The Thousand Year Dynasty
10. Science
Later that night Couran drove them to meet the village chief. This village chief is a long-time friend of Couran. And because before he had told everything that had happened during the trip, alhasih instead the village head was the one who invited them all to dinner at his house.
This Baltra village chief named Stevan, had a friendly face with a deep voice. His look was full of experience and charisma.
"So you think our farm can still produce better than it is now?" asked village chief Stevan after hearing Nata's remarks about the agricultural sector of Baltra village in the middle of a meal.
"really. It's just that you need to change how to grow crops in this village," replied Nata politely.
It was clear that Jean looked like she could not believe seeing the gestures and hearing Nata's way of speaking which turned out to be very polite.
Aksa seemed to speak nothing at all. The young man simply enjoyed his meal while listening to Nata talk with the village chief while occasionally nodding, meng yes their conversation.
"Why do we grow our crops, nak Nata?"
"I apologize in advance, but the way to grow crops in this village still relies on the old way, Yuan Stevan," replied Nata with his sweetness.
"Indeed, the way we farmed all this time is a way that has been passed down from our ancestors since they came to this land. And all this time it's never let us down, have you guys had a better way?"
"Actually we have Mr. Stevan" said Nata, who was responded by Stevan with a look of disdain. Seeing this Nata put his spoon on the table. "Actually we only want to help this village, because of our debt to Mr. Couran. So for that we will clean all the big rocks in the avalanche region within five days."
"Five days? Don't talk carelessly to you. How is it possible to get rid of such large rocks in just five days? All the villagers deployed will also not be finished within three months." Stevan's voice sounded a little emotional because it was carried away by Nata's speech which sounded like he was playing a game.
"We'll show you how. In order to convince you, Mr. Stevan, and all the villagers of Baltra. And if we manage to do that, would Mr Stevan consider using our means?"
The Village Chief looked towards Couran to ask for certainty. And Couran was seen nodding small in response.
"Alright, prove it to us," the Village Chief said later.
Nata just smiled.
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"So how do you plan on continuing all this?" aksa asked while he was in the living room after they returned from the village chief's house.
"First we have to make the soil in the land into mud so that the rocks are easily moved."
"By using a wooden rod as a wheel? Then how do we lift and push the rocks if we don't have a solid footing?"
"We just need to make a simple mechanic in a sturdy place. With levers to lift and ropes to pull the rocks with the help of horses" Nata explained later.
"Why did you come into our conversation?" Aksa did not accept it.
"Just calm down, Mr. Couran. Horses will not pull the rocks directly. They'll just move the simple mechanics."
"What is a simple mechanic?"
"Therefore I would like to ask your help to make me a tool like this." Nata points out a piece of paper in response to Couran's question.
"What'sthis? Windmill?"
"That kind. It may take four days to complete" Nata explained.
"So we only need one day to clear the entire land after this thing is done?" It looks like Couran doesn't believe it. "So because of this you said in five days? Because four days were used to make this tool?"
"really so. If we can make it in three days, we will be able to take a vacation for one day," replied Nata lightly.
"And what exactly is this?" Couran asked again while lifting the scroll of Nata's paper in his grasp.
"Science," Nata replied with a fluffy smile.
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"The tool is like a hollow tree bar with eight wheels whose axle position is horizontal and vertical. And the wheels will intersect each other, so that when one wheel is moved, then the other wheel will automatically move.
"But because the size of the wheel is different from each other, it will cause the small wheel to do twice the spin when the large wheel only does one turn. And that applies to even smaller wheels" Nata explained to Couran the next morning as they were about to start making the device Nata wanted.
"And why do you have to make the wheels intersect with each other?"
"So this easily causes the energy to multiply. And if you multiply these wheels with smaller sizes, then the energy will also multiply.
"But remember, Sir. The more and the smaller the size of the wheel, the load received will increase. So it is likely that the wheel will be destroyed if it is not able to hold it," Nata concluded later, hoping Couran understood the explanation.
While Couran was just silent staring at the clothes of the wheel sketch in front of him while trying to understand the explanation Nata gave. He still can't figure out why Nata installed the wheels to turn the other wheels. "What is this kind of tool common in your world civilization there, Nat?" couran asked then still did not take his eyes off the sketch on the table.
"Oh, such a device is no longer used in our place. Since it was old-fashioned aside, this tool was impractical and took up space," replied Nata then who managed to make Couran raise his gaze from the table towards Nata.
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