The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 436: New Career Rocket-like Promotion

Two hours ago.

The Durham family residence.

"Your Excellency the Duke, Lord Lambert is outside the door." A servant ran in urgently and reported.

"Oh? Please come in!" Duke Durham said with joy.

Upon hearing that Lambert had returned safely, Duke Drum's first thought was that Ryan was finished.

Because in his opinion, between Lambert and Ryan, only one should be able to return alive from the secret realm.

Now that Lambert has returned safely, is there any need to talk about Ryan's ending?

"Sir Lambert, congratulations on your safe return." Duke Drum saw Lambert with his arms folded on his chest and a greatsword on his back. He immediately smiled and opened his arms, wanting to hug him.

"Hurry up, make arrangements and make the dinner a more sumptuous one."

"No, Your Excellency the Duke, I just want to say that I am no match for Lord Ryan. If he hadn't shown mercy, I would not have been able to come back. So, I'm sorry." Lambert relaxed his shoulders and said.

"What!" The smile on Duke Drum's face froze immediately, and his raised arms froze in place.

"Sir Lambert, please forgive me for the offense, but you really didn't hold back?" Duke Drum, who had come to his senses, asked unwillingly.

After all, the Lord Lambert in front of him could be said to be one of the small group of top legendary powerhouses second only to the Guardians of the Empire.

However, Durham's words made Lambert look serious. He said:
"Duke Drum, you are questioning the character of a Sword Master disciple!"

Suddenly, a unique and sharp sword faith rose in the air with Lambert as the center, and a pressure that seemed to be tangible swept across the entire place.

At this moment, a man in black leather armor holding a dagger suddenly appeared behind Duke Drum. He stood in front of the Duke, waving the dagger.

But Lambert did not even draw the two-handed sword behind his back. He just stared at him, causing the Duke's personal guard to groan and retreat several steps.

"This level of sword faith"

With the Duke of Durham's keen eyesight, he naturally saw some clues and his face immediately became serious.

The strength of this Lord Lambert is much stronger than he imagined.

Isn't that the strength of Ryan?
"I'm sorry, Lord Lambert, I was rude." Duke Durham said with a bitter smile.

"Duke Durham, Lord Ryan is even stronger than me. Although I know that the Durham family has the protection of Lord Baoyun, I still suggest that you stop provoking Lord Ryan."

"If you continue to provoke me, I believe that one day, Lord Baoyun may not be able to protect the Durham family." After saying this, Lambert disappeared in front of Duke Durham.

Duke Drum, who stayed where he was, had a bitter face, but he was even more bitter inside. He didn't expect that the strong man he had invited with high hopes would end up being a supporter of that guy Ryan. This was simply...
However, after carefully considering Lambert's words, Duke Drum was even more shocked.

Could it be that Ryan's strength is about to reach the level of an imperial guardian?
But this shouldn't be the case, this is too unreasonable!
The next morning.

While eating breakfast, Ryan was thinking about learning leatherworking.

Naturally, the Chamber of Commerce managed by the beautiful woman Jennifer also has leather shops. In fact, there are not only leather shops, but also tailor shops and blacksmith shops. But the problem is that these shops are all in Münster.

The last time Ryan learned tailoring, the Ulysse Tailor Shop was also in Munster.

"You can consider letting Jennifer expand some business in the imperial capital."

With his current strength, it would be no problem for him to support a small or medium-sized chamber of commerce, or even a large chamber of commerce. However, if he wants to develop healthily, the chamber of commerce should better find a business model that suits itself.

In this regard, Ryan believed that there would be no problem with the beautiful woman Jennifer's talent and skills in business.

"In that case, let's find Luther."

"One of the important trade items of the Snyder family, to which Luther belongs, is fur from the North. There should be large leather workshops and leather goods stores in the imperial capital."

Ryan quickly thought of who to look for.

The inner ring of the imperial capital.

The Snyder family residence.

