The hawkmen lived by chasing mountains and preferred to live on cliffs. They dug caves with stone tools on the tops and around the cliffs to live in.
The Barbarian Region was just one of the many small mountains in the ancient Felan Era, and it was extremely difficult to find a large mountain.
However, the rumored Hawkman Royal Court was located on the top of a majestic and towering mountain called "Holy Mountain"!
It was a huge and magnificent mountain, large enough for thousands of hawkmen to live on. It was the ancestral land of the hawkmen and the origin of the hawkmen in the Barbarian Region tribe.
When Jiang You became the chieftain of the Barbarian Region tribe, he began to transform the living environment of the hawkmen. Although the stone caves were large, after generations of hawkmen had lived in them, the smell inside was unbearable, and hygiene was also a problem.
In the first year, he ground a stone axe, cut down trees, and led the tribesmen. In a year's time, he built several wooden houses and wooden beds for everyone to live in.
The wood from the cut - down trees was an excellent storage material.
The hawkmen's wooden houses had two floors, one on the roof and one near the cliff, which was convenient for taking off.
After building the wooden houses, he summoned the tribesmen and dug a large pool in the center of the tribe for the daily drinking water of the tribe. Jiang You would arrange for tribesmen to fetch water every day.
Then, he used a wooden wall to surround the wooden house complex. Thus, a small village was formed.
Although the wooden house village was not much different from the large stone cave in terms of comfort, Jiang You saw a glimmer of hope in this village in the wild.
Time passed.
In the second winter, Jiang You led the young hawkmen to take advantage of the heavy snow in winter and found several black bears that had been killed and were hibernating in the Whispering Forest.
His strength and skills had improved a lot, and he also got a bear - skin coat for himself.
It was very warm.
In the third year, Jiang You encountered a magical beast in the Whispering Forest. Fortunately, this magical beast belonged to the deer family. Although the magical beast was strong, its temperament was relatively gentle and it stayed in its own territory, so Jiang You and his group were safe.
However, his desire for extraordinary power became stronger.
In the fourth year, when Jiang You led the hunting team out hunting and chasing wild bulls, he flew more than a thousand meters from the ground. Here, he discovered an exposed copper mine!
This surprised him greatly!
Copper!
This was the key to enabling them to move from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.
If they had copper tools, the combat power of the Barbarian Region tribe could be greatly improved.
However, at this time, a patrolling hawkman youth flew over from a distance and told him that there was a snake tribe here.
The snake tribe was a subordinate race of the Titan giants.
However, they often had conflicts with the hawkman tribe, and their living areas overlapped. They had been enemies since ancient times!
In ancient times, when the hawkmen had not evolved into their current form, they used to hunt and eat the ancestors of the snake tribe, the multi - footed snakes.
But later, as if they had received a gift from the Titan giants, they evolved into an intelligent race.
The suppression of the hawkman tribe by the snake tribe disappeared.
The reproduction ability of the snakes was very strong, and they were good at using bows and arrows.
Although the hawkmen had the advantage of flight, their eagle claws were not sharp enough to support them in shooting arrows.
However, an army that could shoot arrows in the air, even if it was only composed of ordinary people without extraordinary power, would have a great advantage.
After considering for a moment, Jiang You's desire for copper overcame his worry about the snake tribe.
He pondered and asked.
"Liang, how many snakes are there in that snake tribe? Are there any extraordinary snakes?"
"Chieftain, I didn't look carefully."
Liang touched his head in embarrassment.
"Never mind, let's go and have a look."
Jiang You didn't blame him. After all, the young hawkmen didn't have much awareness in this regard, and it was already good that they could notice the snake tribe.
He led a team of young hawkmen to take off into the air, flew over a few places, and finally found a large snake tribe by a small river.
Jiang You circled and observed in the air and found that the situation of this large tribe was not much different from theirs.
The endless wars had exhausted their vitality, and the people in the tribe were basically weak women and children.
Moreover, the survival ability of the snakes in the war was not as good as that of the hawkmen. They were the cannon fodder among the cannon fodder!
However, the strength of this snake tribe was a little stronger than that of the Barbarian Region hawkman tribe, with about a hundred snakes surviving.
Jiang You made a decisive judgment and decided to exterminate this snake tribe.
It was already evening.
Jiang You led the adult hawkmen of the tribe and, taking advantage of the night when they were asleep, wiped out this large snake tribe.
Then, they mined copper ore and smelted bronze.
Jiang You knew some simple copper - smelting methods from ancient times. After several attempts, he successfully smelted bronze.
In the fifth year, after a year's accumulation, almost all the adult hawkmen in the tribe had a bronze weapon.
With bronze weapons, they could hunt larger and fiercer prey.
Even some weak magical beasts, Jiang You and his group dared to test when they encountered them.
The tribesmen used bronze spears, while Jiang You cast a bronze sword for himself.
In the sixth year, as the bronze reserves in the tribe increased, Jiang You took out the extra bronze and cast a large bronze tripod!
Thus, the food could be cooked in the tripod.
At the same time, some bronze utensils were also made.
Bowls, basins, pots, spoons, and so on.
By the end of the year, Jiang You could announce that the Barbarian Region tribe had left the Stone Age and entered the Bronze Age.
They were more advanced than most races in the Felan Era.
In the seventh year, Jiang You was seventeen years old. In the hawkman tribe, he was considered an adult.
His body became taller, stronger, and more agile, and his wings became stronger and more powerful.
This year, in preparation for the coming war, Jiang You began to cast bronze armor!
Since the hawkmen had wings, their backs could not be covered with armor. Moreover, in order to maintain light flight, the armor should not be too heavy.
Jiang You only cast armor pieces on the chest, arms, and legs for protection.
He made several sets of such simple bronze armor and let the strongest hawkmen in the tribe, including himself, wear them.
They were all Jiang You's peers and his comrades - in - arms.
As time passed.
In the autumn of this year, when the yellow autumn leaves were flying, the summons from the Hawkman Royal Court finally arrived!