It's winter now, so there's no way for the pottery to dry outside, but fortunately the stones put them all inside the house.
After the fire is lit, it is almost the same as drying outside in the shade, and the effect is even better. After all, there is not as big a temperature difference in the house as outside.
After Song Xuan handed over the burning of projectiles to Shi Shi, he stopped worrying about it. He led Shi Pi and others to find Shi Hua.
Although Shihua is tall and thick, her needlework is the best in the tribe. Naturally, she is not looking for anything else. She still wants her to help make an enlarged version of the sling.
The stone skin they played with was too small, and the animal skin in the middle could only wrap a stone the size of a bird's egg. If they wanted to use a stone the size of a baby's fist, they would definitely have to enlarge it.
As for the rope, I still used the animal skin rope from the tribe. Song Xuan also slightly improved the sling. The end that the hand always holds is made of stone flower, which is slightly longer, so that it can be wrapped around the hand. lock up.
This is also what I thought when I saw Shipi and a few people using it. Sometimes the sling would fly out along with it. I would play with it until it was fine. If it flew out during hunting or other situations, it would be a bit dangerous.
Since the sling is not difficult to make, several stone flowers were made in a short time, and they were also optimized based on the existing ones.
If you want to hold the stone and spin it vigorously, the existing animal skins in the tribe are honestly not up to standard. The ones that are strong enough are a bit wide and difficult to spin smoothly. The narrower ones are easier to use, but the stone skins are like toys. The smaller ones are okay, but the larger ones are not so good.
Therefore, the stone flower is directly woven together with a few of the thinnest animal skin strips. This way, it is strong and feels quite good.
However, this can only be used temporarily. Song Xuan still wants to find some hemp from outside after spring. Hemp rope is definitely more useful than animal skin rope.
The heavy snow outside only stopped for a short day, and now it started to fall again. Although the hunting team brought enough supplies, the people in the tribe were still a little worried.
From time to time, the women would lift the door curtains and take a look outside. Song Xuan was not too relieved. Although the snow outside was not heavy, the weather was hard to predict. If it really got heavy, it would be inconvenient for the hunting team to come back.
Fortunately, the snow was just a flurry and stopped falling in the middle of the night, and everyone's anxious hearts relaxed.
The pottery balls were placed in a warm room and were almost dry the next day. Shitou also put the kneaded pottery balls into the kiln early in the morning.
Because it is relatively thick, it took two days to burn the stone before opening the kiln to take out the pills.
Seeing that the color of the fired pottery balls was basically the same as that of the pottery made before, Shitou smiled. Shitou also had a rough idea of what Song Xuan had been doing these days, and now he almost knew Song Xuan's purpose.
Tao Wan is an important part of the sling. If it fails, Song Xuan's goal of developing the sling will be in vain. Since being cured by Song Xuan, Shitou has an almost fanatical belief in Song Xuan. In his opinion, Come on, the mission entrusted to you by the divine envoy must be completed even if you risk your life.
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"Angel, look... is it okay?"
As soon as Song Xuan got up, Shitou came in with a pottery pill.
Song Xuan weighed it and found that it was almost the same as a stone of the same volume. It was heavy and very heavy.
In order for pottery balls to replace stones, in addition to their weight, they must be strong enough. If they are like pottery bowls, they will shatter or break if they are knocked casually, then they are useless.
After gently tossing it in his hand a few times, Song Xuan slammed it to the ground.
Bang~
Song Xuan had just bent down to pick up the Tao Pill, which looked still intact, when he heard the trembling sound of the stone:
"God... God's envoy, this..."
Unexpectedly, Song Xuan's actions shocked Shitou, and he thought that the divine envoy was dissatisfied with what he had made.
Gently blowing away the dust on the pottery pill, Song Xuan smiled at the stone and said:
"It's okay, I'm just trying"
Seeing that Song Xuan really didn't mean to blame, Shitou relaxed.
After a few simple smashes, the clay-fired object was fairly strong, at least no matter how hard it was hit on the ground, there was no problem.
Of course, although the floor in this house had been tamped with a big stick, it could not be said to be very hard. However, when Song Xuan smashed it against the wall covered with grass and mud, the pottery pellets were still intact, indicating that the quality was still good.
As for how it will work out, we still have to try it head-on.
Song Xuan has also been practicing slinging in the past few days. Now that the pottery pills are burning out, his hands are itching with excitement.
"Come on, let's go try it!"
After that, he pulled the stone and walked outside.
Song Xuan's accuracy was still a hundred million points away, so naturally he had to find an open place. The shooting range had actually been laid out a long time ago. Several stakes were erected in a row with various bones tied to them. These were all left behind after everyone had eaten. of.
