Hydraulic power is one of the earliest natural power sources utilized by humans.
People only need to take advantage of the difference in water levels to obtain strong and continuous power to replace some boring and repetitive labor.
Among the instruments that use water power, the most typical ones are waterwheels for irrigation, water mills for grinding grains, and water mills for pounding various things.
Of course, although these instruments are relatively simple in structure, they require relatively high production tools and carpentry skills. They definitely cannot be made by Jiang Xuan's half-heartedness.
But it doesn’t matter. Jiang Xuan just wants to get a hydraulic device for pounding medicine. He only needs to make the most primitive and simple hydraulic pounding device.
After patiently pounding the medicine in the stone mortar, Jiang Xuan said to Chi Shao: "I suddenly thought of a thing that can pound medicine automatically. If it can be made well, you won't have to work so hard in the future."
Chi Shao asked curiously: "Really? What does it look like?"
Jiang Xuan picked up two wooden sticks and explained: "Look, we use thick wood as beams, dig an empty bucket on one end of it, and install a pestle on the other end."
"Then, I just need to set up the middle of this piece of wood and put the end with the bucket under the flowing bamboo."
"The water will fill the bucket, and the wood at one end will sink, and the wood with the pestle at the other end will rise."
"When the water is poured out automatically, the empty bucket rises, and the end with the wooden pestle lands on the stone mortar, and you can pound the medicine."
This thing makes use of the simplest lever principle, using water power instead of manpower, and can pound medicine day and night.
In fact, it is not just about pounding medicine. If necessary, you can also pound some grains and other things.
Chi Shao said: "It sounds pretty good, what do you need me to do?"
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "It's a very simple thing. I can just make it myself. You can go about your business."
"Okay, then when you need help, let me know."
Jiang Xuan nodded and let Chi Shao go about his business.
He left the bamboo forest and walked into the forest to the south of the tribe. After searching for a long time, he found a suitable big tree with a diameter about the size of a washbasin.
Then, he asked two tourists to come over. He first dug two holes on the left and right sides of the tree trunk close to the ground with a stone knife, and then put some red-hot charcoal in each.
Then let the tourists hold the reed pipe and continuously blow air on the charcoal to promote combustion, so that the charcoal burns quickly.
This is a common method used by tribal people to cut down large trees.
Because the stone ax is very slow for small trees, it is extremely laborious to cut down large trees.
Using this method of blowing air to burn charcoal, you can burn through the heart of a big tree relatively quickly, and then chop it with a stone ax a few times, and the big tree will fall.
The two tourists, one behind the other, blew hard for a long time, finally burning through the heart of the tree. Then Jiang Xuan wielded a stone ax and chopped down the hollow tree.
Then, he removed the excess parts of the big tree and carried it back to Chi Shao's yard.
He first found a thick dead wood and cut a groove in the middle to use as a lever support point for the hydraulic tamping device.
Then, he cut down the thickest end of the tree and burned it to create a deep water tank.
When burning, he covered all sides of the tree trunk with wet mud, leaving the area to be burned empty.
This method can ensure that other parts of the tree will not be burned, and only the parts that need to be burned will be burned.
After burning the water tank, he dug out a small groove in the thicker part of the big tree, put in charcoal, and blew it hard with a reed pole to burn a big hole.
After that, he found a smaller tree trunk, chopped it into a pestle shape with a stone ax, and inserted it into the hole of the big tree.
I also found a lot of resin, heated it into a liquid in a clay pot, added plant ash and stirred it evenly to make an adhesive, then poured it into the hole where the wooden pestle connected to the big tree, and firmly adhered the two together. p>
Finally, he placed the big tree with the water trough and the wooden pestle on the stump for support. The end where the wooden pestle was located was longer and the end where the water trough was located was shorter.
After constant adjustments, Jiang Xuan found the most suitable support point, and then cut a groove at that position to mesh with the groove of the support point, so that it would not be easily displaced.
Jiang Xuan moved the big stone used to pound the red peony root and put the wooden pestle into the stone mortar.
Finally, he used a bamboo tube to connect the water to the top of the sink, and a primitive and simple hydraulic tamping device was completed!
"Crash..."
The water flowing out of the bamboo tube fills the tank, and gravity causes the tank to sink, while the end with the wooden pestle rises.
When the water tank dropped to a certain level, the water inside naturally flowed away and the weight became lighter. The water tank rose again, and the end of the wooden pestle fell heavily and hit the stone mortar.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
Every once in a while, the wooden pestle will hit the stone mortar. If the device is not damaged and the water is kept flowing, it will keep banging day and night.
