Suddenly, his pupils constricted.

To be honest, it really looked like an ordinary stone, but at the broken edge, there were subtle differences in color.

This difference was barely noticeable.

If this piece of or were thrown into a pile of stones, one might not see any difference at first glance.

However, there was no doubt that this was a piece of ore, could it be? Carefully examining the piece of ore in his hand, Lu G's heart suddenly raced.

He didn't have extensive knowledge of ores, but he had seriously studied a few types, and one of them closely matched the stone before him.

Let's go to the forging department.

Whether it was indeed what he thought it was would be known once they smashed it and melted it in the forging furnace.

Naturally, Luog's personally instructed task took priority.

The craftsmen in the forging department quickly set aside their work, cleared a forging furnace, and began processing the newly discovered ore.

They were already highly skilled in the steps of crushing the ore, grinding it into the finest particles, and extracting the metal through high temperature smelting.

The entire melting process was completed swiftly.

Watching the copper pot emitting high temperatures, Lu G waved his hand, signaling the craftsman to remove the impurities floating on the surface of the molten metal.

Then looking at the layer of liquid slowly flowing at the bottom of the pot like mercury.

The overwhelming joy that washed over him made Luog uncontrollably burst into laughter.

Haha, it's tinor.

I found tin or tin or has a low melting point.

And after simple smelting and removing impurities, it presents a mercury-like appearance, perfectly matching everything he saw before him.

Undoubtedly, his previous speculation was confirmed.

tin or was one of the few or as he had studied seriously because it forms an alloy known as bronze when melted together with pure copper in certain proportions.

Bronze this is a symbol of the bronze age.

This indicates that once the alloy smelting is successful the civilization under his command which was still hovering at the threshold of the bronze age would officially take that crucial step and become a true bronze civilization.

Without a doubt, this is something that must be occupied.

After confirming the location of the resources, Lu Gi waved his hand and directly dispatched a team to follow Jeang J to the site, aiming to occupy the resource area, establish a sub city, and then begin large-scale mining of tin ore.

As for the small amount of tin ore that was previously extracted, Lu G didn't rush the craftsmen in the forging department to start smelting.

Instead, he instructed them to cool it down and store it as Teningit's first.

Although the first smelting attempt would likely fail due to inexperience.

What if it succeeded? It might sound strange, but Lu G was worried about what to do if they succeeded.

Once bronze was smelted, he would most likely officially enter the bronze age under the witness of the system.

At that time, based on the time standard of neutral areas, he could only stay in the unranked status for a month at most, and once the time limit was up, he would be forcibly promoted.

Luog decisively stated that he was not prepared yet.

He wanted to mine enough tin or to fill several warehouses and refine it into its first.

By then, once bronze was produced, he would really have to race against time.

On a new day, Jang Ji set off with the team and Lu G's orders.

Meanwhile, the Ming Jing tribe also had significant new developments which involved upgrading the city walls, or rather they were going to build stone walls constructed from bricks and stones.

Lu G had actually had this idea for a long time.

During the novice phase, the ancient city walls were indeed good.

But even so, his city gate had been breached twice by players of the same rank using siege vehicles.

In such a situation, once he was promoted to the bronze rank wouldn't te the ancient city walls defensive capability be easily destroyed by those players targeting him.

Building a proper city wall was undoubtedly a massive project, especially considering the current scale of the Mingjing tribe.

After all, this was an important leap from a tribe to a city, and the Ming Jing tribe would then be called Mingjing City.

However, Lu G was determined.

This step had to be taken.

Moreover, currently in the unranked status, other players were basically too afraid to invade him, making it a perfect opportunity for a major project.

At the same time, he had been asking his subordinates to pay attention to mineral resources, and he discovered limestone last month.

The recently researched cement would also come in handy.

Speaking of building walls, Lu G couldn't help but think of the design blueprint for the great wall in his system warehouse.

This was undoubtedly the most impressive wall of the cold weapon era.

If it could be built with his thought in mind, Lu G quickly shook his head and splashed cold water on his face to calm down.

