Through a magnifying glass, Hopps carefully examined the piece of silver ore in his hand, constantly rotating it in the sunlight, studying it from all angles. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a while, he determined the texture of the ore through a strange reflection.

"Mithril, more than half pure. He muttered to himself, placing the ore in a wooden box on his left, and then picking up a piece from the pile in front of him and examining it carefully.

After a few minutes, he shook his head, muttered "silver ore", and threw the ore into a rattan basket in the distance.

This is so obvious that the difference in treatment could not be more obvious, stemming from the vastly different values of the two ores. Silver ore is not valuable, and even if it is refined into pure silver, it can be used to mint silver coins. The piece of silver ore that he threw away could probably be refined into the equivalent of less than ten silver coins, and considering the cost of refining and minting, this thing would not be worth more than two silver coins.

Two silver coins, which is really not a lot of money for Hopus. Usually he invites friends to a light meal, often more than that.

But Mithril ore is different, even if that ore is a low-value acquired Mithril ore, after being refined, the price must be calculated with gold coins, generally speaking, roughly one gold coin per gram. The piece he just put into the wooden box can refine forty or fifty grams of Mithril, which is equivalent to forty or fifty gold coins!

If this is an innate Mithril mine, it is even more incredible, at least it is worth more than two hundred gold coins, and if it is made into a finished product, it may be worth five hundred gold coins or even more, which is higher than his monthly salary.

Different values naturally have different statuses.

Just like doing beneficiation work, these people in their exploration team can only help the two masters of identification, help the masters pre-select materials, and sort out the mythril ore from the silver ore. And the masters are responsible for selecting the innate Mithril ore from the Mithril ore.

The difference in work leads to different values, which also leads to different status.

Hops's seven or eight concentrators combined, the salary is about the same as that of a master, and this is because they receive a special field allowance from the Northwest Republic. Otherwise, according to the standards of the Gold Coin Federation, it may be equivalent to a fraction of others.

But Hopps is not dissatisfied, they get what they pay for, they only have such great ability, so naturally they can only have such a high income and such a high status.

For example, now, if he put a piece of Innate Mithril Ore and an Acquired Mithril Ore in front of him, he really tried his best to tell the difference.

The most reliable way to tell the difference between these two ores is to use magic. As long as the primary spell "Identification Technique" is advanced, you will be able to accurately distinguish between Innate Mithril and Acquired Mithril.

However, the Advanced Identification Technique is an unconventional magic technique that can only be achieved by reaching the level of a high-level mage. Let a high-level mage consume a lot of mana every day to identify a few ores?The advanced identification technique consumes a lot of mana, and the average high-level mage will probably perform it five or six times a day, and each time he can identify two or three pieces of Mithril ore...... Do you know how much it costs to hire such a mage to cast spells?

If you don't have any special friendship, the market price, an advanced appraisal technique will probably cost thousands of gold coins......

Compared to this, the salary of the master appraiser is nothing.

Therefore, Hopps's friend Cambrona persuaded him more than once that he should cultivate hard while he was young, and strive to cultivate to a high-level druid.

Among the gods of the void believed in by the Northwest Republic, the god of agriculture was particularly partial to the druids. At present, there are more than twenty high-ranking druids under his command, and there are not many priests in his church, and the spellcasters are mainly druids.

The god of agriculture promoted the advancement of agricultural technology, which allowed people to obtain more resources from limited arable land, which greatly reduced the destruction of nature, and was praised and supported by most druids. In particular, the druids who advocated the "harmonious coexistence of man and nature" regarded him as an idol, and almost the entire faction came to him, so that his church grew up all at once.

At present, in the world, when it comes to learning the knowledge and skills of the druids, the most reliable way is to come to the Northwest Republic and join the church of the god of agriculture.

Hopps has a decent talent for natural magic, which means that he can indeed go in the direction of a druid. But he didn't have the will to do that himself, and if he could, he would rather be a ranger.

Druids have many things, such as not killing people for the sake of good food, eating with as few condiments as possible, keeping things simple, not wearing woven clothes, not using metal weapons or armor, not living in a bustling city for a long time, not participating in lavish banquets or celebrations...... And so on and so forth.

It's not that Hopps can't do that, but he doesn't want to.

The only people who can become druids are those who genuinely yearn for nature, hate red tape, are not interested in prosperity and pleasure, and focus on inner peace. He's not that kind of person.

“...... Silver ore again!" Hopps felt a little tired from throwing another piece of ore into the rattan basket in the distance, got up and moved around, went to the pool to wash his hands, and walked around the camp casually.

Beneficiation is a delicate job that requires dedication. If the state is not good, it will affect the efficiency and quality of work. Therefore, after working for a period of time, you should take a break, be active, and take a walk.

Looking at his carefree appearance, the workers from the Gold Coin Federation showed envious eyes.

Many of the practices of the Northwest Republic and the Gold Federation are different, for example, in terms of the treatment of workers, the workers of the Gold Federation are far less treated than the Northwest Republic. The difference is not only in the money, but also in the status of each other.

For example, in the joint exploration team this time, there are also concentrators sent by the merchants of the Gold Coin Federation, but they can't take a walk and rest like this when they are tired, so they can only lie in the tent and sleep for a while, and then they have to continue working.

Although each other's income is linked to the amount of work, Hopps and the others are not required to select how many mines they have to pick every day, if they don't care about the decrease in income, it is okay to take a few days off, anyway, the basic allowance can always be obtained. But the workers of the Gold Federation are different, if they can't complete the basic work that must be completed every day, they will not get the full salary of the day, and a large part of it will be deducted.

Their wages are already far inferior to their counterparts in the Northwest Republic, and if they are deducted again, it will be difficult to even support their families.

To make matters worse, their daily workload is based on the most skilled workers. The average worker has to work overtime to complete this level of workload.

So no matter how much they envy Hopus, they can't follow suit.

They don't have the capital to rest.

"I always feel that the practice of the Gold Coin Federation is a little familiar to me......" Sui Xiong floated incognito in the air, staring at the camp below, scratching his chin with his hand, and thinking silently, "Where have I ever seen such a thing? Is it in life? or in the Internet?"

"Anyway...... It's a terrible feeling!" )