Rome must fall.

Chapter 196: Knowledge of the Knicks Tribe () - Building a Wooden Bridge

Loginnisius walked up to a wooden board that was as tall as a person. The wooden board was full of words. Unfortunately, he didn't understand any of them, so he asked curiously: "What is this?"

"What is engraved on it are the laws and regulations of our tribe, so that the tribesmen can understand it at any time and remember it, so that they will not be punished for breaking the law."

“What if some people don’t know how to read?”

"In the future, there will be dedicated people here to give explanations to interested ethnic groups."

"Oh." Logimnisius stretched out his hand to touch the words on the wooden board, and his desire to learn to read became even stronger.

The two of them walked towards the east gate of the village one after the other.

After walking a few steps, Loginius stopped, pointed to the north and asked, "What are they doing?"

It's no wonder that Rodimnisius was curious, because he had been here before and knew that it was by the Kupa River, and now the largest number of people gathered there.

"They're building a bridge."

"A real wooden bridge..." Logimnisius recalled some stories about Rome that his mother told him when he was a child, and immediately shouted excitedly: "I'll go over and have a look!" As he said that, he ran towards it.

Logimnisius's mind was filled with the huge rafts on the river and the wooden pillars standing proudly in the river. He was even more shocked by the man's last words. He asked in a daze: "That man... The man said he could build a large wooden bridge connecting both sides of the Kupa River in two days... Is this true?"

The people by the river were all staring at the river intently, allowing this young man to squeeze to the front.

"Of course it's true! The most difficult part of building a bridge is to drive the bridge piles into the river bed several meters deep. You just saw that the bridge piles have been driven in. Next, the roof beams have been erected and the house is built. It becomes simple' is the same thing."

I estimate it will only take two days! In the next two days we can complete the basic framework of the bridge! I hope you all will work hard in these two days and do everything you should do well. Then I will go to the leader to ask for credit for you! "

"engineer?"

A large raft is moored in the middle of the river. There is a wooden spire six or seven meters high on the raft. A pulley is hung on the spire. A cylindrical iron block is hung on one end of the pulley, and the other end is pulled by several strong men. , the iron block was close to the edge chute of the spire with a certain tilt angle, and kept hitting the wooden pillars below, and it was at this tilt angle that the wooden pillars were smashed into the river bottom bit by bit...

Akguo, who is the same age, did not regard this as a miracle because he knew the principle of building the bridge in advance, so he looked calm: "Don't say 'that person, that person' casually, he is our tribe's leader." Spukala, the most powerful engineer, is highly respected by our leaders and people!"

Akguo was stunned for a moment and reminded: "Didn't you hear clearly just now? I said that to become an engineer, you must first learn a lot of knowledge -"

Although Rodimnisius couldn't understand some of the terms the other party said, his eyes became hot: "Engineer... so awesome! I want to be one too!"

"No, what we built is not a simple floating bridge, but a real wooden bridge!" Akago said proudly.

After a while, the people in the middle of the river made a positive gesture.

Logimnisius's eyes lit up: "Is it the kind of bridge that connects wooden ships together and then lays wooden planks on them to connect the two sides of the country?"

Everyone burst into cheers.

In front of him stood a wooden frame about half a man high, with some strange objects hanging on it. From time to time, he bent down and stared at the river through the wooden frame, and then shouted twice, and finally he shouted loudly: "Stop! Stop! That's it! Check carefully to see if the wooden stakes are firmly erected!"

"It's still a bit high, a few more times...stop! One more time..." Everyone on the river bank held their breath, except for a middle-aged man who shouted loudly.

The middle-aged man turned around, faced the other people gathered around him, and said passionately: "I announce that all the bridge piles have been driven. Next, we can embed crossbars between each pair of bridge piles. Then nail the bridge plate...

"I have mastered a lot of knowledge and can use this knowledge to guide everyone to create things such as bridges, large siege machinery, hydraulic forging hammers... and other things that you think are miracles." Akago explained with a little pride.

Amid the cheers, Akago dragged Logimnisius out: "We have to leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late to reach Westney and there will be no lunch."

I saw two rows of wooden pillars erected on the river more than 70 meters long, extending from one side of the river to the other bank. These wooden pillars are made of two equal-length logs placed side by side, with multiple short wooden boards interlaced and nailed in the middle. They are tilted inward at a certain angle and pierced into the river bottom, about four or five times apart from the wooden pillars at the same position. meters, forming a figure eight...

