Chapter 160
Chapter 160
"You want to learn how to tan animal hides?"
After the elder finished his purpose of coming, he took out all the animal skins he could find. Those animal skins were very fine, but they were still fresh, with mottled coats. It was hard from the low temperature, and it didn't look like animal skin, but like a hard wooden board.
"There are a few older people in the clan who couldn't stand the severe cold during the winter transformation, and their bodies became weaker and weaker day by day. In the next winter, a new batch of cubs will start to transform. I tried to give you The animal fur clothes of the clansmen are very warm, and they won’t become hard and smelly, if you can teach me how to make those animal fur clothes, I can ask someone to hunt prey for you in exchange after spring.”
"It's not necessary." Song Wen smiled. The people of the Black Crow Clan help him cut so much wood now, and they also think that these trees are too thick and not easy to burn, so they don't plan to drag these trees back into the cave. To make firewood, aside from the huge piece of wasteland they provided for themselves, these firewood and the people of the Black Crow Clan have already helped Song Wen a lot.
"The vegetation in the forest hasn't grown yet, so we can't find suitable tanning materials." Song Wen thought for a while, "Why don't I teach you how to make some linen to sew into clothes? Although the warmth retention effect is not as good as that of animal skins , but if you can make a sandwich and stuff some feathers inside, it should be quite warm.” Even if there are not so many feathers and stuffing some hay inside, it can barely keep warm, which is worse than running naked in the snow every day.
"linen?"
Song Wen brought over the bark that he got back earlier. The bark had been simply processed, leaving only the fibers inside. Song Wen originally planned to try to make paper, but obviously for Song Wen now, iron smelting is more important than making paper. important.
The mulberry tree is easy to survive. They cleared several of them in the past two days, and they can peel off several baskets of bark alone.
Song Wen had the experience of weaving rattan baskets before. Although weaving cloth and weaving rattan baskets are not the same, the principle is similar. While the furnace was still burning, Song Wen added some charcoal to it. Sit on the side and start by teaching him how to peel the bark.
Ever since he came to this world, Song Wen's manual work ability has improved by leaps and bounds. Even if it is something he has never done before, after all, he still has some impressions. Not to mention that it can be restored [-]% after he starts it, at least he can barely use it. .
While processing the bark, he saw two members of the Black Crow clan sitting and resting next to the furnace. The temperature around the furnace was very warm. Song Wen worried that these people were getting too close, so he pulled a vine beside him to keep a safe distance. The two people greeted them and taught them how to make twine together.
Song Wen didn't have the idea of hiding these things. Apart from being able to use fire, the only handiwork that the Black Crows could do was to build nests. If Song Wen didn't teach them, it is estimated that these People will continue to live in this most primitive state.
As the smartest person in the Black Crow Clan, the elder, although he still can't fully understand what Song Wen did, he can still feel that these things are very beneficial even for their Black Crow Clan, so Ah Que took When people came to cut down trees for them, the elders did not stop them, and even sent all the women out to help.
Sure enough, it was only a day. The women put on warm animal fur clothes, and they had newly polished stone axes in their hands. Now Song Wen only used a few pieces of bark to knead out tough twine. Small silk threads can be woven into cloth that can be wrapped around the body.
If it wasn't for the wrong race, the elders would have wanted to take these people into the Black Crow Clan.
Speaking of which, they were originally mixed races, and it would not be impossible to mix the blood of an emperor penguin, but can the crows and emperor penguin cubs still fly in the sky?
The elder shook off the sudden inappropriate thought from his mind, restrained his expression, and watched Song Wen's movements seriously.
With a sharp stone axe, the speed of clearing the road is much faster than before. The dark brown stone that was brought back before was calcined for a day, and many impurities were precipitated. Song Wen used bones to pick out the impurities from the furnace, and it was burnt golden. The liquid was almost mistaken by Song Wen for molten iron.
The elder felt his scalp tingle when he saw the impurities flowing out of the furnace. Although it was only a small injection and could not form any climate, it still reminded him of the magma that came out when the volcano erupted. It can easily burn the skin. This time, Song Wen didn't need to remind him. The elders scolded those curious clansmen and took them away from the furnace. They couldn't feel the heat emanating from the furnace.
What excited Song Wen was that it was indeed iron ore.
Naturally, this kind of crude clay furnace can't melt iron into molten iron. Even if it turns yellow after being calcined, the iron block is still solid.
Without suitable tools, Song Wen could only use bones as tweezers to pinch iron blocks out of the furnace. He had practiced with Yi in advance how to beat them. Yi held a freshly baked mallet, and Song Wen put an iron block After reaching the wooden pier, Yi started beating with a mallet one by one.
