Chapter 231, Giantstone Tomb_l
Translator: 549690339
“What’s their background?” Fang Hao hinted toward the pallid blood member.
“Not sure, he showed up this afternoon, wearing a hat in broad daylight.” The landlady answered quietly without looking up.
The pallid blood member showed up shortly before Fang Hao did.
“What are they here for?” Fang Hao continued to inquire.
“No idea, he asked me about the undead up north earlier, it scared me to death.” The landlady replied, patting her chest.
Ever since the mercenary died in her shop the last time.
Despite the City Lord claiming the Fire Wolf Mercenary Group was behind it, there were still rumours that they had provoked the undead from the north and were killed as a result.
Now, the landlady trembles at the mere mention of the undead.
Her shop had just reopened, and suddenly a bunch of weird people showed up, asking about the undead.
“Could they be heretics, acting all mysterious.”
“Maybe, they smelled of blood when I got close. Avoid contact with them at all costs. Heretics are all madmen.” The landlady continued to wipe the empty wine glass in her hand.
Fang Hao touched his chin, occasionally casting glances at those people.
The Blood Clan was inquiring about the undead again.
It seemed that the Blood Clan had received news about the Blood Hunter turning into a skeleton.
But they didn’t launch a direct attack, so they likely received the news through a third party and didn’t know much about the undead’s territory.
These people were likely scouts or spies.
“Are they going to stay here? Just sitting there chilling, bad for business.” Fang Hao spoke again.
The tavern was usually a bustling place, where everyone would cheer even if someone was singing or getting drunk.
But now, their mere presence silenced the entire tavern.
Fang Hao’s restaurant had already hit their business pretty hard in the past few days, and these people made the tavern seem even quieter.
“I asked, they won’t be staying here. They’ll leave when the city gates close at night.” The landlady spoke again.
“That’s good then.”
Fang Hao said, estimating the time of these people’s actions in his heart.
Having gleaned almost all the information about the pallid blood member, Fang Hao’s gaze once again fell on the notice board.
During his absence in the past few days, two bounty notices had appeared, the “Well Ghost” and the “Nearby Danger”.
[Bounty: Well Ghost]
[Task: Eliminate the monster appearing in the well.)
[Requirements: None.]
[Reward: 5 Gold Coins.]
The reward was just 5 gold coins, which seemed rather meagre.
Even the cost of mobilizing manpower would exceed this reward, let alone potential injuries and casualties during combat.
He moved on to the second one.
[Village Trouble]
[Task: Resolve the village’s trouble.]
[Requirements: None]
[Reward: 15 Gold Coins.]
This one didn’t even specify the task and the reward wasn’t much either.
“Why did you post these two bounties with such low rewards?” Fang Hao looked at the landlady again.
It cost money to post a bounty in the tavern.
The reward money wouldn’t even cover the cost of posting in the tavern.
“Nearby villages posted these bounties. We help however we can. What else can we do?” the landlady said helplessly.
“The City Lord’s Office doesn’t intervene?”
“Humph! If they did, these villagers wouldn’t have to post bounties in the tavern. Pruell City is getting worse by the year.” The landlady sighed helplessly. “Tell me where these two villages are located. I’d like to take a look when I have time.” Fang Hao said.
“Alright.” The landlady pointed out the locations on the map to Fang Hao.
After chatting with the landlady for a bit, Tavek arranged to deliver the promised caterpillars of Holy Snow Silk.
There were one hundred in total, ready to be cultivated back at home.
This was the most Tavek could offer at the moment.
Fang Hao didn’t haggle, for the fabric of his formalwear still needed to be purchased from Tavek.
Over the next week, they would create the prototype for Rebecca’s dress and have her try it on.
After chatting with the landlady, Fang Hao instructed Little White and the others not to roam outside at night and to stay safe. Then he rode the giant lizard and returned to his territory.
By the time the three of them returned to the city, it was already late.
“Master, you’re back.” Eira came out to greet them with a group of maids.
Fang Hao knew they were worried and smiled, “No worries, our trip was smooth.”
He handed the box containing the caterpillars to Eira, “Eira, here are the caterpillars of the Holy Snow Silk. Take them to the sericulture room.”
“Oh, alright.” Eira took the box and headed to the sericulture room carefully.
Anjia followed Eira discussing what to eat that night.
Just as Demitrija was about to leave, he was stopped by Fang Hao.
“Demitrija.”
“Sir, what are your orders?” Demitrija asked.
