Volume 1 Chapter 122 (1/2)

Cement

Seveni felt that spending five gold coins to help a worker apply for a worker card was too much, but Xu Yi felt it was too little.

On earth, not to mention foreign worker permits, even if it was Chinese citizens applying for worker permits in Hong Kong or Macau, it would cost them several thousand RMBs.

Converting it, it was equal to several dozen gold coins.

Of course, Xu Yi wouldn’t tell Seveni this.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce had over two hundred dwarves now and there would be even more dwarves in the future. It was even possible for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to hire elves and beastmen in the future.

With all these other races, he could save more and more on the worker cards.

Other than receiving a confirmation from Seveni on the worker cards, Xu Yi also received some good news from her.

With the agreement of the king, the king had paid the mines that were meant as payment for the agricultural magic machines. Xu Yi had thought that it would take some time after the contract was fulfilled and was afraid that these mines were just lip service. But Seveni told Xu Yi that the kingdom’s mineral department had already cleared one of the mines outside Banta City and Xu Yi could take it at any time.

According to Xu Yi’s agreement with the king, as long as the Frestech Chamber of Commerce finished the first batch of orders, the contract would come into effect. The iron mine would then belong to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

As for other iron mine and three Magic Crystal mines, it would depend on the future orders the Frestech Chamber of Commerce finished.

Although there were many variables in the future, at least this iron mine could already be considered a source of income for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

Moreover, during the discussions, because iron ores weren’t that valuable on the Sines Continent, the king and the agricultural department’s representative had put a low price on them.

Xu Yi was very clear that once the magic machine industry developed on the Sines Continent, the demand for iron ore would greatly increase. At that time, the value of iron ore would soar.

As for the Magic Crystal mine…..There were Magic Crystals all over the Sines Continent and they weren’t worth any money at all. The value of the three Magic Crystal mines added together didn’t even match a single iron mine.

But Xu Yi was very certain that as the magic machine industry developed and as magic machines were used in a wider scope on the Sines Continent, the demand for Magic Crystals would greatly increase. The Magic Crystal value would also explode.

Right now it seemed like the king using just two iron mines and three Magic Crystal mines to gain three million gold coins worth of agricultural magic machines from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was earning a large deal, but Xu Yi was more clear than anyone that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had earned a large amount from this.

Thinking of how he could rely on these mines to lessen his worries in the future, Xu Yi was naturally in a very good mood. He even had a wide smile on his face when he met the Amrit Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Moon Cruise, like he had completely forgotten what he had spoken to manager Riley about.

“Chairman Xu, it’s rare for you to come see me, I really am incredibly happy. But…..why did you make an appointment at the construction site?” Chairman Cruise pointed at the cleared ground where they were planning to build a wall and asked this, “The weather is so cold. We should find a place to have a few drinks and talk, that is more appropriate.”

What surprised chairman Cruise the most was Xu Yi didn’t meet him at the nearly finished new workshop for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, rather he met him at a small construction site outside Banta City. He also requested that other than manager Riley, no one else should come with him.

“There are many opportunities to drink and talk, but chairman Cruise, if you miss the opportunity in front of you, that wouldn’t be right.” Xu Yi gave chairman Cruise a mysterious smile and then he took a heavy cloth sack from his horse carriages, throwing it in front of chairman Cruise and manager Riley.

“What is this?” The two looked at the cloth sack in a daze.

Xu Yi smiled without responding. He asked manager Riley, “Manager Riley, when your workers were building the wall, how did they make the bricks they used?”

Manager Riley had a strange expression, not understanding why Xu Yi asked this question. After hesitantly looking at chairman Cruise, he gave a nod in agreement before responding, “It’s mixing lime and sand with mud, it’s nothing special.”

Xu Yi pointed at the cloth sack, “Then try replacing the lime with this.”

Manager Riley opened the sack in a confused manner and after taking a look, he said in a surprised voice, “Chairman Xu, this is……”

“This thing is called cement, it’s a bit like lime. Give it a try, it should be easier to use than lime.” Xu Yi said.

Manager Riley reached out to take a handful of cement and rubbed it together, as the fine powder fell out of his hands.

After working in construction for all these years, going from an ordinary worker to becoming a manager, manager Riley knew just by touching it that this thing had some special characteristics. Not mentioning anything else, there were more fine particles in this powder compared to the lime they normally used.

After rubbing it a few times, manager Riley didn’t waste any other words and picked up the shovel Xu Yi had already prepared. He took a shovel of cement and mixed it with the sand on the side, carefully mixing water.