Chapter 1426

Zhao Chi himself cannot teleport that many supplies over.

He can bring at most one cart by himself.

But by bringing extra personnel, he can increase the amount of cargo carried.

Now that Li Ruanyu has granted him access, Zhao Chi can go directly.

But Zhao Chi still gave her advance notice.

Zhao Chi 【Sister, the first batch of Experience Fruits is ready. I'm coming over now — is that convenient?】

Li Ruanyu 【No problem. I'm busy right now and not in the territory. Just head over directly, someone will receive you.】

Zhao Chi 【Alright, understood.】

Zhao Chi immediately opened the system and selected Li Ruanyu's territory.

Riverside Town.

A town-level territory — Li Ruanyu's secondary territory.

For a lord of her level, having a secondary territory is only natural; it would be strange if she didn't.

Zhao Chi teleported over with the Experience Fruits.

In an instant, he arrived at an open plot of land.

Not far ahead was a great river.

Even bigger than the one at Yunmeng Village.

The river's surface glittered, with ships passing by continuously.

Dozens of ships, large and small, were docked at the pier, with several hundred workers busily loading and unloading cargo.

All the surrounding roads were paved with hard stone, giving a noticeably higher movement speed than dirt roads.

Cargo carts traveled along the road, and two squads of human soldiers in silver armor patrolled.

Turning his head, he saw a warehouse district — large warehouses lined up tightly one after another.

All stone-built, with excellent fire resistance.

The gates were open now, with wooden carts shuttling continuously between the warehouses and the pier.

Turning again.

Behind him was the residential district.

The houses were arranged very neatly — clearly the result of strict planning.

He didn't see a production district for the moment; perhaps there wasn't one here.

After all, from the look of it, this place was just Li Ruanyu's trade territory.

Turning once more.

He saw a woman in uniform walking over with a smile.

Her style of dress was very similar to Li Ruanyu's.

Behind her trailed several dozen burly men in cloth clothes.

"Hello, are you Lord Zhao Chi?"

The woman asked politely.

"Yes, that's me."

The woman smiled and said: "I'm Song Qi, a subordinate hero under Lord Li Ruanyu. She arranged for me to receive you."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Hello, Song Qi. I've come to deliver the Experience Fruits. She told you, right?"

"Yes, she told me everything. Are these ten thousand Experience Fruits behind you?"

"Yes, all of them."

"Then I'll have them start moving them right now — is that alright?"

"Of course, go ahead."

Song Qi beckoned to the men behind her, and the several dozen burly men swarmed forward, hauling the cargo in a flurry of hands.

The ten female porters looked toward Zhao Chi. Zhao Chi smiled and shook his head, and they quietly retreated to one side.

There wasn't much cargo.

The baskets of Experience Fruits weren't heavy either.

The burly men quickly moved them to the ground nearby.

Song Qi moved among the hundred baskets of Experience Fruits, seemingly inspecting the goods.

"Lord Zhao Chi, I'd like to spot-check some of the Experience Fruits — is that alright?"

"Of course, no problem. Go ahead and check."

"Alright, thank you."

Soon, Song Qi picked out over ten Experience Fruits from over ten baskets and opened them one by one.

The sweet scent of corn immediately spread out.

Song Qi laughed: "It really is corn-flavored. When she told me earlier, I didn't believe it. Alright, this batch passes inspection. I'll process the payment now."

Saying so, Song Qi sent over a trade request.

Zhao Chi was a little puzzled.

After all, the system clearly displays all of this — why do they still need to check?

Presumably there are things the system can't detect, like hidden combat power…

But it didn't matter — check all you want, the goods are genuine.

In the trade panel, there were 250 gold coins.

Zhao Chi clicked confirm, and the gold coins were transferred into his system space.

"Song Qi, did Captain Li tell you about the subsequent transaction?"

Song Qi smiled and said: "Yes, she said the estimated total is 200,000 Experience Fruits, but the trades need to be done in batches of 10,000."

Zhao Chi asked: "If I bring over a bit more in a while, can you pay for it all together?"

Song Qi nodded: "Of course. Right now it's the other party who doesn't trust us, isn't it? If they're willing to deliver more goods, we'd naturally welcome it."

Zhao Chi had just set this condition because he was afraid Li Ruanyu wouldn't pay up.

It wasn't that he doubted Li Ruanyu's character.

Rather, he was afraid Li Ruanyu would try to cheat that "fugitive."

Now that the other party had paid up readily, the shipment volume could be gradually increased later on.

Otherwise, 10,000 per batch meant 20 trips — too much trouble.

Zhao Chi said: "Then I'll head off first. I'll have to trouble you again in a bit."

Song Qi smiled: "No trouble at all, don't be so polite. But when dealing with those unfamiliar lords who come here as fugitives, you still need to be extra careful. I wish you smooth sailing."

Zhao Chi smiled: "Alright, thank you."

Over the next several trips, Zhao Chi successively transported 20,000, 30,000, 50,000, and 90,000 Experience Fruits over.

Song Qi politely did spot-checks each time and paid up readily.

Within just a few hours, 5,000 gold coins had been deposited.

Zhao Chi was genuinely happy from the bottom of his heart.

This was equivalent to the value of a fairly decent racial bloodline.

Zhao Chi had originally wanted to make a trip to the Mediation Office, but… he was afraid of running into Shangguan Ting.

Besides, he wasn't guaranteed to be able to buy a Primal Bloodline, so he decided to forget it.

He'd save up more money and directly buy a bloodline costing over ten thousand.

It was already nearly 12 hours until the Efficiency Guidebook expired, and the rest time he'd promised those female blacksmiths had been fulfilled, so he could now resume production.

But before that, he still needed to buy some supplies.

This kind of matter was left to Su Qin.

Zhao Chi 【Su Qin, are you busy?】

Su Qin 【Busy with what? I just woke up, what's up?】

Zhao Chi 【Help me go buy some supplies, I'll send you the list in a moment. It's roughly 500 gold coins' worth of medicine, and 1,000 gold coins' worth of Swift-Work Talismans】

Su Qin 【Spending that much? What are you doing? Some big project?】

Zhao Chi 【That's right. The Exchange should have enough Swift-Work Talismans, right?】

Su Qin 【The quantity should be fine, but Swift-Work Talismans around 50 silver coins each should only number a little over 1,000. The ones after that will be more expensive. What's the price cap for buying?】

Zhao Chi 【Let's say… within 75 silver coins】