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"Use soft vines to bind the shell and compact the gap?"

"Is it torn?"

"It should be caulking, haha, this is hard work!"

"Tell me."

"Cough, in fact, it is to chop up the thick and fibrous things like soft vines, add water to boil, and then..."

"Wrap it in flour and fry it, will the kids next door cry?"

"Fart! Wrap it... Bah bah, it's boiled and then smashed until it becomes flocculent, so it can be used for caulking."

“It’s not perfect without deep frying!”

"If you want to be perfect, you can soak the soft vine in oil first, but it will be more difficult to process in this way."

"Well, think about it. Such a big boat, with so many seams, must be filled to the brim. The amount required is really not small."

"??? What are you saying about tigers and wolves upstairs?"

"The boat is my wife, and the upstairs upstairs is right..."

"Ah, it seems that there is another event to draw a new wife. This time, I can see a miracle!"

"The seals are ashore! Fight!"

"However, caulking is a big project. Just smashing up enough soft vines is enough to keep us busy for a while."

"Preparation for caulking may take more time than Xu Shen building the hull!"

"No way, wasting time here?"

"There's no way around that. If you don't fill in all the seams, the boat will sink as soon as it hits the water. It's better not to build it."

"The orangutans can help, Xu Shen's coolie squad!"

"With the help of orangutans, it can be faster, but it is still a waste of time."

"..."

The source of soft vines on the island is extremely rich, and Xu Le let the orangutans do it for them, collecting quite a lot in the past few days.

The soft vines piled up into a high hill, enough to make people feel desperate when they think about what to do next after seeing it.

The most primitive way is of course to find orangutans to do it, but...

Xu Le smiled wildly, and the orangutans rushed into the small courtyard, and when they came back, they carried a few steam engines on their shoulders, as well as tools such as axes and hammers.

In the age of steam, how could it be possible to rely on orangutans to do such rough work?

Wouldn't it be nice to scatter them in the woods to find tung trees...

He installed a movable head at the end of the power connecting rod of the steam engine, and then used a longitudinal wooden board to cut out holes and slots to limit the position, and the simple running direction conversion structure was completed.

Three steam engines lined up, and the ax heads and hammers were respectively installed under the power connecting rods.

When the boiler starts to burn and the water vapor gushes out, the knives and axes will run together and smash to the trough below.

The boring and repetitive work was taken over by the machine, and the large strands of soft vines were chopped and smashed.

The trough has its own slope, and the soft vines are filled from one end, and then slide down from the other end. If you are not satisfied with the processing accuracy, you can repeat the filling process again.

The whole work only needs two or three orangutans to watch, which is simple and efficient.

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Chapter 415 Caulking brush putty

Barrage in the live broadcast room——

"Forget about this, Xu Shen is a man with tools!"

"Steam grinder, this is, Xu Shen's manual work is absolutely perfect."

"Operating at full capacity, I'm afraid it only takes a day or two to process all the soft vines."

"This is the wisdom of mankind!"

"It's too strong, it's too strong. After having tools, the speed of work can be instantly increased!"

"..."

The steam engine kept roaring, and the soft vines kept falling from the discharge port.

Xu Le boiled these crushed fibers in a clay pot to further break the fibers, and then kneaded them repeatedly to re-stir the fibers together.

The soaked fiber bundles are quite flexible, and when pulled by hand, obvious tension can be felt.

The processed fiber bundles are continuously kneaded to form a rope-like shape, which is then held up with a chisel and smashed into the gaps between the ship's planks with a hammer.

Xu Da’s boatman’s wrist is extremely strong, and the fiber bundles supported by the chisel are densely filled in the gaps in the ship’s plank, so that no water or air can pass through.

Barrage--

"Sure enough, it's full!"

"Housekeeper, silence!"

"..."

After being filled with fiber bundles, it seems that new wooden boards have been chiseled in between the ship boards, which are extremely hard.

With a hull more than ten meters long and four meters high, carefulness and patience are required to fill all the gaps properly.

Xu Le raised the hammer and took care of every gap, and the pile of soft vines like a hill gradually became shorter.

"The structure of the hull would be simpler, or even less scientific, but the caulking process must not be missed at all.

"You can be lazy in smashing wood, but you need to replace it more frequently. If you are lazy in caulking, you can only sink into the water to feed the fish."

The monotonous sound of the hammer hitting the chisel was repeated continuously, and the audience in the live broadcast room simply took it as the background music for work or sleep.

Hearing Xu Le's sudden explanation, there was a bullet screen slowly scrolling across the public screen——

"Whoever feeds the fish, Xu Shen, you can't feed the fish either!"

"Strongly suspect that Xu Shen is in Versailles."

