Since making the waterwheel, Zhao Feng and Chen Shan have become famous in several nearby villages.
Although Zhao Feng made a contract with the villagers not to tell them about this matter, most of the nearby villages were related to each other, so how could they hide it?
Suddenly, there was an endless stream of people coming over to request the use of the water tanker, all wanting to use it to water their fields like the villagers in these two villages.
After all, the weather is getting drier and drier. If we don't water the crops in the fields quickly to revive them, there will definitely be no harvest this year.
Compared to the fact that the whole family was hungry, the little food Zhao Feng asked for seemed insignificant.
What's more, Zhao Feng made an agreement with them that he would only ask for a small part of the grain from them until they actually used the waterwheel to survive the drought and harvested grain.
This was a business that would not lose money, so several surrounding towns came to beg Zhao Feng. Zhao Feng also went to investigate, and together with Chen Shan, he made several water carts and set them up on those rivers. .
But there are some places where water trucks really can't deliver water, so they have to admit that they are out of luck.
However, there are still a few places like this, and several surrounding towns and villages all use waterwheels.
This also made Zhao Feng and Chen Shan more famous. They even heard that this waterwheel was made by Chen Shan. Those people were impressed by Chen Shan's exquisite craftsmanship, and some even came to Chen Shan to buy furniture. .
This was originally a good thing, but more and more people came to Chen Shan to buy furniture, and Chen Shan was a little busy. In addition, the injury caused by the tree had not been completely healed, so Chen Shan I thought about asking Zhao Feng to come over and help.
"Husband, when I went back to my parents' house today, my father told me to ask you to come over and help build furniture together!"
"Ever since that water truck you built saved all the crops in several nearby towns, many people have come to beg my dad to build furniture!"
Hearing this, Zhao Feng was suddenly confused.
Although Chen Shan's carpentry skills are pretty good, they are just a skill that can support his family.
It's not like those really famous craftsmen who can make many exquisite things.
But even so, Chen Shan, as one of the few people in this area who knew a little bit of carpentry, still concealed his skills very well.
Not to mention his son-in-law, who is equivalent to an outsider, even one of Chen Shan's nephews took a peek at him before and was beaten up by Chen Shan with a black nose and a swollen face.
But why did Chen Shan go out of his way this time and ask himself to help?
Zhao Feng joked with Chen Rou with a smile.
"What? Your father is not afraid that I will secretly learn his carpentry skills?"
Chen Rou couldn't help but roll her eyes at Zhao Feng. Ever since she discovered that Zhao Feng had changed his gender and would no longer punch or kick her, Chen Rou had become more and more courageous.
"Husband, I usually think you are quite smart, why are you so confused now?"
Chen Rou said seductively: "My father, he is probably planning to train you to be his successor!"
"Although you can hunt now, hunting is still too dangerous. If you can do carpentry like my father, our family will really have no worries about food and clothing in the future!"
Zhao Feng was a little surprised by Chen Rou's words. He didn't expect Chen Shan to have such an idea.
But if you really learn some carpentry skills, it will be good for you.
Although Zhao Feng comes from later generations and has seen many new and strange things, there are many things that cannot be made just by knowing what they look like.
For example, the previous sighting star, although it looks like a gadget, can be easily broken by ordinary people if it is carved by woodworking. Even if it is forced out, the accuracy is not up to standard.
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng nodded quickly.
"Then what are you waiting for? My father-in-law has given orders, let's go quickly!"
Chen Rou also laughed and followed Zhao Feng back to her parents' home.
When he arrived at Chen Shan's house, Chen Shan was hiding in the room making the furniture ordered by others. Zhao Feng rolled up his sleeves and walked in to help.
When Chen Shan saw Zhao Feng walking in, he subconsciously put on a serious expression. Before, Chen Shan only regarded Zhao Feng as his son-in-law, but now Chen Shan really wanted to teach Zhao Feng his skills, so he had to Be harsh.
So Chen Shan pointed at the tools and said to Zhao Feng.
"When I watched you use these tools before, I found that although you have a little bit of skill, you still don't know the correct way to use these tools."
"I'll teach you how to use these things on our first day."
After hearing Chen Shan's words, Zhao Feng quickly put on an expression that taught him.
"Father-in-law, please speak."
Chen Shan nodded slightly, pointed at the pile of tools, and said.
"This thing is called a chisel. When used in conjunction with a hammer, it can dig holes or smooth out surfaces, etc."
"This is called a half-moon shovel, and it works for the same reason."
"This is called a planer scraper. It's used to smooth the surface of wood."
Chen Shan introduced it like this, but Zhao Feng's expression became a little subtle.
When the planing and scraping knife was introduced, Zhao Feng finally couldn't help it and asked Chen Shan.
"Father-in-law, it turns out this knife is a plane!"
"But why does this plane only have one blade and no plane frame?"
"Also, why is the most important saw missing?"
Chen Shan showed a puzzled expression.
"What planer frame? What is this saw?"
Zhao Feng couldn't help but open his mouth, and then slapped his forehead suddenly, and then remembered that this should be an earlier period in history.
And those woodworking tools did not develop overnight and directly developed into what they were in later generations. Instead, they slowly evolved over the course of history and finally developed into tools that were labor-saving and convenient.
I didn’t expect that early woodworking tools were so simple. No wonder I always felt like something was wrong the last time I made one!
So Zhao Feng directly picked up a bamboo stick and said to Chen Shan.
"Father-in-law, look at these things I drew."
"Add a frame to the back of your planing blade, fix the blade in it, and add a push rod to the back, and it will become a real planing blade!"
"Not only does this save more effort, but the flat surface at the bottom of the planer also ensures that the surface of the wood you planed is very smooth."
Chen Shan couldn't help but open his mouth and looked at the patterns under Zhao Feng with some surprise.
"And the saw looks like this. The teeth can be made denser and staggered left and right. This can make the saw save more effort when cutting wood!"
Zhao Feng directly drew all the tools he remembered, and after Chen Shan saw these patterns, his eyes were full of shock.
