Orcs through the age

Although I am ambitious to make a knife, in reality, it is not easy.

And even if I have coal now, I can use yellow mud to build a stove, but in fact, I am not very sure about this.Even when I tried to burn this piece of meteorite for the first time, because I was not careful when I took it out, I almost fell on my feet, which scared Luo Lei very much, and he refused to touch it lightly for a long time.

Although this piece of meteorite is not as difficult to burn and handle as I have heard from others before, and it even burns red after a while, but obviously the time I threw it into the fire for the first time was not enough time, and it did not burn completely. red.And the most regrettable thing is that I wanted to save this stone temporarily, but I didn't have the equipment to forge it, not even a stone stake and an iron-wood hammer, so I didn't hammer it either.In addition to the hand slip, Luo Lei was so frightened that he didn't let me approach even close. He knew that the piece of iron was cold, so he picked it up and gave it to me tremblingly. In fact, he didn't process it at all.

If I just use the method of beating, I am also worried that this rare piece of meteorite will be wasted, and I dare not use it again after thinking about it.So just put it away.

However, with the discovery of this meteorite, I began to expect more.

If there was a meteorite falling in this place, it should not be just this small piece. Seeing that the trees here are so lush now, even Luo Lei said that he picked up this stone under a tree. I think this stone There should also be no radiation that would have a significant effect on living things.Therefore, I also told my tribe, please pay attention to it, and if you see similar things again, bring them back to me.

The clansman did pick up a few such stones from the forest behind one after another, which made me even more convinced that there are more such meteorites here.

However, this kind of meteorite did not become a large amount of ore that we used in the end. Even if we found a piece of meteorite estimated to weigh tens of tons in the mountain behind more than a year later, I just asked everyone to drag it back and circle it for People in the future will see.

Those small meteorites were made by me, Luo Lei and Canaan together with the meteorites picked up by the tribe to make three meteorite knives and meteorite swords as symbols of the tribe.

As for me, I found a lot of iron sand like Longquan grass iron around that stone, and there are also large iron stones among them.

Probably because it is full of iron sand, so although it is in the middle of the mountain, there are no trees there, only some grasses entangled in this area with a radius of several hundred meters. And more and more.

The iron sand that can be found in these few square kilometers has maintained the weapon demand of our tribe for decades to come.

At first, because there are many trees here, and we just came here, I was worried about the snakes and insects here. I also followed A Yuan's suggestion to provide everyone with herbal bags that prevent snakes and insects.

Ye Jia said that he didn't like the smell. Although he didn't run away, he also felt that his nose was choked by the smell, so we didn't add anti-snake herbs in the bags we gave him and Canaan.

For a while, I also told Ye Jia that within the scope of the tribe, don't turn into beasts.Because for everyone's safety, I also asked Luo Lei to lead people to sprinkle a circle of dried geese dung in the sky over the range of our tribe's activities. From the riverside to the gap, they sprinkled a large circle full of places.

Canaan joked that he could no longer feel the presence of any snakes in this valley and plain.

Although I was a little embarrassed about Canaan, Canaan also told me gently that snake venom is indeed quite scary.He even joked to his tribe that if he didn't turn into a beast, he would be a little scared himself.This also made me feel his generosity and consideration. I also asked him if he knew how to get rid of the snakes that might bite the tribe.

After I got the anti-snake and anti-worm grass that A Yuan gave me, I never let Luo Lei and the others sprinkle wild goose droppings on the ground.

Speaking of it, I feel a little embarrassed about Canaan, because I am really afraid of snakes. Even when people joked a few times to compare who has the largest animal body, I firmly stopped them, although I didn’t tell them the reason. What, but I think they also understand that I'm afraid of snakes.In my opinion, snakes are really scary creatures.

Yejia and Canaan are okay, because in my classification, they are actually human beings.But those cold, greasy crawling snakes make me feel goosebumps all over my body when I think about them. Don’t look at me facing them a few times as if I have nothing to fear. They all have a habit of wanting to run away, although they are not exactly like snakes, but more like dragons in our Chinese legends.So I also apologized to Canaan several times, my attitude was not so good.But fortunately, Canaan didn't seem to mind very much, and instead comforted me a few times, it didn't matter.

