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

This time, after Xu Yi and President Resa transported the materials needed by the Worrall Patriarch, they could be regarded as having completed the agreement between the two parties and could officially mine this non-ferrous metal vein.

After meeting with the Worrall Patriarch, the two transported the last batch of materials needed for the mine and the corresponding mine magic machinery to the nearby ore vein, and then held a brief ceremony to announce the official start of the Worrall non-ferrous metal mine, which was jointly invested by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the Renekton Chamber of Commerce, and the Amrley Chamber of Commerce.

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 Worrall tribe, and will be processed and smelted after the smelter is completed.

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

However, Xu Yi and President Resa were not too surprised by this situation, after all, the real part of the vein is hidden under the surface, and it is certainly impossible to mine a large area in the early stage.

The fact that the ore was mined on the first day is proof that this non-ferrous metal vein is extremely rich and that the vein is located on the surface of the geology and is easy to mine.

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

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

According to a dwarf from an Angolan tribe who had worked in many of the mines owned by the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, the copper content of the ores was much higher than that of several Falcao Chambers of Commerce he had seen.

This is a result that Xu Yi is very satisfied with.

For now. Because the research and development of wind magic generators has made further breakthroughs. The Bella's group, which is mainly responsible for the research and development of this in the Magic Research Institute, cooperates with dwarves such as Camby. A small wind magic generator that can stabilize the output power of DÌNG has been successfully developed. Therefore, in order to further develop the law, it is clear that there will be a large demand for copper, which has extremely strong electrical conductivity.

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, Hui also found that although electricity is extremely versatile and important for the industrial system on Earth. But in the case of the Sainz continent. Because of the existence of magic, it can use the power of magic to replace the role of electricity in many places, and even better than electricity.

For example, taking air conditioning as an example, air conditioning on the earth needs electricity to start, and in order to achieve a suitable cooling effect, the power consumption can easily reach 3,000 or even 4,000 kilowatts, and it will consume three to four kilowatts of electricity in an hour.

Based on the calculation of thermal power generation, which is the most common in the Celestial Empire on Earth, it is equivalent to consuming a minimum of 0.5 kilograms of coal in one hour.

This energy consumption rate is obviously extremely high.

And if it is replaced by the new flying brand magic air conditioner produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is only the lowest level of a 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.

Average it down. An hour's energy consumption is probably only a magic crystal less than the size of a fingernail.

Connect this energy consumption to the fact that the continent of Sainz is full of mana crystal mines, and the mana crystal content is incomparably abundant. It can be easily seen that in this world, on the contrary, the magic air conditioner is more suitable than the electric air conditioner on the earth.

What's more, consuming Mana Crystals doesn't cause any pollution, which is much better than thermal power generation.

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

For him, electricity was only used as a supplement to the study of magical machinery.

Because magic can't solve a qiē problem, electricity can still come in handy when needed.

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

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

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

For example, in the three major heavy industries of aviation, construction and automotive, the special properties of aluminum and aluminum alloys play an extremely important role.

Although Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed a lot of alloy steels with special characteristics, it is limited to the material characteristics of iron, and no matter how it is developed, there are some special properties that cannot be developed.

Now with this vein of non-ferrous metals, Patriarch Sluby and his dwarves will have a lot more room for research and development in the future.

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

Xu also observed the fineness of the various ores mined, but President Resa kept observing the work of the workers in charge of mining the ore in the vein.

After reaching an agreement with the Worrall Patriarch, today's mine mining, the Worrall Patriarch directly sent ten clansmen into the mine to work, claiming to let the clansmen try it, and also let Xu Yi and President Relsa observe whether their clansmen are suitable for this job.

Through Guò's observations, President Resa found that although these werewolves were a bit clumsy due to their first encounter with various mine magic machines, their overall efficiency was that of skilled human workers.

However, because werewolves are naturally physical, stronger than humans, and more agile, as long as they do not need to operate the work of the mine's magic machinery, they will be more efficient than human workers.

After observing like this for a while, President Resa couldn't help but say to Xu Yi, who was still observing the color of the mined ore, "I suddenly found that you want to hire these orc workers. ”

"Oh?" Xu Yi glanced at him in surprise, although President Resa no longer objected to this suggestion, he had never expressed his special approval. "What?

"Hmm. President Resa nodded. "It can be seen that these orcs are really in good shape. It's a bit stupid, though. But it's good to do some work that requires a lot of body. The mine is a place where a lot of work needs to be done. Let these orcs do it faster than we human workers. ”

"So, every race has its merits, as long as they make good use of them. Xu Yi smiled slightly. "And you've forgotten more importantly that hiring these werewolves is much cheaper than hiring human workers. ”

President Resa couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Xu Yi was right, because this non-ferrous metal vein was in the Black Rice Wasteland, on the territory of the orc clan, so when the three of them hired human workers, they could only offer a high enough salary to attract people.

Finalize it. At present, the average monthly salary of human workers working in this mine is actually more than 30 gold coins!

This is far above the average for Bonta City.

And because it is far from the city of Bonta, it is very inconvenient to supply this human worker.

To sum it up, it costs an average of nearly ten gold coins per person per month to ensure the normal necessities of these human workers.

In other words, every human worker in this mine costs more than forty gold coins every month!

The cost is also more than double that of all the workers in Bonta City.

Now there are a total of two hundred human workers in this mine, so every moonlight is on them, and the three chambers of commerce will cost close to ten thousand gold coins!

In comparison, according to the situation of Xu Yi and President Relsa's conversation with Patriarch Worrall before. Xu Yi only said that he would pay each werewolf worker five gold coins a month, which made the Worrall patriarch's eyes light up. The table was pleasantly surprised.

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

In comparison, the cost of one human worker can even be equivalent to eight werewolf workers for the same workers in the mine, and the difference is really ridiculous.

"Looks like you're right when you wanted to hire orc workers. President Resa sighed. "If it weren't for the fact that the orcs are generally stupid and have a hard time mastering how to operate those magical machines, I think this mine would even be completely free of human workers in the future. ”

"No, that's absolutely not going to work. Xu Yi shook his head. "The main body of this mine has to be humans. Orc workers can be hired, but they must be mostly humans. Otherwise, if they all become orc workers, it is very likely that they will end up breaking away from our control. ”

"Well, you're right to be suspicious. President Resa nodded in agreement. "Most of the orcs are unruly and unruly, and if they are all orcs, they will want to take them for themselves. After a pause, President Resa asked, "By the way, you told Patriarch Worrall that an orc family can only approve one labor certification, and that's because of this, right?"

"That's only part of the story. Xu Yi smiled. "The real purpose is that through this restriction, each family of these orcs will not dare to have any bad thoughts about us humans in the future, because they have to worry about their family members working in our human factories and the qualifications of the whole clan to obtain a labor certificate. Think about it, if the orcs were to dare to be unfavorable to the human race, not only would the highest-ranking family member in the family lose their jobs, but even the entire tribe, do you think he would dare to do this?"

President Resa gasped 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 at the beginning, there are restrictions on the orc clan." ”

President Resa looked at Xu Yi in shock for a while, then couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, "President Xu, you really think about it enough, I even think you're a little scary. But how can you be sure that these orcs will have such concerns? It's just a job, and when these orcs didn't have a job, didn't they survive well?"

"That's because they didn't really enjoy a comfortable life before. Xu Yi smiled. "Believe me, when they have a stable enough job and can bring a better life to themselves and their families through guò, they will be reluctant to abandon this life. In the past, the orcs were barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, but when they put on shoes and realized the comfort of walking on the road after having shoes, they were absolutely unwilling to take off their shoes and walk barefoot again. (To be continued......)