For the Ye Qiong tribe, the actual use of this first steam engine is limited, but the educational value hidden behind it is unlimited.
While Ye Qiong was improving this steam engine, it also became an external education base within the tribe.
Tang Ying would bring the next generation of the tribe over to learn the principles of steam engines. In order to facilitate further research and improvement, Ye Qiong planned to move to the door of the blacksmith shop after the interest of these little carrots subsided in a few days.
Nowadays, there are two uses of steam engines that have been upgraded to the agenda.
The first one is coal mining. You can use flywheels to generate pulling force to transport the mined coal.
The second is the ship. After the flywheel is improved, it becomes the propeller. It can generate a lot of propulsion under water and can completely make the ship go upstream.
At present, there is no problem with steam engine technology, the problem is iron!
Quantity issue.
Too little...
The tribe must give priority to ensuring the supply of weapons to the warriors. There is no way around this. After all, this is the foundation of strength. Most of the iron tools in the tribe are used to make weapons, and very few can be used to make machines. .
Although the caravan can go out and exchange iron tools for return, but compared with the iron tools needed for the development of the tribe, it is a drop in the bucket and of little use.
It's fine for some research, but it's not good enough for actual production.
There is nothing that can be done about it. It is too difficult to find iron ore. It is not like coal, which is easy to find. It does not need to be refined at all and can be put into production directly.
The discovery of iron ore has a long way to go, and for the Ye Qiong tribe, it is temporarily in a state of elusiveness.
As tribes begin to settle and develop, this will become more difficult.
After all, in a sense, some things are already destined.
For example, the amount of coal and iron ore stored within a hundred kilometers around the tribe...
But this kind of thing is a bit like Schrödinger's cat. If you don't explore and discover it, you will never know whether it exists or how many there are.
Where……
After studying it for a few days for the little carrots in the school, Ye Qiong placed the steam engine directly at the door of the blacksmith shop, and left the subsequent upgrades and evolution to Kuang Baichi and his apprentices.
Ye Qiong firmly believes that they can complete this task very well. After all, the blacksmith shop will gradually transform into a military heavy factory.
When the next generation of the tribe grows up, Ye Qiong will have to send a lot of talents here.
When I came back from the blacksmith shop, dark clouds began to gather in the clear sky, and the wind started to pick up...
Judging from the speed and thickness of the dark clouds gathering now, it seemed like a storm.
In previous years, every time there was a storm in summer, it would be a big challenge for the tribe. After all, tents and the like could hardly withstand the ravages of storms.
But now, the central tribe no longer has to worry about ordinary storms. The houses where the warriors and tribesmen live have been transformed into stone and wooden buildings.
Although you don’t have to worry about the damage caused by storms, you still need to prevent secondary disasters caused by storms.
The soldiers and tribesmen had already taken action. They collected the supplies, food and various utensils that had been dried on the site. They placed the snowy demon wolves in the underground cave and drove the horses back. The stable was built and reinforced.
After doing all this, it was almost evening.
Except for the soldiers responsible for city defense and early warning, the remaining soldiers and tribesmen all returned to their residences. The heavy rain began to fall. The tribesmen lit grease lamps in their huts. The central tribe began to light up after nightfall. stand up.
It gives people a very warm feeling.
Ye Qiong was staying in his room at the moment, sitting cross-legged on the bed, meditating, feeling his body, and entering a state of trance.
"Buzz...buzz...buzz..."
In the second half of the night, Ye Qiong was awakened by a strange buzzing sound. When he opened his eyes, Ye Qiong got dressed in the shortest possible time.
Then he picked up the bone crystal longbow, put it on his back, and came to the door.
He picked up the bamboo hat next to the door, put it on his head, opened the wooden door and walked out.
"Whoosh, whoosh... whoosh..."
The heavy rain hit the surrounding wooden houses, making a crackling sound.
Ye Qiong turned over and jumped onto the roof, looked around, then closed his eyes and began to listen.
"Buzzing... buzzing... buzzing..."
That weird sound, mixed with the sound of rain, reached Ye Qiong's ears.
at this time……
"Dudu! Dudu!"
A siren sounded from the stone city wall on the north side!
The most advanced kind...
A moment!
The tribe, which was originally peaceful and peaceful under the heavy rain, exploded.
The normal adult tribesmen got up from their beds one after another, ignored the heavy rain, threw themselves out of the house, and ran towards the central square of the tribe.
At the soldier training ground southwest of the central tribe, Ye Tianling had already assembled the troops. The soldiers on the front line picked up their weapons and galloped towards the north wall at the fastest speed with steady and neat steps.
Ye Qiong looked up to the sky and whistled...
Then he immediately jumped down from the house, and after running two hundred meters, he saw a giant black shadow coming towards him.
Under the rain in the dark night, there was an afterimage formed by the rain behind him.
After Ye Qiong saw Daidai, he jumped up suddenly and jumped on Daidai's back. Daidai's front legs suddenly braked, turned around, and ran towards the northern stone city wall!
Every time the huge bear paw hit the ground, there was a splash of water.
On the southwest side of the tribe, two figures larger than Daidai ran towards the north wall one after another under the rain curtain!
In front of the two of them, a larger body can be seen in the distance...
At the location of the pyramid on the southeast side, after Ronling gathered the warriors, he touched the bone crystal sword on his waist and gave an order. The warriors rushed to the underground cave where the Snowy Demon Wolf was housed as quickly as possible, and brought After the Snow Demon Wolf was released, it rushed towards the north wall as quickly as possible.
at the same time……
The soldiers of the southern city wall, the western city wall and the eastern city wall also immediately entered the top combat readiness state, ready to receive orders at any time.
Before there is an order, their battlefield is at their feet, and they must protect the city wall they are responsible for.
Once the siren sounds, uncontrollable emergencies can happen at any time.
They must react immediately and judge the pros and cons!
Outside the stone city wall on the north side, on a peak several kilometers away, a huge black shadow moved towards the location of the Ye Qiong tribe...
