Chapter 132: Make a Hammer
Zhou Xu didn't know what kind of metal this was, nor did he know if it was suitable for making a forging hammer.
Anyway, if it doesn't fit, just treat it as a metal ingot in the shape of a hammer.
When the molten metal has completely cooled and solidified, it is taken out and the full appearance of the metal hammer is revealed to everyone.
To put it simply, it is a hammer head, which Zhou Xu made based on his own impression of a hammer.
The hammer head fell heavily on the muddy ground with a thud. Motioning the hole in the middle where the hammer handle was to be inserted, Zhou Xu asked the member of the equipment department to start polishing the hammer handle by showing him how to do it.
After all, it is impossible to make the hammer handle entirely of metal.
On the one hand, it is too expensive and wastes too much metal, and on the other hand, it is too heavy and meaningless.
The other party was quick and skillful, and it didn't take him much time to polish the hammer handle.
Pass the hammer handle through the polished hole, and split the exposed part at the other end directly in the middle with a stone axe, and then drive a small piece of wood wedge into the gap.
In this way, the wooden hammer handle will be stretched out, and the deeper it is hit, the more it will be stretched out, and the stronger the friction between the hammer handle and the inside of the hole will be, until it is completely stretched out and becomes very firm.
After completion, Zhou Xu picked up the freshly-forged hammer, which was quite large.
The hammer head emits a cold metallic luster in the sunlight.
[This should be copper, right? ]
Zhou Xu wasn't quite sure. After all, he had not been very interested in ores and metals before he traveled through time.
The biggest evidence that this thing is copper is that it is brass-colored...
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu asked someone to bring a fist-sized stone. Without holding back, he smashed the stone with two "bangs" of the hammer, smashing it into pieces.
Then Zhou Xu reached out and wiped the dust off the hammer surface and nodded with satisfaction.
“Not bad, not bad.”
No matter whether it is copper or not, just treat it as copper. As long as it can be used, it's fine.
At this moment, Zhou Xu could be said to be completely delighted. If he hadn't considered his image as a leader, he would probably have burst into laughter right now.
As long as the weapons of their tribe can be fully upgraded from the original stone tools to metal tools, the sharpness of the metal tools after being polished and sharpened will enhance the combat effectiveness of their entire tribe!
Think about the hyenas and centaurs on the grassland. They are thick-skinned and tough. If they really fight, what is Zhou Xu most afraid of? The most feared thing is that we fail to penetrate the enemy's armor!
If neither can inflict effective damage to the other, then there is no point in fighting this battle.
Now, this problem will no longer exist!
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu didn't say anything and directly dispatched personnel to the quarry.
Needless to say, with the emergence of the copper mine, the priority of work at the quarry has been raised all of a sudden.
However, there are many facilities and a heavy workload at the Black Moon Camp, so there are actually not many people to transfer.
Zhou Xu thought for a moment and simply transferred the ten soldiers in this camp to there for "physical training", plus the five soldiers in the Salt Lake Camp. For the next period of time, their training would only be physical training!
After receiving the order, the ten-man team set off immediately.
Zhou Xu, who stayed in the Black Moon Camp, undoubtedly had a lot of things to do.
The discovery of copper mines and the casting of copperware meant that a new department would be created within their tribe: the forging department!
The forging department not only needed manpower, but also a dedicated forging furnace.
After all, the equipment department also needs to make pottery on a daily basis. There is only one furnace, and it has to be used by both sides, so it is impossible to divide it.
By this time, Zhou Xu had already allocated the land for the equipment department.
If the tribe wants to develop, it cannot avoid metal tools. Therefore, the plan to establish a forging department has long been on Zhou Xu's blueprint. The entire process has been clearly arranged. It all depends on when they can find the metal ore veins.
Now, rounding off, everything is ready, except for the east wind.
After the land was demarcated, people were immediately called over to set up a sunshade. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and working under the scorching sun was likely to make people faint from the heat.
Zhou Xu didn't want anyone in his tribe to suffer from heat stroke.
But in fact, it has already happened. Among the teams that need to do a lot of physical work, such as logging teams, quarrying teams and construction teams, the number of people suffering from heatstroke is particularly high.
In fact, he had already taken some countermeasures long before this situation happened.
For example, work was stopped from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and a shed was set up near the construction site for everyone to deploy.
But even so, there are still people suffering from heat stroke.
For those who suffered from heatstroke, Zhou Xu had no choice but to let them rest, which also led to a reduction in the labor force within their tribe.
This situation put Zhou Xu under a lot of pressure, but it was useless.
The conditions of this era are like this.
In fact, let alone this primitive age, even in modern society, there are a lot of people suffering from heat stroke. This is simply unavoidable, and he can only try his best to deal with it.
"The herbal tea is here, the herbal tea is here!"
Under the scorching sun at noon, several tribal members were sweating profusely as they carried clay jars filled with herbal tea.
This "herbal tea" was discovered by Ye Yan. When he was studying various herbs, he found that the juice of a certain herb tasted bitter, but after the bitterness, it would make people inexplicably produce a refreshing and comfortable feeling.
After listening to the regular report, Zhou Xu immediately came up with the idea of using this herb to make herbal tea and then distribute it to various departments.
At first, many tribal members thought this thing was bitter and unpalatable.
But as the weather got hotter, they gradually discovered the benefits of this herbal tea.
Under the summer shed, everyone poured a bowl of cold tea and drank it in one gulp. The feeling was indescribably refreshing.
After drinking the herbal tea and taking a short rest under the shed, everyone quickly returned to their work and built all the forging furnaces in the forging department before dark.
After a busy day at work, Zhou Xu, who was exhausted, let out a long breath and collapsed on his bamboo bed. On the windowsill beside the bed, a mosquito coil was quietly burning...
This was also made from herbs discovered by Ye Yan. The smell produced when burned has the effect of repelling mosquitoes.
Without wasting any time, the moment he lay down on the bed, the fatigue accumulated during the day made him fall asleep directly. When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.
The update is here, thanks to book friends 'this name is started' and 'curve circle' for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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