The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 329 Malachite and Azurite

After eating and drinking enough, we finally entered the topic.

The people of the Mang tribe displayed all their goods, including painted pottery, tinware, bone ornaments, and rabbit fur clothes... There are many kinds.

A dazzling array of goods were all placed on the folding wooden table, and the eyes of the members of the Scorpion Tribe were staring straight at the sight.

At this moment, they finally determined that the Mang tribe is definitely a big tribe, bigger than the Diao tribe!

Because when the Eagle Tribe came, the goods they brought were far inferior to those of the Mang Tribe.

Some people had some small thoughts at first, but when they realized that the other party might be a super big tribe, all their small thoughts were put away.

In this world, the strong are still respected. Even if their brains are broken, they dare not provoke a super big tribe, that is courting death.

However, in normal transactions, they couldn't come up with any good things at all, and they were scratching their heads in a hurry.

Seeing good things but not getting them is such an uncomfortable feeling, it would be better if I never saw them.

After Sand Scorpion thought hard, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of something that the Mang tribe might be interested in.

He immediately ran to the house where he lived, and picked up a green stone from the corner.

This green stone has obviously been rubbed often, and the surface is very shiny, shining in the sun.

He ran up to Chen Bei with the green stone in his arms, put it on the table with a "boom", and said, "Chief Chen, I know that people in big tribes like some beautiful stones, what do you think of this one?" ?”

Sha Xie looked at Chen Bei nervously. He himself liked this kind of stone very much. He often played with it and rubbed it against it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so bright.

"This is... this is..."

When Chen Bei saw this green stone, his eyes widened. He thought that the Scorpion Tribe might hide some good things, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big surprise!
This kind of green stone, in the world of Chenbei's previous life, although it was not a precious jewel, it was often used to make jewelry such as bracelets.

What excites Chenbei is not the malachite itself, but since there is malachite here, there is likely to be a copper mine!
Chenbei's understanding of ore still comes from a mining area near his home.

Because he was often exposed to various minerals when he was a child, he developed an interest in ores. Later, he read a lot of books and various materials about ores.

Those rare minerals have strange names, and he has never seen the real thing, so it is difficult to identify them.

But common minerals such as tin, malachite, copper ore, and iron ore, he has seen the real thing, and he knows a little more than ordinary people.

He later bought a malachite bracelet to play with. Its texture is very beautiful, and the price ranges from tens to hundreds of yuan. Ordinary people will not feel bad about buying it.

Malachite is actually an accompaniment of copper ore, and it is actually a copper mine that can directly smelt copper, but compared with other copper ores, malachite contains less copper.

Where there is malachite, there must be other copper deposits.

The Mang tribe now has tin, but the tin is too soft to be used as tools, and can only be used to make dishes, bottles and pots.

If there is copper, it will be different. With copper, Chenbei can smelt copper and tin into a copper-tin alloy, which is the famous bronze!

Copper alone or tin alone are not suitable for making tools, because the hardness is not enough, and it is easy to crack, and it is normal to break directly under strong impact.

But bronze is different. Bronze is very hard and very stable. It is very suitable for making various tools and weapons.

Such as bronze knives, bronze spears and so on.

Plus, bronze is great for pouring some fine bronzes, real good stuff!

It is precisely because of these reasons that Chenbei was so excited when he saw the malachite.

What excited him was not the malachite itself, but the copper mine behind the malachite, and the bronze ware after smelting!
Sha Xie has been observing Chen Bei's expression, and when he sees Chen Bei's excitement, he knows that the things in his hand must be very valuable.

Sand Scorpion secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If this kind of Stone Mang tribe doesn't want it, he really can't think of what else he can use to make a deal.

The Scorpion tribe is still too poor, so poor that only yellow sand and stones are left.

Chen Bei put down the piece of malachite, and asked Shaxie, "Is there any other beautiful stone like this, such as blue or red?"

Blue is azurite and red is cuprite.

Sha Xie didn't answer Chen Bei's words directly, but pointed to the piece of malachite and said, "How much can this thing be exchanged for?"

Considering that malachite can also be smelted into copper, Chen Bei directly took out a painted pottery and said, "If you can find some more, I'll replace it with painted pottery, or you can choose something from these goods."

Sand Scorpion got the answer he wanted. The people of this beautiful stone tribe really like it, and the value is higher than he thought.

Although he likes these stones very much, the stones themselves are just good-looking, not strong, and cannot be used to make tools, they can only be used for viewing.

He felt that it was a huge profit to be able to exchange for better painted pottery.

Sha Xie smiled openly at Chen Bei and said, "Leader Chen, wait a moment, I'll get you another stone."

Sand Scorpion excitedly ran back to his house, and picked up another dark blue stone from the corner. This stone was very beautiful, like a crystal.

"Boom!"

Sand Scorpion ran back to the trading place, put the blue stone next to the malachite, then looked at Chen Bei, observing his expression.

"so beautiful!"

Before Chen Bei could speak, Hong Hua couldn't help but speak.

This kind of stone is dark blue, composed of many columnar crystals, with a glassy luster on the surface, and it is even more deep blue in the sun, very beautiful.

"Sure enough!"

Chen Bei was also very excited, but he didn't show it like before, because he didn't want Sha Xie to know that he cared about this thing very much.

When making a deal, if one party is eager, the other party will definitely take the opportunity to rip off.

So Chen Bei didn't act like he had to, he just simply admired this beautiful stone.

Although it looks a bit like crystal, this thing, like malachite, is actually a copper mine called azurite, which can be smelted into pure copper.

Chen Bei admired it for a while, then asked Sha Xie: "Is there anything else?"

Sand Scorpion thought for a while, and said, "There's another piece, but it's not that pretty."

"It's okay, bring it here and show me."

"it is good!"

The Sand Scorpion ran back again, this time, he carried a heavy brown-black stone, which was not regular at all, and there was some green rust on it.

Obviously, this stone has not been rubbed by the sand scorpions often, so it doesn't look that good except for something special.

However, when Chen Bei saw this stone, his heart blossomed with joy.

He scratched this unremarkable stone with a sharp stone knife made of high-quality stone, and saw a thin trace of copper red with a metallic luster where he scratched.

This unremarkable stone surpassed malachite and azurite in Chen Bei's heart.

Because, this stone is actually a rare natural copper with much less impurities than the other two, and it is the most ideal raw ore for smelting pure copper.

(End of this chapter)