Volume 2: The Loose World Chapter 219: (Retest) Around the Continent
After the palm thunder is ignited, it will explode in two breaths, and the bronze fragments will fly, and the marble around the three zhang will have obvious scratches, and it will be directly poured within one zhang, and the stone at a distance of five zhang will also be splashed.
If it explodes in the middle of the army, ordinary warriors, who are not dead, will be hit hard, and they can use the slings to throw them from a distance, but the burning speed is too fast, and they are afraid that they will explode in their hands before they can throw their hands.
After rearranging the stone formation, the wood fire continued to test, and used up all the thirty palm mines, and obtained accurate data: the strong damage was one zhang, the center damage was three zhang, and the wave damage was five zhang, and the burning was too fast.
After the overlord thunder was ignited, the outbreak time was three breaths, the bronze fragments exploded, and the surrounding marbles were broken into several pieces within one zhang, poured within three zhang, filled with fragments within five zhang, and scratched within ten zhang.
This kind of power, even if it is an alien warrior, if it is bombarded head-on, it will definitely be seriously injured, and those with weak physiques are afraid that they will die if they are treated, but throwing is a problem, and if they don't get it right, they will hurt themselves.
The catapult is too light, the slings are too heavy, and the fifteen overlord thunders are used up, and the conclusion is obtained: the center of gravity damage is one zhang, the strong damage is three zhang, the center damage is five zhang, and the wave damage is ten zhang, and the throwing is improved.
After the thunder was ignited, the six breaths exploded in time, only a loud boom was heard, like a thunder roar, bronze fragments were splashed all over the sky, and the surrounding five zhang boulders were blown into pieces, and the three zhang were shattered into gravel.
Even if it is the Prince of Bones, a late-stage warrior who is so good at defense, if he is blown away by a thunderbolt in the front, he will be hit hard in an instant, but unfortunately the burning speed is too slow, and it will take some time for the catapult to be thrown.
With the speed of the later warriors, as long as they sensed that something was wrong, they had time to dodge, and if they got too close, the head of the wood fire buzzed for a long time before it eased up, and the stone henge was arranged again, expanding the range of marble.
Unleashed the remaining thunderbolts, recorded the data of the test, destroying the damage of three zhang, the center of gravity damage of five zhang, the powerful damage of ten zhang, the center of the damage of twenty zhang, the splash damage of fifty zhang, the burning speed is too slow.
Returning to Shishan, Muhuo summed up his experience, made adjustments, and changed the lead of the palm thunder from flammable silk thread to weaker twine, without soaking in alcohol, and the release time was extended to four breaths.
But in this way, the speed was too slow, and he soaked the lead in alcohol, and the time was shortened to three breaths, which was almost appropriate, and the lead of the thunder continued to soak in tung oil, and the time was reduced to five breaths.
As for the throwing of the overlord thunder, he also tried and invented the catapult trebuchet, which is much more delicate than the catapult, but the power is relatively small, and the ten-pound overlord thunder can throw three hundred zhang, which can not be heavier.
The invention and application of gunpowder will surely raise the power of the tribe to a new height, not only for the battlefield, but also for mining and construction.
In the past, those minerals that were buried under the rock layers and difficult to mine could also be exploited, but in the same way as iron ore, there was a royal department, and such a sharp weapon could not be used on a large scale on the mainland.
Even the production is to try to mine the ore, transport it to the island, and then mix and make it, and even the Ministry of Maritime Weather is kept in the dark, not because of distrust, but because of fear, fear that they are afraid.
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In 216, the fleet set sail, a fleet of 3,000 people, carrying a large amount of cargo, began a long journey, this time the target of the expedition was the entire continent, and they wanted to explore the coast of the entire continent.
The gradual popularization of iron tools brought about the most significant changes, that is, the tribal warships, weapons, bronze, and weight advantages, in the ships, the only remaining advantages, also became gone.
It is precisely the bronze that is too cumbersome, and the bronze battleship and the black iron battleship cannot be compared in terms of carrying capacity, defense, stability, solidity, and wear resistance, and the tribal ships have been comprehensively renewed.
There are large building boats for resting, heavy boats for transporting supplies, very aggressive speedboats, red horse boats that are as fast as horses, and heavy rowing boats with extremely high defensive capabilities.
