Volume 5 Chapter 30 The Archer of the East
Ji Fa is really out of shape
To be exact, it was half forced and half voluntary, and when he learned that he was actually the first man of the great leader called Mi, a complex emotion arose......
Some proud, some proud, some moved, and some overwhelmed!
And when he had an in-depth exchange with the big leader of Mi, he actually found that the man that the Xuanyi clan had originally found for the big leader was actually related to him, and this emotion became even more complicated than ever!
"I said Mi'er"
In the quiet cave, Ji Fa said sneeringly, this is the big leader who made Ji Fa call him that.
At this time, the big leader was lying in Ji Fa's arms, washing off the black skin with a hint of blush after happiness, and his fresh and smooth chest was faintly sweaty like the morning dew on the leaves after the rain, and there seemed to be a luxurious and ambiguous atmosphere in the air......
"Huh?"
The woman in her arms seemed to have lost the stern aura of the leader, and a lazy snort in her nostrils in response.
"You said that the man you were looking for was really the evil of the Fengyi Clan?"
"yes"
Mi'er raised her head slightly, and looked at him with a smile in her eyes that seemed to be dripping
"Originally, it was my first man, but I didn't expect to be defeated by you and rushed to Chaoge's side"
"Uh......"
"My man is gone, of course you have to pay me one"
“……”
I don't know if I am a guest in the cave, and I am greedy for joy for a few days!
……
When the slightly embarrassed Ji Fa appeared in front of the Xuanyi people again, the attitude of the Xuanyi people became even more enthusiastic, and they gave Ji Fa supreme treatment as if they respected and worshiped the great leader of the entire tribe.
Even the bravest young man in the clan looked at Ji Fa with admiration and adoration!
Walking through the crowded villages, you will hear conversations like the following:
"That's the man who defeated the first master of the original tribe."
"Cut, don't mention that traitor again, it's simply insulting to be called a warrior of my clan"
"That's right, in addition to bravery, the second son is very capable, you see that we finally don't have to worry about starvation now"
"You're so right."
“……”
Ji Fa tried to control his emotions, pretending to be calm, and walked towards the bronze workshop under the leadership of several young guards, which was the most advanced and advanced production area of the entire Dongyi tribe, and the protection was also the most tight, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter it at all.
After arriving at the place, Ji Fa found that this place was still too simple!
The only thing in the huge cave was a mess of ugly pottery, a crucible resembling a steel helmet and hat on top of a platform made of earth and stone, the bottom was black and it seemed to be used to make a fire, and there were some black charcoal slags left at the bottom, and some broken copper vessels were thrown around.
Is this really the Shang Dynasty that once produced Simu Wu Dafang Ding with such exquisite patterns? When Ji Fa saw this scene, he was very suspicious of the real age of that thing, maybe it was a man-made fake later, if the bronze production of the entire Shang Dynasty was at this level, could it really be made?
Fortunately, Ji Fa checked it again in detail, and found that basically the things that need to be used are very similar, although he is not a professional ironworker, but in the case of tools, it is not difficult to make a simple casting.
In the next few days, Ji Fa did not wander around, haunting the bronze workshop all day long, either studying the craft with the master who made the bronzes, or following the people who collected raw materials to pick up the village materials.
In fact, the casting of bronze at this time was far less complicated than that of iron striking in later generations.
First of all, in terms of raw materials, the raw materials used by the people here to make bronze utensils are not bronze smelted by 800 smelters, and of course there is no such technology at all.
In fact, there are two kinds of raw materials used, one is the copper stone that I don't know which lucky guy found in nature, and the local people call this stone red copper stone, because its color is a little reddish and soft.
Red copper is very easy to deal with, and it can be smashed into some kind of utensil after a little firing, but it can't be made into a large piece, because it is too soft, so it is quite good-looking to make a small ornament or something, and it is something that the leaders or nobles like.
There is also a raw material that is also stone, called malachite.
Malachite can still smelt copper, and people have found that the color of the copper smelted in malachite is not the same as that in red copper, and the calcined utensils are countless times harder than red copper.
Ji Fa knew this reason, he once inadvertently understood that it was because the bronze contained tin these elements, the hardness increased, and the melting point became lower, more suitable for casting, bronze is copper tin alloy, because the color is blue, so it is called bronze.
There are many things that can be made in bronze, such as bronze knives, jue, cones, bells, etc. These bronzes, mostly imitated the stone, bone, mussel, pottery of the same period, these are made, their fetal quality is very thin, the casting is relatively rough, but this is already a very high-end thing, ordinary people simply can't afford to use it, only the aristocracy is useful.
As for the bronze patterns on the bronze that Ji Fa asked about, Dongyi doesn't have that level here, it is estimated that it is only available in Chaoge's big workshop, and the production here is still quite rough, and it can't be compared with others.
However, there is one thing that can never be compared to Chaoge, there are a lot of malachites in Dongyili, especially in Xuanyi, and often you will encounter faintly glowing blue stones in the river beach, so it is extremely rich in raw materials.
With this understanding, Ji Fa began to communicate with the workshop and arrange to make the things he needed.
What to make?
That is the bronze arrow, in fact, more precisely, not the whole bronze arrow, but the bronze arrow, and it is not necessary to make the whole bronze arrow at all, not only is it complicated to make, but it is also a great waste.
During the period when the Dongyi tribe was running around, Ji Fa summed up some characteristics of the Dongyi tribes, such as the Fengyi tribe is good at walking, the Xuanyi tribe is good at making, and the Yuyi tribe is good at fighting...... Each of the different tribes has their own side of what they are best at, but if you want to talk about what the entire Dongyi people are best at, it is bows and arrows.
The descendant of the legendary Hou Yi, Hou Yi is a guy who can shoot the sun down, can he not be powerful in archery?
The Dongyi people have been playing with bows and arrows since they were young, and more than 90% of the battles such as hunting and going to the battlefield are completed with bows and arrows
--Archers from the East!