Chapter 5 Clay Tablet Documents and New Directions

When talking about the innovation of knowledge carriers, the first thing that comes to mind is of course paper.

However, after careful consideration, I found that except for vaguely remembering to use reeds and rag heads, I didn’t know anything else. Even reeds and rag heads had no way to get them.

As a result, papermaking was the first to be eliminated.

Later, he thought of wood carving.

However, not to mention that wooden boards also have problems such as insect infestation, and the preservation time is longer than that of bark. More importantly, without qualified metal tools, the acquisition of wooden boards will also be a big problem. Tribe

The ability to process wood is limited. Today's methods are not so much 'processing' as they are just used to fit the size and shape of the raw material itself.

The third one, he thought of bamboo slips.

His previous life experience made him very fond of such traditional things, and he naturally thought about replicating them. However, there were no traces of similar plants within the range that the tribe could explore, and the bamboo slips plan was aborted.

Finally, he remembered the "clay tablets" from ancient Babylon or somewhere, and realized that this seemed to be a feasible idea.

This is also true, and it did succeed in the end.

But the setbacks he encountered during this process cannot be ignored. After all, he was a liberal arts student in his previous life. He had been studying law since college, so how did he know about clay tablet making? Everything had to be guessed at.

So, after a few days and nights, Benya obtained several soil samples. After feeling that "having an old man in the family is like having a treasure", he started a new round of experiments.

The status of the ‘clay tablet documents’ in his previous life was not clear to Blade Ya. But the one he made now was undoubtedly a relatively excellent carrier. It was even better than he expected.

For example, there is a characteristic that he could not expect. That is, after the whole body is dried and shaped, writing and engraving can be carried out as long as the surface is softened by water. This undoubtedly subverted his imagination of the process sequence.

It makes large-scale prefabrication possible and eliminates the original troublesome scenario of "building one piece from one piece".

In Banya's imagination, the process should be like this: 1. Digging the soil; 2. Adding water; 3. Soft setting; 4. Engraving the content; 5. Drying.

The change in his mood was quickly discovered by the witch doctors, and they were very tolerant and gave Blade Ya two days and nights of vacation.

Facing the newly made 'clay tablet', after some on-site verification, the witch doctors were also very excited. It is obvious that this is a better inheritance carrier than tree bark. Even though it has disadvantages in weight and other aspects, it still has its flaws.

Not long after, the clay tablets were delivered in batches, and while Blade Ya felt full of accomplishment, he soon realized that in the short term, this was not entirely a good thing, at least for himself.

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As soon as the old witch doctor took action, things immediately seemed different. As the three most knowledgeable people in the tribe, they knew a lot of things, including the differences in soil between different areas of the Black Forest. According to Blade Tooth's request, the witch doctors roughly

After screening out soil types that may meet the requirements and determining their respective locations, the rest of the work was entrusted to the soldiers.

The dark forest, which was not very rich in sunlight resources, became even darker after passing through another layer of filtering. But this dimness, accompanied by the surrounding silence, made the troll body feel comfortable. Together with this, for several days,

The anxiety was relieved a little.

After confirming that the 'clay tablet document' was feasible, the old witch doctors' vigorous and resolute side was immediately revealed.

A lot of time is spent on 'carving' every day, which makes Blade Ya quite unwilling. He has more things he wants to do, such as magic crystals and power. All things related to magic and the growth of witch doctors,

They all fascinated him.

The old witch doctor was very happy to hear what he said. Regardless of whether the 'clay tablet' was better or not, just talking about Blade Ya's starting point was quite gratifying to the witch doctor. So, regardless of whether it succeeded or not, the witch doctors decided to help

At least, he can't break the little guy's heart of trying to improve the inheritance.

Because, almost all the drawing work was handed over to him. It was not because the other witch doctors wanted to be lazy, but out of practical considerations.

Earlier, when he started doing this, the witch doctors didn't say anything. Little troll, it's good to be more lively, as long as it doesn't delay learning. However, repeated failures in experiments eventually affected Blade Ya's learning efficiency.

At that time, the witch doctors were already a little angry. Finally, after being seriously distracted in a certain class, the old witch doctor in charge of the lecture silently raised his cane.

Sabaya, who didn't want his butt to explode, immediately surrendered and revealed what he was thinking about.

If it is not sticky enough, it will fall apart immediately after drying; if it is too sticky, it will turn into paste after adding a little water, making it impossible to carve anything. The list goes on.

This situation made him very anxious.

Moreover, while the witch doctors possess 'power', they also bear huge risks and may be sacrificed at any time. The blades that have not been 'awakened' will be closely protected in the tribe and are responsible for conveying knowledge to everyone.

Pass it on in sequence.

The three witch doctors have all passed the stage of needing to memorize repeatedly. They have "awakened" and can almost write down the inheritance.

There are too many ideas that he wants to try, the high price, the nature of the magic crystal, etc. However, in reality, the huge and tedious work does not allow him to devote too much thought and time.

Strategies were quickly formulated, and the transportation of soil was entrusted to the soldiers. It didn't require much, just bring some back every time you went to the direction where there was such soil; the making of clay tablets was left to half-grown children, anyway.

Playing with mud is also a game they are passionate about.

As for the opportunity for success, it still appeared in the witch doctors.

After a lot of sleepless research, a clay tablet emerged that had a short drying time, moderate viscosity, and could be partially modified after dripping water.

'We can't go on like this. Since I don't have the ability to take care of multiple aspects of work at the same time, I should first settle down and do the things in front of me well.'

Therefore, the faster he learns, the better. Learning and carving at the same time will be an effective learning process for Ben Ya. Naturally, this work was handed over to him.

Undoubtedly, this decision brought huge changes to Benya's life rhythm.

Although the renovation of bark books is more troublesome in terms of overall workload, it is spread over a long time line and will not take up too much of his time in the short term; but the 'clay tablets' are different.

No matter how easy the subsequent maintenance is, when the most troublesome 'engraving' part is concentrated, it has become an annoying task.

Facts have proved that soil selection alone is a science.

How simple is it, all it takes is no hands? However, reality slapped him twice in the face.

Back in his own house, Saba sat on the floor leaning against the wall, looking up at the roof made of tree branches and leaves.

'But you can't do nothing, you have to think of ways to make things easier.'

Having determined the direction, Banya began to close his eyes and think. Thinking about what is the most annoying aspect these days in terms of studying and engraving books?

While thinking, various scenarios came to mind one after another, including the inexplicable 'chronology of growth', missing numerical concepts, and difficult-to-understand analogies. These are already bad. However, when the 'picture record' is added to all of this,

, everything becomes ten times a hundred times worse.

‘I see, I know what to do. But let’s relax for two days first.’

Today, internal submission was rejected, which affects my confidence. But after checking on the Internet, someone said that "the manuscript has been published and internal submission is not accepted."

Is it because my writing is really not that good, or is it because the article has already been published?
Chapter completed!