Chapter 58 Wooden Diamond
The fog still didn’t lift the next day.
After dinner, Lawrence did not bother the two girls who were playing games. He went to the wood shed and brought back a few pieces of wood as he did yesterday.
Salil quickly lost another game, and while rearranging the wooden cards, she watched Lawrence draw something on the wooden pile with charcoal.
"Lawrence, what are you doing?"
Lawrence continued to study things and explained without looking up: "I want to make a wooden drill."
Salil was bored, "What are you doing making a wooden drill?"
Lawrence was also idle and bored. , "It is used to drill wood. You can make holes in the wood, and you can also drill the wood to make fire."
Salil lost interest and continued to play chess with Sophia.
Lawrence continued to do his own handicrafts without expecting others to understand them.
The wooden drill is the original wood drilling tool. A horizontal wooden stick is used to pull a rope to pull the vertical wooden stick to rotate.
It sounds simple, but making it from scratch is a lot of trouble. Sometimes you have to stop and think about the next step.
The principle is very simple, it is to use the traction of the rope to rotate the wooden pole.
You can also rub your hands directly in circles, but the range and amplitude are too small, and it is easy for the wood to come out of your hands.
Even simpler, when you rub a chopstick with both hands and spin it on the table, there happens to be someone pressing the chopstick with the bottom of the bowl, so that the chopstick does not come out of the palm of your hand, making it easier to work.
Using a tool to do what these two people want to do is the point of making the tool.
Lawrence tried for more than half an hour, twisting the rope around and still unable to make a smooth handmade wood drill.
"The principle is clear, but it was messed up when it was made. Is that how it was done? The way the rope is fixed is wrong."
Lawrence continued to try. The wooden drill was a low-tech thing.
The wheel that can be made in the Bronze Age is a heavyweight thing, at least it is the most technically difficult thing among what Lawrence wants to do at the moment.
It's not just a round piece of wood called a wheel. The wheel must be able to support the movement of the carriage.
If you cut a wooden wheel and put it under the carriage, it will only slide forward but not rotate.
The hollow wheel can be rotated with a wooden stick, but the wear is too high and it will break soon.
The area we are currently in is mostly mountainous and forested, so there is not much demand for wheels. However, in the future, building a house, dipping water, digging canals and wells will require crane wheels and more processing tools.
Wooden drills are a necessity and will definitely be indispensable for future carpentry work.
Lawrence continued to study the auger, while Sophia and Saryl walked back and forth beside him, strolling to the bathroom or coming over out of curiosity, and then went back to chatting.
By the afternoon, after repeated attempts, Lawrence finally made a brand new and clean wooden drill.
"It's finally done. This time, technology and experience are finally integrated together."
Lawrence couldn't wait to try it on the miscellaneous wood. He pressed the top of the vertical drill pipe with one hand and pulled the rope tied to the vertical rod with the other hand. The pull rod pulled the pull rope to push the drill rod, and soon the sharpened drill rod head began to drill holes in the wood.
Burnt sawdust appeared on the wood, and the tip of the drill bit became hot.
Lawrence stopped quickly. Making fire by drilling wood was something that could definitely be done and no demonstration was needed.
"When the fog clears, go to the town and buy some iron nails. If you use the iron nails as a drill bit, it will be faster to drill holes."
Lawrence took advantage of his happiness and made a dozen more wooden nails with the remaining branches.
With drills and wooden nails, it will be much easier to set traps on big trees or do carpentry work in the future.
The inlay method of the mortise and tenon structure can also sew the wood, but it is too time-consuming and the workload is too much.
Lawrence stood up and began to collect the tools and wood scraps. That was it for today, it was time to go to bed. The next morning, the heavy fog outside had dissipated a lot.
Although it has not completely dispersed, the visibility has exceeded two meters.
At least part of the area in front of you can be seen clearly, and it doesn't hinder walking and going down the mountain.
Lawrence went to Saryl's room, and when he entered the room, he saw Sophia putting a dress over her head.
Saryl was already dressed and was putting on her shoes.
Lawrence said: "Let's go to town to buy some things today. Emma said before that she could give me one of her dogs. I don't know if the dog is still there." Winter is destined to be as dull as
these two days, and Lawrence wants to raise a dog. A puppy.
In addition to relieving boredom, he can also help with hunting and housekeeping in the future.
Or sledding.
As for fighting, forget it, most people in this era are not afraid of dogs, especially men.
Salil said: "Okay, let's go for a walk in the town. Lawrence, don't you drink?"
Lawrence said: "No, I have a lot of things to do every day, what are you doing drinking?"
Salil said happily: "Then you There’s no need to go to the pub and waste money on drinks!”
Lawrence didn’t understand Salil’s excitement and turned around to prepare the sheep saddle.
Salil said to Sophia: "This is the first time I have met a man who doesn't like drinking. If it were my father, he would be able to find it no matter where I hide the wine. Lawrence is not like that. He won't know when he sees the wine barrel. Take a second look."
Sofia nodded, it was indeed strange.
In an age where every man has a drinking guru, a man who doesn't like to drink is an oddity indeed.
Not only do savages drink, but even southerners, who are relatively civilized people, are masters of alcoholism per capita.
Barbarism is relative, and southerners hundreds of years ago were also called northerners and northern barbarians by southerners further south.
The early barbarians settled down in better places and became local nobles.
Later, they were chopped down to the ground by the barbarians of the new era and robbed of their treasures, grains, livestock and women.
The main business of the barbarians in the Luofen Kingdom is robbery, which makes money quickly and is much more cost-effective than farming.
The barbarians near Mount Agama mainly make a living by farming. The products here are relatively abundant and their lives are relatively stable. There is no need to go to unknown places to rob.
The three Lawrences quickly led the sheep to Pumexiu Town. As soon as they entered the town, they found that people around them had gathered in the open space of the town to discuss something.
Emma was also among these people. When she saw Lawrence and Salil coming, she quickly waved.
Lawrence and Salil walked over and looked at the crowded crowd in front of them, as well as Vip who was standing on the stone and saying something.
It was difficult to hear clearly from too far away. Lawrence actually didn’t understand the ravine language here very well. It was difficult to hear clearly if it was more than five meters away.
Salil asked Emma curiously: "What happened?"
Emma explained: "It was the Earl of Valkyrie who sent someone here. The Valkyrie people announced that our place will be ruled by Valkyrie from now on. We will have to pay taxes every year in the future, and we will not be able to bake bread at home in the future. We can only go to the Earl's house." Bake bread in the mill."
Lawrence and Salil were not from Pumixiu Town, so naturally they didn't need to pay attention to the rules of the Vakiri.
But at this time, the town was discussing whether to accept the rule of Count Valkyrie.
(End of chapter)