Chapter 035: Developing a Plane
First, remove the excess part of the wooden stick in your hand, leaving only about two feet long.
Then Liu An took a charcoal pencil and drew some lines on the upper and lower sides of the wood, and then used Zhang Fu's tools to chisel them.
Fortunately, he spent all 10 contribution points on force points, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to chip away at the wood.
Making a plane is a physical job. Even if Liu An only made a rough outline, if he still had the same strength level as before, he would fall down from exhaustion before finishing.
After chiseling out the side ears first, Liu An then began to chisel the planing blade notch and planing hall, and then made a wedge.
The wedge is used to fix the planing blade, the planing hall is the place where the planing blade and wedge are placed, and the notch is the protruding position of the planing blade.
By the time Liu An finished all this, it was already an hour later.
This is because Liu An omitted many of the polishing details and determined the precise size of each position. He was not very skilled. Even if he followed the production tutorial, it would take him a day to complete a plane.
Even so, the resulting plane may not be very useful.
As for an experienced woodworker, it only takes a few hours to make a plane. However, the plane they make is really easy to use and beautiful, and is a living work of art.
Liu An took the semi-finished product without the planing blade to Zhang Fu, and then explained to Zhang Fu where to install the blade, where to install the handle, as well as the role of the wedge wood and the positions that required careful study of dimensions.
After Zhang Fu listened, he finally realized the effect of this thing.
If it can be successfully developed, it will not only greatly improve the polishing efficiency, but even hardwood that cannot be polished at present can be used.
He asked many more details, and asked Liu An to explain the specifications and shape of the blade in detail. Then he found a piece of cloth and asked Liu An to draw the drawing of the blade on it with charcoal, and arranged for his apprentice to go to the blacksmith to make more.
The blade comes out.
Seeing that Zhang Fu took this matter to heart, Liu An was relieved. Professional research still required professionals. The efficiency of Zhang Fu's research and production must be much higher than Liu An's.
"The research on this new tool will be left to Master Zhang. If it is successful, could you please Master Zhang to send someone to let me know."
"It should be so." Zhang Fu said with his hands raised.
Liu An said goodbye to Zhang Fu and drove the bullock cart back to the victims' camp.
A few hours passed, with more than a hundred young men and a dozen craftsmen working together, the foundation of the house was laid and the well was dug several meters deep.
By this time Feng Yan had come back and he bought a house for 6,800 yuan.
Liu An took the remaining money and the property certificate of the new house, and drove Feng Yan to the city to view the new house.
The house is in the south of the county town, which is a civilian area.
When Liu An came to the door of the house, he saw the dilapidated gate. When he opened the creaking door, Liu An saw that the yard was full of withered weeds. At a glance, he knew that the house was in disrepair.
However, the yard is not small, and Liu An feels that it can barely accommodate forty pigs.
There are only three rooms in the house, two in the north and one in the west. Like the main door, the wooden doors are also dilapidated and squeak when moved.
The furniture inside was also removed, leaving only an empty shell in the entire house.
I think the reason why I spent 6,800 yuan to buy a shabby house in a civilian area was just because the house was big enough.
But Liu An didn't care. He didn't plan to live here anyway, as long as the courtyard wall could block other people's sight.
After closing the door tightly, Liu An came to the yard and took out the plow.
"What you saw today must not be known to third parties." Liu An reminded Feng Yan.
Feng Yan's loyalty is 100. There is no need to say anything about what Liu An asked, he will carry it out 100%.
Although Feng Yan was surprised by Liu An's miraculous powers, he still cupped his hands and solemnly said: "Promise!"
"Come and join me in taking apart this plow."
After Liu An finished speaking, he began to disassemble the curved shaft plow into its various parts.
There are no nails or bolts on this curved shaft plow. It is completely connected by the mortise and tenon technology inherited from China. It is not difficult to dismantle it.
When dismantling the first piece, Liu An tried to put the curved plow into the system. As a result, the part was put into the system together with the remaining parts. When he took it out again, it was still a complete curved plow.
Liu An and Feng Yan started to tear it apart again, and Liu An used the pickaxe provided by the system to break open the tighter and stronger parts.
After all the disassembly was completed, Liu An loaded the parts on the car and came to the north of the city. He and Feng Yan separately removed the various carpentry shops outside Zhang Fu. Each shop ordered 30 copies of each type of part.
For the iron piece and hook lock at the front of the Quyuan plow, Liu An still went to the same company that ordered the iron basin before. All the parts cost a total of 900 yuan.
After doing this, it was almost evening, so the two of them gathered at the city gate and rushed to the victims' camp.
When we returned to the camp for the victims, the sky had completely darkened. Liu Bei and Liu Ming had arranged for the victims to prepare meals and were eating.
The craftsmen had also left at this time, and Liu An took a look at the progress of the project.
Thanks to the hard work of everyone, pillars have been erected for two houses measuring 60 to 70 square meters.
According to this progress, the wall will almost be completely built by tomorrow evening, and the roof tiles will need to be completed the next day.
The well was dug more than ten meters deep. According to Liu Bei, water should be available tomorrow evening.
Liu An looked at the water tank again, and there was not much water left in it.
Helpless, Liu An could only repeat his old trick and fill up all the water tanks.
While carrying water, Qing Zhuang, who had borrowed the ax during the day, returned the ax to Liu An. Liu An put it in the car and took it back into the system when no one was around.
It was already very late after fetching water, so Liu An called Liu Bei and Liu Ming and hurried home in an ox cart.
A night of silence.
The next morning, Liu An ran around to fetch water as usual. During this period, Liu An went to Liu Ming and Liu Bei's house. The two were having breakfast and had not yet gone to the victims' camp.
Liu An then asked the two of them to come to his home after breakfast.
After returning home, Liu An took the 200 kilograms of potatoes from his inventory to his room before going to eat.
There were another 200 kilograms of potatoes in the room, and now Liu An couldn't sleep on the bed.
Because potatoes are small and round, they cannot be piled directly to the height of the roof. If they are scattered, they will take up a lot of space.
Two quarters of an hour later, as soon as Liu An finished breakfast, Liu Ming and Liu Bei arrived.
Liu An pointed to the potatoes in the room and asked the two of them to help them move them to the car.
Liu Bei had seen this thing before when he was having dinner, but Liu An was not there at the time and had nowhere to ask anyone, so he forgot about it later.
Seeing so many at this time, he was surprised and asked: "What is this?"
"This thing is called a potato. It was given to me by someone a few days ago. It can be eaten after steaming or boiling. You must have eaten it. How does it taste?" Liu An replied.
"It's okay, but I never thought there would be so many. Have you cooked all of them?"
"No. It is said that this species has a very high yield in the field. I plan to plant it." Liu An shook his head and said, "By the way, some potatoes may have sprouts. Be careful when handling them and don't break them.
Already."
The potatoes piled in the middle may sprout because the temperature in the center is too high.
However, it had only been taken out for two days, and it was possible that buds had not sprouted yet, so Liu An just reminded him.
Potatoes are a high-yielding crop, so there is no harm in telling Liu Bei.
Anyway, Liu An only talked about high yield. How high the yield will be will be known only in a few months.
Chapter completed!