When Gastens climbed off the steam generator, Gablin was talking to the mine's equipment supervisor, Dave? Erdinger checkout. As a mechanic stationed at the Johor Bahru Mine by The Paper, Gablin maintains his company's equipment at no additional charge. However, there were a number of steam engines from other companies on the San Bahru mine, and the mine had to pay Gabrin an additional fee to repair these equipment. For the mine, these other brands of machines are expensive to replace, and if they can be used for repair, they can save a lot of money. For Gabling, these expenses do not enter the company's books, they are his own extra money, and he is naturally happy to cooperate. Before, he had to climb up and down by himself, but now that he has an obedient little slave, he has become a hands-off shopkeeper, and it has become easier to make money.

"It's 60 crowns in total, thank you, Master."

"Well, you're welcome, this is a discounted price for you, guaranteed to be easy to use."

Gablin and Edinger chatted briefly, then turned and Gastens left the machine. He felt through the wad of money in his hand, pulled out a 2 crown note, and handed it to Gastens.

"No, for you, there aren't many opportunities for this kind of extra money, so let's save up to marry a daughter-in-law."

"Yes, thank you, Master."

Gastens rolled the two crowns into his belt and shook his arm. Just now, there was a bend in the steam path of the machine, and he carried nearly 20 kilograms of new bend to the machine alone, and his arm was tired to death.

"You've been in the well for more than half a month, how do you feel?"

"It's good, but I'm tired, I can't eat enough, the bread given by the mine is not enough, and the bean soup is not enough."

Gastens replied truthfully. It's been two weeks since his letter was sent, and he hasn't responded yet. But he and his guide Adam? Nielsen's relationship is getting better. Now, when Nelson is tired, he can also carefully swing a few sledgehammers, although not as fast and efficient as Nielsen, but at least he can share part of the work.

"It's good to have bread," said Gabling, who earned extra money and was in a good mood, "I used to work in the Ridan mine in the neighboring province, and they ate oatmeal cakes for the workers, and they didn't even go to the bran, and I tasted it once, and my throat hurt." The Brown family is good for the workers, two black loaves a day, that's a lot of money. ”

"A lot of the rye grown by our old man Bass was sold to the Brown family."

"That's right, the mine has its own bakery, cheap. If you really let Liuyin Town send it here, it will take three hours on the way, who can wait. ”

Gablin seemed to be in a good mood, and Gastens looked at it and asked about what he had been curious about.

"Master, I've been working for half a month, and I think that the work in this well is much more tiring than farming, and people will die at every turn. These workers do this every day, are they willing? ”

"Who cares if they want it or not!" Gablin glanced at Gastens with a slanted eye, "Many of these workers turned out to be serfs, and the Brown family bought them to work, and if they did a good job, they would be given the status of freemen for ten years." You yourself are a serf, don't you want to be a freeman? Besides, there is food and shelter here, and wages are paid, although the salary is less, but it is much better than the serfs not earning a penny, right? A lot of serfs broke their heads and wanted to come. I tell you, I brought you here, but your blessings, you kid is satisfied! ”

"Yes, yes, I know, thank you, Master Gabling." Gastens nodded, paused for a moment and asked, "Master, when will I be a freeman?" ”

"You?" , Gablin paused and thought about it seriously, "I bought you for 100 kroner, when you help me earn 1000 kroner, I'll give you the status of a freeman, okay?" ”

"That's great, thank you, Master!"

"Alright, do a good job for me!"

Gablin reached out and patted Gastens on the back of the head and strode away. Gastens followed with a quick walk and followed.

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Nora? Stewart is an employee of The Paper, and his main job is clerical. She went to high school and was good at reading and writing. Her father taught at the 7th District Public School, and her mother took care of her three younger brothers at home. As the eldest sister in the family, she gave up expensive college and joined the company to earn money to support the family.

The boss of The Paper doesn't like too many clerks, so Nora's work is very miscellaneous, and she has to touch almost all the back-office work, except for bookkeeping and accounting. Today, the postman sent more than a dozen letters, most of them orders from all over the country, some of which were sent to the company without specifying the recipient, and she had to open them one by one, register them, and then transfer them to the corresponding departments.

The letter from Gastens was placed in the third of the stack, the first two of which were orders, and Nora quickly processed them. She picked up the letter from Gastens and looked at the envelope and fire paint first, it was a common cheap envelope, and there was no noble badge, so she was not so nervous. She looked at the payment again, and it said Gastens without a surname. People who write like this either forgot to write it, or they have no rules and are not worth paying attention to. However, it was also a letter to the company, and Nora couldn't throw it away, so she picked up the paper cutter, pulled it, and pulled out the letter inside, intending to take a casual look at it, so she threw the letter away.

However, the contents of the letter clearly frustrated Nora's plans to relax, and although the centrifugal governor was simple, the various terms and brief schematics still left Nora a little confused. She half-understood and jumped through the technical part, landing on the last content.

“…… Alone, I think this equipment can greatly improve the output stability of the steam engine and help your company beat other competitors in the market. As its designer, I am willing to give it to your company to use, and I only hope that your company can fulfill my small wish. I believe that the cost of fulfilling this wish for your company does not even exceed 5 crowns. ……”

This is a technical cover letter. Nora has received it, most of it is unreliable. However, when it comes to technology, she doesn't have decision-making power. Nora jotted down two notes in her notebook and reassembled the letter in the technical compartment.

Let the men judge the value of men's things.

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When the Surge erupted, Gastens was swinging the hammer. His movements are relatively slow, and each stroke must be carefully compared to prevent it from hitting Nelson's hand. Nelson himself didn't care, and kept encouraging him. And just when the two of them cooperated with each other, the exposed pyroxene on the walls of the entire mine suddenly lit up in unison. It felt like someone had thrown an Earth-world flashbang in the mine, and the unsuspecting Gastens was dazzled. In the midst of the white light, he heard exclamations.

