Chapter 44 The Ministry of War
Respecting the old and loving the young is...
Xia Tuo, who gave himself a reason, grabbed two animal skin rolls and came to the residence of the Great Elder, handed the animal skin rolls to the Great Elder, and asked him to inform the clansmen.
And he went to the Ministry of War.
The Ministry of War is not on the top of the mountain, but in the valley. The role of weapons and armor is especially important for soldiers. A good pair of armor and weapons is enough to increase the strength by several percent.
The location of the Ministry of War is in the cave where the original head of the Lu tribe lived. Of course, the cave has been enlarged again, with a depth of 100 meters. As soon as he entered the cave, Xia Tuo felt a wave of heat coming from him.
ground fire.
In the center of the cave, a fire hole erupted, and there was a stone pot full of cracks on it.
Click!
In an instant, the stone furnace cracked and shattered several times. The raging flames rushed out from the furnace, and the center of the flames was even more glimmering blue.
The shape of the stone furnace is like a pot, with ears on both sides for easy grasping.
Change the furnace!
Elder Gong grabbed a huge black stone furnace at the side and put it on the fire again, covering the bursting flames, and piled up all kinds of broken stone fragments around the fire hole.
Not far away, there are rough stone furnaces that have been polished one after another. In two days, no less than ten stone furnaces were destroyed. In order to find a kind of refractory stone, the clansmen of the Ministry of War searched for more than 20 kinds of stone materials, but unfortunately none of them It can last half a day on the ground fire.
In the fiery cave, burly figures with bare shoulders and dripping with sweat gathered around the stove, staring at the stone stove.
click.
Soon, cracks appeared on the black stone furnace, which was actually melted by the ground fire.
Coming.
Without hesitation, Elder Gong grabbed a blue stone stove again and put it on the fire.
Go and invite the witch.
Patriarch.
Gong, who was immersed in front of the stone furnace, turned around abruptly, and was about to bow, but Xia Tuo waved his hand to stop him.
Patriarch, the temperature of the ground fire is too high, and the stone can't bear it at all.
Looking at Gong's wry smile, Xia Tuo waved his hands to indicate that it's okay, this is not the world he knew in his previous life, but a barren land with nothing, which needs to be practiced a little bit.
Is the ground fire still stable?
It has stabilized since yesterday.
Hearing this, Xia Tuo breathed a sigh of relief. The ground fire was a surprise to say the least, it was dug out from the expanded cave of the Ministry of War.
What are you calling me for?
Soon Wu came with a stick and said in a blunt tone.
The Ministry of War needs a stone furnace for smelting ore. I have searched a lot, but I can't find a fire-resistant stone. Can you imprint witchcraft spells on the stone furnace to make the stone more fire-resistant.
Wu didn't make a sound, but looked at the remaining stone furnace beside him, and even reached out to pick up the cracked gravel.
Xia Tuo didn't make a sound, and waited quietly for Wu's touch. He felt that Wu had found his own way in his twilight years, and he probably had accumulated a lot of money. Otherwise, how could he imprint witchcraft spells on the waterwheel in a short period of time.
Since it can be used on a waterwheel, then this stone furnace can also be used.
Use this kind of stone to build a new stone furnace and send it to the witch hall.
Wu Jiang threw a crimson stone in his hand to the bow, glanced at Xia Tuo, turned and left the Ministry of War, the old man's body seemed to be trembling, but his hands and feet were not nimble, he grabbed the vines like an old monkey Returned to the top of the mountain.
Blood red stone.
Bow naturally recognized this stone, and there were traces of blood-red lines stuck in the red-red stone, and it was the stone furnace made of this blood-red stone that lasted the longest on the ground fire.
Build a stone furnace according to Wu's order.
Gong waved his hand to command a clansman, and ran out quickly.
Has the armor been made?
As soon as the voice changed, Xia Tuo asked.
The patriarch comes with me.
The place where the armor is made is another cave next to it. Now the exit of the valley is blocked by a stone wall. Except for the salt production in the whole valley, the Ministry of War chooses a place at will.
We disassembled the broken armor confiscated by the Lu Tribe and the armor of the Gale Department, and found that the materials used to make the armor by the Gale Department were soaked in animal oil, and the joints between the limbs and the body were connected by animal tendons, and even finely ground. Beast scale leaves.
Leading Xia Tuo into the cave where the armor was made, Gong's face turned red, and said: Compared with the armor made by the Gale Department, the armor made by our tribe is rubbish. The armor made of the same material, the defense The power is at least 20% weaker than that of the Gale Department.
Entering Zhijia Cave, there was a strong smell of animal oil and blood. Xia Tuo saw that the tribesmen who came and went were busy, most of them were women in the tribe.
Some people soaked the animal skins in animal oil, some were arranging the tendons of the animals, and some people were polishing the scales of the beasts.
In fact, this time the annexation of the Lu tribe, in addition to getting the benefits of salt, another benefit is to get a large amount of dried animal skins and animal bones stored by the Lu tribe.
Patriarch, look at this armor from the Gale Department. It has a total of 470 scales. The neck and joints are connected by a double layer of animal tendons and protected by a double layer of animal hide.
