Chapter 226, Picking Up People.
Hearing Wu Heng ask again.
The owner of Mao Liao spoke, "Captain Wu Heng, our armor shop is naturally willing to cooperate with you. Just tell us what kind of armor you need, and I'll have someone start working on it immediately."
The people from Mao Liao Armor Shop returned at this time.
The main reason was to maintain Wu Heng as a client.
For a business owner, a client like Wu Heng, who buys in unlimited quantities and pays in full cash, is rare in the whole city.
As long as they maintain this client well, the shop wouldn't need to do external business. They could just produce the armor Wu Heng needs.
Wu Heng nodded and said, "Boss Grask is indeed straightforward. I'll leave the armor issue to you. Continue making the full-body armor, but it's better to redesign the appearance so it's different from the Iron Guard Knights."
Mao Liao's owner stroked his chin, "When I return, I'll have someone make a design draft. You can choose the style then."
"Good!" Wu Heng nodded, then turned his gaze to the weapon shop owner, "What about you? Have you decided yet?"
"Yes, I also choose to cooperate with you. Just tell me what kind of weapons you need, and I'll arrange for people to start immediately," said the weapon shop owner.
Hearing the other party agree, Wu Heng nodded as well.
Whether it's here or in the zombie world.
A large quantity of weapons and armor is indeed needed, and it's a good opportunity to organize a group of people for continuous supply.
"For humans, make iron swords; for orc, make battle axes. Also, I need a lot of crossbows and arrows," Wu Heng said.
He had some firearms and bullets, but the number of bullets would only decrease over time.
In regular situations, they were hardly used.
Skeleton spears were more effective for dealing with solitary zombies.
For defending cities, crossbows were more useful.
The weapon shop owner glanced at him and said, "The weapons sold to the city lord's mansion are at the lowest market price. A fine-grade iron sword is 22 silver coins each, and a strong crossbow is 45 silver coins. This price..."
"As long as the quality is guaranteed, I can accept the price."
The weapon shop owner breathed a sigh of relief, "Alright, then I'll arrange production immediately when I get back."
"Mm, if you need anything, just come directly to me."
"Alright, Captain. We'll head back to prepare for work now."
Wu Heng nodded, and the two beastman owners stood up and walked out.
......
After leaving the Guild Hall.
The weapon shop owner whispered, "We've seriously offended the city lord now."
"Since when did you become so timid? Even if you don't offend him, the Iron Guard Knights' orders wouldn't have come to us. It's better to cooperate with this captain," said the owner of Mao Liao.
"Hmm, you're right."
"This captain is wealthy and powerful; how could he not be a match for Elno? Don't worry!" Mao Liao's owner reassured.
"Are you saying he has connections?"
"Of course! How many years has Gomes been in the city? Have you ever seen him take over half the city? There must be something we don't know."
That made sense.
"Let's go quickly and start work."
The two orc whispered as they quickened their pace.
......
After the two left.
Duke took out the pancake from his chest again and said while eating, "Captain, lately the stewards haven't given us any tasks."
After the incident with the Warhammer Party, all the squads had been busy.
But the 12th squad remained calm, as if on vacation, with no tasks assigned.
Wen Mansa was busy with city affairs, and there were no wanted criminals reported either.
Wu Heng felt this kind of life was quite good.
If things stayed like this, he wouldn't need to consider becoming a deputy steward.
In response to Duke's question.
Wu Heng said, "We just reported three merits; it's normal to rest for a while. Other squads need opportunities too."
"Oh, I see."
Wu Heng glanced at him and continued, "If you feel bored, you can go to Wen Mansa's side and lead a squad of skeletons for street patrols."
"That works too. What do you do on patrol?"
"Just see if anyone's causing trouble, catch thieves, stuff like that."
"Okay, then I'll patrol when there's nothing else to do."
Wu Heng nodded.
The two of them sat in the lounge for a while.
With nothing else to do, they left the Guild Hall directly.
......
The sky gradually darkened.
Crackle!
The street lamps suddenly released dazzling light.
Illuminating the entire area.
More and more residents and tavern patrons gathered towards the light.
Looking up at the bright street lamps.
"What's so bright?"
"The Spikes Gang set up these things. I thought they were going to hang banners, but they made these bright things."
"It's a magic tool, they actually put a magic tool here."
"This is much brighter than a light stone."
