just now."

I'm going over to take a look. Don't go over there yet. Hutou, go and tell my father. Ah Shu, help my mother."

Wang Ge rushed to the east wing, and happened to hear the village neighbor talking to his uncle: "It's nothing serious. I looked like I was hungry. I didn't knock or touch when I fainted. But, Uncle Wang, your Sanlang went to cut the mountain."

Shu, this is a heavy job, and we can’t let him have enough to eat in the future.”

This was so good that Wang Ge had a gloomy face. If "the elder father treated his third uncle harshly" were spread as true and rumored, then the reputation that the old man valued most would be over!
Chapter completed!