Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji himself had the rope, which was a bundle of fine hemp rope, long enough to tie the dagger to the wooden stick.

As for sticks, ordinary sticks are not acceptable, you can't use them just to cut down a small tree. This is used to fight monsters, the outer skin must be removed, and the woody part must be dried to remove moisture. This kind of wooden stick is hard and easy to use. Untreated wooden sticks will become soft and elastic because of the moisture in the wooden sticks.

Such a stick has to be bought from a wood workshop.

With this purpose in mind, Zhao Ji walked quickly to the place where the craftsmen gathered.

This place is on the right side after entering the city gate, just walk two steps along the main road of the town on the right side of the city gate square and cross a few small shops.

Ding ding, ding ding, the sound of blacksmiths striking iron, whistling, whistling, the sound of carpenters cutting wood, clang, clang, clang, and the sounds of masons digging rock blocks, all disturbingly spread to people's ears.

The leather craftsman is leading his apprentices to spread a piece of deerskin backwards on the wooden frame, and the potion boiled in the small pot next to it is a sharp tool for peeling off the skin and fat.

And the Orion next to him was putting a skinned deer on a wheelbarrow with a bow and arrow on his back, planning to send it to the Baron's castle in the upper city.

Zhao Ji has always felt that compared to the entire Kendall City, the area and manpower of this artisan area are too large.

From what he has seen and heard in the past few months, there are not many aristocratic priests and rich merchants with large spending power in the entire city of Kendal, and the various workshops in the artisan district are old-fashioned apprentice workshops, but the The capacity still greatly exceeds the consumption capacity of the local upper class. However, the consumption power of the local lower class people is very weak, and their economic vitality is not strong.

So in the artisan area that works all day long, who do they sell their products to? Where did it go?

Of course, this has nothing to do with Zhao Ji, he just wants to buy a well-processed and practical long wooden stick.

Although the carpentry workshop is not in full swing, everyone is working hard.

After Zhao Ji came in, a young apprentice carpenter stopped his work, wiped the sweat from his neck with a dry sackcloth, and said to Zhao Ji, "What do you want? A chair? A window? Or a new wooden door? A wooden door." We don’t sell loose leaves here, you have to ask the blacksmiths next door to make a pair.”

"Um, I don't want those, thank you, I'm here to buy a long wooden stick, and I plan to make something." Zhao Ji said, shaking his hand.

"Well, there are all the ones next to the wall. You can choose one yourself. They are all ready-made, and you will be charged according to the length." The carpenter apprentice said with some regret.

When Zhao Ji came to the wall, there were long and short wooden sticks all over the wall. Some of the long sticks could only be slanted on the ground, while the short ones were obviously prepared for axes. The production level of these sticks was obviously rough, but it seemed All are made through the normal process.

Zhao Ji picked one, and chose a wooden stick of even thickness that reached his chest. I flicked the wooden stick with my fingers, and it still feels quite strong, but this stick has no forks, and I have to prepare another stick with forks. Of course, Zhao Ji just made one in the wild for the wooden stick to guard against snakes, and he didn't plan to spend money on it.

Zhao Ji took the stick he picked and came to the apprentice carpenter who had just talked to him. The apprentice stopped what he was doing, looked at the length of the stick and said, "One copper and five iron coins."

Zhao Ji took out a copper coin and five iron coins from the drier purse with heartache. Handed them to the apprentice and walked out of the carpentry workshop.

Putting the wooden stick on his shoulders, Zhao Ji went to the next step of preparation, the kitchen of the chamber of commerce. He planned to borrow a wooden pot lid as a shield to block the possible spewing of the slime monster. If it doesn't work, use a rattan cover made of vines.

Back at the chamber of commerce, Zhao Ji first returned to his room and put down the stick. Double-checked the preparations written on the paper for hunting slime monsters.

I guess I might not come back at night, so I need to observe the activities of slime monsters at night first.

So you have to take a sleeping bedding, and you have to take the flint to start the fire. Fortunately, Zhao Ji made preparations earlier, rolled up the bedding and tied it with fine hemp rope. Flint put it in his arms and kicked it. Now there are only two things missing, the shield and the forked branch to guard against snakes.

Of course, Zhao Ji had to tell Jamula, after all, most of his social relations in Kendall City were related to Jamla, so he had to be informed.

From the room on the third floor down to the second floor, several stewards of the caravan team worked at their desks, while the guys of the caravan team sat on the long chairs in the hall on the second floor, playing cards and chatting. Zhao Ji walked in front of Jamura, he raised his head to see Zhao Ji, smiled and said, "Kiel, what's the matter, what's the matter?"

"Ah, didn't I tell you at noon, I'm going to hunt slime monsters." Zhao Ji said.

"Yes, I know, you have to go now. Be careful when hunting, don't get hurt. Of course, if the injury is not serious, you can come to me for treatment, but you have to tell a story about your place during the treatment. OK." Jamura stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Okay, no problem, I will pay attention to safety, but this time I have to observe the action rules of the slime monster, and I won't come back to the Chamber of Commerce at night, at least tomorrow morning." Zhao Ji said to Jamla .

Jamura touched his forehead with his right hand, and said with a smile, "Then see you tomorrow morning, remember to catch up with the breakfast in the restaurant."

"Understood!" Zhao Ji returned to his room, put on the bedding on his back, tightened the belt around his waist, pinned the borrowed dagger to his waist, took the wooden stick, and set off for the kitchen downstairs, planning to ask the chef The cook and his wife borrowed something that could be used as a shield, and asked for a piece of bread for dinner by the way.