Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 111 The Prerequisites for Forging

Thanks to the good communication between Jiang Luoluo and Zao on other matters, Jiang Luoluo was allowed to visit Zao at any time from now on.

Instead of saying "Don't bother me anymore" at the beginning.

However, Jiang Luoluo was also sensible. She did not visit Zao frequently, but only went to communicate and discuss with Zao when she had some ideas that she wanted to try.

For example, the "forging" that Jiang Luoluo mentioned before.

This isn't something that can be started immediately just because Jiang Luoluo brought it up.

First, unlock the different prerequisites in order.

First, there's the smelting furnace needed for forging, which requires high temperatures and a sealed environment. Stone is definitely not suitable, as alternating hot and cold temperatures can easily cause it to crack. Wood is even less of an option, as it's just fuel.

Basically, only high-temperature resistant metals like steel can be used to make it, which can reach temperatures of thousands of degrees that can melt specific metals. But if such a smelting furnace can be made, the tribe's technological level should no longer need Jiang Luoluo's interference.

Therefore, the furnace is too far out of reach and cannot be used. The only alternative is a fire kiln.

It's a kiln used for firing bricks, tiles, and porcelain.

However, in Jiang Luoluo's memory, kilns were usually made of bricks... Wait a minute, bricks are fired in kilns, and kilns are built with bricks, isn't that a problem?

Finally, Jiang Luoluo sorted out her thoughts. The kiln needed to be built with bricks to ensure sufficient sturdiness and airtightness, which meant that bricks needed to be made first.

Bricks don't necessarily require a kiln... Just find a cave with a similar environment and fire them. There doesn't seem to be any requirement for sealing when firing bricks; it's just a process of drying them with fire.

So Jiang Luoluo decided on the first thing she needed to do—to fire bricks, then use the bricks to build a kiln, use the kiln to fire ore, and extract metals to make weapons.

But before firing the bricks, Jiang Luoluo realized that she needed to find clay that could be used to fire the bricks... not just any soil can be used to make bricks.

The proportion is also an issue.

Why is starting from scratch so difficult?! After Jiang Luoluo finished sorting out the whole line, she was already thinking of giving up. This is not something that can be done in a short time.

On the contrary, Zao became interested after hearing the cub's long list of requests.

"Isn't the goal quite clear?" Zao said with a smile.

With a goal whose outcome is already known, and all that's needed is to keep exploring, how can anyone be scared away?

It's much better than being immersed in the unknown and blindly striving for an outcome whose truth is uncertain.

So while Jiang Luoluo was still brainstorming and thinking about what else she could do, Zao had already found many people from his tribe to help him find suitable soil in preparation for trying to make bricks.

Of course, she didn't do all the work herself. At her age, she would definitely dedicate her remaining energy to stone tools, striving to leave more good stone tools for the tribe before she died.

It was during the rainy season, and most of the tribespeople were idle at home getting moldy. When they heard that there was a need, countless people volunteered to help.

The final cave was almost entirely filled with soil from all over Silver Peak Mountain, Big Stone Mountain, and Small Stone Mountain.

If it weren't for the explicit prohibition against going into the Taz Forest, the soil within dozens of kilometers around would probably have been dug up—cutting down some trees at the edge of the forest is still permissible, after all, the cabins need repairs and firewood can't be cut off.

Finally, they found two types of "clay" that barely met Jiang Luoluo's requirements.

Jiang Luoluo herself had never actually seen what real clay looked like. She only knew that it was relatively light, fluffy, and quite viscous when mixed with water.

"This is Fallen Cloud Soil. Its texture is as soft as clouds falling from the sky. It's also called Life-Giving Soil." Zao revealed a nostalgic expression.

She was older and had experienced more things. She remembered that when she was a child, her tribe had experienced a severe drought.

All visible plants withered and died, and even the wild animals in the Taz Forest died or disappeared in large numbers.

In tribes lacking sufficient food, some people used this soil as food to fill their stomachs. Although many tribesmen eventually starved to death, some survived because of this soil.

It's probably because the Fallen Cloud Soil saved many people in the tribe that it has been well preserved in the tribe and has not disappeared over time.

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The matter of making bricks still involves Cong, after all, there is an important thing to be done in making bricks - the brick mold.

First, the shape must be carved out with wood, then filled with clay to fix it and let it air dry. Once the shape is fixed, the mud bricks inside are taken out and fired in a fire.

Only then is the entire brick-making process complete.

Fortunately, making brick molds wasn't difficult; it was just that a lot of them were needed. By working overtime, we managed to finish making the brick molds before we figured out the clay ratio.

Jiang Luoluo thought she had just casually offered an idea, but she never imagined that most of the tribe members would be mobilized and mobilized because of her few words.

Logs were constantly being carried into the cave, and soil was constantly being sent into the cave.

Compared to these two, Jiang Luoluo, the "culprit," seemed quite relaxed.

She would go there every few days. The first two times she went, it was to help identify the usable soil and to study the soil ratio together.

You can't use the same type of clay to make bricks; you have to add regular soil. The reason isn't clear, but Jiang Luoluo remembers that's how people do it, so she learned to do it that way too.

Jiang Luoluo wasn't sure what the exact proportions were, so she experimented by adding water and different types of clay until she felt the texture was similar to the clay she had played with before, and then she stopped.

Of course, she didn't just make this one; she made four different proportions and three different types of soil.

During that period, every time she came back from Zao's house, she was covered in mud, like a little mud person who had rolled around in a mud pit.

After these twelve different types of clay and their proportions were made, Jiang Luoluo went over again to observe the changes in these clay pieces and their degree of air drying.

Although it was the rainy season, the presence of the fire meant there was no need to worry about a damp environment, which reduced the environmental impact and eased Jiang Luoluo's experimental pressure.

Of the twelve different types of clay and clay proportions, six were eliminated outright.

The three types had the highest moisture content and failed to take shape at all. They were placed in brick molds for a long time and ended up loose and unrecognizable. Some even became pitted and uneven because the moisture dried out.

The three types had the lowest moisture content of all the ingredients. After being put in for only a short time, cracks appeared on them, making them unusable.

The remaining proportions are indistinguishable to the naked eye; they all air-dry well to fix their shape, and after being left to rest for a while, they can be fired.

The cave they built wasn't very large; it was only big enough to hold some mud brick molds, so they couldn't make a brick kiln there.

Fortunately, the place where she built her dwelling was remote, so it wouldn't be too much trouble to build another cave next to the one she lived in.

Jiang Luoluo was the first to join in the excitement, watching firsthand how her people were carving out the cave.

The result was not unexpected; several strong members of the tribe took turns pounding on the mountain wall, punching it until cracks appeared.

The cracks piled up and soon shattered into pieces of stone, which fell off the mountainside.

Jiang Luoluo's hands ached from watching... Of course, it wasn't easy for those tribesmen either. A punch or two might not be a big problem, not even causing redness or swelling, but chiseling open a mountain wall was not something that could be done with just one or two punches.

Therefore, they also need to have several people take turns.

Jiang Luoluo stayed in the rain shelter that Ge had set up for her for a while, then ran back to find Zao.

That won't do. She knows the shapes of several useful tools that should be able to help.