"I can learn! Work hard to learn!" Logimnisius said very seriously.

Akguo looked at him. Although he was not optimistic about it, he did not want to ruin the sudden interest of his new friends in person. He said smoothly: "If you want to be an engineer, you must first learn to read and arithmetic. We have to rush to school now - —”

"I know, let's walk faster!" Rojimnesius said eagerly, speeding up his pace and walking in front of Akago. "This guy really has a fiery temper." Akago muttered and followed.

After leaving the gate of the village, Logimnisius stopped again, looked south and asked: "What are they doing?"

"Cut down trees."

“Why are there such long lines to cut down trees?”

It’s no wonder that Logimnisius was confused. Not far away from him, the tribesmen of the Nyx tribe formed a long queue, starting from the entrance of Snodia Village, passing through the dirt road between farmland, and extending to the south. In the mountains, it is three or four miles away... This is completely beyond the concept of felling trees and logging that Loginnisius understood.

Akguo explained: "To build our own tribe now, we need a lot of wood. If we send many people up the mountain to cut down trees like in the past, and then carry the cut trees back to the village, this will consume physical strength and It’s time-consuming and you can’t cut down many trees in one day.

The leader of my family came up with a way to let the tribesmen who are strong and good at cutting trees go to the mountains to be responsible for cutting down trees. At the same time, some carpenters are also sent to the mountains to saw the cut trees into lumber nearby for easy transportation. Then other ethnic groups lined up in a long line down from the mountain, hand-in-hand to deliver the wood to the village. This saves effort and time, and even old and women can participate...

Have you seen the few hills next to them that look a little bare? Originally, it was densely covered with trees. In the past few days, all the big trees on the mountain have been cut down. Otherwise, Spukala engineers dared to announce that the wooden bridge could be roughly built within a few days, because the bridge needed to be built. We have already prepared so much wood. "

"Well, this is a good idea. Your leader is so powerful!" Rodimnisius thought for a while and praised him sincerely.

"Of course the leader is awesome. He even told Spukala some of the ideas for building a wooden bridge!"

"Really?"

"Of course, I can't lie to you. Spukala often goes to the main house to discuss issues with the leader. We follow the leader, but we understand him very clearly."

"I'm really envious that you can study with Chief Maximus."

"Since you have joined the Secretariat, you will definitely have opportunities in the future."

……

The two were walking and chatting, and the sound of "ta, da" hooves came from behind, and then a voice sounded: "Little Akago, where are you going?"

Rodimnisius turned around and saw a two-donkey cart coming from behind. An old man was sitting on the cart, looking at them with a smile.

"Uncle Xibalita, let's go to Westney School." Akago answered while looking at the things on the cart: "Are you going to deliver wood to Westney?"

"Yes, we will send him two more times today, so there is no need to send him again for the time being." Xibarita said, looking at Rodimnisius: "Who is this little guy? Why haven't I seen him before?"

"His name is Logimnisius, the son of the leader of Kalsi Pampas. He has just arrived in our tribe and has been assigned to the secretarial department to work for our leader." Akago introduced.

Rodimnisius also shouted obediently: "Hello, Uncle Xibarita!"

"He is a polite little guy who can actually speak Latin! Your father is the benefactor of our Nix tribe. Without his help, we would not be able to settle here... You are very welcome to our tribe!"

His sincere words made Loginius proud of his father.

Xibarita continued: "Anyway, we are going to Westney. We are on the way. You two sit down and I will give you a ride."

"Thank you for your kindness, uncle! We don't want to sit down. Westney is not far away. We can just walk there, but don't tire your donkey."

Xibarita's eyes widened and he said: "You guys are so polite, why don't you come up quickly! With your body, my donkeys are not tired, they are very strong!" He said and patted the donkey's butt, and the donkey immediately let out a cry. The cry of "grey" seemed to be in response.

Akguo no longer refused, climbed into the cart with Rodimnisius and sat on the timber.

Xibarita patted the donkey's butt again and said, "Don't be lazy. There are children coming to ride in the car. You two have to run. Otherwise, you won't be able to walk faster than others and you will be laughed at."

The two donkeys seemed to understand and started to jog.

The pack car began to bump obviously, but Rodimnisius did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he found it interesting to follow the ups and downs of the car.

(End of this chapter)