Chapter 44 The Ministry of War(1/2)
"Respecting the elderly and loving the young..."
Xia Tuo, who gave himself a reason, grabbed two animal skin scrolls and came to the residence of the Great Elder, handed the animal skin scroll to the Great Elder, and asked him to inform his clan members.
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 particularly important for warriors. A good pair of armor and weapons is enough to increase the strength of several cents.
The headquarters of War was located in the cave where the former Lu tribe leader was located. Of course, the cave had been expanded again, reaching a depth of 100 meters. As soon as he entered the cave, Xia Tuo felt a wave of heat coming.
Earth fire.
A fire hole erupted in the middle of the cave, with a stone pot covered with cracks on it.
Click!
In an instant, the stone furnace cracked and shattered several times. The raging flames rushed out of the furnace, and the center of the flame was even more gloomy blue.
The shape of the stone furnace is the shape of a pot with ears on both sides, which is convenient for grabbing with your hands.
“Change the furnace quickly!”
Elder Bow grabbed a huge black stone stove next to it and put it on the fire again, covering the rushing flames, and piled up a layer of stone fragments that shattered around the fire hole.
There are also polished rough stone furnaces not far away. In two days, there were no less than ten stone furnaces destroyed. In order to find a kind of fire-resistant stone, the tribesmen of the Ministry of War found more than 20 stones, but unfortunately none of them could last for half a day on the ground fire.
In the cave with fierce earthly fire, sturdy figures were naked and sweating profusely, surrounding the stove, staring at the stone stove.
Click.
Soon, the cracks on the black stone furnace appeared and were melted by the ground fire.
"Come."
Without hesitation, Elder Gong grabbed a blue stone stove again and placed it on the fire.
"Go and invite the witch."
"Class leader."
The bow, immersed in front of the stone stove, suddenly turned around and was about to bow, but was stopped by Xia Tuo waved his hand.
"Clan leader, the temperature of the earth fire is too high and the stone can't bear it at all."
Looking at Gong with a bitter smile, Xia Tuo waved his hand and said it was okay. This was not the world he knew in his previous life, but the wild land with nothing, which needed to be practiced a little bit.
"Is the earth fire still stable?"
“It has been stable since yesterday.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Tuo breathed a sigh of relief. The earth fire was a surprise and dug out the caverns of the Ministry of War.
"Call me to do what."
Soon the witch came with a wooden stick and said in a blunt tone.
"The Ministry of War needs a stone furnace to smel ore. I have searched for many things, but I have not found fire-resistant stone. Can I brand witchcraft spells on the stone furnace to enhance the fire resistance of the stone?"
The witch did not make a sound, but looked at the remaining stone stove next to her and reached out to pick up the cracked gravel.
Xia Tuo did not speak out, waiting quietly for Wu to touch him. He felt that Wu had found his own way as he was approaching his old age, and he probably had accumulated a lot of money, otherwise how could he imprint witchcraft talismans on the water wheel in a short time?
Since it is OK on the waterwheel, then this stone furnace is OK.
"Use this stone to create a new stone furnace and send it to the Witch Hall."
The witch threw a red stone in his hand to the bow, looked at Xia Tuo, turned around and left the Ministry of War. The old man's body seemed to be trembling, but his hands and feet were so quick that he grabbed the vines and returned to the top of the mountain like an old monkey.
"Blood Red Stone."
The bow naturally recognized the stone. There were a trace of blood-red patterns in the red stone. It was the stone furnace made of this blood-red stone that lasted the longest time on the ground fire.
"Create a stone furnace as the witch told me."
Gong waved his hand and ordered a tribe member and ran out quickly.
"Can the armor be made?"
As soon as he changed his voice, Xia Tuo asked.
"Captain with me."
The place where the armor is made is another cave next to it. Now the exit of the valley is blocked by stone walls. In addition to making salt, the Ministry of War will choose places at will.
"We dismantled the broken armor confiscated by the Lu tribe and the armor of the Dafeng tribe. We found that the materials used by the Dafeng tribe in the armor were soaked in animal oil. The joints between the limbs and the body were connected by animal tendons, and small animal scales and armor leaves were polished."
He took Xia Tuo into the cave where the armor was made. Gong's face turned red and said, "Compared with the armor made by the Dafeng tribe, the armor made by our tribe is garbage. The armor made by the same materials has at least 20% weaker defense than that of the Dafeng tribe."
