In the face of people's excitement, Hammer felt that he had been wronged.

It's not easy to do some business these days...

Originally, when Herbert told him that Lord Levi's was about to implement the "Abolition Act" and the "Labor System Norms" throughout Zeelandia, he still had a bit of a fluke mentality, thinking that it would take half a year or even two or three years for such a large-scale reform to be enacted.

Who knew that the day after the curtain came down on the first meeting of the free city-state of Zeellandia, these two bills were down at the same time, and they were enforced with unprecedented vigour.

His old friend Herbert was also busy at that time, and personally led a team to visit the merchants who refused to carry out the execution or took a wait-and-see attitude.

Faced with the penalty of being permanently expelled from the country for redemption slightly below the average market price, the vast majority of ordinary merchants like Hammer naturally chose the former.

Anyway, those female slaves were bought by them, and they worked in the store for so long for free, and it seems that they can't be a loss at all if they can be ransomed by the city hall... bar.

But soon the hammer discovers that he is still too young...

He found that if he didn't grit his teeth and let out some blood, he wouldn't be able to recruit anyone!

Accustomed to slave dancers who don't need to be paid, those 'aunts' who dare to ask for thirty bronze thumbs a week and don't pull them down at every turn make Iron Hammer feel like he wants to hammer people.

This time, he has been complained by customers that his aesthetics are out of order...

There's a ghost problem, although in his opinion, the Bucket Waist aunts are indeed more in line with their dwarf aesthetics, but he is not the kind of stupid dwarf who doesn't know the public's preferences, and he won't get along with money.

The young and beautiful tavern waitress has become a middle-aged aunt, the outrageous dancer with a high price is gone, and the business of the hotel is naturally depressed a lot.

Anyway, his wife couldn't stand it, so he either found a way to recruit those tavern dancers back, or went to the driving school to get a steam locomotive driver's license, and then shipped goods to subsidize the family.

He didn't think about the former, but he was a muggle when he inquired about him.

Although the dancers were ransomed by the town hall, they were still burdened with the debts of the city-state.

The difference, however, is that it is not easy for a young and beautiful woman like them to find a job in Minastirris, a city with countless opportunities.

Even if she goes to the new factories in the second city to work as an assembly line worker, she earns more than any waitress, and if she is not good, she will directly find a man to marry.

There are many people in Baicheng who are willing to take over, and people in this era do not attach much importance to this aspect.

And some dancers who don't want to enter the factory and are too lazy to marry are simply going to work in the custom industry, although they are tired, but at least they don't have a lot of money.

It is worth mentioning that the custom industry of Zeelandia was also legally regulated in this city-state council.

But Iron Hammer thinks about it, the ratio of men and women in Zelandia is already seriously imbalanced, and if there are no prostitutes, God knows how many crimes will be committed.

Iron Hammer, who was reluctant to spend a lot of money to recruit a tavern dancer, had to quit drinking for a while, and finally got his steam locomotive driver's license, which he had complained about for half a century.

Today is still his first day of driving a delivery, but Zeellandia's "Drunk Driving Penalty Ordinance" hangs like a sword of Damocles over his head.

Driving your favorite steam locomotive, but you can't drink...

Isn't this anti-dwarf!?

Just when 'he was about to die without wine', he actually saw two half-elves falling from the sky, and it looked like he had just come to work from other places, and the hammer suddenly came to his senses.

If he didn't grasp this opportunity, he was afraid that he would be hammered to death by his wife who heard the rumors when he returned to the store.

It's just that I didn't expect that one of the half-elves was too vigilant, and he was about to pull out a knife and cut people, and this action made the surrounding onlookers brainlessly stand on the side of Miss half-elf and criticize him with a hammer.

Iron Hammer felt wronged, but also speechless, and said in his heart that a group of licking dogs who only know how to look at faces, you just lick around like this, and you can't marry a half-elf!

Just kidding, since Ellene discovered the death warning of the ancient evil creatures in the endless wilderness in advance forty-six years ago, thus eliminating the danger that would have swept the entire Northlands and becoming a recognized heroine of the entire Northlands, the status of the half-elves, a race that was originally neglected, especially the ranger girls, has been raised several notches.