These bones are usually of no use, but now they are put to use. The bones are covered with a layer of animal skin. First, to simulate the real-life situation as much as possible, and to make it more conspicuous when stones are thrown on it.
Song Xuan spent most of the day planning here yesterday. When people who got up early saw Song Xuan coming, they all gathered around, which put a lot of pressure on Song Xuan.
I just learned it, so I wasn't very accurate. Now that so many people are watching, I feel even more nervous.
After calming down for a while, he walked to a distance of four or five meters from the target, placed the pottery pill, and gently swung it.
Whoosh~
Hearing only a "bang" sound, Tao Wan went straight to the target...with the animal skin behind him.
A black line also floated across Song Xuan's forehead. The distance was not that far. It seemed that his skills still needed to be practiced.
In order to avoid embarrassment, Song Xuan resisted looking at the people around him and moved a few steps forward.
Bang~bang~bang~
Song Xuan failed to hit him three times in a row. Song Xuan was so embarrassed that he almost scratched the snow. Seeing a group of people wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, he directly pulled Shipi from the crowd who was still rubbing his eyes. out.
"Shipi, come and try!"
Although Shipi was underage, the length of the sling could still be adjusted. Although he was still a little confused, he immediately became energetic after seeing the ceramic projectiles that Song Xuan had been telling him about.
"God's envoy...this?"
Rubbing Tao Wan, Shi Pi excitedly said to Song Xuan.
"Um!"
Seeing Song Xuan nod, Shipi stopped talking nonsense, turned the sling and threw the Tao Pill out.
Whoosh~
Click~!
The sling was so fast and accurate in Shipi's hand, so powerful and heavy that it even broke the bones tied to the target. You must know that these are the leg bones of beasts, and the thin parts are only two or three centimeters.
Although it is wrapped in a layer of animal skin, the power of this sling can still be seen.
The broken leg bone shocked the jaws of everyone around him. Even Song Xuan did not expect that this enlarged version of the sling was so powerful. If it were used for hunting, like the deer and sheep that everyone often hunts, It can be defeated easily, even if it encounters a large tiger, it is still capable of fighting.
There were more than a dozen people around who had attacked the prey like this, so except for the elephant, which the tribe never dared to mess with, there shouldn't be any big problems with them.
Wow~
Only when someone brought over the two broken bones did everyone react.
The stone that caused all this was still a little confused. He looked at the broken bones and then at the sling in his hand. He didn't expect that his toy could be so powerful.
"Shipi, how about using it?"
After everyone calmed down a little, Song Xuan asked Shipi.
"Good... easy to use, but a bit heavy."
"More accurate than the stone I polished."
The main reason is that this is designed for adults. It is normal and expected that the stone skin is difficult to use. After all, this is almost a round ball.
Everyone's discussion was focused on hunting, but Song Xuan had deeper considerations.
Of course, at present, it is mainly used for hunting, but the situation of Soaring Snake is not very safe now. Next year, it will definitely have to contact more tribes. Some of them are big and small. Who knows? It’s not like there are people with evil intentions.
Not everyone can resist the temptation of pottery, especially since the Soaring Snakes currently do not have much defensive capabilities, and there are only about sixty people in the clan. The appearance of slings will definitely greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the tribe.
With proper training, dozens of people standing thirty or forty meters away can attack the enemy several times. In the end, there won't be many people left who can fight hand-to-hand.
After understanding the power of the sling, this simple weapon quickly became popular in the tribe. After breakfast, Shihua was surrounded by the crowd, especially the children in the tribe, who wanted her to help make it again. one.
Shi Pi received special approval from Song Xuan, allowing him to ask Shi Hua to customize a suitably sized one. Naturally, the projectiles had to keep up. Song Xuan asked Shi Shi to make another batch of different sizes.
Later, you can choose several suitable sizes for different people to use. The rough guys in the hunting team are very powerful, so they may be able to use larger ones, while women and children can naturally use smaller ones.
However, the tribe does not have enough clay to make batches of pottery now. They only dug a small pile of stones and kept them for practice. If all of them were used to make pottery balls, it would not be enough for everyone.
And now that the ground is covered with ice, it is too difficult to dig anymore, but it is not a big problem for some training purposes.
Making slings is not difficult. Even if you need to use thin animal hides to twist the ropes, Shihua made four of them in one morning. However, this time we encountered the same problem when making fishing nets, that is, there were not enough animal skin strips.
After all, such extremely narrow animal skin strips are not easy to cut, so the inventory in the tribe is also limited. Fortunately, there is a new method of cutting animal skins. The success rate is naturally much better than before, and the amount of slings is also reduced. It's not that big, but it can be supplied.
