A sufficient amount of malachite was collected, hammered into pieces, and filled into a cauldron made of elevated pottery.

The crucible is actually a copper furnace, but it looks like an inverted "general's helmet" with an upside down opening, which is dedicated to smelting bronze, which is probably equivalent to the blast furnace of later generations.

Charcoal is piled up at the bottom of the crucible, and this charcoal is not fired, but directly picked up from the piles in the mountains and forests after the fire and can be used directly.

The next step is to light the charcoal, then use the plantain leaves as a fan to fan the wind, heat the crucible and finally melt the stone in the pot, and when enough time and temperature are reached, the crushed stone in the pot will melt into molten copper.

The pre-refined pottery fan, that is, the pottery mold, is prepared, and then the copper liquid in the crucible is carefully poured into the pottery fan, and finally after cooling and solidifying, it is taken out for polishing and processing, so far, a complete set of bronze smelting process is basically completed.

The pottery mold is divided into large and small pieces, for small pieces, it is possible to dig and chisel directly, but for large and complex appliances, it is generally composed of two parts: outer fan and inner fan.

Before making the fan, first of all, you have to make a mold, also known as the first fetus, after the mold is done, you can make the outer fan, the outer fan is more complex is that you can carve the pattern or make some inscriptions, but the production level of Dongyi is not high, at most make a few rough shapes or convex animals. After that, several pieces of the outer fan that are divided into pieces are glued together to become the outer cavity of the utensil, and this step is also called the merging fan.

The inner fan is smaller than the outer fan core, when making utensils, the outer fan is used to wrap the inner fan, and the inner and outer fan itself is left empty, which is used to pour copper liquid, and so on after solidification, dismantle the pottery fan and take out the utensils.

Compared with those oversized and overweight bronze tripods, the bow and arrow pottery fan made by Ji Fa is too simple, only a cube of mud needs to be dug out of a hollow triangular vertebrae and then fired into a pottery fan.

Therefore, with the assistance of the bronze craftsmen, within a few days, Ji Fa quickly made the first bronze arrowhead.

"Ding"!

He swept the bronze arrowhead in his hand, and then threw it into another crucible where he put things, and a satisfied smile appeared on his slightly tired face, and then he gave orders to the other craftsmen around him:

"Well, how about it, master's skills are really good, it's up to you next, let's sharpen the wooden arrow and put it on it."

"No problem, second son!"

……

After having the first template, it was much easier to follow, and it didn't even take Ji Fa to participate anymore, and it didn't take long for the craftsmen to quickly grasp the essentials, and a large number of bows and arrows were made one after another, and if it weren't for the raw material restrictions and the melting of copper liquid, it would have been a bit more difficult to produce in the end.

After inspecting the final production results and roughly calculating the approximate number, Ji Fa finally showed a few satisfied looks on his face.

Now that the first results have been achieved in fully armed, the day of the official dispatch of troops is not far away!

……

Just as Ji Fa was hungry and thirsty, like a wolf and a tiger, three months had passed since the wildfire conference in the blink of an eye.

Three months is not a long time, but it is far from enough time to prepare for a war, and even Ji Fa feels that giving another three months may not really make him feel satisfied.

But there is no way, after entering Dongyi by mistake, I thought about it, this is already the best way I can come up with, and it can even be said that I am lucky to have such an opportunity.

Why?

Even if Dongyi and Chaoge have a feud, but the two armies are not joking, especially when it comes to the life and death of the Dongyi tribe, we must be cautious, and we will definitely not let a whole nation fall into the quagmire of war because of Ji's salivaful speech, and mess around like a child.

The reason why the Dongyi tribe agreed to send troops is actually the situation!

In terms of external conditions, as Ji Fa said, there are not only the empty opportunities created by the civil strife in Asaka, but also the idea of rescuing the people from slavery and horses, plus Ji Fa can provide effective advice on food security.

More importantly, internally, the Dongyi tribe is actually used to fighting, otherwise, how could so many Dongyi people be caught as slaves?

In addition, if there is no war for a long time, the whole tribe will have problems, and the various small tribes are far from the general harmony of the wildfire conventions, and there are often small fights between each other over food, land, women, etc.

However, no one told Ji Fa about these things, whether it was the chief of Mi or the patriarch of Fengyi, they all tacitly concealed this matter at the same time.

So, just after the wildfire conference, according to the custom, the annual fight for food, caves, streams, etc., Ji Fa appeared and said a lot about the necessity and feasibility of waging war against Chaoge, so the major leaders were moved.

rejected Ji Fa indifferently on the surface, and after a fierce meeting and discussion behind the scenes, in the end, as Ji Fa wished, the two hit it off, and there was this situation!

So, in the final analysis, it's just a mutual use, but it's a pity that Ji Fa occasionally noticed it from the expression on the face of the big leader Mi when he heard the news that day, except for being a little depressed, he didn't take it to heart.

Use it, use it, it's always the best of both worlds!

So, Ji Fa calmly accepted the arrangement of the big chief, met the most difficult challenges, and worked tirelessly day and night to solve all kinds of difficulties.

First become Dongyi, and finally complete yourself!

Everything went well, especially after receiving the support of Mi, the largest leader of the Dongyi tribe and the patriarch of the Xuanyi tribe, the Dongyi people burst out with great enthusiasm as if they were watching a wildfire conference.

In addition, coupled with food, weapons, and especially the lofty goal of rescuing the slaves and horses as encouragement, all the tribes of Dongyi were in full swing for three months

It's so adequate!

Well, it's time to start a war!

……

The bamboo tube is full of bamboo, wooden and even bronze arrowhead arrows crossed the back, the right shoulder is also obliquely carried boxwood bow, the waist hangs a bag of dried fish, the hand is carrying a spear machete, the spear is also inserted with pickled animal legs, and the face is painted with colorful camouflage.

The various tribes of Dongyi here are accessible in all directions, the transportation is convenient, and the most important thing is that it is also an important town on the road to Chaoge, so under the call of the leader of Mi, all the tribes of Dongyi have people and no people's food, and the large army gathers collectively like flowing water.