Four buckets, loaded with ore trucks, huge steel monsters carrying more than a hundred tons of ore on their backs, slowly left this small platform on the top of the mountain, and moved along a large road in the direction of Assyria Province.

"That's half a day's output from our mine!"

Some nobles began to mumble to themselves, and more of them were calculating quickly in their brains, calculating how much benefit they could bring to themselves if they used these things?

A middle-aged man with a blood-colored rose mark tattooed on his collar trotted all the way to Philip, bowed respectfully, and said, "Young Master, Your Royal Highness the Princess, and all the adults, welcome to the Antano Mine, I am the steward of this mine, Monroe. ”

As the next head of the Ross family, Philip patted Monroe on the shoulder, encouraged him loudly, and said a bunch of things like "Monroe is smart and capable, and has a great future", which made the middle manager of the Ross family look a little grateful.

finally caught up with the next generation of family heads, and the excitement was beyond words.

Philip can also praise Monroe, the future control of the Ross family can not just rely on himself and Lobit's old man, some of the existing local strength of the Ross family also need to be integrated, and finally join his own team.

After exchanging pleasantries, Philip patted Monroe, pointed to the Bithynian nobles who gathered around, and said, "Okay, Monroe, I would like to introduce to you the changes in the Antano mine after using the ancient machinery." ”

"Yes, young master...... As you all know, most of our Ross family's mines used to be gold-devouring beasts, and they were all money-losing goods......"

Monroe's self-deprecating words drew good-natured laughter from the Bithynian nobles. The Ross family was pitted by the Republicans, and the rewarded mines were all unmineable, but they could not be sold or abandoned, which would be disrespectful to the emperor, in order to avoid conflicts with their own intimate possession, the Ross family had to spend a lot of money every year to maintain the mines that did not produce much, even if the manpower was reduced to a minimum, but it was constantly losing money.

"You don't know, in the past, we were very envious of the supervisors in the mines. Eat fragrant and spicy food. Look at us, every time I go to Wellington to apply for funding, I have to look at other people's faces and nod their heads. After getting the funds that can no longer be reduced. I still have to think about how to get by. Sometimes, in order to save money, we don't see the oil for a month. ”

Monroe said with a bitter face, "I still remember. One year, a month after the money was lowered, we really had no money, and all the people, down to the miners, up to me, the steward, had to go to the city to do odd jobs, and when others asked me what my name was, I didn't dare to say that I was a side branch of the Ross family, for fear of embarrassing the marshal. ”

Suddenly, the expression on Monroe's face changed, and both eyes seemed to be guarding against the light.

"One day, someone came from above, and they said that Young Master Philip had restored the ancient machinery of the Goblin Empire, and these things could mine any mine, but I didn't believe it, because it would take a lot of effort to come up from this mountain, let alone mine. However, when that day, a group of dwarves and dark elves from Lobit came down the mountain with a large pile of steel parts and assembled the Big Mac, I knew that my day of eating and drinking spicy food had come!"

Monroe excitedly pointed to the excavator that was still digging the mountain, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "That's it! I just dug a road from the foot of the mountain, a road that can run four carriages, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and then from the top of the mountain down, layer by layer! You probably don't know that this mountain has been dug up by now, and a tenth of it has been dug up!"

Tenth!

The nobles turned their heads to look around, and next to the top of the mountain, there were white clouds, as if in a fairyland, and in the distance, only a few lonely peaks towered out.

If this is only nine-tenths of the original height, how high was the mountain before?

To dig up such a high mountain, if you rely on manpower alone, hundreds of people may be able to dig it up without stopping for a hundred years, but only a year has passed, and it is only a tenth.

The aristocrats already felt a little incredible.

But when they saw that the bucket full of earth and stones that was enough to fit a wagon, they had to be convinced.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have calculated that after using excavators and ore trucks, the efficiency of our mine is more than three times that of ordinary mines, but only one-third of the manpower, thanks to the young master, the young master invented the excavator and restored the ore truck, so that our mine, which had almost no output before, has become a well-known rich mine, a big mine, and when I went to the family headquarters to report again this year, I held a check with a lot of zeros, and Monroe I felt that my waist was much straighter. ”

Monroe's witty words drew laughter from the nobles, but the content of his words was thought-provoking.

The efficiency is increased by three times, and the manpower is reduced by one-third, which is ten times the output, which makes all the mine owners excited, even Katinga, who has been doing right with Philip yesterday, does not speak, he is not so stupid as to get along with his own money.

The nobles looked at the excavator's eyes with obvious longing, and Philip smiled at Caroline beside him: "It seems that the fish has been hooked." ”

Caroline's beautiful eyes turned white to Philip, "Your Excellency, you are less proud, this is just a starting point, and you have to talk to them again to realize your plan." ”

Caroline is right when she says that the solution to the crisis in Bithynia is a package solution, not just for the mine owners to buy the ancient machinery, and the interests of the Empire, the mine owners, and the miners must be taken into account.

