doomsday survival

Chapter 57 The Sled
The sled is an imported product, and it is called in the West. In my dignified dynasty, it has its own name-sledge.So is this thing good to make? There is an old saying in the Northeast called "If you don't roll the front and don't roll the back, turn it over and sledge the plow".What does that mean?That is to say, what to do if the front wheel of the car does not turn and the rear wheel does not turn, turn it over and use it as a sledge, and explain the invention process and production method of the sledge.

As a person who grew up in the Northeast, Shi Jian certainly knows what a sledge is like. Although it is not easy to make one on site, it is absolutely possible to make a simpler one, and the materials can be obtained locally.

Shi Jian took out the knife and began to skin the red deer. He started to cut the red deer's hind legs with the knife, and cut off the red deer's ears. He peeled off the whole deer skin. Xia Qing was beside him when peeling the skin. A fire was built to keep Shi Jian warm and to slow down the freezing of the red deer carcasses.

After peeling the deerskin, Shi Jian found some soft shrub branches and formed three circles about the size of his waist, then inserted two thick branches, and tied the joints with ropes one by one. The skeleton of the sled was made.

"How can this carry things? There are holes everywhere." Xia Rou looked at the sled made by Shi Jian and expressed doubts.

"Hehe." Shi Jian laughed, took off his gloves, stretched his fingers, and said, "It's not over yet, what I've made is just the skeleton, and of course I need the skin."

The outer skin is the newly peeled red deerskin. Shi Jian spread the deerskin fur down, put the finished sled skeleton on the deerskin, and then wrapped the skeleton with the deerskin, leaving only an opening on the top.After wrapping the deerskin, Shi Jian and Xia Qing put a rope through the deerskin and fixed it on the skeleton, put it aside and wait for it to freeze hard, and a flat-bottomed sled can be put into use, but in order to prevent the deerskin from being rubbed and damaged Shi Jian cut another piece of birch bark and sewed it to the bottom of the sled.

While waiting for the deerskin to freeze hard, the three gathered around the fire and ate some barbecue to replenish their energy. Shi Jian sighed and said, "It would be great if there were animals that could pull sleds."

"Anything can pull a sled." Xia Rou asked.

"Horses, cows, and deer are all fine," Shi Jian said, thinking of all kinds of animal sleds he had ridden in before, "Oh, dogs are also fine."

"It would be great if the wolf teeth were here." The little girl's voice was a little low.

Shi Jian patted her on the back and didn't say anything. It's not appropriate to say anything at this time, it's better to let time slowly dilute the sadness in her heart.

After eating the venison, Shi Jian divided the venison into several large pieces, checked that the deer skin was basically hard, and put all the venison in.This simple toboggan was wrapped in buckskin on all sides, and the space inside was not small, enough to put the venison in, and the remaining space could fit three people's backpacks.

Shi Jian tied the sled with a rope, hung it on his shoulder, and gave it a try.The birch bark at the bottom is very smooth, and the friction between it and the snow is much smaller. Shi Jian can pull the 400-jin sled by himself, but the speed should not be too fast.

Xia Qing saw that Shi Jian was still a little struggling, so he stepped forward to pull with Shi Jian. The speed of the two of them was obviously much faster. Shi Jian estimated that he should be able to return home before dark.

Sure enough, there was no plan to leave Shi Jian. Before it was dark, the three of them pulled the sled back home and unloaded the venison. Shi Jian was about to take the sled apart. Xia Qing was a little bit reluctant and said, "Brother Jian , this sled is very useful, it is better not to disassemble it, and save it for future use?"

Shi Jian laughed when he heard it, and said: "If you think it's easy to use, I'll make another one. This sled is too simple, and it's fine for a temporary use. If it's used for a long time, it will fall apart within two days. Besides. Come on, we have to make good use of such a good piece of buckskin."

"Don't they have wolf skins?" Xia Qing thought of so many wolf skins at home, and couldn't understand why Shi Jian still wanted to use this piece of deerskin.

"Wolf skin is better for bedding, and deer skin is softer and warmer. It is better than wolf skin for clothing." Shi Jian explained.

