It can withstand more than 30 slashes of the iron black gold knife, which is enough to show that the newly invented composite bronze sword has been able to meet the equipment requirements, and the next step is to start mass production, including composite bronze spears, mountain knives and axes. Even the arrowheads had to be made in a composite way to increase the power of the bronze arrows.

To this end, Ding Qi convened a joint meeting of the pottery group and the casting group overnight, asking everyone to cooperate with each other to make 100 sets of various molds in advance, and then use these molds to produce composite bronze weapons. If there is a problem that cannot be solved, then give him feedback.

Ding Qi's requirements are to ask people to give people, and materials to materials, to ensure the scale and speed of the production of tribal bronze weapons, and also to ensure the quality of composite bronze weapons.

After several days of research, meetings, and production, Ding Qi felt that he was almost at the limit, not to mention the red deer. At the sound of an order, all go back to sleep, do not sleep for a day and a night, and do not get up. Although everyone felt that they had endless energy, but under Ding Qi's order, they could only accept the order with a wry smile and go back to sleep.

When Ding Qi woke up, it was already the evening of the next day. There were just some cheers from the far side of the square, and people shouted and neighed, so it was not lively. Ding Qi came to the courtyard and cleaned himself up, then opened the courtyard door and walked out.

Unexpectedly, the female slave Bai Mao in the Stag Elder's House was guarding the door, which made Ding Qi a little puzzled.

"Good Boss!"

Bai Mao leaned over and saluted.

"Why are you here? I remember you helping out with the Great Elders. ”

Ding Qi asked the doubts in his heart.

"Turning around, it was Madame who asked me from the Great Elder, and she said that there are not enough people here at present, and she wants a familiar slave, so she transferred me over."

Hearing the word Mrs. from Bai Mao's mouth, Ding Qi's old face turned red.

It seems that the matter of living and living with the deer is still spreading, and everyone seems to treat the deer as Ding Qi's wife. There is a rule in the Great Wilderness, that is, the women of the leader are called Mrs., which is similar to the saying in later generations.

For this matter, Ding Qi can only passively accept it, he can't eat people and not give others an explanation in the end, right? Besides, I also like the girl deer. Therefore, Ding Qi no longer bothered with this title.

As for the deer asking for someone from her father, it was also a matter of course, and it was good to have someone to help clean the yard, laundry and cook.

It's just that the tribe has a rule that the members of the medical witch group and the elder group below the leader are only allowed to have a slave to take care of their daily life, and they are not allowed to bully others. The leader is only allowed to have two slaves, but the girl is smart and says that she is a witch, and she can also have one more slave. However, her idea was rejected by Ding Qi, no more than two slaves, which is Ding Qi's bottom line.

"Oh, what's going on up front? Sounds hilarious. ”

Ding Qi replied noncommittally, and immediately asked about the situation in front of him.

"Turning around, that's the deputy leader Ben who led the exchange team back. They brought back a lot of supplies, and they were all transported to the second warehouse on the west side of the Dragon Hall for storage. They should be welcomed and congratulated by the tribe! ”

Ding Qi nodded, and then raised his feet and went to the square to see the people who had returned with the goods.

In the square, the stag elder was holding the deer's shoulders and saying something, and the cheers of the people around him were more than waves. This is a routine ceremony for the exchange team to come back, mainly to show their concern and love for the exchange team who ventured out to exchange.

In the absence of transportation, it is dangerous and tiring to exchange in the dangerous wilderness, and the things exchanged are what the tribe needs, so everyone is always concerned about the personnel of the exchange team. When they return, they will all be present at the welcoming ceremony.

Ding Qi waved his hand at Ben, who happened to be looking at him, outside the crowd, motioning for him to follow, and then turned to face east

Walk outside the door.

After exchanging words with the people around him, Ben immediately rushed in the direction of Ding Qi.

"Chief, I'm back!"

Ben Sanliang came down to Ding Qi's side, first saluted, and then walked back together, reporting to Ding Qi as he went.

"Chief, it's a bumper harvest this time!"

Ding Qi turned his head slightly, smiled and asked:

"Look at you, it's hard work!"

"No hard work, no hard work! Chief, on this trip to Kamura, we exchanged all our belongings. In addition to the regular animal skins, dry goods, and plant tubers, we got more than 800 slaves, of which female slaves accounted for more than half, which was regarded as receiving all the slaves stored by various tribes, which was also the most important exchange at this exchange meeting. In addition to this, we also got a large bag of animal skin rice seeds, which had been exchanged from the Serpent tribe for two bronze axes. ”

Ben rubbed his hands excitedly, his cheeks flushed, swallowed and spitted and continued:

"There are also more than half a bag of millet seeds, at the cost of an axe, a bronze shovel, and a saw; Two large bags of peppercorns cost three axes and a saw. Now all the tribes know the role of these seeds, and they also know that our Ding tribe needs these seeds, so they all collect them together for exchange. It's just that some of the seeds in it look green, and they are not particularly ripe, which is a pity! ”

Seeing that Ben was a little regretful, Ding Qi patted him on the shoulder and comforted:

"Don't worry so much, as long as we have these gains, it's better than nothing, right? Maybe some better seeds will be harvested at the exchange meeting before the heavy snowfall. Go on and say, that's certainly not the whole takeaway of this exchange, and it won't make you happy. ”

seemed to have guessed Ben's thoughts, which made Ben a little embarrassed.

