MTL - Be a Leader In a Primitive Tribe-Chapter 68

The fourth day of November, Tuesday.

After three days of celebration and rest, everyone has returned to strength, and will continue to invest in the production and construction of the tribe.

There is still one month to go before the Chinese New Year, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it is not far from snowing.

In this short month, the top priority is to prepare food and warm things for the winter. Last year's kang can still be used, but all firewood needs to be dispatched.

Stone knives, stone axes and bone knives are far less than iron knives. It takes half a day to cut down a tree. A deaf person alone can barely be responsible for the firewood used in the kitchen and campfire. For the kang, you have to send another person to cut it down. .

The seven people in the clothing workshop are also rushing to work. Although everyone has sackcloth to wear now, the leader said that everyone must have at least one coat to keep warm.

As a result, the clothes and animal skins in the hands of several people are changed one by one, so that everyone can have animal skin coats for the winter this year.

Everyone else was performing their duties, and Sang Yu began to study the ore he had just recited.

Ironmaking is inseparable from fire, and the entire process has extremely high temperature requirements.

Sang Yu only picked rocks to build the blast furnace, and five people from the handicraft team, including Jiao, participated in the experiment. Only when the experiment was successful and the iron was actually smelted, could the blast furnace and ironworks be built in large quantities.

Before starting construction, the charcoal and blower need to be prepared.

The firing principle of charcoal is actually very simple. The burning wood is isolated from the air, and it can be turned into charcoal after cooling.

Combined with the current actual situation of the tribe, Sangyu adopted the method of firing earth kiln charcoal.

The firing of charcoal in a kiln pays attention to factors such as sealing, air intake and exhaust, which are similar to the principles of pottery.

However, it is best to only build the next half kiln for charcoal firing, which is convenient for kiln installation, and it is not as particular about pottery. After the material is ignited, the upper half is sealed with yellow mud.

Everything is ready, just enough trees need to be felled for charcoal raw material.

The wood material used for charcoal is also very important. For some hard woods such as Qinggang wood, elm, maple, etc., the charcoal produced by burning has good hardness, heavy weight, and is very resistant to burning.

Seeing everyone chopping firewood with stone axes, and it took a long time to break it, Sang Yu comforted:

"Wait until we refine the iron knife. At that time, such a branch can be cut in two or three strokes."

Everyone couldn't believe what they heard, but they thought that the leader never lied to others, and they didn't dare to be too suspicious, so they became very motivated again.

After preparing the wood, install the kiln.

According to Sang Yu's command, they harvested excellent charcoal the next day.

After the carbon problem is solved, it is time to start making blowers.

Because the melting point of pure iron is as high as 1500 degrees, simply using firewood or charcoal as fuel cannot melt it, and can only reduce iron ore to sponge iron full of impurities.

With the appearance of the blower, the fuel can be fully burned by using its wind power. The charcoal will also generate a high temperature under the action of the blower, and the high-temperature flame will melt the iron ore. Keeping the liquid state, the **** is fully separated during the combustion process, and finally the liquid molten iron is poured into the mold prepared in advance to cast the required tools.

This tool cannot be used directly. It needs to be tempered and tempered while the iron is hot to further increase the purity and hardness of the iron, and finally cast it into the desired iron.

This process is very troublesome, but for thousands of years, people have extracted iron through such tedious and complicated procedures, and cast it into various ironware.

The blower in ancient times was called the bellows, also called the bellows.

Its structure is complicated for laymen, but its composition is actually very simple. The main principle is to pressurize the space and discharge it from the air outlet.

First, make a rectangular box. The material of the box is mixed with wood and animal skin. Three holes are drilled on the board in front of the box. There are handles on the holes. When the handle is pulled, the piston moves back and forth, driving the air in and out. The place connected to the stove can be connected with a bamboo tube or a pottery pot, and the handles are pulled one after the other, and the wind keeps pouring towards the stove, and the charcoal in the stove is fully burned to generate high temperature.

This is the oldest method of making bellows. Sang Yu worked hard to draw a rough outline, and let Jiao and the others process it later.

Primitives are not stupid. When they understand the principle of using tools and have a certain amount of experience, they will become extremely smart. Soon, a big bellows will be ready.

The place for ironmaking is arranged in an open space to the west of the pottery factory. Now the brick and tile team has burned tens of thousands of fire bricks, and the iron shop is directly built with bricks.

At present, ironmaking is the unique technology of the Phoenix Tribe, and it will also be their confidence for a long time to come.

