Chapter 165 Advantages of Orc Workers

After more than two months of preparation, the preparations for the mining of the non-ferrous metal veins near the Woller werewolf tribe are basically ready.

This time, after Xu Yi and President Leelsa shipped the materials needed by the Waller Patriarch, the agreement between the two parties was completed, and the non-ferrous metal vein could be officially mined.

After meeting with Patriarch Woller, the two transported the last batch of mine materials and the corresponding mine magic machinery to the nearby mines, and then held a brief ceremony to announce that this project was organized by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Lake. The Worrall non-ferrous metal mine, jointly invested by the Dunn Chamber of Commerce and the Amley Chamber of Commerce, officially started construction.

Since the non-ferrous metal smelting plant of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still under construction, all the non-ferrous metals mined now will be temporarily stored in the Woller tribe, and will not be processed and smelted until the smelting plant is completed.

The first day of mining did not yield much results, and the collected non-ferrous metal ore did not even reach a ton.

However, Xu Yi and President Reelsa were not too surprised by this situation. After all, the real part of the ore vein is hidden under the surface, and it is definitely impossible to conduct large-scale mining in the early stage.

The fact that the ore can be mined on the first day is enough to prove that this non-ferrous metal lode is extremely rich in reserves, and the lode is located on the geological surface and is easy to mine.

According to the further exploration of several dwarves, this non-ferrous metal vein mainly contains a large amount of aluminum ore and copper ore, and the less than one ton of ore mined on the first day is all copper ore.

Judging from the mined copper ores, the copper content in these ores is surprisingly high.

According to an Angolan dwarf who once worked in many mines owned by the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, the copper content of these ores is much higher than the copper mines of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce that he has seen.

This is a result that makes Xu Yi very satisfied.

As far as now, because the research and development of wind-based magic generators has made further breakthroughs, the Bella team in the Magic Research Institute, who is mainly responsible for research and development, has cooperated with dwarves such as Camby, and has successfully developed a small stable output power. Wind-based magic generator. So for further research and development. There will obviously be a huge demand for copper, which is extremely conductive.

Of course, since being woken up by Steele last time, Xu Yi is no longer as obsessed with power research and development as before.

After careful consideration and comparison, Xu also found out. Although for the industrial system on Earth. Electricity is extremely versatile and very important. But as far as Sainz Continent is concerned. Because of the existence of magic, it can use the power of magic to replace the role of electricity in many places, and even perform better than electricity.

For example, take air conditioners as an example. Air conditioners on earth need electricity to run. In order to achieve a suitable cooling effect, the power consumption can easily reach three thousand or even four kilowatts, and it will consume three to four degrees of electricity in one hour.

Calculated based on the most common thermal power generation in China, it is equivalent to consuming a minimum of 0.5 kilograms of coal per hour.

This energy consumption rate is obviously extremely high.

And if it is replaced with the Xinfei brand magic air conditioner produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is only the lowest-level magic crystal that is no more than the size of a palm, which is enough to support it to work continuously for three days and three nights.

On average, the energy consumption for one hour is probably just a magic crystal less than the size of a fingernail.

Take this energy consumption and the Sainz continent is full of magic crystal mines. Combined with the fact that the content of magic crystals is extremely rich, it can be easily seen that in this world, magic air conditioners are more suitable than electric air conditioners on earth.

more importantly. Consuming magic crystals will not cause any pollution, which is much stronger than thermal power generation.

Therefore, although Xu Yi still attaches great importance to power research and development, he does not attach too much importance to it.

For him, electricity is only a supplement to the study of magical machinery.

Because magic doesn't solve everything, electricity can still come in handy when needed.

In addition to copper ore, Xu Yi also attaches great importance to the aluminum ore in this non-ferrous metal vein.

The use of aluminum in industrial systems is also very extensive and important, and aluminum alloys with various characteristics can be found almost everywhere on the earth.

Although the amount may not be as large as that of iron, in many places, the role of aluminum and aluminum alloys cannot be completely replaced by iron.

For example, in the three heavy industries of aviation, construction and automobiles, the special characteristics of aluminum and aluminum alloys will play an extremely important role.

Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has now developed many alloy steels with special characteristics, it is limited to the material characteristics of iron. No matter how it is developed, there are some special characteristics that cannot be developed.

Now that there is this non-ferrous metal vein, Patriarch Shilu and his dwarves will have a lot more room for research and development.

In the future, the magic machinery that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can make will naturally become more diverse.

Xu Yi was observing the fineness of the various ores mined, while President Reelsa kept observing the work of the workers in the ore veins who were responsible for mining the ores.

