At dawn, Zhang Yang recruited 50 more farmers, 5 lumberjacks, 5 tailors, 5 butchers, 5 cooks, 5 village guards, and 25 craftsmen from male villagers.
This will suddenly solve the problem of labor shortage in the village and having to deploy soldiers to do coolies.
In fact, ordinary women can also switch to these life occupations, but that will lose their loyalty. In order to have three children, Zhang Yang wants to support them, how can he recruit them to work!
However, even if ordinary women are not recruited, the working population in the village is currently close to 200 people.
Once there are more people, we will face the problem of management. Many people will be lazy. They are not the 500 people initially recruited. As long as the order is given, the whole person will work like a small motor non-stop.
Unfortunately, ordinary people cannot be recruited as stewards, including tavern keepers, who need people above the outstanding level to be recruited through job transfer.
Therefore, Zhang Yang had no choice but to send two captain-level soldiers, one to serve as the temporary shopkeeper in the tavern, and the other to supervise the farmers' farming.
As for the craftsmen, Zhao Tiezhu himself is the foreman. He is the last one to be recruited out of the initial population of 500, so there is no need to worry about the quality of the work.
The hunting team set out early in the morning. Wu Yuan is the captain, Qin Yidao, and Liu Dali are the deputy captains. The team members include the four-man group of violent bears, ten captain-level archers, and ten captain-level infantrymen, with a total strength of 27 people. They are very powerful. , they will go to the north today, explore at least 150 miles, and hunt down monsters above level 15 as much as possible, because the monster souls obtained in this way can upgrade elite soldiers to captain level.
On the village side, the two-star hero Sun Goudan, as always, wants to lead ten captain-level archers to ambush in the castle's arrow tower to see if he can lure a few flying monsters. But judging from past experience, this is almost impossible.
As for the remaining 45 captain-level soldiers, except for two who serve as supervisors, the rest must be divided into groups to patrol the five kilometers around the village and be responsible for protecting the logging workers.
In short, Zhang Yang's 4 heroes and 79 soldier captains seem to be quite stretched at this moment.
Considering that there will be a field battle with the orc tribe next, this troop strength is even more worrying.
When the sun rose, Zhang Yang set off quietly, taking no one with him except the ghost priest who could transform during the day.
Of course, this so-called transformation is just turning into a black mist.
This is enough.
After traveling for six or seven kilometers, Zhang Yang stopped in the forest.
"Have we encountered any peeping little ghosts along the way?"
"No, Mr. Village Chief, since four powerful heroes appeared in the village, those imps with low levels cannot even get close to five kilometers. However, this information must have been known to the enemy. After all, in the eyes of the imps, those four The hero's strong energy and blood are as dazzling as the sun."
"Well, can those brats sense you?" Zhang Yang asked again.
"Not really, Mr. Village Chief, unless there is a ghost priest with a higher level than me."
"Very well, you can just find a tree to hide in and keep watch for me."
Zhang Yang was very satisfied. The reason why he brought the ghost priest out alone was to build a more powerful bow and arrow for Qin Yidao and the others in the forest, one that was powerful enough to turn the balance of war.
Therefore, this matter must not only be hidden from the temptations of the orc tribe, but also from the temptations of other forces that may exist.
If you want to play a game where the snipe and the clam fight and the fisherman wins, then let’s see who is the real fisherman!
The soul force field was released, and Zhang Yang began to select suitable trees one by one. His current soul force field was quite powerful, and sometimes it could even hide his aura very well, so he didn't even need to use the concealment charm.
Soon, a towering tree embraced by at least five or six people fell into Zhang Yang's eyes. He pressed his hand on the tree, and the soul force field turned into countless threads like fine drizzle, moistening things and seeping in silently.
In just a few seconds, the internal structure of this big tree was clearly mapped in Zhang Yang's mind.
He had previous experience in making a hero spear for Wu Yuan Wenyang, so he was not worried that he would not be able to make it.
