Da Liu ran out and took down a box from the horseback of one of his guards.
After looking around, I spotted the millstone in front of Chen Laowu's house.
Chen Laowu recently planned to build another house for Hong Taoping to live in. He put some long logs in the yard to make beams, and several guards used these long logs to build a wooden frame.
"Mr. Hong, let's go and have a look together."
Jin Feng walked out of the house with a smile.
Hong Taoping was also curious and quickly followed him.
When they left the house, Liu happened to take the gourd out of the box.
The chain hoist is not big and mainly consists of three parts.
The first part is the pulley block wrapped in an iron shell. There is a hook on the outside of the iron shell.
The second part is a hook.
The third part is a chain.
Liu hung the gourd on the beam, and the guards below also tied the millstone with ropes, and lit a few torches to illuminate the surrounding area.
A female soldier stepped forward and pulled the chain skillfully.
Wow! Wow! …
Following the movements of the female soldier, the millstone moved little by little, and was finally lifted off the ground.
"This...how is this possible?"
Hong Taoping's eyes widened with an incredible expression.
Chen Laowu also looked like he had seen a ghost.
No one knows better than him how heavy this millstone is.
When it was first transported from outside, he called in all the male and female laborers in the village to help him unload the millstone.
A female soldier just hung it up?
And it doesn't look effortless at all.
"No wonder sir calls it the Fairy Gourd, it's such a treasure!"
Hong Taoping pointed to the gourd and asked excitedly: "Sir, where did you find this kind of treasure?"
Many hull parts are bulky and there is no lifting equipment, so we have to find more people and move them little by little.
It is naturally extremely difficult to assemble.
This is also the biggest problem in shipbuilding.
If there are treasures in the hands of female soldiers, the speed of shipbuilding will definitely be greatly improved.
Hong Taoping looked at the gourd, his eyes almost shining.
"The name of the fairy gourd is just a joke. I didn't really ask for it from the gods, but I made it with my children at home."
Jin Feng smiled and said: "If you like it, Master, just stay."
In fact, when the Heishui ditch was first laid, Jin Feng had the idea of building a crane.
However, the terrain of Heishuigou was complex and it was difficult to build a gantry crane. Later, things became busy and many bandits were captured, so the crane was not needed for the time being, so Jin Feng put the matter aside.
Later, in the iron smelting workshop, he discovered that Wan Yuhong was using a gear set to lift heavy objects, and Jin Feng discovered the young genius Wan Heming.
Wan Heming is indeed very talented, but he also has the arrogance of a young man.
In order to temper his temper, Jin Feng gave him an assignment.
Wan Heming was asked to make a lifting device that was easy to carry and could easily lift 10,000 kilograms.
Wan Heming had been busy for half a month and had no clue, so he said that Jin Feng was deliberately making things difficult for him.
Then Jin Feng and Wan Heming made Dakang's first chain hoist.
Only then was Wan Heming convinced. With Wan Yuhong's urging, he finally put away his complacency and settled down to go to school to learn the most basic mathematical knowledge.
Later, Tang Xiaobei discovered that hand chain hoists were easy to use, so he asked Mancang and his female apprentice to make a batch of them for the chamber of commerce to use for loading and unloading goods.
"Did you make it with the kids at home?"
Hong Taoping was even more surprised when he heard Jin Feng's words.
"I told you just now that my husband is a master of equipment. You still didn't believe it. Do you believe it now?"
Liu probably guessed that Jin Feng wanted to subdue Hong Taoping, and immediately said: "My husband's third disciple is only eight years old this year. He can make a large crane by himself and lift tens of thousands of kilograms of things."
"I believe it, I believe it!"
Hong Taoping nodded repeatedly and bowed to Jin Feng: "Famous teachers give birth to great disciples. It is Hong who is ignorant and makes the gentleman laugh."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
Jin Feng waved his hand and asked again: "I want to add a gantry crane to the dock to make shipbuilding more convenient. Is that okay?"
"Okay, that's great!" Hong Taoping said quickly: "With this, not only can the speed of shipbuilding be increased several times, I can also build bigger ships!"
"When it comes to shipbuilding, I also have some ideas."
Jin Feng asked Tang Xiaobei to get a package on horseback. After opening it, it was full of drawings.
"This is a drawing I drew in my spare time. Mr. Hong can make it according to this."
"Let me see!"
At this time, Hong Taoping no longer dared to question Jin Feng's accomplishments in equipment, so he took the drawings and entered the room.
But at this time, an old woman walked over, secretly pulled Chen Laowu aside, and whispered: "Master, our family only has one bowl of rice left, and it's not enough to make porridge."
Although Monkey Dazhuang led a large army to camp outside the village, the personal guards led by Da Liu were still there.
With so many people, a bowl of rice is simply not enough to eat.
"Go to Lao San's house and borrow some first," Chen Lao Wu said: "Young master has turned over, lend them one bowl, and return them two bowls later!"
"The third child's four children came to our house yesterday to borrow food."
"Then let's go check out other homes. We can't let the noble people go hungry."
"That's all." The old woman nodded and prepared to leave.
Tang Xiaobei, who was attentive, was about to enter the room when he saw the two people looking embarrassed. He roughly guessed their embarrassment without eavesdropping.
He winked at Alan.
Alan understood, turned back and took out two cloth bags from the horse.
Tang Xiaobei and Alan walked up to the old couple and said with a smile: "My father-in-law, we are rude and didn't prepare any gifts. We just brought some food. I hope my father-in-law won't dislike it."
"Madam, what are you doing?" The old woman waved her hands quickly: "You are guests from afar, how can we ask for your food?"
"Old man, a little food is nothing to us, so don't be polite."
Tang Xiaobei said: "Take it away and cook. My husband-in-law must be hungry after riding a horse for a day."
The old woman wanted to refuse, but Chen Laowu reached out and took the grain bag.
"Thank you madam for making me laugh."
He understood what Tang Xiaobei meant.
For Jin Feng and Tang Xiaobei, a bag of grain is nothing.
They were not allowed to borrow food because they were probably afraid that Jin Feng would be hungry.
Tang Xiaobei smiled, turned around and entered the house.
In the room, Hong Taoping was carefully examining the drawings given by Jin Feng under the oil lamp.
This drawing is still a Galen ship.
But it's different from last time.
The last time Jin Feng drew something very simple, almost like a stick figure.
This time, the paintings were very detailed, with a total of more than a dozen pictures in total.
The largest one is the overall cross-section drawing, and the rest are detailed drawings of each part.
The length and width of each beam, the thickness of the cabin, and the height... are all clearly marked.
Hong Taoping looked at the drawings, his expression became more and more serious, and his heartbeat became faster and faster.