Chapter 231: Winter Comes
"Oh~"
After cutting the roots of the tree all afternoon, he suddenly stood up, and even his waist could not be straightened, and he glanced at Shi Yu, who was still working hard:
"Yu, let's go, go back to eat!"
“……”
Looking at the fruit behind him, although it is only a small piece, at least it will be much easier to plant rice next year, and if the tribe can have more copper axes, maybe it will be able to cut out a rice field with basically no roots.
Seeing Song Xuan rubbing his waist and returning to the tribe, it attracted everyone's sideways glances, this action is too familiar to everyone.
Most of the Teng Snake mainly supervise the work of the captives, although they can do it themselves, but they have to arrange the captives from time to time, which is relatively much easier.
After slashing the axe for an afternoon, his arm was relatively sore, but Song Xuan was quite satisfied with the quality of the axe in the tribe, although he used it for an afternoon, he only polished it once, and it was as sharp as ever, and there was no big problem with it until the end, which was much better than the stone axe in the tribe, and the stone axe wanted to cut such a root, and it was basically worn out.
Once he touched the bronze weapon, he really couldn't go back, and at dinner, Shi Ban was also smiling, and even when he was eating, his mouth was split, and Song Xuan was worried that the soup would overflow from the corner of his mouth.
"Divine Messenger, a new blower will be made tomorrow!"
This is also a peach in return, now the tribe in the firing of pottery, the most tiring part is the push and pull blower, and because it is relatively simple, even if it is coated with some grease, it is more jerky to use, and the shaking amplitude of the wooden pole when pushing is not small.
Not to mention that when melting the ore, it basically takes nearly two hours of continuous pushing and pulling, although the blower principle is not complicated, but it is not so simple to do it well, but with the bronze axe, it must be much easier to cut the wooden plank.
You must know that there was no way to make it before, and it was basically a fool's dream to cut out a thin and uniform wooden board with a stone axe, even if it was barely split, it was very difficult to polish and smooth it, unlike the current axe that slowly pushes on it, which can have the effect of a planer.
After the torture of the morning, Song Xuan's first task assigned to Shi Ban was to improve the blower in the tribe, and he would not use animal skins as the inner wall in the future.
In this way, it will be used for a longer time, and it is relatively easier to push and pull, looking at the appearance of the stone class, the planks should have been made today, and it will be good to put them together tomorrow.
The stone also said that the mold was almost done, and it should be ready to be fired tomorrow, but neither of them wasted time, and the tribe should soon have a second or even a third batch of bronze weapons made.
After having a copper hammer, it will be much easier to crush the ore in the back, and before the stone was smashed out of ordinary bluestone, Song Xuan is also ready to let him smash it more, which will not only be easier to melt, but also save a lot of time and charcoal.
Although the tribe has time, it still has to pay a lot of manpower when refining, and the charcoal is also painstakingly accumulated by stones, and these high-quality charcoal are not so easy to simmer.
To refine bronze, the higher the temperature, the better, and it must not be too economical in this.
After chatting with everyone for a while, Song Xuan got up and went back to the house, Xue'er had already gone back, although today would not be as surprised as yesterday, but there must still be embarrassment, after all, there was suddenly an extra person in the room, and the two had not even met before that.
On the way, Song Xuan also mentally built up for a while.
Fortunately, when the curtain was lifted today, Xue'er inside was no longer as naked as she was yesterday.
Seeing Song Xuan come in, Xue'er stood up a little nervously and shouted in a low voice:
"Oracle!"
Although I only stayed with Shihua for a day, I spoke much more clearly, but my voice was still not loud, and I don't know if I was still a little scared or if my personality was like this.
Before Song Xuan could speak, Xue'er brought hot water, and Song Xuan put his hand into the basin, the temperature was just right.
Although someone helped him boil the water in the past, it was the first time for Song Xuan to experience it so thoughtfully and thoughtfully for him to wash.
Seeing that the ends of Xue'er's sideburns were still a little wet, obviously he had washed before he came back, Song Xuan also nodded with satisfaction, Shihua should have said all these things in place, especially in terms of hygiene, Song Xuan was indeed a little concerned.
There is also an extra set of daily necessities in the house, but fortunately, the house is big enough, and there are still a lot of open spaces, and it is still spacious after so much.
