Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 132 Be a Hammer
Zhou Xu didn't know what kind of metal it was, and he didn't know whether it was suitable for forging hammers.

Anyway, if it doesn't fit, just treat it as if he made a metal ingot in the shape of a hammer.

After the molten metal was completely cooled and condensed, and it was taken out, the whole picture of the metal hammer was revealed to everyone.

To put it bluntly, it is a hammer head, which Zhou Xu made according to the hammer in his impression.

The hammer head fell heavily on the dirt with a 'plop' sound, and gestured to the hole reserved for the hammer handle in the middle, Zhou Xu asked the member of the equipment department to start grinding the hammer handle with gestures.

After all, it is impossible to make all metal together with the hammer handle.

On the one hand, this is because the cost is too high and consumes too much metal; on the other hand, it is because it is too heavy and meaningless.

The opponent's movements were nimble and his craftsmanship was good, so it didn't take much time to polish the handle of a hammer.

Put the hammer handle through the polished hole, split the exposed part from the other end with a stone ax directly in the middle, and then drive a small wooden wedge into the gap.

In this way, the wooden hammer handle will be stretched, and the more you hit it, the more it will be stretched, and the friction between the hammer handle and the inside of the hole will be stronger, and finally it will be completely crushed and very firm.

After finishing the work, Zhou Xu picked up the freshly baked forging hammer, which was quite enough.

Under the sunlight, the hammer head exuded a cold metallic luster.

[This, should be copper, right? 】

Zhou Xu was not sure, after all, he was not very interested in ores and metals before crossing.

Now the biggest evidence for guessing that this thing is copper is that this thing is brassy...

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu asked someone to move a stone the size of a fist. He didn't have any strength left, so he directly hammered twice, smashing the stone to pieces.

Then Zhou Xu directly reached out to wipe off the dust on the hammer surface, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad."

Regardless of whether it is copper or not, it is considered to be copper anyway, as long as it can be used.

At this moment, Zhou Xu can be said to be completely happy. If he hadn't considered his image as a leader, he might not be able to help but laugh out loud on the spot.

As long as their tribe's weapons can be fully upgraded, from the original stone tools to metal tools, and relying on the sharpness of the metal tools after polishing, the combat effectiveness of their entire tribe will be fully improved!

Think about those hyenas and centaurs on the prairie, they all look rough and thick. If they really fight, what will Zhou Xu fear most?
The most fearful thing is 'we failed to penetrate the enemy's armor'!

If none of them can bring effective damage to the opponent, then there is no need to fight this battle.

And now, that problem is about to disappear!

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu dispatched manpower to the quarry without saying a word.

Needless to say, with the emergence of copper mines, the priority of work in the quarry has been suddenly raised.

However, there are many facilities and a heavy workload in the Black Moon camp, so there is actually no one to adjust.

Zhou Xu thought about it, and simply transferred ten soldiers from one side of the camp to another side for 'physical training', plus five soldiers from the salt lake camp. For the next period of time, their training will only be physical training up!

After receiving the order, the ten-man team here set off immediately.

As for Zhou Xu, who stayed at the Black Moon Camp, he undoubtedly still had things to do.

The discovery of copper mines and the casting of copper ware doomed their tribe to have a new department, that is the forging department!
While the forging department needs manpower, it also needs a dedicated forging furnace.

After all, the equipment department also burns pottery on weekdays. There is only one stove, and both sides are used, so there is no difference.

At this moment, Zhou Xu has already designated the land for the equipment department.

If the tribe wants to develop, it must not avoid metal tools. Therefore, the establishment plan of the forging department is already on Zhou Xu's blueprint. The whole process has been clearly arranged, and it depends on when they can find the metal veins.

Now rounded up, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

After the land was plotted, people were called to come over immediately, and the awning was erected. The weather was getting hotter and hotter. Working under the scorching sun, I am afraid that not everyone would faint from the heat.

Zhou Xu didn't want anyone in his tribe to suffer from heat stroke.

But in fact, there are already. Among them, the logging team, quarrying team, and construction team, which need to do a lot of physical work, have a particularly large number of heat stroke patients.

In fact, long before this situation happened, he had already made some countermeasures.

For example, we stopped work from 11:30 noon to 01:30 pm, and set up a shed near the construction site for everyone to deploy, etc.

But even so, there are still people with heat stroke.

For these people with heatstroke, Zhou Xu had no choice but to let them rest, which also led to a reduction in the labor force within their tribe.

This situation made Zhou Xu feel a lot of pressure, but it was useless.

The conditions of this era are like this.

In fact, not to mention this primitive era, even in modern society, there are a lot of people suffering from heat stroke, which is unavoidable, and he can only do his best to deal with it.

"Here comes the herbal tea, here comes the herbal tea!"

Under the scorching sun at noon, several tribal members came over sweating profusely carrying clay pots filled with herbal tea.

This 'herbal tea' was discovered by Ye Yan. When he was researching various herbs, he found that although the juice of a certain herb tastes bitter, after the bitterness, it will make people feel inexplicably refreshing and comfortable. .

After listening to the regular report, Zhou Xu immediately came up with the idea of ​​making herbal tea with this herb and distributing it to various departments.

At the beginning, many tribe members felt that this stuff was bitter and not good to drink.

But as the weather got hotter, they gradually discovered the benefits of this herbal tea.

Under the summer shed, everyone poured a bowl of herbal tea and drank it in one gulp. The feeling was indescribably refreshing.

After drinking the herbal tea and taking a nap under the shed for a while, everyone quickly returned to work and built all the forging furnaces in the forging department before dark.

After a busy day at work, Zhou Xu let out a long breath after being tired all day, and collapsed on his bamboo bed. On the window sill by the bed, a mosquito coil was quietly burning...

This is also made by Ye Yan with the herbs he found. The smell produced when burning has the effect of repelling mosquitoes.

It didn't take any time, the moment he lay on the bed, the accumulated fatigue of the day made him fall asleep directly, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.

　The update is here, thanks to the book friends 'this name' and 'curve circle' for their rewards!

　　
　
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