When he entered the Jiazhi Cave, a strong smell of animal oil and blood filled his breath. Xia Tuo saw that the people coming and going were busy, mostly women in the tribe.
Some people soaked the skins in animal oil, some were sorting out the animal tendons, and some people were polishing the scales of the ferocious beasts.
In fact, this time, in addition to obtaining the benefits of salt, another advantage was that it obtained a large amount of air-dried animal skins and bones stored by the Lu tribe.
"Class leader, look at the armor of the Dafeng tribe. There are 470 scales on the whole body. The neck and joints are connected by double-layer animal tendons, and double-layer animal skins are also used as protection."
This armor was obtained by him from the Great Wind Tribe, so Xia Tuo naturally knew that in general, it was an armor made of the scales and skins of the half-slit stone-breaking beasts.
Why is it said to be a semi-splitting stone-resolving armor? It is because the Dafeng tribe craftsman who made this armor cleverly used various ferocious beast scales, protecting the ferocious beast scales in the chest and the center of the back, while in some unimportant places on the arms and legs, ordinary ferocious beast scales are inlaid with them.
This is enough to show the mind of the armor-making craftsman.
This armor inlaid with scales can even jammed the arrows of sharp arrows, and the interior is lined with animal skins, which is double-protected.
"Create a pair of armor as soon as possible."
"yes."
Xia Tuo stared at the bow and asked, "How long will it take."
"Two days."
"After creating it, send it to the witch."
Then Xia Tuo looked at the two caves that built bows, crossbows, arrows and polished stone soldiers. Now there are four caves in the entire headquarters, namely ground fire, armor, bows, crossbows, arrows and stone soldiers.
The earth volcano cave was prepared to melt bronze. As the tribe gradually became regular, the unification of weapons and armor would also be promoted. The clan soldiers were dedicated to guarding the tribe and hunting and fighting, and were unified and armed by the tribe.
"This time I got a lot of stone soldiers and armor from the Lu tribe. Choose the best one as soon as possible to give the clan soldiers."
Walking out of the cave where the stone soldiers were making, Xia Tuo turned around and said to the bow that followed him.
"Yes, I will get the clan soldiers equipped with armor and stone guns as soon as possible."
...
Three days later, strong men stood in the valley.
At the forefront is Hong, and there are nine other totem warriors.
He divided a hundred clan soldiers into ten rows, with a totem warrior at the forefront of each row.
"Xia Tribe!"
"Class leader!"
...
The shouts shook the valley, making Xia Tuo's ears buzz.
"From today on, you will protect the dolls, women and children in the tribe."
Xia Tuo looked at the figures in front of him, and whistled sounds and entered the ears of each clan soldier.
"Tell me, can you do it?"
"Guardian tribe!"
Hong shouted loudly, waving the stone soldiers in his hand.
Hong shouted loudly, and then more than a hundred tribe members behind him shouted, shaking the sky.
Xia Tuo looked at the soldiers in front of him. Under his vision, these tribe soldiers would be completely separated from tribe affairs and become real war soldiers.
All of these more than 100 soldiers were young and strong in the tribe, ranging from teenagers to thirties, and when they were upright and strong in their bodies and blood.
"Leave it to you."
After Hong's instructions, Xia Tuo turned around and climbed the rock wall and returned to the top of the mountain.
Since you are a warrior, it is impossible to be so stable. The wilderness outside the tribe is the best training ground.
With the rush to work, the Ministry of War selected more than 100 best armor, stone guns, and thirty crossbows, all handed over to Hong.
In the following days, they will take turns to hunt and grind into the mountains.
...
The second day.
Xia Tuo returned to his stone house from the Wu's stone hall. Lu was waiting outside the door. When he saw Xia Tuo coming back, he hurriedly shouted: "Class leader."
Xia Tuo nodded and signaled the deer to follow him into the stone house. When he entered the stone house, the deer saw a wooden frame standing beside the stone bed, with a picture of armor on it. The scales on the armor were flashing with a faint light, and a black light like a small snake flashed away.
"This is the best armor that can be made in the tribe. It is made of scales, skins, and tendons of ferocious beasts in the Stone-Cracking Realm. The witch also branded witchcraft talismans on it, which is enough to withstand the frontal blow of ferocious beasts in the Stone-Cracking Realm without breaking it."
To be continued...