He got this armor from the Gale Department, and Xia Tuo naturally knew that it was an armor made of half-cracked stone beast scales and animal skins.
The reason why it is called half-cracked stone armor is because the craftsman of the Gale Department who made this pair of armor skillfully used various beast scales. Some unimportant places on the arms and legs are inlaid with the scales of ordinary beasts.
This is enough to see that the minds of the craftsmen who made the armor.
Such armor inlaid with scales can even catch the arrows of sharp arrows, and the interior is lined with animal skins for double protection.
Create a pair of armor according to this look as soon as possible.
yes.
Xia Tuo stared at the bow and asked, How long will it take?
Two days.
Send it to the witch after it's built.
Then Xia Tuo looked at the two caves for making bows and arrows and polishing stone soldiers. Now there are four caves in the entire military department, namely ground fire, armor, bows and arrows, and stone soldiers.
The volcanic cave is prepared for smelting bronze. As the tribe gradually becomes more formal, the uniformity of weapons and armor will also be raised. The tribe soldiers are full-time guardians of the tribe and hunting expeditions, and the tribe is uniformly armed.
This time I got a lot of stone soldiers and armor from the Lu tribe. Choose the best ones as soon as possible to equip the tribe soldiers.
Walking out of the cave where the stone soldiers were made, Xia Tuo turned and said to Gong following behind.
Yes, I will equip the clan soldiers with armor and stone spears as soon as possible.
...
Three days later, in the valley, strong men stood one by one.
At the front was Hong, and there were nine other totem warriors.
He divided one hundred clan soldiers into ten vertical and horizontal rows, with a totem warrior at the front of each row.
Xia tribe!
Patriarch!
...
The shouts shook the valley, making Xia Tuo's ears buzz.
From today onwards, the dolls, women and children in the tribe will be guarded by you.
Xia Tuo looked at the figures in front of him, and let out a roar, reaching the ears of every soldier.
Tell me, are you okay!
Guard the tribe!
Hong shouted loudly, waving the stone soldier in his hand.
Hong shouted loudly, and immediately more than a hundred clansmen behind him shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky.
Xia Tuo looked at the soldiers in front of him. Under his assumption, these clan soldiers would be completely separated from clan affairs and become real fighters.
These more than a hundred ethnic soldiers are all young and strong in the tribe, ranging from their teens to their thirties, when their integrity and blood are at their most vigorous.
give it to you.
Following Hong's signal, Xia Tuo turned around and climbed the rock wall to return to the top of the mountain.
Since it is a soldier, it is impossible to be so stable. The wilderness outside the tribe is the best training ground.
Under the rush of work, the Ministry of War selected more than one hundred best armors, stone spears, and thirty bows and crossbows, all of which were handed over to Hong.
In the following days, they will take turns to go into the mountains to hunt and sharpen.
...
the second day.
Xia Tuo returned to his own stone house from Wu's stone palace, and the deer was waiting outside the door. When he saw Xia Tuo coming back, he quickly shouted: The patriarch.
Xia Tuo nodded and signaled the deer to follow into the stone house. After entering the stone house, the deer saw a wooden frame standing beside the stone bed, on which was a piece of armor. Gone.
This is the best armor that can be made in the tribe so far. It is all made of the scales, skin, and sinews of the beasts in the rock-cracking realm. The witch also branded witchcraft spells on it, which is enough to withstand a frontal blow from the beasts in the rock-cracking realm. broken.
Xia Tuo naturally had a panoramic view of the deer's expression. As a soldier, it was impossible not to desire such a pair of armor.
The entire body of the armor is shining with a faint light, and each piece of scale armor has been polished, layer upon layer like fish scales, and a large piece of scale is inlaid on the chest.
At the moment when the deer was stunned, Xia Tuo took off a two-meter long bow and an arrow basket from the stone wall. The whole body of the big bow was yellowish brown, and there were five arrows with bronze arrows shining with totem patterns.
The bow and crossbow arrows were obtained from the patriarch of the Lu tribe, and the tribe can't make such a strong bow yet.
It's just that only one of the five arrows of the patriarch of the Lu tribe was branded with totem runes, and the remaining four were branded by Xia Tuo.
Xia Tuo grabbed the big bow and arrow basket and stuffed it into the deer's hand.
This pair of armor and crossbow are entrusted to you.
The deer froze for a moment, and was about to shirk away. There was no doubt that armor and crossbows were the best weapons that the tribe could produce at the moment.
The best weapon is naturally for the patriarch.
Take it. Give me the armor and crossbow. They can only be left in the tribe to collect dust. Only by handing them over to you can they play the greatest role.
Seeing that the deer was still hesitant, Xia Tuo said forcefully: This is my order, and you must not disobey it. Also, the wild mountains and forests are extremely dangerous. If you can find the ruins of the Daqian Tribe, look for them, and if you can't, come back as soon as possible.
yes.
Afterwards, Xia Tuo personally ordered the deer to put on the armor, put the big bow on his back, and fastened the arrow basket to his waist.
Patting the shoulder of the fearful deer, he sighed slightly. At this moment, he was taken aback, went to the stone bed and picked it up, and a bronze dagger appeared in his hand.
Take it, come back if you can't do anything!