From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 77 Sample Ship and Problems (revised, about two or three hundred words at the end)

When Banya completed the task of producing seeds for refrigerator trees, he came to the river beach to observe.

What appeared in front of him was a flat-bottomed boat that was over 30 meters long, 8 meters wide at the top and 8 meters narrow at the bottom, and nearly 5 meters high.

Although the ship does not have any carvings as a whole, the degree of completion is already quite high. From the river beach, it can be clearly seen that an exaggeratedly long oar has been fixed on the uppermost deck.

Below the deck, on what seems to be the second level, there is a row of portholes, and long oars are also sticking out from the inside.

Blade Ya stepped forward with great interest, and under the leadership of the apprentice who had been renamed Funaga, boarded the ship for a visit.

During the visit, he had a better understanding of the ship through the introduction of Boat Ya.

The hull of this ship is divided into three layers, namely the bottom warehouse, the second floor warehouse and the upper deck.

Among them, the length of the bottom warehouse is approximately equal to the length of the keel, five meters wide and 1.5 meters high. Because this height is impossible for the troll to stretch, and the bottom warehouse is located below the waterline for a long time, there is no oar position arranged.

When the ship is empty, the bottom warehouse will be used to store ballast weights; when it is loaded with cargo, it will serve as a warehouse.

"Yes, I understand, you." Chuan Ya rolled his eyes and immediately wanted to recruit a group of helpers.

Unfortunately, the surprise plan failed in the end. The troll's sensitive hearing soon made Meiya notice the movement behind her.

On the contrary, when it comes to 'calling' Tuya and other witch doctors of his generation, they don't have so many scruples and can be more relaxed.

"But it's just a barely solved solution. We estimate that the waterproofing process will need to be repeated every once in a while; when not sailing, it's best to pull the boat to the shore for storage."

So, he stopped heading to the meeting hall, passed through the tribe that was much larger than before, and paid attention to the neatly arranged wooden houses;

I turned a corner and headed towards where Meiya worked.

"Hahaha, that's understandable. Anyway, it would be better if you work harder and convince the witch doctor to participate."

Although I am generally satisfied with the research progress and results of the ship, the shipbuilding speed is still not optimistic.

'But isn't it a burden to the witch doctors?'

After all, this was the culmination of nearly three months of work by him and other participants. It was a great incentive for them to be recognized by the witch doctor they respected.

The people are in good spirits, well fed, and sleeping soundly. Even the clothes that were once only enough to cover the buttocks have become much richer in style and material.

It's not that Banya doesn't want to help, it's just that his meditation progress has been slowed down for too long and he really doesn't want to delay it any longer.

'Presumably other witch doctors think the same way, right? It's not that anyone is selfish, after all, witch doctors are not just doing research for themselves.'

Along the way, old men and strong laborers all stopped what they were doing and greeted Banya cheerfully.

Of course, he just thought about it in his mind and did not express it with his mouth.

"In this regard, Tuya Witch Doctor provided a lot of help, otherwise it would have been too late to complete the debugging in a short period of time."

'If witch doctors join in, the speed will definitely be much faster. If we can go a step further, such as developing an integrated 'ship-planting tree', and building ships like the weapon tree builds weapons, it seems that it will be much more convenient.'

Such a speed will undoubtedly slow down many subsequent arrangements.

Therefore, the apprentices opened windows on both sides and arranged a total of 24 oar positions in 12 rows.

"What's the speed of shipbuilding? How long does it take to build a ship like this?"

"You have already done a good job. Further improvements can be made slowly in the future."

'Moreover, if everything is solved by the witch doctor, wouldn't it be a bit unhealthy for the overall development of the tribe?' Blade Ya thought uncertainly.

After some exchanges, Ben Ya left the river beach first after arranging the follow-up visit.

She turned around warily as she felt like a predator was approaching, and was visibly relieved when she saw that the person coming was not a source of danger, but her husband.

After figuring out these joints, Banya immediately felt much more relaxed and his mood improved.

The surprise seemed to be a success again? My wife was already very happy just to see him appear.

Restricted by factors such as the proficiency of workers and the processing speed of materials, the construction speed of ships can be said to be quite slow.

As he approached, the female apprentice who was helping Meiya handle the affairs clearly saw him and opened her mouth to speak.

Benya's affirmation made Funa obviously much happier.

'Furthermore, the respective research of the witch doctors is equally important to the tribe. Stopping any of them will not be worth the gain. Not to mention, it is somewhat inappropriate to continue to make such a request now that we have just completed the refrigerator tree seed production.'

"Understood, we will explore this aspect."

But Saba saw what he wanted to say and immediately changed the subject without giving him any chance.

"In addition, in order to prevent the high center of gravity problem you mentioned, we also conducted many experiments on a scaled-down pocket model to find a relatively suitable hull structure and deck layout."

He immediately walked over quietly, preparing to give a surprise.

The spacing between each oar stand is 2.5 meters, and rowers who remain standing need to swing their bodies forward and backward to control the giant oars to drive the boat.

