Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 117 Thinking Simple
"As for the wooden cart, those two apprentices should have learned how to do it, right?"

Zhou Xu calculated the time in his mind, and the two apprentices had been studying for a long time.

Hearing this question, Zhuang Mengdie nodded.

"Basically no problem."

"Well, your two apprentices can be regarded as graduates. I will arrange a few more apprentices for them. You don't need to worry about the production of wooden carts for the time being. From today on, you can concentrate on researching and developing this 'Bamboo Bow' .”

After a period of time, the number of wooden carts in this tribe is temporarily enough. Under this premise, Zhuang Mengdie's previous two apprentices, after accepting apprentices, will be responsible for the manufacture and maintenance of wooden carts in the future to maintain daily life. Running, I think it is more than enough.

As for Zhuang Mengdie, as a four-star talent in the equipment department, she must give full play to her ability and value in the research and development of various new projects.

After arranging the things here, he is about to start preparing the house design drawings.

The equipment department has all kinds of tools, so he naturally didn't plan to move.

Borrowing directly from the shed of the equipment department, Zhou Xu laid out a new animal skin map on the table, and then drew the blueprint.

He didn't study architecture, but he still has some basic structural knowledge.

At the same time, the house they will build next is just a one-story thatched house in the final analysis, and it is not a complicated house structure.

Following the train of thought and combining some reasonable structural frameworks, the prototype of the thatched house was quickly drawn by Zhou Xu.

This is undoubtedly the essence of the entire design, as long as this is done, everything else is easy to talk about.

"Come on, let's go to the construction department."

Taking the blueprints, Zhou Xu was planning to go to the construction engineering department to gather manpower.

As a result, Zhang Xiaoshan, the follower who heard this, hurriedly expressed...

"Boss, there is no one in the department. People from the construction department are digging ditches outside the camp right now!"

Zhou Xu was taken aback when he heard this. When he just returned to the camp, his mind was full of bamboo bows and houses. Now, he really forgot about digging the canal.

Counting the time, it took a lot of time.

But from the beginning, those two people were doing the work, and he arranged things with a mentality that once it was completed, he didn't plan to make changes to the canal in a short time. The scale of the canal was naturally not small.

The increase in manpower later was after the first group of people from the barren mountain camp arrived. He really didn't know where they were digging now.

It's not that he doesn't care about this progress, farming development is the top priority of their tribe.

Considering the development of farming, the importance of the canal is beyond doubt. Once built, it can greatly improve the irrigation efficiency of their fields.

But the scale of their field at this stage is not that big, and the farming area is not that far from the lake, and it is more convenient for the members of the farming team to fetch water every day.

This also makes the aqueduct seem less important at this stage.

The reason why Zhou Xu called two people to arrange this matter early was because he hoped that when their fields were large enough to need water canals, their water canals could be put into use directly.

Instead of waiting until then to arrange for people to start digging, that would be too inefficient.

Originally, you were developing at a high speed there, but when you got here, you clicked and got stuck!This feeling is very bad.

In the words of the game, it is to influence the rhythm of one's own development.

With two attendants, Zhou Xu quickly arrived near the farming area outside the camp.

This side belongs to the plain area, and at a glance, there are no obstacles affecting his vision, which makes it very easy for him to see the busy construction team.

Compared with the team at the beginning, after joining the coolies dispatched from the barren mountain camp, now it is really possible to use the three words 'construction team' to describe them.

According to Zhou Xu's previous arrangement, the first [-] coolies, [-] were assigned to the miners in the Salt Lake camp to dig coal, and [-] were assigned to the Black Moon camp.

Among the 20 people, 15 people went to the logging team to help carry the timber, and five people were assigned to the construction team to help dig the canal.

Digging canals is hard work in itself, and the increase in manpower will significantly improve construction efficiency.

From two people at the beginning to seven people now, the labor force has doubled, and the efficiency has naturally doubled.

At this moment, Zhou Xu took a closer look and found that the canal was almost dug.

It was only two meters away from the 'finish line' he had drawn at the beginning.

Under this premise, seeing Zhou Xu, everyone in the construction team mistakenly thought that their leader was here to inspect the work.

All of a sudden, it was as if they had been spat with chicken blood. The hoes and shovels were flying fast, and they dug the two-meter canal in a short period of time, which stunned Zhou Xu.

"Boss, why are you here? We just finished construction here!"

At this moment, looking at the sweaty construction team leader Wang Dashi, Zhou Xu smiled.

"Thank you for your hard work. Tonight, everyone in your construction team will be rewarded with a whole grilled fish!"

Upon hearing that tonight, everyone can enjoy a whole grilled fish for themselves, including the five coolies arranged to come over, the seven members of the construction team laughed brilliantly.

"Thank you boss!"

After happily thanking Zhou Xu for his reward, Wang Dashi, who seemed to have remembered something, hurriedly asked again.

"By the way, leader, do you want to dig the other side of the canal now?"

What Wang Dashi asked at this moment was the end connected to the lake. For the convenience of construction, that end was not dug first, so as to avoid the influx of lake water, which would be inconvenient for subsequent work.

As for now...

"Dig it!"

Since the canals have already been dug, there is no reason not to use them.

While talking, Zhou Xu and the construction team hurried to the lake.

There is also a distance of two or three meters reserved here, and it is not difficult to dig. The moment the last layer of blocking soil was dug, the lake water rushed in along the channel.

This also announced the official completion of the first project of their construction team!
The members of the construction team headed by Wang Dashi cheered heartily at this moment.

However, Zhou Xu who was standing aside, the joy that appeared on his face quickly dissipated in the next second.

During the period, Wang Dashi, who noticed the change in Zhou Xu's expression, felt his heart tighten. While quickly turning his head to signal the team members to stop screaming, he cautiously asked Zhou Xu...

"Boss, is there a problem?"

At that moment, Zhou Xu, who came to his senses, glanced over the members of the construction team. Looking at the members of the construction team who were full of nervous expressions at the moment, Zhou Xu quickly explained...

"It's okay, it's not your problem, it's my original idea that went wrong."

According to Zhou Xu's initial idea, after the canal was dug, the lake water would flow into the canal and reach the fields all the way.

But the reality in front of him made him fully feel what it means to be "the ideal is full, but the reality is skinny." '

Not to mention that it went all the way to the field, the lake water gushing in was only a shallow part, submerged up to his ankles at most, and it was less than ten meters in, and then the water flow stopped.

Needless to say, he made the matter simple.

At the same time, Zhou Xu also clearly realized that he needed one more thing if he wanted the canal to show its value smoothly.

That is the water wheel used to guide the water flow!

(End of this chapter)