Chapter 2856: Frontline (28)

Yao Feng was not a technical specialist.

She understood the difficulty of fashion design, and her grasp was quite good, but she was not a professional and still needed to verify.

Zhao Chi sighed, "The production difficulty of these fashions and equipment... is extremely high."

"Extremely high?" Yao Feng noticed Zhao Chi's wording and looked at Li Ruanyu.

Li Ruanyu nodded, "The difficulty is extremely high. I can complete it now, but the yield rate is only around 50%. For an ordinary Grandmaster tailor without specialization and without guidance, the success rate of making it independently is less than 1%."

"So difficult!?"

Yao Feng was somewhat shocked.

Yao Feng knew Li Ruanyu's character; she would not deliberately exaggerate the production difficulty. What she said was all objective fact.

Therefore, Yao Feng placed absolute trust in Li Ruanyu's words.

Li Ruanyu explained, "The techniques and methods required for this fashion are very special. Many production methods differ from conventional sewing techniques, and some general steps and methods are actually wrong. Conversely, some steps and methods that are theoretically wrong are the only ones that work. In short... it's very strange."

Yao Feng's delicate brows furrowed, and she looked at Zhao Chi with a hint of worry.

If even Li Ruanyu said so, then the difficulty was indeed truly astonishing.

If that were the case, even if Zhao Chi shared the technology, other Grandmaster craftsmen would be unable to produce it in large quantities.

Then relying on Zhao Chi's fashions to arm the entire White Tiger Regiment or the World-Breaking Army would be unrealistic.

Zhao Chi instantly understood the look in Yao Feng's eyes.

He didn't know if this female regiment commander was deliberately showing weakness. With such a mature, beautiful, and lovely face combined with this worried expression, Zhao Chi felt a strong desire to help her.

But she didn't need to do that.

Zhao Chi had this time made up his mind to truly share the technology.

"Regiment Commander, you don't need to worry. I will dispatch 1,000 Grandmaster tailors and 1,000 Grandmaster blacksmiths to teach everyone. They are all skilled workers and have considerable production experience. Any questions can be asked of them."

Upon hearing this, Yao Feng was immediately both surprised and delighted.

Her tender red lips opened.

"Excellent! Then there's no problem! You have so many Grandmaster craftsmen? Isn't Taoyuan Town a town-level territory? Is there a hidden, unregistered territory?"

Zhao Chi choked.

... The more exposed it became, the more there was.

What excuse could he use to brush it off?

Fortunately, Yao Feng didn't press further. She only exclaimed, "Zhao Chi, oh Zhao Chi, you truly are a treasure trove. Having so many skilled Grandmaster craftsmen as teachers... is the most effective solution! Thank you, Zhao Chi!"

Zhao Chi could dispatch even more craftsmen, but there was no need.

After all, those producing this kind of fashion and equipment must be Grandmasters; being a Grandmaster is the entry threshold.

So Zhao Chi's Grandmaster craftsmen were not lecturing new craftsmen with absolutely no foundation, but were lecturing a group of Grandmaster craftsmen, which was actually very easy.

Many steps were understood with a single hint, or they could simply memorize them by rote, overcoming those counter-intuitive aspects.

The only difficulty was that the number of such counter-intuitive points was relatively large; one needed to overcome one's previous work habits, which indeed required some time of practice.

Therefore, Zhao Chi did not need to dispatch more craftsmen.

The current authorization time is two weeks.

After two weeks, if Zhao Chi does not renew, all Grandmasters who know these techniques will still be able to produce them, but only within Zhao Chi's territory.

If they are in their own territories, the success rate will be 0%.

If they want to produce it again, they must use other steps and methods; they cannot use the skills and methods from Zhao Chi's side.

It is not that the success rate is lowered, but that this path is blocked.

It is the system forcibly making the success rate 0%.

It is like a problem with ten solutions.

Now that Zhao Chi has written it down, others can simply copy it and directly obtain the answer.

But if Zhao Chi stops the authorization, it is equivalent to Zhao Chi's solution being prohibited. Except for Zhao Chi, everyone else must use other solutions.

They must research new production methods.

Of course, those craftsmen, having some experience and specialization, will definitely find it easier to research than ordinary craftsmen, but that is all.

However, Zhao Chi will not do this for now.

If there is still time after two weeks and no major incidents occur, he is still willing to continue the authorization.

Yao Feng thanked Zhao Chi very sincerely, but Zhao Chi shook his head, "Don't get happy too soon."

"Ah?" Yao Feng showed a moment of astonishment, then smiled gently, "Are there other obstacles?"