What's more, his soul strength has been upgraded to B-. The biggest advantage of this is that the temperature and recovery speed is accelerated.
In the past, it took half a day to warm an iron tree, and two hours to warm a spear of imprisonment.
But now, as his soul force field can simulate photosynthesis, it only takes an hour to warm an ironwood tree, and it only takes 30 minutes to warm a spear of imprisonment.
Like the big tree in front of him, as long as Zhang Yang is willing, he can warm it up before this evening.
However, he is in no hurry to do it, because his ability to warm up has reached its current state of perfection, and if he wants to build more powerful weapons, he needs better materials.
From sunrise to sunset.
For a whole day, Zhang Yang seemed to have done nothing, and there was no change on the surface of the big tree. But inside, all the holes bitten by insects, all the scars that grew accidentally, and the fibers that naturally grew irregularly were all visible to the naked eye. The invisible places were repaired and corrected one by one by the soul force field.
Such a big tree is definitely the most perfect in the forest. In the words of the ghost priest, if nothing happens, this big tree will definitely become a spirit in three hundred years.
Zhang Yang smiled and said nothing.
At sunrise the next day, he quietly came here again and continued to use the influence of sunlight to correct and improve the inside of the big tree.
After sunset in the evening, there was still no change on the surface of the big tree. Only the wood fibers inside had been combed out, and they were all tightly bound together like silk threads.
Such wood fibers have now broken away from the state of ordinary wood fibers and become tougher and more elastic.
But it's still not enough.
On the third day, Zhang Yang came here after sunrise as usual. This time he brought a hunting team to set up surveillance around the area, and then continued to use the soul force field to control the growth density and growth quality of the wood fiber lines, and made this large amount of wood fiber The lines twist and intertwine with each other to form a whole.
This process requires a lot of energy, and the energy input through photosynthesis alone is no longer enough. However, when he went back these two nights, Zhang Yang accumulated 1.5 units of mana by purifying demon blood, which he injected into it at this time.
At this point, the process of warming and compression has officially begun.
The leaves, crown, roots, and bark of the big tree wither quickly, which is the result of the energy being extracted.
During this period, Zhang Yang had to rest for a while, because this time the production of the warm-up was more complicated and laborious than the last time he made the hero spear.
At night, he simply stayed in the forest for the night. He would be done soon and there was no room for any surprises.
It wasn't until the morning of the fourth day that he fully developed this secret weapon.
When the dry bark was peeled away layer by layer and the withered trunk was pushed away, what finally appeared in front of Zhang Yang was a seven-meter-long, fist-thick, jade-colored long jade pole.
Not a longbow, just the materials to make a longbow.
"Clean all traces here and burn all the bark and trunks."
Zhang Yang gave an order, this matter was of vital importance and no clues or traces could be left to the enemy.
Even now, only Wu Yuan, Qin Yidao, and Liu Dali are staying here.
Wu Yuan was feeling better, but Qin Yidao and Liu Dali were so excited that their breathing almost stopped.
"Mr. Village Chief, what should we do next? Cut it open. Such a tough and extremely hard material cannot be cut even if Duan Kuan's sword is broken!"
After the shock, Wu Yuan lowered his voice and asked.
"You continue to guard the sky and the surrounding areas, I will do it myself."
Zhang Yang was also very nervous, not because the long jade pole he had cultivated was too precious, but because the secret weapon had to ensure that the enemy would not know about it, and then when the enemy attacked in large numbers, he would be stunned. Applaud, otherwise, with the enemy's intelligence and strength, he might quickly think of a way to restrain himself.
Next, Zhang Yang continued to use his soul force field and magic power. It took him most of a day to carefully and extremely carefully divide the long jade pole into two sections of two and thirty meters in length, two and four meters in length. A paragraph of ten lengths.
This is the arm of the long bow to be made. In fact, it is still a bit short. After all, Qin Yidao and the other three are all two meters tall and sturdy men, with wingspans close to two and a half meters. They are the most suitable body shape for shooting a large bow. .
