Global Wasteland: Awaken the Heart of Technology at the beginning

Chapter 31 Build a waterwheel and prepare materials for a steam engine!
After an hour and a half, Wang Teng finally built a large metal furnace on the north side of the camp.

At the same time, in order to facilitate the provision of charcoal as fuel for the metal furnace, Wang Teng also built a new mud cellar on the left side of the metal furnace.

Looking at the brand new metal furnace, Wang Teng was also a little excited, so that he could start building the steam engine.

However, the metal forging table had to be moved out of the shelter, otherwise it would be too far to run back and forth, and it would be very unsafe.

"The stone wall has to be finished as soon as possible. I feel uneasy about putting so many valuables outside." Wang Teng looked to the back of the metal furnace, where there was a dense forest, which was particularly gloomy in the dark.

Suddenly, a faint sense of fear rose in Wang Teng's heart, and he immediately decided to raise the stone wall to three meters!
After patrolling the camp, Wang Teng walked back to the shelter. Today's dinner is braised pork and a tomato egg.

After studying for several hours as usual, Wang Teng dragged his tired body to his bed.

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"Lucky draw!" As soon as Wang Teng woke up, he opened the personal attribute panel and started the lucky draw!
【Ding!Congratulations on winning a Universal Repair Hammer! 】

【Universal Repair Hammer (Excellent Grade)】

[Explanation: A small hammer of unknown origin, each hammer will restore 10 points of durability to the target! 】

[Durability: 100/100]

Wang Teng took out the universal repair hammer, which was no different from an ordinary hammer upon closer inspection.

"It's a very practical thing, but I don't know how fast its own durability will be lost." Wang Teng took the universal repair hammer to study for a while, and then put it in the backpack. This thing is not needed yet.

"It's work, it's work!" Wang Teng walked into the processing room, and was going to fix the shelter and breeding area this morning.

Considering that the stone wall has not yet been built, it is too dangerous to keep so many chickens outside. Wang Teng plans to build the planting area first, and wait a few days for the breeding area.

Wang Teng checked the supplies. In addition to the two planting boxes, there is now 1 package of cotton seeds, 1 package of radish seeds, 1 package of corn seeds, 1 package of grape seeds, and 2 packages of pepper seeds.

Except for the grape seeds, other Wang Teng are ready to be planted.

After all, grapes are a bit troublesome to grow, and they are not suitable as seeds. Cotton can be used to make clothes for winter.

Looking at the two planting boxes in the processing room, the cabbage and potatoes have been prepared, and the cabbage has also produced seeds.

"Okay, just change the land, and these two planting boxes will not be needed for the time being." Wang Teng pulled out the potatoes and sifted out the big ones.

Potatoes are a plant that can be grown without seeds, just wait for it to germinate and cut into pieces, making sure there are sprouts on each potato piece.

Since this batch of potatoes hadn't germinated yet, Wang Teng could only put them aside for a while.

With the rest of the plant seeds, Wang Teng walked out of the shelter and made a plan, planning to establish the planting area on the south side of the camp.

In this way, the entire camp is divided into nine grids, and the bottom three grids are the vegetable gardens.

"Radish, corn, and cabbage are planted on the grid on the left, two packs of peppers are planted in the middle, and cotton is placed on the right." Wang Teng took out a hoe from his storage backpack and prepared to start plowing the land.

During this period of time, many players began to farm their own land, and Wang Teng also took the opportunity to make a fortune by making hoes!
"Boom!" Wang Teng waved his hoe and worked hard on the land.

After more than 40 minutes, Wang Teng finally dealt with the land within three squares.

"It's better to get some soil improvement liquid." Wang Teng took out the materials from his backpack and started to prepare. After experiencing the powerful effect of the soil improvement liquid, Wang Teng now loves this green liquid very much.

After preparing the soil improvement solution, Wang Teng suddenly thought that this product should be able to sell for a lot of money, but there are not many people farming now, so let's sell it after the second round of disasters is over.

First pour the soil improvement solution evenly on the ground, then plant vegetable seeds, and the land will be treated. Just remember to come and water it later.

Wang Teng has already thought up a plan for the watering problem. After all, there is a small flowing lake on the east side of the camp. It would be nice to build a water truck by the lake to be responsible for irrigation.

Just do what you said, and seeing that it was still early, Wang Teng quickly ran to the river.

Fortunately, this camp is not very big. Wang Teng estimates that by this afternoon at most, he can make a water truck for irrigation by himself!
When he came to the river, Wang Teng took out the nails and boards from his backpack and started beating.

The core of the waterwheel is a wheel with a diameter of 5 meters, composed of several wooden spokes, supported in the lake by two thick axles.

When the river rushes in, the wooden spokes are slowly turned with the help of the inertia of the water flow, and the small wooden barrel installed on the waterwheel will bring the water to a high place, enter the track that Wang Teng has set in advance, and finally flow to the planting area.

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It was not until after two o'clock in the afternoon that Wang Teng built the main structure of the waterwheel and installed it on the edge of the lake.

"Huh~~" Wang Teng took a breath, making such a large piece is labor-intensive, and the track of the water flow is not done yet.

After standing by the lake and waiting for a while, Wang Teng started to make the track after confirming that the waterwheel was operating normally.

The track is much simpler. The three planks are assembled together. It took Wang Teng only ten minutes to complete the track leading to the three vegetable fields.

"Finally everything is done, hurry up and have a meal to make a steam engine!" Wang Teng glanced at the time, it was almost three o'clock, it seemed that he had to stay up late tonight and work a little longer.

After a whole lunch with bread, Wang Teng gnawed on an apple and walked to the metal furnace to heat him up.

Because it is the first time to make a large-scale object such as a steam engine, Wang Teng plans to make a single-cylinder steam engine to practice his hands first, and then make a multi-cylinder steam engine when he is proficient.

"Hotpot, come and help me pull the bellows." Wang Teng waved to Hotpot, which was flying freely in the sky.

He made a small windmill connection for the bellows rod here, as long as the wind is strong enough, it can be pulled faster.

In this way, it can not only help itself to make steel, but also exercise its wings, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

"Gu!" Hot Pot seemed to understand the importance of this matter, and quickly flew over to help Wang Teng pull the bellows.

Seeing that the hot pot was also working hard, Wang Teng looked at the metal furnace with a serious face.

Because high-carbon steel lacks toughness, it is easy to fry the furnace if it is used to make steam engines, so Wang Teng plans to produce a batch of medium-low carbon steel, that is, the carbon content is below 0.6%.

Soon, the first furnace of molten iron was smelted, and Wang Teng immediately poured it into the mold and waited for it to cool.

"It's about to start!" Wang Teng said excitedly. When the steam engine is built, he will enter a period of rapid development!

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