Chapter 71 You want to rebel?
After thinking about it, the dwarf Murru narrated the process he used to make this iron ball.
In the process he described, Xu Yi kept asking him things to clarify, not even letting go of what temperature he used when he was forging this thing.
“This…..Temperature?” Murru scratched his chaotic hair and was a bit confused, “Chairman Xu, you mean that there are many kinds of flames? I don’t know about this, I can only tell you that the flames were normal when I refined it and it wasn’t that strong.”
Xu Yi felt a bit helpless. The Sines Continent didn’t extensively collect data like on earth. This could become a major flaw in developing an industrial system, so it seemed like he had to think of a way to solve this problem.
Of course, this problem was for later, what was most important was the iron ball in his hand right now.
After questioning Murru several times, Xu Yi didn’t have a way to obtain a satisfactory answer. Finally, he could only ask Murru to repeat the refinement of that day.
Hearing that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Xu Yi found the iron ball Murru refined interesting, the other dwarves that had been experimenting all came over.
When faced with everyone, Murru thought about it for a while before lighting up a furnace.
The first half followed the normal forging process and Xu Yi didn’t see anything special. Only when the iron liquid in the forge began to bubble, Murru picked up a can filled with silver sparkling dust that he poured in, causing the situation in the forge to change instantly.
When this can of silver leaves was poured in, it instantly fused with the iron liquid inside the forge. After a while, the iron liquid that had been bubbling because of the high temperature began to churn even stronger, as a trace of silver light filled the completely red iron liquid.
The process of forging was rather boring and Siluka was worried that Xu Yi would be bored watching it. But he found that Xu Yi had been staring at the iron liquid inside the forge from the beginning, almost not even blinking. His face looked very focus and his heart was filled with curiosity.
This chairman Xu Yi, why did he care about this strange so called alloy so much?
Xu Yi came to the dwarven tribe in the afternoon and after the molten iron in the forge finished refining, it was already night.
During this time, Xu Yi had been by the forge the entire time. Other than going to the washroom once, he actually hadn’t moved at all.
Other than this, he even took out a notebook. During the entire process, he recorded the order and amount of materials added by Murru one by one.
When the molten iron cooled, it gradually formed a sphere inside a mold. Xu Yi carefully looked over this iron ball and found that this iron ball really wasn’t that much different from the iron ball from before. This confirmed that Murru really followed his process last time.
Seeing that it was late, Siluka wanted to invite Xu Yi back to the tribe for dinner, but was directly rejected by Xu Yi.
They had discovered a new alloy with great difficulty, Xu Yi was currently filled with excitement. His passion as a mechanical engineer had burst forth, naturally he wasn’t willing to leave at this time.
So Siluka called his clansmen to bring dinner here. The dwarves ate with Xu Yi while conducting all kinds of tests on the iron ball based on Xu Yi’s requests.
After a series of tests, Xu Yi had finally confirmed that this strange alloy formed from adding silver leaves wasn’t that good in terms of firmness, but its ductility and plasticity could match normal alloys from earth. It was generally much stronger than the pig iron refined on the Sines Continent.
The more important thing was the alloy with silver leaves had been in the corner for close to two months, but there wasn’t a single trace of rust on it.
Even without having to do any rust treatment, it had the nature of stainless steel!
Xu Yi held the iron ball that had been deformed after his experiments and his heart was filled with excitement.
The reason he came to the dwarven tribe this time was actually to contact other dwarven tribes through chief Siluka, bringing even more dwarves back to his magic machine workshop. He never expected these dwarves had unexpected made this kind of new alloy.
Even without appraising it first, Xu Yi was certain that this new alloy that he had temporarily named the Silver Leaf Alloy could not be used in heavy magic machines because of its hardness, but it would be very useful in producing household magic machines.
For example, for the new Magic Rick Cooker they had been focusing on making, if they used this alloy, the Magic Rice Cooker would be much lighter.
Just based on this, the Magic Rice Cooker would become even more popular.
After completing the tests on the Silver Leaf Alloy, Xu Yi immediately raised a request with chief Siluka. He hoped that he and the other dwarves of their tribe would experiment even more on the Silver Leaf Alloy.
For example, adding in more silver leaf dust, changing the temperature of the flame, or adding in other materials…...