"Sir Ryan, do you want to learn leatherworking?" Luther said, his eyes wide open, staring at Ryan blankly.

When the re-examination ended last night, he received the latest news that it seemed that Mr. Ryan in front of him had returned early due to special reasons and failed to enter the top six in the re-examination.

Could it be that you want to learn leatherworking to distract yourself because you're feeling too low and frustrated?

"Well, Lord Ryan, actually, according to the current trend, the selection of dragon knights does not have to wait another five years. Perhaps, there will be another chance in two or three years. Look at me, I failed twice..."

Ryan was a little confused about Luther's words at first, but he understood it immediately. He smiled and waved his hand, interrupting Luther's consolation and said:
"Sir Luther, you misunderstood. Although I did not make it into the top six in the re-examination, I have been compensated because I was carrying out an imperial mission, and I have the opportunity to participate in the final two-way selection."

"Hmm? Then you..." Luther was stunned!
So why is this?
"Haha, I learn leatherworking purely because I want to learn leatherworking. What's the matter, Lord Luther, is it inconvenient for you?" Ryan said with a smile.

"Of course there is no problem, but Lord Ryan, you may need to be mentally prepared. The smell in the leather workshop is a bit strong." Luther said quickly.

Although he still found it a little hard to believe that a powerful man who had reached the peak of legendary strength would actually want to learn the stinky leatherworking, but Ryan did not seem to be joking, so Luther would naturally do his best to satisfy him.

"Well, I already knew something before I came. Can we set off now?" Ryan nodded and smiled.

"Of course! By the way, I haven't congratulated Lord Ryan yet for entering the final double selection. The Dragon Knight is just around the corner! I'm so envious." Luther couldn't help but sigh.

"Thank you, Lord Luther. I believe that you will become a dragon knight in the near future."

Soon, Ryan and Luther took a carriage to a leather workshop located in the sixth ring of the imperial capital.

Since the leather making process, whether tanning or painting, will produce a strong pungent smell, leather workshops are generally built on the outskirts of the city.

Of course, the leather shops that specifically sell leather armor are naturally located in busy trading areas, and this point cannot be confused.

When Ryan got off the carriage, he immediately smelled a distinct stench, which was stronger than he had expected.

"It stinks!" Luther, who got off the car later, frowned and said.

The leather workshop that caught Ryan's eyes covered a large area, about several thousand square meters. According to Luther's introduction in the carriage, it was the Snyder family's largest leather workshop in the imperial capital.

All kinds of furs sent from the north are tanned, colored, processed and finally embellished or inscribed here.

At this time, a sturdy old man with half of his sleeves lifted up and two other leaders in linen robes quickly stepped forward, bowed and said, "Lord Luther, why are you here in person?"

"Sir Ryan, this is the leatherworking master and the head of the workshop, Old Henry. He has been making leather all his life and is very experienced." Luther introduced.

"Old Henry, this is Lord Ryan. He wants to learn about leatherworking techniques. Your next task is to do this well. You must answer all of Lord Ryan's questions without reservation."

"Ah? Is it this Lord Ryan who wants to learn leatherworking?" Old Henry looked at Ryan, then at Luther, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Are you kidding me?
This gentleman obviously has a high status and is likely to be as powerful as Lord Luther.

Want to learn the stinky leatherworking?

Isn't this a serious brain disease?

"Is there any problem?" Luther's face turned serious and he turned to old Henry and said.

"Lord Luther, it's not that I don't want to teach, but the leather-making work is too dirty. Lord Ryan is afraid..." Old Henry was a straightforward man and was immediately in a dilemma.

"Master Henry, if I can't stand it, I will take the initiative to stop in the middle. Is that okay with you?" At this time, Ryan stepped forward and comforted him with a smile.

When old Henry heard Ryan say this, he knew he couldn't refuse anymore.

"Okay, Lord Ryan, how about we start tomorrow?" Old Henry nodded with a conflicted look on his face and said.