"Sister, what do you think of this hydraulic mashing device?"
After everything was done, Jiang Xuan took Chi Shao to see his results, with a smile on his face.
Chi Shao observed this device, and she was pleasantly surprised to find that it was indeed very practical.
The most important thing is that people need to rest. This device does not require rest. It can keep pumping medicine. People only need to go and take a look at it from time to time.
Jiang Xuan picked up a thick wooden fork again and said: "If you need to stop it, just use this fork to prop up the front and stop the water tank from filling."
Chi Shao exclaimed: "Xuan, you are so smart, you can always make something practical."
Jiang Xuan smiled sheepishly. These things were the crystallization of the wisdom of countless ancient people in his previous life. He just copied them.
From this day on, very rhythmic tapping sounds will always be heard from deep in the bamboo forest of the Teng tribe.
After a long time, everyone knew that it was the hydraulic tamping device made by the leader that was mashing the medicine.
Everyone admired the leader's intelligence.
In the next period of time, Jiang Xuan led people to lay many bamboo tubes that opened the bamboo joints and connected the stream to the front of all the bamboo houses.
In this way, it is very convenient for everyone to cook or wash things without having to run to the stream.
The days passed day by day.
"Boom!"
In the early morning of March 15th, when the rising sun shone on the stone mountain, the huge ancient vines suddenly bloomed with endless green light, and the terrifying breath of life was overwhelming.
The entire Vine Tribe, including all the creatures in the mountains and forests near the Vine Tribe, felt waves of heart palpitations at this moment.
"What's wrong with Fujigami?"
Jiang Xuan hurried to the altar. At this time, many people had gathered in front of the altar, and the one standing at the front was Chi Shao.
Chi Shao's eyes were closed tightly, and there was a mysterious energy fluctuation on his body. Jiang Xuan knew that it was witchcraft.
After a long time, Chi Shao opened her eyes. She looked at the giant vines wrapped around the stone mountain and said excitedly: "The Vine God told me that it has absorbed the power of faith of the tribesmen and is about to break through!"
"A breakthrough is coming?"
Jiang Xuan was also surprised when he heard this.
Judging from the current situation, the stronger Shendou is, the safer the tribe will be, and the tribe’s warriors will be stronger.
He heard from the old witch that there are three types of totem gods, namely small tribal totem gods, medium tribal totem gods, and large tribal totem gods.
The previous strength of this divine vine was equivalent to that of a small tribal totem god.
However, it is now about to break through.
This also means that if everything goes well, the Vine tribe will have a totem god as powerful as the medium-sized tribe.
If the tribes whose totem gods no longer exist knew about this situation, they would probably go crazy with jealousy.
"However, the Fuji God also told me that it will sleep for a period of time to accumulate more power. During this period of time, the Fuji God will no longer be able to protect the tribe."
Chi Shao looked at Jiang Xuan and said: "While the Vine God is sleeping, we need to face the dangers from the outside ourselves."
After Jiang Xuan heard this, he suppressed his excitement a little and said: "You let the Teng Shen break through with peace of mind. During this period of time, we will try not to stay far away from the tribe and ensure the safety of the tribe."
Now that summer is approaching, all kinds of food have become plentiful, and the Vine Tribe is relying on a river to develop slowly for a while, just waiting for the breakthrough of the Divine Vine.
Chi Shao nodded, then closed her eyes and conveyed Jiang Xuan's words to Shen Teng.
"Boom!"
On top of the stone mountain, the divine vine burst out with even more dazzling green light, and all the branches became crystal clear, as if they were carved from jasper.
The terrifying breath of life is so powerful. Near the Vine Tribe, many creatures are lying on the ground, their bodies are constantly trembling, and they are extremely frightened.
After a short time, the green divine light gradually became restrained, the branches of the giant vine returned to normal, and the terrifying aura slowly disappeared.
Chi Shao opened her eyes and said: "Shen Teng has begun to fall asleep."
Jiang Xuan asked the crowd to disperse and asked all tribesmen to keep it strictly confidential, even to the tourists who had been living in the Teng tribe for some time.
After the crowd dispersed, Jiang Xuan's excitement gradually calmed down.
He said to Chi Shao: "It is a good thing that the Vine God will break through, but now that the old witch is gone, the Vine God is sleeping again. From today on, the only one we can rely on is ourselves."
