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These stones... Ye Fan circled the pile of rocks and found that they were quite large and irregularly shaped. Some had traces of being chiseled. Eventually, his gaze settled on the largest one, approximately the size of an adult, with a rope tied around it. Although the rope had decayed, it was still recognizable as such. Underneath the rock, there were some rotted wooden sticks...
Imagining the scene in his mind, Ye Fan thought that these stones had been quarried from the mine and manually transported. For some of the massive stones, a more primitive method of transport was used: placing wooden sticks underneath them and pulling them forward with ropes, allowing the sticks to roll like wheels.
As the giant rock moved, more wooden sticks would be added in front to keep it rolling, employing a primitive but practical means of transportation.
