Rice will be harvested on a large scale next year, and efficiency will also need to be taken into consideration. On average, one person has to be responsible for nearly an acre of land. Using that small stone knife is too torture.
Of course, the sickle for harvesting rice is not an ordinary kind. An ordinary blade is good for cutting grass and trees, but it is not good enough for harvesting rice.
When rice is harvested, it is already very yellow when harvested. Straw is very tough. Although it can be cut with an ordinary knife, it is not so easy to use. Moreover, the wear of the blade is also very serious, especially among tribesmen. Nowadays only stones can be used to sharpen knives.
There is a special tool for rice harvesting, and that is the sawing sickle. The sawing sickle Song Xuan had seen before was relatively long and narrow, but there is definitely no way to make it here in Tengshe. If the stone is too narrow, it will not be so strong. .
So Song Xuan still used the ordinary sickle shape, but he had to change the blade into a serrated shape. Although it was not troublesome to make, it was not much different from the ordinary stone knife process. It just added the step of polishing the serrated teeth, but among the tribes The demand is still very large.
There is a lot of wear on the blade when harvesting rice. No matter what shape it is made into, it can only improve the harvesting experience. It does not have much benefit in terms of wear resistance. It may be changed to a jagged shape, which may increase wear. .
Song Xuan didn't know how much rice could be harvested with a polished sickle, but he thought it wouldn't be too much.
Therefore, if you want to speed up the efficiency of harvesting, you must have sufficient reserves. Otherwise, you will need to go up and polish it after a while, which is too time-consuming. If the quantity is sufficient, you can still replace it.
Song Xuan estimated that one person would have to have at least three or four of them, so that there would be enough time for a dedicated person to polish the replacement saw and sickle.
Without good materials, we can only use this stupidest method. Song Xuan has also been trying to use bones to grind knives. Although bones are more wear-resistant, the disadvantage is that they are difficult to make sharp. Previous attempts After a while, the effect was not good.
After listening to Song Xuan's introduction, everyone knew that these were farm tools prepared for harvesting rice next year, and their enthusiasm was very high.
Although we can't say we love rice now, basically no one is against it. Compared with the effects it brings, everyone in Tengshe is still very happy to grow it.
Although from Song Xuan's introduction, we knew that polishing the saw and sickle was a bit complicated, everyone quickly started to implement it, and even the children began to polish their own special knives.
In addition to increasing efficiency by changing harvesting props, Song Xuan also wanted to make use of the straw in the fields.
To be honest, the straw in those acres of land was finally burned this year, and Song Xuanyou felt a little distressed. It was a very good ignition material.
In addition to being used for burning, the biggest use is that it can be used to build houses and make grass mud. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
The thatch around the tribe has basically been cut clean. If you want to build a house, you can only go downstream to find it. Although it is not uncommon on both sides of the river, it is more troublesome after all. It is not as convenient as the straw and the quantity. There is more. If this land is completely planted, it will probably be enough for Teng She to use it for several years.
Even the firewood will be used less. Although the straw does not last long when burned, the flame is large enough, and the key is that there is a large quantity. You can burn it as you want without restraint.
After we started making it, the sound of stone-throwing in the tribe never stopped.
To polish stone tools in the tribe, except for a few who rely on luck to find stones of the same size and shape to polish directly, most of them have to be found from broken fragments of large stones.
This is also a matter of chance. Even if everyone has rich experience, it is difficult to be sure about how a stone will break into. The most you can do is to control the broken shape through small gaps.
But the requirements for a good one are not particularly high, as long as the appearance is basically similar. If you really want to make it like Song Xuan remembers, it is estimated that each one will require a lot of energy. As long as it can be used, there is no need to be too harsh. .
After polishing, you can also directly take some hay to test it. The main thing is to check whether it is smooth. It is easier to adjust before assembly.
Although the inferior hay is more resilient than the rice when harvested, it can barely be used if it is just for testing.
Song Xuan's tentative requirement for each person is three. Even if each one doesn't last for too long, three will be able to be turned. Of course, a lot of people will be equipped by then to be responsible for polishing.
The manpower arrangement can only be re-adjusted after we go to the ground next year. Currently, there are not many people in Soaring Snake, and it is relatively sufficient.
As long as everything goes smoothly, it shouldn't be a big problem.
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"Angel, there are already more than thirty shields. Can we let the leader and others use them first?"