But time was urgent, so we had to make do with it. However, considering the terrifying elasticity of this bow arm, Zhang Yang was not worried about its power at all.
This jade wood pole seems to be only as thick as a fist, but it contains at least one hundred thousand complete jade wood fiber lines, all twisted together. It is very scary in terms of toughness and hardness.
"Let's go back."
After obtaining these three bow arm materials, Zhang Yang immediately ordered to return to the village. In the past few days, Wu Yuan and the others had prepared several types of bow strings, and now it was time to see if they could match them.
After a hasty dinner and the strictest warning, everyone got together. The first one to take action was Song Dachui, who claimed to be the most powerful. He tried to bend a piece of wood directly, but in the end, he took out the energy to suck the wood, and the wood The rods were motionless.
In the end, Wu Yuan and Qin Yidao came to the end. Each of them grabbed one end of the wooden pole and slowly applied force to bend the wooden pole slightly.
"Mr. Village Chief, this thing won't break, right? Why do I feel a little scared? Why don't I just make a spear."
Wu Yuan spoke, his voice full of surprise, because he knew very well how much force he had used. If such a precious wooden pole was broken like this, he would probably be heartbroken.
"Don't talk nonsense. It won't break. It's because your strength is not in place. Please bend it some more."
Zhang Yang's tone was calm. He was observing with his soul force field at all times. No one knew the internal state of the wooden pole better than him. As of now, the wooden pole was bent to an angle of almost 140 degrees, but there was not a single wood fiber line inside. It's amazing how strong the endurance is.
"This long bow would be really barbaric if made. It's a pity that Zhao Tiezhu is not a master craftsman."
Liu Dali suddenly sighed with emotion at this time.
"First-rate materials, lowest-rate bow-making technology, a bit of a waste."
"Be content, you salted fish. If you don't want it, just give it to me. I can transfer to the King of Spears at any time." Song Dachui choked aside. Now there are many people who are greedy for these jade wooden poles.
"Hey, it can't be said to be the lowest level of bow-making technology. The key to bows and arrows depends on one's strength and skills. Liu Dali and your archery proficiency have reached 500 points. I don't believe you. I won't be able to show my strength." Duan Kuan also spoke at this time, seemingly doing some research.
"Don't be nagging. Don't worry about the shape of this bow or the manufacturing techniques. Because the materials are different, there is no comparison. However, I can guarantee that the elastic balance inside the bow arm is 100% perfect. You should not worry about this bow. The shooting accuracy is better than worrying about whether you can pull away!"
Zhang Yang stopped the argument among several people at this time, and then called Zhao Tiezhu to come up and wind the bowstring that had been prepared in advance.
This bow string was untied from the captain-level bow, and five of them were used, and they were tightly wound together. The reason for this was because the elasticity of the bow arm was too strong and the bow string would be broken, which would be worth the loss.
When Zhao Tiezhu wound up the bow string, he immediately hid far away, as did everyone else, including Zhang Yang, for fear that Chi Yu would be affected when the bow string was disconnected.
Wu Yuan and Qin Yidao slowly let go, their expressions extremely focused. There was nothing they could do. Just as Liu Dali said, the production technology of this bow could only be given a pass mark at best, but the material was too good. , how much force does it take to pull it open? Anyway, Qin Yidao himself felt a little hung up.
For ten seconds, the bow arm was completely released, the angle was 160 degrees, and the bow string was pulled straight, and even made a slight sound. Everyone held their breath at this moment, until Zhang Yang used his soul force field to look carefully, five The bow string was well stressed and there was no possibility of it breaking. Everyone cheered and everyone wanted to rush forward and give it a try.
"Don't move, let me do it!"
At this moment, Qin Yidao was extremely domineering, and he was the most qualified to say this, not only because he was a three-star hero, but also because his archery proficiency reached 580 points.
