Chapter 943

The three of them are all lords, and their strength is quite decent.

They also have the strength to fend off bandits and magical beasts along the way.

If sales are good, mass production can be expanded later, and that would justify the investment of these three lords.

But Zhao Qiye still had some concerns.

Namely, his two wives were both quite good-looking. Although they were both past forty, they took excellent care of themselves, and the marks of time had not left too many traces on their faces.

If they were allowed to leave the city with him, he feared the alien races guarding the public passageways might grow wicked intentions.

Zhao Qizong laughed: "Hahaha, Fourth Brother, you're overthinking it. It's precisely because Yuzhu and Yucui are so beautiful that we're sending them with you."

Zhao Qiye was puzzled: "Why?"

Zhao Qizong said: "The alien races' aesthetics are very different from ours humans. Have you forgotten they're werewolves? They have little interest in us humans—at most, they're interested in women who look like werewolves."

"Is that really how it is?"

Zhao Qiye couldn't help but look at his two wives. Their looks were fine, and had nothing whatsoever to do with werewolf appearance.

Second Uncle Zhao Qizu also said: "Exactly. That's why the Xiao family's niece Xiao Ning was taken a fancy to by that Master Mu Chang—because her looks were a bit strange."

Zhao Qiye nodded, slightly relieved.

He had indeed heard such rumors before.

Zhao Chi had also heard similar information somewhere before. He had once found it strange—clearly Stream Village had plenty of good-looking women, like Su Qin and Zhao Jiao, yet Master Mu Chang had only taken Xiao Ning.

It seemed this information was correct.

But Zhao Chi wasn't thinking about that now.

He was also thinking about the trade matters.

Going from Snow Plain City to other cities, of course one couldn't simply travel outside the city walls.

Instead, one would pass through certain spatial rifts to reach other cities.

That was how the elven saint Cilir had departed before.

There were few magical beasts in the spatial rifts, so relatively speaking it was much safer.

What needed to be watched out for wasn't magical beasts, but bandits.

The nearest cities were two—White Grass City to the north, and Sky Peak City to the south.

Both journeys took roughly three days.

There were three cities farther away—Ice Mountain City to the northeast, Withered Leaf City to the east, and Ambition City further south—all requiring a week's journey.

Of course, that timeframe was for ordinary merchant caravans.

Zhao Chi's female soldiers were extremely fast.

After all, their agility was high, plus Zhao Chi's Wind Cloud Step boost, plus the movement speed bonus from the stockings, plus the high stamina recovery from Carefree Spring.

A three-day journey they could complete in one day; a week's journey they could complete in three days, and with ease.

If it was a small batch of goods, they could simply be placed in the system space.

For example, stockings.

Zhao Chi suddenly felt that stockings really were excellent merchandise.

The main raw material could be mass-produced by Gu Qing, so costs only needed to account for the rare materials.

The cost was relatively very low.

Moreover, the finished stockings weighed very little and took up little space.

One cubic meter of system space could hold a great many.

And the stockings Zhao Chi crafted had very strong attributes—sales would absolutely be no worry, and the price could be very high.

But the attributes seemed a bit too high.

Excessively strong attributes would draw too much attention...

In the current situation, keeping a low profile was better.

Moreover, using Gu Qing's Spider Lady silk to make stockings gave durability of 95 points—too durable.

Being too durable was an excellent merit for equipment.

But for merchandise, it was a drawback.

Too durable meant they wouldn't break easily; if they didn't break easily, no one would buy new ones, and sales would be limited.

Silkworm silk would be better.

Ordinary silkworm silk made into stockings only had 5 points of durability—very easy to break.

But the attributes would be much lower, so a high price couldn't be charged.

And this way, large quantities of silkworm silk would need to be bought, wasting Gu Qing's silk.

Perhaps...

When crafting, he could check those gray-colored messages to see if there was any way to control durability.

Boosting durability isn't easy—surely destroying it isn't hard either?

He'd go back and try it in a bit.