The ship is equipped with an open-hole rudder and a giant anchor, the spiral oar and the hard sail are used alternately, the building ship can carry 2,000 people, the boat can transport a million catties, the ship is all over the black iron vertebrae, the horse boat travels 200 miles a day, and the female wall of the fighting ship is indestructible.
Six people with 3,000 soldiers embarked on a long trip to the coast on three building boats, five boats, five ships, five fighting boats, and ten horse boats.
The territory to which the Wind King belonged was distributed along the coast, from east to west, from north to south, in order there were jungles, coasts, glaciers, stone forests, volcanoes, and loess, and in these places, the fleet stayed for two years.
Three times back and forth, the ice water of the glacier was transported to the volcano with gourds, and the materials were traded with the Ministry of Inflammation, and there were three main materials, one was sulfur, and the royal department, loess and jungle all needed to repel insects.
One is flint, which is a unique mineral of volcanoes, which is transparent and fiery red, warm and moist like jade, and will exude warm heat, which is really warm, neither hot nor cold, and will not hurt the skin.
With the eruption of the volcano, the flint comes to the ground from the magma, and the heat can last for ten years, and the weather department of the northern continent and the ice department on the glacier are very fond of it, especially for infants and young children, to maintain body temperature.
Regarding the existence of flint, the two have long been known, and there are also a small number of transactions, after all, they are far apart, it is inconvenient to travel, and the flint in the volcanic reserves is rich in reserves, but the price is high and difficult to find in the two parts, and the quantity is very scarce.
The other is the skin of the fire rat, the leather of the fire rat is very special, it is a peculiar converter, which converts high temperature into low temperature, low temperature into high temperature, and the outside is hot, but the inside is cool.
It can be used to make fireproof clothing, which is better than asbestos, and it is relatively strong, and it can also be used in the sea and ice parts to absorb cold and convert it into heat to protect weak children.
In volcanic areas, the number of fire rats is quite abundant, and the fly in the ointment is that they like to live in active volcanoes, especially hot craters, and it is difficult for the heat department to resist, so they can only hunt and kill lone ones on the mountainside.
Because of the sale of the Yan Hou Ministry, Mu Huo received a large amount of sulfur flint and fire rat leather at a very low price, but the Hou Department refused to let go, and could only buy it at a high price, which was also a high-end luxury.
The stone weather department of the stone forest is full of brute strength, and there is often a shortage of food, while the soil weather department of the loess, after years of development, the granary has begun to take shape, and there is a large surplus of food every year, but the manpower is a little insufficient.
As a result, the Wood Weather Department acted as a contractor foreman, transporting 2,000 strong adult stone men to the loess to exchange their strength for food, and as the farmland gradually expanded, the pressure on the soil and weather department's manpower increased dramatically.
Hearing about the proposal of the wood fire, he was naturally happy, and the strength of the stone man was very great, and he directly kicked the ox away, and he carried the bronze plough and ploughed dozens of acres of land, which greatly relieved the pressure on the soil and weather department.
Regardless of farming, building, and paving, the stone man is the number one, and the soil and weather department has sufficient labor, which is much easier, and the stone man has food and shelter, and a lot of food as a reward, and both sides are happy.
The fields of the Ministry of Soil and Weather have been developed to 30,000 acres, most of which are grain crops, with three harvests per year, a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, an annual output of 90 million grains, and a normal population of 60,000, and the harvest is unusually expensive.
At least tens of thousands of people are invested every year, and after 5,000 soldiers are requisitioned, even half-grown children have to work with them, and the poor are also bitter, and the rich are also bitter.
And from the arrival of the stone man, the situation improved in an instant, the stone man has a large amount of food, but the strength is also great, 2,000 people, can contract 30,000 acres of work, worth tens of thousands of people, and there is also the effort to open up new land.
Even, Tuhou is making up his mind whether to sign a new contract and let more stone people help, but it is unrealistic, there are so many stone people, two thousand are recruited, two thousand are working, and the rest are three thousand.
The headquarters also has to guard, and there are things to do, where can there be more manpower, besides, the Wind King Department will not agree, the Shihou Department is their general, if they all go to the field to farm, who will fight for them?