Hearing Shi Ban's words, Song Xuan's eyes suddenly widened.
This efficiency still surprised him. Not long after winter entered, the two of them had already finalized the size and various details of the shield.
He didn't worry about it much after that. Song Xuan had always thought that Shi Ban had been focusing on the vine armor and not making too many shields. There was simply a lot of time left in the winter, so he didn't rush him. Unexpectedly, this time In the past month or so, more than thirty have been made.
These shields are still different from the original ones. Compared with the previous ones, they are relatively smaller. Although the protective area is reduced, they are more flexible to use.
At first, Song Xuan only considered the protection issue and did not consider the convenience of use. After repeated testing by Shi Meng and others, they found that this method is more convenient now.
The outermost layer will still be covered with a layer of animal skin, and some animal skins will also be added to key parts of the inner layer, so the protective ability is not reduced. On the contrary, because these animal skins are carefully selected, it is more effective for existing For weapons, they all have good protective effects.
"Is there so much? Let's go! Go and see..."
Seeing that Song Xuan seemed to have forgotten about it, Shi Ban didn't say much, and took Song Xuan to the house where they made things.
Whether it is normal days or winter, Shiban and the others always make things in a separate house, and will only return to the main house when eating. This way, firstly, they can reduce the disturbance of other people, and secondly, the things they make still need to be kept secret. Yes, it is not suitable for too many people to know, whether they are Teng She's own people or captives.
After their renovation, the two houses were very different from before. Shi Ban directly led a few people to connect the two houses, making them much larger than before.
There is also a small room that is used as a warehouse. The warehouse is directly opposite the house where Shi Ban lives. The door has some anti-theft measures. There are more than a dozen ropes attached to the door, all of which are tightened. , some ropes are connected to some clay pots, and it is not that easy to untie these ropes.
If you make a mistake, the clay pot will fall directly, causing a sound that can be clearly heard by people around you. This is also the most primitive anti-theft measure. It also borrows many traps, but It's a little more complicated here.
Currently, only Song Xuan and Shi Ban know how to open the door. Even Shi Meng and the others have to tell Shi Ban or Song Xuan first.
In normal times, these doors can only be opened with Song Xuan's approval. However, in winter, when everyone is in the tribe, supervision is relatively easy, so Song Xuan handed over this right to Shi Ban. After all, he applied every time. It is also very troublesome.
This small warehouse involves too many secrets of Soaring Snake, not to mention that most of them are already prepared weapons. They can be used directly after taking them out. Song Xuan is not careful.
Everyone can understand Song Xuan's arrangement. After all, Teng She is no longer the same Teng She. When she first came here, there were only a few dozen people, and they were all from her own tribe. Naturally, she didn't need to think too much, but then With the prisoners entering and the Blackwater people behind them joining.
Naturally, these things must be considered carefully, especially the prisoners. Although each one of them behaves very obediently, no one knows whether any of them are rebellious.
I don't know whether Song Xuan is used or not, but the deterrent effect should still be there. Most people are not allowed to come to these rooms.
After a tedious decoding process, Shi Ban opened the room, pointed at the shield on the central shelf and said:
"God's envoy, that's all, thirty-five in total!"
Although the number is not too large, it can barely form a large scale.
"Okay, everyone move out!"
Halfway through carrying seven or eight shields, Song Xuan suddenly thought of the vine armor again. Every time he came over to see it, Shi Ban was usually thinking about the production of the vine armor.
Although the general shape has been finalized long ago, the details still need to be optimized. Moreover, compared with shields, making rattan armor is much more complicated, so naturally it cannot be done in a short time.
Hearing Song Xuan ask, Shi Ban was also a little embarrassed:
"God Envoy, I just made two sets!"
Song Xuan is quite satisfied with this progress. Since it has been mass-produced, he can just take his time later. Although the two may be very important to Teng She's future struggles, this is something that cannot be rushed.
"The branches we prepared are not too many. Envoy, why don't you use them tightly on your shield first?"
Previous research on vine armor resulted in the waste of a large number of branches, and there was also a task of vine baskets in the tribe, which required a lot of demand. After going back and forth, even though Shi Ban had prepared some before, it seemed that he was still a little stretched at the moment. He wanted to have both. It's still a bit difficult to balance it all.
"Okay, let's make more shields first, and just take your time with the vine armor!"
