Yao Hu looked at her in confusion, "What is iron?"
Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the bone knife on Yao Hu's waist and said: "Father, iron can be used to make weapons that are sharper than bone knives. It can also be used to make hoes, shovels, sickles, iron pots, locks and other utensils.
Anyway, it can do a lot of things.”
After hearing this, Yao Hu looked at her excitedly, "Is it as sharp as the shovel given to you by the gods?"
Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "It's not that sharp, but it's much sharper than your bone knife. An arrow made of it can easily penetrate a black bear's skin. An ax made of iron can easily cut down a big tree, and it won't
After it breaks into pieces and becomes dull, you can continue to use it by grinding it.”
She felt that the purity of the iron obtained through the refining process in front of her was low, and it was absolutely impossible to achieve the sharpness of an engineer's shovel. If she could find limestone and add it to it, the purity should be higher. It seems that she can go there if she has time.
Find some limestone and bring it back.
Yaohu's face turned red with excitement after hearing this. He smiled and nodded, "That's great. We won't be afraid of the giant bear tribe in the future."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Yeah! I won't be afraid of them anymore." It seems that he still doesn't know what kind of sharp weapon iron is.
Yao Hu looked at the black thing in his hand and said to Yao Xiaoqing: "Xiao Qing, don't reveal the making of this thing yet. My father will let Leopard and the others go hunting tomorrow, leaving behind big rocks, mountains, pigs, and bulls."
In the tribe, I will learn to make iron tools from you."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at him, "You mean, except for Uncle Dashi and the others, no one else is reliable?"
Yao Hu shook his head and nodded, "Xiao Qing, it's not that anyone is unreliable. My father wants to type out what you said first. If it's really what you said, I'm afraid Bao Bao and Mu Ba will be in a hurry.
To take revenge.”
"With our small manpower, we can't defeat the Giant Bear Tribe, no matter how powerful the weapons are. My father also wants revenge, but I, as the leader, think more than they do. If there are no warriors in the tribe, they will only be usurped by others.
What should we do with the woman, the old uncle, and the children?"
Yao Xiaoqing understood. He was a little worried about Bao Bao and Mu Ba. He was worried that after they knew the power of iron weapons, they would impulsively go to the Giant Bear Tribe to seek revenge on them. A tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves, no matter how good the weapons are, more than thirty warriors
, the only way to find him is to die."
She nodded and said: "Father, your idea is right, I will do as you say."
The father and daughter discussed it, and after Yao Hu put the iron block for Yao Xiaoqing, they went to the cafeteria together.
Night food includes fish soup, roasted hare and taro, and wild vegetable cakes made with kudzu powder.
After everyone had eaten the food, Yaohu said to Shan'am and Chun'am: "Starting tomorrow, you will bring a few bone knives with you. Don't collect food separately, and don't go too far, or you will be taken away.
.”
"Yes, leader." They both agreed in unison.
The men went out to the stoneware room to polish their weapons. The weather was too hot to store the meat, so the old man peeled and chopped the meat, tanned the fur, and the women cleaned the offal and baked the meat.
Before going to bed, Yaohu called Dashi and others to his home, showed the piece of iron to a few people, and told a few people about the usefulness of the iron.
Mu Feng, Zhi and Xiong Niu looked at the piece of iron and looked at her in surprise, "Xiao Qing, is this made of those stones?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "I didn't expect that!"
The three of them shook their heads honestly, "I didn't expect that."
"Xiao Qing, that thing you asked me to make is used to fight this black thing?" Shan Ye also looked surprised.
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Yeah!"
Yao Hu said to them: "Only a few of us know how to make iron tools. Don't tell the others yet. Wait until I think about it."
The four people nodded in agreement, feeling very happy in their hearts. They felt that even if there were others, they were still the most valued people by the leader.
Early the next morning, Bao Bao and Mu Feng went out to hunt and collect rock salt.
Yao Xiaoqing took Yao Hu and others to the mine. She went to the Lingque Tribe to deliver medicine to Qiu Shan. Seeing that Qiu Shan's energy was much better than that day and his belly was not that big, she left the medicine and told them to be on time.
After taking it, he left for the mountains.
They took Yao Hu and the others back to select iron ore, found bamboo tubes and wooden boards, and asked Shan to make another blower and build a larger kiln.
After the ore was prepared, the ore and charcoal were loaded into the two kilns. The pigeons and bulls took turns pumping the blower, making the fire more intense.
After the refined iron block was put into the kiln for re-refining, its purity became higher. Yaohu and Dashi, one clamped the iron block and the other hammered it with a stone hammer. After the iron block was quenched, it was made into
It became a stone axe.
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the ax and felt excited, thinking that she had finally bid farewell to the Stone Age and entered the Iron Age.
"Father, I need to find a whetstone to sharpen the edge, so that it will be easier to chop things."
Yao Hu looked at her, "Xiao Qing, is the whetstone the kind of stone we use to grind stone axes?"
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Probably."
"There are still a few pieces at the foot of the mountain. I'll go pick one up." Shan walked quickly towards the foot of the mountain, and soon came back holding a stone for grinding stone tools.
Yao Xiaoqing scooped up half a basin of water, and Yao Hu took the stone ax and started grinding it on the grindstone. It took half an hour to sharpen the edge.
Looking at the silver awn on the edge of the axe, he excitedly said to several people: "Let's go find a tree in the forest and try it."
Dashi nodded, "Yes, try finding a tree."
Several people followed Yaohu to the forest outside, found a eucalyptus tree as thick as a bowl, and chopped it down with all their strength. They cut a hole with just one stroke of the axe, and the edge of the axehead was not broken at all.
Yao Hu looked at the edge of the axe, "Hahahaha! What Xiaoqing said is indeed right, the edge is not broken at all!"
After Dashi went up to take a look, they all laughed excitedly.
He smiled at Yaohu and stretched out his hand, "Chief, give me a try."
Yao Hu smiled and handed the ax to him, "Here, let's see how many times you can chop it off?"
Zhi proudly bulged his arm muscles, "I can cut it with four axes."
Several people stood aside and watched as he walked over, picked up the ax and chopped it four times, then kicked it with his foot, causing the eucalyptus tree to fall with a crash.
Yao Hu looked at Yao Xiaoqing and said, "Xiaoqing, this is a good thing."
Yao Xiaoqing thought that something that would be used thousands of years later could not be a good thing? Stone tools have long been lost in the torrent of history.
"Father, let's make a hammer first. It will be more powerful when hammering iron. We also need to use a sickle to harvest millet and wheat. Let's make the sickle first, and then make the hoe, shovel, and plow.
heads, axes and knives, iron pots.”
Yao Hu nodded excitedly, "Okay, the iron in the furnace should be smelted by now. You can show us how the sickle looks like. Let's go and make it first."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Oh! I also need to use a pair of fire tongs to prevent the bamboo clips from being burned by the fire."
Dashi smiled and said: "Xiaoqing, draw it and let's take a look."