Super Chief

Chapter 227: Waterwheel

Busy people will always express emotion at a certain moment-this time passes so fast.

   Ishikuma is like that.

   More than half a month has passed again.

   On this day, the weather was fine, the sun was high, and the temperature rose rapidly to a point that could be called hot.

But even if the weather is very hot, the area on the east bank of the Little River to the west of the tribe is very lively. Almost all the movable people in the tribe have come. Many little guys don’t even let go of the cows and rush directly. After the tamed bison came to the river, let the old cows find grass to eat by themselves, a group of little guys got together and chirping together, happily like a group of little chickens.

   Some elders with wrinkles on their faces and whitening beards and hairs also brought them here. Their faces are also full of smiles, and they are also looking forward to them. They are obviously in a good mood and don't want them.

  The more numerous adults are adult men and women who have nothing to do with them. Three of them gathered together in groups of five, pointing to the two big guys on the river bank who were about to stand up and discussing with each other.

   At this time, two tall and sturdy shelves have been erected on the shore. These two shelves are constructed entirely of thick logs, and the height is fourteen or five meters.

   There are a large number of sturdy men above and below the two wooden frames. These men hold a rope with the thickness of their wrists in their hands, and the other end of the rope is tied to a water body.

   Today is the day to erect the waterwheel. This is a big day for the tribesmen.

When Lao Mu’s family built the two waterwheels, all the tribesmen in the tribe had seen this huge wheel-like object. After the guardian’s popular science, the tribe knew that Lao Mu’s family took more than twenty These two big guys built by a man in two months' time will become the source of power for the tribe in the future.

   In the future, many laborious and time-consuming tasks in the tribe will be completed by these two big guys.

The people of the    tribe are very curious how this kind of big wheels made of wood can replace people in work.

  The tamed bison can help the tribesmen. This is well known to the tribesmen. After all, the tamed bison are also living beings, and after being tamed, they are very obedient. It is not surprising that they can help the tribesman.

   But these two big wheels are made of wood. They are lifeless and will not be tamed. How can they help the tribesmen with their work? And Master Guardian also said that these two big wheels can support dozens of veterans in their work.

   This is simply incredible.

   So, when the two waterwheels were erected today, almost all the people in the tribe were dispatched. They also wanted to see how these two big guys replaced people or old cows.

   On the main beam above the two tall wooden frames, there are several large rotatable wheels hung. The ropes in the hands of the guys below are passed through these large wheels and then tied to the two waterwheels. Under the command of the horn, the men in the tribe began to vigorously pull the rope in their hands. The rope passed through the rotating wheels and began to slowly pull up one of the huge waterwheels.

The    pulley has not appeared in Europe for a short time. With the addition of the stone bear, a traverser, it became natural to use the pulley to pull the waterwheel.

   Although the waterwheel looks very big, the actual weight is not that big, after all, it is made of wood.

  Furthermore, if the weight of the waterwheel itself is too large, the current cannot make the waterwheel turn smoothly. Therefore, when building these two small waterwheels, Shixiong specifically urged Lao Mu and his family to pay attention to this aspect.

   With the efforts of more than twenty men, this waterwheel with a diameter of almost ten meters was erected safely. Then, under the command of these men, they each held some other ropes, and the two thick ropes tied to the main shaft of the waterwheel were the ones that used the most people.

Under the combined force of these guys, the waterwheel that had just been erected was successfully lifted off the ground. Several guys pulled the auxiliary rope to control the vertical posture of the waterwheel, and then slowly lifted it off the ground. The waterwheel moved to the two thick wooden frames standing on the shore.

   After the main shaft of this waterwheel was successfully placed on the support bearing of the waterwheel frame, all the people cheered loudly.

This big guy over ten meters tall is really a big guy for these Indians, not to mention that this big guy was created by his own tribe, and now this big guy is erected like this. In the river water, this is simply a thing that broke their imagination.

   The two grandsons of fast horses, hard bones and old wood climbed up the waterwheel support neatly, and then began to use tools to fasten the waterwheel main shaft and the support bearing bushes. After this work is done, the erection of this waterwheel is even finished.

   After all the people on the waterwheel got off, Shixiong began to command the man standing below to let go of the rope in his hand.

   Little River’s current is relatively turbulent, which can exert enough force on this waterwheel. In addition, the cylindrical roller bearing is used as the rotating support between the main shaft and the bracket of this waterwheel, so only a small amount of force is needed to turn this waterwheel.

   However, they fastened the waterwheel on it just now, so naturally they couldn't let the waterwheel turn. At this time, the waterwheel has been completely tightened, so naturally the big guy can start to rotate.

Under everyone’s gaze, the fast-moving river water began to exert enough power on the horizontal plates fixed on the outer circle of the waterwheel~lightnovelpub.net~ and the horizontal plates were driven by the water flow to start the waterwheel slowly. Turn up.

   Although the rotation speed at the beginning was very slow, the sight of such a big guy being able to rotate by itself without any manpower still amazed many people. Some tribesmen even knelt on the ground and began to pray. In their eyes, this kind of sight can already be called a "miraculous".

   There is no water bucket installed on the two waterwheels, but a slender wooden barrel is installed on the outside of each horizontal plate. The placement of the barrel is not horizontal, but at an angle of about thirty degrees. In this way, when the barrel leaves the water, it will be filled with about two-thirds of the water. However, because the mouth of the barrel is slanted upwards, the water in the barrel does not flow out.

However, when the first wooden bucket filled with water rotates to the highest point and continues to rotate downward, the wooden bucket that was originally slanted upwards will become the mouth of the bucket and washed down, so that the water inside will flow out and finally fall. Entering a pre-arranged channel, the water flows quickly and diagonally downward along the channel...

   In fact, by this time, the erection of the waterwheel had been completed, and the erection of this waterwheel was extremely successful. At the very least, the first function of this waterwheel-drawing water, has been fully realized.

  Of course, we will test whether this waterwheel can successfully drive other loads. After all, the main shaft of the waterwheel faces the shore, but it carries a fixed gear...

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