Chapter 14: The Council of Elders
The conference hall was so noisy that the arguing elders almost turned the ceiling of the hall upside down. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info And the topic of their discussion, naturally, is the appearance of iron tools this time. The iron ingots that glowed with black metal were piled up in the middle of the hall, and a few scattered iron ingots were passed in the hands of the elders.
It was only after Queen Melissa walked into the hall with the song that the hall fell silent.
Taking her seat, Queen Melissa's face was solemn and serious, with full queen coercion, she glanced at the elders below, and said slowly:
"I think the purpose of this meeting of elders is clear to everyone. ā
With that, Melissa gestured up to the iron ingots in the hall.
"Duge's laboratory, this time, has once again made meritorious contributions and successfully developed how to make iron. I'm sure you've all seen it, these are genuine iron. The main reason for calling everyone here this time is to inform everyone, and by the way, to discuss the plan to develop iron tools in the future, and to arm my tribe as soon as possible. ā
Saying this, Queen Melissa motioned to the next person and informed Wei Ya at the door.
Wei Ya, who had been waiting for a long time, walked in with a few subordinates and sacks of things.
"Yesterday, when Du Ge brought the iron ingot, I asked him to send it to the military headquarters, and the workers had already made a weapon with all their might. Weiya, let everyone take a look. ā
After Viya received the order, she opened the sack, and it was filled with 7 or 8 iron daggers.
The skills of the dwarven blacksmiths hired by Duge are quite good, and these short swords built in a short period of time are very good.
It is two fingers wide, half an arm is short, and the thickest part of the blade is no more than 3 mm. The blade of the sword is straight, and the two blood grooves are opened in the middle of the sword body, and the blade after the blade is cold and shining, even compared with the weapons seized by humans, it must be made a grade.
In addition to the excellent appearance, it is natural to have the desired high quality.
Wei Ya's subordinates took out some things to test their swords, some vegetables and fruits, wood of different thicknesses, and two hanging sheep corpses, one of which was covered with a layer of leather to simulate leather armor protection.
Then Wei Ya swung her short sword and began to test her sword.
Fruits and vegetables are easily cut in two sections, and the incision is smooth. For those pieces of wood of different thicknesses, two thick strips can also be cut. After splitting those things with ease, the blade is intact.
Then Wei Ya picked up the original bronze dagger and experimented in the same way. As a result, the effect is not satisfactory, some thick vegetables and fruits will jam the blade, unable to cut two sections, and the cut surface is not smooth. When chopping wooden strips, the effect is even worse, when the short sword is cut on two thick wooden strips, only half of it is cut, and then the bronze short sword is stuck by the owner. When I pulled it out, there was a gap in the blade.
Without contrast, there is no harm. Under the obvious contrast between the two weapons, all the elders exclaimed, marveling at the high quality of the iron tools.
This was not the end of the story, and finally, Viya looked at the hanging sheep carcass.
This simulates the effect of a blade slashing on a flesh.
This time, the bronze short sword that Wei Ya used first was cut out with a sword, leaving a 2 or 3cm deep hole on the carcass of the sheep without armor. Then Wei Ya swung her sword and slashed at the sheep corpse protected by leather, but this time she only cut the leather and left a shallow blood mark on the sheep corpse.
Putting down the bronze shortsword, Viya picked up the iron shortsword made by the dwarf again.
The short sword was swung at the same angle and force, but the wound left on the sheep carcass without leather protection was 5 or 6 cm deep. And the sheep carcass protected by leather, the iron short sword not only broke through the leather, but also left a 3cm deep gap.
Under the obvious contrast between the two, it boiled almost all the way.
Wei Ya calmly tried a variety of attack methods many times. The results all show that the destructive power of the two short swords of different materials is not of the same grade at all. Moreover, the toughness of iron products is higher and it is not easy to be damaged.
The whole process was boiling, and the elders were so excited that some of them couldn't help but go down, personally picking up their short swords and wielding and slashing, trying the difference between the two.
Queen Melissa sat on the supreme throne and looked down with a smile without the slightest hint of restraint.
"Ares, God of War, this iron weapon is terrible!" "Yes, yes, such a thick leather can't be stopped at all!" If it is cut at the enemy, then it will be done!" "If the army is equipped with this kind of weapon, then the combat effectiveness ......"......
The elders gossiped, and Duge sat drowsy on his own as.
The crowd was agitated for a while before it fell silent on Queen Melissa's orders.
Queen Melissa stood up, smiled and said aloud:
"If our army is armed with these iron weapons, then it is conceivable how much the combat effectiveness of our army has increased? The protection of the enemy's leather armor is simply vulnerable. This is another great achievement after the last salt production. Add to that the plantations, the pottery factory, the fishing grounds, and I don't know how to reward him as the queen of the tribe. Now, a few words from our greatest hero. ā
In the quiet hall, everyone's eyes were focused on Du Ge. And the song ......
Lying on the table, drooling on the table, sleeping soundly.
The scene suddenly fell into inexplicable embarrassment. The corners of Queen Melissa's mouth twitched, and she looked at the person next to her. After the subordinate realized this, he hurriedly stepped forward and gently pushed Du Ge, trying to wake him up.
But with such a push, Du Ge moved, and his mouth was slurred in his dream.
āā¦ā¦ Woo...... No, Queen Melissa, you're not in the right position. The buttocks should be raised a little higher, a little higher, right~ drag the waist with both hands, and right~ straighten the legs and spread them to the maximum. Well...... It's so easy to get in......"
Bang!
There was a huge sound, but Wei Ya couldn't bear it, and stepped forward and slapped it on the table where Du Ge climbed. Duge, who was having a strange dream, was suddenly woken up by fright. Flutter sat up.
"Ahhh
"Blow you up!"
Wei Ya couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, and hurriedly gestured to Du Ge with her eyes. Only then did Du Ge notice that everyone in the hall was looking at him.
"How...... What's wrong?"
Melissa coughed twice, then said solemnly, "Duge, now tell me your testimonials." ā
"Oooh oh...... That, I'...... No testimonials......"
Du Ge scratched his head and thought about it for a long time, but in the end he still didn't know what to say. After he said this, everyone in the hall stared at him, but no one said anything.
"That...... Let's talk about how to promote iron products. Although I have now figured out how to make iron, the materials needed to make iron are a big problem. Mining requires manpower, and our fox clan is now in short supply, and the fox clan is weak in physique, and the mining efficiency is extremely low. Recruiting foreigners, I feel that this matter is easy to leak and attract oppression from the big clans. Especially, the Leono. ā
Duge narrowed his eyes when he said the word lion.
Now in front of him, the situation of everyone in the system hall was not listed, carefully monitoring the physical characteristics such as heartbeat pupils, and after finding a few unusual people, the corners of his mouth hooked a smile.
The discovery of the iron refining method was an epoch-making event.
Especially now, the entire orc alliance does not have an iron refining method, and Du Ge is actually taking a big risk by taking out the technology directly.
The fox tribe is not a large clan, and the silver-blood tribe is only a medium-sized tribe.
In today's situation of lion and tiger hegemony, it can easily become the fuse of large-scale conflict. Because once one side gets the iron-making technology, then the current balance will be broken.
Nor is the Silver Blood united internally, so the appearance of iron tools is openly announced in the Council of Elders. There are always some powerful people who will secretly leak the news. And now, through the data detected by the system, Duge has calculated those who are most likely to leak news to the lion clan, that is, the likely 'pro-lion' mice.
There must be dead branches when the tree is big, and all Du Ge has to do is find them and break them.
(To be continued.) )