"The ship's keel, ribs, bottom plate, shell and other structures are basically made of natural wood; only for the wooden nails and vines used for fixation, we chose stock steel wood and magic vines."

In addition, it must be said that the choice of shorts and skirts between male and female trolls is completely opposite to the stereotype of Saberya. Female trolls wear shorts more often, while male trolls wear short skirts more often.

"The bottom warehouse is not suitable for us to stay for a long time. Just transporting cargo or ballast stones is a torture. As for the upper deck and second deck, apart from the oar positions, if they are squeezed together, about 60 soldiers can sit there.

.”

From a physiological point of view, the lower body of female trolls is more likely to be troubled by foreign objects, thus creating a need for shielding.

At least in the open air, paddlers can breathe fresh air at any time, and do not have to swallow the exhaust fumes emitted by other trolls like they do below.

As long as the trolls don't evolve to the stage where they need to consider skin care, the upper deck will definitely be more popular.

"If you can trick at least one witch doctor into helping, your research speed will be much faster."

Even if proficiency will gradually increase in the future, it seems that this time can only be compressed to about forty days.

Blade Ya once asked Meiya why this was happening, and the answer was unexpected, but also reasonable.

Just when he was thinking about all this, Banya finally saw Meiya from a distance.

The uppermost level is the open-air deck, where there are also 12 rows with a total of 24 oar positions, but the working conditions here are obviously much better than those on the lower level;

Blade Ya, who was dizzy after being tortured by the tree species before, 'complained' in his heart.

For the ship on the river beach, if we exclude the time spent harvesting wood and only count the time from laying down the keel, it would take nearly two months.

"That's right. After the other witch doctors have come to see it, let's start unified production first. By the way, are there any specific data on the load and crew?"

Because Benya understands that these apprentices actually don't dare to come and disturb the work of him and the "old" seniors such as Jianya and Coarse Ya.

But then, he realized that there was no need to be too anxious?

Since it is too demanding to complete tasks such as shipbuilding and stronghold building in a short time, then just take your time, since no one will be chasing you and biting him anyway.

Meiya replied that there are both psychological and physical effects.

They can calm down and sew more complicated clothes for themselves.

"In addition, we boiled animal fat, added a certain amount of plant fiber and animal hair, and some stone powder soil to mix it, and then solidified it in the gaps between the boards to solve the water seepage problem."

The labor required also amounted to nearly a hundred trolls.

"Also, we need to arrange the rest time of the rowers. For example, try to let half of the rowers row and half of the rowers take a rest. Then compare it with all the rowers and calculate the maximum endurance time and traveling speed.

The best ratio.”

The tattered leather skirts that could occasionally be seen in the past have gradually disappeared since then, and have been replaced by more carefully processed fur products.

Having said this, Funa looked around slyly, and after seeing that no other troll had noticed, he continued slyly,

"I guess the reason why Your Excellency Tu Ya is willing to come here is because he is impatient with the preparation of tree seeds."

"The safe load capacity may be about 150 tons, but the specific method still needs to be tested. If it carries people, it will be more stringent."

Although the clothing style of the trolls is still monotonous, mainly short skirts and shorts, and the upper body is almost naked, it is definitely much more pleasing to the eye than before.

Blade Ya raised his fingers in front of his mouth, making a "shush" gesture, and then continued to take a few steps forward.

Above it is a two-story warehouse. Although the space is 3.3 meters high and 6 meters wide, it is also closed to the troll, but it is still enough to perform.

'No wonder the Tuya group turned in a few less trees for the refrigerator. It turns out that all the time was spent here. Why didn't you come to me for help?'

Even a few trolls with more dexterous hands wore exquisite models woven with 'wool'.

He was thinking this, but he didn't stop talking, still talking about things related to ships.

"In addition, we must also pay attention to the rotation of the upper rower and the lower rower. Don't let the lower rower stay in a closed space all the time. Problems will occur sooner or later. Also, paddling should be quite strenuous. Food supply

Also do it well.”

"It's still a little small. But it's enough to cope with it in the beginning. Let's finalize it like this first. When other witch doctors come to see it later, if they need the cooperation of magic, just ask."

From a psychological analysis, although both male and female trolls are violent, relatively speaking, females are still more patient;

"I think so too, Mr. Speaker. But the witch doctors all excused themselves and said they have their own research to conduct. It was not easy for Mr. Tu Ya to be brought in before."

"Your Excellency Speaker! Why are you here?"

'Yes, it was because the prisoners had been eating for nothing before, and it made me feel bad to waste so much food for nothing. But now, haven't the prisoners produced something? Just felling wood, rough processing of wood, etc., is enough for them to eat.

consumption.'

There is only one chapter today, I'm very sorry.

I had insomnia yesterday, I was very tired but couldn’t fall asleep all night;

School is about to start. I got up early today and went to school. It took me a whole day to choose courses and other matters.

So I am in a very bad state, and I feel that the quality of this chapter is very poor, so I plan to stop it today.

Hope you understand.

(End of chapter)