After reaching an agreement with Patriarch Waller, Patriarch Waller directly sent ten clansmen to work in the mine, claiming to let the tribes try it out, and let Xu Yi and President Leersa observe it. Whether their clan is suitable for this job.

Through observation, President Reelsa found that although these werewolves were a bit clumsy because they came into contact with various mine magic machines for the first time, their overall efficiency was like skilled human workers.

But because werewolves were born with excellent physique, stronger than humans, and more flexible, as long as they did not need to control the magic machinery of mines, their efficiency would be higher than that of human workers.

After observing for a while, President Reelsa couldn't help but said to Xu Yi who was still observing the quality of the mined ore: "I suddenly realized that your idea of ​​hiring these orc workers is very good."

"Oh?" Xu Yi glanced at him unexpectedly. Although President Leelsa no longer opposed this proposal, he never expressed his particular approval. "What? What do you see?"

"Yeah." President Reelsa nodded. "It can be seen that these orcs are really good enough. Although they are a bit stupid, they are very suitable for doing some work that requires physical strength. Mine is a place where a lot of work requires physical strength. It is better than us to let these orcs do it. Human workers are faster."

"That's why. All races have their advantages, as long as they make good use of the advantages." Xu Yi smiled slightly. "And you're forgetting the more important point, the wages of these werewolves are much lower than the wages of human workers."

President Reelsa couldn't help but let out a wry smile.

Xu Yi is right, because this non-ferrous metal vein is located in the black rice wasteland. On the territory of the Orcs. Therefore, when their three chambers of commerce hire human workers, they can only offer high enough salaries to attract people.

Finally settled. The average monthly salary of the human workers currently working in this mine exceeds thirty gold coins!

This is well above the average in Bangta City.

And because it is far away from Bangta City, it is very inconvenient to supply this human worker.

After all, it is only necessary to ensure the normal life of these human workers. The average person spends nearly ten gold coins per month.

That is to say, every human worker in this mine spends more than forty gold coins on them every month!

This cost is also more than double that of all workers in Bangta City.

Now there are a total of 200 human workers in this mine, so every month the light is on them, the three chambers of commerce will spend nearly 10,000 gold coins!

In comparison, according to the previous conversation between Xu Yi and President Reelsa and the Waller Patriarch, Xu Yi only said that each werewolf worker would be offered a salary of five gold coins per month. Let Patriarch Woller's eyes light up, and he was extremely surprised.

And the tribe of werewolf is right next to the mine, and they have almost no cost of living.

In contrast, it is also the workers in the mine. The cost of one human worker can even be worth the cost of eight werewolf workers, and the difference is ridiculously large.

"It seems that your idea of ​​hiring orc workers was right." President Reelsa sighed. "If it weren't for the fact that the orcs are generally stupid, and it is difficult to master how to operate those magical machines, I think this mine can even completely eliminate human workers in the future."

"No, that's absolutely impossible." Xu Yi shook his head. "The main body of this mine must be humans. It is okay to hire orc workers, but the majority of them must be human. Otherwise, if they all become orc workers, it is very likely that they will eventually escape our control."

"Well, your concern is right." President Reelsa nodded in agreement. "Most of the orcs are rebellious, and the animal nature is hard to get rid of. If there are all orcs here, maybe they will want to take it for themselves." After a pause, President Reelsa asked again: " By the way, you told Patriarch Worrall that an orc family can only approve one labor certificate, is that because of this consideration?"

"This is only a part." Xu Yi smiled. "The real purpose is that through this restriction, every family of these orcs in the future will not dare to treat us humans because they have to worry about the family members working in our human factories and the qualifications for the approval of labor certificates for the whole family. Come up with any bad thoughts. Think about it, if the orcs dared to be detrimental to humans, not only would the highest-ranking family members lose their jobs, but even the entire tribe, do you think he would dare to do so? "

President Reelsa took a deep breath and looked at Xu Yi in surprise.

"President Xu, did you think of this when you wanted to hire the orcs?"

Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Didn't I tell you back then that there are restrictions on the orcs."

President Reelsa looked at Xu Yi in astonishment for a while, couldn't help shaking his head, and sighed: "President Xu, you are really thoughtful enough, I even think you are a little scary. But how can you be sure? Do these orcs have such concerns? It’s just a job. When these orcs didn’t have jobs before, didn’t they survive well?”

"That's because they didn't really enjoy a comfortable life before." Xu Yi smiled. "Trust me, when they have a stable enough job and can bring themselves and their families a better life through this job, they must be reluctant to abandon this life. The previous orcs were barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, But once they put on their shoes and experience the comfort of walking on the road, they definitely don't want to take them off and go barefoot again."