Especially in Minas Stirris, a city-state with an imbalance in gender, if you want to marry a half-elf, the vast number of competitors may directly hit the doubtful life.

Although half-elves are generally not philistines, but when they have a choice, how can they easily like an ordinary person, aren't they fragrant with the Lord and the Dragon Knight?

And I don't know from which high-level people spread the news decades ago, their Levi Lord wants to form a group of fighting nuns led by Erlene, and these 'nuns' will become his 'brides'.

Anyone with a little sense knows which one must have made this joke, but some half-elf girls who worship the lord and Ellene can't believe it, so much so that a group of unmarried half-elves have appeared in the White City, vowing to dedicate their lives to Zelandia and the Silver Dragon Lord, which has exacerbated the situation of more wolves and less meat.

Just as he was about to give up and leave, the little elf hiding behind the sword-wielding half-elf poked his head out and asked timidly:

"Uncle Hammer, are you talking about serving food in a tavern?"

Connie, who was in front of her, opened her mouth, but didn't stop her.

Because she suddenly discovered a phenomenon that made her feel extremely absurd, that is, unlike the indifference of the people of Carlin City, the people here seemed to have more free time to 'watch the excitement', although she could still feel a lot of lustful eyes, but more people were kind to the two foreign half-elves.

They will stand up for them and condemn the dwarf who tried to 'kidnap' them.

This made her... Very uncomfortable.

Iron Hammer suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly promoted himself:

"Yes, yes, it's very simple, of course, if you can help sell the drinks in the store to customers, how about it, are you interested in trying it at the store?"

But before Connie and the others could respond, the crowd of onlookers was a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup, who also looked at them with a treasure look, and said eagerly:

"Don't listen to the gray dwarf, the vegetable student can earn a few bucks, why don't you come to our Xueni ready-to-wear store to be a cabinet lady, every order has a commission." ”

"Hey, listen to my advice, you might as well go to the city hall to apply for a forest ranger, the salary is high and guaranteed, although there are some risks, but it is 10,000 times better than working for them." Someone next to him dissuaded.

...

Faced with the overwhelming variety of opinions and solicitations around her, Coney only felt that her head was about to stop thinking.

Although she didn't know what the situation was, no matter how slow she was, she realized that the situation in the city in front of her was completely different from Karinsan's, and even... Polar opposite!

Think of that fish-man... Uh, that silver dragon's needs...

This bustling city... There is a shortage of people, a shortage of people who can provide labor.

And the dwarf in front of him really didn't seem to have malicious intent.

So Connie no longer hesitated, and said to the hammer:

"I apologize to you for the misunderstanding before, you said that the work... I... Can I try it first?"

Connie has already made up her mind, since she is coming to this city-state for Jean-Nissar to 'take a look', then borrowing the form of 'work' will undoubtedly be more able to see the most real side of this city-state.

What's more... She has no money.

It is a truth recognized in almost every world that there is money to travel all over the world, and it is difficult to move an inch without money.

Hammer was overjoyed and pushed the car door:

"Why not, that's my hammer's honor! I don't have time to explain! Get in the car!"

Connie and Maria eventually get on the hammer's steam locomotive in a state of confusion and sighing.

Seeing this heavy iron shell driving down the street like this, the two half-elves, who had never seen the world, were very curious, and a little inexplicably nervous and apprehensive, and only dropped half of their butts on the seats, for fear of soiling the seemingly expensive leather cushions.

They stared at everything in front of them with wide eyes, like Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden for the first time.

In their eyes, this city-state with a white tone is too ... It's clean.

Yes, cleanliness is their first impression of the city.

Unlike Karinsan, who saw droppings and even defecation everywhere, it was difficult for them to see the filth that appeared, even for beggars.

Immediately thinking of the group of people who tried to win her to 'work' before, it suddenly dawned on her that since there are so many jobs, as long as she has hands and feet, she is naturally not afraid of not being able to find something to do, and she can support herself, instead of selling her freedom just to survive.

