Even though some preparations had been made in the early stage, the materials for building the house still brought a lot of difficulties to Teng She.
In addition to Song Xuan, there are seventeen adult men in the tribe, and two more women. In addition to functional houses such as meeting halls, there are twenty of them.
Except for the room used for discussion in the middle, there is no need to make the rest too big. After all, the maximum number of people in each small family is only five.
The number of beams and columns in the middle is basically enough, but the number of wood used to make the walls and roof is too much. A room needs at least several hundred, and it must be as straight as possible.
The crooked and twisted wood will only end up with a bunch of gaps, which will be a pain in the winter.
Dozens of people worked for two days and only got the materials for two or three rooms. The progress was still a bit too slow. Although the wood was very easy to find, it was like a beautiful woman who had taken off her clothes and stood in front of the eunuch. She was helpless.
The children couldn't cut thatch quickly with stone knives. After Song Xuan learned about it, he asked them to dig it out first.
The dried thatch is very tough and cannot be broken by Teng She's stone knife, but it is much easier to dig it out. After digging it out, it is transported back to the tribe, spread on the ground and chopped with a stone ax. Although it is still not easy, it is the same as It's still much better than before.
"Dong dong dong!"
The sound of stone axes chopping down trees filled the surrounding area.
Cutting down trees was boring and laborious. Song Xuan had been doing it all morning, and now he could only continue to wield the stone ax mechanically.
"God's Envoy! God's Envoy!"
Shi Zhuang walked quickly to Song Xuan and shouted softly.
"Ah~ what's the matter?"
Song Xuan replied feebly, it was already tiring enough to cut down the trees, but when these men came back, they caused a lot of trivial things. As soon as they came and went, Song Xuan became numb.
"God's envoy, Shi Tao found a special tree in the back mountain. All of them are straight, but some are difficult to cut. The leader asked me to invite you to take a look!"
After Shi Zhuang described it, Song Xuan was dazzled. Fortunately, Shi Yan was right next to Song Xuan. After a little translation, Song Xuan also understood the general idea.
After having a general understanding, Song Xuan followed Shi Zhuang's footsteps to the back mountain. At the same time, he also roughly understood what Shi Tao had found.
After passing through the dense jungle, a lush green bamboo forest suddenly appeared in front of Song Xuan's eyes. Just as he had guessed, the so-called straight tree was indeed bamboo.
Seeing this bamboo forest, Song Xuan's anxious mood relaxed. Before, he was worried that the tribe would not have enough time to collect sticks for the wooden wall. Now it seems that there is no need to worry at all. Such a large bamboo forest is enough for several Teng. Snake-sized tribes used to build houses.
"Angel, you are here. What do you think of this tree?"
"That's right! The roots are all straight. I have never seen such a beautiful tree!"
"Hey! It's good, but it's too difficult to cut!"
As soon as they saw Song Xuan coming over, the people here started talking to each other.
Bamboo is easy to use, but what everyone holds in their hands are stone axes, which are not sharp. It is even more difficult to chop bamboo that is elastic and easy to split.
Looking at a piece of split bamboo not far away, one could understand why several people seemed helpless.
Cutting bamboo in the same way as ordinary trees will naturally only achieve twice the result with half the effort. After thinking for a moment, Song Xuan said:
"Meng, try it by burning it!"
"Okay, angel!"
Teng She's current tools are all polished from stones or bones. There is not much difference in essence between stone knives and stone axes. Using another tool will have the same result.
It is better to just burn it down like cutting down a big tree. Although it seems a bit troublesome, it is much faster for bamboo. After all, there is an open space in the middle. Burning it in a circle around it, cutting it down, and grinding it is almost the same. .
Boom, boom, boom!
After being instructed by Song Xuan, Shi Meng quickly reacted, ran back to the tribe to get some fire, and started burning it on the spot.
Everyone is already very familiar with this method. Pile charcoal fire at the root of the bamboo, and it can be chopped with an ax in a short time.
"Angel! Look! It's broken!"
Holding up the burned bamboo, Shi Meng said excitedly.
Seeing that this method was feasible, Song Xuan rearranged his staff. Except for those who handled the main beam, everyone came over to burn the bamboo.
This bamboo forest is not only large in area, but also contains many types of bamboo. Some are as thick as a thigh, while others are as full as a hand. Most of them have straight lower parts, which are very suitable for tribes.
After burning bamboo for several days, Teng She and others gained some experience. Seeing that the ax was not easy to use, Shi Ye invented a tool of his own, a saw modified from a bone knife.
When the bamboo is almost burned, you can use this kind of saw to speed up the progress, and you don't have to worry about splitting the bamboo.
With almost all the building materials collected, the first large-scale construction of the Tengshe New Tribe finally started with great fanfare.
Song Xuan's idea was to build some small houses first, which would be fast, and they could be moved in after a little processing. However, this idea was rejected by everyone.
Although Soaring Snake has no witches for the time being, everyone still feels that their faith cannot be lost, especially those who have been to the Blackwater Tribe and seem to have restored the tribe to its original condition.
The original situation of the Soaring Snake Tribe was much better than that of the Blackwater Tribe. There was even a room in the middle of the tribe specially prepared for sacrifices, and inside was the Soaring Snake Tribe's altar.
Although the altar is not very big, only one meter square, the whole body is carved from a single stone. Naturally, there is no way to take it away and can only cruelly abandon it.
Now when building a house, although the altar cannot be moved over, everyone still wants to build the house first. Although there is no altar, the function can still be preserved.
Seeing everyone's persistence, Song Xuan didn't hold back. Having faith is a good thing after all. It's not impossible to live in a big house. It's better than living in a cave anyway.
The main hall in the middle inherited the design of the previous tribe. Since it is relatively large, with a length of 20 meters and a depth of more than 10 meters, the circular design of the small house will naturally not work. The overall shape is similar to what Song Xuan had in mind. Rural thatched houses are similar.
In addition to one pillar erected at each of the four corners, there are four pillars in the middle for support. The pillars are buried more than one meter deep in the ground. It took a lot of effort to dig the holes for the pillars.
After all, the dug hole still needs to be tamped down. After the pillar is put in, the surrounding area is filled with gravel. After tamping it several times, it is ensured that the pillar does not shake at all.
Although it is a little troublesome to build, the quality is really reliable. Although it is built of wood, these large pillars alone are enough to bear the load.
