People had many dreams they hoped to fulfill, but eating well, dressing warmly, and staying alive would always come first.
"Making money isn't shameful."
Sitting on the second floor of the Wine Shop in the commercial district he had just finished outfitting, Lu PingAn looked down at the busy, vibrant workers below and seemed to realize something.
That was right, a commercial district, not merely a shop.
Only after he had begun laying down his own industries did he realize just how much he could do. One or two shops alone were utterly meaningless.
So, he built his own commercial district, an entire row of shops. The most popular among Professionals was the nearby Blacksmith Shop.
Whether it was his own advanced Enchantment abilities or the tons of metal, enchanted metal, and strategic reserves of craftsmen in the Courtyard, they could provide Professionals with repairs and sell them Quasi-Pollution Weapons or even Forbidden Weapons.
Professionals were always seeking high-quality weapons, but most people came here for the Gourmet food.
"Hometown Dishes" had become the city's number-one restaurant and tourist attraction. Residents from other cities even traveled thousands of miles to get here, afraid that if they arrived too late, Hometown's "ingredients" would be gone and there would be nothing left to eat.
It was worth mentioning that Lu PingAn had already raised the prices of "Hometown Cuisine" several times without a shred of conscience. It was now certain that only the well-off could afford it. Yet business had only improved, as though the rumor that the "ingredients were running out" had become reality, drawing even more people from afar.
Even the free thin rice porridge stand outside the restaurant, modeled after ancient customs, had attracted a crowd of "human masters" scrambling for food. This troubled the impoverished local laborers, though