Sometimes I joked with Luo Lei, saying that Ye Jia said that he wanted me to do his things, and Luo Lei would be a little sullen.But every time I said that I couldn't bear cold and slippery things, he would become happy again, and he even felt a little elated when he saw Canaan, which made Canaan a little baffled.

Raleigh is sometimes childish like that.

Although this kind of childishness makes me feel very happy, every time I say that he is warm and soft to the touch, he will also turn into a beast and let me touch his back and stomach.His belly is soft and his body is fluffy and warm, which is really interesting.Especially when he stared at me with the golden eyes of a griffin, when there was some tenderness in those cold and sharp eyes, it made me feel so cute!

Because there is basically no obvious danger, A Rui and A Que sometimes go to the river to play, because the river is within the range they can see, and they are also very smart not to go to the river, but just play in the depression Picking wild vegetables nearby, so I also agree that they go out within our sight.

Although they are considered female here, in my opinion, they are all little boys, there is nothing they can't try to do, and they shouldn't be too rigid.In our family's family motto, there is even a line "Boys should be like grass, and they can survive wherever they are thrown." I completely agree with them to make more breakthroughs.

They will go to the river to pick wild vegetables, and sometimes they will bring back some small fish and shrimps that grow in the depressions, which can be regarded as very hard work.

One time in particular, they brought me back a stone with many colors and part of it glowing.

Although Aque didn't seem to want to talk to me that much, Ari told me that it was Aque who found out.And Aque said, maybe Anoah would like this thing, because Father Luo Lei and the others gave him some black stones, and he was very happy. This time we gave him a colored stone.It made me feel that this child is really awkward and cute, so I gave Aque the fruit that Rona picked for me and Ari when he cut the tree, and asked him and Ari to eat together.

Soon, however, I had to send Rona to call them all back, and follow them to the river myself.

The stone that Aque and the others gave me was a brown-black stone with some maroon and green. I used grass and stone to polish off the black and green on the surface, and the stone returned to its original appearance—— A piece of crimson natural copper!

I know that this kind of copper must not be much in the world. After all, the formation of natural pure copper also requires specific conditions, but I also know that in any world, copper ore will not run all over the world.

It is said that natural pure copper ore grows on the surface of copper mines.And copper ore can be chopped off with an axe. Although I don't know if our stone axe and iron wood axe are useful, but if there is iron and copper, and if I find tin, then my sword-making plan may be successful.

It's just that we searched around the river, but we didn't find many copper ores, only a few pieces here and there.There were others, perhaps hidden by grass and other rocks, so we didn't see them either.

But in the river, I still found a few glistening stones.

Since I didn't find what I wanted, I also took Aque and Ari, and Rona and Ye Jia who came to protect us and went back.

Seeing that the two little guys were very depressed, I even showed them a trick - asked Rona to bring a net from the tent, and caught a big net of fish, although it didn't seem like a big show, after all, I took a big net to go Anyone can do net fishing, but Ye Jia and Luo Na are much better at it than me.

But the two little guys, each carrying one or two yellow croakers and watching their older brother dragging the perch, finally became a little happier.

Although they are still young, when Rory and I found one of these stones on the collapsed bank of the upper river, we took them to see it.

Seeing their novelty and joy, I praised them for discovering something new, and at the same time told them that they must always discover the uses of all possible useful things in life and try more.

They listened with half understanding, but they were very excited when they touched the copper ore.

Now that I had found iron and copper, I began to consciously search for tin.

In theory, tin is hard to find on the surface.And there is also a saying in China that if you plant flowers with intention, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows without intention, it will become shade.We find iron and copper by luck.

But in reality, we were really out of luck finding tin.Because we know what to look for, and we also know the general properties and characteristics, so we almost deliberately look at all kinds of granite, marble, and greisen when we dig out the soil and go out. Burn it.

And later, I finally found a tin deposit at the foot of the mountain beyond the gap.

Although later we began to use copper and iron in large quantities, we still had a lot to do before then.

For example, we need to settle down first.

