Chapter 161 Test cement, Big Mouth returns
Xia tribe.
Wang Wei went to the big tree that Xia Tongya cut down. He didn't know what kind of tree it was. It was nearly two meters in diameter and the trunk was long and straight. He thought that he could make at least three canoes from this tree.
Xia Gongya is taking people to trim the hull of the canoe, gradually polishing the hull to become smoother and thinner, and the project volume is not small.
Wang Wei suggested that Xia Gongya dig a trench in the middle of the trunk, then add firewood to it and burn it, slowly expand the range of the trench. This is faster than cutting it with an axe bit by bit.
The advantage of canoes is that they are light and flexible, easy to grasp, simple to make, and are not prone to risk of water leakage or falling apart. The thicker the trunk, the greater the weight it can bear.
Several canoes can be lined up horizontally. They are fixed with beams and can even sail after being equipped with sails. The disadvantage is that they cannot withstand strong winds and waves and are prone to capsizing.
The canoe was still in its early stages, and Wang Wei returned to the Xia tribe after seeing it.
At the iron smelting place of Xiahuo, Xiahuo put the special stones collected by the Xiahuo together to refine them. He wanted to discover and burn special metals from it.
Wang Wei checked the limestone he picked up again, and there was already a lot of them.
Xia Huo said that they were found not far from the stone tribe, and there were still many there.
There are indeed many stones around the stone tribe. I didn’t expect there were the ores that Wang Wei needed, which was a gift to the Xia tribe.
Wang Wei asked Xia Tongya to directly build a kiln for burning limestone on the Shi Tribe, and temporarily preserve the burned quicklime in the Shi Tribe. After the new city wall was built, a road was built directly to the Shi Tribe, and a hand-pushed wheelbarrow was made and then transported from there.
Quicklime reacts with water and turns into lime mortar. This should be ripe lime.
Mixed ripe lime with gypsum, cinder and slag can be turned into cement. Now, gypsum has been discovered, and chalk can be made of gypsum. There are also slags, but I don’t know if the cement is effective after mixing ripe lime with these.
After mixing cement with fine sand, it can be used for construction. Now the Xia tribe has always used loess and wood ash as a binder. When used as cement, the effect is not good. Mix ripe lime, gypsum, slag and sand, and the bonding effect will not be bad, right?
To figure it out, Wang Wei needs to do a test.
He wanted to test the mixing of several materials in different proportions so that he would get which formula produces the best curing effect.
Mix different proportions of cement and sand to glue the bricks together. Through this test, he found the best proportional formula for mixing lime and gypsum slag, and obtained the proportional formula for using cement and sand.
Doing a field that he can’t do is always making mistakes, and it has to be constantly corrected when it makes mistakes, so time passes quickly.
Until Xia Jin ran and said that the hunting group was back, Xia Dazui was injured.
Wang Wei looked at the sky, it was gray at this time. Although it was not raining, it always looked uncomfortable. In this kind of weather, he could not estimate the approximate time. Hey, it seems that he had to make a clock. It doesn’t need to be very accurate. At least he had to know about what time it is.
He hurried back to the ward of Xia tribe.
The people hunting in the ward were all there, and the ward was full. They were laughing and laughing with Xia Dazui.
Xia Damou lay on the bed with his upper body naked, showing everyone a swollen mark on his waist and back, and saying how he killed four people by himself.
When Wang Wei arrived, everyone took the initiative to move out of the way. The ward was too small and the members of the hunting team took the initiative to go out.
At this time, there were also Mei, Madam Rong, Mama, Mama, Ji Hao, and Xia Yi in the ward.
Mei said that Madam Rong said that he did not hurt the bones and said that he was lucky. If the javelin he was carrying had suffered most of the external force for him, he would have been afraid that his back would be interrupted.
Wang Wei looked at his waist and back, not saying that he was a tiger-back and bear-back, but he was much better than ordinary people. When did he think he would achieve this?
Xia Dazui was really a disaster. Not long ago, she fell and was injured with Hu Meizi, but now she is injured again.
He also carefully checked the red and swollen marks and said:
"The skin is not broken, and there are subcutaneous blue and hematoma. Apply it with a cold water bag to prevent the hematoma from enlarging and relieve pain. It may be pain caused by damage to soft tissue."
Wang Wei said this to make everyone not worry. He didn't know if Xia Dazui had any major problems. It was okay to look outside, but what about the internal organs? He couldn't take an X-ray.
Mei heard that she could do this, so she asked the mute Ji Sang to prepare to go.
Xia Dazui said to Ji Hao next to him: "I just said it's okay, you don't have to worry."
It turned out that when they came back, Xia Da's mouth and waist were too painful, so he couldn't straighten up and couldn't walk, so it was Xia Yi who carried him back on a stretcher.