However, he had already decided in his heart that he would get everyone in the workshop moving later to clean up and spray some perfume, so that he could welcome Master Ryan to study tomorrow. "No, Master Henry, let's start now." Ryan waved his hand and said.

"Now?" Old Henry was shocked. Isn't this guy too impatient?
No, are you really going to learn it?
"Well, look at this big leather workshop. Leather should be processed in every link 24 hours a day." Ryan pointed to dozens of apprentices who were constantly soaking, kneading and scraping fur, creating a lively scene, and said.

"Old Henry, do as Lord Ryan says. Take us there now." Luther frowned and said.

"Okay, Lord Luther. Then Lord Ryan, please follow me." Old Henry said helplessly.

Although Ryan had told Luther to go back first, Luther was quite curious about him learning leatherworking, so the group soon came to the first step of the leatherworking process, 'soaking'.

In a warehouse storing a large amount of raw furs, apprentices were seen moving the furs out, shaking them out, and putting them into large round water vats to soak them in clean water.

"Lord Ryan, these are salted raw furs shipped from the tundra. They need to be soaked in clean water for a day to remove the salt spread during transportation," old Henry introduced familiarly.

Ryan took a look and nodded. This part did not require any technical content and was easy to understand.

Then, Old Henry began to introduce the next item:
"This is a hair removal pool that uses a mixture of cow urine as the main ingredient."

Although it is also a soaking step, this time the fur is soaked in tanning liquid, a mixture mainly composed of cow urine. The purpose is to remove fat and blood. At the same time, the apprentices have to quickly wash the fur in the tanning liquid many times.

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This process starts to get a bit technical.

Because the tanning liquid used to remove fat and blood from raw fur is highly corrosive, it is a test of the hand speed of an apprentice leatherworker.

The speed needs to be fast enough, otherwise the skin on the palm will be corroded.

"This is the softening tank that uses a mixture of pigeon manure as the main liquid." Old Henry said, pointing to another row of large tanks on the side.

"It needs to soak in the softening pool for two days to further soften and de-hair."

Luther, who was standing by, was almost vomiting from the smoke.

He swore that if it wasn't for accompanying Ryan, he would never get so close to this cesspool!
Although this is all his family's business, to be honest, he has never learned about the production process of the leather workshop in detail.

Because everyone has their own expertise, as a titled knight and the rising star of the Snyder family, his daily focus is to improve his own combat power. Business matters like these are taken care of by dedicated people.

"What a freak!"

However, when he caught a glimpse of Ryan watching with great interest, Luther could only suppress the churning in his stomach and persevere, though he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"This is the front-end process of leather making. During the soaking process to remove hair and dirt, the skin has to be scraped repeatedly in the middle."

Old Henry then pointed to a dozen apprentices standing on the slanted boards and scraping off fat and remaining hair with thick-bladed knives, and introduced them.

Ryan looked around and basically understood the process of tanning raw fur into tanned fur, which consisted of five steps: soaking in water, soaking in cow urine, soaking in pigeon manure, scraping, and drying.

"It seems that it was right for me to learn blacksmithing first when I was in Shining Gold Town. The leather-making environment here is too harsh. If the body's resistance is not strong, it is easy to get sick." Ryan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Master Henry, I'm going to give it a try." Ryan said, pointing to an apprentice who was washing raw fur in a large round earthen vat.

Hearing that this man, who was obviously a noble, was going to enter a large vat of cow urine mixture and wash raw fur like them, all the leatherworker apprentices were stunned and looked at Ryan stupidly.

"Lord Ryan, this."

Ryan smiled, and before old Henry could come to his senses, he took the thick waterproof leather half-shirt beside him and put it on.

Soon, in front of everyone's astonished gaze, Ryan stepped into the large vat and began to rub a piece of sheepskin.

Luther, who was standing aside, also stared at Ryan with wide eyes.

