Chapter 2800

Both nodded and brushed past each other.

The other lords could certainly not be as relaxed as Zhao Chi; they were soldiers, each with tasks they must complete.

Either assigned or voluntarily taken, in any case, no lord could be idle now.

The place for taking missions was a large courtyard, with more people here, several dozen, each chatting or busy.

Li Ruanyu was here too.

Zhao Chi immediately recognized her beautiful back.

She was standing sideways, talking with two lords; those two lords were acquaintances: Gong Sunbai, Yu Chan, both Li Ruanyu's Zhili subordinates.

"Sister Ruanyu~ Little Bai, Little Chan." Su Qin greeted softly.

"Captain Li." Zhao Chi was polite to Li Ruanyu, nodding to the two female lords.

Gong Sunbai and Yu Chan responded lightly.

Li Ruanyu turned her head, her expression unusually serious.

When she saw Su Qin and Zhao Chi, her gaze softened slightly.

"Why have you two come? Taking a mission?"

"Yes." Su Qin nodded: "We want to take an infiltration mission, to the North District."

Li Ruanyu shook her head: "Don't go anywhere right now; we may be moving troops to support allied forces, perhaps a full deployment; I am waiting for the final news."

"Support allied forces?" Zhao Chi looked at Li Ruanyu, his eyes full of inquiry.

Li Ruanyu said: "Wait for me a moment; I will issue a notice. You two go back first and wait for news; this matter is urgent, orders will come down very soon."

"Understood, then shall we go?" Su Qin looked at Zhao Chi.

"Good..."

Then they could only go back first.

They had just wanted to take a mission, but then another mission came up.

Li Ruanyu did not detail who they were supporting or where they were going to support.

After all, this was the Great World, with many other lords nearby; such matters were military secrets; she could not speak of them here.

Li Ruanyu said this matter was urgent, so news should come very soon.

Then they could only wait a while.

The two returned to their territory, looking at each other, both somewhat unsure what to do.

Just in time, while there was time now, he could tell Su Qin about the slaves.

"Slaves? That matter of selling slaves?"

Zhao Chi nodded: "Yes, come with me to Chaoge Town."

"Oh, okay."

The two entered Chaoge Town.

Every time coming here, seeing it was a bustling scene.

Farmland everywhere.

Slaves in the fields constantly plowed and harvested; flower spirits also danced happily.

Every plot of farmland was neatly distributed along the crisscrossing dirt roads.

The dirt roads were very smooth; feather oxen pulling large wooden carts passed through with no problem at all.

Beside the farmland were large granaries; wooden carts constantly transported grain to the storehouses.

At every granary, female workers from the transport teams hurriedly moved and unloaded cargo, carrying huge bundles into the warehouses.

From the nearby Xiaoyao Spring came much laughter and screaming.

In the distance stood the pink, massive Eternal Tree, looking like a Tree of Life still in growth.

Zhao Chi and Su Qin stood in the town center, watching the slave workers nearby.

Zhao Chi said:

"I briefly mentioned it to you before.

"I plan to sell all male slaves; there are 20,000 in total.

"These slaves have all been fully trained; their obedience is sufficient; after being sold, they will remain obedient for a short time and will sell well.

"I suggest you first sell to members of our squad, such as Yang Xiong and Geng Zhan; they certainly need beastmen. Humans are the same; you can sell to Fu Yi and others.

"The price can be slightly lower than the market rate; there is no need to profit from captives.

"Help me handle this matter after this mission ends."

Su Qin nodded: "Okay, but I see those slaves are quite strong, especially those beastmen with very developed muscles; shouldn't we keep them for you to farm?"

Zhao Chi smiled and shook his head: "No need; this afternoon, another 1,000 Grandmaster tailors will graduate; then fashion will explode."

Su Qin instantly understood.

She went "Oh" and said: "So, your meaning is that later all female slaves will be dressed in fashion?"

Zhao Chi smiled: "Exactly; at that time, even the weakest women, once dressed in fashion, will have work ability stronger than strong beastmen."

Su Qin added: "And there is the obedience collar's bonus..."

"Yes."

Su Qin sighed: "Understood; just thinking about it makes one realize how powerful it will be... I estimate no one would expect that here with you, so many female slaves could all be dressed in super-enhanced-level fashion..."

Zhao Chi smiled: "Not here with me, but here with us; those slaves include your 20,000; you can choose first."

"Twenty thousand?"

"Yes; I plan to give you 10,000 human female slaves, who will handle close combat against enemies, and another 10,000 elf female slaves, who will join your archer squad to enhance ranged capability."

Su Qin was stunned and said: "So many? Then... then I feel I cannot manage them."

Zhao Chi laughed, "How could I possibly fail to manage them? Promote all your current female elves who are ready for promotion and let them take charge. And with those collars in place, there's no fear of them disobeying orders."

Su Qin nodded, "Hmm... that's true. So, should I sell my male soldiers too?"

"Not in a hurry yet," Zhao Chi said. "They are still needed to hold the front line for you. Once the 10,000 human female slaves are officially equipped later, they can be sold."

"Understood..."

"You don't need to worry about the combat power of the female slaves. I will have Ding Dang and the others produce a batch of ordinary-weight Xuan Nu armor. Combined with the bonuses from costumes, their combat power will far exceed your current melee soldiers."

Su Qin sighed, "I understand that... just thinking about it feels powerful..."

Females are naturally 1 point lower in strength and 1 point higher in intelligence than males, making them unsuitable for melee combat and better suited as healers and mages.

However, with the massive bonuses from a full set of Xuan Nu armor and various costume bonuses, the attribute gap can be directly reversed.

Even the most ordinary woman, or a frail female elf, could easily deal with ordinary male orcs, and even male strong orcs.

But time is still needed.

However, it won't be too long.

Besides melee female slave soldiers, there are also female elf slave soldiers.

Su Qin currently has a total of 6,000 elves of various ranks as archers, along with 4,000 non-human melee soldiers.

Archers are the absolute main force.

Usually, when fighting enemies of comparable strength, the battle can be ended relying solely on ranged attacks, rarely entering the melee phase.

If the number of female elves is increased by another 10,000...

The damage output would be extremely violent.

It also requires some time to produce the equipment, but it should be ready very soon.

Su Qin also has 1,000 female elf craftsmen, mostly mid-to-high level and above, with quite a few at the expert level.

Their specialization in crafting leather armor and arrows is good, so they are temporarily retained.

But later, they should all be converted into archers.

An elf paired with an elf bow is truly powerful.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chi asked, "How many elf bows do you still lack?"

Su Qin said, "Already quite a few. Including the batch you just gave me, there are 9,600 in total: 4,500 superior quality, 1,100 standard quality and below, and 4,000 basic quality and below."

Zhao Chi asked in confusion, "Why are there any below basic quality? Did you make them yourself?"

"Hehe~" Su Qin smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "Yes, didn't you authorize me? So I had those craftsmen start making them too. After all, you are so busy, we can't always rely on you. But my craftsmen have low specialization and the crafting difficulty is high, so they can only produce lower quality items. However, even with poor quality, the overall bonuses are significant, at least stronger than steel bows."

Zhao Chi nodded, "It doesn't matter. Those below standard quality won't count. If we exclude them... we still need 400 bows of standard quality or above to equip your 6,000 elf archers first. I should be able to give them to you tomorrow."

Su Qin smiled, "Thanks~"

"No need to thank me, but stop having your craftsmen make elf bows. I will provide them all for you from now on."

Su Qin nodded, "Hmm, I have already had them switch to specializing in crafting arrows."