Chapter 132: Make a Hammer
Zhou Xu didn’t know what kind of metal this was, and he didn’t know if it was suitable for use as a forging hammer.
Anyway, if it's not suitable, just pretend he made a hammer-shaped metal ingot.
When the molten metal was completely cooled and condensed, and it was taken out, the full picture of the metal hammer was revealed to everyone.
To put it bluntly, it is a hammer head. Zhou Xu made it based on the hammer in his own impression.
The hammer head landed heavily on the dirt with a 'pop' sound. Zhou Xu asked the member of the equipment department to start polishing the hammer handle while gesturing at the hole reserved in the middle for the hammer handle.
After all, it is impossible to make the hammer handle all metal.
On the one hand, the cost is too high and it consumes too much metal. On the other hand, it is too heavy and meaningless.
The other party's movements are nimble and his craftsmanship is also good. It doesn't take much time to polish the hammer handle.
Put the hammer handle through the polished hole, split the part exposed from the other end directly from the middle with a stone ax, and then drive a small wooden wedge into the gap.
In this way, the wooden hammer handle will be stretched open. The further it goes in, the wider it will be stretched, and the friction between the hammer handle and the inside of the hole will be stronger. Finally, it will be completely stretched to death and very strong.
After the completion, Zhou Xu lifted up the freshly made forging hammer. The quantity was quite sufficient.
The hammer head exudes a cold metallic luster in the sun.
【This, it should be copper, right? 】
Zhou Xu was not sure. After all, he was not very interested in ores and metals before traveling through time.
Now the biggest evidence for guessing that this thing is copper is that this thing is brass-colored...
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu asked someone to bring a fist-sized stone. Without any effort, he directly 'clang' 'Two hammers smashed the stone into pieces.
Then Zhou Xu reached out and wiped the dust on the surface of the hammer, and nodded with satisfaction.
“Not bad, not bad.”
Whether it is copper or not, just treat it as copper anyway, as long as it can be used.
At this moment, Zhou Xu could be said to be completely happy. If he hadn't considered his image as a leader, he would probably have burst into laughter on the spot.
As long as the weapons of their tribe can be fully upgraded, from the original stone tools to metal tools, and relying on the sharpness of the metal tools after polishing and edged, the combat effectiveness of their entire tribe will be comprehensively improved. !
Think about the hyenas and centaurs on the grassland, all of them have rough skin and thick flesh. If they really fight, what situation is Zhou Xu most afraid of encountering?
What I fear most is that ‘we failed to penetrate the enemy’s armor’!
If you can't bring effective damage to the opponent, then there is no need to fight this battle.
Now, this problem will no longer exist!
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu directly dispatched manpower to the quarry without saying a word.
Needless to say, with the emergence of copper mines, the priority of work in the quarry has been suddenly raised.
However, there are many facilities in Black Moon Camp and the workload is also heavy. In fact, there are not many people to dispatch.
As soon as Zhou Xu's brain changed, he simply transferred the ten soldiers from the camp to the other side for 'physical training', plus the five soldiers from the Salt Lake camp. In the next period of time, they The only training is physical training!
After receiving the order, the ten-man team here set off immediately.
Zhou Xu, who stayed at the Black Moon Camp, undoubtedly had many things to be busy with. The discovery of copper mines and the casting of copperware destined to have a new department within their tribe, and that was the forging department!
While the forging department needs manpower, it also needs a dedicated forging furnace.
After all, the equipment department also burns pottery on weekdays. There is only one stove, and both sides are used, so they cannot be separated at all.
At this time, Zhou Xu had already allocated land for the equipment department.
If the tribe wants to develop, metal tools must not be bypassed. Therefore, the plan to establish the forging department has long been on Zhou Xu’s blueprint. The entire process has been clearly arranged. It depends on what they do. Sometimes metal veins can be found.
Now that I have rounded it up, everything is ready, I just need the east wind.
After the land was laid out, I immediately called for people to come over and set up the awning. The weather was getting hotter and hotter. Working under the scorching sun, I was afraid that not everyone would faint from the heat.
Zhou Xu didn’t want anyone in his tribe to suffer from heat stroke.
But in fact, it already exists. Among them, teams such as logging teams, quarrying teams, and construction teams that need to do a lot of physical work have particularly high numbers of people suffering from heat stroke.
In fact, he had already taken some countermeasures before this situation happened.
For example, work was stopped for a break from 11:30 noon to 1:30 p.m., and a shed was set up near the construction site for everyone to deploy, etc.
But even so, people with heatstroke still appear.
For these people suffering from heat stroke, Zhou Xu had no choice but to let them rest, which also led to the reduction of the labor force within their tribe.
This situation put a lot of pressure on Zhou Xu, but it was useless.
The conditions of this era are just like this.
In fact, let alone this primitive era, even in modern society, a large number of people suffer from heat stroke. This is simply unavoidable, and he can only deal with it as best he can.
“Herbal tea is here, herbal tea is here!”
Under the scorching sun at noon, several tribe members were sweating profusely carrying clay pots filled with herbal tea.
This 'herbal tea' was discovered by Ye Yan. When he was researching various herbal medicines, he found that although the juice of some herbal medicines tastes bitter, after the bitterness, it will make people feel inexplicably refreshing and comfortable. .
After listening to the regular report, Zhou Xu immediately came up with the idea of using this herb to make herbal tea and distribute it to various departments.
At first, many tribe members thought this stuff was bitter and not good to drink.
But as the weather got hotter and hotter, they gradually discovered the goodness of this herbal tea.
Under the summer shelter, everyone poured a bowl of herbal tea and drank it in one gulp. The feeling was indescribably refreshing.
After drinking herbal tea and taking a nap under the shed, everyone quickly got back to work and built all the forging furnaces in the forging department before dark.
After a day of busy work, Zhou Xu exhaled a long breath and collapsed on his bamboo bed. On the window sill next to the bed, a mosquito coil was burning quietly...
This is also made by Ye Yan using the herbs he discovered. The smell produced when burned can repel mosquitoes.
It didn't take any time. The moment he lay down on the bed, the fatigue accumulated throughout the day made him fall asleep directly. When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.
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