This kind of technology cannot be passed on, and even the handicraft team only selected five people to participate in the production of bellows and iron smelting.

As for the blast furnace, Yan from the construction team was in charge. Yan's character, Sang Yu, was naturally trustworthy.

At the same time, she also ordered that other people in the tribe should not come to the blacksmith shop at will to ensure the confidentiality of the technology.

The future blacksmithing workshop will be connected by ten small shops, and each small shop has two sets of equipment, one is a blast furnace made of clay connected to a bellows, which is used for melting iron.

There is also a low stove for blacksmithing.

After the molten iron is poured into the mold and shaped, it needs to be beaten continuously. The low furnace is used to soften the prototype iron for easy beating.

At the same time, there are also grinding workbenches, etc., which are all arranged in an orderly manner.

The construction method of the furnace is the same as that of the clay kiln, but the shape is different. It is a large cylinder with a hole on the side of the bottom, which is mainly used for the air inlet of the blower and the place for **** discharge.

After the furnace was completed, the three sisters of Daxue fired high-quality clay into refractory pottery cups and soil molds. Soil molds, clay molds for hammers and more.

When everything was ready, iron smelting began.

The furnace is filled from the top with charcoal and finely crushed iron ore until it is full.

Ignite the fire and start blasting, and when the furnace temperature reaches a certain level, you can start smelting.

As the temperature continues to rise, the high-temperature calcined iron will form a cotton-like iron block. At this time, the sponge-like iron block that is close to melting can be directly plasticized.

In the case of soil molds, these red iron pieces are clamped into refractory pottery cups and continue to burn until they melt into water.

Then pour the molten iron into the soil mold prepared in advance.

The first batch of forgings were hammers, iron pliers, and hammered working surfaces/operating surfaces. If you want to hammer iron blocks in the future, you must have a hard hammer and iron pads.

The clay mold of the hammer is relatively simple. After making the clay mold of the hammer, it is necessary to leave a small hole for the handle.

As the iron block in the soil mold takes shape, it can be put into the handle after cooling and ready to use.

The hammer and the iron plate of the operating table do not require high precision. As the first batch of primary tools, as long as they can be knocked and hammered.

Once the tools are ready, you can start blacksmithing.

Under the action of the blower, the hot charcoal fire is fully burned, and the molten iron in the refractory pottery cup gradually melts, and then the pottery cup is clamped out with pliers, and the cup wall is tilted to pour the molten iron into the machete mold prepared in advance. After forming, take out the prototype of the machete from the mold and put it on the iron workbench. The hammer is also useful at this time.

Blacksmithing requires a lot of hammering, combined with the melting carbon fire in the furnace, continuous calcination and continuous beating, in order to create the desired tool.

The whole work of making iron and iron is in charge of the handicraft team.

In the experimental stage, build a shop first, and then improve the other shops and build the blast furnace after the ironware can be actually produced.

Seeing that the winter was coming, Sang Yu didn't urge them to do as much as they could, and the other teams were still busy with their own affairs.

And with more than ten days before New Year's Eve, the Rock Tribe finally sent someone to send the wounded back together with the medical staff.

We arrived at Xindi on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Fortunately, it hadn't snowed yet, so there was no delay on the way.

After staying in the rock tribe for half a month longer, these wounded have recovered a lot.

Three team members have been able to walk back on their own. However, one of the injured legs and feet was recovering well, but it was difficult for him to walk, so he was carried back on a stretcher.

The other one is Ying, who is the most seriously injured. She has improved, but she needs to recuperate for more than half a year after her return.

After this group of team members stepped into the territory of the Phoenix Tribe, they felt extremely excited.

Still, my own home looks friendly and comfortable, and I feel a breath of freedom blowing over my face as soon as I enter the new place.

Mei didn't know why she had such an idea. She had to go to work on time every day when she came back. In fact, she didn't have to do anything in the Rock Tribe. She guarded a few wounded, and these wounded didn't have much work at all. There's always a feeling that you can't wait to go home.

Even if there is no Sunday when she comes back, she feels extremely happy.

In addition to escorting her herself, Ya also brought ten people with her.

Most of these people have never been to the Phoenix Tribe.

Along the way, I couldn't help admiring the fertile land of Xindi, where the water and grass are abundant, and even in winter, it doesn't feel desolate and chilling.

Xindi is backed by mountains and faces a vast plain with rivers running through it. Whether it is hunting or gathering, it is an excellent place.

When I came to the pass, I saw a wall that was as high as two or three people, and I couldn't believe it.