Everyone got out of the way knowingly. Qin Yidao stepped forward, grabbed the crude long bow, and attached a golden eagle armor-piercing arrow. Duan Kuan on the opposite side had already moved a large tree pillar with a diameter of two meters. Place it eighty meters away.
But Qin Yidao still shook his head, so Duan Kuan put Wang Mumu's heavy iron shield on it again, which had been strengthened by Zhang Yang's magic power. It had the highest level of defense and was also the most qualified to be a test target.
This time, Qin Yidao closed his eyes, as if savoring something carefully. Among the people, only Wu Yuan, Liu Dali, and Sun Goudan understood what he was doing.
Zhang Yang observed a more subtle scene through the soul force field, that is, he found that the unique force field emitted by the simple long bow had gradually merged with the force field emitted by Qin Yidao himself.
No, no, no, no!
Soon Zhang Yang was shocked to realize that this was Qin Yidao, as the three-star longbow king, using his unique gift of bow soul, giving this simple and barbaric longbow a unique soul.
Yes, the way this longbow is made is too simple and crude, and it can't even be considered technical.
But at this moment, when Qin Yidao used his gifted bow soul to warm up the longbow, the longbow seemed to be washed away of impurities and began to show its majesty.
Gradually, everyone present understood what Qin Yidao was doing, and they also felt a special kind of pressure, which became more and more obvious and breathtaking.
Duan Kuan, who was originally eighty meters away and waiting to see the result, was still twenty meters away from the target, but he was subconsciously frightened and kept retreating. Finally, it would be better to completely avoid Qin Yidao's front.
Wang Mumu suddenly woke up and went crazy to snatch his heavy iron shield back. From such a short distance, when he escaped back holding his heavy iron shield, his whole body was wet with cold sweat. I wanted to say something, but when I opened my mouth, I couldn't even utter a single syllable.
"That's what the saber-tooth tiger king looks like."
Wu Yuan suddenly whispered to Zhang Yang.
As soon as he finished speaking, more than 200 meters away, the ghost priest in the Tower of the Wood Demon suddenly transformed into a black mist and disappeared. A ghost like it, faced with such a The murderous aura field is the most sensitive.
But the ghost priest was just the beginning. Most of the soldiers and captains in the castle felt the terrible pressure at this moment, and they all felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.
But Zhang Yang didn't let them avoid it.
He himself did not avoid it, because although it was a terrible torture, it was also a rare experience.
Everyone, including Wu Yuan himself, is working hard to resist, invisible confrontation.
It can be said that from this moment on, Qin Yidao, who has this big bow and activated the talent of bow soul, has truly reached the level of a three-star hero.
In a house one kilometer away, a sleeping child suddenly started crying without any warning, and no matter how much he was coaxed, it would not work.
"Noisy!"
In the dark training ground, someone seemed to snort, and after a while, the children finally fell asleep again.
But in the castle, Qin Yidao's murderous aura that resonated with the long bow through his bow soul was still there.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Qin Yidao opened his eyes, as if nothing had happened. He didn't try to pull the bowstring because it was no longer needed.
On the contrary, Zhang Yang's group of people staggered around instantly, as if they had finally survived a disaster.
"I'm sorry everyone, I didn't expect that the material that the village chief cultivated was so perfect. Even if the craftsmanship is so crude, it can still amplify the power of my bow soul tenfold. I apologize, I must apologize!"
The smile on Qin Yidao's face was like 99 flowers blooming. He knew, and everyone knew, that he had gotten a big deal.
"Minato, Qin Xianyu, stop talking nonsense, how powerful is your bow?"
Duan Kuan shouted, this is also the issue that everyone is most concerned about.
"How powerful is it? Haha, you don't understand at all how perfect this bow is with my gifted bow soul. To put it bluntly, if I can take two more steps, then I can do without bow strings and arrows. Just this bow The bow arm itself plus my murderous aura can blast a city wall out of thin air."
"Of course. Now, I can kill the big monster I met the day before yesterday within five hundred meters!"