Chapter 33

But in reality, ox carts were still the most common.

However, since she would need to go into the city often to sell animal skins in the future, Diao Chan was very supportive of buying a cart.

Daily necessities cost thirty thousand.

The remaining portion was a major expense.

That was weaponry.

Weapons were actually fine.

Common blades and swords mostly cost eight hundred to a thousand coins.

A standard bow cost five or six hundred.

But a set of armor actually cost seven or eight thousand coins!

This was something Duan Yu had never expected.

No wonder in ancient times, only soldiers with armor were considered elite, while the vast majority—ninety-five percent of soldiers—had no armor at all.

A set of armor cost seven or eight thousand coins.

And that was just for ordinary iron armor.

If it were exquisite iron armor, it would cost over twenty thousand coins.

Plus weapons and such, arming one elite soldier cost thirty thousand coins.

Thirty thousand coins!

Who would spend so much money to arm an ordinary foot soldier?

Fortunately, Duan Yu was hunting in the mountains.

Armor was not of much use.

So he didn't buy any.

Instead, he used all that money to purchase high-quality weapons.

At a blacksmith shop, Duan Yu found a powerful bow.

The blacksmith asked for five thousand, but it was finally settled for three thousand.

There was also a fine hundred-refined blade.

It was even more expensive than the powerful bow, finally settled for seven thousand coins.

All in all.

Duan Yu had obtained ten gold, and spent five gold directly.

Duan Yu handed all the remaining five gold to Diao Chan.

He told Diao Chan to use it to supplement the household expenses if anything was lacking in the future.

For this, Diao Chan blushed and took the initiative to offer a sweet kiss.

Once these five gold were spent.

The effect was immediate.

On the road back to the village.

Everyone looked at Duan Yu and Diao Chan with envious eyes.

Some unmarried young women in the village felt lucky for Diao Chan, that despite being past the age of marriage, she had found such a good man as Duan Yu.

And those who had once wanted to take Diao Chan as a wife felt a bit ashamed of their previous overestimation of themselves.

But more so, the young men and boys of the village, seeing Duan Yu exchange the animal skins he had hunted for so much money.

Their eyes were filled with fanaticism and longing as they looked at Duan Yu.

They all thought about starting to learn hunting from Duan Yu tomorrow.

They chattered incessantly around Duan Yu's ox cart.

The journey was filled with laughter and joy.

Diao Chan sat on the ox cart, wearing brand-new clothes, her stunning beauty finally beginning to bloom. ===== CHAPTER 35 =====