Wang Wei asked Xia Yi to tell him what happened today.
The tribe with chicken feathers met it last time, but I didn't know that I would meet them again.
"Ji Hao, do you know the tribe of the original one and the tribe wearing chicken feathers? Do you have any grudges?"
"We never interacted with them, and we couldn't understand what they said. Ji Sang understood their language."
Ji Sang is the mute, formerly called Chong, who was about ten years old. He was short enough and thin. Because he couldn't speak, Ji Hao was afraid that he would be bullied by other children, so he told Mei that Ji Sang would stay in the pharmacy to study.
Mei also told Wang Wei that Wang Wei was a little hesitant at first, mainly considering that he was young and was afraid of being like a flower. But he finally agreed, because he had seen the fox tribe bandage when Ji Sangzhi came to Xia tribe when he was bandaging him, and he was not at all stage frightened when he saw those bloody scenes.
Unexpectedly, this kid was very interested in medicine and studied with his head down. Although he was young, according to Mei, he learned well.
Wang Wei then looked at Ji Sang.
Ji Sang gestured, and a series of actions made everyone unable to understand.
Ji Hao said: "He said he was originally from the U tribe and he fled to my tribe."
Wang Wei said: "The Wu tribe is the crow tribe? What they carry on their heads is not chicken feathers, but crow feathers."
Ji Sang nodded.
"Why are they chasing you?"
Ji Sang made another series of gestures.
Ji Hao said: "The leader of the Uk tribe said that he stole the tribe's divine objects, so he asked him to return them. But he didn't steal them at all. He ran away after being forced to escape."
"What kind of magical thing is it?"
"He said it was similar to the shovel of the Xia tribe."
Wang Wei doesn’t know what it is. Since it is a divine object, it was created by people who traveled through time to come to this world?
He didn't think about these useless things, and he didn't know how to guess anyway.
"Talk the shovel, will the Xia tribe lose a shovel this time be picked up by that Wu tribe?"
Everyone couldn't say anything, and they were silent.
Only Xia Dazui and Xia Yi were feeling bad.
"But it doesn't matter, just one hand, let's pay attention next time."
When everyone saw that the king did not lose his temper, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Wei asked Xia Dazui to recuperate well and left the ward.
The fox Meizi also came out.
Wang Wei looked at her curiously. Wasn't she going to take care of Xia Dazui at this time?
Fox Meizi said: "Don't look at me with that look. I can't take care of people. That Ji is like I can."
Ji Hao is indeed better than Fox Meizi, and her personality is suitable for charging.
"What's the matter with me?"
“My logistics team has no iron spears, we need it.”
Since Hu Meizi's logistics team did not have an iron spear, they had to use a stone spear, which made the logistics team feel unbalanced.
"The Xia tribe does not have more iron tools, they are all used on the city walls. So I will give you the iron spears of the logistics team in a while, how about it?"
"King, I know how these iron tools come from. I know Xingzhang from the Xing tribe. He fled back from the Black Stone Tribe and brought such a little iron ore. Xingzhang hasn't come to the Xia tribe for a long time."
"So what do you want to say?"
"I want to say why we didn't go directly to the Blackstone Tribe and bring back the iron ore we wanted."
"But our people are building the city walls, and no more people go to the Blackstone Tribe."
"Master, we don't need to go to so many people, we only need a small number of people to go."
Wang Wei suddenly felt that Fox Meizi had become smarter. Maybe she was very smart at first, but it didn't match her strong figure.
"I'll think about it again. It's not that easy to go to the Black Stone Tribe. There is a Wild Wolf Tribe over there, and it also has a grudge against the Xia Tribe."
"We'll go and defeat them and take over there."
Wang Wei smiled and shook his head, saying, "Do you know how many people there are in our Xia tribe? You can't occupy the other tribe at all."
"What should I do? The logistics team also needs iron spears, you can find a way."
Wang Wei really has no choice now. Maybe... maybe he should go to the Black Stone Tribe.
He learned about the situation of the Black Stone Tribe from Xinghuan, and there should be no problem with going there. He doesn’t know how the Black Stone Tribe is now, are he still bullied by the Wild Wolf Tribe?
The fox Meizi slapped Wang Wei on the shoulder with a palm, waking Wang Wei from his thoughts.
"Your Majesty, are you trying to figure out a solution?"
"I'm thinking about it, I can't remember it when you hit it. I said, "Fox Meizi, your hands are too strong, I can't bear it. Next time I'll be gentler, and gentler."
"Well, I'm just like that." Hu Meizi didn't care.
Wang Wei left helplessly. Fox Meizi's personality has been understood in the past few days. This is a woman who is more bold than a man and may have a man's mind.
Chapter completed!