Going through ancient farming to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 150 150 Ironware
Yaohu looked at her puzzled, "What is iron?"

Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the bone knife on Yaohu's waist and said, "Father, iron can make weapons that are sharper than bone knives, and can also make hoes, shovels, sickles, iron pots, locks and other utensils. You can do a lot of things anyway.”

Yaohu looked at her excitedly after hearing this, "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 pierce a black bear's skin. An ax made of iron can easily cut down a big tree, but it won't Fragmentation. After bluntness, you can continue to use it after grinding it."

She felt that with the refining process in front of her, the purity of the iron obtained was low, and it was absolutely impossible to achieve the sharpness of an engineer's shovel.If you can find limestone and add it, the purity should be higher.It seems that I have to find some limestone when I have time.

Yaohu blushed with excitement after hearing this, and nodded with a smile, "That's great, we won't be afraid of the Giant Bear Tribe from now on."

Yao Xiaoqing nodded with a smile, "Well! I won't be afraid of them in the future." It seems that he still doesn't know what kind of sharp weapon iron is.

Yaohu looked at the black thing in his hand, and said to Yao Xiaoqing: "Xiaoqing, don't reveal how this kind of thing is done. My father will let the leopards go out to hunt tomorrow, leaving behind boulders, mountains, pigs, and bulls." In the tribe, follow you to learn how to forge iron."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at him, "You mean, apart from Uncle Dashi and the others, no one else is reliable?"

Yaohu shook his head and nodded again, "Xiaoqing, it's not that anyone is unreliable. Father wants to type what you said first and try. If it's what you said, I'm afraid that Baobao and Muba will be in a hurry. to take revenge."

"With our little manpower, against the giant bear tribe, no matter how powerful the weapon is, we can't win. Father also wants to take revenge. As the leader, I think more than them. If there are no warriors in the tribe, they will only be taken by others. What about the woman, the old uncle, and the children?"

Yao Xiaoqing understood that he was a little worried about Leopard and Muba, worried that after they knew the power of iron tools, they would impulsively go to the giant bear tribe and seek revenge from them.Tigers can't hold back a pack of wolves, no matter how good the weapons are, and more than 30 warriors, the only way to find them is to die. "

She nodded and said, "Father, your idea is right, I will do as you said."

The father and daughter discussed it, and after Yaohu put the iron block for Yao Xiaoqing, they went to the cafeteria together.

For night food, there are fish soup, roasted hare and taro, and wild vegetable cake with kudzu root powder.

After everyone ate the food, Yaohu said to Shan Amu and Chun Amu: "From tomorrow, you should take a few bone knives with you. Don't collect food separately, and don't go too far. Be careful not to be caught. .”

"Yes, leader." The two agreed in unison.

The men went out to the stone shop to polish their weapons.The weather is too hot to store the meat. The old uncle peels and chops the meat, tans the fur, and the woman cleans the internal organs of the animal and roasts the meat to dry.

Before going to bed, Yaohu called Dashi and the others to his home, showed them the piece of iron, and told them the uses of the iron.

After looking at the piece of iron, Mufeng, Xiongniu and Xiongniu looked at her in amazement, "Xiaoqing, is this made of those stones?"

Yao Xiaoqing nodded with a smile, "Didn't expect that!"

The three shook their heads honestly, "I didn't expect that."

"Xiaoqing, is that thing you asked me to make to beat this black thing?" Shan was also surprised.

Yao Xiaoqing nodded with a smile, "Yeah!"

Yaohu said to them: "Only the few of us know how to forge ironware. Don't tell others about it. I'll talk about it after I think it over."

The four of them nodded in agreement, and they were very happy in their hearts, feeling that even if there were other people, they were still the most valued by the leader.

Early the next morning, Leopard and Mu Feng went out to hunt and collect rock salt.

Yao Xiaoqing took Yaohu and the others to the mine, and she went to the Lingque tribe to deliver medicine to Qiushan.Seeing that Qiu Shan's spirit was much better than that day, and her stomach was not so big, she left the medicine and told them to take it on time, and left for the mountain.

They took Yaohu and they picked iron ore and came back, found bamboo tubes and wooden boards, asked Shan to make another blower, and built a larger kiln.

After the ore was made, the ore and charcoal were loaded into the two kilns. The pig and the bull took turns pumping the blower, and the fire became more intense.

After the smelted iron block was put into the kiln for re-smelting, the purity was even higher.Yaohu and Dashi, one of them clamped the iron block, and the other hammered it with a stone hammer. After the iron block was quenched, it was made into a stone axe.

Looking at the axe, Yao Xiaoqing felt excited, thinking that he had finally bid farewell to the Stone Age and entered the Iron Age.

"Father, I have to find a whetstone to sharpen the edge, so that it will save effort when chopping things."

Yaohu looked at her, "Xiaoqing, is the whetstone the kind we use to grind stone axes?"

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "It should be."

"There are still a few pieces at the foot of the mountain, I'll go and carry one over," Shan hurriedly walked towards the foot of the mountain, and soon came back with a piece of stone that was used to make stone tools.

Yao Xiaoqing scooped up half a basin of water, and Yaohu took a stone ax to grind on the millstone, and it took half an hour to sharpen the edge.

Looking at the sharp silver edge of the axe, he excitedly said to several people: "Come on, let's go find a tree in the forest and try."

Dashi nodded, "Yes, try finding a tree."

A few people followed Yaohu to the forest outside, found a eucalyptus tree with a thick bowl mouth and chopped it down vigorously. They made a hole with one axe, and the edge of the axe was not broken at all.

Yaohu looked at the edge of the axe, "Hahahaha! Xiaoqing is right, the edge is not broken at all!"

After Dashi and the others went up to see it, they all laughed excitedly.

He smiled at Yaohu and stretched out his hand, "Leader, give me a try."

Yaohu smiled and handed him the axe, "Here, how many axes can you chop it off?"

He puffed out the muscles on his arms proudly, "I can cut it with four axes."

A few people stood aside and watched him walk over and swing the ax "bang bang" four times, and kicked again, and the eucalyptus tree fell down.

Yaohu looked at Yao Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, this is a good thing."

Yao Xiaoqing thought about the things that will be used thousands of years later. Could it be a good thing?Stone tools have long been lost in the torrent of history.

"Father, first make a hammer, and it will be more powerful when you hammer the iron. You also need to use a sickle to harvest millet and wheat. Let's make the sickle first, and then make hoes, shovels, and plows." Heads, axes and knives, iron pots."

Yaohu nodded excitedly, "Okay, the iron in the stove should be smelted now, please show us the shape of the sickle, and we'll go and forge it first."

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Oh! I also need a pair of pokers to save the bamboo clip from being burned all the time."

Dashi smiled and said, "Xiaoqing, draw it, let's have a look."

(End of this chapter)