Luo Lei and Canaan moved quickly. They took turns to be responsible for hunting and logging, and a few people stayed behind to help me level the land. Soon, according to the mountain, we began to level the top of the valley gradually according to the terrain. There is more than enough space to build the house we want to live in, and the black soil obtained from the flattened land is transported to the riverside plain for planting, and the loess is piled up with other loess, waiting for me to further arrange for them to use it. The place.

Although the opinion of the tribe is to build a house as soon as possible.After all, everyone still wants to live in a spacious and comfortable house.But I told them that here, we want to build a house that is different and more comfortable than before.But it's not the time yet, we have to prepare the food for the winter first, and make relevant preparations, and everyone still accepts it.

We began to take turns to dig out more coal on that plain and bring it back little by little according to my idea. The pits dug out were used as traps, and some people were sent to hunt and collect prey every day.Some people went to prepare enough wood. The trunks of the wood were put aside to dry to be used as houses, while the thicker branches were sharpened to make wooden fences to enclose the valley and the plain by the river. The lower parts of the branches and leaves are dried and used for our firewood.

And at the foot of the platform, I took Ley, Monte, and two other people assigned to me, and began to pour water into the piled up loess, stepping on it with my feet, and smashing it with a big wooden hammer to mix the mud.Then use the mold we made earlier about [-] centimeters long, [-] centimeters wide, and about [-] centimeters thick to start making adobes—I have already planned to make a brick house this time.

We also tried to make some tiles, although I don't know if it will be successful, but I still made a set of molds, intending to put the tiles that are not so beautiful in shape into the brick kiln, and our first batch About 200 bricks were fired together.It doesn't matter if it can't be burned, although it is ridiculous to have straw and wood on the brick house, but it doesn't matter if you try it, it will be another happy event if it succeeds.

When I was young, I saw people burning bricks to build houses in the countryside. Later, when I grew up, I was very interested in traditional crafts, so I read a lot of things, especially when I used to write things, I also checked a lot of information on this aspect.

So although I am not very sure, when the first batch of adobes are dry, I still plan to fire the kiln for the first time.

Dig the brick kiln, put enough coal in it as a primer, arrange the bricks layer by layer according to the memory, fill the middle with coal to prevent uneven burning, and stack the upper and lower bricks crosswise to make the gap between the bricks and tiles There are gaps in between, and loess is used as a seal around the periphery to form a yurt shape, and special ignition ports and flue ventilation slots are left, and the brick kiln is considered complete.

Under the watchful eyes of the whole family, when I lit the fire for the first time, my hands trembled a little.

Although when I was working with everyone, I said so firmly that we want to live in a better house and live a better life, but I am not sure whether the brick firing will be successful.After all, although the theoretical basis is there, I have never had it in practice.

Maybe it felt that I was nervous, not only Luo Lei came over and patted my hair, but Canaan also came over and patted my shoulder, even the clansmen came to encourage me, and even A Que gave him his father to eat The fruit was given to me, saying that I would have more energy after eating, and would be more likely to succeed in doing things, so I didn't know whether to be moved or continue to be nervous.

The bricks in this kiln were fired for seven days, and the fire had to be adjusted halfway. I even wanted to open the kiln a few times to see how it was burning inside. I also thought about what to do next time if the fire failed. Everyone has the idea of ​​opening the brick kiln to take a look.

However, with the encouragement of Luo Lei and Canaan, I still resisted the urge to go directly to the land.

Because there are a lot of mountains here, I want to hide among the mountains. I plan to burn them into blue bricks and tiles, so when I turn off the fire, I seal the kiln door and chimney with unburned bricks. I invite a few people to gather around the kiln roof. Unsealing the soil, making the sealing soil form a ring-shaped ditch, and then using clay pots to lift water and pour it into the ditch.Watching the water seep into the brick kiln, the water droplets form mist in the hot kiln, and the fog rises up, waiting to see the bricks and tiles of the kiln.

Although I wanted to open the kiln door right away to see how the bricks were firing, I also knew that I would have to wait a few days for the kiln to cool down before opening the kiln door.Although I knew it was useless, I still went to touch the outside of the kiln several times a day.

Until a few days later, it is estimated that the inside of the brick kiln should be almost the same.

Looking at everyone's looking forward to it, I finally decided to open the kiln!