Pokemon Settler

boom!

The heavy spruce fell to the ground, kicking up a lot of smoke and dust. Fortunately, Rock covered his mouth with a folded square towel in advance.

When the dust slowly dispersed, he picked up the rope and tied it to the spruce branches.

Because he wanted to build a house with a heavy structure by stacking logs, the spruce trees that Rock chose were large trees that were forty meters high and one meter in diameter.

The specifications of the wood obtained in this way are relatively neat, and the combination of the wood materials during construction is more regular and tight, making the built house stronger and more solid.

The rich forest resources in Rock's territory allow him to easily select suitable wood without worrying about ecological issues.

However, Rock still followed the principle of ecological priority and scattered the logging, instead of focusing on only one area of ​​forest.

Although this requires walking a lot more mountain roads, it minimizes the impact of logging on the forest.

The tall spruce trunk is very heavy. Even if Rock saws off the tapering upper half of the spruce tree, the remaining twenty-meter-long trunk is still very heavy.

Rock, Bayleaf, Arbor, and ten Meili sheep can transport a log.

One! Two! Harder!

Following Rock's shout, the elves pulled hard on the ropes, and Rock himself pushed a branch hard.

Although the Meili sheep are not big, they work very hard to tighten the ropes connected to the saddlebags.

However, it is Arbo Monster and Bay Leaf that play the main role. With the blessing of strange power, they burst out huge power from their bodies.

The tree trunk rubbed against the ground slowly at first, then moved faster and faster, and was dragged towards Rock's camp.

Freshly cut logs have a high moisture content and cannot be used directly. They must be dried before they can be used for construction or manufacturing.

Drying treatment can prevent cracking and deformation of wood, improve the mechanical strength of wood, and enhance the wood's resistance to mildew, decay, and insect infestation.

Of course, this is only the first step in wood treatment, but it is also the most important.

Rock had also dried the wood before when building some temporary wooden objects, but that was done by Heiluga using flames to dry it.

If you want to build a house that can be lived in for a long time, it is best to use natural drying methods if conditions permit.

This is because after the wood has been placed for a certain period of time, the internal moisture content will tend to an equilibrium value.

This balance value changes with the change of the environment in which the wood is located. The wood state that reaches the equilibrium value is the most stable.

The so-called natural drying is atmospheric drying. By placing it, the moisture in the trunk slowly evaporates into the air until it reaches a balance with the moisture content in the air.

This is it, stop.

Rock transported the wood to the oak forest next to the camp.

The spacing between these oak trees is wide and the air in the understory is very circulated. At the same time, the tall tree crowns are like extremely wide giant umbrellas, blocking the sunlight in the forest.

In Rock's opinion, the entire oak forest is a large natural warehouse, which can perfectly store wood that needs to be dried.

The wood will be stored here for the time being, so you don't have to worry about it.

Rock waved to the Speaker Cricket and the Circle Mages on the oak tree, and continued the work of gathering wood.

His neighbors were sticking their heads out and looking curiously at Roark who was carrying the wood.

When these spruce trees were first cut down, Rock only roughly cleaned up the branches and leaves, but not completely.

He took the electric saw and cut off all the branches except the main trunk. Then he peeled off the bark and placed three logs ten meters apart on the flat ground.

These three logs are the base of the wood stack and serve to insulate the wood from moisture on the ground.

After placing the wood that serves as the base, other similarly treated logs are stacked layer by layer in a direction perpendicular to the base log.

The length of the logs that Roque dealt with were all about 25 meters. A total of twenty logs were stacked on the first layer, and all the logs were placed flush at both ends.

Because there was no pulley prepared, the Meili Sheep could not help when stacking the logs, and they had to rely on the manpower of Arbor, Bayleaf, and Rock.

Rock is very optimistic about this, and he feels very happy working for himself. And he can also exercise, so he has a full sense of satisfaction.

come on!

Roark blushed and carried the yellow-white spruce wood on his shoulders to cheer himself and the elves up.

The logs were tied to the vine whip of the bay leaves, and they stood on the ground and pushed themselves up.

At the other end of the log, the Arbo monster wrapped its body around it and at the same time used force to pull the wood back.

With the combined efforts of Rock and the two elves, a log was dragged onto the base and placed against the other log.

After this layer is stacked, the logs on the second layer will be one less than the first layer, and finally they will be piled up layer by layer.

There are about six layers in total, forming an approximately trapezoidal solid wood stack. In addition to the three logs that serve as the base, a stack contains one hundred and five logs.

Based on his future project needs, Rock budgeted for four such stacks of logs to be piled up, which would just cover the area under the oak forest.

However, due to limited transportation capacity, Rock and his elves spent a whole day and only piled most of the first layer of the wooden stack.

Hoo~

After placing the last log, Rock let out a sigh of relief.

His body looked like it had been fished out of water, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and the wounds on his shoulders were stung.

Rock felt that the muscles all over his body were swollen, but he couldn't exert any strength.

He gently raised his trembling hands and moved the logs that he had spent all day. Unknowingly, they were covered with blood blisters.

Not only Rock, but the Meili sheep were also very tired. They all lay on the ground, lazily motionless.

Only Arbor, Bayleaf, and Heiluga, who was responsible for taking care of the rotating Meili flock, were in better condition.

Bayleaf, you and Heiluga go to the birch forest we were in before and peel some birch bark back.

While commanding Bayleaf and Heiluga, Rock helped the Abo monster climb down from the wooden stack.

The moment his feet landed on the ground, his thighs softened and he almost fell.

Although his body was very tired, Rock still couldn't stop and rest.

If he wants his plan to go smoothly and without extra trouble, he must complete his work, no matter how tiring it is.

This is the hard side of reclamation life. Rock has been mentally prepared since he chose this kind of life.

He pushed away Abo's support and strode back to the camp.