Song Xuan was also thinking, since there were already bronze tools, could Shi Ban make some simple furniture, at least it was still very necessary like a table, and it would be more convenient to put things, not like now, if you want to sit, either on the ground, or you can only use the stump to fill the number, which is not particularly comfortable.
However, if there is only one axe, it is not too convenient to make things, Song Xuan is also planning, if the remaining ore can also be successfully refined, then Shi Ban can be equipped with a set of competent tools in advance, at least such as saws and chisels can be arranged as soon as possible.
The current Teng Snake, although the food is still a little nervous, but it is also for the captives captured in the tribe, and their own people must still have enough to eat, in this case, it is still necessary to pursue a little quality of life.
Now all the rooms are empty except for the floor, empty, if there is a table or something, it will not seem so empty, as for the bed, Song Xuan has no plans for the time being, or he has not thought about it at all.
If it weren't for the sudden disruption of the plan by the Wuyu tribe this year, then the kang should have been put on the agenda, although Song Xuan is a serious southerner, but the bed in Teng Snake is obviously not more suitable than the kang.
The winters here are quite long and cold, and even in the house, you have to rely on a fire to keep you warm.
Not to mention sleeping at night, no matter how tightly wrapped, it will feel a little cold.
There are not many animal skins in the tribe that can cover people, like Song Xuan, it's okay, the animal skins are good and big, naturally there is no problem, but others don't have such good conditions.
If you have a warm kang, you can be much more comfortable in winter.
And it shouldn't be particularly difficult to make the kang, as long as you figure out how to make it, it will soon be popularized, and there are enough bricks in the tribe now, at most let the stones burn some larger ones.
But if you want to do it now, neither time nor manpower is enough, and it is obviously not so important compared to cleaning up the rice fields, after all, it has been like this for so many years.
Since this year has been delayed, there is no time to do it, so it can only be delayed until next year, Song Xuan also decided to get it out in advance next year, unlike this year, which is delayed to the end, once there is an accident, there is not enough time to do it.
Although Song Xuan and Xue'er are in the same place, they have indeed known each other for too short a while, and Xue'er doesn't look like a person who can let go easily, there is no superfluous conversation between the two, Song Xuan simply asked about today's situation, and then lay down.
But as soon as his eyes were closed, Song Xuan felt a pair of small hands touch him.
(⊙o⊙)!
The cold little hand was still groping along Song Xuan's back, and as soon as Song Xuan wanted to stop it with his backhand, he heard Xue'er say:
"Divine Messenger, press ~"
Immediately, Xue'er's hand stopped at Song Xuan's waist, helping him relieve the tiredness of the day, this kind of enjoyment was the first time since Song Xuan came to Teng Snake.
It's not that no one was willing to help him do this before, this is something that Song Xuan has never brought up, and today it is estimated that Xue'er saw Song Xuan supporting his waist with his hands, although there was not much conversation, but as soon as Song Xuan lay down, she took the initiative to come over.
Although Song Xuan wanted to refuse, he was too comfortable, and even unconsciously adjusted his posture, from lying on his side to lying on top of the animal skin.
When I woke up the next day, there was no more Cher in the room.
Last night was so comfortable, let Xue'er help him rub his body, and he didn't even know when he went to sleep.
But looking at the empty quilt beside him, Song Xuan also knew that Xue'er should have gotten up, and just as he was about to get up, he saw Xue'er open the door curtain and walk in, holding a basin in her hand.
Seeing that Song Xuan woke up, he shouted with a little joy:
"Oracle, water!"
Only then did Song Xuan realize how comfortable it was to have someone to take care of himself, after a day's work, not only did someone help him relieve his tiredness, but he didn't even need to do things like fetching water.
As soon as his eyes opened, everything was ready, although it was only a short day, Song Xuan vaguely knew what it seemed like to be in Gentle Township.
After washing, Song Xuan walked out of the house refreshed, and the tail of Wangcai at the door was about to fly.
Since Xue'er came, Wangcai has never entered the house again, even outside, Xue'er is still cautious when she sees Wangcai, although she knows that he will not bite, but it still takes a certain amount of time for the two sides to accept each other
Okay, at present, I won't scream loudly when I see Wangcai again, and I can only blame Wangcai for not being as cute as when I was a child, if it's like the time when I was just brought back, it is estimated that whoever sees it will be melted.