Zhao Chi nodded, "Even with guidance, a large number of Speed-Work Talismans are needed for practice, and Sleepwear is needed for assistance. If only successful production is required, it takes 2 to 3 days. If high-quality products are required, it takes at least 5 days. If a high yield rate is to be guaranteed, it takes at least 10 days or more."

Yao Feng nodded thoughtfully, "It doesn't matter. For now, only the success rate is required. Forget about quality; as long as it can be produced, that's enough. Everyone must have it first; the yield rate is a matter for later."

Zhao Chi nodded, "But I don't have that much Sleepwear, so delivery must be in batches. So, Regiment Commander, please help me find some fragments of the Taiyi Wheel as soon as possible so I can produce more Sleepwear. Also, give me the 50 fragments of the Xuan Nu Ruler as soon as possible so I can reset the Xiaoyao Spring as soon as possible; that will also help with production."

Yao Feng nodded, "Understood. Then I will immediately choose the technologies to authorize and then go find these two divine artifact fragments right away."

"Good. Thank you, Regiment Commander."

"Thank me for what? I should be thanking you."

While speaking, Yao Feng began to carefully examine the technologies Zhao Chi had shared.

As she looked, she frowned, wearing an expression full of hesitation.

"Zhao Chi, you have so many such god-like technologies... I don't know how to choose. Elf Bow, Fire Oil, three types of collars, Men's Spiritual Power Trousers, Men's Movement Speed Leather Boots, Load-Bearing Backpack, Finger Guards... I want to unlock them all. Zhao Chi, are you willing to let me unlock several?"

Zhao Chi said, "All of them."

"All of them are okay?"

Zhao Chi smiled, "I originally didn't want you to pick. I wanted to unlock all of them for you. Hiding or hesitating at this point is meaningless. As long as you have enough Technology Authorization Deeds, you can unlock whatever you like."

Yao Feng sighed lightly, then said, "Xiao Yu, give him a fierce kiss for me!"

Li Ruanyu paused, then smiled and leaned in close.

Smack~

She softly kissed Zhao Chi on the lips.

Yao Feng said, "Zhao Chi, since you have fully agreed to the authorization, I won't stand on ceremony. I will go find more letters of appointment to unlock them all. All your technologies have corresponding uses; none are useless."

Zhao Chi nodded: "No problem."

Yao Feng said, "I will use your costumes and equipment to negotiate with the nobles. Do you mind if I sell these to the nobles in exchange for other benefits?"

Zhao Chi shook his head: "It doesn't matter. I don't concern myself with using things as bargaining chips; having you, the Regiment Commander, in control is the safest approach. However, the durability of these costumes is very high. If the nobles obtain them, a pair of high-quality stockings can be worn for over nine months, and high heels can be worn for five and a half years. If our own people wear them, it's fine, but if it's for the nobles... I feel a bit worried. Can I reduce some of the durability?"

"Durability is indeed an issue."

Yao Feng looked at the costumes Zhao Chi had just provided: "But what do you mean by reducing durability? Do you want to authorize only inferior and rough quality?"

"Of course not. I can significantly reduce the durability through professional cutting and weaving methods. This way, we can confidently sell them to the nobles for benefits, while also reducing the production difficulty and shortening the production time. It's killing two birds with one stone."

"Is that so? Then that works! Of course it works! What we need now is to produce as much as possible, covering our entire White Tiger Regiment, or even the entire World-Breaking Army. If we can lower the difficulty and increase output, that's certainly no problem. I didn't expect you to know even such techniques; you're truly amazing."

Zhao Chi smiled: "I originally knew the simple ones, but I'm not very good at such high-difficulty ones either. I only figured out the method recently."

"Good, this is very good. This way we can cover more people. After all, there are far too many people who need your costumes and equipment. The few million pieces last time were simply not enough."

Zhao Chi fell silent for one second.

Then he asked a rather sensitive question.

"Regiment Commander, how many female humanoid soldiers are there in our regiment... or in our entire World-Breaking Army in the Snowfield City?"

Zhao Chi knew the World-Breaking Army had roughly 38,000 lords in total, and Snowfield City had about 20,000.

These were the numbers announced at the previous annual conference, but after Zhao Chi's analysis and reflection over these past days, he felt the figures were very unrealistic.

After all, the World-Breaking Army's headquarters is not in Snowfield City, but in Baicao City.

Logically, the number of people in Baicao City should be even higher. Moreover, adding the lords of the World-Breaking Army in the other two cities, the numbers couldn't be small either.

So these figures were definitely modified.

After all, this is military secrecy; the publicly released data must differ greatly from the actual situation.

It could be either higher or lower.

Stating a higher number can boost morale, intimidate enemies, and bluff.