Fairy, Please Forgive Me, I Never Meant to Impersonate Your Husband

Chapter 6: Mid-Grade Drifter, Recruitment, Procurement

Level: 10

Identity: Registered Resident of Qingqiao Town, Low-Grade Commoner

Cultivation: Skin-Shedding (Middle Stage)

Blood Essence: 0

Lifespan: 60 / 330

Chen Yong ultimately accepted Wu Yuan’s offer, handing over his identity plaque for inspection, standard practice in the Tianyuan World. In exchange, Wu Yuan would pay him a high salary of five silver coins per month.

Chen Yong’s status as a registered resident was straightforward, but his Low-Grade Commoner rank reflected the Tianyuan World’s rigid hierarchy:

Drifters (Low, Mid, High)

Commoners (Low, Mid, High)

Citizens (Low, Mid, High)

Nobility (12 tiers beyond)

Twenty-four tiers in total, defining the social order of this world.

Chen Yong’s 330-year lifespan initially surprised Wu Yuan, until he remembered:

Tianyuan Standard Time flowed ten times faster than Earth’s.

Chen Yong’s 330 years here equaled 33 Earth years.

Wu Yuan’s 110-year lifespan followed Earth’s time scale, meaning he’d live far longer in relative terms.

This disparity only deepened Wu Yuan’s awe for the Tianyuan Terminal, what kind of power could warp time itself?

Step One: The Relay Station Application

To establish a commercial relay station, Wu Yuan needed land rights, something his Low-Grade Drifter status couldn’t secure.

Solution: Put everything under Chen Yong’s name.

Wu Yuan wasn’t worried about betrayal. The Ancient Relay Station was a Spirit-Source Architecture, once blood-bound, only he could control it. Chen Yong assumed it was just a standard outpost, never dreaming it could self-upgrade.

Plus, Chen Yong’s honesty was well-documented in Wu Yuan’s dream memories.

The application process was smooth, costing 50 silver coins. The station was registered as:

“Redleaf Cliff Relay Station.”

As a frontier venture, it came with government incentives:

Chen Yong was promoted to Mid-Grade Commoner, titled “Station Master.”

Wu Yuan and his doppelganger became Mid-Grade Drifters, labeled “Relay Station Guards.”

Step Two: Recruiting from the Drifter Camp

The Drifter Camp sat on a sandbar outside Qingqiao Town’s walls, a ramshackle slum, but far from neglected. The town needed manpower, and this was where new immigrants were funneled.

Chen Yong exchanged 30 silver for 3,000 copper coins and headed straight for the camp’s elders.

Strategy:

Flattery, family ties, and 2,000 copper bribes to the elders.

100 recruits gathered—mostly men, all with Sinew-Tempering cultivation and basic skills.

At the camp’s exit, Chen Yong negotiated with officials, securing employment papers for everyone.

Cost:

400 copper to the clerks.

Only three recruits got rank promotions (to Low-Grade Commoner).

Step Three: Procurement

Wu Yuan took charge of supplies, spending like a seasoned warlord:

1. Food & Essentials

500 dry rations (100 copper)

3,000 lbs of unhusked rice (150 copper)

1,000 lbs of white rice (500 copper)

150 water gourds (50 copper)

Salt, cookware, tools (13 silver total)

2. Weapons & Armor

20 spearmen sets (leather armor + spear, 1 silver each)

20 archer sets (leather armor + bow + 100 arrows, 2 silver each)

Bonus: 100 wound-healing ointments.

3. Transport

2 Yellow Rhino Carts (10 silver each, 5,000-lb capacity, horse-speed).

Total spent: 142 silver (leaving 18 silver).

The Final Toll: Road Fees

At the Ninth-Grade Imperial Road Office, Wu Yuan faced tier-based pricing:

Low-Grade Commoners: 10 copper per 10,000 li.

Mid-Grade Drifters (like Wu Yuan): 20 copper (penalty for low status).

Total for 103 people + 2 carts: 1,774 copper → discounted to 15 silver (first-time traveler rate).

Remaining funds: 3 silver.

Wu Yuan then spent 24 copper on two extra passes (for future messengers) and 2 silver on return permits for the carts.

Final coins in hand: 76 copper.

Departure

With a deep breath, Wu Yuan glanced back at Qingqiao Town’s towering walls, then shouted orders, taking the reins of the lead cart.

The 100-strong convoy rumbled onto the Yellowstone Imperial Road, kicking up dust as they marched toward Redleaf Cliff.