"The devil is surging!"

"Which mine?"

"Get out first! Fast! ”

In his confusion, Gastens could feel someone holding him. Nelson's voice rang in his ears, "Go!" Run with me! ”

Gastens had heard the workers talk about the Magic Surge since he went down the mine, but no amount of detail could compare to his own feelings. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the vision was shaking and the workers were running. Neither Nelson nor he took the jug that was placed on the ground, nor did he pick up the brown bread that he hadn't eaten. At the time of the Demon Surge, any waste of time is disrespectful to one's own life.

Run, run, the familiar tunnel passage of the mine seemed to be extremely long, and the two soon came to the working face where the slide was arranged, and many workers had gathered here, noisy and shouting. Gastens could tell from their chat that there was a problem with the third work face, someone had triggered the magic surge while mining, and the person who activated the magic surge was crystallized by the surging magic power at that time, and he was not saved. The eruption of magic also activates the pyroxene of the mine. Although this activation is only temporary, within an hour or two, the temperature here will exceed the body's tolerance limit with the release of pyroxene energy, and if you don't escape in time, the workers will be roasted to death.

"Don't panic! Press the working surface one by one on the slide! The pyroxene here are all low-grade pyroxene, and the temperature is not fast, and there is still time to do it! ”

Nielsen is clearly experienced and influential among workers. He commanded the scene loudly to calm the workers' emotions. The elevator has apparently also gotten the word that the slide has started to clatter and clatter. However, the efficiency of the old steam engine, Gastens felt a little dangerous. And as more and more people hung the slide rod on the slide, the slide that had just started to run made a loud groan.

"Big Brother Adam, this can't be done! There are too many workers hanging on the slide rails! That traction steam engine was not powerful enough! ”

Gastens realized the problem for the first time, he looked left and right, and just happened to see the rail car transporting ore, "Brother Adam, let's use the rail car, together with the slide rail!" ”

Nelson glanced at Gastens and roared, "Loeb, Colke, Big Bieber, you guys get me down and get on the minecart!" I've heard what little Gass said! There are too many people! We use minecarts! ”

Hearing this, the workers crowded at the work face began to unload the pyroxene from the minecart and load themselves in. Neither Nelson nor Gastens got in the car and didn't leave. They directed and helped the workers to get on the slides and minecarts on the spot, and then hung their slide rods on the slides in a hot wave. By this time, the entire working face of the six forward mine caves had already revealed a dazzling light, like six huge pillars of light illuminating the working face as bright as day. Gastens felt his heart pounding, the scorching air made it difficult for him to breathe, and the slide, which had been reasonably fast, was extremely slow at this time. It took a lot of effort for him to secure himself to the pole and keep himself from falling.

"Little Gas! Hold on! You've done a great job! ”

Nelson's voice was a little muffled, but Gastens managed to get through it. By the time they reached the platform, they had already left the area most affected by the swell. Most of the workers who arrived here in the early stage were evacuated, and a few people stayed behind to wait for the two of them. Gastens and Nelson, who had already collapsed, boarded the elevator with the help of the workers, half-helped, and left the mine, which was getting hotter.

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The Magic Surge accident in Cave 7 ended up killing two workers, one named Russ? Biolet, a guy named Sig? Waztaten, Gastens knew them, not very well. The mine was closed for one day, and the next day the mine manager Bawi stone? Brown went down the shaft with Nelson and a few of the mine's most skilled workers, as well as Gastens who knew about the steam engine. Gastens is a little curious, what does it mean to lead the way if production is not resumed quickly at this time? Nelson seemed to know something, but he didn't say it directly, just to calm Gastens a little.

From the lifting platform to the working face, there are not many traces of the Demon Surge Outbreak along the way, and the pyroxene level here is low, and the temperature of the Demon Surge Explosion will not destroy the metal equipment. The black bread and cloth bags that the workers had left on the side of the road had turned into black clumps of powder with a faint mushy smell. Mine Manager Brown did not stop because of this, he walked silently all the way to the front and entered the No. 3 operation face where the accident occurred. The people who followed him were also silent, one by one, walking through the mines, stepping over a small piece of crystal on the ground, it was one of the dead workers, whose body was crystallized by a sudden burst of magic, and then turned into powder because it did not have a magical affinity.

Gastens looked at the crystal powder and followed the team in front of him. After passing by the corpse, the people quickly reached the site of the eruption and stopped.

Gastens, who was walking behind, could feel the mine manager Baviite? Brown was looking for something, and he looked left and right around the mine, long hammers and hammers scattered around, nothing out of the ordinary.

"There really is!"

Gastens heard a small exclamation, and he poked his head out of the crowd and stepped forward through the gap to see the creation in the crowd. It was a pyroxene half-buried in the rock, crystal clear. But unlike ordinary pyroxene, this pyroxene has a small creature solidified inside, about forty centimeters tall, with two hands and two feet, two pairs of wings growing on its back, and long, flowing and solidified hair behind the small head. If you look closely, you will see that she is still dressed, barefoot, as if she is flying, staying in the pyroxene. Gastens took a long breath and couldn't take his eyes off it. Judging by the creature frozen in pyroxene like amber, she resembles a human, and even has a small breast.

"Brother Nelson, what's that?"

Gastens asked in a low voice, but was interrupted by Brown's orders. He began to instruct the workers to carefully lift the pyroxene out of the rock, with a palpable look of joy on his face. Gastens couldn't help, so he watched from the sidelines. Nelson walked past him and whispered an answer.

"That's a pyroxene elf, a creature that lives in pyroxene."