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Chapter 19: Chapter [-]: Cutting Down Trees to Make Waterwheels

"Bang, bang, bang."

There was a burst of noise from the woods in Luobo Town.

The cat viper swung the ax in his hand and slashed at the big tree. At this time, he was already hopeless. If he had known that he had come to suffer such a crime, he would not have come.

"Meow! Can we not cut it down!" the cat viper wailed in pain.

He had only cut down one-fifth of the depth of the tree, and he already felt that his hands were so numb that he almost lost consciousness.

"You're ashamed to say, it's not what you said you would come." Kin'emon swung his ax and slashed at the big tree, his face full of complaints.

It turned out that not long ago, Gabriel needed wood to build a waterwheel.

The mayor took Gabriel to the field to gather people.

Kin'emon and the others have no responsibility for cutting down trees.

Who knew that the cat viper was determined to die and signed up to go.

It wasn't enough for him to go by himself, he also pulled them all together.

Now thinking of the deadly operation of Maomushi again, Kin'emon really wanted to beat Maomushi first.

"Meow! I don't know that Meow is here to be a coolie!" Mao Viper said with a bitter face.

The ghost knows that they are recruiting coolies. If they knew they were coolies, they wouldn't come here if they were killed.

"Okay, don't complain, cut it quickly." Although Yizang comforted everyone to cut the tree, it was fine on the surface, but it is not difficult to see from his somewhat crazy expression when he swung the ax vigorously to chop the tree, he was still quite concerned about this matter. complaints.

While everyone was complaining, boy Ashura had already cut down all the trees on his side.

Seeing that everyone complained about the job of cutting down trees, boy Ashura couldn't help but stand up and plan to share the heavy burden for everyone.

"If you find it troublesome, let me do the job of cutting down trees. I think I'm pretty good at it."

"You are still……"

Yi Zangben wants Asura boy to finish his work well.

But looking at Asura Boy, he couldn't help swallowing the words when he reached his mouth.

Because Yizang discovered that Ashura boy had not only completed his task.

A lot of trees were cut down in the surrounding area.

This speed is really shocking.

"Let me come."

Seeing that Yizang didn't make a sound, Asura boy thought he agreed, so he walked over with the ax in his hand.

"You, you come."

Yizang looked at the rows of fallen trees and nodded hesitantly, then gave up his position.

The Asura boy stood in front of the tree that Izang was about to cut down.

The ax was clenched tightly in his hand.

He waved it in no hurry.

Instead, he stared at the big tree with a very strange gaze.

"cut!"

Asura boy saw that the time was ripe, he let out a light sigh and then swung down the ax violently.

The ax swung, and two rows of big trees fell one after another.

The corners of Yizang's mouth twitched as he watched the "boom" fall down one after another.

The trees that I laboriously cut down for a long time are not as good as the trees that others cut with a knife.

"That's all up to you." Yi Zang sighed while clutching his forehead and finally accepted this reality.

"Okay, keep it all on me." Boy Ashura nodded.

After all, the Asura boy once again swung the ax in his hand.

The trees fell again one after another.

Cat Viper was startled when he saw the boy Asura chopping down trees so bravely, his mouth opened wide.

"Okay, that's amazing." Cat Viper couldn't help but marvel.

"Brother Ashura Boy, after helping Brother Yizang to cut down trees, remember to help Meow, there are also big trees to be cut down here!" said Cat Viper, waving its claws.

"Okay, after I cut this place, I'll go to your place later." Asura boy couldn't help but nodded and took over the work of the cat viper.

"Boy Asura still has me here, me here."

"Brother Asura boy, help me too, help me!"

Seeing that Ashura Boy can cut down trees so quickly, everyone asked him to help him complete his workload.

"This..." Boy Asura couldn't help being stunned when he saw so many people begging.

He really didn't expect so many people to need him.

Of course, Asura boy did not refuse the request of these people.

After all, cutting down trees is just a piece of cake for him.

"Hmph!" Compared to these people's requests, Kin'emon was extremely disdainful.

He didn't want to ask Ashura Boy to cut down trees.

You must know that you are the person appointed by Oda-sama himself, and you should be in control of this situation.

Although he can't control the situation now, he doesn't intend to let others do it.

After all, he doesn't want to be called worthless.

…………

An open space in Luobo Town.

