I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 741, Too Much Time

Translator: Silavin

“Shaman, Long says the thing you asked him to make has been completed.” Yu Ying said softly.

When Yu Ying went to the farmland in the morning, on her way back to the Yong’an Building she was stopped by people from the docks to pass on a message.

Originally the people from the docks wanted to go to the Yong’an Building themselves to speak, but when they encountered the Shaman Priestess they naturally spoke to her first.

“Let’s go take a look after breakfast. These small boats will be very helpful for our Tribe and the Sea Fish Tribe.” Su Bai looked up.

He was not surprised by the speed at which the small boats were built, because previously even a large ship had already been constructed.

Since even a large ship could be built, making some small boats was just a matter of how long it would take.

The structure of small boats was not very complex. Compared to that large ship, quite a few things were omitted.

“Yes.” Yu Ying immediately responded.

The two hurriedly finished breakfast and left the Yong’an Building, boarding a carriage heading towards the docks outside the Tribe.

Yan Hua and Sha Lan also got on the carriage midway. The two had just finished their morning training and were preparing to return to the Yong’an Building.

*Clop clop clop…*

After more than half an hour, Su Bai and the others arrived at the entrance of the docks led by the carriage.

Ye Jiu was the first to get off the carriage, scanning the surrounding environment to see if there was any danger.

After she confirmed there was no danger at all, she turned back and said. “Shaman, there is no danger.”

“En.” Su Bai led the young women down from the carriage and walked directly towards the inside of the docks.

*Step step step…*

“Shaman, the small boat you asked me to make has been completed.” Long immediately came up to greet him.

His face and body were covered in wood shavings, and his hands were also injured in many places, but none of this affected him at all. These injuries and the dirty things on his body were symbols of honour to him.

“How is the quality? Show me a practical demonstration.” Su Bai said softly.

Although he was quite confident about this batch of small boats, after all there was a precedent, he still needed to take a look.

“The quality is definitely up to standard. I’ll have my subordinates operate it for you to see right now.” Long nodded repeatedly.

He turned his head and had his assistant remove the Animal Hide covering the small boat. A brown small boat immediately came into view.

The small boat was no different from an ordinary boat. No cabin, no mast, no sail, just an ordinary, plain boat.

“It still looks quite decent. It seems you have been carefully studying my blueprints.” Su Bai nodded with satisfaction.

He looked at the boat and saw it was not much different from the boat he had imagined. All aspects of its features were also well done.

Indeed, he was someone who had been dealing with wood rafts year round. It was not difficult for him to figure things out.

“These are all thanks to the Shaman’s blueprints. Plus, with the experience of building that large ship before, studying and building these small boats did not take up too much time.” Long immediately said.

Indeed, making these small boats was very simple. As long as one studied the blueprints well, it would only take a few days to build them.

These small boats omitted too many things. One just needed to get the keel right, then afterwards join wooden planks onto the keel.

The difficult part was joining the wooden planks together, which did take quite a bit of time.

This era did not have the strong adhesives like on Earth, so one could only rely on joining wood to wood.

That is to say, leave a groove on the side of one piece of wood, and leave a protruding part on the side of another piece of wood.

Then firmly knock the two planks together. This way a stable effect could be achieved.

“Put the small boat in the water and let’s have a look.” Su Bai instructed.

The exterior looked fine, and close up there were no issues either. The only thing to test now was to put it on the water surface to see if it would sway from side to side.

Someone needed to board the boat to try and see how the carrying capacity was, to see if it would easily sink or capsize.

“Yes.” Long personally took action with several subordinates.

*Splash splash splash…*

Two small boats were slowly pushed into the water. Long brought three subordinates and split into two groups to board.

They each held an oar in their hands. The oars were also made according to what was drawn on the blueprints.

*Splash splash splash…*

Long began rowing the oars on the river surface with his subordinates in a proper manner. The small boat also slowly slid forward.

The entire process was very stable. No problems occurred. The small boat did not tilt left or right, nor did it capsize directly.

Most importantly, when these two small boats were placed on the river surface, river water would not seep in.

Half an hour later, Long and his three subordinates slowly rowed back to the docks. After testing, the small boats had no problems at all.

“Shaman, sorry to keep you waiting.” Long handed over the oar in his hands with both hands.

Su Bai took the oar and nodded with satisfaction, asking, “How long does it take to make one such small boat?”

Since the small boat had no problems, the next thing to consider was the issue of production.

The Flame Dragon Tribe was close to the river. Since it was a riverside Tribe, they must make good use of this river.

Rather than foolishly waiting for other Tribes to spend many days travelling here, it would be better for the Flame Dragon Tribe to proactively transport goods to other Tribes.

This way it could also increase the Flame Dragon Tribe’s exposure rate and increase the Flame Dragon Tribe’s income—in terms of food.

According to the Tribe’s current workshop production speed, the warehouse would sooner or later accumulate large quantities of goods.

Just waiting for other Tribes to come to exchange things might not be able to completely consume that inventory.

At this time, the Flame Dragon Tribe proactively transporting goods out would also relieve the pressure of excess inventory.

Not only that, these small boats could also help the Sea Fish Tribe greatly improve their lives. They could ride these small boats out to sea to catch fish, instead of foolishly continuing to use fishing hooks.

Although using fishing hooks to fish could catch quite a few in a day, ultimately it could only satisfy a few people and there was no way to properly store food.

No way to store food meant they had no leverage to exchange things with surrounding Tribes. Constantly relying on the Flame Dragon Tribe’s assistance was not a solution.

“With our current manpower, it would take about eight days to make one small boat.” Long immediately said.

“What if we made a large ship?” Su Bai asked.

The Tribe having only one large ship now was not enough. If they wanted to transport goods to other Tribes, they would definitely need more large ships.

“The last large ship took a full ninety-plus days to make, but with the experience from last time, I think this time we can save half the time.” Long roughly calculated.

“Even if it’s only half the time, it would still take over forty days. That’s a bit too long.” Su Bai frowned.

On average, it takes over a month to make just one large ship. Moreover, during the period of making the large ship, there was no way to do anything else.