Chapter 1063 The next step is to develop iron smelting! (Two in one, thanks
It is indeed difficult for the cattle and sheep living in the Qingque tribe.
Especially cattle.
It's not just about pulling plows, pulling carts, and doing all kinds of heavy work and farm work.
After they die, they still need to contribute their skin and flesh. What is even more sad is that in order for the Qingque tribe to make great progress in weapons, they still need to become bald for it!
Just thinking about this matter makes people feel extremely sad...
The ox-horn bow of the Qingque tribe was made after a long period of time after Han Cheng and some people returned with their oxen over the mountains.
The main reason for this is that horns are not easy to obtain.
In order to get two horns from the cow that was regarded as a treasure by the people in the tribe and cared for like eyeballs, Junior Brother Sha spent a lot of effort.
This must be another story that not only has twists and turns, but also makes people feel a little sad.
For reasons of time and word count, I won’t go into details here.
With the foundation of the ram's horn bow, making the ox horn bow is not that difficult for Junior Brother Sha.
It only needs to be improved in some places on the basis of the sheep's horn bow.
According to what is drawn from the gourd, it is not that difficult for Junior Brother Sha, who is extremely accomplished in bows and arrows...
The weather is getting colder and colder, and yellow leaves are covering the ground.
The people in the Red Tiger tribe are working hard to make bows and arrows, and are very happy about it.
When the people of the Red Tiger tribe kept charging for bows and arrows, and were delighted with the achievements of their tribe, and dreamed of catching up with the Qingque tribe, the bows and arrows of the Qingque tribe had already been completely transformed.
There are not only seven to eight hundred ram's horn bows, but also nine more powerful ox horn bows!
At this time, the top marksman of the Qingque tribe was holding an ox-horn bow in his hand. He was looking at the children who were carrying a dead rabbit with an arrow in their hands and running toward him with joy.
Full of smiles.
Under the sunshine of late autumn and early winter, the horn bow made of horns, bamboo slices, beef tendons, fish bladder glue, mulberry wood and other things, with the python skin wrapped around it, exudes a dazzling and charming luster...
At the same time, no one was idle in Jinguan City, which was separated from the Qinling residential area by mountains.
Except for some people in the tribe who were busy building houses, most of the others went down to the paddy fields.
Some people are cultivating the fields that have been cultivated before and harvested a crop of rice, while more people are carrying hoe, shovel and other tools to clear up wasteland.
"ha!"
Amidst the shouts of "cow-handle style", the oxen pulling the plow strenuously moved its hooves and walked forward.
As the cattle pulled hard, a strip of wet soil turned over and was buckled to the side...
"nest!"
The person driving the ox suddenly shouted a command to stop the ox, and pulled the "skimming rope" tied to the handle of the plow at the back.
The ‘skimming rope’ is connected to the cow’s nose ring.
Under the combined influence of the command and the pulling of the rope, the cow pulling the plow stopped.
Holding the handle of the plow behind him, after the cow stopped, he began to hold the handle of the plow with both hands, preparing to pull the plow out of the soil.
I tried this twice in a row but couldn't pull it out.
This is because the oxen pulls the harness too tightly, and the plow is deeply buried in the soil due to this traction, leaving no room for it to go back.
After trying it twice without success, I no longer have the spare energy to do this awesome pose.
"Shao!"
"Shao!"
The man shouted this command and pulled the rope in his hand back.
Under the combined influence of the command and the rope, the ox pulling the plow began to retreat.
As it moves back, the bullhorn is no longer tight.
The man once again hugged the handle of the plow with both hands and pulled it back hard. The plow that had been submerged in the ground came out immediately.
It saves a lot of effort than before.
The plows are out, but the situation is not very optimistic.
Because the bottom of this plow has been deformed!
Not only the plowshare became curved, but also the plowwall became somewhat deformed.
Such a plow obviously cannot be used again.
The man had no choice but to temporarily remove the harness from the cow, lead the cow to a place with grass and tie it up, letting it rest here and eat some grass by the way.
And he, carrying the broken plow, returned to the tribe and went to find the people in the tribe who specialized in repairing these instruments and asked them to repair the plow.
As he walked back, the man was in a low mood and seemed to be sighing a little.
The plow is broken, delaying work.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this is the third plow that he has worn out!
Having learned the lessons from the previous two times, he now plows very carefully, but he still cannot avoid damage to the plow.
When returning to the tribe, from time to time you can see some half-year-old children returning to the tribe carrying tools such as hoe and copper shovel.
None of the farm tools carried by these children was intact.
Many are severely distorted.
What's even more miserable is that the whole thing has been broken into two pieces!
Of course these farm tools were not damaged by these minors.
They are still young and not very strong, so they do not yet have such great destructive capabilities.
These are the masterpieces of adults working in the fields.
These children were specifically responsible for transporting broken bronze tools back to the tribe for repair.
There are also some children carrying repaired equipment from the tribe to the fields.
This is to give some repaired equipment to adults in the fields for use.
Carrying the plow, I returned to the tribe and came to a place where professional equipment was repaired. I saw even more things.
Everywhere you look, you can see broken bronze farm tools.
Put some twisted, deformed, or seriously broken farm tools into the stove and burn them for a while. After they are heated, they can be quickly hammered and repaired, and they can still be used. Repairing them is not too troublesome.
The most troublesome thing is those farm tools that break directly.
After such a farm tool breaks down, the craftsmen in the tribe have no means to connect it together and make it extremely strong.
So the only option is to clean it and reheat it.
