Even more people came aboard Li Qinwu's ship to shop this time. Who among those who could afford a pilgrimage to Terra wasn't a minor noble on their home planet?
They had money. Every last one of them had money!
Li Qinwu's factory had been producing Power Swords at full capacity lately, building up a stock of over 6,000.
To give the Power Swords some added value, he had the workers stamp an image of Terra onto the hilts and the coordinates of the Sol System onto the blades.
That made his Power Swords look like souvenirs from a tourist attraction, and they sold out in a single day!
He sold each sword for 4,000, earning 24 million thrones and bringing his assets to 70 million.
Aside from Power Swords, he felt this was a good opportunity to start selling off some other goods.
Masterwork Lasguns, for instance. These used crystal technology provided by the Dwarves and were more powerful than the Lasguns issued to Imperial infantry. Five thrones apiece!
Bipedal Walking Mechs had been gathering dust in storage for ages. Those went for 15,000 thrones each.
The Bipedal Sentinel Mechs were bulky items, and 15,000 wasn't exactly cheap. Even after several days of hawking them, Li Qinwu only sold a dozen or so.
The Masterwork Lasguns, on the other hand, sold in huge numbers. Absolutely huge numbers!
Lasguns had an enormous range of uses. Whether for self-defense or arming a warship's crew, they were the most basic weapon!
Lasguns were to Imperial citizens what chopsticks were to the Chinese.
Tens of thousands of Lasguns were sold from his ship almost every day. The surrounding Armed Merchant Ships sent Shuttles to haul back load after load of Masterwork Lasguns.
Some Armed Merchant Ships already had enough Lasguns aboard, but after