At this time, the timber is piled up and the crowd gathers.

Gabriel stood in the center, holding a blueprint in his hand.

This drawing was drawn by Gabriel before he came here. Although the design is ugly, it can still be seen from the general outline that it is a waterwheel.

The basic structure of the waterwheel is ready, and now it is to build each module.

Assemble the waterwheel with modules.

Gabriel looked up at the pile of wood, intending to see if there was enough wood.

It’s okay if you don’t look at it, it’s a surprise.

The wood piled up in three places like a hill.

There are at least a dozen roots in each place.

What's the situation?
Gabriel couldn't help but wonder.

There were only five or six pieces of wood just now, so there were so many more in the blink of an eye?
"Enough is enough, no more chopping." Seeing so many logs, Gabriel shook his head and said.

"Is it enough?" the mayor asked doubtfully.

"Yeah." Gabriel nodded helplessly.

Not to mention building two waterwheels with these wood, I am afraid that even two more will not be used up.

After I had the wood, I started working on the modules needed to make the waterwheel.

The baffle used to relieve the water flow, the wooden bracket for fixing, and the wooden cover plate that can withstand the impact of the water flow.

These few things Gabriel basically simply instructed the carpenter who came to help.

Although the carpenter didn't know what these things were mainly for, but after listening to Gabriel's description, he quickly made them.

After all, they are professionals, and they can make similar modules just by talking about them.

The basic modules of the waterwheel are made by specialized people, and the most important point is the circular shaft in the center.

At first, Gabriel considered making it out of metal.

But take into account the weight of the metal, and the resulting rotating centrifugal force.

In the end Gabriel gave up this option and decided to use a piece of rough wood as the round axis.

The module is determined, and the structure has been thought out.

The only thing needed at this point is to determine the material required for the round shaft.

After all, the round shaft is the most important part of this special waterwheel.

The materials in other places may not matter a little.

But the material of the round shaft must be wood with good toughness and hardness, so that it can accept the huge load.

Having decided on this, Gabriel came to the mayor to look for wood.

The mayor couldn't help being happy when he heard it. He really knew that there was a tree that met Gabriel's requirements.

The mayor brought Gabriel to a huge yellow tree.

This yellow tree is at least five meters wide, and it looks over a hundred years old.

Of course, don't look at the old tree, this tree is not ordinary.

This is their treasure of Luobo Town, the Vajra Tree.

Although this kind of tree is not comparable to the legendary Adam's Treasure Tree, the Vajra Tree is also the first-class existence among all trees in terms of hardness and toughness.

And the older the diamond tree is, the harder and stronger the tree is.

One can imagine how precious this tree is.

"Here, does the old man have a smaller one?" Gabriel looked at such a thick tree and couldn't help but smiled wryly.

If you really use this tree, it may take half a day just to polish it.

"About how big do you want?" the mayor asked with a frown.

"Um...about one-tenth of this." Gabriel said, patting the Vajra Tree.

"Ahem...ahem...how old do you think?" the mayor said in disbelief.

"Just plan to be one-tenth the size of this." Gabriel nodded for confirmation.

"This..." The mayor couldn't help showing embarrassment.

This really stumped the mayor.

After all, things like trees get harder with age.

Relatively speaking, the body of the tree will also increase.

Now I want to be small, but also hard and tough.

This is really not in line with the growth logic of trees.

"Is it okay to have a lower hardness?" The mayor asked with a sigh.

"The hardness can be lower, but the toughness must be guaranteed." Gabriel nodded.

What the round bearing needs most is toughness. After all, if the toughness is not enough, it will crack.

The hardness is relative, and if the hardness is relatively insufficient, it will only squeeze and compress the tough space.

It will break after reaching a certain bearing point.

"Then you and Lao Tzu come over and take a look at this one." Hearing that Gabriel lowered the standard, the mayor couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The mayor took Gabriel to find another diamond tree.

It's just that this one is much smaller than the one I saw just now.

This one looks like it might not even be a meter wide.

Estimated to be able to complete the hug with both hands.

Gabriel tapped the diamond tree vigorously.

In terms of the returned texture, the hardness of this tree is not low.

And in terms of toughness, this one feels better.

"That's it." Gabriel patted the diamond tree and made a decision.

(End of this chapter)