"Why?"

Hearing Lin Luo's words, Feng immediately shouted and asked.

"Since the bronze knife hasn't been fully forged, if you're willing to ask for a weapon that hasn't been cast, you can take it now. ”

As he spoke, Lin Luo handed the bronze knife to Feng.

"Then you can continue to cast!"

Hearing this, Feng shook his head decisively and said, "I'm not in a hurry, just cast it before going to the dense forest to hunt." ”

A half-finished weapon, Feng naturally wouldn't want it.

"This bronze weapon is indeed no worse than the beast bone weapon!"

At this time, the fox chief had already walked over, looked at the bronze knife in Lin Luo's hand and sighed.

Although Feng's bone knife was broken, the main reason was due to the severe damage, not the strength of the bronze knife.

But the Fox Chief was already very satisfied with the bronze weapon.

Because, in the exchange of blows just now, there were no obvious traces left on the bronze knife.

This is enough to prove that the bronze weapon is completely comparable to the beast bone weapon of the fierce beast.

Just keep mining ore to smelt bronze and forge weapons.

It is believed that in the near future, not only totem warriors, but also ordinary warriors will be able to use powerful bronze weapons.

"That's right. ”

The Bamboo Chief was similarly smiling, nodding his head and looking at the bronze knife in agreement.

Although he had already seen the bronze spear of the Hideous Tribe, it was not forged by himself after all, and the mood he felt when he saw the bronze knife at this moment was naturally completely different.

"Lin Luo, how long will it take for a bronze weapon to be cast now?"

Immediately, Chief Bamboo immediately spoke up again and asked Lin Luo the most important question.

Hearing Chief Bamboo's inquiry, the Fox Chief on the side, as well as the warriors who were watching around, all focused their eyes on Lin Luo's body.

As for yield, that's their biggest concern right now.

Feeling the gaze of everyone, Lin Luo said loudly: "The remaining metal can still cast two more bronze knives.

After that, it will take about seven days to be able to cast a handful. ”

In fact, it doesn't take too long to cast a bronze weapon itself, even if you cast a dozen in a day, there is no problem at all.

The key problem is that copper and tin, which are the raw materials for smelting bronze, are simply not available.

In this primitive world, there is no modern mechanical mining equipment, and it is not a simple matter to mine ore, and a large number of young and strong laborers must be invested.

Although the population of the tribal alliance now reaches more than 1,500 people, because of the tribal wars caused by the Tiger tribe before, the proportion of young adults in the population is very low.

In addition, their smelting process is very primitive, and the amount of metal produced when smelting ore is very small.

So, in the end, there is a situation where supply exceeds demand.

"It takes seven days to forge a handful?"

Hearing Lin Luo's words, the fox chief couldn't help frowning slightly.

Although this is several times faster than the nearly two months it took for a craftsman to polish a Beast Bone Weapon of a Hybrid Beast.

However, the manpower invested in the two cannot be compared.

Because, it only takes one craftsman to polish bone weapons, but when casting bronze weapons, from mining, smelting, to casting, the two clans together put in more than 100 people.

Therefore, in terms of manpower, casting bronze is more than a hundred times higher than polishing bone tools!

"Think it's too little?"

Looking at the fox chief who frowned slightly, Lin Luo asked out loud.

"Hmm. ”

The fox chief nodded without denial.

With hundreds of young and strong laborers, they can only forge a maximum of four bronze weapons in a month, and their fox clan can only get two.

In his opinion, this is indeed a little too little.

"It's not a little less. ”

Lin Luo said: "Moreover, the bronze weapon can be recycled and reused after it is damaged, and there will hardly be too much loss." ”

"Recycle?"

The fox chieftain's face showed puzzlement, not understanding what this meant.

"That is, after the bronze weapon is damaged, it can be put into the furnace and then recast into a new weapon to continue to use. ”

The Bamboo Chief on the side immediately opened his mouth to explain to the Fox Chief.

As for recycling, Chief Bamboo had heard Lin Luo talk about it before.

"Really?"

Hearing this, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on the fox chief's face.

Fox Witch didn't tell him in detail about this.

If the bronze weapon could really be recast after it was damaged, then such an output would be completely acceptable to him.

After all, it is not uncommon for weapons to be damaged during hunting, especially when hunting powerful beasts in the dense forest, even if the beast's bone weapons are often damaged under the fangs and claws of the beasts.

"Of course it's true. ”

Lin Luo smiled and nodded.

After that, with the end of the knife test, the onlookers dispersed, and the two chiefs also left after saying a word to Lin Luo.

"The next two weapons will be forged according to the current proportions. ”

After everyone dispersed, Lin Luo turned his head and said to the warrior in charge of smelting bronze.

In fact, the bronze that has been smelted now is not the best.

If some lead is added to the bronze with a high tin ratio before, the weakness of the brittle bronze can be completely overcome, not only the hardness is higher, but also the fracture is not easy to occur.

It's a pity that he didn't find lead ore this time, so Lin Luo could only reluctantly change his previous idea of smelting bronze with three metals to only use tin and copper.

Wait until when you find lead ore and add lead to smelt better bronze.

"Yes. ”

The warrior nodded in response.

Now, this warrior has been trained by Lin Luo as a technician, and has been in charge of the smelting of bronze under Lin Luo's command.

After explaining the matter of casting the bronze weapon, Lin Luo took the bronze knife and handed it over to a craftsman for subsequent processing.

The freshly smelted bronze weapon can only be regarded as a rough embryo, and many places have to be polished and trimmed.

In particular, the edge of the knife should be sharpened to make it sharper.

In addition, Lin Luo sent someone to find a black stone that could be ground into dye half a month ago.

When the bronze knife is polished and trimmed, it will be painted black with those dyes.

Because, the original gold color of bronze is too eye-catching, and it is easy to attract the attention of others.

Although the small tribes in this area are very unfamiliar with the Hideous Tribe, it is impossible for the Giant Turtle Tribe, which is also a top tribe, not to have dealt with the Monster Tribe.

If the Giant Turtle Tribe knew that the Tribal Alliance knew how to smelt bronze, then no matter how peace-loving they were, it would be difficult for them to resist the great temptation of bronze weapons.

Therefore, in order not to cause trouble to the tribal alliance, it is absolutely necessary to paint and camouflage bronze weapons.

"Boom!"

And just as Lin Luo handed over the bronze knife to the craftsman to polish and was about to return to his residence, a rumbling thunder suddenly sounded from the sky.

"Is this rain finally coming?"

Looking up at the gloomy sky, Lin Luo muttered to himself.

During this time, the hot weather was already cooling down, and the sky was overcast for several days.

Now, the rain that has been gathering for a long time is finally about to fall.

At the same time, it also indicates that another year's dry season has arrived!