After more than two months of preparation, the preparations for mining the non-ferrous metal veins near the Worrall Werewolf Tribe are basically ready.
This time, after Xu Yi and President Leersa transported the materials needed by Chief Woller, the agreement between the two parties was completed, and this non-ferrous metal vein could be officially mined.
After meeting with the leader of the Woller clan, the two transported the last batch of materials needed for the mine and the corresponding mining magic machinery to a nearby mineral vein, and then held a brief ceremony to announce that this project was organized by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Lake The Worrall non-ferrous metal mine jointly invested by the Donton Chamber of Commerce and the Armley Chamber of Commerce has officially started construction.
Since the non-ferrous metal smelting plant of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still under construction, all non-ferrous metals currently mined will be temporarily stored in the Woller tribe, and will not be processed and smelted until the smelting plant is completed.
The first day of mining did not yield much results. Not even one ton of non-ferrous metal ore was collected.
However, Xu Yi and President Leersa were not too surprised by this situation. After all, the real parts of the veins were hidden beneath the surface, and large-scale mining would certainly not be possible in the early stages.
The ability to mine ore on the first day is enough to prove that this non-ferrous metal vein is extremely rich in reserves, and the vein is located on the geological surface 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. The less than one ton of ore mined on the first day was all copper ore.
Judging from the copper ores mined, the copper content in these ores is surprisingly high.
According to a dwarf from the Angora tribe who had worked in many mines under the name of Falcao Chamber of Commerce, the copper content of these ores was much higher than that of several Falcao Chamber of Commerce copper mines he had seen.
This is a result that makes Xu Yi very satisfied.
For now, because the research and development of wind-based magic generators has made further breakthroughs, Bella's team at the Magic Research Institute, which is mainly responsible for the research and development of this, has cooperated with Canby and other dwarves to successfully develop a small-scale generator that can stably output power. Wind magic generator. So for further research and development. There will obviously be a huge demand for extremely conductive copper.
Of course, since being awakened by Steele last time, Xu Yi is no longer as obsessed with electric power research and development as before.
After careful consideration and comparison, Xu Yi found out. Although for the industrial system on earth. Electricity is extremely versatile and important. But as far as Sainz Continent is concerned. Because of the existence of magic, the power of magic can be used to replace the role of electricity in many places, and even perform better than electricity.
For example, take air conditioners as an example. Air conditioners on Earth require electricity to operate. To achieve a suitable cooling effect, the power consumption can easily reach 3,000 or even 4,000 watts, which consumes three to four kilowatt hours of electricity per hour.
Calculated based on the most common thermal power generation in China on earth, it is equivalent to consuming at least 0.5 kilograms of coal per hour.
This energy consumption rate is obviously extremely high.
If you switch to the Xinfei brand magic air conditioner produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, just the lowest level of magic crystal, which is no more than the size of your palm, is enough to support it to work for three days and three nights.
On average, one hour's energy consumption is probably just a piece of magic crystal less than the size of a fingernail.
Combine this energy consumption with the fact that the continent of Sainz is full of magic crystal mines. Combined with the fact that magic crystals are extremely abundant, it can be easily seen that in this world, magic air conditioners are more suitable than electric air conditioners on earth.
more importantly. Consuming magic crystals will not cause any pollution, which is much better than thermal power generation.
Therefore, although Xu Yi still attaches great importance to electric power research and development, he does not attach too much importance to it.
For him, electricity is just a supplement to the study of magical machinery.
Because magic cannot solve all problems, electricity can still come in handy when needed.
In addition to copper ore, Xu Yi also attaches great importance to the aluminum ore in this non-ferrous metal vein.
The use of aluminum in industrial systems is also very extensive and important. Aluminum alloys with various properties can be found almost everywhere on the earth.
Although the dosage may not be as large 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 automobiles, the special properties of aluminum and aluminum alloys will play an extremely important role.
Although Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed a lot of alloy steel with special properties, due to the material properties of iron, no matter how it is developed, there are some special properties that cannot be developed.
Now that there is this vein of non-ferrous metals, Chief Shilui and his dwarves will have a lot more room for research and development in the future.
In the future, the magic machines that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can produce will naturally become more abundant and diverse.
Xu Yi was observing the quality of the various ores being mined, while President Leersa was constantly observing the work of the workers responsible for mining the ores in the veins.
After reaching an agreement with Chief Woller, the mine was open today. Chief Warer directly sent ten tribesmen to work in the mine, saying that he wanted to let the tribesmen try it out, and also let Xu Yi and President Leersa observe it. Whether their people are suitable for this job.
