Half an hour passed by very quickly while Yan Liqiang and Qian Su engaged in idle chat.
When time was up, Yan Liqiang and Qian Su returned to the weaponsmiths quarter's dining hall again. By this time, the crowd there had quietened down. When a discussion broke out among everyone just now, all of them were convinced that Yan Liqiang wouldn't joke about something like this. Therefore, everyone made their decision to either stay or leave within the past half hour.
"So, has everyone thought it through already?" Yan Liqiang stood on the stone steps and scanned the crowd.
"Yes!" Several hundred people responded while some merely nodded in silence.
"Great. Those who have decided to leave the weaponsmiths quarter, you may come forward now!" Yan Liqiang pointed to his left, at the bottom of the steps where he was standing. "Someone will distribute the silver to you. You may leave after you complete the paperwork!"