"Isn't it finished yet? The child is about to fall asleep."

"Slow work comes with fine work, and if you are in a hurry, you can find the swimming pool by yourself."

"I just like Xu Shen's concentration."

"That's right, a serious man is handsome!"

"Seeing you say that about my man, I feel relieved."

"Watching little brother Xu Le build a boat is also a kind of enjoyment."

"..."

The live broadcast room was lively for a while, and then quickly quieted down again, and then Xu Le continued to explain:

"Our caulking process will be completed soon, and then we will light a fire."

The barrage continues to swipe——

"Burning the boat?"

"Is Xu Shen dissatisfied with the boat... If you are not satisfied, you can send it to me!"

"Why does shipbuilding still have the process of burning ships?"

"I don't know... Could it be some strange ritual?"

"Fart! No matter what kind of ceremony, you can't burn the boat!"

"..."

The live broadcast room became chaotic again, Xu Le glanced at the steadily increasing popularity that the system indicated, and set up timbers around the hull.

Light the fire, the flames bake the hull, and the water vapor evaporates.

"This step is mainly to heat the hull to facilitate the next process."

Xu Le drew a horn with his hand, and shouted into the yard: "Come on!"

Lin Xihan glanced at him through the viewing hole, her hair was stained with sweat, sticking to the side of her cheek.

In the small courtyard, there is a tall wooden shelf, in which stone slabs of similar shape are stacked, and the slate shelf is close to the campfire.

What was pressed between the stone slabs was the fruit of the tung tree that Xu Le asked the orangutans to find in the forest these days.

After being chopped, the crushed tung tree fruit is heated to squeeze out brown fat, which is turbid and drips down layer by layer along the slate, and finally collects in the large jar below.

When the orangutan came out, it was talking about a tree that didn't grow. Xu Le specifically told them to pick as much as they could, and the tung forest not far away was almost completely bald.

Lin Xihan took out the half-full pot and put in a new empty pot.

Most of the jar of tung oil exudes the smell of raw lacquer, which is quite strong. Even if the sea breeze blows the small courtyard uninterruptedly, this smell will last for a long time.

All the battle pets in the yard found excuses to go out...

At this time, I am not greedy at all!Lin Xihan roared unhappily in her heart.

Fortunately, Black Star has been staying in the yard.

"Send this to the bad guys."

Black Star can understand simple commands, so he is very reliable... Lin Xihan patted the orangutan's arm, "Black Star, be good."

But... why do I always feel that its eyes are weird?

Forget it, it's probably an illusion caused by the smoke... Lin Xihan wiped off her sweat, went up to the suspended second floor, and sat upwind facing the wind.

She saw that the shell of the hull had been completed, and in the hollow hull, the complex components intertwined horizontally and vertically had an orderly beauty.

"I didn't expect this bad guy...to actually do this so quickly...

"When he said he was going to build a boat, I thought he just wanted to build a raft and float in the shallow bay.

"Now this ship, even if it goes to sea, there is no problem, right?

"The bad guy... so powerful."

She whispered to herself, but quickly realized that what she said would be captured by the camera pickup, and then broadcast to the world simultaneously.

Lin Xihan lowered her head and wrinkled her nose.

What does it matter to me that he builds a ship!It's not me who made it!

"So what's the matter, you have such a bad temper!"

……

Xu Le poured the tung oil into the crushed fine lime and stirred it repeatedly with a flattened wooden spade.

Three parts of fine lime and one part of tung oil are mixed well and then rolled repeatedly to form a semi-mature putty.

Then continue to blend in tung oil to prevent ashing, and continue to roll, which is caulking putty.

The caulking putty has excellent viscosity and can resist insects and moths.

But the most critical use is waterproof.

The fiber rope fills the gaps, which is equivalent to the fiber filler in the inner layer. Although it is extremely strong on the ground, it is still easy to be soaked and fall off after being soaked in the sea.

If you only use putty to paint, the water resistance is enough, but the wood is easy to expand and crack after soaking in water.

Experienced boatmen use the two-pronged approach of the inner layer of fiber filler and the outer layer of water-proof coating to take advantage of each, and the resulting boat is quite reliable.

The flames surrounding the hull roasted the wood of the hull until it was hot. Xu Le evenly applied the putty into the seams of the hull while it was hot. The gray coating covered the brown of the fiber bundles.

The putty heats up and gels, then cools down to form a solid coating.

All seams have been treated in this way, and the waterproofing process of the hull is considered a success.

Xu Le stepped back a few steps with his hips crossed, looking at the hull he built from afar.

How about taking a boat as a wife? Just looking at the well-made hull gives me a sense of accomplishment...

Counting the time, it seems that the game is about to start an event...

My wife!