Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 12 12. Get started!
The sun shines on the river at the mouth of the sea.

A little bit of broken light is like a reflected starlight.

On a quiet path.

Three people galloped on three horses.

After wiping the sweat off Xia Xia's face, Zhang Qi took out a water bag on his horseback and gurgled several mouthfuls of cool well water.

He has forgotten that this is the first time he has traveled back and forth between towns and villages.

Anyway, they purchased more iron ore every time.

From the beginning when one horse and three people pulled the goods, to now three horses and three people pull the goods, the blacksmith business is getting bigger and bigger.

Touching the cloth bag on the horse's back, his horse carried a full 50 yuan of iron ore, and the same was true for the imperial recruits and Sokjar behind him.

It has been eight days since I came to 'Epicrotea', and during these eight days, Zhang Qi has filled up his wallet little by little.

This time I bought all the iron ore in the two villages near the town, and I still have about a thousand dinars in my pocket.

With 150 pieces of iron ore and 300 yuan of wrought iron, Zhang Qi could make 75 two-handed swords out of them if he came by himself.

These 75 two-handed swords can bring him nearly [-] dinars in revenue.

It also means that five hundred catties of materials can be brought out to the outside world.

However, this is just Zhang Qi himself. Don't forget, he recruited a blacksmith NPC!
Riding his new love Sturgia off-road horse, Zhang Qi couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Soon, the group of three returned to the town.

In the blacksmith's shop, Zhang Qi was refining the wood gathered from the houses and buildings in the town.

As for the iron ore, he will wait for Sokal to refine it after his stamina gauge is full.

Different from Zhang Qi, Sojaer's character movement rules are still consistent with those in the game. He will have physical strength restrictions when forging iron, and once the physical strength bar is empty, it will take a period of CD time before it can be fully refilled.

Of course, during this waiting process, Sojaer can also do other things.

No, Zhang Qi is refining charcoal here, and Suo Jiaer and the recruits from the empire were all sent to the arena by him to play training games there.

With Suojiaer's ability, it is not difficult to earn more than ten or twenty dinars at a time.

And the time to recover and refine his physical strength is enough for him to play about two games.

This is naturally good for Zhang Qi who is short of money, after all, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

As for the recruits of the empire, they are just a foil. If you are lucky, you will step on dog shit and K will get your head.

Experience points can also allow him to complete the upgrade.

It's a pity that after playing for so many days, he was the first one out every time.

clang clang clang.

A few more pieces of charcoal fell out of the blacksmith's stove, Zhang Qi stepped forward to pick them up, and threw them into a wooden box.

The blacksmith's shop is now full of wooden boxes, all of which are the charcoal he has refined these days, plus the one just now, a total of about [-] yuan.

"Uh-ah, I'm exhausted, take a rest, and I'll wait for Sokal to do the rest."

After a long stretch, Zhang Qi walked out of the blacksmith shop.

It's not that he is lazy, 150 pieces of iron ore can only be refined into 300 yuan of wrought iron in his hands, but if Suo Jiaer is allowed to come, then he can get 150 yuan more, and can get 450 yuan of wrought iron.

This is the effect of the system skills, and it is also why Zhang Qi was so excited when he saw Suo Jiaer for the first time.

This is creating more wealth for him in disguise.

Suojiaer's blacksmith skill has reached 75 points. He originally had the two skills [Efficient Charcoal Worker] and [Curious Smelter].

These two skills, one is to increase the output of charcoal, and the other is to increase the probability of unlocking the blueprint, but Zhang Qi can't activate it after being able to prostitute the wood for nothing. As for the smelter skill, Zhang Qi asked Suo Jiaer to try it many times but failed. As a result, he spent some dinars to take Sokal to the head of the arena to wash away the skills.

Re-selected 【Efficient Iron Maker】 and 【Steel Maker】.

Ironman's skill can change the iron ore that originally produced two pieces of pig iron into three pieces.

Not to mention the steelmaker, it can give Sokal the ability to refine 'steel'.

Walking out of the blacksmith shop, Zhang Qi took off the reins of the off-road horse from the pillar outside the blacksmith shop, got on the horse, and went to the tavern.

People are iron and rice is steel, no matter what the system npc is, they still have to eat.

If Zhang Qi made them starve or withheld their salary, they would also defect.

Fortunately, there are only two now, and it is enough to give them a few dollars a week.

in the tavern.

The fireplace that originally belonged to the tavern owner was requisitioned by Zhang Qi. The innocent tavern owner kept his innocent eyes open, huddled in a corner and continued his work of wiping glasses.

Just this one cup, if not for Zhang Qi being a good man with a conscience, the tavern owner wouldn't even have this one cup left.

Sauté the ginger and garlic until fragrant.

Beef, cabbage, and carrots were chopped up by Zhang Qi and thrown into a pot. He added water and salt and began to simmer.

The flour that was coarsely ground from wheat had been made into dough long ago, and Zhang Qi kneaded it a few times before kneading it into a dough cake and pasting it on the stone wall of the fireplace.

These flours are made by himself, and the food in the riding and hacking world is not classified in detail.

A grain is a sack of grain that contains wheat, oats, and rye.

And those vegetables were also found by him looking around in the market.

The food started to be cooked. After so many days, Zhang Qi was already too cooked. With the stable flame temperature of the system fireplace, these dishes can be eaten in only 10 minutes.

As for why he spends so much time making food, on the one hand, Zhang Qi really doesn't want to let it go, and on the other hand, he found that after letting NPCs eat the food he made himself, there will be an extra increase in morale!

Although he didn't go out to fight much now, but if it can increase morale, of course it still needs to be increased.

"Calculating the time, Suojiaer's side is almost over, and it's time to pick them up."

Zhang Qi got up from the fireplace, rubbed his dirty hands on the tavern owner's body, and then went out and mounted his horse to the arena.

in the arena.

The recruit from the empire stood beside the person in charge of the arena in a daze. He had been eliminated long ago, but he would not make any extra moves until he received Zhang Qi's order.

In the arena below, the battle continued.

Zhang Qirao raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Haven't been sent out yet, Suo Jiaer has entered the finals."

Across the imperial recruits, Zhang Qi put his hands on the railing of the stand and looked down.

Sure enough, Suo Jiaer was holding a two-handed sword and was fighting a shield and sword warrior, and there were no other NPCs around.

"Great job! Suo Jiaer, come on and kill him, we will have a reward of 260!"

Zhang Qi waved his arms to cheer Suojiaer up.

It's a pity that it wasn't the real sword contest, otherwise Zhang Qi would have wanted to place a bet.

As if hearing Zhang Qi's voice, Sojaer raised his sword with both hands and tried to chop it down. With a click, the shield in the sword warrior's hand shattered, and he seemed to be staggered.

After the heavy slash, Sokal's return to the sword was faster, and a sideways slash with the two-handed sword sent the shield sword warrior out of the game.

Cheers sounded.

Zhang Qi giggled and patted the shoulder of the person in charge of the arena, and received 260 dinars. After a while, Suo Jiaer's figure appeared on the stand.

Zhang Qi beckoned, and the three of them walked out of the arena.

(End of this chapter)