With multiple experiences and the help of seven or eight Baijia tribesmen, Ye Feng only needed to focus on building the furnace.
The mud was ready, and someone would hand him the tools if he needed them. Under these conditions, he completed an embedded furnace in less than an hour.
After the work was completed, he had people start a fire to smoke it, and just then, Fu Changxiong's wood-chopping team returned.
As per Ye Feng's prior request, all the wood used was oak, because this type of wood is perfect for making charcoal.
Just like the previous steps for making charcoal, Fu Changxiong directed his people to start cutting the wood into appropriate lengths.
Because of a back injury, he could only supervise the work from the sidelines.
Taking advantage of this time, Ye Feng used mud to rebuild a charcoal stove for smoking charcoal.
The method is also very simple; it is still built by piling up mud.
First, the mud is kneaded into a long, round strip, somewhat like a soft stick.
Then coil the long strip of mud into a circle, and repeat the process, building up the circle higher and higher.
Seeing Ye Feng's actions, the members of the Baijia clan were filled with doubt.
They usually like to make small items out of mud, but this way of playing with mud still feels quite novel to them.
Before Ye Feng could speak, they spontaneously began to knead the mud, imitating his actions.
Even the high priest and chieftain, who were once high and mighty, joined in.
While doing this, Ye Feng did not forget to teach Salla's principle. After all, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. He could not stay here forever.
He wanted to teach these primitive people to be strong on their own, because relying solely on that ethereal god would not allow the Baija tribe to revive.
Salra, who had been by her side as her translator, listened attentively and quickly joined in.
With so many people helping him, Ye Feng only needed to focus on building the charcoal stove.
In less than an hour, a charcoal stove about 1 meter high was completed.
It looks like a miniature Mongolian yurt.
Ye Feng used a stick to poke several holes around the bottom of the stove.
This serves as a ventilation and exhaust vent for the furnace, accelerating the charcoal forming process while preventing explosions.
However, one charcoal furnace is not enough; this time, it's not just for smelting iron as before.
Before smelting iron, the iron in the lateritic soil must be extracted before proceeding to the next step.
The amount of charcoal needed is enormous, and it would be a real waste not to use so much manpower.
To save time, he led his people to learn how to build charcoal stoves.
This allows several furnaces to produce charcoal simultaneously, ensuring consistent charcoal output and producing more charcoal.
The Baijia tribe may be backward, but they are not as unintelligent as one might imagine.
Salla, in particular, learned very quickly...
After an hour and a half, three more charcoal stoves rose from the ground...
Ye Feng reviewed and instructed them one by one. After finding no major problems, he still let the tribesmen bake and smoke the food.
Including the smelting furnace, there are a total of 5 furnaces. It will take some time for them to dry completely, and Ye Feng doesn't intend to be idle. The next step is the crucial iron smelting.
He immediately summoned Salla and began teaching him step by step.
However, due to the significant cultural differences, he didn't know how to explain the principles clearly...
They could only fool people by claiming that the soil had been imbued with divine power, but still needed to be processed to extract iron.
Salra, who already had complete faith in Ye Feng's identity, simply nodded repeatedly, trying her best to remember every step, without having any doubt about this absurd claim.
Ye Feng took a jar containing brick-red soil slurry, and then had someone take out some burnt charcoal from the stove.
After cooling, the entire mixture was ground into charcoal pellets and poured into a jar for stirring.
This is done to ensure complete integration with the lateritic red soil, allowing the temperature to rise even higher during the high-temperature refining process.
At high temperatures, charcoal reacts with iron oxide in the soil to produce iron and carbon dioxide, during which red iron beads will appear.
This was a huge job, because the lateritic red soil that was dug up weighed at least 200 kilograms, and various bottles and jars were scattered everywhere.
Fortunately, there were enough human resources, and everyone joined in.
As Ye Feng's watch emitted the "Hunting Begins" notification, both stoves were completely dried out...
He had his men neatly arrange the chopped wood pieces into the charcoal stove and then seal the top of the stove.
As the flames were lit, thick smoke began to spread outwards through the exhaust vents.
Next, all you need to do is wait for the charcoal to cool and solidify...
After working hard for most of the day, Ye Feng finally caught his breath and sat on the ground, staring at his watch in a daze.
The little red and green dots representing oneself and teammates are still slowly jumping.
The number of pursuers remains at [2].
It seemed that he only had two competitors left, but he knew that the crisis was far from over.
Especially now, they have somehow managed to get in touch with so many Shuar people.
These two people are like time bombs. If they are not eliminated soon, not only will they be in danger, but the entire Baijia tribe will also be affected.
Today is day 82 of the game. I only need to stay for another 18 days to completely end the game.
However, Ye Feng did not believe that Bai Ying and Zhang Tiannan would let him live until that time.
But... they're hiding in the jungle outside, how can we find them?
And even if they find it, are they really going to let the old, weak, women and children of the Baijia tribe fight for them?
Thinking about it, Ye Feng scratched his greasy hair in frustration, feeling like he couldn't take the initiative no matter what.
"The enemy is in the dark, while I am in the light. As long as they don't show themselves, even if they have bows and arrows, it seems I can only ever be on the defensive."
Thinking of this, Ye Feng's eyes inadvertently glanced at two naked little girls not far away.
The two women were gesturing with each other, each holding a small wooden knife. In their other hand, they held a fruit with a red outer skin and a black inside, their mouths full of red juice as they ate it.
But his face was beaming with a childlike smile, and he was having a great time.
Today, almost all the able-bodied people are at work, and there is only one pregnant woman, six months along, taking care of the two children.
The pregnant woman was also eating the fruit that oozed red juice.
"Hmm?" Ye Feng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, a hint of curiosity in his eyes. He quickly greeted Salla.
Salla was still reviewing the steps Ye Feng had taken while playing with mud when she heard the shouts and quickly ran to his side.
"Is there something you need, sir?"
Ye Feng stood up and beckoned Salra to walk over to the two children.
Upon seeing Ye Feng, the pregnant woman next to her immediately tried to kneel down, but Ye Feng quickly raised his hand to stop her and took the wooden knife and fruit from the child's hand.
The knife is grayish-brown in color and the workmanship is quite good. The blade has been professionally polished. Most importantly... the blade, which is about seven or eight centimeters long, can actually extend and retract.
Ye Feng was somewhat surprised. He had seen all the wooden items in this tribe, and this kind of woodworking technique with extension and retraction could not possibly have been done by the tribe.
“Salla, can you ask them for me where this thing came from?”
Salla nodded, and after a brief, rambling conversation, Ye Feng got his answer.
He was right; this thing definitely wasn't made by the Baija tribe.
Rather, the female warriors ambushed and killed several Shuar tribe members who were out on the road, and found the body on one of the men dressed in modern clothes.
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