Chi Shao nodded, feeling a heavy pressure.
"Let's try to be more cautious during this period. As long as Fujigami breaks through smoothly, everything will be fine."
The two discussed the hunting again, and then returned to the bamboo house.
Jiang Xuan summoned all the Vine Tribe warriors and announced that starting from today, the Vine Tribe will only hunt and gather in the nearby jungle, and will not go too far for the time being to avoid causing some trouble.
At the same time, they continued to make bamboo rafts and harpoons, and some soldiers began to learn swimming and fishing.
The warriors of the Vine Tribe agreed one after another. Although it was a pity that they could not go hunting far away, fortunately, the Vine Tribe was close to a river, so fishing was also very challenging.
After Jiang Xuan arranged these things, he took Stone Loach to the forests on both sides of the tribe to check out the magical plants that had been planted before.
"The cuttings of the cage vine have sprouted!"
Jiang Xuan came to the forest south of the tribe and was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the prison vine branches he cut in the past two months had successfully taken root and sprouted, and only a few had died.
Sure enough, the vitality of vines is very tenacious, and planting by cuttings is also a feasible method.
This is good news, which means that the plant defense line constructed by Jiang Xuan is another step closer to success.
"The core of the whip tree has also sprouted seedlings."
Last year, Jiang Xuan picked a lot of fruits from the whip tree. Eating the fruits of this magical plant can make people stronger.
After eating the leftover fruit cores, Jiang Xuan planted them within the predetermined plant defense range with the mentality of giving it a try.
Unexpectedly, the planting was successful.
Although these whip tree seedlings do not yet have terrible attack power, when they grow into large trees in a few years, they will not only provide the Vine Tribe with a large amount of fruits, but also protect the Vine Tribe with their terrible attack power.
Later, Jiang Xuan went to the jungle in the north of the tribe, where a row of biting flowers were planted. This kind of flower is very similar to the plants in a casual game that Jiang Xuan played in his previous life.
Each biting flower has a huge red flower.
It is very bright in color, and usually stays motionless like other flowers. There is a lot of honey in the stamens, and it exudes a strong fragrance, which will attract all kinds of insects and even small animals.
However, when these big bugs or small animals try to eat honey, the biting flower will immediately turn into a bloody mouth, killing and digesting these greedy eaters.
It is said that a tribesman once got close to this giant flower and his head was bitten off, which is why it got such a fierce name.
This magical plant was also found by Jiang Xuan when he went hunting. He transplanted some seedlings, and now they are basically alive.
Of course, not all magical plants have been transplanted successfully. Some magical plants that are more difficult to survive may not adapt to the environment after transplanting, and wither soon after.
Peaceful days always pass quickly. In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.
In early April, the weather gradually became hotter.
Everything is growing like crazy and thunderstorms occur frequently, which also means that summer has begun in the Southern Wilderness.
"Buzz buzz..."
In the Thunder Mountain to the south of the Vine Tribe, there is a group of bird-billed mosquitoes flying quickly. Behind these bird-billed mosquitoes, there is also a hunting team of the Mosquito Tribe.
After entering summer, bird-billed mosquitoes begin to multiply rapidly, and both their numbers and attack power are stronger than in other seasons.
In the past year, the Mosquito Tribe has completely established a foothold in the Great Swamp, and has also wiped out two relatively weak small tribes, and its strength and population have grown rapidly.
The number of bird-billed mosquitoes has surged, and the number of tribal warriors has surged. Everything in the mosquito tribe looks very good, which has also prompted their ambitions to expand rapidly.
The scope of activities of the Mosquito Tribe has become larger and larger, and they have not forgotten the hunting team that was wiped out by the Vine Tribe.
Therefore, after a short period of forbearance, they decided to come again to inquire about the situation of the Vine Tribe. This time, they were determined to find out the details of the Vine Tribe and would not be easily scared off again.
"Shashasha..."
In the woods, the hunting team of the Mosquito Tribe is advancing rapidly.
There are bird-billed mosquitoes exploring the way ahead, so they don't have to worry about sudden danger.
There are about eighty people in this hunting team, and the leader is called Hua Yi. He is a powerful three-color warrior, cunning and ferocious.
"We're almost approaching that tribe, spread out and be careful."
After approaching the Vine Tribe, Hua Mosquito gave an order, and the more than eighty warriors dispersed one after another, and continued to sneak under the leadership of Bird Mouth Mosquito.