The Ministry of Meteorology buys combustible ice and sells flint skins, the Ice Department buys ice water, sells flint skins, the Ministry of Inflammation buys flint skins and sulfur, sells water, and the Ministry of Soil Weather buys grain, and sells farm tools and sulfur.
The Wind King Department buys agricultural tools and sells grain and sulfur, while the Wood Hou Department transfers back to the ministries, transporting materials and trade, making profits from them, and has a lot of oil and water, and its influence on the ministries has become more and more invisibly.
At the same time, the coal of the Wood Weather Department is also sold to the Ice Weather Department, the gourd is sold to the Flame Weather Department, the seeds are sold to the Earth Weather Department, the grain is sold to the Wind King Department, and the crops of the Earth Weather Department are all high-grade seeds.
They also tried to harvest and sow seeds by themselves, but they lacked spiritual nourishment, and the seeds planted were not as good as the next generation, and within a few years, they completely returned to the original, and they had no choice but to trade every year.
On the tribal side, they left five boats, traded with the Wang Department and the Hou Department all the year round, and Mu Huo finished explaining the affairs, carried the beast repellent grass that had lasted for three years, and also raised a lot of spare animals on the ship, and left with the fleet.
Go down from the loess, it is the desert of the Li Wangbu, the desert environment is similar to the desert, but there is a strong wind all the year round, and among the yellow sand of the wilderness, there are peculiar wind erosion stone pillars, mountain cliffs, and moving aeolian hills.
The desert is really big, spreading for more than 3,000 miles, the military waiting department and the merchant waiting department of the Li Wang Department are surviving in the desert, the military waiting department is brave and good at fighting, it is the division of a hundred battles, the business waiting department is good at trade, and travels to and from the south all the year round.
Turn at the southwest corner, sail along the desert, and when you are far away from the desert, you will see the gentle hills, and see the rolling hills, and there is a large river, which originates in the northern part of the hills, flows towards the southeast, and gradually grows.
The hills are undulating, the vegetation is luxuriant, the resources are abundant, and there are sheep and deer tribes, as the name suggests, the two tribes live on animal husbandry, there are a small area of planting, and there are herds of argali's cavalry and horned deer cavalry.
After passing through the hills, you will reach the plain, the terrain is more gentle, the big river is gradually relaxed, there are abundant water and grass, there are fertile river beaches, there are large areas of arable land, fertile soil, and the planting industry is booming.
It is where the Li Wangbu is located, the Li Wangbu is good at planting, casting, pottery, weaving, construction, animal husbandry, before the rise of the Muhou Department, it is the peak of the mainland's skills, there are also fishing, hunting and sailors, and also built large ships.
When passing through the plains, the fleet of the Muhou Department was even discovered by them, but fortunately, the big ships of the Wang Department still used sails and oars, which were not as fast as their boats, and they chased for a long time, and finally could only return in vain.
The Ministry of Wisdom and the Ministry of Li Wang are better at what the Ministry of Li is good at, and what the Ministry of Li is not good at, they are also good at, such as astronomy and geography, such as the art of war strategy, and they are the think tank of the Ministry of Wang.
After the plain is the grassland, the grassland here is really vast, the grass is buried overhead, the vast and boundless, the rushing river passes through the middle, dividing the grassland into two halves.
The upper part belongs to the horse department, the lower side belongs to the cattle department, the two departments are not only proficient in animal husbandry, raising a large number of herds, and the combat effectiveness is also extraordinary, the people of the horse department are good at riding and shooting, and the people of the cattle department are good at riding and fighting.
In the middle of the desert, hills, loess, and desert, there is a basin of 2,000 miles, surrounded by mountains and rivers covered with jungles, and in the middle is a flat and wide plain, and a long river originates from this.
The people of the Rain Department are good at planting and are real masters, and the people of the Rain Department will ask for rain, be good at swimming, and travel back and forth in the big river all year round, and trade rain with arid tribes.
The fleet of the Wood Hou Department, along the coast, will also go ashore to replenish water and food, and will also trade with the tribes they meet, circumnavigating most of the continent, and at the end of the great river, there are new discoveries......