"As for the candidates who will go with you this time, I have already selected them. At the same time, there are currently seven wolf warriors and three ordinary warriors stationed there at the location where a branch city needs to be established. I will let them stay part of it later.

Over there, we are responsible for protecting the safety of the branch city." Without any nonsense, Luo Ji directly spread out the map and pointed out to Zhou Tao the location where the branch city needs to be established, "This is the place."

"After the branch city here is established, you have only one main task, which is to dig this coal..." As he spoke, Luo Ji placed the piece of coal he had brought back in front of Zhou Tao.

Zhou Tao subconsciously picked up the black stone in front of him, and the next second he discovered that the palms of his hands that had touched the black stone were stained with obvious black, "Is this?"

"This thing is called coal. It is a very important fuel. Simply put, it can be used to replace wood to make fire. The wolf warriors guarding over there will explain the specific situation to you." At this point, Luo Ji shouted.

He took a sip and took a breath, "As for the tools needed to dig coal, I will have them prepared and delivered as soon as possible. You don't have to worry about the food. I will send a few people to deliver it to the branch city every few days.

At the same time, we will carry the excavated coal back to the Mingjing Tribe. Of course, if something unexpected happens, it will be a last resort..."

As Luo Ji spoke, he drew a line on the map with his finger, "This location, there are crop resources in this area, you can dig some white radish first for emergencies, it's not far from the branch city, what I want to say

That’s all for now, do you have any questions?”

"Are you going to leave immediately early tomorrow morning?" Zhou Tao planned to confirm the time.

"Yes." Luo Ji nodded seriously, "You should also feel it. The temperature has dropped significantly recently. At this rate, the weather may get colder and colder. I just said that this kind of coal can replace wood to make fires.

, it can burn longer and at a higher temperature, so considering the weather changes, I want to supply coal to the tribe as soon as possible."

"I understand. There is no problem for the time being. If I encounter any problems in the future, I will ask the person responsible for transporting the ingredients to come back with a message."

"Yeah." It was easy to talk to smart people, and Luo Ji nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing Luo Ji sitting in the tent after Zhou Tao left, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, and the expression on his face revealed a trace of unconcealable joy. Just now, Zhou Tao's loyalty suddenly increased by five points, and

In other words, at this time, the other party has officially become a loyal minister whose loyalty has reached 90 points.

As the only member of the tribe with management and development talents, it is obviously a happy thing to be able to boost Zhou Tao's loyalty to ninety points.

However, Luo Ji didn't stay happy for long. There were still many things that required him to be busy. He immediately made a list, confirmed the people he planned to send to the coal mine one by one, and then asked people to notify them one by one to prepare them mentally.

Prepare.

Under Luo Ji's quick adjustments, everything was so orderly and the entire tribe's development plan was on track again. At the same time, for the sake of convenience, he did not forget to give the newly established branch a name.

Although he is not good at naming, don't worry, Luo Ji is not so careless as to give the branch city a random name like "Coal Tribe". Although from the current point of view, the characteristics of this branch city

It lies in the production of coal resources...

In this way, after thinking about it for a while, Luo Ji named this branch city "Black Rock". The coal was black stone, so it was called "Black Rock".

I don’t know if it’s because of Zhou Tao’s rich development experience and his natural abilities, but the development of the Black Rock Tribe is going very smoothly.

According to Luo Ji's previous expectations, all the coal that could be picked up or dug with bare hands was picked up by the people of the original tribe. If their tribe wanted to continue to obtain coal resources, they could only expand the mine and spend a lot of money.

Time will slowly dig in.

However, the actual situation is that less than five days after the Black Rock tribe was established, Zhou Tao had people come back with a basket full of coal.

To be honest, according to the size of the tree vine basket, even if it is full, it is not much, but it still surprised Luo Ji. This was at least a good start.

Days passed day by day. During this period, in addition to checking the progress of fortifications and farming every day, Luo Ji focused all his time and energy on the research and development of bows and arrows. However, the research and development of bows and arrows did not go smoothly at all...

Looking at another broken bow, Luo Ji frowned slightly and seemed to be in a bad mood, "Isn't this the same?"

Rubbing his brows vigorously, he found that the difficulty of developing bows and arrows was far beyond his expectation. The feeling of being stuck in a bottleneck, not knowing how to break through, and finally being completely stagnant made people both irritated and panicked.

"What's the problem?" He tried almost all the materials that could be found nearby, but the results were not satisfactory.

Of course, if you use some force when pulling the bow, it will still be possible, but the flimsy arrows have no power at all. It is no exaggeration to say that fifteen meters away, he stood there and let the bow and arrows shoot over.

, it may hurt a little if it hits the eye, but if it hits the torso of the body, apart from making him feel a little pain, the arrow cannot cause any substantial damage at all. It is completely a piece of cake.

Failure!

Luo Ji grabbed the messy hair vigorously and tried to find the problem and the cause, but found nothing. In the end, he could only come to the conclusion that 'maybe the material of the bow body is not suitable'.

Well, there is no denying that he was frustrated in the research and development of bows and arrows. Luo Ji was not a stubborn person. After he clearly realized that he could not solve this problem in a short period of time, he slowly regained his cool head.

He patted his forehead gently and said, "Don't worry, take it step by step..."

After saying that, he decisively took a step back. In various senses, he had realized that in this era where there were no long-range attack weapons at all, he wanted to make a bow and arrow from the beginning. There was a point where he wanted to do it before he even learned to walk.

The meaning of running is, so now he takes a step back and plans to learn to walk first.

He quickly picked up the charcoal pencils he had picked up a few days ago, then spread out a blank piece of animal skin and started drawing another design.

This time, he didn't draw for too long, nor was he too entangled. He finished the design in almost a few seconds, and then pointed out in front of the five members of the Ordnance Department, "Put the research on bows and arrows first."
Chapter completed!