Chapter 39: Malachite

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"One ......," Liu Zhibang shouted.

"One ......"

Hundreds of people raised their left feet, and some people raised their right feet to shout one, the scene was a little chaotic, and some giggles came out, but after seeing Liu Zhibang's stern eyes, they immediately stopped laughing.

"Second ......" Liu Zhibang shouted again.

"Two ......"

This time it was obviously neater, and no one dared to laugh, there were many clansmen watching on the sidelines, but seeing Liu Zhibang's angry face, hundreds of people neatly raised their feet to report the number, and a solemn atmosphere made them dare not make a sound.

"One...... Two...... One...... 2. ......"

Liu Zhibang repeated these two numbers over and over again, hundreds of people also kept repeating, Liu Zhibang reported faster and faster, and the footsteps of hundreds of people in the Phoenix Army also stepped faster and faster, and the more they went to the back, the more neat the footsteps and the number of reports, until the sun rose overhead, Liu Zhibang let everyone disband.

"I'm exhausted...... More tiring than hunting......"

"Then you won't be here tomorrow?"

"Come on...... Why don't you come, now everything in the clan is distributed by the patriarch, and being a soldier is twice as much as not being a soldier, and it's nothing to be tired, don't you want to come? ”

"Of course I'm coming, I heard Amu say that being a soldier not only distributes more things than others in peacetime, but if you make war merits, you will receive more rewards, maybe more than the distribution of ten people......"

"Wow, that's so much, isn't that getting rich...... No, I'm going to come early tomorrow, the patriarch said that the unqualified ones will be eliminated, and if they are eliminated, there will be fewer points......"

After the disbandment, the excitement of the people has not passed, and they are all discussing the good life in the future.

After a brief lunch, Liu Zhibang and Aya came to a room where the weapons were stacked, Liu Zhibang walked around the room, picked up a bronze sword, and asked Aya, "Are all the weapons of the whole clan here?" ”

Aya nodded and replied, "Yes, all the weapons are here, is there any problem?" ”

Liu Zhibang was not very embarrassed to hold a bronze sword with a length of just over a foot, this sword could only be regarded as a dagger, and the length was too short, but he knew that this was because of the materials and smelting technology, and it was already the limit to be able to make such a long sword, and other bronze weapons were even shorter in length. He has the most advanced technology of the "Noah's Ark System", but at present, he can only start from scratch, and it is not easy to achieve it quickly.

"Are these weapons all made by the clan themselves?" Liu Zhibang asked again.

Aya shook her head and said, "These are all what we exchanged with the Xia Yuan City Lord with animal skins and stones, and we won't make them ourselves...... Abang, will you make it? Aya's eyes were full of expectation, Liu Zhibang could always say something she hadn't heard of, and Aya's curiosity about him was getting heavier and heavier.

Liu Zhibang thought for a while and said, "To build a cold weapon, you must find the ore, then mine it, then smelt it, and finally cast it...... Xia Yuancheng was able to create a cold weapon, so he must have mastered a full set of craftsmanship and ore...... You just said that you exchanged stones with them, what kind of stones? Show me ......."

"Come with me, I'll take you to the stone storehouse."

Liu Zhibang followed Aya to the door of a big house at the back of the village, where two young men stood at the door, each holding a bronze spear in their hands, and when they saw Aya coming, they bowed slightly, and one of the young men said, "Miss Aya, why are you here, and ...... New Patriarch ......"

Aya said to the two, "I'll take the patriarch to see the green stone, open the door!" ”

The two young men looked at Liu Zhibang and then at Aya, hesitated slightly, but still said, "Yes, obey ...... order."

Liu Zhibang didn't pay attention to the neglect of these two young men, these two young men were obviously loyal to Aya's family, otherwise they wouldn't treat him like this.

After opening the door, Liu Zhibang walked in with Aya. The room has no windows, only light from the door, the room is about ten square meters large, and there are green stones piled up one person high, Liu Zhibang took out a piece and took it to the door to take a closer look. This palm-sized green stone has a green sheen throughout, and the texture of its section is similar to that of a peacock's feathers, which is very gorgeous.

Liu Zhibang looked at it and said, "What kind of stone is this?" Let me think about it, green, the more common in the primary ore is copper ore, this kind of stone has the texture of peacock feathers, it should be malachite, yes, this is the main raw material of bronze. ”

"Abang, do you recognize what kind of stone this is?" Aya was curious about the purpose of the stone.

Liu Zhibang looked at the stone again and said, "If I am not mistaken, this stone is malachite, one of the raw materials of bronze, and the bronze swords you use are all made from this thing." ”

Aya opened a pair of beautiful eyes and said in surprise: "Really? Our people don't recognize this kind of stone, when the tax collector came to the tribe, he saw a child playing with this kind of stone, and said that he could use this kind of stone to deduct taxes, and a basket of stones could be worth a deer skin, and then the tribe would pick up these stones and come back. I didn't expect that the weapon we used was made of this stone, it's amazing! ”

Liu Zhibang asked, "Where did you find these stones?" ”

Aya replied: "In a big ditch in the back mountain, what's wrong?" ”

"Take me to see it!" Liu Zhibang said with some emotion.

Aya was taken aback by Liu Zhibang's appearance and asked, "Do you want to go now?" ”

"Well, take me there!" Liu Zhibang looked a little impatient.

Aya took Liu Zhibang through the jungle, walked for nearly two hours, and arrived at a canyon, the canyon was about 300 meters wide, with steep stone walls on both sides, and a small stream at the bottom of the valley, covered with large and small pebbles. Liu Zhibang saw that there were many vegetation covering the rock mass on the cliffs on both sides, so he carefully searched the riverbed.

After a while, Liu Zhibang found several stones, one of which was malachite, and a few stones of different colors, he put the found stones in Aya's hand, and buried his head in the riverbed to find them.

Looking at the few stones in her hand, Aya muttered, "I don't care about others at all, but they are girls, and they treat others as servants...... Hum...... No conscience......"

"Aya, come on......" Liu Zhibang shouted in the distance.

"It's coming......" Aya pouted and walked over.

Liu Zhibang held a stone high and shouted excitedly: "Aya, look, what is this? ”

"Wood!" Aya replied angrily.

Liu Zhibang was immersed in his joy, looked at the stone and said: "This is not wood, this is dog's head gold, so heavy, I'm afraid there are twenty catties, if this stone is placed in my hometown, but I can buy a big house, it's really a good baby......"

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