"Boss, how much is this roe deer meat?"

"Sixty copper coins."

"Isn't it, so expensive? The roe deer meat in the stall next door is only thirteen copper coins per catty, and your piece weighs at most three catties. ”

"This piece is the meat on the hind legs of the roe deer, twenty copper coins a catty, all at this price, there is only this piece left, do you want it?"

"It's too expensive, I'll think about it first......"

"Freshly made hoes and copper pickaxes! There are only six today, so hurry up! It's sold out! ”

"Freshly caught fish! Let's take a look, come and see! ”

"Freshly fired clay pots and bowls, don't miss them when you pass by......"

It has only been more than half a month since the launch of the commercial system, and the entire Spiegel tribe has completely changed its appearance.

Walking through the commercial area and walking on the way to the Ordnance Department, Luo Ji's face was full of pride, of course, not everything went smoothly during this period, for example, there were many problems encountered in the forging side.

There is no problem with some household utensils mass-produced by the method of pouring molds, but the forging of ordnance weapons has always been difficult to pass in terms of quality.

By the way, the forging department is now divided into three parts, one part is a mint dedicated to minting copper coins, one part is a forging shop dedicated to building living equipment, and the last part is merged into the ordnance department, which is responsible for forging ordnance equipment.

Although Luo Ji had given all the correct forging knowledge to the craftsmen of the Ordnance Forging Department, the written knowledge was one thing, and the actual operation was another, and in this regard, the craftsmen in the tribe obviously still lacked the experience and skills of forging weapons, so they could only let them try and explore it slowly.

In addition, in the past few months, with the research of forging technology, Luo Ji has also discovered another thing, that is, the handsome copper swords in those film and television works are all nonsense, the sword forged from copper ore in reality is short and wide, far shorter than the long sword in everyone's impression, to be honest, it is more appropriate to say that it is a short sword.

Because of this length problem, it is quite embarrassing to hold in the hand, and it cannot be associated with the word 'handsome' at all, maybe with the improvement of forging technology in the future, this length can be increased, but generally when there is that technology, the existence of the copper sword itself is already meaningless......

And the main reason for this situation is the material, copper, a metal that lacks toughness, if the sword body is forcibly built too long, it will break if it can't withstand a few attacks, so far, Luo Ji's original illusions about this weapon are completely shattered.

Fortunately, in the upcoming Bronze Age, the main weapon of the melee class is not the sword, but melee weapons such as halberds and battle axes are more suitable for the battlefield!

As an important department, Luo Ji can be said to be a frequent visitor here, and every once in a while he will run over and take a turn to see how the production progress of ordnance and weapons is, so the members of the Ordnance Department are already surprised, seeing Luo Ji come in, after a simple bow, they continue to do what they do, which is also what Luo Ji himself requires, can't he come over every time, and the people of the whole department will line up to welcome him, right? How much does this affect work efficiency?

"Patriarch, you're here." Liu Shu, who is now the head of the Ordnance Department, of course knows the purpose of Luo Ji's trip, so he hurriedly took a battle axe that had just been polished and presented it to Luo Ji, "This is a new product that has just been completed by the Forging Department." ”

"Hmm." Luo Ji replied casually, and then lifted the tomahawk up, the grip part was still wooden, which was the final result after considering a lot of problems such as forging difficulty, cost, efficiency, and weight.

Weighing the weight of the battle axe, the weight is moderate, and it will not be difficult for ordinary soldiers to wield it, for this, Luo Ji nodded secretly, and then asked, "Is this battle axe sharp?" ”

"Just polished." instantly understood what Luo Ji meant, only to see Liu Shu beckoning, and hurriedly asked someone to find a trunk for testing weapons.

Without leaving any strength, Luo Ji directly cut down with an axe, and with a muffled sound of 'bang', the trunk in front of him that was as thick as the mouth of a bowl suddenly split in two.

"Not bad!" Looking at the fracture of the trunk, although it was not smooth, the forging and research of the copper weapon had just begun, and it could not be too demanding all at once, for now, this power was enough, and then glanced at the axe blade that was not obviously damaged, Luo Ji opened his mouth again and asked, "How about the quality?" How many slashes can this blade withstand? Have you ever experimented? ”

"Yesterday, I asked the logging team to help and did an experiment of cutting down trees, and at the end of the day, there was no obvious damage to the axe blade."

Hearing this, a trace of obvious satisfaction flashed in Luo Ji's eyes, "It's done well, just take this quality as the standard, and equip everyone in the shield axe unit first, as for Luo Yong's one, I'll go back and draw a design for you, and you will do it according to the design drawing, besides that, how is the long halberd forged?" ”

"The halberd is a little troublesome......" Speaking of this, Liu Shu showed a wry smile on his face.

Faced with this situation, Luo Ji was not surprised at all, and asked calmly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Patriarch, in the design of the halberd you gave us before, the horizontal blade named 'Ge' has relatively high requirements for forging, and the shape is relatively small, so far, it often breaks halfway through forging."

In this regard, Luo Ji just nodded, saying that he knew, and he didn't mean to blame, after all, this is a matter of material in the final analysis, if it is replaced with bronze, the toughness of the material can be stronger, but they don't have bronze now, only brass......

Regarding the issue of bronze, Luo Ji had carefully understood it when he was studying bronze casting in the real world before, and then he found that 'bronze' is not a single ore, but an alloy!

You have to refine the copper ore into pure copper, and then mix it with tin or lead, and then the alloy is called bronze!

This is very helpless, can he still conjure tin or lead out of thin air? Not really! It was only up to the mining team and the reconnaissance team to refuel well, and until then......

"Don't be in a hurry, study slowly, if the current forging technology can't reach that size, it's okay to take a step back and play a little wider......

Celebrate the book friend '......' becoming the first Dharma protector in this book! At the same time, thank you to the book friends 'Divine Purple Dragon Emperor' and 'Boy Don't Burst Garbage' for the monthly passes!

(End of chapter)