Next, when Li Wei went to the market again, he imdiately felt it was different from yesterday. Many people were discussing him, and they took the initiative to greet and talk to him.
When he went to buy salted fish again, there was still a limit of two, but it only cost three silver coins.
When he went to the caravan, the caravan boss's gaze was filled with craftiness and smugness. If this matter hadn't had his tacit approval, Li Wei wouldn't have believed it.
Without a doubt, this guy was also testing the waters, testing whether Li Wei was acting as a hook for the Lord.
After all, the practice of entrapnt truly didn't differentiate between ancient and modern, dostic or foreign, or between Earth and another world.
Now that Li Wei had obtained the Right of Permanent Residence, although he was still a commoner, he was considered to possess a small asure of permanent property. Thus, while the transaction price couldn't be lowered, it proceeded exceedingly smoothly.
Li Wei spent several minutes before popping out of the covered wagon, and calmly departed amidst the boos of a crowd of n.
Hm, task completion progress—two-fifths!
Afterward, Li Wei wandered around the market again. He still didn't find any kind of seeds other than wheat and Beans. Not even at the caravan's stalls. Well, it wasn't that they didn't have any, but rather that they had already been handed over to the Lord's Farmstead manager the day before yesterday.
Because excellent seeds were likewise strategic resources.
So it was probably because the season was wrong. It was currently late spring, not the ti for autumn harvest. For him to want to buy seeds, he had truly co at the wrong ti, because this was a ti when all farrs needed seeds.
"It seems I can only think of another way."
Li Wei wasn't discouraged. Exiting the market, he headed straight for that row of stone houses in the west. Here, there were Blacksmith Shops, tailor shops, mill-and-bakeries, breweries, candle-making workshops, barber-and-surgery shops, the Masons' Guild, the Bricklayers' Guild, herb shops, leather workshops, as well as establishnts whose functions Li Wei couldn't quite discern, but were filled with generous and affluent young ladies.
Also, it wasn't just on the side of the stone houses; so small workshops were also opened facing the street in the wooden house district to the east.
For instance, there was more than one bakery.
In any case, this place looked quite bustling. Prior to this, however, Li Wei wasn't qualified to enter a portion of the shops here, such as the Blacksmith Shop, the Masons' Guild, the leather workshop, and so on.
"Your Excellency, please halt. You look like an outsider. Apologies, but this is an operating establishnt specially licensed by the Lord. If you cannot produce the relevant docunts, you will not be allowed to enter here."
At the Blacksmith Shop, Li Wei was stopped by an ostensibly young blacksmith apprentice.
It's fine. I forgive your foolish dog eyes.
Li Wei directly produced his Right of Permanent Residence docunt. This was incredibly useful; that blacksmith apprentice imdiately changed his expression and let Li Wei in.
This Blacksmith Shop was also a two-story stone house. The first floor served as the reception area for guests, kitchen, and living quarters for apprentices. The second floor housed the blacksmith's entire family. There was also a backyard, but no vegetables or fruits were planted there; instead, a decent-quality Small Blast Furnace had been constructed.
At this mont, a robust middle-aged man—bare-chested, with his beard and hair completely shaved off—was sitting dejectedly at a crude dining table, gnawing on a massive piece of bread. Seeing Li Wei enter, he didn't speak, as if still imrsed in so kind of sorrow.
Yet another heartbroken person under the ravaging tide of the Plague.
The first-floor rooms led straight to the backyard. Three blacksmith apprentices were busy working. The oldest was no more than twenty-five, while the youngest—the one who had just asked Li Wei for his permanent residence docunt—was only fourteen or fifteen, and as skinny as a rack of ribs.
However, these three blacksmith apprentices were exceedingly strong and brawny. They worked thodically and were well-trained. In terms of professional accomplishnt, they were absolutely on par with the previous version of Penny.
Therefore, corresponding to the criteria, this middle-aged blacksmith should at least be a Three-Star Blacksmith?
"Sir, may I ask what weapon you wish to purchase, or what weapon you'd like to have custom-forged?"
At this point, the oldest blacksmith apprentice stopped his forging work, straightened up, and looked at Li Wei. He was a resolute young man with a calm and seasoned gaze. He had clearly reached the level where he could graduate from his apprenticeship.
Perhaps he could be abducted to the family Camp?
Alright, that was a stupid idea, because Clyde was a Three-Star Blacksmith.
As long as he served as the Head of Household next month, he could use the Main Task thod to have Clyde forge arrowheads. Except for the fact that they couldn't be brought out of this world, they would be excellent and convenient to use—and most importantly, free.
Therefore, Li Wei was purely curious, incidentally harboring thoughts of picking up a bargain. After all, all supplies purchased here belonged to his personal inventory.
"I'd like to purchase so feather arrows of sufficiently good quality, as well as a dagger. If you could forge a better spearhead for , I would be extrely grateful."
Li Wei spoke calmly, while simultaneously rapidly sizing up everyone in the Blacksmith Shop, as well as the entire building's architectural structure, and envisioning how he should fight and retreat if the rooms were full of enemies and a sudden attack occurred...
Sigh, it had all beco a habit.
However, upon hearing this, the blacksmith apprentice opposite him sowhat perfunctorily pointed to a row of shelves in the back. It wasn't that he looked down on Li Wei, but rather it felt as boring and uninteresting as a Platinum-tier expert being asked to carry a newbie against bots.
"Go choose yourself. Tell if you catch sight of anything."
Hehe!
