Every era in history that was worth recording represented an important step forward in humanity's scientific and technological development.
Compared with the Bronze Age, the Zhou Dynasty in the Dark Age—
Building on bronze materials, people gradually mastered iron-forging techniques, making tools and weapons sturdier and sharper.
This advancement not only greatly improved the quality of farm tools, multiplying agricultural productivity several times over, but also played a tremendous role in wars fought with Cold Weapons, making the Zhou Dynasty's armies more powerful.
At the same time, as materials developed and the various agricultural and industrial trades of Western Zhou flourished, the quality of life for the people of Zhou also improved in terms of clothing, food, housing, transportation, and more.
The government-run handicraft workshops, for example, had already reached a considerable scale. The variety of handicrafts was extensive, and their division of labor had also become more detailed than that of merchant shipping. The "Hundred Crafts" mentioned in historical legends originated in this era.
That said, the Zhou Dynasty's use of ironware was still only at a rudimentary stage.
During this period, their focus remained on bronze. Thanks to advances in smelting and casting technology, bronze civilization reached its glory in Western Zhou, developing Bronze Ware to almost the pinnacle of the world at that time.
And this was why Su Mo had not been in a hurry to upgrade earlier.
The benefits of the Dark Age were not very significant for the territory as it currently stood. They were completely incomparable to the later Age of Enlightenment.
Making better use of the wonder upgrades brought by each leap in eras might even be more useful than upgrading the era itself.
But now, the wait had been worth it.
Building on the Dark Age, the system had presented a