Chapter 1309: Craftsman Eruption (3)

In theory, it's quite rosy.

But reality differs.

Starting from 100 points in the Writing skill, the skill experience Zhao Chi gained began to decrease.

Especially after breaking through to 200 points in the Writing skill, the experience gained dropped even more.

In the end, his Writing skill and the corresponding Writing Insights specialization were only at 226 points.

Zhao Chi had been busy with tense work before and didn't have much time to think about this.

Only now did he have time to consider it.

But this situation doesn't require much thought.

After all, he had studied at the academy.

To improve a professional skill, time is one factor, but difficulty is another.

It's like a high school senior taking elementary school exams.

No matter how many they do, it's useless and there's no progress.

High school seniors must do high school exams to make progress.

Even so, Zhao Chi still had some doubts.

After all, from start to finish, he had been writing Master-level insights.

Logically, the experience should have been maxed out the entire time.

So why did it drop later?

Zhao Chi didn't quite understand.

Could it be that because this Master-level insight can only add 50 points to the professional skill, its difficulty was affected?

But it doesn't matter.

There are other things to handle now; this isn't worth spending too much time on.

When it comes to objective facts like this, just accept them.

Besides that.

Zhao Chi was even more surprised by his own willpower.

Even bewildered.

By his own understanding, he shouldn't possess such powerful willpower.

After all, writing for one day with the Swift Work Talisman equals 91 days of work time.

Am I really this patient?

He didn't have this kind of situation before transmigrating either, did he?

Zhao Chi was very puzzled.

When making the fashion items before, it was the same—he felt he could endure a lot.

He didn't know the reason.

But after all, it's beneficial to him.

As long as it's not a bad thing, it's fine.

The moment he returned to his territory, Zhao Chi dove into the Carefree Spring to rest his eyes.

Gu Qing stood beside him, reporting on recent developments.

As expected, during this period, the food harvest was abundant again—600 tons.

Now, among the three territories, the total stock of flour is 1,265 tons.

And now, across all territories, including those 5,000-plus captives, the daily food consumption is 20 tons.

So…

They can already sell grain—start by putting up 500 tons for sale.

It looks like a lot, but… it's not really.

500 tons is only equivalent to the annual output of a small town.

So it's very safe.

If all sold, it would bring in roughly 500 gold coins.

About 10 copper coins per kilogram on average.

Before, he always thought grain was expensive.

Now that he's become a "grain merchant" himself, he instead feels that compared to equipment, grain really isn't that expensive.

But equipment is a military material for war.

Grain is not only a military material but also an essential for survival—they can't be entirely compared.

Although Zhao Chi wanted to sell it for less, so more people could reduce their grain burden.

But not now.

When he truly controls a major world territory in the future, he can gradually lower grain prices a bit.

Not now.

The current strategy is to stay low-key, silent and unnoticed.

Strive to make it so no one notices.

Both raising and lowering prices will draw attention.

For now, he just needs to sell at the median price.

Experience Fruits—there are now 118,000 of them.

Most are fresh, some are shriveling, but the effects are the same.

Zhao Chi's territory requires every person to eat one every day, so the daily consumption is close to 1,600.

However, in a few more days another large batch can be harvested.

So… they can also be sold.

This thing is a little sensitive.

But on the whole it's nothing much.

You can think of it as imported fruit.

The market price fluctuates quite a bit.

Overall, each one is worth about 2-5 silver coins.

Zhao Chi plans to put up 10,000 for sale, priced at the median, 3.5 silver coins each.

If they all sell, the income should be 350 gold coins.

The price isn't high, so it won't attract too much attention either.

Zhao Chi told Gu Qing his idea.

Gu Qing listened in silence.

Then she smiled and said: "I also have a suggestion, my lord, you may consider it."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Alright, what is it?"