Chapter 345, You Aren't Selling?
Hearing that they still weren't willing to give up, Kalema's frown deepened.
He said, "What exactly are you planning?"
"It's simple, we just need to make some trouble and pin it on him."
Kalema's eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at the other man. "That's your business."
If Wu Heng really had issues, Kalema, as the "Special Overseer," would naturally pull him down and also do the "Secret Cult" a favor.
However, if there was nothing wrong with Wu Heng, he wasn't going to be involved in framing an Deputy Steward.
The guild's regulations were strict, and there were many ways to inspect and check.
If they found out he was involved in this, it would lead to a world of trouble.
The captain maintained his smile and said, "This has nothing to do with you, of course. When the time comes, you just need to do your job."
Kalema looked at him, remaining silent.
The other man waved his hand, and a wooden box appeared on the table. The lid opened, revealing neatly stacked gold coins.
They gleamed brilliantly.
Kalema pondered for a moment, reached out, and took the wooden box, emphasizing, "I will only do things by the book."
"Right, according to the guild's rules."
"Then let's leave it at that for now." Kalema nodded and stood up to leave.
The captain put away the noise-blocking device, escorting Kalema to the door. He said, "Take care, my lord. When the ship is repaired, I will immediately have someone notify you."
"Make it quick. If it takes too long, I will leave on another ship," Kalema said, his expression indifferent.
"Of course!"
Kalema descended the stairs, his bodyguard following close behind.
Leaving the tavern.
The two women soliciting clients instinctively took two steps back.
They watched Kalema board the carriage and leave.
Only then did they cautiously spit on the ground, cursing quietly.
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Zombie World.
"Your language is quite fascinating," Glenda hovered in the air, softly praising.
Though Glenda was a wraith, she had a high intelligence attribute.
Learning languages and writing came fairly quickly for her.
Wu Heng had only taught her some basics, yet she could already form complete sentences.
Though her pronunciation was a bit strange.
It also carried a kind of intonation, like a bard's singing tone in a tavern.
"Your learning ability is impressive. Maybe soon, you can watch movies with Xiaoxiao," Wu Heng said.
Whenever Xiaoxiao watched cartoons or movies, Glenda would also join in.
But because she didn't understand the language, she could only grasp the gist of the story.
It seemed like her desire to learn the language was partly driven by her interest in movies.
Glenda nodded, saying, "Thank you, I really like your culture."
"Well, if you like it, you can engage more with it in the future."
"Alright!"
Not long after, Xiaoxiao floated back from outside.
"Xiaoxiao!" Glenda called out with a smile.
Xiaoxiao turned, her translucent face showing a bit of surprise, "Oh! Aunt Glenda, you can say my name now."
Glenda nodded with a smile.
Wu Heng explained, "I taught her some basics. She can't say much yet."
"Teach me too, I want to learn that language!" Xiaoxiao said excitedly.
"Didn't you say you didn't want to study?"
"This isn't really studying. Just teach me some simple phrases." Xiaoxiao continued.
"Um, alright, next time when there's a chance," Wu Heng said.
It was getting late.
Wu Heng had the two wraiths return to his body, opened the world gate, and returned to Golden Silver Island.
......
He first went to check on the alchemy room.
There was no potion from the corpses produced yet; it looked like it would take more time.
He closed the door and went downstairs.
Minnie and Andviel were sitting in the living room, chatting.
Wu Heng walked down and sat on the couch, the two women leaning against him, one on each side.
Andviel said, "Master, the port delivered the repair and mooring bill for the ships. We collected a total of 3 gold and 72 silver coins, of which 12 silver coins were mooring fees for the ships."
That's so expensive!
The pirate ships they had seized last time had been battered and needed repairs and maintenance after returning.
These expenses were understandable, but even the mooring fees were quite high.
He hadn't been there for long, and it already cost 12 silver coins. A bit more, and he could've bought a powerful crossbow.
"Does my Deputy Steward title not earn me any discounts?" Wu Heng said.
"Uh... it was Miss Moya who came to collect the payment."
"Moya, huh! Alright then." Wu Heng hugged the two women closer, contemplating, "The ships don't seem all that useful to us now. They need repairs even if we don't use them for half a month."
Currently, Wu Heng had seven ships.
One cargo ship, and six pirate ships.
Actually, he only needed two, and had no use for the others.
He couldn't set up a merchant group and had no plans to frequently go to sea.
Docking them only continuously cost more money.
Shanela had suggested renting them out, but they hadn't found any takers.
"Why not give them to that pirate lady? She's always complaining about her ship being too small. Give her some more ships, and she'll go after the other pirates." Minnie suggested from the side.
Wu Heng was stunned, then looked at her and said, "Don't pick up her bad language, stop swearing."
Minnie hugged his waist, saying, "I wasn't! I was just repeating her words."
Wu Heng nodded, thinking more about it.
Philippa wasn't high level, and she had only one ship along with a few skeletons protecting her, which wasn't too much of an issue.
If he gave her more ships, she might find them harder to control.
"She can't handle that many anyway. I'll ask around, and if no one wants them, we'll just sell them."
They chatted in the living room for a while.
Dinner was brought up; they ate together and then went to rest.
......
The next day, at the port.