Even to add Philip's interests to the negotiation, the ancient machinery is not given away for nothing, and the core secret is not allowed to be manipulated in the hands of others, Philip insists that these things can be rented, but not sold, and no one else is allowed to make them, and if they are broken, they must be repaired by the maintenance personnel of the Electrical Magic Chamber of Commerce.

All this needs to be discussed.

Fortunately, the predictable benefits of the ancient machinery were large enough for the nobles to promise to raise the wages of the miners.

What the?

Someone still wants to take the old machinery and don't want to raise wages?

There are no doors!

Philip showed who did not raise wages. These ancient machinery will not be rented to anyone, even if they are rented, but if they find that the salary has not been raised after the most reluctance, the rented out will be withdrawn. Other people use ancient machinery, which can greatly reduce the cost of ore, people can make more money than you, and even lower the price to make you bankrupt.

The consequences were so obvious that Philip's coercion and inducement led to a 50 percent increase in workers' wages from now on.

Watching the messenger rush away from Antano, Philip finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's it. The miners will be able to explain. With a 50 percent increase, at least they won't make trouble. Philip looked at the silver platter already hanging high in the night sky, lying on a small chaise longue in the living quarters halfway up the mountainside, and looked at Caroline, who was enjoying the moonlight with him. "You say." Will Valker's muscle-filled guy make trouble again because he hasn't doubled?"

Although it is unlikely that this is known. But Philip couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, it's not double, but it's a lot higher than their original thirty percent. The people at the bottom are like this, as long as they can live, they won't make trouble, and even if Valker is brainless, no one else will mess around with him, they will think, 'If we continue to make trouble, will we not even have this fifty percent?'"

"Yes, don't worry, my lord, fifty percent is already the limit, and you don't allow them to lay off people, those misers can only do this. ”

Francis walked over, pulled a chaise longue, and lay down on the other side of Philip, "Your Excellency, Your Highness, you can't sleep either?"

"Yes, Lord Marquis, aren't you the same?" replied Philip, squinting his eyes.

"I'm an old man, it's normal that I can't sleep. ”

"I just fought with you guys, and I tried to make those nobles who picked the door jump out of a few copper plates, it was too brain-consuming, and as a result, I couldn't sleep. Philip shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to look at Caroline beside him, but Her Royal Highness the princess fell asleep soundly on her side, but fortunately it was hot now, and she was not afraid of catching a cold.

Philip still untied his clothes, gently draped them on Caroline, waved his hand to the maids in the distance, and asked them to carry Her Royal Highness back to the house and leave.

"My lord is really gentle, hehe, it's really amorous. ”

Francis quipped, and Philip didn't refute it, no matter whether he would have children with Caroline in the future, the two of them would live together after all, and wouldn't it be better if they had a harmonious relationship.

"My lord, do you think there is a lot of unreasonableness in this strike? Eggbot had a good conversation with us, but the miners suddenly went on strike, and wanted to double the salary increase, yesterday, no, the day before yesterday, those noble children outside the city said that their elders were detained by me, which sounded like a joke, but they believed it. ”

"What do you want to say?" Philip had no expression on his face, and his eyes seemed more interested in the moon than in hearing Francis with his ears.

Francis gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, I think someone is behind this!"

"Hmm!"

"Huh?" Francis was a little surprised, "My lord, this is related to whether you can succeed in this mission, don't look at the good talk you have with other nobles now, but if the ghost behind the scenes does some tricks, there is still a chance to destroy the current good situation." ”

"So, what do you think should be done?"

"My lord, I suspect that the big ore trader Gerald is behind it, if your Excellency allows me, I will let my nephew, who is the governor of Bithynia, arrest Gerald, as well as some nobles who are friends with him, such as Katinga and Blake?"

Before Francis could finish his words, he saw Philip looking at him with a smirk, and in the dark night, his sparkling eyes made people a little hairy.

"Uh, sir, what?"

Philip lay down again, as if what had just happened, and said lightly: "Francis, since I have become my ally, I have no objection to you and me using each other, but don't use me to do things that can only bring you benefits, but not bring me benefits." It's a definite thing that's behind it, and I sent someone to investigate when I was in Tomei, but Kayinga and Blake?"

Philip's words were light, but they were as heavy as a rock to Francis's ears.

"In order to settle Bithynia, I need to unite most of the nobles now, you don't mess with me at this time, the Ross and Hoddle families can find you as allies, and they can also find others as spokesmen, let me tell you the truth, there is a guard outside the city of Ankud. ”

Philip's words made Francis shiver all over his body, which was a naked telling him that if he did not obey, there would be thunderous means against him, the Guards, which was one of the most powerful armies in Bugas, and the city guards against Bithynia were simply adults against children, and Philip's order would probably be moved.

"Yes, my lord, I will be your most faithful servant. ”

Francis's voice came, but Philip was already snoring slightly, and under the night sky, this snoring was extremely clear, even though Philip was asleep, Francis still bowed very solemnly, and then quietly retreated. (To be continued......)