Li Wei didn't mind. He simply unslung his one-star Wooden Spear and handed it over, "Apologies, I need a spearhead that can match this form of Wooden Spear. In addition, whether it's daggers or feather arrows, they all need to be of this level."
That blacksmith apprentice glanced at Li Wei, then glanced at that one-star Wooden Spear. As an apprentice ready to graduate, he ought to have two-star level proficiency. With a single glance, he could spot the clues. His expression instantly beca solemn as he took the one-star Wooden Spear and tested its piercing capabilities twice.
"So this is a Wooden Spear more suited for throwing? Alright, I'll give it a try. You can co pick it up the day after tomorrow. As for daggers and arrowheads, there are ready-made ones. Thomas, take this guest to see them."
Another blacksmith apprentice voiced his acknowledgnt, yet proceeded to lead Li Wei from the backyard into the basent.
The space in the basent was sowhat large and a bit dim, but very dry and not suffocating at all. It seed they had excellent ventilation thods.
At this point, he saw this apprentice nad Thomas carry over a large wooden trunk. Upon opening it, there were waterproof, moisture-proof, and even fireproof sandbag layers inside. It was maintained quite excellently.
It seed to be good stuff. Right now, Li Wei was even a bit worried that he didn't have enough gold coins.
After all, over these past two days, generating money truly flowed out like water.
"Guest, please look!"
Apprentice Thomas carefully took out a very exquisite dagger, which even had complex patterns engraved upon it.
"I don't want this one. I need sothing plainer and more practical." Li Wei directly refused. The quality of such a dagger wouldn't vary much, but its price might be several tis more expensive.
"Oh, then I understand."
The blacksmith apprentice nodded, closed this large trunk, and brought out another large trunk. After opening it, there were two daggers inside, naturally a slightly longer and slightly thicker short sword, and finally a thrusting sword.
These were all premium items at a glance. Li Wei skipped right over that thrusting sword. Good as it was, it was outside the scope of what he could master.
In truth, the reason he wanted to buy a one-star dagger was entirely because it could be brought out of this world, and he didn't want to bid against those Senior Players anymore.
However, he seed to have run into good luck this ti, because these two daggers, as well as that short sword, were all quite good.
Wiping his hands, he picked up the most pleasing-looking dagger. This dagger was rather sharp, which had nothing to do with the material, but rather the blood grooves carved into it. It was very suitable for thrusting, but slightly unsuitable for cutting.
Looking at the other one, it belonged to a type that balanced both cutting and thrusting, each having its own rits.
At this ti, Li Wei's three cards silently erged, hovered, and vanished in a flash. Following this, he also saw the attributes of this dagger.
[Na: Bone Skinner]
[Quality: Two-Star]
[Crafted by Kakh City's Three-Star Blacksmith Ned. This is an extrely sharp quenched Refined Steel Dagger suited for thrusting. However, without sufficient close-quarters combat skills, it is very easy to injure oneself.]
[Damage 50]
[Trait: Bleeding. This was forged by Ned while mourning his deceased wife. The blood of sorrow, just like the rain of sorrow.]
[Warning: If your opponent is wearing chainmail, or excellently crafted laminated Leather Armor of two-star quality or above, then unless you have received the blessings of gods, or your Strength can break the critical threshold, you had better aim for their throat or other unarmored areas.]
[Price: 10 Standard Gold Coins. No bargaining, no credit allowed.]
[Can be carried out of this world.]
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What a treasure!
Li Wei liked it very much.
However, he still calculated his finances ticulously.
Initially, he had 53 gold coins, 5 silver coins, and so copper coins. Upgrading the Three-Star Farr Card consud 10 gold coins.
Bounty of 5 silver. Buying four salted fish used up seven silver coins. Buying food used one silver and all copper coins. Lodging cost one silver.
Buying Table Salt yesterday and today consud four gold coins.
To buy the Right of Permanent Residence, he spent three gold coins, and he straight up bought those two One-Star Quality Eagle Feather Arrows from that caravan guard, costing another gold coin.
Up to this point, he still had 35 Standard Gold Coins and 1 silver coin in his hand.
If nothing unexpected happens in the next three days, he will still need to pay 6 gold coins and 3 silver coins. Thus, he would only have 28 Standard Gold Coins and 9 silver coins left.
Moreover, he also wants to buy so seeds, and even wants to buy a cow...
"Forget it, don't even think about cows or horses."
"I can't just consider the future developnt of the family; I also have to consider returning to the Headquarters after completing the mission pass, as well as entering the Chaotic Killing Battlefield. So, the goals are very simple."
"First, strive as much as possible for a consecutive term as Head of Household. That way, after the Task Settlent, another Bronze Quality Clearance Token can be obtained, which is exactly what's needed to upgrade the Hunter Card to three-star."
"Second, is to open up Private Fields and stockpile star-rated supplies that can be carried out of this world."
Upon thinking to this point, Li Wei didn't even look at that remaining dagger anymore.
"This is the one. Could you throw in a scabbard?"
"Guest, of course. This was ant to be included anyway."
That apprentice nad Thomas was very pleased and quickly found a leather scabbard fitting this dagger. It had corkwood inside used for securing, plus a strapping band. Tying it to the waist made it considerably handy; even when doing sorsaults, one didn't have to worry about this dagger falling out.
However, with just a slightly forceful pull, it could be very easily drawn. It was highly flexible.
However, moving forward, if he had ti, Li Wei would have to practice so dagger combat techniques. Hm, it could also be used for throwing?
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