The sun shines on the surface of the river at the mouth of the sea.

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

Silent trails.

Three men galloped on three horses.

Wiping the sweat on the shrimp's face, Zhang Qi took out a water bag on the horse's back and sipped several mouthfuls of cool well water.

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

Anyway, they are purchasing more and more iron ore every time.

From the beginning of one horse and three people pulling goods, to now three horses and three people pulling goods, the iron business is getting bigger and bigger.

Touching the cloth bag on the horse's back, his horse was carrying a full fifty pieces of iron ore, and the Imperial recruits behind him were the same as Sogar.

It has been eight days since he came to 'Epicroteaa', and in the past eight days, Zhang Qi has filled his wallet little by little.

This time, he bought all the iron ore from the two villages near the town, and he still had about 1,000 dinars in his pocket.

One hundred and fifty pieces of iron ore and three hundred pieces of wrought iron, if Zhang Qi came by himself, he would be able to make seventy-five two-handed swords.

These seventy-five two-handed swords would bring him nearly fifty thousand dinars.

It also represents the materials that can be brought out to the outside world for 500 catties.

However, this is just Zhang Qi coming by himself, don't forget, he has recruited a blacksmith NPC!

Riding his new favorite Tergia off-road horse, the smile on Zhang Qi's face couldn't be hidden.

Soon, the group of three was back in town.

In the blacksmith shop, Zhang Qi was refining timber from houses and buildings all over the town.

As for the iron ore, he had to wait for Sogar's stamina to recover and give it to him to refine.

Unlike Zhang Qi, Suojiaer's character operation rules are still the same as in the game, he will have physical limitations when striking iron, and he needs to enter a CD time to return to full once the physical strength gauge is empty.

Of course, during this waiting process, Sogar can also do something else.

No, Zhang Qi is refining charcoal here, and Suojiaer and the imperial recruits were sent to the arena by him to play training matches there.

With Sogar'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 not bad for Zhang Qi, who is short of money, after all, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

As for the Imperial recruits, it's a foil, and if you're lucky enough to step on the shit K to the head.

Experience points will also allow him to level up.

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

Bell, bell, bell.

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

The blacksmith's shop was now full of wooden crates, which were full of charcoal that he had refined these days, plus the ones just now, a whole eight hundred pieces.

"Uh-ah, I'm tired, rest for a while, and I'll wait for Sogar to get the rest."

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

It's not that he's lazy, one hundred and fifty pieces of iron ore can only refine three hundred pieces of wrought iron in his hands, but if he lets Sogar come, then he can get one hundred and fifty more pieces, and he can get four hundred and fifty pieces of wrought iron.

This is the role of system skills, and it is why Zhang Qi was so excited when he first met Suojiaer.

This is a disguised way to create more wealth for him.

Sogar's blacksmith skill has reached 75 points, and he originally had the skills [Efficient Charcoal Smelter] and [Curious Smelter].

These two skills, one is to increase the output of charcoal, and the other is to increase the probability of unlocking blueprints, but after being able to prostitute wood for nothing, Zhang can't enable it, as for the smelter skill, Zhang Qi asked Sogar to try many times without results, so he spent some dinars and took Sojiaer to wash the skills from the person in charge of the arena.

Re-selected [Efficient Ironmaker] and [Steelmaker].

The Iron Maker's skill can turn iron ore from two pieces of pig iron into three pieces.

Not to mention the Steelmaker, which gives Sogar the ability to refine 'steel'.

Walking out of the blacksmith shop, Zhang Qi untied the reins of the cross-country horse from the pillar outside the blacksmith shop, turned over on the horse, and went to the tavern.

People are iron, rice is steel, and no matter how much the system NPC is, it has to eat.

If Zhang Qi had left them hungry or had their salaries deducted, they would have defected.

Fortunately, there are only two of them now, and a few dollars a week is enough for them.

in the tavern.

The fireplace that originally belonged to the tavern owner was requisitioned by Zhang Qi, and the innocent tavern owner continued his cup-wiping work with his innocent eyes open.

Just this one cup, if it weren't for Zhang Qi being a good person with a conscience, this tavern owner wouldn't even have this one cup left.

Stir-fry the ginger and garlic in a pan until fragrant.

Beef, cabbage, and carrots were chopped and thrown into a pot by Zhang Qi, and water and salt were added to start simmering.

The flour coarsely ground from wheat had already been made into dough and was awake there, Zhang Qi kneaded it a few times, kneaded it into a dough cake and stuck it on the stone wall of the fireplace.

He made the flour himself, and there was no detailed classification of the food in the world of riding.

Grain is a bag of grain, which contains wheat, oats, and rye.

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

The food began to cook, and the fire had been waiting for so many days, Zhang Qi was already cooked, and with the stable flame temperature of the system fireplace, these dishes could be eaten in just twenty minutes.

As for why he spent time making food like this, on the one hand, Zhang Qi really didn't want to compromise, and on the other hand, he found that after letting NPCs eat the food he made himself, there would be an additional morale increase!

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

"Calculate the time, Sojiaer's side is almost over, it's time to pick them up."

Zhang Qi got up from the fireplace, rubbed some dirty hands on the tavern owner, and then went out to get on his horse and go to the arena.

Arena.

The imperial recruit stood beside the person in charge of the arena in a daze, he had already been eliminated, but he would not have any extra moves before receiving Zhang Qi's instructions.

In the arena below, the battle continues.

Zhang Qirao raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "I haven't been sent out yet, Suojiaer is in the finals." ”

Passing over the imperial recruits, Zhang Qi put his hands on the railing of the stands and looked down.

Sure enough, Sogar was carrying a two-handed sword and was stumbling with a shield warrior, and there were no other NPCs around.

"Well done! Sogar, come on and kill him, kill him and we'll have a reward of 260! ”

Zhang Qi's waving arm cheered Suojiaer on.

It's a pity that it's not a real sword competition, otherwise Zhang Qi would have wanted to bet.

As if hearing Zhang Qi's voice, Suojiaer raised his two-handed sword high and struggled to slash down, and with a click, the shield in the hand of the shield sword warrior shattered in response, and the person seemed to be stumbled.

After the heavy split, Suojiaer returned the sword faster, and the two-handed sword slashed sideways and sent the shield sword warrior out of the game.

Cheers rang out.

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

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