Chapter 168: Wise Young Girl

Bob's words sounded somewhat chilling, but this was indeed what most people did.

It stood to reason that there was a cause for the crew on Bob's ship becoming fewer and fewer.

Returning to Bob's ship, this newly purchased Cement Ship looked very clean and tidy, much tidier compared to the previous Cement Ship.

All seven official crew members were present, along with six apprentice Sailors and over a dozen porters.

Those porters would leave the ship tomorrow after moving the cargo, so the entire ship, counting the two players, actually only had fifteen people.

This many people was enough; after all, they only needed to go directly from Port City to Tana City, and because it was a Cement Ship, it would only take one day to arrive.

If those mutated creatures appeared on the ship at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Everyone go and check for me, be careful, don't let any Sea Monsters come aboard." Bob still carried the scent of Wine, and those crew members weren't much better, still feeling a bit dizzy.

A few crew members went off, swaying, and only then did Bob turn his head to say to Chimu and Fuling: "It's fortunate to have you on the ship. Next time I come to Port City, I must treat you to Wine. Of course, it really can't compare to what's in Tana City, hahahaha."

"It's fortunate to have you helping us transport goods, but does Port City often have Sea Monsters?" Fuling asked curiously.

"Port City is alright; the population here isn't large, so maybe Sea Monsters can't find much to eat here, and it's better to just eat some fish in the sea." Bob shook his head, "But I don't know why either; I heard these guys have been liking to attack humans more and more lately, so I thought about switching to a Cement Ship. It's truly unexpected that such things would even run onto a Cement Ship."

Bob didn't care about such things. He was a Captain, and an unawakened Captain at that; he had encountered Sea Monsters more than once or twice, and every time he had survived by sheer luck.

He had a wife and children, so he hoped to earn more money. He had bought insurance for this ship; if something really happened, he could have his children sell the ship, and that would be enough for his children's future lives.

As a Sailor accustomed to life and death, he was already used to it.

But the players were not.

After Fuling logged off and returned to the ship, the first thing she did was log off to report the news to the players.

The fact that Sea Monsters had appeared in Port City made the players even more enthusiastic about going to Port City.

Consequently, some problems arose.

When Chen Zhi distributed the Helmets initially, the players had basically already confirmed their factions.

Now in the game, over a hundred people belonged to the Wealth Church, over two hundred to the War Church, another eighty or so worked on Store Street, over three hundred were at the Nongzhuang, there were over thirty players in the Sun Church, and the players in the Wisdom Church also numbered over forty.

Of course, the players in the Wisdom Church mainly studied at the Wisdom Church and then translated documents; these things were posted to the forum where players would like and tip them, and this portion of income was also quite considerable.

It was mainly that some of the books in Tana City were quite interesting, and a significant portion of players had already developed a keen interest in these documents. Anyway, reading in the real world was reading, and reading in the game was reading; it was better to do it in the game.

After all, reading in the game didn't consume real-world time, and these books were truly very interesting.

The remaining idle personnel also had their own things to do; most went to capture materials or were players who bought low and sold high. Of course, more were players experiencing life in the game. Most of these players were from entertainment companies or similar; because the game couldn't be livestreamed, they would choose to record videos, edit them, and then post them to their own accounts.

Therefore, there were actually not many players who could truly reach Port City.

At least Chen Zhi still lacked vision of Port City.

Should he distribute more Helmets?

Chen Zhi clicked on Lao Chen's chat window and asked: "How are the Helmets on the new production line coming along?"

"Boss, the Helmet inventory is now at 3,000 units. Should we prepare more stock? Now every channel hopes to directly act as an agent for our Helmets; some e-commerce platforms are willing to purchase at a premium. What do you think..."

"It's still in a testing state for now. How about this: players with high points on the forum can snap them up, just like that phone seller. I'll leave this matter to you to be responsible for. Just put up 500 Helmets, don't make it too many. Set the price at 8999; don't make it too expensive or too cheap. Make more stickers, and the paint can be customized. Give me a mature plan in three days." Chen Zhi still had a bit of a conscience; the cost of this thing wasn't high, and the sponge inside and the material outside only cost over a thousand.

