Chapter 111 **
Led by goblin profiteers, Goron visits the secret underground factories located in the area of the haunted gold mines.
The factory was not built inside a haunted gold mine, but was a hidden underground fortification dug into the ground of the nearby area, made full use of the haphazardly built abandoned houses and collapsed public sheds. I have to say that the idea of the goblin merchant is really good, after all, it is difficult for ordinary people to think that there is a large underground mine nearby, and the idle space can be used at will, and there will be people who spend time and effort to re-excavate an underground building, inertial thinking and the well-known reputation of the haunted gold mine, even if someone comes to investigate here, they will only focus on the gold mine, and will not pay attention to the abandoned buildings on the ground, even if someone perceives that the ground is empty, they will only naturally imagine that it is part of the haunted gold mine, and will not go too deepγ
And according to the goblin trader, there is no such strange phenomenon inside the haunted mines in these re-excavated caverns. This is an interesting situation, at least indicating that it may not be the land that is cursed, or should it be protected, but only the "gold mine" itself.
This secret factory is currently in a state of shutdown, there is not even a person in it, but the equipment and tools are very complete, Goron has never seen before, and even heard from the story of these things called "steam machinery", originally he thought that the most complex thing should be the large loom, but after he saw these steel monsters in front of him that the goblin merchants called steam forging presses, steam grinders, etc. Only then did Goron really feel the true meaning of "it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 100 miles" in the mouth of the beautiful snake spirit.
"These iron guys are all driven by the abundant deposits of black stone and black oil near Haishi Bay, and those things that can only be burned are cheap here. This is also an important reason why the Northland Bear family chose me here as a partner. That's right, every steam machine here is assembled using the technology and important parts provided by the Northland Bear family, these machines are very simple to operate, only need to go through simple training to be able to operate, the only thing lacking at present is a large number of strict and careful, and must be very reliable workers, this is also the most depressed thing now. The employee guards who were originally assigned here were candidates for reserve workers, and it was also the final test to test whether they were strict or not, but you can see the results. They're all out now, and while I can justifiably deduct all of their paychecks, how can I get to work within the time limit of the contract the Northters signed with me? Damn it. Why is it so difficult for our Tajin Chamber of Commerce to recruit some workers?"
The reason why the goblin merchant can't hire workers is too simple, although he has excellent business instincts and an astonishingly accurate investment vision, who wants to work for a stingy boss like him. In addition, the current economy of Tideport is developing rapidly, as long as it is a hardworking and healthy young person, there will be no shortage of employment opportunities, almost every guild factory is short of people, and there are too many choices they can make. Although the employment conditions offered by the Tajin Chamber of Commerce are not low, they can't stand the boss thinking about how to deduct the employees' wages all day long. With the resignation of workers who worked hard for the green-skinned dwarfs and finally didn't get any of them to promote the goblin profiteers for free, even if the goblins raised their recruitment pay several times that of others, few people would be willing to work under him.
Goron is now tied to the same chariot as the profiteer, and if his Tarjin Chamber of Commerce gets into trouble, the little ogre of his kind, who temporarily lives in the haunted gold mines, won't be better off. At Golon's behest, the little ogres were willing to do everything in their power to help Targin Hillman accumulate his wealth. They were first-class as guards and miners, and seemed to have better minds under the mysterious influence of the Haunted Gold Mine, but with the Ogre's sheer size and thick hands and feet, they were simply not capable of the patience and dexterity of the operators of these steam machines.
Thinking of this, Goron suddenly remembered those women in the old port, the old street of the big boss Cassandra is not only a group of young prostitutes who are as beautiful as flowers, but also many old people and children, of course, there will be many women who are not good enough to take on the work of prostitutes, and in the entire Ebb Tide Port, I am afraid that only Cassandra will not put these "wastes" Abandoned it, but because of this, these people have absolutely no problem with their loyalty to her, if she finds a way to find a group of reliable workers to assist the goblins, she may be able to solve a thorny problem for Lao Cai and the Tajin Chamber of Commerce at the same time.
While Goron pondered the matter, Tarquin led Goron to a table, pointed to an item on it, and said, "Look, this is the new weapon that the Northland Bear family has commissioned me to make. This is a sample provided by Cool Bear, and my task is to make a large number of copies of it within the time limit. β
Goron picked up the weapon and looked at it carefully, it was a black iron pillar like a chimney, one end was a hollow iron barrel like the muzzle of a musket, while the other end was completely sealed, and some very complex and sophisticated metal mechanical structures could be seen, if I had to describe it, it was like a super musket with the handle removed and magnified dozens of times.
"This thing is called'Cannon Mortar', it is an airborne weapon designed for dwarf steam tanks and steam helicopters, its caliber and power are dozens or hundreds of times that of ordinary muskets, even if it is a high-level powerhouse with a fighting spirit and has dissociated from the seal of the gods, if it is hit by this guy from the front, there will be no bones left, the only pity is that this guy's warhead cannot be infused with magic at present, otherwise, I am afraid that even the fifth-order war king-level monsters will run away immediately when they see a lot of this thing."
Ignoring the goblin merchant's chatter, Goron suddenly interrupted the goblin after carefully playing with it, saying, "Why can this only be used on things called 'tanks' and 'helicopters'?
"Aren't you talking nonsense? This thing weighs hundreds of pounds, and ordinary people have to use the strength of milk to shake it, and who else can use it as a weapon in their hands?"
At this, the goblin merchant's eyes widened suddenly, for right in front of him, Goron was holding an oversized iron creature almost the thickness of his waist in his hand, and looking at it over and over like a twig.
", why did I forget that you ogres are a bunch of monsters with infinite power"
At this time, what appeared in Golon's heart was a large group of ogre warriors with this kind of "cannon mortar" in their hands, and the fantasy of Jiang's damned fairy tale war king bombarding the sky. These are still just fantasies, but who can guarantee that they won't become reality. (To be continued......)