After giving up on the idea of dissuading Xu Yi, Verus quickly turned to a new question, "Chairman Xu, why do you insist on keeping these goblins as labor?"
"That's right. If you need labor, my tribesmen are much better than the goblins."
As Gahn Firehammer spoke, he flexed his arms with all his might, showing off his well-developed biceps to the crowd.
"Whether it's strength or brains, those despicable goblins can't be compared to us."
"Very simple, there's only one reason." Xu Yi extended a finger.
"That is, there are enough goblins.
Garn, your people are certainly excellent, but let me ask you, even if all the dwarves on the Magic Cloud Continent were gathered, how many would there be? "
The proud expression on Garn Firehammer's face immediately became unnatural.
As a dwarf, he was not good at lying, and even worse at lying in front of so many people.
After hesitating for a while, he replied rather dishearteningly, "Probably … … Probably more than five hundred thousand … …"
"Five hundred thousand?" Xu Yi turned to Verus.
"Verus, how many of your elven race are there?"
Verus smiled bitterly, "Chairman Xu, I understand what you mean.
If we're talking about population alone, I'm afraid that our races combined are not even one-tenth of the goblins.
But the goblins' abilities are not strong, and can even be said to be very weak. Using them as labor, I'm afraid it's not that useful, right? "
"I don't expect them to be useful." Xu Yi shook his head.
"You all know very well what many of the factories under our Chamber of Commerce do. You should also know that there are many jobs that don't require high intelligence at all, and don't even require high physical strength. These jobs are just some very simple and boring repetitive labor.
But no matter how simple it is, someone still needs to do it.
If you don't use these goblins, how large of an industrial scale do you think your races can support? "
The native race representatives looked at each other, their expressions full of helplessness.
In the previous Demon Cloud Continent, all the other races except the Dragon Clan could only barely survive under the pressure of the Goblins. How could they have the ability to support more people?
The races present could be regarded as the races with the largest population on the Demon Cloud Continent. However, the human race with the largest population was probably only a million or so so far. Compared to the vast number of Goblins, the difference was still too big.
"Think about it, just for the agricultural magic machine production base, I estimate that we'll need over a hundred thousand workers.
Of these 100,000 workers, more than 80,000 are engaged in the most basic of jobs. "
"The output of this production base was only around five thousand agricultural magic machines a year a few years ago.
But according to our company's current estimates, if we want to open up the farmland on the Demon Cloud Continent, we need at least two hundred thousand agricultural magic machines.
In other words, we need more of these production bases. "
"Based on this calculation, how many workers do you think I need to meet the demand?
Not to mention that other than the agricultural magic machines, we also need large amounts of other magic machines to improve the environment of the Demon Cloud Continent.
At the same time, we need large amounts of people in transportation, communication, medicine, management, and other fields. "
"Taking everything together, even if you add up all the people of your races, it's far from enough."
After saying this, Xu Yi gave a sigh and shook his head.
"If possible, of course I don't want to keep the Goblins here because there might be hidden dangers.
But right now I need these people. For you races with high intelligence, it's easier for you to learn new skills and knowledge, so you need to be used in more important places.
Do you understand what I mean? "
Hearing Xu Yi's final words, the eyes of the native race representatives lit up.
Actually they had been worried for a while because they were worried that if Xu Yi used large amounts of Goblins, it would threaten their future development on the Demon Cloud Continent.
But based on what Xu Yi said just now, Xu Yi didn't plan on using the Goblins that much, rather he placed more importance on these races.
"Sir Chairman Xu is right.
I've been to the Sines before, so I'm very clear on the difference between our Demon Cloud Continent and the Sines.
To make up for this difference, we need large amounts of people to develop. "It was Mens who was the first to express his opinion.
"That's right, let the Goblins do the simplest work. Our dwarves in the Sines are all skilled craftsmen, how can we be worse than them?" Gahn Fire Hammer also said.
Verus didn't say anything, but he also nodded, expressing his opinion.
Seeing that everyone had the same idea, Xu Yi revealed a faint smile.
He wasn't worried that anyone would oppose him since the New Flyer had absolute power on the Demon Cloud Continent, the other races couldn't resist at all.
But since he wanted to use the power of these native races, it was better to unify their thoughts.
After all, if he wanted to develop the Demon Cloud Continent, he couldn't do without the help of these native races.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi had a strange feeling in his heart.
The situation of the Demon Cloud Continent reminded him of the history of the United States on Earth.
