Chapter 44: War department

　　 "Respecting the old and loving the young is..."
　　 Xia Tuo, who gave him a reason, grabbed two rolls of animal skins, and came to the residence of the elder elder. He gave the elder skins to the elder and asked him to inform the people.
　　 And he went to the Ministry of War.
　　 The Ministry of Defense is not on the top of the mountain, but in the valley. The role of armor is particularly important for soldiers. A good armor and weapon are enough to increase their strength.
　　The position of the Ministry of War was in the cave where the original Lu tribe leader was. Of course, the cave had been expanded again, reaching a depth of 100 meters. As soon as he entered the cave, Xia Tuo felt a wave of heat.
　　 Fire.
　　 A fire hole erupted in the center of the cave, and there was a stone pot full of cracks on it.
　　 Click!
　　In an instant, the stone furnace burst and broke into multiples, and a raging flame burst out from the furnace, and the center of the flame flashed blue.
　　 The shape of the stone stove is like a pot, with ears on both sides, which is convenient for grasping by hand.
　　 "Quickly change the furnace!"
Elder 　　 Bow grabbed a huge black stone furnace on the side and put it on the fire again, covering the flames that rushed out, and all kinds of stone fragments shattered around the fire hole piled up.
There were also polished rough stone furnaces not far away. Within two days, there were no less than ten stone furnaces destroyed. In order to find a kind of refractory stone, the people of the Ministry of War searched for more than 20 kinds of stone, but unfortunately none of them. Can survive a small half-day on the ground fire.
　　 In the fierce cave, one by one sturdy figure with naked shoulders, sweating, surrounded the stove, staring at the stone stove.
　　 Click.
　　 Soon, the cracks on the black stone stove manifested, and they were melted by the ground fire.
　　 "I'm coming."
　　 Without hesitation, Elder Gong grabbed a cyan stone furnace again and placed it on the fire.
　　 "Go and invite Wu to come."
　　 "The patriarch."
　　 The bow immersed in the stone furnace suddenly turned around and was about to bow, but Xia Tuo waved his hand to stop it.
　　 "Patriarch, the temperature of the ground fire is too high, and the stone can't stand it."
　　 Looking at the bow with a wry smile, Xia Tuo waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. This is not the world he knew in his previous life, but a wild land with nothing, which requires a little practice.
　　 "Is the fire still stable?"
　　 "It has been stable since yesterday."
　　 Hearing this, Xia Tuo breathed a sigh of relief. The fire was still a surprise, and the cave was dug out by the expansion of the Ministry of War.
　　 "Call me what to do."
　　 Soon witch came with a wooden staff, and said unceremoniously.
　　 "The Ministry of Defense needs a stone furnace for smelting ore. I searched a lot, but couldn't find refractory stone. Can we imprint witchcraft spells on the stone furnace to increase the fire resistance of the stone?"
　　 Witch did not make a sound, but looked at the remaining stone furnace next to him, and reached out to pick up the cracked gravel.
　　 Xia Tuo didn't say a word, and waited quietly for Wu's thoughts. He felt that Wu had found his way in his twilight years. I am afraid that he had accumulated a lot of money, otherwise how could he brand a witchcraft charm on the waterwheel in a short time.
　　 Since it works on the waterwheel, the stone furnace is naturally fine.
　　 "Use this kind of stone to build a new stone furnace and send it to the Wudian."
Wu threw a scarlet stone in his hand to the bow, glanced at Xia Tuo, and turned to leave the Ministry of War. The old man looked trembling, but his hands and feet were awkward. He was holding the vine, like an old monkey. Back to the top of the mountain.
　　 "Blood Red Stone."
　　 Bow naturally recognized this stone, and the crimson stone has traces of blood red lines between it, and it is the stone furnace made of blood red stone that lasts the longest on the ground fire.
　　 "Build a stone furnace according to Wu's instructions."
　　 waved a bow and ordered a member of the tribe, and ran out quickly.
　　 "Can the armor be made?"
　　 The voice changed, Xia Tuo asked.
　　 "The patriarch comes with me."
　　 The place where the armor was made is another cave next to it. Now the exit of the valley is blocked by a stone wall. In the whole valley, except for the salt production, the Ministry of Defense randomly chooses a place.
"We disassembled the broken armor and the armor of the Gale Department that were confiscated by the Lu tribe, and found that the materials used to make the armor of the Gale Department were soaked with animal oil, and the joints between the limbs and the body were connected by animal tendons, and they were even more polished. The beast scale leaf."
Taking Xia Tuo into the cave where the armor was made, the bow's face flushed a little, saying: "Compared with the armor made by the Gale Department, the armor made by our tribe is rubbish. Armor made of the same material is defensive. The force is at least 20% weaker than the wind department."
　　 Entering the cave of Zhijia, a heavy beast oil and blood filled the atmosphere, Xia Tuo saw that the clansmen who came and went were busy, most of them were women in the tribe.
　　 Someone soaked pieces of animal skins in animal oil, some were sorting animal tendons, and others were polishing the scales of fierce beasts.
　　 In fact, this time the Lu tribe was annexed. In addition to the benefits of salt, another advantage was that it obtained a large amount of dried animal skins and bones stored by the Lu tribe.
　　 "Patriarch, look at this armor of the Gale Department. There are 470 scales on the whole body. The neck and joints are connected by double-layer animal tendons and double-layer animal skins are used for protection."
　　 This piece of armor was obtained from the Gale Department, and Xia Tuo naturally knew that, in general, it was an armor made of half-cracked stone realm fierce beast scales and animal skins.