The bone clip was burned under the high temperature and gave off a burnt smell. Others stopped their hands and gathered around to watch. Some people thought this kind of beating iron was very interesting and wanted to come up to help, but Song Wen didn't like it. If you dare to let them get started directly, just let them watch and watch first. After all, if you want to forge a piece of iron, you can't just hit it a few times now. There will be more opportunities for these people to get started.
After dismantling the mud stove that completed the task, half of the bag of iron ore got a total of three large pieces of iron. At this time, the iron piece is still very brittle, and there are still many impurities in it that have not been cleaned out. It is estimated that there will be more After forging several times, it can start to be shaped into a handy tool.
A fire was burned next to it for lighting, and it was completely dark when the iron block cooled down. Only then did the elders come to their senses. There were still cubs in the cave, and they couldn't spend the night outside even if there was a fire here.
Seeing that they were about to go back in the dark, Song Wen hurriedly called people to stop him. He found a few suitable branches to make torches, and there were many pine trees around. Went to the cave.
"You guys really know a lot." The elder took the lit torch and couldn't help sighing.
Song Wen smiled and didn't reply. Beastmen have something to inherit. Even if someone doubts, Song Wen can push this knowledge into the inheritance of emperor penguins. After all, he is the only emperor penguin in this world. No one knows what is in the inheritance of the emperor penguin except him.
Although the elder was curious, he didn't want to find out the truth. He understood the importance of inheritance better than anyone else.
When the whole road was opened up, Song Wen's first iron knife was finally made, and even spring came unknowingly.
The snow in the forest began to melt slowly, and clusters of small puddles formed on the ground. The soil on the ground was muddy after they stepped back and forth, and the surroundings began to be stained with green, and there were yellow and white spots. The wild flowers can't wait for the temperature to get warmer, so they can't wait to hang on the branches, as if they will bloom when the spring breeze blows.
Because Beihe provided them with three meals a day, when the people of the Black Crow Clan saw a herd of wild buffalo passing through the road, they finally realized that they hadn't hunted wild animals for a long time.
Yi was the first to discover the herd of buffaloes. There were not many buffaloes in the herd, and with the addition of a few young cubs, there were only about ten of them.
Before, he was busy clearing the road, and Yi didn't sneak off to hunt. Now seeing this herd of buffaloes, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
"Want to hunt?" Ah Que next to him also stared at the group of buffaloes with his swarthy eyes. He couldn't help but licked the corners of his lips, worried that he would frighten the group of buffaloes, and lowered his voice to ask Yi, who was also eager to try.
Yi glanced at him, did not speak, but brought the wooden bow over.
The arrowhead was replaced with a sharpened stone, and Yi Yi hadn’t drawn a bow for a long time. He bent over and walked around to the back of the buffalo herd from the other side. The first buffalo started.
Although the adult wild buffalo was big enough, it was not as tender as the meat of the cubs. When Yi found a place to hide, he had already decided to attack one of the buffalo cubs.
Ah Que, who originally planned to change back to the animal shape, followed quietly after seeing this. He saw that Ah Da had used that wooden bow, but he didn't practice it very much. It's not as easy as his claws can easily grasp the target, and he can even scratch the prey's throat directly.
However, Ah Que is still very interested in Yi's hunting methods. Although these people have different hunting methods, they can get much more prey than them. Ah Que also wants to know how he would hunt big heads if it was Yi. For such a big wild buffalo, one must know that even their black crow warriors would need several people to hunt and bring back a prey of this size.
Yi patiently waited for the group of buffaloes to come within his range of shooting. For adult buffaloes, such a crude wooden bow might not be able to shoot through the tough buffalo hide, but it was more than enough to deal with young buffaloes.
"Moo."
The sound of the two arrows piercing through the air sounded together with the cry of the wild buffalo. Those who hadn't noticed the buffalo herd looked this way. The distance was a bit far away, and Song Wen only saw the wild buffalo scattered in fright. He rushed into the forest in a panic, and a vigorous figure rushed towards one of the buffalo cubs.
The eyes and throat of the buffalo cub were respectively pierced with an arrow, and the feathers on the arrow shook up and down as the buffalo cub ran.
Wings jumped onto the back of the cow. The weight of the adult man made the buffalo cub stagger a few times, and almost fell to the ground. , The sharp big bone knife passed under the neck, and cut the throat of the buffalo cub in one go.
The whole hunting process was very short. When Ah Que came to his senses, the herd of buffaloes had almost disappeared. The surprise in his eyes hadn’t completely recovered. Ah Que hurriedly called several tribesmen to rush towards one of the buffaloes that was alone. past.
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