The next day, none of the three of them went out. Xia Qing was going to tan the wolf fur, Xia Rou was helping, and Shi Jian made a real sled.

Shi Jian chose a section of birch and sawed out two thin boards. Like the bow handles, they were bent after being roasted at both ends, but the curvature was much larger, with an angle of nearly 45 degrees. The two boards It's the bottom slide of the sled.He made a frame out of wood and installed it on the skateboard. In order to reduce the weight of the sled, the frame was surrounded by birch bark, which not only ensured that more goods could be loaded, but also reduced the weight of the sled itself. .

The work is not complicated, but Shi Jian is very worried about the lack of nails. He doesn't know what to use to fix it. If it is tied with rope, it will obviously not last long, but there is no place to find nails.After thinking for a long time, Shi Jian suddenly thought of a method - mortise and tenon.The mortise and tenon structure is a traditional Chinese construction technique. It can be made into solid and durable buildings and furniture without a single nail, which is very suitable for Shi Jian's current situation.

Shi Jian only knows the general principle of the mortise and tenon structure. There are tenon heads and mortise eyes. The tenon head is protruding, while the mortise eyes are recessed.Making mortise and tenon joints also requires corresponding tools, at least a chisel is necessary. Although there is no chisel in Shi Jian's multi-function toolbox, there are still a few flat-head screwdrivers. Shi Jian took out one and used it as a chisel.

Shi Jian first drew the blueprint of the frame on the birch bark paper, and then started to make it by hand. Because the tools were not strong enough, Shi Jian didn't finish the sled until night, and made some changes. The top was made of birch bark. The box can be disassembled and folded at ordinary times, so that people can sit on it, and then install it when it needs to be loaded.A sled that is one and a half meters wide and two and a half meters long is enough for three people to sit on it. After loading a container that is more than half a meter high, Shi Jian estimates that it can hold two cubic meters of goods. If it is water, it can hold two cubic meters. Of course, it depends on whether the sled can bear such a heavy weight. Shi Jian has confidence in the mortise and tenon structure, but he is not very confident in his own cottage tenon and tenon.Anyway, now Shi Jian finally has a sled that can carry people and loads.

In the early morning of the next day, Xia Rou, who had been sleeping late, got up early. She was still thinking about the fact that Shi Jian let her ride the sledge to play today. Can't help laughing secretly, thinking: "After all, I'm still a child, no matter what age I am, I always love to play."

Now that he agreed to Xia Rou, Shi Jian certainly wouldn't go back on his word. Anyway, he had already made plans for today's activities, so he took Xia Rou to play along the way.

Fortunately, Shi Jian designed the cargo box to be detachable, otherwise the three of them would have to rack their brains on how to remove the sled. You can easily pass through the single-plank bridge.

The base of the sled is more than half a meter high, and people can sit on it without worrying about the snow splashing on them. Xia Rou sits on the sled, Shi Jian and Xia Qing pull it in front, and the little girl screams excitedly from time to time , kept waving his small hands and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up! Brother Jian, come on! Sister, come on!" If you hold a whip in your hand and shout "drive" twice, the whole is a drive The boss, and Shi Jian and Xia Qing are the bulls pulling the cart.

Shi Jian and Xia Qing pulled the sled to the frozen creek, stopped to rest for a while, Shi Jian asked Xia Qing to sit on the sled, hugged Xia Rou who was at the front, and asked, "Qing Son, Xiaorou, are you ready?"

The second daughter didn't know what she meant, she nodded ignorantly and said, "It's ready."

With a smirk on his lips, Shi Jian didn't say a word. Behind him, he pushed the sled down the mountain along the creek. After the sled accelerated to a certain level, he jumped onto the snow. pry.The sled carried the three of them through the snow and slid down at an increasing speed.Xia Qing and Xia Rou felt that the trees on both sides had turned into a wall, and the wind blowing in front of them made them unable to open their eyes. The unprecedented speed seemed to be flying, which made people involuntarily wanted to shout out loud.

"Ah—I'm going to fly!"

(End of this chapter)