He never thought that Ryan really wanted to learn leatherworking, and the kind that allows him to learn by doing it himself!

As for Ryan, since the metal energy particles had already covered his palms, these corrosive liquids did not cause any harm to him at all.

He shook it quickly, and immediately cleaned most of the fat and hair on the raw fur. Then he placed the goat skin on a slanted board and picked up a file to gently file away the last remaining hair and dirt.

Even though it was his first time, Ryan, who had legendary physical control and perception, was more meticulous and professional than those leatherworker apprentices who had been working for years.

"Lord Ryan is truly a natural leather worker." Old Henry on the side couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Luther on the side stared at Ryan's actions, but when he heard what old Henry said, he immediately came to his senses and scolded in a low voice.

"Ah! Yes! Yes! Alas, Lord Luther, I am just sighing. When I reached Lord Ryan's current level, I had already learned leatherworking for at least two years."

"Forget about Lord Ryan's control. You won't understand even if I tell you this. Old Henry, remember this. Treat Lord Ryan with more respect than you treat me. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Lord Luther." Old Henry nodded repeatedly.

It seemed that he had completely understood what Henry had just said. Ryan only scraped a piece of raw sheepskin, and the system prompt sounded:

[You have tanned sheepskin, and your understanding of the process has improved! ]

[You have learned a new skill - Tanning]

[Your skill in making tanning is improved, experience value +1]

[Congratulations! You have triggered the career panel - Leatherworker Apprentice]

"Sure enough, it was triggered, and just as expected, it's an apprentice-level career panel!" Ryan thought to himself.

Ryan glanced at the new career panel. Although 'Leatherworker Apprentice' was the least conspicuous blank board among all the extraordinary career panels and had no light, he was quite happy at this moment.

Because this means that the follow-up of the leatherworking career path will most likely be similar to tailoring, and multiple job changes will be possible.

In other words, he will gain a large number of skill points and attribute points later.

"Sir Luther, please go back and take care of your own business first." Ryan naturally noticed Luther who was suffering from the stench and said with a smile.

"Okay! Old Henry, please take good care of Lord Ryan." Luther thought about it and nodded.

"Don't worry, Lord Luther. It's an honor for me that Lord Ryan is willing to learn leathermaking skills!" Old Henry bowed and saw him off.

"Sir Ryan, this workshop is under your name. You can use whatever materials you want. They will all be charged to me." Luther gave some special instructions before turning around and leaving.

And then, it was Ryan's real performance moment.

Now that the leatherworker apprentice profession panel has been generated, there is no reason for Ryan not to improve quickly.

With Ryan's physical strength, he would probably have to carry out the current process for a week without resting and not feel tired.

Therefore, with the help of the core skill 'Concentration' of the Witch Pattern Tailor (Superb), Ryan was carrying out the process of scraping the fur while gaining a large amount of experience points.

After Luther left, it took Ryan only two hours to upgrade the leatherworker apprentice from lv1 to lv3, gaining two attribute points and two skill points.

The two large piles of shaved raw fur skins piled next to them were the results of Ryan's labor.

Adding his original remaining points, his remaining skill points now increased to 5 points, which was 11 points short of the 6 points required to upgrade the new sorcery 'Serrated Ring' at one time.

However, just now, the system's job transfer information has appeared:

[Prerequisites for promotion to leatherworker: 3. Leatherworker Apprentice lv5 max level; 5. Agility 5 points or more, Strength points or more, Constitution points or more; . Produce pieces of any qualified leather! . Current conditions are not met! Promotion to leatherworker failed! ]

Since Ryan was just doing the skinning process, it naturally cannot be considered as producing the finished fur.

"Master Henry, I will select a few sheepskins for the subsequent process. If there are any deficiencies, please help me point them out immediately."

"Of course no problem, Lord Ryan." Under Luther's instructions, Old Henry naturally responded to the requests of Lord Ryan.

(End of this chapter)