Why is it called Half-Cracked Stone Realm armor? It’s because the Gale Department craftsman who made this armor cleverly used a variety of fierce beast scales. The chest and the center of the back were protected by The unimportant parts of the arms, legs and feet are inlaid with ordinary beast scales.
　　 This is enough to see the mind of the armor craftsman.
　　The armor inlaid with scales can even jam the arrow of the sharp arrow, and the inside is lined with animal skins for double protection.
　　 "As soon as possible, build a pair of armor in this way."
"Yes."
　　 Xia Tuo stared at the bow and asked, "How long will it take."
　　 "Two days."
　　 "Send it to Wu after it is built."
　　 Then Xia Tuo looked at the two caves that made the bows and arrows and polished the stone soldiers. Now the whole department has four caves, namely fire, armor, crossbow arrows, and stone soldiers.
　　Di volcanic cave, which was prepared for smelting bronze. As the tribe gradually becomes more regular, the unification of weapons and armor will also be brought up. The clan soldiers will guard the tribe full-time and hunt and conquer, and the clan will be unifiedly armed.
　　 "This time I got a lot of stone soldiers and armor from the Lu tribe, and choose the best of them as soon as possible to equip the clan soldiers."
　　 Walking out of the cave where the stone soldiers were made, Xia Tuo turned and said to the bow that followed.
　　 "Yes, I will equip the clan soldiers with armor and stone guns as soon as possible."
　　……
　　 Three days later, in the valley, a strong man stood.
　　 At the front is Hong, and there are nine other totem warriors.
　　 He divided a hundred clan soldiers into ten vertical and horizontal columns, with a totem warrior at the front of each column.
　　 "Xia Tribe!"
　　 "Patriarch!"
　　……
　　 The shout shook the valley, making Xia Tuo's ears buzzing.
　　 "From today, the dolls, women and children in the tribe will be guarded by you."
　　 Xia Tuo looked at the figures in front of him, whistling and passing into the ears of every clan soldier.
　　 "Tell me, are you all right!"
　　 "Guard the tribe!"
　　 Hong shouted loudly and waved the stone soldier in his hand.
　　 Hong shouted loudly, and suddenly more than a hundred members of the tribe behind him shouted together, shaking the sky.
　　 Xia Tuo looked at the soldiers in front of him. Under his vision, these clan soldiers would be completely separated from clan affairs and become real soldiers.
　　 All of the more than one hundred tribal soldiers are young and strong in the tribe, ranging from their teens to their thirties, when they are upright and vigorous.
"give it to you."
　　 After Hong signaled, Xia Tuo turned and climbed and walked back to the top of the mountain.
　　Since he is a soldier, it is impossible to be so stable. The wilderness outside the tribe is the best training ground.
　　 Under the rush of the Ministry of War, they selected the best more than 100 sets of armor, stone guns, and 30 crossbows, all of which were handed over to Hong.
　　 In the coming days, they will take turns into the mountains to hunt and temper.
　　……
　　 The next day.
　　 Xia Tuo returned to his stone house from the witch's stone hall. Lu was waiting outside the door. Seeing Xia Tuo coming back, Xia Tuo quickly shouted, "Patriarch."
Xia Tuo nodded and signaled that the deer followed into the stone house. Entering the stone house, the deer saw a wooden frame standing on the edge of the stone bed. On it was a piece of armor. The scales on the armor shone with a dark light, and there was a black light like a small snake. Fleeting.
"This is the best armor that the tribe can make at present. It is all made of the scales, skins and tendons of the fierce beasts of the Stonebreaking Realm. The witches still brand witchcraft charms on it, enough to withstand the Stonebreaking Realm. The fierce beast never breaks with a single blow."
　　 Deer's expression, Xia Tuo naturally has a panoramic view. As a soldier, it is impossible not to desire such a pair of armor.
　　 The armor shone with gloom, and every piece of scale armor was polished, layered on top of each other like fish scales, with a large scale inlaid on the chest.
　　 At the moment when the deer was stunned, Xia Tuo took a two-meter long bow and an arrow basket from the stone wall. The big bow was yellow-brown, and there were five arrows with bronze arrows shining with totem patterns.
　　Bows, crossbows and arrows were obtained by the head of the Lu tribe, and the tribe still cannot make such a strong bow.
　　 was just the five arrows of the Lu tribe patriarch, only one of them was branded with the totem rune, and the remaining four were branded by Xia Tuo to make the witch brand.
　　 Xia Tuo grabbed the big bow and arrow basket and stuffed it towards the deer.
　　 "I will give you this armor and crossbow."
　　 The deer was stunned and was about to push away. There is no doubt that armor and crossbows are the weapons that can be produced in the tribe right now.
　　The best weapon is naturally given to the patriarch.
　　 "Take it, the armor and the crossbow can only be placed in the tribe to dust me, and leave it to you to play the best role."
　　 Looking at the deer still hesitating, Xia Tuo said forcefully: "This is my order. It must not be violated. Besides, the wild mountains and forests are extremely dangerous. If you can find the ruins of the thousands of tribes, you will find them. If you can't find them, you will come back as soon as possible."
"Yes."
　　 Following this, Xia Tuo personally ordered the deer to put on the armor, and put the big bow on his back, pinning the arrow basket to his waist.
　　 patted Fear deer on the shoulder, he sighed slightly, at this moment he was taken aback, walked to the stone bed and grabbed it, and a bronze dagger appeared in his hand.
　　 "Take it, come back if you can't do it!"