He stared at the fingerprints on the ball of clay in his hand for a long time, with the joy on his face becoming more and more intense, and Heiwa finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
Such movement attracted the attention of several people around. They turned their heads to look at the pottery master in the tribe, wanting to see what good idea he had found that made him so happy.
Heiwa ignored everyone's gazes and quickly started to knead the mud in his hand.
After kneading it a few times, I found that the mud ball in my hand had become hard because it had been in place for too long.
He threw it away, got a new piece of clay and started to knead it quickly with his hands.
Under the gaze of the crowd, as he moved, a narrow, flat, mutant 'y'-shaped object gradually appeared.
The shape of this thing is very similar to the pattern of the bronze dagger drawn by Han Cheng, so it can be said to be a dagger.
The people looking at the situation here couldn't help but look at each other in confusion. It was obvious that they didn't understand what the use of Heiwa making this thing was.
After all, what the Son of God required was to make a mold, but Heiwa now used clay to mold a spear, which was completely different from what the Son of God required.
Moreover, the spear made of mud is too thin and long. Even if it is dried and fired into pottery, it will still be very fragile and will break at the slightest touch. It is completely worthless.
After looking at each other, these people looked at Han Cheng not far away, wanting to see what the Son of God's attitude was.
Han Cheng also saw Heiwa's actions. Unlike the others who were confused and surprised, he couldn't help but smile with approval.
Heiwa found the right solution a few days earlier than he expected.
Although it is somewhat different from what he thought of, it is undeniable that this is also a very effective solution.
The clay dagger appeared on the stone slab. Heiwa carefully compared it with the pattern Han Cheng had drawn on the pottery slab and found that there were some differences, and there was also a big deviation in the required thickness.
After thinking about it, he found a bamboo sword and repaired the clay spear.
After a careful rest, a decent spear appeared here, although it was made of clay.
Heiwa had already figured out the solution independently, so Han Cheng no longer pretended to be profound and ignorant.
He walked up and gave Heiwa a thumbs up without hesitation.
After getting the affirmation, Heiwa smiled even more brightly.
"Son of God, you already knew what to do, didn't you?"
After laughing, Heiwa asked about what he had realized.
Han Cheng smiled and said, "I just remembered it not long ago, and it's a little different from what you thought."
"Then why don't you just tell us?"
Heiwa asked with a puzzled look on his face, and the others were even more confused than Heiwa, because they still hadn't figured out how to get a suitable mold from this clay spear.
At the same time, I was also confused and puzzled about the question asked by Heiwa.
Yes, since the Son of God already knew what to do, why didn’t he tell us and others, but instead let us keep figuring it out?
"Don't you think that solving problems through your own efforts will make people happier?"
Han Cheng asked back with a smile.
Heiwa lowered his head and thought for a while, made a careful comparison, and felt that what the Son of God said was absolutely right. Solving the problem through one's own efforts can indeed make people feel happier.
“I hope that when you encounter problems, you can think more and use your wisdom to try to solve them, just like Heiwa.
Only in this way can our tribe get more and more good things and achieve better and better development..."
Han Cheng said to the other people who were making the mold together.
Han Cheng's words made these people start thinking.
Han Cheng didn't know how much impact today's words and the things happening before their eyes could have on them and how much change they would cause.
But as long as it can cause some touching feelings and it is not in vain, it is enough.
At least it can prove that these words were not said in vain.
Han Cheng asked the others to stop what they were doing and start making the mud spear like Heiwa did.
In addition to the mud spear, some mud arrowheads, axes, and some balls were also made.
After these finished products are dried in the sun, they are put into the pottery kiln for firing to harden them.
Looking at the fired things, those who participated in the whole process, except Han Cheng and Heiwa, still didn't understand how to make molds with these things.
Their doubts were soon resolved because Heiwa placed the best-fired and best-made piece of pottery on a rectangular piece of flat clay.
Then he began to slowly press Tao Ge onto the mud block.
The clay was not very hard to begin with, and when Heiwa pressed it like this, it quickly sank into the clay.
Wait until the Taoge sinks to the same level as the mud block, then stop and start prying the Taoge out carefully to get it out.
Because the clay spear is coated with wood ash before being pressed into the clay block, the clay spear will not stick to the prepared clay and cannot be removed.
After Tao Ge was taken out, a neat mark of Ge was left on the mud.
It is more regular than any other one made by hand before.
When everyone saw this, they suddenly realized that this is how these spears, arrows and other things were used!
Clay molds can be made so easily!
After this method is put forward, many people will understand what is going on at a glance, but before someone breaks this layer of window paper, it can still make people feel a headache.
With these things, making clay molds for the Qingque tribe immediately became easy.
Of course, this is just casting a simple utensil, so the clay mold can be used easily and casually. If the casting object is changed to a bronze bottle, it will be very troublesome.
However, one of the main characteristics of human beings is that they have a very strong ability to learn and create. As the time spent dealing with bronze increases, people's craftsmanship continues to improve, and it is not impossible to make a set of bronze cooking utensils.
Well, my true nature as a foodie is exposed again.
The burning furnace was emitting blue smoke, and inside it was the melted copper-tin alloy, which had now reached the level of perfection.
A large platform was built next to the furnace, which was now filled with pottery molds.
The first casting of bronze spears and other items was done by Han Cheng, who was wearing a plain leather suit and leather gloves.
He used a clay spoon with a wooden handle to scoop a spoonful of copper liquid from the furnace, carefully moved to the edge of the mold closest to him, tilted the clay spoon, and poured the copper liquid into it.
The sticky copper liquid containing high temperature flows in the grooves on the ceramic mold, slowly and quickly covering the entire grooves.
After the copper liquid was level with the surface of the ceramic mold, Han Cheng stopped and scooped more copper liquid into another ceramic mold.
This time, one furnace of bronze was enough to fill eight ceramic molds for bronze spears and twenty-three ceramic molds for bronze arrowheads.
While the furnace was still hot, Han Cheng continued to have people add crude tin and crude copper into it, and then smelt the bronze.
Han Chengdu had someone weigh the crude tin and copper he put in each time in advance. The specific gravity was different each time, and all these data had to be recorded.
But after bronze was melted according to this proportion and bronze ware was cast, the properties of each type of bronze ware must also be recorded.
In this way, we can slowly figure out the proportion of bronze and what kind of bronze ware is suitable for what purpose.
This is a meticulous job that requires a lot of data to support it. Although it is troublesome, it cannot be avoided.
Only by slowly summarizing these rules can the bronze industry of the Qingque tribe develop better.
After adding the material again, the bronze liquid in the mold has completely cooled and solidified.
Han Cheng turned the pottery model over, propped one end on his hand, and used his other hand to slap the back a few times, and there was a clang sound...