Chapter 1164

Three days later, the sun was burning, and from time to time, several big birds with strange shapes flew by.

Su Xun followed Chen to the place where he found the iron ore. after leaving Xiacheng, he had to walk for three days.

"This is it, my Lord."

A depression, morning pointed to the foot of the mountain said.

In fact, needless to say, Su Xun had already seen that many iron ores in the gravel were reflecting.

There is definitely iron ore here!

"Come on, dig from here."

Su Xun commanded two soldiers to start mining with bone shovel, stone hammer and other tools.

As the soldiers dug three times and two times, a shallow pit appeared on the mountain wall, exposing more and more ore.

"All right, stop first."

Now Su xunzhen is sure that this is an iron mine, and it is also a rich mine with rich resources.

The world that has never experienced mining is really full of treasures and scarce resources.

Half a month later, two tall furnaces rose up at the foot of the mountain. At the same time, a fortress surrounded the whole mountain.

This will be the most important strategic resource of Xia state, and it is necessary to send troops to stay here.

It is not difficult to make iron by the ancient method, but it can be divided into furnace making, smelting and forging.

The most difficult one should be the blast equipment in the furnace, but it was not a problem for Su Xun who came from modern society.

The blast equipment is connected to the side door of the furnace through the heat-resistant ceramic tube, and then the side door is sealed with clay, so that only the air flow generated by the blast equipment can enter the furnace.

Next, the charcoal is filled from the top of the furnace, and then ignition and blast are carried out. When the temperature in the furnace reaches a certain level, smelting can be started.

Ironmaking is a hard work. Ironmaking can last for hours or even days at a time, but the blast can't stop in the process of ironmaking, so it's usually two waves of people in rotation, otherwise the ironmaking can't be done.

The newly baked iron is still soft. At this time, it can be made into any shape you want by forging, that is, hammering.

And the more times of forging, the better the quality of iron, so there is a saying of refined steel.

The first ironmaking, of course, was conducted by Su Xun himself, and it was also a demonstration, which was shown to the alternative blacksmiths selected by him.

Let the alternative blacksmiths learn, then let them try their own ironmaking, and pass on the skills and experience to the new apprentices layer by layer.

A qualified official blacksmith is treated the same as a soldier. In Xia state, as long as you are useful, you can get a better life than others.

Of course, if the treatment is high, the cost of making mistakes is even more serious, especially if the leak is inevitable.

The garrison here is not only to guard the iron ore, but also to watch the blacksmiths.

Two days later, the first batch of iron that Su Xun personally participated in smelting came out of the furnace, and then Su Xun used a stone hammer to forge. This process must be vigorously carried out.

Su Xun's strength was not comparable in the whole wilderness, so he had to keep it, or the stone hammer would be broken.

In this way, after a morning of forging and quenching, the first iron ware appeared in the whole wilderness.

When smelting a three foot long iron sword, he carved a word "Xia" on both sides of the sword.

The hilt is also made of iron and wrapped in linen.

Su Xun cut the sword himself. Every step of the sword was operated by him.

"Bring a log!"

The iron sword was cold under the sun, and the sharp blade flashed white light from time to time.

A soldier came carrying a log.

Su Xun held the sword and cut it with an oblique sword.

"Puyi -"

the thick and thin wood of the calf broke straight and neatly.

"Wow

There was an uproar all over the mine.

"Artifact!" "It's an artifact!"

No one thought that the sword made of this thing called iron was so sharp and hard. With this thing, why did they worry about the prosperity of Xia kingdom?

The most powerful weapon they are familiar with is made of bronze, but if it was a bronze sword, it would have been broken or rolled.

If we look at the sword again, we can see that there are no such phenomena as curling edge, notch or even crack.

Of course, the sword forged by ordinary people certainly doesn't have this strength. After all, it doesn't have the strength of Su Xun, and it won't last that long. It takes too much time.

"This is the first iron sword in the great Xia Dynasty and even in the great wilderness. It's named Xia Wang Jian alone. After that, it will be worn by all the emperors of the Xia kingdom. What the sword front refers to is the direction of Xia's soldiers. Xia, Wansheng!"

Su Xun held up his iron sword and cried out. Every word was heard clearly.

"Wansheng!" "Wansheng!" "Wansheng!"

At the moment, all the craftsmen, laborers and soldiers in the mine echoed Su Xun, and their eyes were full of fire and pride.Although the state of Xia was small, Su Xun used facts to make them firmly believe that the state of Xia would dominate the wasteland.

"Loose." Su Xun looked at a middle-aged man.

This is the person in charge of the mine. Of course, he is only responsible for the smelting of the mine, not the garrison of the mine.

Pine stepped forward quickly: "king."

"A small amount of iron swords and iron swords, a large number of these weapons and iron spearheads. After the other eight tribes come, I will send more people."

Su Xun drew an image on the ground. The gun was an upgraded version of the spear, with longer blade and rod.

As for ironmaking, there is no shortage of manpower. Women are also very powerful in the wilderness. When they are not young enough, they can ask women to help.

In addition to sending people to help the members of the eight tribes, they also asked them to come in.

At the same time, they also sent people to the star tribe to offer snow salt, take pottery pots and miscellaneous salt to the farther tribe to trade, this time in exchange for a lot of food.

Because the war is coming, a large number of young people will be incorporated into the army, and too much food will be consumed.

Next spring, after the wasteland outside the city is planted with millet, it will be good in two years.

Half a month later, the eight tribes and the people sent by the five tribes, including the Mountain Tribe, finally arrived.

The people sent by the Mountain Tribe and other five dependent tribes were arranged by Su Xun to go to the mine. Of course, they were only responsible for the miscellaneous work, but they couldn't touch the core smelting.

There are more than 4000 people in the eight tribes. There are more than 1500 people who can use the green clothes of combat soldiers. In addition, there are 1800 young people in the state of Xia.

Xia's population is expanding rapidly, and it is approaching the 5000 mark in an instant. The pressure and strength are greatly increased.

As soon as they joined the state of Xia, they were faced with a battle, so Su Xun announced that anyone who had been beheaded in this battle could be promoted to a citizen and moved into the city.

All those who take part in the war will be rewarded, and as long as they are incorporated into the army, all corresponding treatment will be improved.

Of the 1800 young men, only 1000 can be incorporated into the official military posts, and the rest 800 are auxiliary soldiers.

Fortunately, this is a wasteland. Both the old and the young are giants with great individual strength. Moreover, there are many things that can be exchanged for food in the state of Xia.

Otherwise, a mere 5000 people will never be able to support so many soldiers, because this proportion will be a big problem.

With the arrival of the people of various tribes, the state of Xia ran like a machine at high speed.

War, war, all production are preparing for war. They only have two months left.