At the same time, he used the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s name to give Murru a twenty gold coin reward, as a commendation to him for inventing this new alloy.
With Xu Yi’s understanding of material testing from earth, he believed that even the smallest change would change the final properties of the alloy.
This Silver Leaf Alloy appeared because of an accident. If there were more accidents like this, he would greatly support them.
Other than this Silver Leaf Alloy, Xu Yi looked over the pile of iron balls again and found another special iron ball.
Although this iron ball was not as eye catching as the Silver Leaf Alloy and its properties weren’t that outstanding, after testing it, Xu Yi was surprised to find that this iron ball surpassed pig iron in terms of firmness and resistance.
For heavy machine, especially large production machines, this kind of alloy was very much needed.
Xi Yi gave chief Siluka another request, having the dwarves of the tribe also perform experiments on this alloy.
This time, chief Siluka didn’t agree quickly like before, rather he revealed a difficult look.
“Chairman Xu, we don’t have enough clansmen in the tribe right now. If you didn’t take Camby and the others away, there is no problem researching two things at once. You can see that all the clansmen that can do things are here, there are only these ten people, so we can’t fulfill your request.”
Xu Yi looked around and found that chief Siluka’s words were not exaggerated.
Since he had brought the hundred dwarves led by Camby out of the tribe, most of the people left in the tribe were the elderly or women and children. The ones that could perform forging like this were the ten dwarves left here.
“Let’s do this. Chief Siluka, isn’t the Angola Tribe sending people to talk to me tomorrow? I’ll mention this matter at that time and it’s best if their tribe can be convinced to accept the research for one of these alloys. Of course, it would be best if chief Siluka can connect me to more dwarven brothers. I’m lacking quite a bit of manpower right now and it’s mainly a lack of suitable dwarven craftsmen. I want however many you can give me.” Xu Yi thought about it before speaking.
Siluka didn’t immediately agree, rather he looked at Xu Yi with a frown.
“Chairman Xu, are you planning to fill your factory with only dwarves?”
Xu Yi was stunned, “Of course not, but there are still more dwarves in my factory right now.”
Siluka shook his head, “Chairman Xu, I want to remind you that if your factory has too many dwarves like us, there will be problems.”
Xu Yi was a bit confused, “Problems? What problems? I am just letting the dwarven brothers work for me, what problems could there be?”
Siluka let out a sigh, “Chairman Xu, I know you have good intentions, but not all humans are like you. The more important thing is that your human leaders won’t be able to think like this. There is no problem if a few dwarves appear in human society, but if a large group of dwarves appear, I’m worried it will cause trouble for you and us dwarves.”
Xu Yi couldn’t help knitting his brows, “The race wars are something that happened thousands of years ago, could it be that chief Siluka is worried about this?”
Siluka waved his hand, “It is impossible for the race war to occur again. I am just worried that the human leaders will become worried. When that time comes, we dwarven brothers cannot bring you benefits, rather we will cause trouble for you.”
Xu Yi thought about it and couldn’t help admiring that chief Siluka was right.
Although the Sines Continent was completely ruled by humans and the other races couldn’t even compete with humans, there was still the existence of racial segregation.
Xu Yi recruiting a hundred or several hundred dwarves to work for him was not a problem, but if he recruited a thousand or several thousand dwarves, it would attract the vigilance of the big characters of the Lampuri Kingdom.
With all these foreign race members under him, did he want to rebel?
“Ai, it seems like no matter what world it is, it is impossible for business to avoid politics.” Xu Yi sighed in his heart. He thought about it before nodding to chief Siluka, “Many thanks to the chief for your reminder, I will pay attention to this matter. But I think it won’t be a problem at this stage and my company is just lacking too much manpower right now, so I ask you to pay more attention to this matter still. Actually if things go wrong, it isn’t like I don’t have any preparations.”
Siluka gave a slight nod with his large head, “Alright, chairman Xu is an intelligent human, I believe you have a solution. As for the dwarven brothers of the other tribes……” After saying this, Siluka revealed a bitter smile and had a helpless look on his face, “Their current lives are not much better than our tribe was before.”
