I am a Primitive Man

Chapter 333: Iron Axe

After a heavy rain, the weather cleared up, and the entire Green Sparrow Tribe seemed excited.

Instead of a rainbow appearing in the sky, they finally smelt the chunks of iron, which the Divine Child had been working on for many days. They had been curious about it for a long time!

It was said that this thing called iron was harder than stone, sharper than the thinnest bone knife, and more piercing than the sharpest bone needle...

"Hiss!"

The Divine Child, with eyes widened and teeth clattering, looked at the iron in front of him, sucking in a sharp breath.

"Hiss!"

Even the Eldest Senior Brother, the leader, came forward and carefully examined the things placed on the clay slab. His face was full of disbelief, and he also took a deep breath.

"Hiss!"

Shang also approached...

They looked at the four odd-shaped lumps of iron on the stone slab, then stole glances at Han Cheng, looking completely dumbfounded.

So this was iron!

So this was what iron looked like!

This thing is supposed to be sharper than a bone knife and can pierce better than a bone needle.

Everyone was stunned when they saw the four lumps of iron on the stone slab, each shaped irregularly.

This iron, which had received so much attention from the Divine Child and was awaited with infinite anticipation by them, completely exceeded the imagination of primitive people.

Looking at the people's expressions, and then at the four strange-shaped lumps of iron on the stone slab, Han Cheng couldn't help but twitch his nose.

No wonder the Shaman and the others had such expressions. These lumps of iron were disappointing in appearance.

If Han Cheng had not known the important role of iron, his reaction would have been similar to theirs.

It seemed that he needed to quickly forge the finished iron tools to let these guys widen their horizons.

Feeling embarrassed, Han Cheng thought to himself and rekindled the fire, putting the biggest lump of iron into the furnace.

Next to this furnace was another furnace with better-sealing properties than this one.

After experimenting many times to melt these tiny iron beads into molten iron, they finally built this furnace.

It was not easy to melt the tiny iron beads back into molten iron compared to aluminum, which had an even lower melting point than copper.

It could be said to have taken a tremendous amount of effort.

Han Cheng transformed the furnace with Heiwa several times and selected the best charcoal for iron smelting.

Han Cheng also tried adding some wood ash and carbon powder to these small iron beads to lower their melting point. After struggling for a long time, he finally melted them.

As a humanities student who loved history, this wasn't easy.

Han Cheng had already planned out the life of these four hideous pieces of iron.

The largest and third-largest pieces were to be used to make knives, while the second-largest and smallest pieces were to be used to make chisels and saws.

Han Cheng wasn't considering making iron weapons at the moment.

The blade was made of good steel, but the Green Sparrow Tribe didn't have steel at the time, so they had to use the little iron they had.

At this time, it was more meaningful to use this little iron to make some essential production tools to improve the productivity of the Green Sparrow Tribe than to make a few weapons.

Of course, this also had a lot to do with the fact that the Green Sparrow Tribe now had walls, bows, and arrows, which put them in a leading position in the nearby area.

If the situation were really urgent, Han Cheng would roll up his sleeves and make a few strategic weapons first.

The disappearance of the most powerful Bone Tribe and the convening of the Beheading Demonstration Assembly gave the Green Sparrow Tribe enough time for peaceful development.

If peace were disrupted, there was no need to worry. A battle would restore peace.

Even the Flying Snake Tribe, which was more powerful than the Bone Tribe and had never shown itself, didn't worry Han Cheng much.

With all these preparations, anyone daring to invade the tribe would not fare better than the Bone Tribe.

As the wind whistled and the once-white furnace burned, the iron inside turned bright red.

Han Cheng quickly removed the iron using two pieces of wood and placed it on the nearby stone.

The ends of the two wooden sticks were already on fire in just a moment. After waiting longer, the parts where the wood touched the iron would completely burn through.

The stone underneath wasn't in much better condition either, with small chips flying off where it touched the iron.

The temperature was too high for wood and stone to withstand, making iron tongs and an iron anvil more useful.

But now there wasn't much good iron material available, so they had to make do.

After placing these properly, Heiwa came over with a large wooden hammer made from a stone axe and fiercely hammered the iron.

Han Cheng hadn't grown up, so he didn't have much strength. For tasks like forging iron that required strength, he had to rely on Heiwa, who followed him the whole time.

Lame made this wooden hammer with the best quality wood around.

It was inferior to an iron hammer in every aspect but could still be used.

The dark red lump of iron gradually changed shape under the blows of the wooden hammer from irregular to regular.

When the temperature of the iron cooled down and it couldn't be hammered anymore, the iron was picked up again and put back into the furnace to be reheated...

Han Cheng changed his mind. He wasn't planning to make a knife from the largest piece; he would make a hammer instead.

Forging iron required the iron itself and the hammer to be hard. After two wooden hammers were burned and three were broken, he learned this lesson.

It was already so difficult to forge iron with a wooden hammer. If he didn't update the forging tools soon, who knew when these lumps of iron would be turned into the desired tools?

At this moment, it was very important and necessary to forge a hammer.

Han Cheng admitted that he was a fickle man with new ideas about iron.

An iron axe.

That was what he planned to make after thinking it over.

With only this little iron in the tribe, using the largest piece to make a hammer was somewhat wasteful.

Recalling this, Han Cheng thought making an axe would be more cost-effective.

One end could be used for forging iron and smashing things, while the other end, after flattening the blade, could be used to chop wood, even better than a firewood knife.

A pure iron hammer could be made after the tribe found iron ore, expanded its scale, and produced more iron.

In this small situation, an iron axe would be enough.

With a quadrangular ingot head, a flat mouth, a waist with an eye, and a leg in the eye.

This riddle had once puzzled Han Cheng.

Though tricky, it accurately summarized the image of an axe.