Chapter 105

After a while, Tang Ruan walked over.

"Sister Gu, I'm done eating. Let me feed my lord, okay?"

Gu Qing looked at Tang Ruan, then looked at Zhao Chi.

"Fine, I'll leave it to you."

"Mm."

Tang Ruan took the skewers from Gu Qing's hand and held them to Zhao Chi's mouth.

"Come on, open wide, ah~~"

Zhao Chi felt she was a bit like a kindergarten teacher.

"No need, I can eat with my left hand."

"Your left hand isn't convenient either. Why do you only let Sister Gu feed you and not me? Is it because I don't feed you well?"

"... Then you feed me."

"Mm! Hehe."

Soon, under the service of two beauties, he finished this warm yet awkward lunch.

Li Zhu and the other four female carpenters had been busy at the carpenter's shop.

They had just come out now.

Each person was holding newly made wooden spears and wooden shields.

Li Zhu said with a hint of apology: "My lord, I'm so sorry. We just don't have enough experience, so the quality of what we made isn't good. Only a few passed quality."

That was to be expected.

Carpenters who had just changed jobs—being able to make them successfully was already fine.

Quality certainly couldn't be held to too high a standard.

Zhao Chi nodded: "It's fine, very normal. Just put them all on the ground. You all hurry and go eat. Don't delay your meals in the future."

"Okay, thank you, my lord. So what do we do after this? Is there any work arrangement?"

"Three people keep making wooden shields and wooden spears, one person makes a wooden cart, and one person makes some wooden bowls and such. Eating with bamboo cups is inconvenient after all."

"Okay, my lord, I understand."

"Hurry and go eat."

"Mm."

On the ground were 20 wooden spears and 12 wooden shields.

This was the work Zhao Chi had assigned her yesterday, and today it was finally all completed.

These wooden spears and shields were entirely a pale yellow color of wood, ten thousand times cleaner than the wooden spears seized from the goblins.

But the attributes of these wooden spears really weren't great.

Among them, only 2 sets were of "Standard" quality.

The rest were all "Rough" or "Inferior."

Zhao Chi picked up two wooden shields:

The first was Inferior:

【Name】Wooden Shield

【Quality】Inferior

【Durability】75

【Defense】4

The second was Standard

【Name】Wooden Shield

【Quality】Standard

【Durability】150

【Defense】9

Durability is the equipment's life; once it's depleted, the equipment shatters.

Defense is of course also very useful.

If the enemy's attack power is 7 points.

Then the Standard wooden shield's 9 defense can completely block all the attack. These 7 points of attack will consume 7 points of shield durability and won't harm the body.

But the Inferior wooden shield won't work.

The Inferior wooden shield only has 4 points of defense, so it can only block 4 points of damage, consuming 4 points of durability. The remaining 3 points of attack are borne by the body.

Only when attack exceeds defense can the body be harmed.

When attack is less than or equal to defense, only the equipment's durability is damaged.

The difference between the two wooden shields could be seen from their appearance.

Of course, the better the quality, the better the appearance.

The Li Ruanyu Sect had taught that equipment quality was very important and affected all attributes.

Zhao Chi compared them. Durability, defense—everything differed greatly.

The Inferior's attributes were half of the Standard's.

The Rough fell between the two.

But anyway, this was practice now, so quality didn't matter.

At this moment, the female blacksmith Ding Dang also walked over.

An iron spear was cradled in her arms.

"My lord, we're lucky — the first iron spear is standard quality."

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "Not bad, a great start."

Ding Dang said with a smile: "Mostly luck. We can't guarantee the rest will be standard, but we'll try our best not to make any shoddy ones."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Alright, don't feel pressured. Just go ahead and do your best."

Ding Dang smiled and said: "Thank you for your leniency, my lord, but we've run out of iron ingots now. What's left can only make four more iron spears."

Zhao Chi said: "That's fine. Finish the iron spears this afternoon, then go look for a mining area. Tomorrow have the construction team build the mine shaft first."

Ding Dang nodded: "Understood."

Zhao Chi held the iron spear in his left hand and the wooden spear in his right, examining them.

【Name】Wooden Spear

【Quality】Standard

【Durability】50

【Attack】8

【Pierce】1

Then the iron spear:

【Name】Iron Spear

【Quality】Standard

【Durability】200

【Attack】34

【Pierce】20

The difference between materials is huge — the stats differ by several times over.

If higher-grade materials can be used, they must be used.

Pierce is armor penetration — it can punch through the opponent's defense.

This standard iron spear has 20 points of pierce, equivalent to ignoring 20 points of the opponent's defense.

Pretty impressive.

Among spear-type weapons, the pierce is the strongest.

While Zhao Chi was looking, Gu Qing and Tang Ruan also came over.

Zhao Chi pointed at the ground: "Stop standing around, each of you pick one. Call the female soldiers over too to pick theirs."

Tang Ruan nodded: "Alright, I'll go get them."

Soon, all the female soldiers came running over to pick their weapons.

Each person picked a weapon and a shield that suited them.