It's a pity that even a few little wolves have gradually broken away from the category of cuteness, and they have the momentum of prosperity in every move.
Before the winter, the tasks of the tribe were still to build houses, clean up rice fields, and refine ores by the way, but after all, building bronze weapons was a small-scale thing, and there were not too many people who could use them, and there were not many people involved, and there were only two or three people.
Even until this time, there were still many people who didn't know about it.
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"Whew~"
As soon as he woke up today, Song Xuan felt that the temperature was wrong, and as soon as he pushed the curtain open, sure enough, it was already snowing outside, and even on the ground, a thick layer had been piled up at this time, and winter had finally arrived.
However, the tribe had been prepared a few days ago, the house had been fully built, and the fence between the inner courtyard and the captives had been completed, although it was not as strong as the previous wall, but after all, there was not enough time, and there was not much danger, and now this level was enough.
As for the periphery, except for the captives who enclosed it with wood, the surrounding wall is only a plan at present, and no construction has been started.
After all, the tribe is already so huge, it was a simple wall before, and now it is definitely not appropriate to use a fence, and the security is not high enough, everyone agrees that at least the wall must be built according to the previous standard, a good defense measure brings a sense of security to the tribe, and everyone has experienced it personally.
Even this kind of simple wall, in this era is not so easy to break through, according to the captives and the rest of the bear tribe, the black feather tribe just a round of charge, then killed their tribe, and the use of manpower is not particularly large, at least from the pressure point of view is not as big as the Teng Snake, but until the end of the battle, the black feather in the Teng Snake is only twenty or thirty people, in which the wall still plays a very significant role.
What Song Xuan wanted to build the most was naturally the tall and large serious city wall in ancient times, but there was not such a high demand in the tribe at present, and it should already be very good to upgrade the previous wall.
Although the previous wall is easy to use, after all, it was also repaired on the fence, even if it was added to the inside later, and when it was defended against the wall, it was still not so comfortable.
This time it must be in place at one time, since there is so much space left, after it is built, it is definitely better not to toss in a short time.
After the snake fled here, he was building a house and repairing the wall every year, although the time invested in this was not much, but it was still a little tossed, but this was also a helpless thing, who called the tribe has been developing, and the speed is getting faster and faster year by year.
Although it is a little Versailles, it is true, I believe that as long as the environment is suitable enough, it will continue to grow, at least for the time being, it has formed a crushing trend in technology for the surrounding tribes.
Song Xuan got up early today, and Xue'er was still asleep at this time, although she was used to Xue'er's care, but since she had already woken up, she got it herself.
In the past few days, the brazier has been lit all night, and there is hot water on it at any time.
After washing, Xue'er was called up, and it was really a lot of tossing last night, and I didn't stop until very late.
Recently, Song Xuan has been cutting tree roots in the field, and the team is getting bigger and bigger day by day, but his body is still very tired at the end of the day, and if he doesn't have Xue'er to help him massage and relax at night, he may not be able to recover the next day.
The bronze weapons given to the leaders of the tribe, within a few days after the first axe was made, all of them were handed out, although the ore looks like there is a certain difference, but all of them are melted and it is still powerful, except for the last batch that seems a little soft, the previous ones can be used as weapons, and the number has suddenly increased, in addition to the weapons chosen by each person, four more knives have been made.
Shi Ban currently has a set of carpenter's tools, a stone axe, a chisel, and a saw that is not particularly easy to use, although the tribe has polished the saw sickle, but there is still a certain difference with the saw of the Eight Classics, especially Song Xuan did not dare to make it too thin, and it was naturally not so easy to use.
The stone is also thinking about a better mold, and I believe that it will not be long before it can be improved, but even this one can barely be used now.
The tools are good, and the things made are naturally more perfect, and the weapons in the tribe are also waiting for the optimization of the stone class, which used to be made of random wood, even if it is a little uncomfortable, it can only be adapted, but now it can be readjusted.
Song Xuan's room also had an extra table, although it didn't look so delicate, but it wasn't too much of a problem to place some small things.
With the arrival of winter, Shi Ban will also have more of this time to make these large pieces of furniture, and on the same day that he got the axe, Shi Ban asked Song Xuan to give him some prisoners, the purpose of which was naturally to chop wood and come back.