Just such a wall is enough to withstand most of the tribes, not to mention if there are still excellent archers ambushing on the wall.

The guard at the gate saw that the Rock Tribe had followed the agreement and sent people back on time, so he hurriedly opened the door to welcome them in.

After entering the wall, there is still some distance to the gathering area. But I can already see the neat rows of bamboo houses in the distance, and the neat fields in the plain on the right. Although the temperature is already very low now, there are still people busy in the field.

The field used to be close to the foot of the mountain, where a newly developed area spread, and soil ditches were dug, and a group of people went up and down like ants moving house in and out of the ditches.

Rows of bamboo sheds were also built by the river, where fireworks stretched and glowed, and the sound of clanging and clanging was endless.

Even though it is already winter, the whole Xindi is still thriving and busy.

It was more than a year ago that Ya came to the Phoenix Tribe last time. At that time, the people from the Bird Tribe had just moved here. This is not the case. In such a short period of time, there have been such a big change, which makes people dare not Trust your eyes.

She has also followed the old leader to many tribes, but she has never seen such a tribe. The number is not very large, but it is so full of vitality.

On the other hand, the rock tribe has always boasted that it is the most powerful tribe in this area, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Especially after Shi's troubles, the tribe with nearly a thousand people has now become a tribe with six or seven hundred people, and its vitality has been greatly damaged. It may take two or three years to restore its original vitality.

But if we can cooperate with the Phoenix Tribe, Ya believes that it may not take as long as two or three years.

Sang Yu also got the news that the rock tribe sent the wounded back. She was counting the small animals at the farm, and immediately rode on Baixue and ran towards the pass, "I finally came back. Seeing that the weather is getting colder, I I regret not letting you go early. If it snows, it will be difficult for Ya and the others to go back."

Sang Yu greeted Ya happily as soon as they met, and checked the injuries of several soldiers. Seeing that they were all improving, she finally felt relieved, and Gao Ye took the wounded back to settle down.

She praised Xiang and a few escorts again, telling them to go back and have a good rest, and then clean them up and make up for the commendation meeting.

Ya Ze patted her on the shoulder excitedly and said, "I really didn't expect that your tribe has been built so well that I don't even want to leave once I come in."

"Then I won't leave, I will build you a house and live here for a long time."

The two were joking and walked towards the gathering area surrounded by everyone.

There used to be a dining room next to the kitchen. Before people were rescued from the Eagle Tribe, and before the kang was set up, everyone spent the winter in this dining room.

Now that there are so many people in the tribe, the dining room can't accommodate so many people. As long as it doesn't rain, everyone eats in the open air.

Now this dining room has been converted into a reception room to entertain these outsiders, which is just right.

The weather in the twelfth lunar month was very cold, and Yuan Ye had already burned two charcoal fires in the reception room. As soon as he entered the room, a burst of heat came blowing over his face, making it very warm.

Ya brought ten people this time, five men and five women.

After the ten people entered the house, they consciously gathered around another stove, and only Sang Yu and Ya were left to monopolize one stove.

The few people looked at the clean charcoal fire in the stove, and there was no trace of smoke or fire. But it exudes a very scorching heat, which makes me very surprised.

Ya naturally noticed it too, and asked Sang Yu what kind of firewood it was, and why it didn't emit thick smoke like the firewood they burned on weekdays.

Sang Yu explained the method and benefits of charcoal with a smile, and then said: "You have enough people, you can try to make this kind of charcoal, and if you don't run out, you can exchange it with us, as much as you want."

Ya hesitated and said, "How much do you want? Can you tell us how you make charcoal?"

"Of course there is no problem."

Charcoal, a job with low technical content, was originally intended to be outsourced to other tribes as an OEM, but the rock tribe took the initiative to send it to their door.

Ya said with some embarrassment: "I feel like I've been bothering you all the time."

"Since we are determined to cooperate with you, there is nothing troublesome. After all, if you do well, we can gain more. This is called a win-win situation. If you win, I will win too."

It was the first time for the people of the Rock Tribe to hear such a fresh word, and they felt that the female leader in front of them was even more unpredictable.

"After dinner, I'll take you to the place where the charcoal is burned."

Hearing that they were going out for a walk, everyone couldn't sit still. After all, just walking along the way, I feel that everything is amazing.

It would be really eye-opening if you could really visit them all. But coming all the way on foot, I was already hungry.

Yuan also hurriedly arranged meals, not only for the Rock Tribe guests, but also for the wounded and escorts.