It was just that the technology inside was not something an ordinary company could crack.

Mainly, it was truly just garbled code; even Chen Zhi was confused when he opened it himself. As for the technical level, those so-called electromagnetic things inside were completely just fooling people and cutting corners.

It would be a miracle if it actually had an effect.

Lao Chen took a puff of his cigarette, then gently exhaled, and finally @all members in the company group.

……

Ye Laoshi hadn't worked overtime for over a month. During this period, his daily routine was regular, and he no longer made his wife worry.

And his wife, Liu Hongmei, hadn't gone out to play mahjong at night for half a month either; recently, her life had also been regular enough to put her children at ease.

It was just that every night when the two of them went to sleep, they wore their Helmets, which made their grandson feel very aggrieved.

Clearly, I was the one who came first...

Seeing Ye Laoshi translate another book, and the Helmet exchanged for this book being given to Ye Laoshi's old friend, made Luoye Tingqiu even more upset.

He could only work hard himself now; as long as the event was still on, he would strive to translate a book himself and exchange it for a Helmet to play with.

"I'll be able to get off the Train in a few days; I'll take you to Port City to have a look then." Ye Laoshi's spouse loved to tinker with flowers and plants; she started planting in the fields in the first week, but this work was dull and tedious. After playing for a while, she hoped to go out and walk around.

So she walked all over Tana City, but there wasn't much beautiful scenery in Tana City at all. Although it was indeed much better than modern society, the cultural atmosphere wasn't that strong.

Without Ye Laoshi, Liu Laoshi's social attributes couldn't be displayed at all; after all, she hadn't mastered the language yet.

Fortunately, those children took care of her, especially Ye Laoshi's two students.

Rita watched Liu Laoshi visit again, served a cup of Coffee, and then took out the books just purchased from the Wisdom Church and handed them to Liu Laoshi.

Liu Laoshi opened them, frowned as she looked, and then recorded them in her notebook again.

The level of technology here was quite a bit worse compared to modern times, but the theory was very solid.

It could be said that this game didn't have little understanding of mechanical craftsmanship, and even some detours had been completely replicated.

Could it be that some big shots in the profession had offered suggestions here?

But the more she read these books, the more Liu Laoshi felt it was impossible.

Where would such big shots go to study old, backward technology?

She couldn't help but record in her notebook while studying how to improve it.

She was so engrossed that she didn't even know someone was standing behind her.

Although the language was different, Harriet, standing behind Liu Laoshi, already thought this young girl was heaven-sent.

It was his first time seeing someone who knew the structure inside just by looking at some pictures and could modify it with their bare hands.

She was simply a natural Believer of Wisdom.

He didn't dare to disturb the young girl, only letting Rita serve him a cup of Coffee as well, and then he opened a book to read.

Harriet had originally brought a craftsman to the grocery store next door to find materials.

The grocery store here had everything; from Nails to hammers, as well as some basic tools, all could be found in the grocery store.

It is said that this grocery store is also run by Xiahui People; one has to admit that these Xiahui People are thriving in Tana City, and sometimes Harriet even feels that these Xiahui People are a bit too strong, as they seem to possess more Wisdom than the original inhabitants of Tana City.

It was only when Ye Laoshi finished reading that book that she realized there was someone sitting in front of her.

She recognized Harriet, and sometimes she also wanted to go into the university campus to take a look; after all, this was a campus inside a game.

But unfortunately, Lancaster University is a closed school where the children of nobles study, and commoners are not qualified to go in for a visit.

"I see you seem to like these mechanical manufacturing things; have you studied them before?" Harriet asked gently.

However, Ye Laoshi could not understand a word and looked at Harriet blankly.

"You don't understand Federal Language?" Harriet looked at Ye Laoshi with some regret.

"Ye only just arrived from Xiahui not long ago; she is Ye Laoshi's wife," Rita, who was to the side, walked over and whispered a reminder, "If those two Translators were here, they could help communicate, but they just went out to eat."