Through observation, President Leersa discovered that although these werewolves seemed a little clumsy because they were exposed to various mining magic machines for the first time, their overall efficiency was like that of skilled human workers.
However, because werewolves are born with excellent physiques, are stronger than humans, and their bodies are more flexible, as long as they do not need to control the mining magic machinery, their efficiency will be higher than that of human workers.
After observing like this for a while, President Leersa couldn't help but said to Xu Yi, who was still observing the quality of the mined ore: "I suddenly realized that your idea of hiring these orc workers is very good."
"Oh?" Xu Yi glanced at him in surprise. Although President Leersa no longer opposed the proposal, he never expressed any special approval. "What? What did you see?"
"Yes." President Leersa nodded. "It can be seen that these orcs are indeed in good physical shape. Although they are a little stupid, they are very suitable for doing jobs that require physical strength. The mine is a place where many jobs require physical strength. Let these orcs do it better than us. Human workers are faster.”
"So. Any race has its advantages, as long as you make good use of the advantages." Xu Yi smiled slightly. "And you forgot the more important point, the salary of hiring these werewolves is much lower than hiring human workers."
President Leersa couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Xu Yi is right, because this non-ferrous metal vein is in the Black Rice Wasteland. On the territory of the orcs. Therefore, when the three chambers of commerce hire human workers, they can only offer high enough salaries to attract them.
Finalized. The average monthly salary of the human workers currently working in this mine actually exceeds thirty gold coins!
This is well above the average for Bonta City.
And because it is far away from Bangta City, it is very inconvenient to supply the human workers.
If you calculate it, it is just to ensure the normal life needs of these human workers. On average, each person spends close to ten gold coins every month.
In other words, every human worker in this mine costs more than forty gold coins every month!
This cost is also fully twice as high as that of all workers in Bangta City.
There are now a total of 200 human workers in this mine, so every month the light falls on them, the three chambers of commerce will spend nearly 10,000 gold coins!
In comparison, according to Xu Yi and President Leersa's previous conversation with Chief Woller, Xu Yi only said that each werewolf worker would be given a salary of five gold coins a month. This made Patriarch Woller's eyes light up, showing great surprise.
And the werewolf tribe is right next to the mine, and they have almost no cost of living.
In comparison, they are also workers in the mine. The cost of one human worker can even be worth eight werewolf workers, the difference is really ridiculous.
"It seems that your original idea of hiring orc workers was really right." President Leersa sighed. "If it weren't for the fact that orcs are generally stupid and find it difficult to master how to operate those magic machines, I think this mine might even be completely free of human workers in the future."
"No, that's absolutely not possible." Xu Yi shook his head. "The main body of this mine must be humans. You can hire orc workers, but humans must make up the majority. Otherwise, if they all become orc workers, it is very likely that they will eventually escape our control."
"Well, your concern is right." President Leersa nodded in agreement. "Most of the orcs are rebellious, and their animal nature is hard to get rid of. If there are all orcs here, they might want to take it for themselves." After a pause, President Leersa asked again: " By the way, you told Chief Woller that one orc family can only be approved for one labor certificate. Is that because of this consideration? "
"This is only part of it." Xu Yi chuckled. "The real purpose is that through this restriction, every family of these orcs will not dare to treat us humans because they have to worry about their family members working in our human factories and the qualifications of the entire family to obtain labor certificates. Have any bad thoughts. Think about it, if the orcs dare to do harm to humans, not only will the highest-ranking family member lose their job, but it will even affect the entire tribe. Do you think he would dare to do this? "
President Leersa took a breath and looked at Xu Yi in surprise.
"President Xu, did you think of this when you first wanted to hire the orcs?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Didn't I tell you at the beginning that there are restrictions on the orcs?"
President Leersa looked at Xu Yi in astonishment for a while, couldn't help but shook his head, and sighed: "President Xu, you really thought carefully enough, I even think you are a bit scary. But how could you Are you sure these orcs would have such concerns? It’s just a job. Didn’t these orcs survive well when they didn’t have jobs?”
"That's because they didn't really enjoy a comfortable life before." Xu Yi said with a smile. "Believe me, when they have a stable enough job and can bring a better life to themselves and their families through this job, they will be reluctant to abandon this life. In the past, the orcs were barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. But once they put on the shoes and experience the comfort of walking on the road with the shoes, they are absolutely unwilling to take off the shoes and walk barefoot again.”