mtl008 Chapter 153 Casting
Chapter 153 Casting
She knew that the Eagle Clan was skilled at making feathered arrows. Back when everyone was bartering during the Fire God Festival, the Eagle Clan's feathered arrows were in high demand.
Forgeable means forging.
As if knowing what she was thinking, Mu Tian explained, "The old patriarch of the Eagle Clan was ninety years old and indeed had a great deal of knowledge about forging. The feathered arrows he once made were more powerful than stone arrows, but they were too complicated to make, so he abandoned them."
Hearing him say that, Mu Yunyun also became interested.
"Where's that arrow? Let me see it."
Soon, someone brought over a feathered arrow.
After all, the Snow Weasel Clan and the Eagle Clan are related by marriage, and they sent quite a few of these high-level feathered arrows, but since there was no enemy attack, they put them aside.
Mu Yunyun took the arrow and keenly noticed that it was a three-winged arrowhead, and it was made of bronze!
Unexpectedly, the Eagle Clan accidentally extracted bronze arrowheads. No wonder they said the manufacturing process was complicated and that they had to abandon it.
Both bronze smelting and iron smelting techniques involve casting and smelting.
Bronze refining is more complex, involving the process of turning bronze into copper and then adding tin, lead, and other substances to fuse it into gold, which is more complicated than turning pig iron into wrought iron.
The Iron Age came after the Bronze Age, with iron ore completely replacing bronze.
Mu Yunyun looked anxious, never expecting that the problem that had been troubling her would be solved so easily. She quickly asked someone to invite the old man over.
The Eagle Clan's old patriarch, Di Qiu, was ninety years old. The position of patriarch had now been succeeded by Di Ying, and he was now enjoying his retirement. He was suddenly invited over in a hurry and thought something serious had happened.
After listening to the various explanations from the snow weasel clan, they finally felt relieved.
"You guys dug this thing up?"
The old man stood in front of the iron ore, his cloudy old eyes scrutinizing it closely, and his wrinkled, rotten hands even touched the material.
“Not bad. I added charcoal and found that the stone is much harder. I want to melt it down and see if I can purify it to be even stronger.”
Mu Yunyun expressed her thoughts.
The old patriarch was somewhat surprised: "You know about forging? Did Ye Yu tell you?"
Ye Yu was about to explain when Mu Yunyun interrupted him: "Yes, we just wanted to give it a try, so we asked you to come and take a look."
Upon hearing this, the old clan chief understood.
No wonder.
He said that the smelting technique of their Eagle Clan was something he had researched over many years, and only members of the clan knew about it.
However, he wouldn't be stingy with Mu Yunyun.
They were even quite proud of it.
After all, his research on casting techniques was useless in the Rainforest. In fact, because the process was complicated and required a lot of prey, no one cared about it and preferred stone arrows.
Seeing Mu Yunyun so humbly seeking his advice, even looking at him with a hint of admiration, he was pleased and talked quite a bit.
"This forging technique is not simple, but since you brought it up, Yunyun, I'll give it a try."
"Really, that would be too much trouble for the old clan chief."
Mu Yunyun took out the ceramic mold she had made.
"I've heard that these are essential for the art of smelting and casting, so I've secretly made quite a lot of them."
These pottery molds contained farming tools such as hoes and iron picks. Di Qiu only glanced at them before picking up the pottery mold with the iron pick.
"Hey, this thing is perfect for digging out this black lump."
Mu Yunyun smiled without saying a word. As expected of a skilled craftsman, he could tell the ingenious use at a glance, which made her feel even more at ease.
Di Qiu said, "Okay, give me some time, I'll do some research. Yunyun, are you free...?"
Thinking that the snow weasel clan was currently pregnant, the old man chose to swallow his words, but Mu Yunyun took the opportunity to speak.
"If the old clan chief doesn't mind the trouble, I'd like to go and learn from him during this time. I wonder if it would be convenient for me?"
Di Qiu was delighted upon hearing this.
There was a sense of mutual appreciation, like finding a kindred spirit with all the knowledge one has ever acquired, and I quickly nodded.
“Convenient, of course convenient. Come with Ye Yu, and I’ll explain it to you properly.”
“Elder Chief…” Ye Yu began.
Mu Yunyun stepped forward, took Ye Yu's hand, and smiled sweetly: "Okay, no problem."
As her slender, soft fingertips brushed across his palm, Ye Yu tensed up.