When the New World was first discovered, a group of Europeans rushed into North America and massacred the indigenous Native Americans. Then, after taking control of the entire North America continent, they captured a large number of black slaves from Africa to work as coolies for themselves, thus establishing the solid foundation of the United States.
Compared to the Demon Cloud Continent, the Native Americans should be the indigenous races standing beside him.
It's just that Xu Yi didn't have the idea of slaughtering them because even if the New Flyer could do this, it wouldn't be able to develop the Demon Cloud Continent because of its lack of manpower.
On the other hand, the Goblins should be the Black Slaves.
Although their level of civilization wasn't high, they had the basic ability to work. The Goblins were very suitable for the most basic work like the Blacks.
And the New Flyer could indeed treat the Goblins like the American ancestors treated the Blacks. Xu Yi didn't feel guilty about this.
After seeing a group of Goblins slaughtering a human village and cooking all the humans in it, he didn't treat these Goblins as equal intelligent creatures.
After a short discussion with the representatives of the native races, Hart returned once again.
Hart paused for a moment before adding, "Sir Chairman, we have already surrounded the Gnome Kingdom. I guarantee that not a single Gnome will be able to escape."
"Just now, a group of Goblins rushed out and wanted to launch an attack, but I ordered them all to be killed."
"I don't think this group of Goblins wanted to launch an attack, but wanted to escape, right?" Xu Yi glanced at Hart.
Hart immediately lowered his head, "President is wise."
Xu Yi waved his hand and didn't delve into it. He turned to the other native race representatives and said, "You guys stay here and cooperate with Hart to seal the kingdom. I'll go in and see the so-called Goblin King."
Hart and the others were shocked at the same time.
"Chairman Xu, are you planning to go alone?"
"Chairman Xu, don't take the risk!"
"Chairman Xu, how can you put yourself in danger with such a precious body?
Let us break into the kingdom and capture the Goblin King in front of you. You can interrogate him however you want. "
"No need. The Goblins are already scared of us and have long lost the courage to resist. I won't be in any danger.
Besides … "Xu Yi revealed a confident smile.
"Have you forgotten who I am?"
Everyone was stunned. They then remembered that Xu Yi had another important identity other than being the former president of the New Flyer — the most powerful mage in Sines!
Xu Yi didn't care about their reactions. He patted Hart's shoulder and said, "Be careful and be on your guard." His figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.
The next moment, Xu Yi had already appeared inside the Goblin Kingdom.
This so-called Goblin Kingdom was, in fact, just a slightly larger stronghold of the Goblins.
There were no neat buildings or gorgeous decorations. The surrounding Goblins were scattered around, either sitting or lying down. There was no order to speak of.
With a casual twitch of the nose, one could smell all kinds of unpleasant smells that made one want to vomit.
Seeing this situation, Xu Yi couldn't help but shake his head.
Although the IQ of the Goblins had always been low, it was really lamentable that a huge race that could be said to have ruled the Demon Cloud Continent for thousands of years had not been able to develop a decent civilization after such a long time.
Of course, if the Goblins could really develop a certain level of civilization, the New Flyer wouldn't be able to open up a situation on the Demon Cloud Continent so easily.
Seeing Xu Yi suddenly appear, the surrounding Goblins were stunned for a moment. After that, they let out unpleasant cries and rushed over.
Xu Yi was too lazy to entangle with these Goblins. He moved the magic in his body and set up a Magic Shield around his body, blocking all the Goblins that rushed over. Then he slowly flew into the air and launched a sound amplification spell.
"Goblin King, come out. I'm the leader of the army outside, the president of the New Flyer, Xu Yi. I request to meet with you and talk face to face.
I know you can understand, and you should also know that you have no choice. "
Xu Yi used the common language of the Demon Cloud Continent. In fact, it was also a language that evolved from the incomplete language of the Goblin race.
After the sound dispersed, Xu Yi patiently waited for about ten minutes. A row of Goblins that were obviously different from other Goblins and even wore a full set of clothes made of unknown materials came from the right front.
Where they passed, the other Goblins hurriedly made way for them, letting them walk over unimpeded.
Xu Yi's gaze fell on the middle of this special Goblin team.
There, four strong Goblins were carrying something like a palanquin. Sitting on it was a somewhat thin Goblin, but his appearance and temperament were obviously different from other Goblins.
"You are the Goblin King?" Xu Yi stared at him and asked.