“Some thin-bloods have come to the city, they’re scouts from the Blood Clan, it’s very likely they’ll come to the territory tonight to gather information, once you and the Blood Hunters discover any traces, kill those people immediately.” Fang Hao stated directly.
Living beings weren’t particularly useful to him while the dead demonstrated potential value.
“Yes, sir.” Demitrija responded, then proceeded to head towards the outskirts of the city.
Once Demitrija had left, Fang Hao returned to the City Lord hall.
He sat down and said to the maid: “Call for Soye, Coulon, and Luke.”
“Yes, master.”
In no time, Skeleton Tailor Soye, Blacksmith Coulon, Goldsmith Luke came in one after the other.
Fang Hao indicated the three of them to sit down at the wooden table.
“This is a commission I got from Lyss City, we’ll need you all to divvy up the work.”
The design blueprint was placed on the table for each of them to have a look.
“Sir, the design for this dress is rather splendid, who’s the mastermind behind this?” Soye admired the blueprint with full of praise.
“Oh dear, it’s nothing much. I merely dabbled a bit and somehow caught the eye of the Lady City Lord of Lyss City. They then placed an order with us.” Fang Hao casually replied.
“And, these stockings, she approved of them too?” Soye keenly focused on the drawing of the stockings on the blueprint, asking further.
When it came to stockings, there were significant disagreements between Fang Hao and Soye.
Soye disapproved of using Holy Snow Silk to make stockings, considering it a wastefulness.
They had argued several times, but, even now, with the stockings being acknowledged by the other party, it remained hard for him to comprehend.
“Yes, she did. We’ve already got the measurements for the Lady City Lord, do you guys see any obstacles in crafting them?” Fang Hao looked at the three of them.
The trio placed the blueprint on the table and came together to thoroughly examine it.
In fact, Fang Hao was uncertain deep down.
If he disclosed the blueprint he made on a whim and at the end they cannot finish it, he’d become a laughing stock.
“There shouldn’t be any problem. All the textile techniques can be accomplished.” The trio assured him.
“Sir, the materials for the gown…” Soye once again asked.
“We purchased top-quality fabric from the cloth dealer and it’s already been delivered to the warehouse. If there’s anything more you guys need, do let me know, I’ll have the rest sent from their end.” Fang Hao replied.
“Okay, I’ll arrange for a team to get started straight away.” Soye acknowledged.
The tailor’s main job was for garments and stockings, hence there was almost no problem on this part.
The bulk of the work would undoubtedly fall on the goldsmith.
Intricate designs must be engraved on the minuscule clasps and then adorned with gemstones.
It looked stunning to the eye but the process was quite complex.
Fortunately, there were many goldsmiths within the territory which meant plenty of hands to divide the work and speed up the process.
Having confirmed that none of the trio had any issues, Fang Hao could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“Well, I am planning to launch a brand to sell our works. This is just the first step, and it’s crucial, so I hope you can all work a bit harder in the coming days to make it as perfect as possible.” Fang Hao spoke gently.
“Yes, sir.”
The three nodded their heads, left the room immediately, and went back to their respective places to begin work.
Once the trio left, Fang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
He picked up the fruit wine brought over by the maid and gulped it down
If the brilliant gown that he had bragged about now had to be retaken because the three of them had deemed it unachievable, he would have been mortified.
Although he had not handed any collateral to Rebecca, future expansions into Lyss City may become a bit difficult.
He would undoubtedly be labeled as a scammer.
Just as he relieved his tension, the skeleton merchant Doujin walked in.
He bowed and said, “Lord, the response to the Trade Alliance order you had submitted before has come. This is the responded blueprint.”
Doujin handed over a building blueprint.
Fang Hao was delighted to hear the news.
He took over the blueprint and noticed that the information was labeled[Giant Stone Tomb].
[Giant Stone Tomb (Blue) : 1,200 sturdy wood, 3,500 stone materials, 4,000 stone bricks, 500 leather, 450 ropes, 200 cast iron pieces, 120 metal parts, 5 shadowstones.]
(Description: Now, this Giant Stone Tomb buried deep underground is filled with noisy and violent undead.)
It seemed like a pretty powerful military building.
“Lord, a new order sheet is in place, if you need anything, you can write a new order in alliance.” Doujin said again.
Orders are updated every seven days, two each time.
Since he had big plans for the next few days, it was time to refill the order.
“Alright, I understand.”
“Then, I’ll leave you to your work.” Doujin bowed and took his leave.
With Doujin gone, Fang Hao left the City Lord’s mansion to construct the newly acquired[Giant Stone Tomb].