Chapter 72 Angola Tribe
The Angola Dwarf Tribe was less than a hundred kilometers away from the Norma Tribe led by chief Siluka. Receiving the news that Xu Yi had arrived, the next morning, the representative from the Angola Tribe had already come.
To Xu Yi’s surprise, the one leading the Angola Tribe representative was their chief Monto. As for the two representatives that followed chief Monto’s side, they were the two elders with the highest positions.
Seeing this lineup, Xu Yi naturally understood that the Angola Tribe viewed this negotiation with the greatest importance. So, he also became more serious.
However, the process of the negotiations had surprised him again.
The entire process was quite simple. Xu Yi gave chief Monto and the two elder the conditions he had already prepared and the three of them hid nothing as they revealed looks of excitement. They didn’t even think as they agreed to him, making him feel that his starting conditions were just too good.
But these conditions were based on the conditions Xu Yi offered chief Siluka from before. Other than an extra beneficial condition of building a road from here to the Angola Tribe, there wasn’t anything else added.
This was Xu Yi trying to understand the thoughts of a dwarf with the mindset of a human., The dwarves could be considered a rough or even straightforward race, their way of handling matters was different from humans.
Xu Yi had used human negotiations as a reference, so he thought that chief Monto would bargain back and forth before both sides would take a step back and reach a settlement.
Who would have thought that chief Monto and the two elders would be satisfied with these conditions, not even having the mind to bargain back and forth.
Of course, there was a reason why chief Monto and the two elders would agree so quickly.
The Angola Tribe was not far from here and as dwarven brothers, both sides would frequently communicate with each other, so they had a clear understanding of the situation in the Norma Tribe.
The Norma Tribe and the Angola Tribe were comrades in suffering, both sides’ living conditions weren’t that good.
But since two months ago, after a human had made a trip here, the dwarves of the Angola Tribe had found that the lives of the dwarves of the Norma Tribe had suddenly become much better.
When the hundred adult dwarves of the Norma Tribe were taken by Xu Yi, the Angola Tribe thought that the Norma Tribe couldn’t support them anymore, so they were selling their clansmen to this human to work heavy labour. But they realized that was not the case.
They learned after asking that the dwarves who had left were now working in a human factory. Not only did they have enough food and places to sleep, they had a high salary of eight gold coins a month!
The most important thing was that they even had good wine in the factory to drink! It was even the famous Sachi Manor wine!
They silently watched as the lives of their compatriots in the Norma Tribe became better. Not only did they have enough to eat, they also received brand new clothes, and could even repair their houses. The dwarves of the Angola Tribe naturally couldn’t sit still.
After learning that all these changes were from a human named Xu Yi, chief Monto had formed the idea of seeing Xu Yi.
If this human named Xu Yi could help the Angola Tribe like he helped the Norma Tribe, changing the lives of their clansmen, his role as the chief would have been fulfilled.
Who would have thought that when chief Monto made up his mind, Siluka would come find him and directly tell him Xu Yi’s request.
Hearing that Xu Yi was recruiting dwarven craftsmen, chief Monto didn’t even think as he instantly agreed.
Compared to the Norma Tribe, the Angola Tribe was a bit bigger, having almost twice the population.
The Norma Tribe could produce a hundred dwarven craftsmen, but the Angola Tribe could produce two hundred.
Chief Monto even gritted his teeth and directly proposed that he could send three hundred adults to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s factory for work.
Chief Siluka on the side was shocked, “Monto, are you crazy? Just how many adults do you have in your tribe? If you let three hundred people leave the tribe, how will the rest of the tribe keep living?”
Chief Monto and the two elders looked at each other before laughing, “It’s no problem, it isn’t like the ones left in the tribe can’t move at all, at worst they will just have to suffer a bit. Then again, chairman Xu has already reached an agreement with us for the salary of our clansmen working in the factory. As long as they can endure for a while and wait for the salary of our clansmen, naturally it will be much easier. Don’t you think so, chairman Xu?”
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile as he said with a nod, “Chief Monto can be assured that our Frestech Chamber of Commerce is looking for a happy cooperation with the dwarves, so we definitely will not skimp on our salaries. But chief Siluka does make a lot of sense. Chief Monto, if you suddenly send out three hundred people, the lives of the ones left in the tribe will be greatly affected……”
Seeing that Xu Yi wanted to reject him, chief Monto quickly waved his hand, “No, no, no, it won’t, there is no problem. Really, it’s no problem! I am more clear on the situation in the tribe compared to chairman Xu, there is no problem even if we send three hundred people.”
