The structure of the wooden windlass is simple, and Yang Cheng has already made one without spending too much time.
After all, there are many wooden green bird tribes nearby, and ropes and vines are also essential things for primitive life. These are all easy to find.
It just took some time to weave the rattan basket.
Originally, Yang Cheng planned to use bamboo instead. The diameter of bamboo in this world is very wide, and it is also suitable for making rattan baskets.
However, considering the large size and weight of the rattan basket, a basket made of bamboo will be very heavy when placed in the well.
And Yang Cheng is not worried that the totem warrior is not strong enough to pull the basket, but is worried that the weight is too heavy and the rope made of vines will be weak and break.
So in the end, Yang Cheng spent some time and guided the tribesmen to make a rattan basket.
This rattan basket is woven more tightly, so that even if sand is filled inside, only a tiny amount of gravel will fall out, and the main body will not fall off.
After completing these things, Yang Cheng continued to ask people to dig wells.
This time Yang Cheng did not let either Yanhu or Cangshi go down, nor did he let the higher-level totem warriors go down to dig the well.
Because the high-level totem warriors are already large in size, with some skeletons approaching two meters, it is okay to dig dirt on the ground, but if they are put down to dig, it will be inconvenient at all.
Yanhu and the others had no objection. Some of them had been moving down there just now, and they knew that with their size, they couldn't move freely down there.
So, I finally selected two eighth-grade totem warriors to continue digging——
For so long, after eating the sacred fruit and the meat of various ferocious beasts, there are no ninth-grade totem warriors in the Qingque Tribe. The eighth-grade totem warriors are the lowest level of combat power in the Qingque Tribe.
Yang Cheng first asked an eighth-grade totem warrior to get on the basket, waited on the rickety rope for him to get down to the bottom, and then shook the wooden pulley to let another eighth-grade totem warrior get down.
The two successfully reached the bottom of the excavated well, and then continued digging down.
The people above were not idle either. Yang Cheng prepared several more rattan baskets. After the totem warriors below filled the rattan baskets with soil, the totem warriors who stayed above shook the wooden pulley to fill the rattan baskets with soil. Take it out and put it in another empty rattan basket.
Repeatedly.
During this period, Yang Cheng and others' digging of wells here also attracted some people from the Life Department, including many new female tribesmen who had combined with the Totem Warriors.
Seeing their husbands working hard under the guidance of the witch, they clapped and cheered with great joy.
However, their joy soon turned into exclamations.
Because as the two totem warriors dug down another three or four meters, the soil surface became wet, water began to seep from both sides of the well walls and the soil below, and then the soil walls continued to collapse.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
"Witch, witch, come rescue them quickly!"
"Quick, pull the rope and pull us up!"
…
With a burst of exclamation, everyone hurriedly turned the rattan basket and pulled up the two eighth-grade totem warriors who were digging soil in the well.
When the two people came up, they were in shock, their faces full of fear and panic.
And their wives hurriedly stepped forward to hug them, crying and scared. Just now, they thought they were going to watch their husbands lose their lives.
The other totem warriors present also had fear and horror on their faces. They pointed at the half-collapsed well and looked at Yang Cheng carefully.
They thought that by digging soil into the ground, they had touched the mother earth and were punished.
Yang Cheng's eyes moved slightly, staring at the half-collapsed well, thinking carefully.
The problem before him was what he expected.
A well is not that easy to drill. Just now he just wanted to try it and see what the quality of the soil under the feet of the Qingque tribe was like.
Now it seems that the soil quality is okay, not too wet or too dry.
So the solution to the problem before us is still very simple.
Since we are digging a well, shouldn't we use the "well" structure?
The appearance of wells in later generations on earth is that stone walls and stone railings are used to fix both sides of the well, so there is no worry about the earth walls of the well collapsing.
Although the Qingque tribe also has a lot of stones, they are all used for building houses. It is very difficult and inefficient to process standardized stones for making wells on a large scale.
So Yang Cheng thought of the most primitive method of making well walls on earth.
Yang Cheng found Yan Hu and others who were still in panic, and said to them: "Go find a lot of wood."
Soon, a large amount of wood was found.
Yang Cheng then asked the totem warriors to make the wood into sizes of 20cm*20cm, with a length of more than two meters.
Then we still use the mortise and tenon structure to modify both ends of these long pieces of wood, and finally every four pieces are set into a "well" shape.
After this, a strong wooden frame is ready.
Yang Cheng asked everyone to put these wooden "well"-shaped frames into the half-collapsed well.
Finally, Yang Cheng asked everyone present: "Who wants to go down?"
Yanhu and Cangshi immediately raised their hands, expressing their willingness to go down.
To them, Yang Cheng is the most respected person and the most sacred witch!
Even if digging dirt into the ground will result in punishment from Grandmother Earth, we won’t hesitate!
The others were a little hesitant at first, but seeing Yan Hu and Cang Shi standing up to express their stance at once, they didn't care to think so much, and stood up one by one to express their willingness to go.
Even the two eighth-grade totem warriors who had gone down before and were frightened by the collapse of the earth wall stood up without hesitation, even if their wives were pulling their clothes behind them, they did not waver at all.
"very good."
Yang Cheng nodded, and then let the two eighth-grade totem warriors go.
On the one hand, it is to prove that I was not punished by Grandmother Earth just now; on the other hand, they are the only two with the lowest level and the most suitable body shape.
After hearing Yang Cheng's order, the faces of the wives behind them turned pale, revealing despair.
These two totem warriors had very determined expressions on their faces. They obeyed Yang Cheng's orders, even if they were killed.
Of course, Yang Cheng did not let the two of them die.
Under the nervous gazes of everyone, the two men continued to dig the soil in the well.
But this time, Yang Cheng didn't let them dig very quickly. Instead, he dug a certain distance and placed a wooden shelf underneath.
The well was not dug into a round shape as originally requested, but instead dug into a square shape along the wooden frame.
In this way, even as the depth of the well deepens, the earth walls on both sides will not loosen due to the firmness of the shelf.
This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, they started to wonder about their original question——
Why did Yang Cheng let them dig up the land here?
