Wu Pifu and Yamadai truly did not understand what Xu Shilan meant by saying that making money was much faster than robbery.
But whether it was Wu Pifu or Yamadai, they both had the self-awareness to leave professional matters to professionals and simply handle their own duties.
As Xu Shilan's assistant, bodyguard, and meat shield, Yamadai only needed to follow her around. Wu Pifu's task was even simpler: he just had to show his face at the harbor every day. As long as people saw him daily, that was enough. If he had nothing else to do, Xu Shilan had him move bricks.
Actually "move bricks," although what he moved was lumber.
The shipyard workers were professionals, but they were still basically ordinary people. Even if their physical capabilities were somewhat stronger than humans in the real world, they still could not compare to a humanoid crane like Wu Pifu.
The humans of this world all seemed somewhat mixed-blood. True ordinary people were still the majority, but humans two or three meters tall could be seen everywhere. There were also people with long arms and legs, horns, wings, or fish scales. Thus, the people of this world were much physically stronger than Gaia Humans. Ever seen ordinary people who could lift a steel coil together with just four or five people? This world had them.
Of course, no matter how "ordinary" they were, they still could not compare to Wu Pifu, a pure-blooded human.
While Wu Pifu helped the shipbuilders rapidly refit the Dog Egg, Xu Shilan took Yamadai through the trading markets, taverns, gatherings of captains, and banquet halls of the islands' middle- and upper-ranking nobles.
As crew members of the Dog Egg, Xu Shilan and Yamadai were now famous throughout the world. No matter the noble or captain,