City: I Have a New Identity Weekly

Three days later, the sun was scorching, and from time to time a few strangely shaped birds flew in the air.

Su Xun followed Chen to the place where the iron ore was found, and he had to walk for three days after leaving Xiacheng.

"My lord, this is it."

In a mountain col, Chen pointed to the foot of the mountain and said.

Needless to say, Su Xun had already seen it, and a lot of iron ore in the rubble was reflecting light.

There is definitely iron ore here!

"Come on, start digging from here."

Su Xun commanded two soldiers to start mining with bone shovel and stone hammer.

As the soldiers dug three times and two times, a shallow pit appeared on the mountain wall, revealing more and more ore.

"Okay, stop first."

Su Xun was really sure that this was an iron mine, and it was still a rich mine with rich resources.

The world that has not experienced mining is really full of treasures, scarce resources everywhere.

Half a month later, two high furnaces stood upright at the foot of the mountain, and at the same time there was a walled city rising from the ground, surrounding the entire foot of the mountain.

This will be Xia's most important strategic resource location, and troops must be stationed there.

The ancient method of making iron is not difficult, but it is divided into three major aspects: furnace building, smelting, and forging.

The most difficult part should be the blast equipment in the furnace, but this is not a problem for Su Xun from modern society.

Connect the blast equipment to the upper side of the furnace through a heat-resistant ceramic pipe, and then seal the side door with clay so that only the airflow generated by the blast equipment can enter the furnace.

Next, the charcoal is charged from the top of the furnace, and then it is ignited and blasted so that the temperature in the furnace reaches a certain level, and the smelting can begin.

Ironmaking is a laborious task. Ironmaking at a time will last for hours or even days, and the blast cannot be stopped during the ironmaking process, so there are usually two waves of people rotating, otherwise the iron will not be produced.

The fresh iron is still soft. At this time, through forging, that is, beating, you can make it into any shape you want.

And the more times forging, the better the quality of ironware. That's why there is a saying about 100-smelting steel.

Of course, the first iron smelting was carried out by Su Xun himself, and it was also a demonstration. The on-site demonstration was shown to the candidate blacksmiths selected by him.

Let the candidate blacksmiths learn, and then let them try to make iron by themselves, and pass on the skills and experience to the newly selected apprentices layer by layer.

The treatment of a qualified formal blacksmith is the same as that of a soldier. In Xia, as long as you are useful, you can get a better life than others.

Of course, the higher the treatment, the more serious the price of making mistakes, especially if leaks are bound to die.

The garrison here is not only to guard the iron ore, but also to monitor the blacksmith workers.

Two days later, the first iron smelted by Su Xun himself was released, and then Su Xun used stone hammers for forging. This process must be vigorous.

Su Xun's strength is probably not comparable in the entire Great Wilderness, so he has to hold back a little, or the stone hammer will be smashed.

In this way, after a morning of forging and quenching, the first iron tool appeared in the entire wilderness.

An iron sword more than three feet long was smelted, and he carved the word "Xia" on both sides of the sword.

The hilt is also made of iron and wrapped in linen.

Su Xun opened the blade by himself again, and he personally operated every step of this sword.

"Carry a log!"

The iron sword shone cold under the sun, and the sharp blade flashed white light from time to time.

A soldier came carrying a piece of wood.

Su Xun held the sword and slashed it diagonally.

"Puff--"

The wood of the calf thickness breaks neatly.

"Wow!"

There was an uproar in the entire mine.

"Artifact!" "This is an artifact!"

No one thought that the sword made by this thing called iron was so sharp and hard. With this thing, why did they worry about Xia Guo?

The most powerful weapon they knew was made of bronze, but if it were a bronze sword, it would have been broken or sharpened if it was used in this way.

Looking at this long sword again, there are no such phenomena as curling edges, gaps, or even cracks.

Of course, swords forged by ordinary people definitely don't have this strength. After all, they don't have the strength of Su Xun, and they won't be forged for that long, which is too time-consuming.

"This is the Great Xia, and even the first iron sword in the Great Wilderness. I named it Xia Wangjian alone. From now on, I will serve as the sword of the monarchs of the country of Xia. Anything pointed by the sword is the direction of Xia's soldiers. Wansheng!"

Su Xun held the iron sword high and shouted loudly, every word clearly passed into everyone's ears.

"Wansheng!" "Wansheng!" "Wansheng!"

At this moment, in the mine, whether it was a craftsman, a laborer, or a soldier, they all roared and echoed Su Xun, and their eyes were full of fiery and pride.

Although Xia Guo was small, Su Xun used a lot of facts to convince them that Xia Guo would dominate the wilderness.

"Song." Su Xun looked at a middle-aged man.

This is the person in charge of the mine. Of course, he is only responsible for the smelting of the mine and cannot control the garrison of the mine.

Step forward loosely: "The king."

"Build a small amount of iron knives and swords, a large number of these weapons, iron spear heads, and when the people from the other eight tribes arrive, I will send more people."

Su Xun drew an image on the ground. The gun was an upgraded version of the spear, with longer blades and rods.

As for the iron smelting manpower, there is no shortage of people, and the power of women in the great wilderness is also very strong. In the case of insufficient youth, women can definitely help.

In addition to the eight tribe members who joined in, Su Xun also sent a letter to the five tribes attached to Xia, including Shan, to send people to help.

At the same time, people were sent to the Star Tribe to offer snow salt, and they brought clay pots and miscellaneous salt to the further tribe for trading. This time, they had to exchange a lot of food.

Because of the imminent war, a large number of young people will be incorporated into the army, and too much food will be consumed.

After the beginning of spring next year, the wasteland outside the city is planted with millet, and it will be better in two years.

After another half month, the eight tribes and the people sent by five tribes including the hill tribes finally arrived.

The hill tribe and other five dependent tribes sent people who were arranged by Su Xun to go to the mine. Of course, they were only in charge of handymen, and core smelting was impossible.

There are more than 4,000 people in the eight tribes, and there are more than 1,500 people in blue suits that can use combat soldiers, plus Xia Guo’s original young people totaling 1,800 people.

The population of Xia Kingdom expanded rapidly, approaching the five-thousand mark in an instant, and the pressure and strength increased greatly.

Because they were facing battles as soon as they joined Xia, Su Xun announced that anyone who had two heads beheaded in this battle could be promoted to a citizen and moved into the city.

Anyone who participates in the war will be rewarded, and as long as they are incorporated into the army, all corresponding benefits will be improved.

Of the 1,800 young men, only 1,000 can be assigned to official military posts, and the remaining 800 are all auxiliary soldiers.

Fortunately, this is a great wasteland. Both the elderly, women and children are giants with great individual strength, and Xia Guo has many things to exchange for food.

Otherwise, the mere 5,000 people will definitely not be able to support so many soldiers, because this ratio is a big problem.

With the arrival of people from various tribes, Xia Guo was running at high speed like a machine.

War, war, all production are preparing for war, they only have two months left.

I like the city: I have a new identity every week. Please collect it: (wuxiaspot.com) City: I have the fastest literary updates under a new identity every week.