Chapter 372: Plotting to provoke trouble
Pull the bow as a strong, and use the arrow as a long!
He hung up the longbow and asked Chun to select some people with archery talent to practice more, and was responsible for patrolling the surroundings. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The smelting continued, and then a batch of cuprite was melted, this one was cuprous, which was also very fragile, and it was crushed with a hammer and put into the furnace, and limestone was added to it as a solvent.
In the end, the smelt is not bad, although it cannot be compared with pure copper, but there are fewer impurities in it, and it can be used as copper.
Although he also mixed tin in the process, he could not carry out secondary drainage, and the fusion was not as smooth as before, and the color of the smoke was wrong, and it did not turn from yellow to cyan.
Therefore, he could only smelt for the second time, but fortunately, the temperature requirements for the mixed bronze were not so high, so he got a lot of rough embryos.
The found cuprite plus the inventory of the Xiyi people adds up to a lot, and it is roughly estimated that two tons can be smelted, but as the cuprite is consumed, it will be more difficult to follow up the bronzes.
Theoretically speaking, the precipitate obtained by the floating separation method, that is, the matte copper, its copper content is difficult to exceed 70%, the reason why the red copper can be used is because the copper content of the red copper itself has been as high as 88%.
Therefore, if Su Yang wants to get pure copper, that is, red copper, he also needs to carry out the second step of smelting, that is, using the converter method, which has relatively high temperature requirements, 1,100 degrees is the lowest, which needs to add quartz sand as a solvent, and the final copper content can reach 98%.
As for the infinitely close to 100% pure copper, it will not be considered for the time being, and the third step is basically impossible in this primitive period.
In other words, he also needs to find quartz sand and find a way to build a converter, which is not easy.
The good news is that the population of Youxiong is not large, and if you put together all the warriors, there are only eight or nine hundred, and not all of them need to be equipped with bronze.
In the next step, he can smelt malachite, which is easier than chalcopyrite, but it can't be as fast as it is now.
That is, in the early stage, the total number of bronzes he could use was only more than 5,000 catties, and the proportion of tin was about 6,000 catties. Barely scraping together, using less axes and more spearheads, it seems that the fighters can also change their guns.
It is estimated that two hundred axes and fifty hammers can be made again, and the hammer is a hard work, and the replacement is more diligent, which can make up for the lack of quantity, and the back of the axe can also be used as a hammer. Plus 300 arrows and 700 spearheads.
As for the follow-up, the smelting site will be improved step by step, the process will be optimized, and the input of labor will remain the same, and Xiyi Mountain will not be hollowed out.
As the days passed, bronzes were produced every day, but there were relatively few qualified blacksmiths, so progress was slow.
In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed since he came here, and it will be the day of rushing to the ruins soon.
Another big thing, when the time comes for spring planting, only by planting rice can we ensure that we can have no worries about food in winter, and at the same time, it is also about whether we can feed more people next year, which is the top priority at the moment.
He handed over the smelting field to several generals to be in charge of, and mobilized a few elders to come over, and the next step was to smelt chalcopyrite, which itself was not high. In addition, he hasn't finished the converter yet, so after smelting, he will reserve as much matte copper as possible and wait for the next arrangement.
As for the order of the personnel who are equipped with the bronzes, it is up to the Prabhu to negotiate with them, and priority is given to those who perform well. Now is forging weapons, and then it is time to train soldiers, and this area of the mountains is not the end.
Regarding the name of the tribe, he may change it, although the three words Xiong have special meanings, but it doesn't feel domineering enough, not in a hurry, you can think slowly.
"Drive!"
Shaking the reins, he rode the Kui Niu to the White Spear, his convoy was fixed at fifty men, all of them were replaced with bronze weapons, the hexaguplets were three axes and three spears, and he himself hung a short recurve knife from his waist, plus a spear, and the white spear used before was placed, which was more symbolic.
In addition, there are five archers in the team, who are responsible for finding the way, which is equivalent to scouts, and each person is temporarily equipped with ten bronze arrows, which is enough to deal with unexpected situations.
He only took these fifty people away, and the remaining nine hundred people continued to grasp the smelting, which was a primitive period when no one knew when danger would approach.
What's more, they are consuming the resources of Xiyi Mountain, and the remnants of the Xiyi people who escaped are the most important thing is the female half-witch, no, Xiyi seems to have a witch, who learned it in the spring of this year, and it is likely to be a witch, which should not be underestimated.
In this way, Su Yang would first use bronze for forging weapons, and let most of the warriors be stationed in Xiyi Mountain, just to be on the safe side, and then he wanted to find an excuse to start a war with the Xiaohe Alliance.
After taking the Xiaohe Alliance, the territory of the tribe will be bordered by the Youyan clan and the Congo tribe, plus the white spear side borders with Sunset and Dusk Cloud, which is equivalent to forming an encirclement, and the mountains and forests will become a bag in the future.
When the convoy gets their hands on the new weapon, they all love it, and each of them carries a whetstone to polish if they have nothing to do.
But you must know that the iron pestle can be sharpened into a needle, and so on, how can he forget such a thing as a needle, it is really a sin. With copper needles and twine, sewing clothes will go up a notch in the future.
At this time, I have already set off, and I will wait for the next time. Regarding the weapons that are assigned to them, they belong to the property of the tribe and can be damaged, but they cannot be lost. It's like a broken spearhead, and it can continue to be made into weapons after smelting.
The secret of the bronze can't be kept for long, unless he doesn't use it all the time, so when a strong enemy comes, he has to be fully prepared, and there is really not much time left for him.
By the time they arrived at the White Spear, he was leading his clan to dig up and down the ground, learning from last year's experience, and this time they were better prepared, and they were sure to have a good harvest in the fall.
Yesterday, Su Yang sent Feng Bohui to Youxiong's clan to stop it and intercept 500 catties of rice for trading.
Before, he regarded rice as too important and was reluctant to trade, but now that he thinks about it, the rice will not be harvested until autumn, and if he has already won other tribes before this, isn't it equivalent to helping him plant, left hand out and right hand in, no difference.
It is foreseeable that the appearance of rice in the bazaar will inevitably cause a huge turmoil, and he is not afraid to provoke trouble, but is happy to see that if the wind and waves are always calm, where will there be his opportunity.
Ji Li took the lead to meet him, and before he could get closer, Su Yang suddenly threw a spear horizontally, the force was just right, and Ji Li reached out and caught it.
"This is bronze." She looked at the spearhead, psychologically speaking, she had already regarded bronze as stone, it was originally a stone, but it had only been burned by fire.
It's like a clay pot is made of clay, but not all clay is fine, well, that seems to be true. (To be continued.) )