On the cargo ship from the Star Flower Trade Group.
"Deputy Steward, there are fifty thousand sets of leather armor, three thousand hand axes, three thousand longbows, one thousand heavy crossbows, and five thousand bags of grain. It's all here." The manager responsible for the goods said.
Wu Heng picked a few items to check, then nodded, "Good. Move everything to my ship's hold."
The manager glanced at Shanela, who nodded.
He then called over his men and began loading the goods.
As the entire ship bustled, Shanela continued, "Do you need to place another order?"
"Yeah, need to place some more. Trying to be the biggest customer on the island."
Shanela rolled her eyes, saying, "I still don't know what you need all this for."
Though she said that, she still handed him an order form.
Wu Heng took it, stepping into a nearby cabin. Shanela, with her steward, followed him inside.
"By the way, can I order some plate armor?"
As the level of zombies increased, they became more dangerous.
And there was already enough leather armor, so Wu Heng was thinking of ordering sturdier protective gear.
"We have it." Shanela turned and said, "Bring the armor catalog."
Soon, someone brought over a catalog with different types of protective gear.
Wu Heng skimmed through it and picked a plain set of plate armor, which had leather inside and a layer of iron on the outside.
The price for a full set was 92 silver coins.
Wu Heng started filling out the form and then handed it to her, "Two thousand sets of plate armor, twenty thousand hand axes, twenty thousand longbows, five thousand heavy crossbows, and thirty thousand bags of grain."
Shanela's frown deepened.
She looked up at him, saying, "You have to tell me what this is all for."
"Really, it's for someone else."
"Are you involved in the Ekow Kingdom conflict?" Shanela lowered her voice.
"No." Wu Heng continued, "If the Ekow Kingdom were to place an order, wouldn't you sell to them?"
"We would."
"Then why are you acting like it's forbidden to sell to them? I'm not involved in their nonsense. I just have a city lord friend inland who doesn't have access to buy weapons, and it's more convenient here."
This order was several times larger than before.
It was also because he recently exchanged for a large amount of gold.
He could make a bigger purchase now, avoiding the need to make several smaller trips.
Shanela looked at him again, then said, "Well, you're definitely our biggest customer now."
"Remember the discount you promised!"
Shanela handed the order form to her steward and said, "Thirty percent deposit, eight percent discount."
"Yes, madam."
The steward and the ship manager began calculating the cost.
They soon completed the calculation, and Wu Heng paid the deposit before leaving the cabin.
......
Once all the goods were loaded into his ship's hold.
Wu Heng had his skeletons guard the door, opened the world gate, and began transporting the supplies.
The grain had finally arrived.
It solved the food shortage problem at the old factory market.
With the new grain supply, they could continue their exchanges.
After everything was moved.
Wu Heng took a carriage back to his residence and then returned to the zombie world.
......
In the zombie world.
Wu Heng distributed the new equipment to his skeleton army.
At the same time, he informed Qi Hancai that new grain had arrived.
Hearing this news, Qi Hancai also smiled.
In this world, nothing was more reassuring than an ample supply of food.
Once the skeletons had changed into their new equipment.
Wu Heng had Qi Hancai prepare vehicles to test the newly installed bomb bays on the skeletal wyverns.
Qi Hancai nodded and immediately went to prepare.
Not long after, two military trucks were parked at the rear gate of the factory.
Wu Heng got into the passenger seat.
The convoy, surrounded by the skeleton troops, left the old factory area and headed to an uncleared main road.
......
They reached the main road.
The sound of the skeleton troops immediately caught the attention of the zombies.
Deafening roars spread quickly, and a vast horde of zombies gathered in the middle of the road.
"Ready!" Wang Chenggang and the others said.
"Ready!" Wang Chenggang and the others said.
Wu Heng nodded, then looked at Big-Head Skeleton and said, "Have the skeletal wyvern drop the bombs over the horde."
The skeletal wyvern gave a powerful kick with its legs, its figure swiftly soaring into the air, heading towards the area where the zombie horde had gathered.
When it reached above the zombie horde, the bomb bay on its abdomen opened in an orderly fashion.
Black, solid iron bombs fell in neat rows, like a cloud blocking out the sun.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The iron bombs rained down upon the horde like a torrential storm, causing the earth to quake as dust and smoke filled the air.
The advancing horde was instantly swallowed by the thick clouds of smoke, large sections of it vanishing in an instant.
Wu Heng and the others stood at the back of the skeleton line, observing the overall effect.
This new bomb bay didn't just drop all the bombs at once like before; it dropped them in rows, which widened the coverage area along the path.
This also increased the damage done to the zombie horde.
At this moment, the skeletal wyvern descended from the sky again, and Wang Chenggang inspected the bomb bay covered in leather.
"No problems, it's pretty sturdy!" he said.
"Good, then keep reloading the bombs. Let's get ready to clear the second wave," Wu Heng said.
Wang Chenggang and the others nodded, quickly reloading the bomb bay with iron bombs.
The skeletal wyvern took off again, flying towards the charging zombie horde, once more dropping iron bombs.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions echoed out.
The earth trembled.
[Summoned Creature — Skeletal Wyvern, Level increased to 14, Constitution +1.]
[Your level has increased to 14, Intelligence +1, Perception +1.]