After it is melted into juice and reaches the point of perfection, it is then put into a mold to create new farm tools.
This man is carrying a plow, which is the most efficient and fastest tool for plowing the land in the tribe. If it breaks down, it will cause the greatest loss to the tribe, so it has priority.
After seeing this man arriving, some people who were doing repairs here immediately stopped what they were doing and began to come over to repair the plow.
First take off the plowshares and plowshares, and then start repairing them without stopping...
This man was waiting here, looking at the many broken farm tools, and thinking about the work that was lost because of this, he couldn't help but feel anxious and felt it was a pity.
If the tools are strong and not broken, then the people of your tribe will be able to open up much more land in such a time.
If the extra land is used to grow crops, how much more food will the tribe be able to harvest in due course?
The more he settles accounts, the more pity this person feels in his heart.
In the past, he thought the bronze farming tools in the tribe were very useful.
But now, I feel that bronze farm tools are not very good to use.
Because bronze farm tools are not strong enough or hard enough.
Compared with tools made of bones, stones, wood and other materials, bronze farm tools are indeed very easy to use. I don’t know how much better than them!
However, bronze farm tools are also not perfect.
When they first came into contact with and used bronze farm tools, the people of the Qingque tribe didn't feel this way.
However, as the use of bronze farming tools continued to increase, the people in the tribe gradually became dissatisfied with the bronze farming tools.
From time to time, some people will think about how great it would be if the tribe could make tools that are more useful than bronze farming tools!
Thinking about these things in his mind, something appeared in the mind of this man who was sitting here, waiting for the repairmen in the tribe to repair the plow.
These things were obtained from the Black Stone Tribe when the tribe defeated the Black Stone Tribe. They were black stones called meteorite by the Son of God, as well as tools made of this meteorite.
Tools made of meteorite iron are not only strong, but also very sharp. It is the best material he has ever seen so far, and it can satisfy all his fantasies about making farm tools!
It would be great if meteorite iron could be used to make agricultural tools!
In this way, you don't have to worry about farm tools breaking when you use them to plow the ground to grow food.
The speed of plowing and planting will also become very fast, and a lot of food can be grown!
However, such a thing can only be thought of and cannot be realized.
Because the quantity of meteorite is too rare!
Such a long time has passed, except for the meteorite iron obtained from the Black Stone Tribe, my own tribe has not obtained meteorite iron anywhere else.
These meteorite irons are only used to make axes, planes and other important tools, but they are not enough. It is simply impossible to apply them to agricultural tools.
"Alas~"
Thinking about these things in his mind, the man couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
It is useless to think about such a thing. You should just wait for the repairmen in the tribe to repair the plow and then go on plowing the land yourself...
In the fields outside Jinguan City, Han Cheng, the divine son of the tribe, was standing here.
The weather has become colder, and the clothes he is wearing have become a lot thicker.
Han Cheng has been standing here for a long time.
His eyes not only saw the land that had been turned over and reclaimed, but also the minors who were carrying farm tools and traveling between the fields and the tribes.
This is a common sight in the tribe.
Especially after coming to Jinguan City.
Compared with the soil quality in the Qingque Lord Tribe, the soil quality here in Jinguan City is much thicker.
Such land is not only difficult to cultivate, but also very demanding on tools.
After arriving here, the tribe's bronze farming tools were damaged much faster!
We have seen this kind of thing a lot, but it doesn't mean that Han Chenggong can get used to this kind of thing.
Many people in the tribe feel that such tools are difficult to use and slow down their work.
As a person from later generations who has seen many advanced things, he is even more unable to get used to it.
It's just that in the past, because the population of Jinguan City increased dramatically, the cultivation of food did not develop accordingly.
There is not enough food in the tribe.
In order to solve the most important stomach problem, Han Cheng had to put this matter aside for the first time and concentrate his efforts on obtaining sufficient food for the tribe.
Now, as I went to the Red Tiger Tribe and slaughtered fat sheep twice in a row, I brought a lot of food from there, plus what my tribe harvested from the fields, collected from the trees, and hunted.
The Qingque Tribe's trading team, such as Mao, used pottery and salt earned from other tribes. In addition, the older female primitives from the old tribe and other second-rate dealers gave it to their tribe. The food here in Jinguan City is enough.
Already.
As long as there is no extravagance and waste, the people of Jinguan City will not go hungry.
Under such circumstances, my tribe can indeed shift its focus a little, and instead of staring at the food, it can do other things.
Just look for iron ore, mine and smelt the iron ore, and then make iron tools with better performance and easier to use!
Steel is a good thing!
Before coming to this era, Han Cheng, who was accustomed to using steel and seeing steel products everywhere in his life, did not feel how important steel was.
But after coming to primitive society, he truly realized how important things that he had long been accustomed to and did not think were important were!
Steel products can not only improve the efficiency of various things, but can also be made into weapons, which greatly enhances the armed strength of the tribe and makes the tribe stronger and richer.
After standing here and thinking carefully for a while, and making an estimate of the food stored in his tribe, Han Cheng decided to look for iron ore to develop steel products.
After standing here and watching for a while, Han Cheng turned around and walked towards the tribe and began to arrange this matter.
Among the tribe, Mao, Xiong Youer and other members of the trading team are packing their things here, preparing for a new round of outbound trade to bring back food for the tribe.
"Mao, when you go out this time, tell those who are exchanging with our tribe that in addition to food, stones, seeds, cubs, etc. can also be exchanged for things from our tribe. The rules are still the same as those of the main tribe.