Seeing Ye Laoshi quietly reading by herself, the two students thought there wouldn't be any problems, so they went out to eat together.

It was just that they had to bring a Rice Bowl back for Ye Laoshi when they returned; this was a common occurrence, as Ye Laoshi was not at all picky about what she ate and only cooked seriously for the sake of her spouse.

Now in the game, if Ye Laoshi is not around, generally speaking, if they bring back a Rice Bowl, Ye Laoshi will be very satisfied.

"Ye got married so early?" Harriet knew he had made a slip of the tongue and hurriedly explained, "I mean, I thought Ye was still a golden bachelor; I have to say, he has good taste."

Rita gave a thumbs up directly to Ye Laoshi to convey Harriet's intent.

Ye Laoshi just smiled politely and then put away her notes.

These things could still help players do many things; Ye Laoshi knew that the Steel Plant of Zhongshan Laoren and the others was in great need of technology, so she would come here to study for a period of time whenever she finished with her fields.

She needed to understand the level of productivity here in order to help players produce supplies better.

Now, the third steam Engine that Zhongshan Laoren and the others were testing could already move normally, and the next step was the modification work for the Cement Ship.

The players had only just produced the Steel that could support the structure of the Cement Ship, and she felt that the original data of this game could better help players with the modifications.

After all, the various data of this world were not exactly the same as the original Earth.

Ye Laoshi did not have a shred of good feeling for this Bishop, because she also read the forums; even without experiencing the turmoil in Tana City, one could feel the exploitation and bullying of commoners by these so-called nobles and sects from the fragments of words from players.

Not to mention the Slaves, those workers did not even have the right to be human.

Working more than 14 hours every day was the norm; not only that, if it weren't for the players raising wages, their behavior of shifting money from the left hand to the right to drain the wealth of ordinary people would have starved even more people to death.

If it weren't for the fact that they were trying to divide the interests of the Wealth Church, they would have done even worse things after the disaster.

They were not even as good as the people of the Wealth Church.

Of course, the Wealth Church had their own problems; they knew that it was too hard to earn money from commoners, so they tried to find ways to drain the nobles.

And for the bottom-tier residents, it was simply adding frost to snow.

So, seeing Harriet, if the other party hadn't taken the initiative to find her, Ye Laoshi would have kept her distance.

"Teacher, I just bought you a Rice Bowl; would you like to finish eating before you go?" The two students who happened to enter the door didn't see Harriet at all.

"This, then you can just leave it here; this old man seems to have something to say, but I have no idea how to communicate with him," Ye Laoshi said with some helplessness, "He seems very interested in my notes, but you know, this is to let everyone build a Ship faster."

"Bishop Harriet? I am very happy to see you here," Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, then changed his tone, "We recently bought quite a few new books from the Wisdom Church."

"I also didn't expect that Ye actually knew the Believers of the Royal Capital; I think you should become Believers of Wisdom," Harriet spread his hands, "You always burst forth with Wisdom that I never expected; I think there must be the guidance of the God of Wisdom behind this."

"I think so too, praise the God of Wisdom," Xiao Chen said piously, as if he were truly a Believer of Wisdom.

"These maids said that this lady is Ye's wife; this is truly unexpected to me. She seems to have a special talent for mechanical materials; she just spent one hour reading those books, and she could even perform some calculations and draw the mechanisms inside. It is simply too amazing; I really didn't expect that she didn't understand Federal Language," Harriet voiced his confusion.

Xiao Liu, who was to the side, translated for Ye Laoshi; in short, this Bishop Harriet was full of praise for Ye Laoshi's Wisdom.

Xiao Chen also realized Harriet's purpose, then smiled and said, "That is of course; we are Ye's apprentices, and she is our teacher's wife, so naturally, like Ye, we are all people with Wisdom. The Federal reverence for knowledge makes us admire it; if we have crystals of Wisdom in the future, we will definitely apply for a Patent."

(End of this chapter)