Of the remaining people, twenty-four were handed over to Lin Xiaoxi to continue leading, and divided into teams of eight to be responsible for daily patrols and defense in the village.

Liu Feng handed over the remaining people to Wu Xiangyue. These people were all veterans brought up by Lin Xiaoxi and were very strong in fighting.

Wu Xiangyue mainly trained them in direct coordination and the use of weapons. Their main task was to be responsible for the defense of key locations such as brick kilns and blacksmith workshops.

Especially places like warehouses and horse farms are Liu Feng's lifeline.

If Liu Feng's confidants are included, there are now nearly sixty people in Siwa Village who can fight.

After the distribution, everyone dispersed according to their division of labor.

At this time, Zhuzi came with several people carrying a heavy wooden box.

"Village Chief, here are the arrows you requested. They are all ready."

This was the task Liu Feng had assigned to Zhuzi before. It had only been a few days, but I didn't expect this silly boy to have completed it.

In addition, there are now five wooden tanks and more than three hundred wooden handles for spears in the village. They can all be used once Zhang Tiechui makes the spear heads.

This guy does things so fast.

"Very good, very good. I'll go to the counting house later and get a pheasant or a hare as a reward for you."

"By the way, I brought back a group of women from Shanggou Village. Have you gone to see them?"

Zhuzi smiled foolishly: "My conditions are not good, which girl would be interested in me?"

Liu Feng patted Zhuzi's sturdy arms and said, "Look at you. You have such strong muscles and are as strong as an ox. You also have some skills. Girls like people like you."

"Remember, there are a few more coming today, go and take a look."

"Okay, Village Chief, I will definitely go."

"But village chief, what should I do next?"

Liu Feng looked at the things in front of him, his eyes turned, and thought, if he had a spear, he would also need a shield.

"You try to make some shields."

"I thought it was some kind of responsible thing. This is easy."

"Village Chief, do you have any requirements on the size?"

Liu Feng's idea was not sudden. When he was in the Fengling Army, he discovered that there were special shield soldiers. These soldiers were equipped with long swords and prototype arm shields. The function of this shield was to cooperate with killing and personal defense, and it was not enough to form a shield formation.

"What I want is a tall shield, at least enough to reach a person's chest, wider than a person, so that a person can completely protect themselves by hunching over."

“At the same time, we need to design a location where we can set up the spear.”

"Oh, it's so big."

After listening to Liu Feng's description, Zhuzi already had a general idea in his mind.

"Okay, it's not hard to do."

"And we have no shortage of wood."

"Village chief, just wait."

With the new task, Zhuzi's eyes were filled with anger and he had no other thoughts.

These were all the supplies prepared by Liu Feng. After storing them in a huge warehouse not far from the horse farm, Zhuzi went to study the shield.

The shield he wanted was more practical than the arm shield. It could not only block the rain of swords, but also form a shield formation and hold up spears to deal with cavalry.

This is just the beginning. When the conditions are ripe, he will definitely make a matchlock gun. By then, the gun can be mounted on the shield, and it will be a musket and shield formation that is enough to sweep away thousands of troops.

Gaolufeng has already obtained a lot of war horses, greatly expanded its personnel, and has abundant supplies. It will definitely train cavalry this winter.

Once the shield is made, it will be put to use soon.

After all, his concubine asked him to kill Gaolu Feng.

"Village Chief, this is incredible, Village Chief..."

Just after sending Zhuzi away, Liu Feng heard loud shouting from a distance.

Wang Shan came running over angrily, holding a stone in his hand.

"Village chief, please take a look."

The heavy snow has not stopped since the Great Snow Festival. Today, the snow finally stopped, and he hurriedly took a few people to the mountain to cut trees.

Because of the brick kilns, carpenter workshops, blacksmith workshops, house repairs and other things, it is no longer possible to cut down good trees nearby.

At most, they could only cut down enough wood for use in various workshops.

So they walked a long way and went deep into the mountains to cut trees.

When he was going down the mountain, he accidentally kicked something and fell flat on his face.

Wang Shan got up angrily, dug up the snow and saw that it was just a stone.

Liu Feng looked at Wang Shan's exaggerated expression, somewhat confused.

When I took the stone and looked at it, it looked black, shiny, and had a few red textures.

This thing is very heavy and as cold as iron.

It is black iron ore.

"Village Chief, I've seen it in Brother Zhang's blacksmith workshop, but the color isn't as pretty as this one."

"I think it's iron ore."

"Yes, this is iron ore."

"Let's go find the hammer."

Liu Feng was very excited.

If this is just a little bit, I won’t say more.

But finding a wild, unknown black iron ore vein would be amazing. If you mine it vigorously, you will never lack iron again.

By then, we can build our own blast furnace steelmaking equipment. Oh my god, producing 10,000 tons of steel a day will not be a dream.

When the time comes, I will have the sharp sword in my hand and the world will be mine.

Liu Feng was very excited and rushed to the blacksmith workshop. As soon as he entered, he saw Zhang Tiechui carefully making the nail plates, hammering and heating them in one go.

Ruhua, you and an apprentice will help you collect these armor plates.

The original blacksmith in the village was working with an apprentice to make farm tools.

The forging of the unparalleled armor was extremely time-consuming. It took Zhang Tiechui so long to complete the two arms.

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