The avenue along the street is divided into three by two rows of maple trees and flower beds, with a busy stream of vehicles in the middle, and a variety of people coming and going on the 'human-shaped path' on either side.

There doesn't seem to be much respect or inferiority between them, except that occasionally when there is a passing 'knight', people will cast envious and yearning eyes.

Listen to the conversation between the crowd, they... It seems to be a group called the Dragon Knights.

On both sides of the street, there are all kinds of shops, selling a wide variety of goods, only a few of which they name names, such as some selling ironware, ready-to-wear, handicrafts and agricultural products, so many that their eyes are completely blind.

But what makes Connie even more amazing is the way they sell, many stores will have a large 'kanban' in front of the store full of prices and discounts for various common products, and there are even special 'kanban girls' in front of the store to promote the products in the store.

But it is rare to see the phenomenon of bargaining, and it seems that people feel that it is better to take this time to make more money than to spend time here to press the price.

I don't know how much metal money there is, but judging by the price alone, the prices in this white city are incredibly low.

For example, the prices of some finished weapons, farm tools, or poultry eggs and fresh meat can even be several times or even dozens of times different from Karinsan's on the billboard.

So much so that Connie even had the idea of making some money to buy some back to Karinsan to make the difference...

Along the way, the 'driving' dwarven boss was also very talkative, like a most conscientious tour guide, introducing them to the bustling and vibrant city-state.

At that moment, the steam locomotive stopped in front of a tavern that looked to be some years old, and through the warm light, it was faintly visible that several tables of guests were eating.

"Two half-elf girls! our Warhammer and Helmet have arrived, come with me. ”

The hammer pulled on the handbrake, jumped down first, and proudly invited another stubble dwarf in front of the counter:

"Hey, honey, look what I've brought back!"

The irascible female dwarf directly pasted the oil-stained apron directly on Hammer's face:

"Take you to Grian's hammer! Get out of here and get in the back kitchen! Oh, is this the dancer you brought back? Well done!"

The female dwarf with bright eyes rushed directly out of the counter, and then, as if suddenly remembering something, grabbed the beard of the hammer:

"Oh, such a lean, such a small face, at first glance, it looks like those types of human beings, say, how much did you spend?"

"Well, I don't think I can talk to them yet... And let me be honest, they're not dancers. ”

Hammer scratched his head, turned to Connie and asked:

"Do you have any requirements for treatment?"

Connie asked tentatively, "Bag... Eat and live?"

"It's like a hammer, not including food and lodging, I also open a hammer tavern. ”

The hammer is a big bag, what should it be?

"What else?"

"That's... Can I get paid on a daily basis?"

Connie hadn't forgotten that it was a three-day mission.

"In principle, our tavern is settled weekly, but if you don't feel comfortable trying it first, we can also give you a daily settlement, but the price will be slightly lower..."The dwarf explained.

...

A few hours later, Connie and Maria, who had spent half the night at the Hammer and Helm Tavern for the first time as temporary wage laborers, received their paychecks.

There are a total of 26 bronze thumbs, 12 of which are actually tips from guests...

They only made a slight estimate of the price of the tavern, and they were moved by the salary.

An eel pie costs only two copper thumbs, and one copper thumb can buy three baguettes...

In other words, their daily wages alone could feed them for a week.

And the time of part-time work is also 'conscience' in their eyes, as long as it is from 12 o'clock at noon to 12 o'clock at night, you can take a lunch break when you are very free in the afternoon, and there is overtime pay if there is a delay in the evening...

This would have been unthinkable in Karinshan.

At the same time, the female dwarf boss also warmly prepared a corner room for them, which was said to be the room of the original tavern girls, but it was very clean.

Then they were given dinner: two eel pies, porridge with mushrooms and fresh meat, a silver moon nut cheese, and two glasses of cider.

Although they were all leftover ingredients from the back kitchen, the boss reheated them, and the feeling of eating in the stomach was very warm, very warm.

That kind of smell made the two half-elf girls from Karinshan unforgettable.

This strange warmth made Connie a little confused, and suddenly felt...

Maybe what the Silver Dragon Lord had said to them before...

Seem... It doesn't look like a lie...