Now Sang Yu has arranged for her a young man named Liang to do chores for her, and Ci will bring the children to help when she is free, and the whole kitchen work has also become easier.

For a long time, the staple food of the Phoenix Tribe has been mainly cassava, and other people have nothing to do with it. It is a blessing to be able to eat enough, so how dare you ask for so much.

But people with mouths like Sang Yu get tired of eating for a long time.

Yuan now has a helper, and now she does all kinds of research whenever she has time.

He really researched a kind of noodle cake for her.

After the cassava is dried, it is crushed with a stone mortar together with millet into powder, and the resulting rice flour is mixed with water and kneaded into balls, and then kneaded into palm-sized round pancakes, which are steamed on top of clay pots.

Sang Yu told Yuan how to steam millet and cassava pancakes and how to make a simple steamer, and he helped her solve the problem that these pancakes couldn't be fried, and would be mushy after cooking.

The steamed pancakes are yellow in color, thick and chubby, and look very appetizing.

Although it is not as fluffy as modern steamed buns, it is delicious compared to the tribal people who always use cassava as a base.

Because rice milling takes a lot of effort, such pancakes can only be eaten on holidays. Now that Ya and the others are coming, Sang Yu ordered them to be brought out to entertain guests.

There were not many people in the rock tribe who could use pottery bowls before. Now everyone is amazed when they are given a pottery bowl and a pair of chopsticks.

There are a total of three dishes on the table, all served in large pottery bowls, and the portions are full.

A large plate of pheasant stewed with small mushrooms, a pot of stewed fish, and a vegetable. The vegetables are scalded and then topped with salt water and other seasonings.

Although the Rock Tribe is a large tribe, but because farming and breeding culture has not yet been developed, all food has to rely on hunting and gathering, with a small number of people, it is actually very difficult to eat enough.

Mainly, there is no such cooking technique. There are not so many spices, and there is no such color, fragrance and taste.

Under Sang Yu's instruction, Yuan served three large doughnuts for everyone.

Looking at the delicious food in front of them, these people couldn't help swallowing.

As the head of the Rock Tribe, Ya's ears were blushed by the greedy looks of her brothers and sisters.

Sang Yu also tactfully withdrew and let them eat freely.

Everyone who saw the Phoenix Tribe withdrew, and then they let go to eat.

Although Ya has a bright and informal personality, she can also understand the thoughtfulness of Sang Yu and others, and a warm feeling flows through her heart.

Everyone couldn't wait to start, and couldn't help but exclaimed for the first bite.

It was the sound of admiration.

too delicious.

Ya herself couldn't hold back anymore, she squeezed the chubby pancake in front of her and stuffed it into her mouth, taking a big bite.

In Sang Yu's eyes, the noodles are very rough, but in Ya's mouth, they are extremely delicate delicacies.

Then he took a big mouthful of green vegetables and stuffed them into his mouth. The salty taste of Tantan mixed with the sweetness of the vegetables, chewed together with the unswallowed noodles in his mouth, and Ya was reluctant to swallow them.

After eating it in one bite, I added a piece of chicken. A mouthful of fatty chicken was mixed with a mouthful of noodle bread. The oily flakes were immersed in the rough noodle bread. It was a smooth chewing and swallowing process, which was simply too delicious.

"Young leader, it's so delicious, can we make such delicious food when we go back?"

Ya wiped the corners of her mouth, thought for a while, and said, "Pheasant can be hunted, but this kind of mushroom is poisonous, so we dare not eat it. The people of the Phoenix Tribe can definitely tell the poisonous from the non-poisonous, and this pancake, we Can’t do it, don’t know how they did it.”

Ya took a piece of fish and took a bite, it was extremely tender.

"I know this fish, but it's in the water, and we can't catch it."

"The Phoenix Tribe is really amazing—"

"Young leader, if we carry the stone back in the future, can we also exchange for these pancakes?"

Hearing this, Ya thought for a while and said, "It should be possible. Chief Sang said that salt and pottery can be exchanged. If you want to exchange pancakes, you can also exchange them."

After a meal, everyone feels unfinished.

Looking at the three big polished pottery bowls, even the fish bones were sucked over and over again, everyone was a little embarrassed, busy cleaning up the dishes and helping to wash the dishes.

Yuan didn't dare to bother these guests, it was all her job, He Liang acted swiftly to clean up, rejected the other party's kindness, and asked them to go to the charcoal field at the foot of the mountain to find the leader after they finished eating.

Several people hurried to the charcoal field.