Chapter 1891: Rapid Development (14)

Gu Qing is truly considerate.

Zhao Chi increasingly felt she was thoughtful.

This should be called a virtuous helpmate.

Zhao Chi asked, "How many Speed-Work Talismans do you have left?"

Li Zhu replied, "About half."

"It doesn't matter. You don't need to rush production; just work at your normal capacity. After all, you rarely use this item, and you probably can't withstand the side effects."

Li Zhu smiled, "Indeed, there are some side effects. For the past two days, we've been vomiting while working, suffering severe dizziness and nausea, but we've adapted much now, know our limits, and will be more composed going forward."

"You've worked hard."

"Heh, we're happy to be able to help my lord; these small problems are nothing."

The other female carpenters behind them all nodded.

Zhao Chi smiled, "Good. You can return to your normal production speed. What I need is stable output. If you overextend yourselves too much, production will drop later. Don't push to the limit; return to a work state that feels comfortable for you."

Li Zhu shook her head and said, "It's fine, my lord. We've found our rhythm. Once we finish using these Speed-Work Talismans, we'll rest a bit."

The female carpenters all chimed in agreement.

Zhao Chi smiled, "Good. Then continue making them for me at your own pace, but adjust the production ratio: reduce the number of large carts and increase the number of small carts."

"As you command!"

Li Zhu and the others had never used Insight-type items to boost their skills, so they were all Intermediate Carpenters now.

Having them craft wooden carts from Golden Sandalwood already pushed them to their limits.

Asking them to perform preliminary improvements would be too much for them.

Otherwise, Zhao Chi could have performed super-improvements directly on top of the improvements, saving even more time.

But what exists now is already very good.

However, in the end, Li Zhu and the others were few in number; after all, carpenters were not a very core profession on Zhao Chi's side and were not highly valued.

And the wooden carts needed this time were not just for Zhao Chi, but also for Li Ruanyu and Su Qin, so the demand was huge.

To obtain a large quantity of finished wooden carts in a short time, even if Li Zhu and the others worked themselves to death, they couldn't produce them; it was better to let them work normally.

So the only way was to acquire them through other means: either massively increase the number of carpenters, or obtain the wooden carts directly.

Where to get them?

Su Qin had some carpenters who could be called upon.

But Su Qin's number of carpenters wasn't much higher than Zhao Chi's; without Speed-Work Talismans, they couldn't produce in large quantities in a short time.

Then let's ask Li Ruanyu.

This wife had strength, and since Zhao Chi was helping her produce a large number of super wooden carts, he felt it was proper to ask.

Zhao Chi therefore asked directly.

Li Ruanyu seemed to be in a meeting and replied to Zhao Chi in text:

【No problem. If it's ordinary wooden carts, I have quite a few here and can send them directly to you. But my carpenters are unavailable today; the latest I can assign them to you is tomorrow afternoon. Will that be in time for you?】

Zhao Chi 【Not that, sister. I don't want to assign your carpenters; I just want to ask your carpenters to make a batch of wooden carts for me. They can make them in your territory; I only need the wooden carts.】

Li Ruanyu 【Oh~ Then no problem. Send me a list, and I'll send them to you in batches every day.】

Zhao Chi 【It needs Golden Sandalwood. Do you have stock there? I can transport a batch to you.】

Li Ruanyu 【You're underestimating me. Golden Sandalwood isn't too hard to get. Just eat soft rice properly; I'll handle the rest.】

Zhao Chi 【...】 I'm still short on some rare materials, all for making wooden carts.】

Li Ruanyu 【Hehe, leave it to me. Just send me the list.】

Zhao Chi 【Do you still have money? I can give you some.】

Li Ruanyu 【I already told you to eat soft rice. Giving me money and calling it eating soft rice? Wait; I'll send a batch to you by tomorrow at the latest.】

Zhao Chi 【Good...】

Isn't that solved?

Eating soft rice?

How delightful.

And eating soft rice nourishes the stomach.

Of course, being able to eat soft rice is good.

It's just that there are too few women willing to provide soft rice.

Besides wooden carts, this time more costumes also need to be made.

Previously, the costumes Zhao Chi gave Su Qin, counting both old styles and worn ones, totaled about 900 sets.

Including high heels, stockings, and so on, mainly for combat elf female archers to wear.

Pajamas and high-efficiency shirts were more numerous; there should be about 2,500 of each.

Compared to before, that was indeed a lot.

But with Su Qin's female soldiers increasing, the quantity is now a bit low.

Moreover, the first and second batches of costumes given to Su Qin were a long time ago; no matter how much those elf women cherished them, their durability should be nearly exhausted.

Plus, those were all old styles with relatively low attributes; they should be updated.

Before, Zhao Chi didn't have the capability.

First, rare materials were too expensive, and Zhao Chi had no way to earn money, so it was hard to buy raw materials in large quantities.

Additionally, before, the Sewing skill was low, Qi Yue didn't have six arms, the Driving skill didn't pass that extremely high Agility to Qi Yue, Qi Yue didn't have the Dynamic Vision gene, and Feng Xiu and the others didn't have the ability to help Zhao Chi pre-make costumes.

This whole chain could directly affect production speed.

In other words.

Now all these conditions are met.

With a sewing skill over 400, she is a fully seasoned master tailor, and her production speed is naturally very fast.

Qi Yue's six arms directly boost the production speed dramatically, achieving a qualitative leap.

Moreover, when piloting Qi Yue, her super-high agility transfers to her, enabling her six arms to work at an extremely fast speed.

Her dynamic vision allows her to clearly see the movements of all six arms, bringing out their true speed.

The fifty tailors under Feng Xiu, all possessing expert-level sewing abilities, can already use Spider Queen Silk to craft basic fashion; Zhao Chi only needs to improve and super-improve them.

These past days, Feng Xiu and the others have been working nonstop, accumulating a considerable amount of basic fashion that is ready for immediate improvement.

Therefore.

Both the quantity of raw materials and the production speed are solved.

Zhao Chi can now craft a fresh batch of fashion specifically for Su Qin, so they no longer have to wear old or inferior clothes.

Although Su Qin's female elves are not Zhao Chi's "biological daughters" but only "goddaughters," a goddaughter is still a daughter; what happened before can be overlooked, but now that he has the ability, he should give them more.

On the other hand.

He must also craft a batch for Li Ruanyu.

The fashion Zhao Chi explicitly gave her totaled only 3,300 pieces of Goddess Nightgowns, and of those, 2,300 were men's styles.

Moreover, Li Ruanyu paid for those herself...

At the time, he sold them to her at 50 gold coins each, squeezing 165,000 gold coins from her.

That instantly drained Li Ruanyu dry; she still owes Zhao Chi 125,000 gold coins...

But now that he has slept with her...

Although even close brothers settle accounts clearly.

How does one settle accounts with a close wife?

It seems difficult to ask for that money.

Besides these, Li Ruanyu also bought a batch of old fashion sold by Zhao Chi from Shopkeeper Wanyan.

The only items Zhao Chi truly gave to Li Ruanyu were a few dozen pieces.