Seeing how anxious chief Monto and the two elders were, Xu Yi couldn’t help sighing inside.
Last time he came to the Norma Tribe with Master Lanus to negotiate with chief Siluka, he found that the living conditions of the dwarves were quite poor. He was even able to easily move chief Siluka with a promise of five hundred gold coins. Now based on the reactions from chief Norma and the two elders, it seemed like the problems of the Norma Tribe was a common problem for the dwarves.
“Chief Monto, don’t be anxious and listen to me first.” Xu Yi slowly said, “Actually, I have other things to consider. Although our company needs large amounts of outstanding dwarven craftsmen to help us with our work, if we were to receive three hundred dwarves at once, it would be hard for our company to settle them right now. Temporarily, we could only take around a hundred.”
“Only a hundred? That is too little…..” Chief Monto and the two elders revealed looks of disappointment.
“Let me finish.” Xu Yi revealed a smile as he continued, “Other than the hundred dwarven craftsmen working in our company’s factory, I also need a large amount of experienced dwarven craftsmen to perform experiments with material. I wonder if chief Monto is interested in this?”
“Material experiments? What is that?” Chief Monto and the two elders were bewildered.
Xu Yi looked at chief Siluka and he immediately understood. With a cough, he began to explain it to the three of them.
After half an hour, chief Monto and the two elders revealed looks of enlightenment.
“That means…..this so called material research is just testing methods of forging iron?” Chief Monto asked.
“It has this general meaning, but there are more requirements for the concrete details.” Xu Yi said with a nod.
Chief Monto thought about it before asking, “Chairman Xu, your meaning is to have our clansmen and the dwarven brothers here help your Frestech Chamber of Commerce perform this…..material research?”
“Yes. The material research requires a lot of experiments and although chief Siluka has some people here, I feel it is far from enough, so I want to find some more dwarven brothers to help him with this research. I wonder if chief Monto is interested?”
Chief Monto asked with knit brows, “But this thing…...what benefits does it bring to our tribe?”
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile. He knew that it would be a waste of words to explain to them how important this research was to the Sines Continent, so he directly sent out a slap.
“Any research results that I approve of will have a reward of five hundred gold coins.”
“Five hundred gold coins?” Chief Monto and the two elders had their eyes shrink as shock filled their faces.
When they were discussing the salaries for their clansmen working in the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s factory, they only received eight gold coins a month. Although there were many people, the amount wasn’t much, so it didn’t seem that special.
Now that Xu Yi immediately said five hundred gold coins, it had stunned the three dwarves.
Chief Monto couldn’t help looking at chief Siluka on the side. His eyes fell onto the luxurious cloth clothes made by a highly skilled human tailor and a look of envy appeared in his eyes.
This Siluka, he was still wearing tattered linen clothes three months ago, but now he had changed into such beautiful clothes. It was clear that these changes were brought from working with this human merchant.
Then thinking about the shocking changes he saw when he walked through the Norma Tribe, chief Monto immediately steeled his heart and gave a strong nod to Xu Yi.
“Alright! We’ll agree on this!”
Xu Yi immediately revealed a serious smile and tightly gripped chief Monto’s hand.
Actually while chief Monto was excited about the large remunerations Xu Yi promised, Xu Yi was also feeling very excited.
He had reaped a large harvest from his trip this time. Not only did he solve his serious lack of manpower, he had even accidentally made a large breakthrough in the material research.
If the Angola Tribe dwarves could also research a few new alloys like Murru and the others, it would be a great help to Xu Yi’s plan of forming an industrial system on the Sines Continent.
Other than this, through the contacts of these two dwarven tribes, he could establish good relations with other dwarven tribes.
Although there weren’t many dwarves on the Sines Continent right now, most of them were highly skilled craftsmen.
Perhaps this didn’t affect other humans that much, but to Xu Yi, this was a great wealth.
If he could grab this wealth in his hand, the confidence in Xu Yi’s heart would naturally be much stronger.