NOVEL NEXT Chapter 263: Employment
"Then what kind of work do they usually do now?" Xia Yu changed the subject.
"Equipment maintenance, mercenaries, bodyguards, mineral vein detection, but mineral vein detection is rarely needed, because our territory is so large, and all the mineral veins that can be found have already been found.
Gray dwarves are actually very talented in detecting mineral veins. Compared with ordinary dwarves, their ability to detect mineral veins is stronger, but it is a pity that there is no place for them to explore. "
Xia Yu was not interested in the equipment maintenance mercenary bodyguards mentioned at the beginning, but when Elana mentioned the mineral vein detection, Xia Yu's eyes lit up, "Then they should also be able to mine?"
"Of course," Elana looked at Xia Yu suspiciously. The lord seemed to be interested in these gray dwarves.
"Stop the carriage. I remember that Yong'an Territory is a newly reclaimed territory of our Dragon Kingdom?" Xia Yu looked at the gray dwarves outside, "Should I ask them to help me detect whether there are mineral veins in the territory?"
"Mr. Lord, your Yong'an Territory has actually been inspected by people from your country, and there is no trace of any mineral veins." Elana reminded.
"Maybe there will be omissions. I want to recruit them. What do I need to do?"
Xia Yu also has his own plans in mind. Although Zhou Qinghuai and the others have concealed the secret gold mine, they just want the people of Longguo to manage the mine themselves.
After the real start to dig out, using these secret gold mines, or even fine gold to make equipment can't be hidden from anyone. After all, we have to go out and invite real dwarf masters outside to forge.
In addition, although I have undead soldiers with 007 labor force, I don't know anything about mining. If there are these gray dwarves to give pointers, the time to dig out the fine gold mine will be faster.
"Well, Mr. Lord, are you sure you want to recruit these gray dwarves?" Elana confirmed to Xia Yu again.
"Yes." Xia Yu nodded firmly.
"Then I can help you recruit. How many gray dwarves do you need to help you work, Mister Lord?"
"Generally speaking, how many people are needed to detect a vein and start digging?" Xia Yu asked.
"Usually it is determined according to the size of the mine vein, but four or five hundred people must be indispensable." Elana looked at Xia Yu with increasingly strange eyes, but she didn't ask any more questions.
"Then follow the 500 people."
Xia Yu also noticed Elana's strange eyes, but didn't care.
"The salary is as normal, is it okay?"
"no problem."
Elana was indeed the secretary sent by the city lord to Xia Yu. After getting Xia Yu's confirmation, she got out of the carriage and walked straight towards the gray dwarves.
Xia Yu followed curiously, Elana looked over, Xia Yu said don't bother with him, follow your own ideas.
After all, Xia Yu knew very well that he had no idea about the prices in the abyss.
As Elana walked to the side of the gray dwarves, a gray bearded gray dwarf immediately came up to her, "Excuse me, this beautiful elf lady, do you need our gray dwarves to do something for you? Our price is the most favorable, and we guarantee the quality."
They also saw that Elana came down from the carriage representing the lord, and Elana was not a transcendent, so she must be the secretary or housekeeper of the lord.
"Mr. Territory said that 500 gray dwarves are needed to detect ore veins and be responsible for digging. He is a necromancer from Dragon Kingdom, and his territory is in Yong'an Territory.
At the same time, the wages he gives you are based on 80 yuan per person per day. "
Following Elana's words, a strange color flashed in the eyes of the gray dwarf with the gray beard, "Dragon Kingdom...Earthlings."
But he also smiled quickly, "Of course it's no problem, our Gray Iron Tribe can take over this business, but five hundred people are already all the young and middle-aged people in our tribe, so we hope to bring our young and old women to Yong'an collar together."
"Come here with the whole family?" Elana frowned, but she knew that it would be difficult for the Mr. Lord's Yong'an Territory to satisfy such a large population.
At that time, even if Mr. Lord has money to send them, it will be difficult to meet the food needs of these people.
Unless it's all about buying, the cost will be very high.
Elana asked, "How many people are there in the Gray Iron Tribe?"
"More than 2,300," the gray dwarf with the gray beard also looked at Elana nervously. Now the life of the gray dwarves is not easy, and he doesn't want to lose the job that is enough to support the whole family.
"Let them all fall over, what is the main trouble I face?" Xia Yu has been watching from behind, and asked directly when he heard this.
When the gray dwarf with a gray beard heard Xia Yu's words, he also thanked Xia Yu for taking off his hat, "My lord."
"It's still a matter of food. If you are Mr. Lord, if you add more than two thousand gray dwarves, your territory will have nearly three thousand people.
There is a lot of food for food and lodging every day, and it is difficult for your territory to produce this food by itself, so you need to buy it from other territories, this time and again..." Elana looked at the young lord worriedly.
According to what she has learned about serving the lord to manage the territory, this actually needs to induce the lord not to do these stupid things.
"Based on two catties of food per person per day, then these 3,000 people will need to consume 180,000 catties a month, depending on the price of 5 currency per catty, that is 900,000 yuan, and if I hire someone to deliver the food to my territory, the price will come to about one million. That is 5.5 currency per catty."
Xia Yu quickly figured out how much it would cost to support these 3,000 people, one million grains a month, and the wages of the five hundred gray dwarves were 80 per person per day, a total of 1.2 million a month.
Plus seven or eighty-eight, three million a month in expenses.
Of course, the money from the gray dwarves' family members to buy food will still go back to Xia Yu's pocket, and the actual expenses will be much smaller than calculated.
"Hmm..." Xia Yu looked at the gray dwarf with a gray beard who was staring at him expectantly.
As prospecting work and they also need to be responsible for excavation, their daily wages are only 80 yuan a day, which is 16 catties of grain.
"When can you go? I can't wait for you long." Xia Yu asked the gray dwarf with the gray beard.
"Mr. Lord, are you confirming to recruit them?" Elana still couldn't believe it.
"Yes, let's go back to the Lord's Mansion later and buy more food."
"Lord, our Gray Iron Tribe can start at any time." The gray dwarf with a gray beard said excitedly to Xia Yu.
And the gray dwarves behind him also called out excitedly. After all, a whole tribe like them has lost their jobs. If they haven't found a job for too long, it's normal for people to starve to death.
And now they solved the survival problem of a tribe.