"Damn, who's rich enough to put this kind of thing here?"
The crowd started pointing and whispering at the bright street lamps.
Clearly, this was the first time they had seen such a thing, and they were surprised someone would put a magic tool here.
More and more people gathered, and above the street lamps, a large number of tamed beasts appeared.
Circling around the lamps.
But everyone only watched from a distance. With the skeletal soldiers guarding, no one dared to get too close or cause trouble.
Wu Heng stood with a few maids, watching from the city wall.
The darker the surroundings, the better the effect of the street lamps.
Illuminating a large area.
"Master, is this a street lamp? Why put it here? Wouldn't it be better at home?" Minnie asked.
She felt it was a waste for her master to spend money on street lamps for the outer city.
"The one at home is the same; they're all alike," Wu Heng said.
Wen Mansa was also amazed by the effect of the lamps. Unlike Minnie, she knew about Wu Heng's plan to set up the whole city.
If these lamps were set up in both districts.
The whole city would be as bright as day.
......
Meanwhile, on the other side.
The eastern inner city wall.
A carriage from the Snake Emblem Consortium suddenly stopped.
Outside the carriage, a guard's voice came, "Miss, some people are blocking the way ahead. We need to wait a moment."
Lecia leaned lazily in the corner of the carriage, "What's going on? Another gang fight?"
"No, someone set up a magic tool ahead, and a lot of residents are watching," the guard replied.
A magic tool?
In the outer city?
Who would be crazy enough to do that?
Lecia was curious.
As she lifted the curtain, a bright beam of light streamed into the carriage, dimming the light stone hanging from the roof.
Following the light, she looked up ahead.
The blinding light was suspended in the air.
Lecia's eyes widened.
She looked in disbelief at the thing emitting the strong light ahead.
In that moment, she realized who the crazy person was that had set this up.
"He really hung the sun in the sky."
......
A night passed.
In the outer city, two travelers walking together.
"I told you it would stay lit all night. Pay up, pay up. A bet's a bet."
"It's just a little money. If I had known, I would've shot it down with an arrow last night."
"You're worse than me. I had my tamed beast poop on it last night."
In front of a shop.
"Is this an effect demo for selling tools?"
"Who would do a demo in the outer city? Could you even afford it?"
"Let's see if they take it down today. If they don't, I'm going to sell dried fruits over there. With so many people, business will be good."
"I heard from the Spikes Gang that this thing stores sunlight during the day and releases it at night."
"That makes sense. No wonder it's so bright. It's sunlight."
"Yeah, yeah, my eyes are still a bit blurry from it."
Whether it was outer city residents or inner city nobles.
Today, everyone was talking about this. What exactly was the light at night? And why did someone do this?
To illuminate such a large area.
It was clearly no ordinary magic tool.
Nothing like this had appeared in this region or the nearby cities.
The price must be astronomical too.
After one night, the new magic tool became the hottest topic in the city.
Even the southwest districts, where people hadn't seen it, planned to gather tonight to take a look.
......
At the border city of the Kingdom of Eko.
A small team quietly waited on the side of the road.
A hawk in leather armor circled overhead.
After two loops, the hawk dove down and transformed into a curly-haired girl just before landing, gracefully touching down beside the carriage.
The horses neighed in fright, and the coachman hurried to calm them.
"Aunt, did he miscalculate the time? Why isn't he here yet?" The girl leaned against the carriage and complained.
The curtain was lifted, revealing a mature, elegant face. "Getting impatient? I told you not to come, but you insisted."
"No, it's just that he's late, making us wait for him," the girl said.
"Let's wait a bit longer. If he hasn't arrived by noon, we'll go on without him," the woman said.
"Then why not just go now? Why wait for him?" the girl asked again.
"The letter clearly stated the time. If we both take different paths, he might come for nothing."
The girl nodded, "That makes sense. He's such a hassle."
Though she grumbled, she still stretched her neck to look into the distance.
Suddenly, dust rose in the distance.
As if a wild beast was charging quickly toward them.
The guards by the carriage immediately became alert, and even the soldiers on the city wall gathered and stood guard.
Squeak!
A piercing brake sound echoed as wheels skidded on the ground, stopping two or three meters away.
As the dust cleared, a figure and a strange vehicle with several tall figures behind it were revealed.
"Yo, Yuli is here too!"