He also knew that he would definitely not be able to stop this winter, after all, Song Xuan had also told him before that there were some things that could be made of wood, and before due to the constraints of tools, he could only have such an idea, but now that he has bronze tools, many things can already be made, although it is not clear how to make them, but there is no problem in preparing more materials.
The two of them stepped on the snow and came to the new main house, although they didn't get up very early today, but there were many more people in the house than before, after all, there was no way to go out to work in such heavy snow, and according to the previous habits, it was very normal for the first heavy snow to fall half a meter deep.
This also means that this year's outdoor work has completely ended, and if you want to go out to work, you can only wait until after the beginning of spring next year.
Seeing such heavy snow, the most relaxing thing is naturally the captive of the Teng Snake Tribe, who has been busy for more than ten days, and now he finally doesn't have to work.
But what they don't know is that the torture is still to come, and the winter of the snake is not so easy to sleep.
Although I didn't know that it would snow today, everyone had already noticed that something was wrong a few days ago, and most of the rice fields were already filled with water, so the impact of snow was not great, and it was better to do winter work step by step.
However, after so many days of hard work, it is also very necessary to rest for a few days, the winter time is very long, there is no need to finish the work in front of this, the later time is also quite boring, and the snake does not have to be like other tribes, and can only stay at home in winter.
This is also a rare comfortable time, after eating, everyone is still chatting in the house, and Shihua is bringing a lot of animal skins, ready to divide them.
Although there are not many bronzes that can be used as weapons, but with a knife the size of a thumb, Song Xuan made more than a dozen stones at once.
Although it is not large, it is certainly not good to use in battle, but it is no problem in the tribe to cut animal skins and divide animal carcasses, even compared to the relatively small daggers, the materials used are much less.
The scissors can't be made for the time being, but there is nothing wrong with this kind of knife.
The people who Teng Snake basically already know about bronze weapons, although there are not many people who use them, but now they don't continue to hide them from their own people, but the use of bronze is still very strict.
These common things will be collected uniformly every time they are used, and they will not be used by others.
In addition to the knife, Song Xuan also intimately prepared some needles for Shihua and them, it is not difficult to make small needles, just find a clay blank and press a depression on it with a wooden stick, the difficulty is still on the eye of the needle.
Originally, the needle is not suitable to be made too big, and it is still a little difficult to make a bulge in the mold, so it can only wait for the secondary processing after molding, the method is to burn it red with charcoal fire, and then smash one end flattened, and then use another polished needle to smash an eye on it.
Then polish and polish, basically there is no problem with use, and there is no particularly thin twine in the tribe, and now the thinnest needle is about the same as the toothpick used in later generations, even if it is this size, it seems to be more than the previous bone polishing.
Not only is it more penetrating, but there is no need to worry about breaking or anything, just some animal skins, which can be easily handled.
With the hemp rope in the tribe, the stitches can be made very tightly, so that the original small pieces of animal skins can be completely connected.
Whether it is on the clothes or on the bed, it has a very big effect, when Shihua saw this kind of copper needle for the first time, they also couldn't put it down, and they did needlework all their lives, but they didn't expect there to be such a good thing.
Although the thing is not big, but it is not a small help for the tribe, no matter how the bone needle is polished in the past, it has to consider the problem of breaking, it is too fine, although it can be grinded out, but it cannot come in handy.
The needle is thick, the thread has to be thick, the needle eye is big, and the stitches can't be tightened, no matter how seriously Shihua sews, it always looks loose, and there will finally be no such problem in the future, and the utilization rate of animal skins in the tribe will also improve a lot.
However, the previous animal skin was not complete enough, one of the important reasons is that it is not convenient to peel the skin, now with the bronze knife, there is no need to worry about this matter, you can easily peel off the animal skin, even if there is a wound on it, the small one can be left alone, and the larger one, let the stone flower sew them up is basically no different from the good place.
Ordinary animal skins naturally don't need to be operated like this, but for those better animal skins, such a set of things will suddenly increase the utilization rate a lot, and the larger animal skins are basically stripped from the more ferocious beasts, and it is not easy to obtain this kind of animal skin, let alone ensure its integrity.
Like the tiger and the black bear, even if you can get the animal skin, it is full of holes, even if you have a bow and arrow, the snake is only a little less wounded, and the real complete animal skin tribe can be counted with one hand, although the hole can also be used, but the effect is not so good, and it doesn't look comfortable enough.