Volume 3 Chapter 152 - Planning ahead of time (1/2)

The horse carriage took Still, Mia, and Liz out the Banta City east gate, coming to the lower reaches of the Sandy River not far away from Banta City.

When they stopped at the newly built wharf on the Sandy River leading into the Sanglang River Canal, they saw several dozen human workers and over a hundred different beastmen workers.

Seeing the horse carriage approach, chairman Porter who led the humans and a tiger beastman who seemed to be in charge of the beastmen came over.

Still came out of the carriage with Liz supporting her. Chairman Porter took a look at her stomach and said with an apologetic look, “Madame, I’m really sorry. To make you come out in this weather, it really is hard on you.”

“It’s fine.” Still waved her hand with a faint smile before turning to the tiger beastman, “Lockhan, are all your people here?”

The tiger beastman opened his large mouth, “They are all here. You can see they are all waiting.”

Still looked over these beastmen and gave a satisfied nod. She then asked chairman Porter, “Chairman Porter, have you inspected these beastmen? Are they qualified?”

Chairman Porter kept nodding with a smile, “Satisfied, very satisfied. Our crew just needs strong people and as long as they are strong enough, they are suitable.”

Still turned back to Lockhan to ask, “Then what about you guys? Are you satisfied with the work conditions the Porter Chamber of Commerce has put forth?”

Lockhan gave a strong nod, “Un, we’re also very satisfied. The brothers all said that working here is much better than staying home.”

“That’s good. Since neither side has any objections, we can sign the employment contract and I can be the witness.” Still said.

“Alright.”

“Alright.”

Chairman Porter and Lockhan agreed at the same time. They came to a small hut by the wharf and prepared to sign the contract.

Actually the matter between them had already been decided, but because this was Banta City and the Lampuri Kingdom’s first time hiring beastmen workers, they needed the New Moon Chamber of Commerce, the only company in the kingdom qualified to deal in foreign race labour as a witness.

Actually it didn’t matter if Still came or not, but since this was the first time, Still personally came.

“Madame, the wind is big and cold, shouldn’t you go inside?” Liz reminded in a small voice.

Still shook her head. She came to the beastmen and looked over them.

These beastmen were like the beastmen she had seen before, they were all wearing tattered clothes or not even wearing clothes, exposing large amounts of their skin.

Even if the beastmen had better physiques than normal humans, there were many beastmen who were shivering and had ugly expressions.

The two weaker fox and rabbit beastmen who seemed quite young had blue faces, looking like they would freeze at any moment.

Still couldn’t help knitting her brows as she turned to call Mia over.

“First arrange a place for them to live in, don’t let them stand here. If they freeze, they might not be able to work.” Still said.

Mia had an awkward look, “They aren’t workers of our company, it isn’t good to……”

“They will be in a while.” Still glared at her, “First arrange it for them and also it would be best if everyone was given a set of clothes.”

Mia became more hesitant, “A set for each person……that will take quite a bit of money…..Our company has just reopened, we don’t have much money……”

Still was a bit angry, “How much could one set for each person cost? If you’re afraid of spending money, just treat it as buying uniforms for them and can’t you just deduct it from their wages? If you worried about spending too much, then buy it from the Armani Chamber of Commerce. Say that it is for me and have the Armani Chamber of Commerce give you a cheap batch.”

Seeing that Still’s tone was a bit heavy, Mia didn’t dare refute and quickly agreed.

After calculating it, she revealed a happy look.

Since young miss Still had spoken, then as long as she went to the Armani Chamber of Commerce, she would definitely be able to buy a bunch of clothes at a low price.

Then if she deducted it from the beastmen’s wages based on the market price, wouldn’t they be able to earn a bit?

Mia’s happy expression couldn’t be hidden from Still. She understood what Mia was thinking and couldn’t help feeling a bit angry while finding it funny.

Chairman Porter was clearly someone who was bold with foresight, he was called a promising merchant by Xu Yi, so why did he marry someone who was so stingy, calculative, and didn’t have any foresight?

You could draw in the hearts of the beastmen workers with these clothes, but she was still thinking about these things.