The Great Wall was not something that could just be built.

Do you think that constructing a segment of a wall measuring 1 or 2 km according to the blueprint could be called the Great Wall? That would be a joke.

To trigger the five-star wonder effect of the Great Wall, it must reach a certain scale.

It couldn't just be a random segment.

However, it was still possible to take out the blueprint for study to refer to those detailed structures and then apply them to the construction of the walls later with the thought that the sooner they started, the sooner they would finish almost on the same day they received the blueprint.

The construction team began preparing building materials and started work.

During the period before the completion of the walls, Lu G obviously couldn't directly tear down the ancient city walls of the Ming Jing tribe.

If the ancient city walls were dismantled and enemies attacked before the new walls were completed, what would happen? Therefore, Luog's strategy was to build another layer of walls around the ancient city walls and even expand the land area of the Ming Jing tribe by two rings.

This way, once the outer walls were completed, he could dismantle the inner ancient city walls.

At the same time, outside the Wild Horse tribe, a century on duty suddenly furrowed his brow, quickly crouched down, and pressed his ear to the ground to listen for a moment.

His expression changed dramatically, and he immediately shouted to the herdsmen who had just returned from grazing.

The horse thieves are coming.

Hurry and drive the cattle, sheep, and horses back to the tribe.

Move quickly.

The sentry shout clearly alarmed the herdsmen, and they all hastened their actions.

However, with such a large group of cattle, sheep, and horses, it was not easy to drive them back quickly.

The horse thieves arrived very quickly.

They specifically targeted the time when the herdsmen were bringing the livestock back because they knew this was when they were most vulnerable.

Watching the cattle, sheep, and horses outside the wild horse tribe, the horse thieves riding on horseback let out excited shouts.

Just then, a furious roar came from afar.

Scarface, "Are you looking for death?" Before the person arrived, the voice came first.

In the distance, Lu Yong, wielding a double-bladed battle axe with one hand, was charging forward on horseback with a cavalry stationed at the Wild Horse Tribe.

The situation at the Wild Horse Tribe was quite special.

Because herdsmen often needed to drive large numbers of cattle, sheep, and horses out of graze.

Whenever horse thieves attacked, the entrance would often be blocked, making it impossible for the defending soldiers to rush out in time, allowing the horse thieves to repeatedly succeed.

Later, to avoid the situation, Lu Yong, after speaking with Sun Lee, set up a temporary military camp outside the tribe with his cavalry and shield soldiers.

Watching Luo Yong charging forward on horseback.

The leading middle-aged man among the horse thieves who had a vicious scar on his left cheek showed a trace of disdain in his eyes.

He thought Lu Yong could never catch up to him with that heavy weapon.

So he was not afraid at all.

Brothers, move quickly.

Tonight we'll have roasted whole sheep.

As he shouted, the scarred man rode swiftly and quickly thrust his bone spear.

Instantly, killing a goat, then hoisted it onto his horse and sped away.

As he left, he didn't he forget to leave behind a string of wild laughter, causing Luo Yong's expression to darken to the point where it seemed like water could drip from it.

Feeling a sense of don't run.

Hearing this, the scarred man let out a sneer and ignored him, galloping away in the chase and escape.

The distance between them kept widening.

After all, the weight of the goat on the scarred man's horse couldn't possibly outweigh the double-bladed battle axe made of who knows how much brass, right? Clearly not.

Plus, Lu Yong himself was not light either.

He probably wouldn't be able to chase for long before his horse started foaming at the mouth.

Chapter 209.

The horse bandits.

Damn it.

Looking at the horse bandits that were getting farther away, Lu Yong's face was filled with anger.

These horse bandits were born and raised on the grasslands.

Each of them could be said to have grown up on horseback.

Their superb riding skills were almost innate.

Not something Luo Yong and his cavalry, who had only trained for a few months, could compare to.

Moreover, the initial few attacks caught them off guard, allowing the horse bandits to steal some war horses equipped with saddles.

Therefore, from the perspective of cavalry equipment, Lu Yong and his men basically had no advantage.