"It's still the leader who understands me. This is only part of the harvest, or rather, it is not the most valuable. The Blackwater Tribe brought over a stone the size of a human head, red, similar to the red stone you told us to look for before. ”

Ding Qi, who was walking, stopped suddenly, looked at Ben and asked eagerly:

"Is it the kind of red stone I mentioned earlier? Where is it now, take me to see it! ”

Ben had a look on his face that he knew you would be like this, and immediately led Ding Qi towards the second warehouse. Ding Qi, who was going to go to see the growth of the crops outside the east gate, immediately turned around and went back.

"Chief, when I saw this stone, I asked the people of the Blackwater tribe where they got this stone, but they didn't say anything. In particular, the deputy leader of their tribe, Heishui, although his temperament was more restrained than before, it could be heard from his words that this was not something obtained from their tribe, otherwise they would have exchanged it a long time ago. ”

Ding Qi nodded in agreement with Ben and motioned for him to continue.

"Since the value is unknown, I only used the stone to exchange it for an axe and a saw, and they were also very satisfied, saying that they would exchange it for the same kind of stone in the future. In addition to this stone, I got another stone from the Houtu tribe, a beautiful blue stone, very similar to the azurite ore in Copper Village, I guess it is azurite ore. It's just that they didn't have a few of these stones in their hands, and I replaced them with an axe. However, the leader of the thick earth seems to be different from before, he rarely speaks, but there seems to be a cruelty hidden in his eyes."

Ding Qi understood that these primitive tribes were not professional miners, and it was not easy to get a piece or two of colored ore. So, they don't have a lot in their hands to understand.

The two soon came to the second warehouse, exactly the same as the first warehouse, surrounded by two warriors, the grass and the stone were managed separately, and each had two slaves to help.

When the grass opened the heavy wooden door, it was greeted by piles of materials, animal skins, salt, and mountains of kudzu fibers.

Tinch went first

I looked at the two kinds of stones.

The blue stone does not need to be seen, the azurite is undoubted. His eyes were fixed on the red stone, reddish-brown to be exact. The stone is dull in lustre, cascading, flattened with some granular protrusions, like dense nail heads.

Ding Qi touched it, this unknown stone was quite heavy, and it was still very hard, with a metallic and non-metallic luster on it. At this point, Tinki's little heart began to flutter and beat uncontrollably.

"That's right! Ben, you've done a great job! This is the kind of stone I told you about before, hematite! Finally there is news about it! Find a way to contact the Blackwater Tribe and obtain the location of this hematite mining area at all costs! ”

Ding Qi waved his hand, and said that he was cutting gold and iron, and a kind of domineering spirit was born in an instant. It was an imperative attitude, letting Ben know that the leader was serious this time.

"Rest assured, Chief. Not long after, it will be the hunting day held by the five major tribes, and the Blackwater tribe specially invites our Ding tribe to participate. When the time comes, you can discuss with the Blackwater tribe to see how you can get the news of hematite. ”

Ding Qi was a little puzzled.

He had heard the leader of the Abyss from the Blackwater tribe talk about the Hunting Day event before, and he didn't pay attention to it at the time, he just thought it was a competition event. But looking at the importance of the Blackwater tribe, it seems that there is something different about the hunting day activities.

"Hunting day? Isn't it just hunting? What's there to compete with? As soon as the Ding tribe made a move, wouldn't it be the first, wouldn't that be very boring and bully! ”

When Ben heard what Ding Qi said, he immediately snickered.

"Haha! Boss, how can it be so simple? These five tribes are the five strongest tribes among the surrounding tribes, and they have been carrying down hunting day activities for thousands of years, and only tribes that have reached the strength of the five tribes can participate. When a medium-sized tribe reaches the standard of a large tribe, the five tribes will evaluate the tribe, and when they think that their strength is great, they will send an invitation to them to participate in this hunting day event, which is a manifestation of strength, and each tribe is proud to be invited by the five tribes! ”

Ben went into detail, but also gave Ding Qi a general understanding of the activities of the hunting day. Yila Ding Qi sat directly on the threshold, took out the water bag and took a sip of water, and then continued:

"First of all, there is a limit to the number of tribes participating in the Hunting Day event, and no more than thirty people are allowed in each tribe except for the leader, so each tribe chooses the best warriors of its own tribe to participate in this event.

Second, the tribe participating in the hunting day must provide at least ten prey as food for all participants in the event, and if the food is insufficient, the party with less food will go out to hunt and provide enough food. Otherwise, if you can't make it to the game, you will be forfeit. Therefore, the tribe that participates in the hunting day for the first time will find a way to hunt some large deer for food. ”

At this point, Ben didn't say anything more, but was organizing the language, preparing how to say it next.

"But, Chief, I suggest we don't participate in this hunting day."

Ding Qi was a little puzzled, he was still very excited to see Ben just now, and hoped to join this hunting day event, so that the prestige of the entire Ding tribe would be higher. Why did Keben refuse?

Ben coughed, hesitated for a moment and continued:

"In fact, there is a strange thing, that is, the tribes that have participated in the hunting day activities, after returning, the strength of the tribe will have a significant decline, whether it is population or food, and even some tribes will disappear after a winter. Therefore, in recent years, some tribes that are about to meet the requirements of the big tribe will also hide the news and develop on their own. However, after the winter, these tribes may be exterminated by the beasts because they do not have enough food to store, or because they have provoked the beasts of the snow. ”

"So, I'm worried that going to the Hunting Day event will bring ruin to the tribe!"